skulls and bows

After waking up at 4:45 am, driving three hours and dealing with the girl at the j cafe who decided she hated me (meaning she gave me watered down coffee ... BIG no-no in my book) I need to find some refuge in today's haziness.

I've decided to seek a small haven in the aura of badass that radiates from my hoodie. At first glance it's grey with subtle colored patterns on the back ...

...yet if you zoom in - they are skulls. 

With bows.

Sometimes Mondays just need a little extra oomph. Happy Monday!

what an amazing friend

To my greatest, most sincere and genuine friend for as long as the night is black.

What I would do without you is something I never want to learn.

Thank you for being you, and for being there always and forever.

You define the title "best friend" and teach me every day how to be a better version of myself.

I will love you forever and ever. 

And ever.

overheard at fieldhouse

Guy 1: Did you put in a good word for me?
Guy 2: Yeah.
Guy 1: Good. I want to have dinner with her hooters Tuesday.
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another reason to love books

Dear people that don't love to read: reading lends to the most imaginative place you can ever go with your thoughts, so learn how to love it. With something like a movie, the scene is set for you, the characters are dressed the way the filmmakers wanted and the lines are articulated in the fashion they were directed to.

With reading you get to pick everything except for the literal text; no one will ever see, hear or feel a book the way you personally do. As if I need to explain: I love to read. However, if you don't - and won't appease me into convincing yourself it's your new favorite pastime - you can at least still appreciate the beauty of a book as design (or a kick ass library collection.) 

Look at the unbelievable photos below for some of the coolest ways to use these pages as your home decor.

Photo courtesy has to go straight to Stumble Upon because I couldn't find a photo credit.

I mean ... these are amazing! Who figured out how to do these things?!

My personal favorites are the lights and the vases. Mmm mmm mmm, good.

hump day giggles

daily quote

“Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.”
 Rod Sterling

whilst studying...

I'm reading an Esquire piece showcasing the difference between minimalist architect Richard Meier as compared to maximalist artist Takashi Murakami and I had to blog about the design genius of this piece. For the sake of background here are their easily comprehensible wikipedia bios: 

Takashi Murakami is a prolific contemporary Japanese artist who works in both fine arts media, such as painting, as well as digital and commercial media. He blurs the boundaries between high and low art. He appropriates popular themes from mass media and pop culture, then turns them into thirty-foot sculptures, "Superflat" paintings, or marketable commercial goods such as figurines or phone caddies.

Richard Meier is an American architect known for his rationalist designs and the use of the color white.

I find it oddly fitting that even their wiki bios are reflections of their design style. Meier's is one sentence; short and to the point. Every bit like his work. Murakami's is lengthy with what can only be described as a description dripping with words that are as opposite of monosyllable as you can get. 

Back to the point ... Esquire did a phenominal job designing this spread and dare I say it - I am actually excited to critique it today on the test.

Examples of Murakami's work:

Examples of Meier's Architecture:

The stark contrast between the two masterminds is perfectly echoed in the Esquire feature. 

P-e-r-f-e-c-t-l-y.