WTF Ma*rs Nurse

Ok, this is just too weird.  I have to do a quick post to share this.  I was browsing the Ma*rs site and came across this article of clothing.  From the thumbnail, I thought this hoodie/parka had some sort of animal ears on it but, no, it’s supposed to a nurse’s hat…

"Hey big boy, looks like you need a dose of strawberry jello!"

OMG, WTFF!!  I know men are supposedly into nurses, but do we really want to dress nurses to be sexy?  Ugh. 

The hood looks like a 1950’s fast food hat.  Oh, it comes in beautiful black, too!

If you are weirdly interested (or curious!), the nurse parka is on the Ma*rs site HERE!  If you are interested in the actual nurse uniform, it's on Rakuten HERE. 

Ma*rs has had some slightly "off" stuff in the past but this has got to be the weirdest, least attractive thing I've seen the brand produce.  The bear-butt shorts in the first pic are a little strange, too, but still cute!

Lolita meet, Punk rock flea market, Italian Valentine’s and The DARKNESS

I’m healthy again!  Semi-healthy.  I was sick for a couple of weeks and then I got a lung infection from being sick.  I started feeling run down the day of the Angelic Pretty tea party, which is the last thing I blogged about, so anyway, I'm back!

Not a good outfit shot but you can see our cute faces!  BTW, This photo makes me hate my porn star-blond wig!

The monthly Lolita meet on Friday was fun.  Something like 30 lolitas showed up.  We broke into smaller groups for the restaurant, so it was more intimate (and less stressful for the servers!).  I found out that Courtney and Elizabeth, local lolis, are also into gyaru fashion!  Hopefully in the near future, we can all hang out together.

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On Saturday, my hubby and I went to a punk rock flea market at the Speakeasy Brewery.  It’s in a pretty shady part of San Francisco but it was an adventure!  It was interesting to be inside a brewery.  The DJ was playing old punk, so that was fun.

At the end of the everyone got to take home a free keg!  j/k

The bar...

Hubby with a shifty-eyed beer

Our little table, earning hot dog money!

We sold some of my husband’s t-shirts and shoes—all new and unworn, with tags!  We only sold a couple of shirts, which was enough money to pay for lunch at the vegan hot dog stand outside.  Actually, with the exception of a records dealer and the bar, it seemed like no one sold very much.  We didn’t mind because we mainly came to hang out.  I felt bad for some of the crafts tables, because it seemed like the wrong crowd to sell crafts to.  Oh well!  At least they didn’t have to pay to be there.

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USA!

nice hat

The Darkness!  I went to the Darkness at the Fillmore.  I was still sick and sat coughing in the lobby for a good portion of the show.  I was determined to go to this show because we’d planned to go for a long time, which is rare for us.  Usually, we see shows only a few days in advance.

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this is my car!  ;)

Now this is going back a little… Valentine’s Day!  I was pretty sick at this point but I went to dinner in North Beach (Italian neighborhood) with my love.

Yay Ma*rs!

Not a very good outfit pic but this is me at the table.  I wore a Ma*rs dress, necklace and iPhone case :P  The cardigan is from the Hello Kitty X Forever 21 collaboration.  You can't tell but it has a Hello Kitty pattern.  Another thing difficult to see is my mouth!  Because I was sick, I didn't want to contaminate my lipsticks or lipglosses.  I considered photoshopping some lips on but decided that'd look too fake.

Happy belated Valentine's Day, everyone!  Enjoy the rest of this romantic month!  ;)

Angelic Pretty Valentine's Tea Party

Over the weekend, I went to the Angelic Pretty Tea Party at Secret Garden.  It was fun!  There were a few games and a costume contest.  This is the first AP party I've been to and it was pretty nice, although the Baby events are slightly more posh with more prizes.  It's ok, I mainly went to see and hang out with other pretty lolis!



The aesthetic theme was "Valentine's Day."  I was very literal and dressed as cupid!  A female cupid!

I decorated a bow--which was probably illegal to carry around, considering it's technically a weapon--with pink AP tissue paper and pink ribbons.  I also decorated an arrow with ribbon, glitter and rhinestones.  I made a little quiver out of an AP shopping bag.

