As I've said before, I've been spending more time trying to get to the gym regularly and trying to eat right (most of the time)--i.e. taking care of myself instead of taking pictures of myself. My interest in self-portraits/portraits and photography in general hasn't waned but it's taken a back burner position for now. Also, I just bought an anthology of Grimm's fairy tales that will likely consume the hour or so before bed that I usually spend on the internet. Man I'm lame. But fairy tales are so awesomely gruesome and twisted (just read one about a king who chopped off his kids' heads to bring a dead servant back to life) that I can't help myself.

Will update with photos within the next couple of days or so! They're sitting on my hard drive right now...just need to delazify and get them edited/uploaded.

So for whatever reason I've been feeling that mustardy yellows go with everything i.e. IT'S A NEUTRAL. Probably a misconception, but I finally found a great pair of patent leather not-too-bright pair of platform sandals recently and I think I love them.

I think I first fell in love with the idea of mustardy platforms when I saw the Marni crossed slingback sandals on Net-A-Porter. Unfortunately the $845 price tag was kind of disheartening...and when they dropped to a more reasonable (but still pretty $$$) $300-something my size was sold out. Of course. I also found a pair of patent leather sandals I liked on Solestruck (Enzo Angiolini's 'Legs') but again they were sold out of my size. I had pretty much given up hunting for the perfect pair when, on a whim, I decided to browse the Nordstrom anniversary sale online and found 4.5" of yellow patent glory in the form of a pair of Linea Paolo platforms. YES. I bought them on the spot and finally got around to wearing them a couple of days ago. Totally awesome.

Personally, I think they'd look great with a pair of gray tights come fall.

Anyway, gotta get some sleep. Methinks it's going to be a long day tomorrow. Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!

- Got to see two recently engaged friends (EVERYONE IS GETTING ENGAGED/MARRIED) a week or so ago.
- The Counselor and the Korean got an apartment together...and it's walking distance from VV's place.

And I think some other stuff happened but I forgot already. Hmph.

Anyway, I've been falling off the picture-taking train since returning from Japan. Been busy Flickring my trip. Also, have been busy battling allergies (one attack caused one of my eyes to swell) and madd breakouts (deadly combo of travel and PMS) and as a result have not been very much inclined to do any self-portraits.

Whoops, got distracted in the middle of this entry after VV sent me a mental_floss article. In any case, there will be more interesting content coming up within the next day or two, I promise!