Gobbledigook

Baton Rouge native Coley Brown is in this video, for those of 

you who know him. lots of naked ppl. He's the one getting painted. 

p.s. this is such a good song.

wanted

these  earrings from the Alexander Wang show

The Nag Hammadi scriptures

For I am the first and the last.

I am the honoured one and the scorned one.

I am the whore and the holy one.

I am the wife and the virgin.

I am the mother and the daughter.

I am the barren one and many are her sons.

I am she whose wedding is great, and I have not taken a husband.

I am the midwife and she who does not bear.

I am the solace of my labour pains.

I am the bride and the bridegroom, and it is my husband who begot me.

I am the mother of my father and the sister of my husband, and he is my offspring...

Give heed to me.

I am the one who is disgraced and the great one.

written in the 2nd or 3rd century AD

discovered in 1945

transient phrases

I love this series by Kotama Bouabane of Ontario.  They remind me of the set from paperheart, 

except the melting of the words adds an extra element to the whole idea.  Oh, and that reminds me,

Valentine's day this weekend. Anyone have plans?

www.kotamabouabane.com

hair

I've gotta figure out how to do this.

party pix

Just a couple of pics from Saturday. 

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So while doing a report on Isis and goddess worship in ancient Egypt, I came across this piece of  info:  Apparently the iconography of the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus is based on the image of Isis cradling her son Horus, which was a well-known icon in the Greco-Roman period.  The association was one of many attempts to encourage the conversion of pagan cults to the cult of Christianity.  A lot of people get scared or offended when people point out this sort of stuff about Christianity and the Bible, but I think its a great facet of the history of the religion.  It's only rational and practical that early Christians adopted some of the ideas and traditions of their previous religions.  Its shows the universality and flexibility the early church had that modern-day Christians could really learn from.  Some of the correlations that associate Horus with Jesus Christ (like in the movie Zeitgeist) aren't really proven to be historically accurate (mainly due to the fact that much of the ritual and mythology of the Egyptian religion has been lost or distorted by Greco-Roman accounts of the faith).  But why does it really matter if Jesus and the Egyptian God of the Sun ("Son" of God) share the same day upon which their births were celebrated or whatever other superfluous details? The day I celebrate Christmas or Easter doesn't define my belief in Christianity.  If anything, these connections help connect the faith I celebrate to an even wider range of people, cultures, and time periods, which I think is pretty cool.

monolos

So true story: I have a 4-year-old cousin, male, who is OBSESSED with shoes, high-heels to be exact. Ryder cares nothing for tennis shoes, and simply has no time for sandals, but if you walk into the room rocking a stiletto, you're lucky to last five minutes before he rips it off and claims it as his own.  I always wear my fanciest heels when I know I'm going to see him, and a good pair will amuse him for hours.  With his diapered-tush swaying, he  actually walks around better than I can in most. His special technique is putting them on the wrong feet (I think they fit his tiny toes better that way).

For Christmas this year, my Aunt Shelby, his mother, took Ryder and his little brother to take Santa photos.  Landon informed Santa that he wanted cars and trains; when asked what Ryder wanted for Christmas, his reply was "High Heels and Barbies!" 

 Naturally. 

My MeMe gave him the latest Princess-Sparkle-Rainbow-Sunshine Barbie (the name of this year's "it" Barbie escapes me, but you know, it's always something along those lines, so we'll just go with Princess-Sparkle-Rainbow-Sunshine), and upon unwrapping his shiny new toy, he exclaimed "(gasp!) Princess-Sparkle-Rainbow-Sunshine BARBIE!! Oh! THANK YOU, MeMe! THANK YOU!" and gave her a big sloppy kiss.

The best though, was one day when Shelby took him shopping to Saks.  Now, Ryder is a wild child who loves shopping as much as any girl.  Mostly he loves running through aisles of clothes, throwing them everywhere and hiding between the racks.  So on this particular occasion, he was firmly strapped into his stroller when they passed through the shoe department, and - I shit you not - Shelby swears that he started freaking out, crying, fruitlessly trying to break his bonds of imprisonment to no avail in order to frolic through all those lovely shoes and started screaming

 "MANOLOS! MANOLOS! MOMMY, MANOLOS PLEEEEASE!!!" 

And reaching for them with his tiny fingers, desperately pining for the perfect pumps that just exceeded his grasp.  Shelby said the salesman nearly pissed himself laughing.  Also, I just thought I'd include a video  of his quirky idol:

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Found by: Laura

rhinosaur

white tees

broken glasses

gays

double chin

birthday boy

be mine

caught off guard

photo cred: Lawles

Goal:

I hope I dress my children like this some day. so cute.

delicate dandy

Okay, last one, I swear. I want to base my wardrobe around 

this elegance and understatement. 

Chloé pre-fall 09

fantastic fantasy

 

I have to say McQueen has been my favourite fall preview so far, and certainly the most fun. 

It's a bit of a departure from the rocker aesthetic we expect from him, but no less inspiring.

The collection reminds me of a cross between an Edwardian opium den and an eccentric fox hunt. But mostly, it just makes me crave a long pair of black leather gloves and some knee-high lace ups. 

shades of grey

Balenciaga pre-fall 2009