Everyone looked sp cute.  There were a few candy-themed coords, some chocolate-themed coords and a love-letter themed coord.  Surprisingly, there was only one other cupid.  She had really cute, fancy little wings. 

Oh, and did I mention that I won first place in the costume contest?  I was so surprised!  Pleasantly surprised!  I was worried that everyone would think my coord was too dorky, especially since I made up a little poem when it was time to describe my outfit.  :P

With my bow full of bows

And my wings of a dove

I'll shoot your sweetheart

And fill him or her with love

Hahaha!  I looked for a real poem about Cupid, but all I could find was the San Cooke song:

Isn't it a dreamy song?  Too bad.  I'll be damned if I sing in public! Making up a sad little poem was the only option.  :P  I guess I could have been normal and simply introduced myself, but where's the fun in that?  ^-^

My Sickly Valentine

I can't believe I'm sick on Valentine's Day!  V-Day is my second favorite holiday after Halloween.

My sweet husband brought me roses this morning!  I asked him, "Is this because I'm sick or because it's Valentine's Day?"  He said, "It's because I love you!"  Aww!  Sorry, I know some ppl don't like hearing mushy love stuff.  I promise not to post kissy photos! Haha!

I made a point to actually take an outfit photo this weekend.  Now if I could only remember to do it every day!  Haha!  I figured this outfit's kind-of Valentine-y so I'll share it today...

skirt doesn't look this super hot pink irl!

top: truly madly deeply (urban outfitters)
skirt: h&m
shoes: jeffrey campbell
bag: kimchee blue (urban outfitters)

actually ironed my hair but the ends got wavy again!

someone told me these shoes looked dutch!

I LOVE my purple purse--I got it to add color to my mostly black wardrobe--but it's gotten messed up really easily really quickly.  The zipper pulls fell off right away.  The seams inside and outside the purse are coming undone.  I've only had this purse for a month or so!

My husband...

your turn, honey bunny!

motorcycle jacket: Obey
t-shirt: from NoBunny show
Motorhead hoodie: ?
jeans: ?
Kiss Vans: ?

not a kissy photo but close!  rarr!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Petition against lolita in pedo movie

If you have a chance, please take a second to sign a petition against this movie poster...

http://www.change.org/petitions/jw-productions-and-director-jan-willem-breure-remove-the-promotional-poster-for-the-film-and-write-a-public-apology

Apparently, the model was misled about the purpose of the photoshoot.  According to Rox, she was told that it was for a movie about Japanese fashion.  http://woxje.tumblr.com/post/17484416773


Even aside from the subject matter, it looks very amateur and poorly made. The trailer makes the movie look SO BAD.  It shows 2 second-long clips from interviews that make it look like experts are saying that pedophilia is acceptable.  Looks like a classic case of interviews being taken way out of context.  

From the trailer, I get the feeling that the movie is trying to say it's natural for adult men to be attracted to teenage girls. Honestly, I do think it's natural to be attracted to youth.  However, in a modern society, it's not ok to pursue teenagers for marriage and especially not for casual sex.  I think most people agree with this but some dumb wannabe film maker decided to sensationalize this natural attraction to youth.

The image of a beautiful girl in a beautiful Angelic Pretty dress is very striking which is probably why it's being used to promote the movie.  However, it's misrepresenting the fashion, which is totally unrelated to pedophilia.  Maybe the people who made this movie googled "lolita" and found Angelic Pretty that way.

Using lolita fashion to promote a movie about pedophilia is so stupid and irrelevant because...drum roll...most guys are turned off by lolita fashion!!  If men were attracted to lolita, then all the sad, single, boyfriend-hungry ladies out there would wear lolita.  Lolita fashion gets comments like, "You lost your sheep!"  Low-cut tops and push-up bras get real attention from men!
 
The lolita community is pretty annoyed about the poster.  I am too!

Taylor Momeson Style

One of my favorite style icons lately is Taylor Momeson.  I've wanted to blog about her for a while--she is featured in gyaru magazines periodically, so it is relevant!  :)  She's most famous for being on Gossip Girl but her band, the Pretty Reckless is gaining popularity as well. (I saw them open for Evanesence and briefly wrote about the concert here) She's young but already has mad style.



I love her apologetically edgy rock style.  She is truly rock and roll! I love almost everything she wears.  She often wears actual stripper shoes, which I love her even more for!

