Impressions

"Sometimes it can seem as though kids always do better than their parents. You know-someone's dad was a coal miner, or whatever, but his son goes on to play for a Premiership team, or wins Pop Idol, or invents the Internet. Those stories make you feel as though the whole world is on its way up."

Nick Hornby in Slam

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Shirt: Thrifted
Pants: Urban Outfitters
Shoes: From my madrina

Impressions

"The whole socialism argument, that doesn't fly too well. The evidence of this seems pretty thin. I said today I think they found some proof that when I was in kindergarten I shared some toys with my friends and that's clearly a sign of subversive activity."

Barack Obama on The Daily Show

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Sweater: Dillards
Pants: Thrifted
Shoes: From my madrina

I love the shoes. This is a second pair of shoes that I show that were passed down from my madrina. I did not get them until several years after she passed away. I just though it was cool that someone thought about giving them to me.

Impressions

"All I want to do is go the distance and if I ever go that distance; say that bell rings and I'm still standing. I'm gonna know for the first time in my life you see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."

Rocky Balboa in Rocky

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Scarf: Urban Outfitters
Dress: Urban Outfitters
Legginings: American Apparel
Shoes: Dr. Martens

Impressions

"I appreciate it for what its doing, but I'd rather watch some cheesy western with Charles Bronson or Clint Eastwood thats horribly inaccurate but entertaining, than a historically accurate depiction of the daily lives of a bunch of miserable people."

Yann on Deadwood (over here)

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Vest: Sears
Scarf: NataJane
Shirt: Thrifted
Pants: X2
Shoes: Minnetonka

Impressions

"All our young lives we search for someone to love. Someone who makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope. All the while wondering if somewhere, somehow, there's someone perfect, who might be searching for us."

Kevin Arnold from The Wonder Years in Don't You Know Anything About Women?

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Vest: Thrifted
Shirt: Thrifted
Scarf: Thrifted
Pants: X2
Shoes: Minnetonka

I am at this work retreat that I was not really looking forward to. So I had decided that since we were going into the Sierra Blancas to Alto NM that I would make it interesting for myself. That involved trying to coordinate my clothes in a borderline rustic/lumberjack/Paul Pfeiffer style. I already had most items, I did however invest on the Minnetonkas . I will take a better picture of them tomorrow. I think they are very versatile and I will be able to use them outside of the rustic/lumberjack/Paul Pfeiffer style.

Impressions

"Cross the Rainbow Bridge of Asgard,
Where the booming heavens roar,
You’ll behold in breathless wonder,
The God of Thunder, Mighty Thor!"

From the theme song of The Mighty Thor cartoon

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Under shirt: Thrifted
Shirt: Fallas Paredes
Pants: Thrifted
Shoes: Urban Outfitters

Mjöllnirista

Impressions

"There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand."

Pee-Wee in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Sweater: Thrifted
Shirt: American Apparel
Pants: Dillards
Shoes: Urban Outfitters

Impressions

"One, two, three, four, five, six, six, six."

Mephiskapheles from God Bless Satan

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Cardigan: American Apparel
Shirt: American Apparel
Pants: Urban Outfitters
Shoes: Dr. Martens

The Dr. Martens were a present from my parents for my sixteenth birthday! Twelve years later they are now black not green.

Impressions

"Kids are little people."

Lothar and the Hand People from Presenting

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Sweater: Thrifted
Pants: Thrifted
Shoes: ???


Little Hades incognito

Impressions

"I went home each night dizzy and sick. He was murdering me with the sound of his voice."

Chinaski in Charles Bukowski's Post Office

Headless Fashion Woman

I do not usually think that GIANT heels are appropriate for work but I did not have much going on today.

What I am wearing:
Sweater: Thrifted
Shirt: Thrifted
Pants: American Apparel
Shoes: Zinc

Impressions

"It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it."

Jacob Bronowski

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Hoodie: American Apparel
Pants: Dickies
Tennis: Nike

I know it is kind of blasé but so was the weather. That is why I wore this hat I got from Dahlia Soleil. I have matching gloves. Yann calls it my ragamuffin wares. I was first called that in high school, the memories...

Impressions

"Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they change it.
Just when I’m loving life, it seems to start raining."

The Streets from Everything is Borrowed

Headless Fashion Woman

Jacket: Jacob
Shirt: From a vendor at El Chopo
Socks: American Apparel
Shoes: From my cousin Monica (who sells shoes in Mexico)

Impressions

"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends."

