::Little Blue Box::

What piece of jewelry do you wear everyday? Besides my wedding ring, I always wear this Elsa Peretti Open Heart pendant by Tiffany and Co., a gift from my parents a few years back. But that's not really the point of this post...

...I was polishing my nails with the bottle of Mischievous Mint (MAC) I recently acquired, and thought "This color blue reminds me of something...what is it?" It took me all of 10 seconds to figure it out...it's the same color as the little blue box that every girl wants.

Excuse the crap polish job. I don't have steady hands.

...Now if I could only get the matching earrings...*ahem*

::Run The World::

{Picture from The Hype Factor}

Public Service Announcement:
I am super-sorry for my lack of posts lately. I can't even begin to explain how busy I've been, and it doesn't look like I'll be getting a respite anytime soon.

Ok! So Beyonce's new super-hyped up video came out yesterday, and to be honest, I was a little underwhelmed. I don't know what I expected, but I didn't get much fulfillment in the way of choreography.

However....

Beyonce is giving me LIFE with the fashion in this video!

I'm not gonna bother posting screenshots, but if you want a full breakdown of each outfit, please visit Fashion Bomb Daily. I "borrowed" the pictures from them, and I want to thank them for posting the fashion breakdown so quickly!

Take a look at the video (if you haven't already watched five million times...)!


Have you keeled over from the fabulous yet? I have no desire to be famous, but if I could wear clothes like that all the time, I *might* change my mind. Below are my top three looks from the video:

Jean Paul Gaultier, Spring 2011 Couture

Gareth Pugh Fall 2011

Alexander McQueen Fall 2010

 

 

 

...sigh... I loves me some McQueen.

...And I'm also digging the gold headpiece she's wearing in the very beginning. I want!

So, what did you like or dislike about the video? Sound off in the comments!

Until next time (hopefully soon...),

Grrl in the Wrrld

::acquired::

Clockwise from right:
Pink Lemonade Lipglass {gifted!} / Bubble Tea Plushglass / Naked Lunch Frost Eyeshadow {gifted!} / Mischievous Mint Nail Lacquer

In other news, my crazy busy month is almost over! Huge post coming soon!

'Til then, XOXO!

::Birthday Wishes::

{photo from emilyabigail.com}

My birthday is coming up, and so instead of privately obsessing over my wishlist, I thought I'd share it with you all!
Here's what I have my eye on this spring:

The A-Different-Stripe Maxi Dress from Anthropologie.

The Canvas Boardwalk Brogue from Madewell.

A bottle of Miss Dior Cherie.

The nail polishes from MAC's Quite Cute collection.
{Photo from vampyvarnish.com}

The first season of Treme.

A copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
{I've been wanting to read this FOREVER and I can never find a copy when I go to the bookstore!}

What do you all have your eyes on this spring? Have you been window shopping and had something catch your eye? Share your find below in the comments section!

Until next time, XOXO!

::SXSW, Final Days::

{Again, I went out sans makeup and in my "getting dirty" clothes. It was a long day}

The last couple days of SXSW, we had some more friends (Taro-kun and M-) come to stay with us, so we had a full house! I had some cool pictures of Taro and M- on their 10-speeds, but I seem to have "lost" them. So sad...they are so cute!

Anyways, I went to Fader Fort's last day with Kris and Coool Dundee...I went to see Bon Iver play with his old college band, DeYarmond Edison. Kris and Coool wanted to see Lil' B, so we ended up staying there pretty much all day. Let's just say that by the time SXSW was over, I needed a vacation from my vacation, LOL.

Here are a few shots I got throughout the day...


New Era set up a photo booth to "advertise" their hats...and if you took a REALLY good picture, you got to keep the hats you had on. Kris wasn't really in a creative mood, so we didn't get to keep our hats. *sniffle*


I was looking for the port-a-potties, and guess who I found! A-Trak! Love him! :) His bro David (1/2 of Chromeo) was there also, but a bunch of jokers jumped in my shot with the two of them. Needless to say, I was more than a little peeved. I first met A-Trak backstage at a Kanye West concert in 2004, while he was touring with Kanye as his "in-house" DJ. He had on a kick-ass pirate t-shirt that I tried to steal from him. My attempt was unsuccessful, LOL.


