God bless America damn it.

Cheers to a fantastic day, and to a fantastic rest of the week!

Details later!

xox

-AP

life as i know it...

      well well well.. I haven't spoken in a few days due to midterms and laziness. I'm not really sure where to start although I have three things to say before I begin. 1) sugar highs are a real thing 2) I might be psychic 3)  You will never be happy if you're constantly looking to find something more
      So regarding that sugar high comment, long story short my friend Grace and I ate a mad amount of candy the other night  at a school function and had possibly the best giggle sesh that I've had in quite sometime. It was amazing and much needed. I would like to personally thank each and everyone of those sour patch kids.
      In other news, I'm psychic. I've been having very vivid dreams lately, not sure why, but it's kind of fun. So a little background on the story.. I applied to work at Billabong over a month ago and nothing ever really came of it so I basically forgot about it. Wednesday night I had a dream that I worked there. Thursday afternoon they call me to set up an interview. Boom. I'm psychic I told you. My interview is Tuesday morning.. cross your fings.
      My last speaking point is a little more deep and a little less ridiculous then the previous ones. Before I moved here I had a lot of expectations and frankly they weren't really met right away. Things have been turning around lately and I realized it's because I stopped trying so hard. I guess I kind of expected to have a best friend immediately upon arrival and we would do everything together and life would be perfect, well I learned quickly that shit doesn't work out that way. Realizing this was pretty empowering because even though I thought I was an independent person before, I'm on a whole different level now. I stopped being desperate for the perfect party with the perfect friends and just let life happen and I've met some pretty cool people in the process. I must say, not having to rely on other people for happiness is one of the best feelings.
     This week is going to be crazzzy busy though. I have 3 midterms, an interview, 2 study abroad meetings, and my Mama, Dad, Aunt Christy, and Aunt Jacquie are all coming to NY!! Very excited to eat at good restaurants and do fun touristy stuff with them...and it's not going to suck to hang out at the Waldorf Astoria for 4 days ;)

Someone requested to see pictures of my dorm... So here ya go!
I think I managed to create a nice little home away from home for myself, and it's not too "dormy" which I love, and in case you were wondering the rug is from Urban Outfitters and it was $60 and it is amazing.Enjoy.

peace

-AP

Tis' the Season

Why yes, yes I did spend over an hour making this on Polyvore instead of studying for midterms.

      This is my tentative Christmas list. Take note Santa. Although I'm still in the process of figuring out what I reallllllly want out of all of these fabulous items but it's glasses and watch fo'sho, and that whole mess of a tree is going to take a leetle more time to narrow down.
      I seriously can't wait to start buying cool presents for my family though! If any of you are reading this it's going to be Christmas a la Williamsburg Flea Market this year, try to contain your excitement. SO excited for all the coming holidays in NYC, well Halloween and Thanksgiving, I'll be back on the 21st of December for Christmas, but I'll be sure to post pictures of all the festivities of HallowsEve  and TanksGivin, can you say MACY's THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, because I can. Anywhoo I'll update on my real life later, I'm kind of avoiding it at the moment.

Tip of the Day: Go to Old Navy. NOW. They're having a super, uber, mega sale. I got 2 blouses (similar to ones pictured in Oct. 15 post), a skirt, and a big comfy sweater for only $49. I live for this shit.

peace

-AP

random bits

WARNING: This is a rant.

       I've learned that teachers can really make or break a class....duh.... I mean the subject matter. The tricky thing is learning how to over look a shitty careless professor/instructor.
Exhibit A: AC 111-225..my Advertising & Promotion class. MOST boring class/wasteOf3Hours I've ever put myself through, and it's all because of the professor. Okay, yes I understand that you were a happenin' hot shot AD guy back in 1965 and developed so many fabulous prototypes and gave everyone the coolest nicknames (probs why we talk about Mad Men every week also)... but none of that is helpful to me. in this class. right meow. when I have to take a midterm in a week that is written from the BOOK. Don't get me wrong, my professor is a nice teeth-whistlin' little man, but I don't think he's quite cut out to be a teacher, let alone a Professor.
Exhibit B: Grumpy yoga instructor, I don't appreciate it when I'm trying to relax and take deep breaths, in through my nose out through my nose, that I am distracted by you yelling at a poor girl because she put her water bottle and coat in "your space," not in the cubbies. It's even more distracting when you continue to speak to her like she is a complete idiot, when obviously, she has never attended your class before. And this rant is over because I will continue to take her class because it's free and she teaches 2 out of the 4 days that are available each week. The end. side note: Tuesday instructor is my all time fave.
      SO, with all this being said, Exhibit B taught me a lot about Exhibit A. In exhibit B I put up with the annoying instructor because I  want to take the yoga class - I just need to apply the same thinking in regards to exhibit A. At one point I wanted to take Advertising and Promotion because I found the subject matter interesting, so while I'm sitting in class dying a slow death, I just need to remind myself of the interest I once had. I'll just have to take learning the material into my own hands..I mean, I only paid like $120 for the book, so I might as well read it.

peace an blessin's

-AP

wonderball

      One thing that I have always found fascinating is that time right before the sun sets for the evening; the time when it's dark out but you can still see perfectly clearly, almost more clearly than when the sun is out. (this is where it gets weird) Also in this most beautiful time of evening I noticed that if the lights are on in an establishment, let's say a gas station, you can see directly into the gas station and everything that is going on, almost like it's a performance being put on and I'm the audience, but the "actors" don't know they have an audience.

