Lines

The lines are like whoa.
The pantsuit too.

merci fotodecadent

Repeat

My new Keds have made me adventurous. Maybe it's the discount I got because of a stain (that I didn't notice until the saleslady apologized for, since it was the same colour as my shoes) but they made me feel kiddish and cool. Gave me a craving for digging in the dirt searching for Egyptian artifacts like I used to do.
I've worn this outfit every day since Friday.
I know that there is probably some rule against that somewhere in "the great book of general fashion knowledge" (or hygiene) but I also know that other people have done the same. So it can't possibly be as bad as I think, right (in my defence I did change my pants)?
Well when is it okay? Because, I figure, every once in awhile you find an outfit that is multi-functional and you are going through a lazy spell. And when those two come together there's no telling what you will do. You might find yourself mysteriously drawn to sweatpants or velour or suddenly craving that ratty t-shirt and the destroyed jeans.
Isn't it better to trade that for a mildly acceptable outfit that you "recycle" over a few days?

It's the green alternative to a crappy day.

Ow

These are amazing, but OWs felt around the world for the model.










Kudos to anyone who can handle that for ___ hours.


images from foto decadent

*ahem* A Po-em.

INTERNET SHOP
Jane sits at home and glues her eyes
To the screen when she decides
That she's off to the internet shop.

She navigates her mouse
and leaves her house
Without ever getting up from her chair.
(but leaving Jack in utter despair)

She'll stay and spend without an end
Exclaiming "free shipping!"
but not once quitting
until she claims her prize

For weeks on end Jane sits and waits,
bidding and winning (and gaining some weight)
Until her packages start to arrive.
"oh boy" she says, and off she hops
Back to her chair and the internet shops.

La Garconne for her "petit francophone",
then net-a-porter for Jaqueline Dey.
Some Esty for Betsy
Ebay for Faye,
and a special order (from favourite fodder)
For Janey it's done in a day.

She'd addicted you see,
in every which way,
And we cannot forsee the end.
Jane, we're afraid, will fall once again,
a victim of the internet shop.
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The end.

unless I did something wrong, the images should link back to their sources

Stealth

I felt very stealth today (see below).

First I got some news that made me.....perturbed. So I decided I would do two things a) go to Steve's music store to find the Korg Kaossilator and see how much of a dent it would make in my bank account and then b) to go shoe shopping. Hey, I need new sneakers and shoes fix everything (really, they do, try it sometime. I used to use a shoe to fix the chain on my bike, and my old converse were quite adept at saying just the right thing when I needed them to).

Steve's music store intimidates me, so I dressed to shield myself from feeling inadequate.
I've wanted a pair of "corset" jeans ever since I figured out what they were, and that they can trick other human beings into thinking my legs start a few inches higher than they actually do.
So i went looking for a pair, but gave up since all of the ones I saw cost a pretty fancy penny.
But then I found these at Forever 21 of all places, and they only cost me a pretty penny so I scooped them up. I've worn them a few times now, once in a copycat form of this person from facehunter.
Sadly no pictures of that. However it was awesome. Seriously, high-waisted jeans are the only way to go when wearing a t-shirt from now on for me. It's the only way I feel in my own skin while wearing something as un-dressy as a t-shirt (which I find really odd).

So anyway, I went and found out that the Korg Kaossilator will cost me a pretty fancy penny and then walked around downtown, and found a few nice looking shoes (no sneakers though).
Lately I've been strangely drawn to heels. I guess I'm becoming more used to wearing them or something. But whenever I went into a store I immediately went for the heels rather than the flats. A nice kitten heel here, a larger/taller one there, even the sneakers I looked at had a bit of a heel (a very sly one at that). I was a little surprised, not gonna lie.

My gait started to be a little chicken-esque though. I should find a way to correct that.

PS: I'm STEALTHY! as a superhero

The Persephone

I've always wanted to play the Theremin, but this takes years to master and I'm sure that anyone who has one won't let my grubby hands anywhere near it.
It's impossible to control the pitch seeing as all you're really doing is waving your hands in front of a metal antennae to create sound (which is exactly why I want one sooooo freakin' bad)

And then while perusing wikipedia I found the Persephone:
A similar instrument (it still is an electric type synthesizing instrument) that is easier to control and probably a lot easier to wrap my head around. The technicalities are still a little fuzzy (not unlike most, when someone starts talking/writing about voltage I tune out) but as far as I can tell, it works as an midi controller, it tweaks sound, and has a 10 octave range, which can produce a variety of tones and pitches.

Now all I need is the 900 Euros it costs.........and whatever that is in Canadian dollars might probably be good too.

This renewed interest in synthesizing musical instruments comes because my friend's cousin pulled out the coolest toy-that-is-in-no-way-a-toy. A Korg Kaossilator

Which works as a hand-held, keyboardless synthesizer. It has the essentially the same features as a regular synth (drum sounds, special effects, blah blah blah) and also allows for loop recording (record something, loop it, record something else overtop) and various drum/beat patters. and control for those things. Through playing with it I figured out that the four sections of the touch pad produce four different tones and using the knob you can tune it to different pitches and subsequently change the sound effect completely. Also, since the four tones vary in pitch themselves, you end up with the ability to play two at once, as if you had been playing a chord on a keyboard, however since it's not a keyboard at all, the sound is really malleable and you can create slide-type effects or just random bursts of sound. It's also easier to hear what you're doing, I find.

That is my extremely un-technical description of two technical/musical instruments that I really want. For no real reason, I just really want them.
If I really need a reason, I'll say it's because I am part of the iGeneration and all we want is to spend our money, party, and be as materialistic as possible.