So summer has officially begun since I haven't been going to school any more--I still don't feel much different. A quick update on my life; I've started my summer job at this awesome local art academy and I get to hear the funniest things from the kids that go to the summer camps, etc. I'll probably start a quote of the day or something.
Besides this summer, I'm not sure when I'll be in beloved Washington again, so I've been making plans to indulge in Seattle as much as possible while I'm here this summer! But I guess it's ironic to say that I'll be up in the air tomorrow, heading to New York for my college orientation! I'm so excited! ^_^ But I'll be back soon enough to blog, etc. I have like 5 outfit posts I want to share; they'll come.
And if ya know me, no matter what I'm up to, music is always abound in the mind of Erin Kim. Here's a couple tunes I've been listening to--some recently discovered, and I finally updated my playlist on the right column! On Youtube, I have about 250 songs total for my 'listening to' playlist, but there's just a snippet for funsies. :)
there has been a lot on my mind and after a long, busy day, music--particularly piano music--always makes me feel better. i'm hoping to start learning/playing piano more before i head off to college. i'd love to be able to play one of gogol gonzales' songs from his "solo piano" album. my head's been kinda clustered--i'm probably just really tired--and i can feel tons of emotions at once when i listen to gonzales' solo piano pieces. it's just beautifully entrancing for me. hope you enjoy them too :)
(from the paris je t'aime soundtrack--haven't seen that movie but if the soundtrack is this good, i just might have to)
if you like gogol, then you have to check out manifesto. unfortunately i can't embed this one! (gogol and manifesto are my favorites so far, i also really enjoy carnivalse)
song of the moment -
you'd think it'd be a piano song, but to be honest, i have been watching this scene every night. i wish i had a guy like duckie in my life.
it's been about 2 weeks into second semester, and life is alright! i love not worrying about turning college apps, but i do wish i got to hear back from colleges sooner! i can't wait til the end of march/early april. seems like such a long wayz a way. and to think that two months after i hear from colleges, i'll be graduating-i'll have reached the end of my high school career. wow. well, i'll save that talk for when i actually get there.
for now, i've been enjoying reading frankenstein! i actually love the readings that we've been reading in ap english this year. i only wish i had more time to read some of the works. i'm not sure if my english teacher reads my blog--probably doesn't but i do wonder, because i'm following her blog, and apparently someone visits my blog every other day through her blog...anyway--but i have to admit, i didn't even read hamlet. and now we're going to come back to it in a few weeks. egad! haha. we also read heart of darkness, but i was like 'what the asdgjkl;a?!' when i read it because i didn't have enough time to actually read it. it seems like a book i'd actually really love though. so yay for reading :D
and finally, an outfit post! i have about 4 outfits waited to be posted (i even have one from like november that was actually taken in different scenery, but who knows when i'll post that..)
hope you like it! i had a lot of fun with this outfit and with the photos. :]
PS Check out Kenzie's Blog Love post! I got to be featured there! Kenzie's blog is also definitely worth checking out! I love her ouftits, her stories and they way she edits them pics. :)
I'm currently working on a 'showcasing other bloggers' thing too, so stay tuned brothas. :]
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shirt - armani exchange; skirt - store in south korea; tights - jcrew
(i also wore one of my fav pairs of shoes; they're dark gray flats with colorful bead-like adornments but i didn't get a pic of that! actually, most of my outfit posts don't show my shoes because well, i don't really like my mom knowing i blog, and we don't wear shoes inside the house, so.. that's kind of that :// i wish i had a pic to show you though!.. oh wait! actually here's a pic from an old post! wow that was a big tangent...)
soo...it's been exactly one year since my first post on this blog! blogging has been an unexpectedly awesome experience to say the least. 1 year and 139 posts ago, i thought this blog would be a lonely journal with me talking about my life, but i started posting photos of fashion/art that i liked and transferred the inspiration i had seen from other bloggers into my lifestyle. i've learned so many ways to think creatively about my clothes and i realized that my career doesn't have to be just journalism (what i think i'll go into, or communications...), but i can incorporate stuff i love with it too!
the biggest thing i love about blogging is interacting with other awesome bloggers. to this day, i penpal with a few bloggers whom i discovered through...blogging! i'm not quite sure what life would be like without them. and knowing that people spend the time to take even 5 seconds to visit my blog is just awesome. it's really crazy to think that...someone cares about what i think! sure, lots of bloggers probably just skim my post, comment with something trite and expect me to follow them back; i gotta admit, i've done that a few times myself, but when i remember why i started blogging, i remember that i blog for the sake of blogging-which has been my first love.
i say that because recently i found this awesome website about "first loves." it was created by some of northwestern's (love that school!) interactive design students and i was definitely inspired by it. totally recommend it to anyone! some stories are LOL-inducing and others are tear-stimulating (they're not just like "first loves" as in people, i promise. that would be too sappy, although i'd probably read that too). my favorites are john travolta, spaghetti, "she drives me crazy," and erin (not because it's my name or me, haha. this one was actually a serious one).
from ourfirstloves.com
but back to being sappy about the blogiversary...thank you so muchfor making my first year of blogging really awesome. i think i have some readers who read my blog but have never told me so do holla, comment, email, whatever! (except please don't stalk me)
i also added a poll to the side of my blog to get your feedback about my blog! please do let me know: what you like about my blog, what you don't (constructive criticism is always appreciated) and what you'd like to see (new and old)! :):) i really want to change up my blog layout to something sleek, cool and simple, so if you have advice for that, please give a shout for that as well!
