end of the family line

sometimes people are traveling and then moving, and just plain being too awesome to take the time to write about it. but i'm done with that bullshit now. and our things are almost all put away from the big move.this guy is awesome. thank god he's my boyfriend for life. we just took a trip to milwaukee to visit family.my brother made me a bloody mary.

my sister let me take showers in her apartment. she always has all the best fancy shampoos and sandy soaps and body butters.

john getting ready for his 20th high school reunion

john getting nervous and drinking a million beers before walking into his high school reunion.

besides for the fam, brian is probably my favorite person to visit in milwaukee. he's even in my top ten favorite people of all time. and yes, that is a very cute top i'm wearing. it's my new favorite, handmade by luxury jones and will be on the site next week.

this place has some sserious ambience.

drawing party before dinner

dorothy always wears the best gear.

even though our nephews and nieces are awesome.. this trip may have confirmed our decision to not have kids. our life is too perfect now.. what if they mess it all up?

when juliana hatfield was my chan marshall

i lived most of my teenage years in the early 90's in milwaukee. that's when i was way more emo than i am now - not a black on the outside morrissey type of emo but the kind of emo where i'd much rather sit in my room and paint, sew and listen to music than hang out with a bunch of humans. everyone was into pot and techno and i wasn't. the few girlfriends that i did have would always ditch me for dudes, which i'll never understand. it was kinda lonely sometimes but i was still content sitting in my room thinking i was being radical by taking black and white photos of lesbian barbie dolls. pretty soon i found booze, rv, ak and tim kulas, and then my life in california.

this velvet patchwork skirt is my new favorite piece of gear. like maybe even of all time. thanks hannah. i didn't even have to ask her for one, she just knew. it's something that i'll keep forever and will recycle every decade. i know it's true cause it reminds me of something i would've worn in the early 90's. if i didn't have such skinny legs i'd have to buy a pair of combat boots to wear with it. i just realized i have the exact same hair now as i did back then. minus a few new fine lines forming on my face and one bra size, i look exactly the same as i did 15 years ago. happiness runs in a circular motion. that reminds me, it's probably time for me to get my first mammogram.

encinitas vs NYC

8 reasons why new york is great and i should think about moving there:

1) they have something called morrissey night every sunday
2) i miss winters
3) ny has milwaukee type things like squirrel nests and salty sidewalks
4) i hate strip malls
5) i really love drinking, eating and walking
6) endless things to do and see and be
7) inspiring and challenging
8) no surfers

10 reasons why i should probably never think about moving there:

1) morrissey night sucked
2) i like my space
3) i really like my boyfriend
4) my bona drag boxes would be too expensive to store
5) it would be hard to find somewhere to have badminton parties
6) i would be drunk every single night and i might die
7) i like quiet times a lot more than i think
8) i'm already happy
9) the beach is pretty cool i guess
10) burritos
11) i can always just go to LA if i need some cityness

p.s. thanks for your patience while i was in nyc. all orders will ship out today.

beginnings

my special spiritual friend chad bartie told me that 2008 is supposed to be the year of change. and the year for karma to return. overall, it's supposed to be a pretty good year for everyone. my resolutions for this year:

quit my job to work on bona drag full time
don't drink more than two glasses of anything per night. unless i'm at smiths night in NY. or in NY in general. or with hannah in general.
buy a house so i can get a kitten and paint my living room green
eat more raw foods
finally get my morrissey tattoo
spend more time choreographing interpretive dances for john
write more letters to my aunt clara
go on a tropical/waterfallish real vacation with john
drink more coffee and do more sleeping in
do things to my hair like ginger in casino
start painting the collection of portraits that will hang in my green living room
hang out with casey more


happy new year everyone. be sure to explore the space.