all scarlet begonias and a touch of the blues

This summer’s heat is broken only by rare fragments of rain, just barely enough to flood rain gutters and restore birdbaths. I’m finally moving out; I’ve to repack and restore this house into its previous pristine state. It’s amazing how many memories these years can contain. Repacking your life in cardboard boxes and putting three years x infinity in storage; only half-heartedly wondering what comes next. I’ve one week to go before I leave; more things have been thrown away than packed. Old film festival posters and tickets, heavily scrawled-in calendars, dog-eared novels, dusty Wellingtons, and forgotten winter coats have been forsaken for a turquoise Olivetti typewriter, old toe shoes, and my grandmother's scarves. This girl believes in traveling light in theory, but she's not certain just how much more her overburdened heart can hold. Perhaps I'm finally meant to stay still, collect dust, grow roots.

c'est tiptop!

a while since i've updated, and even then it's only to announce that i've blown away all my food money on topshop this weekend. it seems that everytime i go in i find something new i must have. last week i bought an electric blue corset top with oyster pleats like you wouldn't imagine. very look-at-me! and a darker blue chiffon tank top trimmed with black lace. yesterday i went back and bought a bright blue cotton scoopneck top with satin trim and a plum one for my sister, as well as a good white oxford buttondown to replace the one i've been abusing for years and a huge oatmeal pullover that will look so good with my skinny jeans and pumpkin ferragamo loafers. i was about to get the coolest madras top from topman, only to remember that i have to pay for my diploma and transcripts monday.

now, im copying my friend's kaplan dvds to save on the review classes. yes, quite. i'm skimping on my education so i can look good while studying. this makes sense only to a select few, of course.