OH YEAH. BIG NEWS. 1ST SEMESTER OF MY SENIOR YEAR IS OVER. that means i have more of an excuse for senioritis to kick in; i.e. more time to...blog! i'm super super stoked and looking forward to interacting with more bloggers, hopefully start featuring other bloggers, but most of all, bringing back CLASS OF FASHION. and once i go to college, i'm hoping to do my own giveaways! i've wanted to since months ago, but couldn't because my parents don't really get blogging and yadda.
SO YES. Life is fabu at the moment. and i really hope it is for you as well.
let's just say, before today i have been feeling a lil like this:
It's almost by blog-iversary :DD but until then, here are some things you can feast on while I prepare for my finals this week. It's been a wacky few months I tell you...
In between studying for exams, I've been listening to Two Door Cinema Club so much. I love them European musicians. (Speaking of which, I miss Europe! I can't wait to go back, whenever that may be...) I actually wrote about them a whileee back. :)
Not only do they have a really fresh and..."good" sound (after reading countless pages on cellular respiration, the roles of a president, starting at ugly numbers, I am devoid of brilliant vernacular...), but their music video is really great, a quality short film I'll say. I also think the way Sam Halliday eats toast at 1:10 is very...adorable?
I'll be honest, I'm not a big fan of their new music video for "What You Know," but I love the song nevertheless and am utterly jealous of the girls who get to smooch them in the video.
The scenery in this video made me very nostalgic of my travels in Europe. mm...
so i'm back into the swing of school and ap calc is getting the best of me! if there is anything i complain about a lot, it is definitely that class. it has sapped the life out of me and stymied me from doing my best in other classes. i can't catch up in ap calc and it is just uber tough for me. i used to love math when it actually made sense, and it was just playing around with equations. and ap calc has caused me to complain like this, and i dont like complaining. see, it's even making me complain about other things; complaining about complaining.
i'm sorry my second post of the year started out negative! butttt--we all like big buts--on the bright side, i love the book we're reading in ap english--the awakening by kate chopin. i have to admit, for a lot of the books we read, i don't get to "get in the reading zone" for most of the books and i have to skim chapters, etc. i really love reading and english and exploring how these sentences, these simple words evolve into themes, all intertwining and creating powerful stories! but then, ap calc comes in to burst my bubble and i only have 10 minutes to read act III of hamlet.
but anyway! the awakening! i love it so much that i've noticed myself unconsciously making time to "get in my reading zone" for this book. not being able to entrust your life to someone, finding who you really are and not what society makes you, staying home at one place, and wanting to belong to someone -- i feel like those are some key themes in that book and they are definitely key themes in my life. only two books have made me cry--night by elie wiesel and the awakening. it just touched a level inside me that no other book has. and reading the awakening has instigated a few awakenings in myself, too; for one, it made me remember how much i love loving. it has been so long since i've enjoyed reading like this. and two, for some reason, it made me want to explore the arts deeper and let go of any worries, and go for creativity in everything no matter what people might think or say.
i had always been an active artist and appreciator, but since high school started, i sacrificed my art interests for what i thought were more career-related. so i took online art--which really isn't very art-y at all--instead of an actual arts course, so i could take journalism and video communications. anyway, das' why i luv bloggin'! here's an image i played around with; the simple, rich, pastel colors from 1:14 of this animation video really inspired me.
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as for clothes, i've been indulging in the urban outfitter's clothes my mom bought me for christmas from their fabulous black friday sale. :]
and the dress i like to call the oreo ice cream dress. (story behind it: i was eating an oreo at church during their snack break (i know, it's pretty awesome), and i was thinking "holy st. francis, this is a good cookie." and "this oreo reminds me of a dress i wear.. ohyeah! but not the actual oreo cookie, but crushed oreo or oreo ice cream" and now i'm thinking i really want some oreos.)
some pictures from my christmas break that i didn't get to upload earlier! i made my family christmas cards and i was really proud of my celophane usage. :D i really wanted to do a 'how to post' but i wanted to make them within the 30 minutes that they were shopping at the grocery.