Spoek Mathambo did a great job, rocking tha house...


One of my most FAV artists, Bon Iver, playing with DeYarmond Edison. They did a cover of a Donny Hathaway song that was wonderful! (Wish I could remember which song, waaaaahhh)

And the surprise of the night was the appearance of:

This dude right here: Diddy. The crowd went NUTS.


Lil' B's performance was not at all what I expected, but I kind of like him. He spoke a lot between songs about how people need to love each other and how he really appreciated all of the support from his fans. He has a HUGE following. Definitely a "rare" (LOL) thing to see a humble rapper.

Diddy initially came out to introduce Lil' B, but then he came out after Lil' B's set to rap a few of his old hits. The crowd rapped along too, and it was pretty awesome. I'm not a huge fan, but you have to respect the man for getting his hustle on. Then, quite unexpectedly, Odd Future (ODWGKTA) came out and Kris warned me to make a break for the stands. He was right to warn me...cuz shit got REAL CRAZY when they came out. I don't like being pushed around, so I generally stay away when people start moshing. I still got some beer thrown on me (I wasn't the intended target, but I got it anyway...) before I made it safely out of the crowd. :(

All in all, the best (and craziest) SXSW experience I've had since we moved to Austin. Hopefully next year's will be even better!

Until next time, XOXO

::SXSW, Day 4::

I gave up on wearing make-up for the rest of SXSW. It was just too hot and schweaty to even bother.

Later in the week, Ted and Coool Dundee of Damaged Good$ came to stay with us because they had a performance on Thursday night with Ghost Pizza. It's always a good time when they come to visit us, as you can see. ^That's Ted up above^ Kris should be doing a post on that performance soon. Here's what he has so far.


Coool Dundee, the other half of Damaged Good$.

We started the day off at Shangri-La...J- and company had alerted me that there were free drinks and music. Imagine my surprise when the free music ended up being artists like Friendly Fires and Theophilus London! I also spotted Mischa Barton there, but didn't want to be rude and take her picture without permission. My usual crew was there:


Lames lookin' cool as always!


I also met a new friend, A-. Chicks with more tattoos than me have a special place in my heart. Isn't that sleeve kick-ass?!



Well, speaking of chicks with tattoos, remember L- from the New Year's Eve slumber party?
She got the rest of her sleeve done, and it. is. AWESOME!


I was trying to take a picture of her cute plugs, but the sun got in the way. A nice picture, nonetheless.


Even little doggies want free drinks and music! LOL!

L- and I left Shangri-La a litle early so we could get in the line for Fader Fort, and we stopped at a pop-up food trailer park to get something to eat. It was there that we ran into this delightful character, Conquistador!


I just had to take his picture. Anybody with enough guts to wear that outfit deserves all the attention he got!

At the Fader Fort, I was able to skip the line because I was *ahem* "with the press." Shout out to the awesome security guard who let me skip the line! :P

There, I spotted yet another chick with a tattoo - this time, characters from my FAVORITE movie, Labyrinth. She told me that I was probably the 10th person who asked to take a picture of her arm, LOL. I just couldn't resist.


To be honest, as much as I lovelovelove that movie, I wouldn't get it tattooed on my arm. That girl had a lot of guts!


Ed McFarlane, the lead singer of Friendly Fires.


Yelawolf is NOT afraid to get up close and personal with his fans.

The main performer I wanted to see at Fader Fort that night was Raphael Saadiq, but he canceled (ultimate sad face...). I did catch Friendly Fires again, along with Twin Shadow and Yelawolf. All of the performers I saw did an great job, and Yelawolf was the stand-out performer of the night.

This was my first time attending the Fader Fort, and I had a GREAT time! It was definitely worth the 2 hour wait to get my wristband in the unforgiving Texas heat. :)

Stay tuned for another post covering the final days of my SXSW! Until then, XOXO!

::SXSW, Days 2 & 3::

{...and that we are! Keep reading...}

Days 2 and 3 of SXSW were probably the most crazy awesome days of my life thus far! After attending more panels at Bakespace.com's TechMunch, I raced over to Buffalo Billiards for Mashable's annual Geek Games.