Dumbledore in Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

Headless Fashion Woman

The work appropriate version. What I am wearing
Long sleeve shirt: American Apparel
Shirt: J Crew
Pants: X2
Shoes: Urban Outfitters
Scarf: Hand made by my mom


A more appropriate weather transition version:
Shorts: Thrifted cut up jeans
Socks: American Apparel
Shoes: Nike
Bag: Thrifted

I got a lot of attention with this outfit today. People were yelling go Pioneers, or your a fighting Viking and someone at the gym yelled go Red Skins. Maybe the color combo is not that common outside of sports. I also got a lot of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft shout outs.

Messing around with an unfinished display at the Urban Outfitters.

Impressions

"We will not hide our love of liberty on this site and we will take every opportunity to castigate those who call for expanding the reach of government into these fields [of technology]."

The Technology Liberation Front

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Shirt: Thrifted
Pants: A gift from my frined Lesha
Shoes: Thrifted

Impressions

"Who are you, just another American who saw too many movies as a child, another orphan of a bankrupt culture who thinks he's John Wayne, Rambo, Marshall Dylan?"

Hans Gruber in Die Hard

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Sweater: Fallas Paredes
Tank: J Crew
Skirt: Thrifted
Leggins: American Apparel
Shoes: Thrifted
Purse: Thrifted

Around Albuquerque

I guess there are some benefits to occasionally leaving the house before 8 am. I took this picture from within my car. One of the balloons almost landed in the playground of a school I had a meeting at this morning. It was fun to see all these kids running around saying they were going to catch it.

Impressions

"Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is."

Jose Saramago

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Sweater: Vintage from Charlie's (ABQ)
Shirt: Thrifted
Pants: J Crew
Shoes: Urban Outfitters

"Kicking the addiction" or "Going natural while saving money"

I had read this post and decided that I was going to give it a try. I have a long history of obsessing over my hair. As I have gotten older I do not change my hair color or style as much. However, the one thing that has not changed is my addiction to hair products. If it claims to retain color, fight frizz and give you ever lasting shine I have bought it and used it. Over the past year I found some products that I really liked that were vegan, all natural, and did exactly everything they claimed to do. I had shampoo, conditioner, volume enhancer, styling cream and paste. So that is five products at $30 a piece. They only lasted a couple of months at most. Although, they were my miracle products their effects only lasted two maybe three days. Then my hair would get greasy looking and feel sticky. I was investing a lot of time and money into my hair which I had always done. Since finishing grad school I have some more pressing financial responsibilities than spending $150 on hair products. I had to mentally prepare myself to cease the product use. Last night I was ready, to at least try it. I washed my hair with NaHCO3 and conditioned with an organic apple cider vinegar. I was surprised that my hair was not a tangled mess. I blow dried my hair and noticed that it seemed shinier, but not the product application kind of shiny but a more realistic shiny. My hair also seems fuller with more volume than before. I had been using a volumizer before because my hair seemed to stick to my head. Maybe I was using too many products or the conditioner was weighing my hair down. So far so good...

Impressions

"He's got a mean way of being happy."

Al Swearengen on Deadwood

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Sweater: Thrifted
Shirt: J Crew
Skirt: From a clothing lot I got on Ebay
Shoes: Urban Outfitters

Andrea thought I should show off my knee highs.

Impressions

"Cruelty in the young is like arthritis in the elderly - it's in their bones."

Brian from International Walnut

Headless Fashion Woman

What I am wearing:
Sweater Coat: My mom made it for me!
Shirt: American Apparel
Pants: J Crew
Shoes: Urban Outfitters
Purse: Scavenger Hunt (Grand Rapids, MI)

Impressions

"Never been half as good as I am when I'm with you"

Those Royals from Romance is Dead

Headless Fashion Woman

What I'm wearing:
Top: Thrifted
Pants: Thrifted
Shoes: Penneys

Accessories:
Necklace: Urban Outfitters
Ring: Sparky's Trading Post (Local to ABQ)
Earrings: jeweldmonkey

Impressions

“You need more tact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action.”

William Bolitho

Headless Fashion Woman

What I'm wearing:
Sweater: Target
Shirt: American Apparel
Skirt: Thrifted
Shoes: Inheritance from my Madrina Yolanda

My friend Andrea said that I should show some accessories. I do have a lot of them that I haven't used in a while.


The earrings and the necklace I bought in Mexico.

Raras veces en la vida…

se puede decir que una hija le enseña algo a una mamá. Hoy mi mamá fue al súper y compro unos nopales, pero no estaban limpios. Estaba parada en el fregadero y me dijo que no sabia limpiarlos, que siempre los compra ya limpios. Entonces yo le enseñe como hacerlo. Me pregunto como era que yo sabia limpiarlos y le dije que tenia que hacerlo en la secundaria, que teníamos una nopalera. Me di cuenta que se sonrió y de algún modo se sintió orgullosa. Pedacitos de México se manifiestan por aquí y por allá para acordarnos de donde vinimos.