She sometimes gets criticized for her provocative clothing and I've even seen her on "worst dressed" lists (which are pathetic, btw). Fortunately for her style admirers (like myself) she continues dressing in her amazing, distinctive style!



There are some "steal her style" websites that tell you where you can get clothes she wears. I didn't even know these types of sites existed until I searched for pics of Taylor's outfits.  There are lots of sites like this, just google "[Someone's name] style."

http://momsenstyle.com/

http://stealherstyle.net/taylor-momsen/

To hear her speak on her style is interesting.  She talks about her style with MTV here.  Also, Coco Perez (the blog) quoted her as saying:

"It's flattering, but it's weird. People have my haircut, my make-up, they literally look like a version of me. It's cool to be inspired by someone, but I think you've got to find a way to make it your own and not just copy."

Agreed!  Let's just be inspired by Taylor! :P

Lolita meet at Rose Tea

In January, I was lucky to go to ~two~ lolita meets. This was the daytime one where we actually made a point to take photos! It was organized by the beautiful Shannon from Chicago Milwaukee the Midwest.

Organizing was probably a huge pain for Shannon because we kept changing the location but ended up at the lovely Rose Tea on Irving St., which is a tea house+flower shop combo.  We had the place to ourselves and there was even a penis piano player.

There were so many of us that they did the fudz buffet style instead of plated.

We took individual shots, which I thought was a good idea.  Luckily no one was too shy!

Our hostess!

The shop owner trying to photobomb!

This is Nikki, she's rad!  :)

Too white! Not right!

My outfit:

JSK: Angellic Pretty

bolero: Baby the Stars Shine Bright

shoes: Baby the Stars Shine Bright

socks: the crappy variety store on Clement St.  XD

bow: Baby the Stars Shine Bright

wig: Gothic Lolita Wigs

I didn't realize it until just now but I was the only one in a wig.  I love wigs with lolita!  It's been a controversial issue in lolita.  I think natural hair looks good, too.  :) 

It was a fun meet.  Sometimes I get nervous meeting new people.  I worry that everyone has their own group of friends and isn't receptive to meeting new people (or me specifically!).  I can be pretty aloof, so I can't really take it personally if no one wants to be my bud.  Anyway, this meet was pretty nice.

I want to start attending more lolita meets, so I get a chance to wear the stuff I already own.  I'm actually pretty lucky to live in SF, where we actually have girls who are into this quirky little fashion.  :)

MacWorld and my much-complemented and photographed outfit

yay!

Last week, I went to the MacWorld/iWorld expo thing and it was pretty interesting.  It's a convention for people who are into Apple products, etc.  They have different panels all day long as well as the big expo floor.



Steve Jobs sometimes made appearances at MacWorld, so he was greatly missed this year.

r.i.p. Steve!

Even tho I grew up in "Silicon Valley," I'm not a diehard Apple fangirl, although I use a Mac, iPhone, etc.  I got a free pass for the event, so I decided to go.  I thought it might be good for networking but I was too shy to ask anyone about job stuff.  :/

It's real, I checked!!!

I went to a few different panels most were pretty interesting. I missed the one I most wanted to attend "Photography for iPhones." D: Wouldn't that have been amazing?? Especially since I refuse to carry a real I phone around with me. Oh well.

The conference was pretty low on women, aside from the "booth babes." Maybe men are still more nerdy than women. Glass ceiling!  I'd definitely recommend MacWorld to any single woman looking for a man. The men outnumber the women by about 75 to 1.

Booth babes

oh no they didn't!

Quit photobombing, you booth dude!

These girls were way cute!  I'm pretty sure they took turns with the cape and helmet.  :)

This table was so boss!

Most of the stuff on the expo floor wasn't that exciting, tbh. There were lots of different types of iPad covers and speakers but nothing to knock your socks off. There were a few things that caught my eye...

Aren't these rad??  But they were $78 with no event discount. :(

The four other women in this pic were some of the only women I saw all day!

In case you were wondering...

hat/jacket/shirt/leg warmers: H&M

hoodie: Target

tights: Music Legs

shoes: Jeffrey Campbell

bag: Kimchee Blu (Urban Outfitters)

I'm glad I went for the experience. It's fun to participate in the local techie culture.