{insert big grin here}

It was a crazy couple of hours because I didn't think Kris was going to make it in time, and you needed at least 2 members on your team to participate. So I sweet-talked a nice guy into being on Team DIVAS & DORKS...and right when we get him into a team t-shirt, Kris comes in...just in time to start playing. The games went like this:

Day 1's events consisted of:

-ShuffleBoard (automatically advanced)
-Skifta Twister (automatically advanced)
-Pepsi Max Pong (beat the pants off the opposing team...and I've never played pong before!)


The Geek Games bracket after Day 1.

I also had the pleasure of meeting Romany Malco (of Weeds and 40 Year Old Virgin fame), who was the celebrity host of this year's Geek Games. He was super nice...he spoke with Kris and I about a possible return to Weeds for the 7th season. Here's hoping!


Yeah...excuse my frazzled appearance. It was a busy day. :)

After the games were over for the day, we were invited to come back as VIP guests for the MashHouse party. DJ Chicken George was rockin' the house, and Kris and I took full advantage of the open bar. Here's what I wore to the party:


Tunic: gifted / Sandals: Jeffrey Campbell via Urban Outfitters / Cardigan: Gap
Sorry...but I can't remember what makeup I was wearing. Most of it was MAC though.

Day 2 was even more hectic than Day 1! Kris wasn't able to make it in time, so I had to *ahem* lie to my friend K- to get her to come along with me so we would be eligible to play in the last 3 rounds. She was more than a lil miffed at me for misleading her, lol...so I'm not gonna piss her off any more by posting a picture of her.

Day 2's events consisted of:

-Sphero Bowling (SUPER cool...check it out here.)
-PlayStation 3 / Buzz Trivia
-PlayStation 3 / Sing Star Dance

{...insert sly grin...}

Sphero Bowling was OMG SUPER FUN! We practiced a bit before the games started, and we also watched other teams to figure out a winning strategy. Also, we got pretty plastered. And guess what?



...it worked! BWAHAHAHAHAA!!!! DIVAS & DORKS advanced to the 5th round.

{Disclaimer: since we were so plastered, my pictures from Day 2 sucked. Just a warning.}

I am usually pretty good at trivia games anyway, and so we kicked ASS at Buzz Trivia! K- and I pretty much stayed in 1st and 2nd place for the entire game, so we were a shoe-in for the win. Do I sound like a douchebag for being so happy that we mopped the floor with that team? If so, whatev...they tried to do us dirty and lost. Sorry dudes. :P

And this is the part where Kris shows up....just in time for the FINAL ROUND!

I should probably point out that I am also unbeatable at the karaoke portion of Sing Star...but I have never done the dance part. So I had to BEG K- to swallow her pride and show off her dance moves so we could win this thing. Best 2 out of 3 songs:

-Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (WIN)
-Soulja Boy - Crank That
(LOST...ONLY because I was singing the wrong lines for half the song...eEp! O_o)
-Outkast (Andre 3000) - Hey Ya! (WIN)

...so you know what THAT means...



That's right.

WE WON. THE ENTIRE EFFING CONTEST. OUT OF MORE THAN 40 TEAMS.

We....WON?!?!?!?!?!?!

OMG!!!!!!

To tell the truth, Team KILLAZ gave us a run for our $$$$....the game was THAT close. And they were really good sports about not winning, so I gave them all hugs. :)

Wanna know what we won?

- TWO PS3's with 2 Buzz Trivia party packs, 2 SingStar Dance party packs (with 2 microphones and 1 motion controller each...), 2 copies of Motion Sports, and 2 Karaoke Revolution party packs. I gave one of each to K- for being such a good sport. (Needless to say, she wasn't mad anymore after all that...)

and...OMG...

- a new 46" Sony Internet TV. *jaw drop* This is seriously the most awesome gadget I have ever seen in life.

...not to brag y'all, but I have NEVER won anything in my LIFE. And all this on top of the fact that Kris had been laid off that morning and I was seriously freaking out about it. (No worries, we're ok...)



After the excitement died down, we were invited to come back to the VIP dinner and party that evening. We went and hung out for a bit, but we went home early. I was exhausted!




SUPER happy at the VIP dinner...

All in all, an unexpectedly jubilant ending to a day that started out pretty shitty.

I have MUCH more to tell about the rest of SXSW, so stay tuned! I promise the rest is coming soon!

Until then, XOXO! (leave some comment love!)