my brother gave me these "princess shimmer decorating glitter gels" for making cookies! my first time making cookies not from the Pillsbury frozen cookie packages. i know, i am a terrible...human, for not making cookies from scratch before. and even this is technically not making cookies from scratch, but it was exciting enough for me. although they were so burnt and super stale, they tasted kinda good?...
so this was an unexpectedly long and rather legitimate post. i think i broke my new year's resolution on procrastinating less, because i definitely have a lot of homework left and it's past midnight, but i did fulfill the 'blog more' part. :s mmm...
song of the moment - the way Stevie Wonder sings it exudes so much beauty and emotion--love it even when it's not christmas.
price tag - jessie j ft. b.o.b.
ps. class of fashion post coming soon (there's pictures from like months ago, so their fashion might be "out of season" but oh well. hehe)
i've completed 5 college apps and i have...7 left. :D i dont like to admit that because i know it's a bunch and people are like 'why youz applyin to so many? you are a silly overachieving asian.' but the truth is, i actually love all these schools i'm applying to and i'm not applying to them just cuz they have a nice name. when people ask me how many i'm applying to, i'm guilty of those white lies and i say i'm applying to like 8ish, and they're still like +_+, but i feel that i should be honest on my blog, because that's why i like my blog, so there's that! i should be doing those apps right now, but once again, i felt the urge to blog, as i always do, but don't really have the time for.
anyway, more life news, for my school's broadcast tv announcements program, i made a video called "fashion friday" in which i showcased different students and their outfits at my school! i loved doing it and next week i'm hoping to go a little comedic and make it a hip hop special, showcasing 'gangsta' outfits at my school (although there aren't many. my school's pretty white...). i wish i could upload it on my blog, but i'm not sure if that's violating their privacy, etc. :S
speaking of fashion stuff for school, i'm also writing an article for my school's magazine about street fashion and everyday fashion at my school. fashion is really permeating my life and i love it! when we're brainstorming for article ideas or story ideas for the broadcasting class, whenever the topic has to do with the arts, especially fashion, i just love it and get really excited! i feel like this is a sign that it's something i should look into as a career, but it's weird for me cuz i never thought i'd be doing fashion stuff since i'm definitely not a "cool" or "hip" kid. i don't own any high end designer clothes, and i really don't feel fashionable, but i love showcasing other fashion savvy people! it's awesome! so thanks again to blogging and all those fashion bloggers because fashion has definitely become a big part of my life. :)
and a few weeks ago, my school's ASB picked me as most school spirited senior girl for the month of october! it was really awesome and touching as well. i've always loved school spirit and to be honest, i felt like i never really got recognized for it, but when i was least expecting it, SHABAM. it was funny too because when they came into the room to tell me, i thought it was for someone else so i was like YAYYY!! with my hands in the air, and they're like 'it's for...ERIN' and i still had my hands in the air and i was like no way!!!! yup, that's the story of the day. haha.
and to give you a tiny glimpse of the 'fashion friday' video i made, here's the outfit i wore in the video while i interviewed people! :)
i bought that dress at an urban outfitters black friday shoppin' spree. i feel like my closet is not exactly...me, or at least the older me. a lot of my clothes are from years ago and i have some pieces that are new of course, but in general, i just wasn't feelin my closet...until i went to UO's black friday sale! :D
i've never actually participated in black friday shopping before, but for the first time, my mom (she has never black friday shopped too) and i woke up early to go to their sale and due to traffic etc, we got there are 9:15ish am, and their sale ended at 10. so we were like major rummaging and such. it was actually really funny how serious we were. but it was fabulous, i bought about 10 pieces of clothes from there which rarely happens because usually cool stores don't fit me. but it was a holiday miracle. :) since i bought so many items, my mom is saving most of them as christmas presents, so i can't show you them all yet, but here's a sweater dress that i got to wear early! :) (it's actually a tunic, but works as a dress for me. haha.) i can't wait to show you (after christmas that is) the other items i bought ! and after christmas, i'll actually have more time to blog!!! yipperrooooo!!
now for some photos from the snow days last week before thanksgiving (speaking of which, i hope everyone had a great one!).
yes, i'll admit i'm slightly creeper, i wasn't following the guy in the bicycle around, but i thought it was just so perfect and scenic (but thinking about it...who rides their bike in inches of snow?...)
and since it's december, merry early christmas! :)
also, i think these dress collages are adorable and so appropro for the holidays. :)
songs of the moment - there are so many songs i'm listening to recently! hope you don't mind the but here's the one from which i got my blog post title from (discovered it via starbucks commercial!):
and this song is so funny: the salmon dance - the chemical brothers (you can already tell it's hilarious, i mean 'the salmon dance'?) and if you're feelin' some more chemical brothers: do it again. they're music is really good and they're quite the comedians, at least in my opinion! and cuz i love christmas (this song is really catchy):