      Back in good ole' Nebster (nebraska) I remember driving down the street and being able to see directly into people's houses. Many people would just go about paying attention to traffic and other nonsense, but I always find myself continuing to stare into people's homes; it feels like I'm watching a little tiny silent film of someones daily life. Since moving to the city I notice this phenomena (ifyouwill) a lot more often, being that the buildings are so tall you can usually look directly out your window and look directly into someone else's. It kind of makes me feel sneaky and God like, to be able to watch people when they don't know they're being watched, not in a creepy way though. It makes me wonder mostly about who the people are, where they come from, why they're in that office or studio working so late, what they're working on, how they got to the point in their life that they work on a huge Mac in a studio at 12:00 at night in New York City. I swear I'm not a psycho stalker or murderer or something, I just like not knowing and wondering. Seeing all these people either in their apartment or office or studio makes me feel so small and tiny, it's a nice reminder that even though sometimes "it's a small world" its actually "a really-fucking-huge world" with billions of people with different lives, problems, stresses, and worries. It's pretty humbling, and I like it.

      Okay enough with that philosophical bollocks. If anyone is interested, my life is anything but exciting nowadays (other than the fact  that I live in midtown Manhattan) all I do is sleep, eat, try to teach myself how to study, go to yoga, drink coffee, and stay up way later than necessary. Woo! And trust me, I'm not complaining. It's quite a lovely little existence, and I know in the future everything is going to be A LOT more stressful. So Cheers to that, and also Cheers to iOS 5!

au revoir

-AP

A very merry unbirthday to me!

Welp, it's my half birthday. Half birthdays really mean a whole lot of nothin'. On top of the fact that today only marks the half way point until my birthday, it's the half way point until my 19th birthday, an age that also means a whole lot of nothin'. On a positive note, 6 months from today I could buy a house in the state of Nebraska if I had the urge. Other than aforementioned fun facts, not much else has happened today. 

So, in homage to my half birthday I combined all my favorite things in one outfit!

Jean button-down: Walmart (because where else would you buy a jean shirt)

Navy Stripped T: Scout: Dry Goods & Trade

Necklace: Anthropologie

Hunter Green Skinnies: Gap

Rings: (Left) A gift from Costa Rica (Right) Made by me!

OH! I also found out that I have way more money in the bank than I thought, Cheers!

peace-

AP

#fatkidproblems

Got this little beauty from the bodega on 7th. It came with two other mini friends, Red Velvet and Chocolate. OH YEAH, I forgot to mention that I paid $2.25 in all quarters for these actually quite mediocre cupcakes. Talk about fat/poor/girl problems.

Here's a little day maker for ya...

Uncle Walter

      okay... so obviously blogging has not been my first priority lately..still getting used to it. ALTHOUGH some major shit has happened since my last/first blog post. I went home for a week and it was just what the Dr. ordered. I got to hang with my soulmate/sister EP for the first time in about 4 months, surprised the shit out of my mother courtesy of my father SO cute, and spent some qt drinking boxed wine and cheap vodka with my best friends. What made my trip even more fabulous was that it washed away any doubts I'd been having and made me realize that my little dorm in Chelsea is truly where I'm supposed to be at this moment in my life.

      As for changing my major, I decided to nix the idea. I've noticed that I have very impulsive tendencies, and I've also learned that it's best to discuss my impulses with a more rational human, such as my Fajah. Not that jewelry design would be an irrational crazy impulse for me, but there is a smarter way to go about it. So now the plan is to stick with FMM through my bachelors degree and (hopefully) spend my junior year studying abroad in Florence, Italy. After eating pasta for a year I'll  resume my studies back in NYC then graduate with a degree in International Fashion Merchandising and Management(holla)! Then hopefully with a killer job and a New York address I can take Jewelry Design classes on nights and weekends FO' FREE (not really, just with in-state tuition).

      In other exciting news, I got a little wastey at an Irish Pub on Friday and spent my entire day yesterday in the East Village boutique hopping, and spent my entire day today in my bed Blog hoppin'! Also, I'm going to be taking up Yoga! I took a class last Thursday and laved eet. They have classes on campus Wed. Thurs. and Sat. but a girl from class told me about Yoga to The People which has multiple locations around NYC and all it costs is a donation! Namaste.

I'm going to be Mary Poppins for halloween! My all time fave.

sanks for the idea Pinterest

peace-

AP