Paris

No time to recap on all the incredible things we've been able to do, which is okay because i don't think anyone will believe me when i tell them anyway.. but while i have a few minutes ill recap about yesterday.

we were able to go into the original workrooms of the YSL couture house, and got to go into the temp controlled closets that house all 5,000 pieces that the YSL foundation has been able to buy back from former couture owners. it was so unreal to see these jackets rolled out.. made completely from beads and to know that it took 500 hours to make them, and each one costs about 100grand. It was a dream to be there..

on the way to the YSL foundation we had all split up to grab lunch. we had a strict meeting time because we had an appointment and couldnt be late. One of the groups got held up at the restaurant.. lets just say that the french like to take their time when they eat.. so the girls in that group ended up being about 10 minutes late. once they showed up we started to make our way.. as we were turning around a corner we noticed there was an area blocked off with red and white tape, and there were a lot of policemen guarding the space. we were standing right next to one (of very few)tall buildings in Paris.. and slowly one by one, we noticed the silver sheet that lay over the man who had jumped from the building, not only did we notice that, but we also saw well..lets just say it was a sight that will probably never leave my head. it left everyone of us in shock, and created a very somber mood for the rest of the day. but this is just one example of MANY in life that shows things really happen for a reason, aka. if we had been on time.. what would we have seen then?


today we got to meet the milliner for Jean Paul Gaultier, it was sooooo awesome to talk to him, and see the pictures he had to share.

Well its about 9 here and i have to work on my collection.. its the main project weve had since weve been here.. thankfully i got paired up with my roommate. =)

<3

Paris

It has been 5 days since Ive landed in Paris and there is TOO much to write. I guess ill just try to catch up on the days so far.

as we got in line for baggage check on sunday we were notified that our tickets were not correct, we were told that the 5:30 flight that we had been headed for would not be the plane taking us to paris. instead we would be taking the flight at 11, and it still being 3 in the afternoon meant that we would then have a thrilling 8 hours to enjoy in the airport. i know that sounds like a blast.. but it really wasnt. we grabbed some dinner, talked.. complained.. read.. or tried to read.. ate.. ate.. and ate some more. then FINALLY got on the plane. WOO!

we landed on monday at about 11:15AM is was pouring here.. and even through the gray wet fog.. i KNEW that wouldnt want to leave.. and after the first day of making my way through speaking very bad.. and very little french, i knew taht i wanted to learn it.. once i got here, it was so easy for me to catch on, and use the accent.. much easier than it was when i was home, trying to figure out how to say certain words. we took a bus ride about and hour to the hotel.. got our stuff unpacked, and then had a meeting with the other group of students that was here from my school (their trip was june 1-15) they showed the collections they had designed while being here (on posters.. not actualy garments) and then we all went to a group dinner. later my roommate jen and i went out for a drink with some of the girls.. we were exhausted but they were leaving the next morning and we could resist. that night i felt very very ill. didnt sleep at all, and woke up to face a busy first day of classes feeling a little bettter.

okay thats all ill write for now.. its 5:30 here and we have yet to step foot into a clothing store and im dying too.. this is our first have a good couple hours of free time. stores close at abou 7.. and it stays light til about 10.. which is sooooo weird, because it feels like 3 buts its really 6..

anyways.. tomorrow we will go to giverny and versailles.... =)

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Hear Ye Hear Ye!

I got the "OK" from the doc to have my tonsils out.

PROS

-no more infected tonsils

-no more nagging from guy friends to hang out when im sick

-no more mom worrying

-no more antibiotics and other such medicines

-no more missing precious work time

-no more paying for the gym.. when i cant use it

CONS

-surgery

-recovery

-nagging from guy friends to hang out while im trying to recover

-mom will worry because ill want to go out while im recovering

-i will have to take antibiotics so i dont get infected from the surgery

-i will have to miss work

-and ill be paying for the gym when i cant use it.. once again

....so that was a failed attempt at a PROS and CONS list.

note to self

Join www.shoedazzle.com as soon as i have a stable income again.

special thanks to chelsea handler and kim kardashian for knowledge of this amazing website.

Natalie Portman's unimaginable beauty

One year older & Twenty years wiser

MySpace Music Playlist at MixPod.com

This birthday was not only filled legal drinks at bars with new and old friends, but more importantly about turning the page to a new chapter in my life (CLICHE). It was about realizing the truth about people and their actions, and about facing them. As much as it hurt, it brought me to a place where I am free of wonders, and full of facts. None of these facts are pleasant, but without them I would be forever tortured by questions. This birthday was truly about respecting the importance and meaning of relationships with people that I may have ignored before, or ones that I may have judged to be something different that what they were.

Happy Birthday to Me, all 21 years of me, good, bad, and in between. 

I cheers to a year full of personal growth in every creative way shape and form, and to finding someone to share and support my accomplishments, wonders, and just plain old rambling on with. 

how we move from A to B it cant be up to me..

some tunes a dear friend offered up as a sleeping aid.

ironically it made me an insomniac as i searched

for more by this swedish splendor.

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up...