what is reality anyway

Sweet Tarts

2012-02-10T08:00:00.000-08:00

American Apparel recently sent me a package full of their lingerie - an early Valentines Day present possibly? Oh you sly devils, I accept! I haven't worn a bra since, well, ever, but
this one is pretty, pink, and comfortable, and if you want one of your own, it's only 32 bucks.

"All great truths begin as blasphemies." - George Bernard Shaw

2012-02-09T07:00:00.000-08:00

The busier I am, the less I want to do - maybe it's some sort of laziness jean that's activated by increased activity? That sounds good, I'll blame it on that. Socrates said "Know thyself," and in my case it's saying "Sit your ass on the couch and turn the TV up!" Yes sir, or ma'am, whatever it is, I don't really care as long as it agrees that I should watch Shameless instead of going out.

Wearing an Aubin & Wills coat, MiH shirt, Couture Collection jeans thanks to James, Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony boots, and a Chanel bag.

NEXT Management

2012-02-09T02:44:00.001-08:00

Woohoo! Go Next! Check out this video from my agency's Paris division.

What a Trip

2012-02-08T19:48:00.000-08:00

If you want to go to the creepiest place on earth, I believe you should check out The Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo. Lucky for the Cheech to my Chong Ashley and me, the place was ripe for the heckling. I think you can visually detect my disdain for the place by my expression in the second picture.

"They say there's a reason for everything, maybe someday I'll figure out what it is..."

2012-02-06T06:30:00.000-08:00

One of my all time favorite flicks has to be What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993); and a young, long-haired Johnny Depp is just part of it. I just finished watching it again last night during a fit of insomnia, and thought it deserved a mention. The story is about unconditional love and sacrifice for family - a position many people may find themselves in at one time or another during their lives, some sooner than later - I know I've been there. That movie always reminds me about the things that are really important, aside from all the bourgeois shit that seems to dominate Western culture, my mind, and TV screen at the moment, and I'm highly thankful for those little reality checks. I could go into a heavy plot description here giving you a tear-jerking analysis about the role of family in America, the struggle of the working class, and the heavy sorrow of going on when hope is nowhere in sight, but you can just Google it - I suggest watching the movie instead.

2012-02-05T04:26:00.001-08:00

“I’m not gonna live by their rules anymore.”
-Groundhog Day

Yeah, pink gets me high as a kite

2012-02-03T06:00:00.000-08:00

And I think everything is going to be alright...as long as I don't have to wear too much of the color. My rule is: I will only wear pink if it is in a humorous, silly, or childlike way. Sunglasses like these from Stella, phones, charms, lava lamps, sometimes even denim if I'm feeling extra kindergarten-y, which is quite often actually.

Wearing a MiH Jeans blouse, Couture Collection denim thanks to James Jeans, and Stella McCartney sunglasses.

2012-02-01T23:55:00.001-08:00

"It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second."
-John Steinbeck

Blue Jeans

2012-02-01T06:00:00.000-08:00

I kind of hate fashion; I hate the idea of buying really expensive, "I have it but you don't" status-y things that have a shorter shelf life than an X Factor judge, and have to be archived or sold to some second-hand retailer that takes last seasons undesirables like a pound for expired clothing. I used to love that shit - don't get me wrong, I can douche out with the best of 'em if need be - especially if I had more disposable income, I get it; it's like crack for the image-conscious. Those fancy things used to make me feel cool, but later, they just made me feel poor, and when I was crying in a pile of last seasons [insert items here] I found solace in the classics; striped tees, blue jeans, leather jackets - the stuff I can keep in rotation day after day, year after year, and will never get old- or tragically out of style - just worn out, or as I like to call it, loved into oblivion.

Wearing a tee thanks to StyleMint, and high waisted jeans thanks to J Brand.

2012-02-01T01:49:00.000-08:00

"Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final."
-Hunter S. Thompson, The Great Shark Hunt, 1979

Paige Denim Get the Look

2012-01-31T06:30:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Paige Denim for featuring me!

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2012-01-29T18:50:00.000-08:00

"The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself."
- Archibald MacLeish

When the Levee Breaks

2012-01-29T18:49:00.000-08:00

California's Central Coast, January 2012

I feel the same way about city life as I do about any of life's great excesses; one can only handle so much before the proverbial debauched cup runneth over. Jamming an overabundance of stimulation down my gullet seems to bring me further and further away from and that inner-peace thing that everyone is always yammering on about, even if it is a damn good time. Don't get me wrong, I fucking love New York with all my heart and soul, and if I wasn't such a gluttonous beast maybe I could even reside there full time, but I also need the original beauty that is mother nature in her best party dress, and like coming home to mother, California's central coast gives me all that and more. This place will always be my home no matter where I'm currently living, and knowing it is there for me amidst the chaos is my safety blanket that's always held close to my heart. If you have one thing, you always want the other - the grass is always greener thing is older than time, but when I'm sitting with my feet in the sand, saltwater in my hair, and absent are the sounds of everything but wind in the trees, and waves on beach, things couldn't get much greener. It may sound like a farce, how could the solemnity of soundless nights not filled with RSVP's, gratuitous champagne, and air kisses be better than the raucous carousing the big cities can offer up? Thoreau said "As you simplify your life, the law of the universe will be simpler," and I'm starting to think he knew what he was talking about.

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You'll meet them all again on their long journey to the middle

2012-01-25T18:02:00.000-08:00

Girl, boy, or something in between, I love my friends at UNIF for keeping me in sweet duds that are always comfortable and easy to wear. And whether you're with the band or not, there's something for everybody to make you feel almost famous.

Look 1: Jacket and velvet lace-up shorts thanks to UNIF Clothing, French Connection top.

Look 2: Tee thanks to UNIF Clothing, Paloma leather leggings thanks to Paige Denim, vintage jacket, Alexander McQueen scarf, and Yves Saint Laurent boots.

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2012-01-24T21:39:00.000-08:00

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” -Franz Kafka

Rainy Day Women

2012-01-22T18:02:00.000-08:00

On the road again; I'm always trying to pack all the things I need for a variety of climates that currently fall into the category cold and colder - I'm so happy to have this Aubin & Wills coat to throw over everything I own. I really hate packing due to the fact that something is always left behind, and it's usually something I really need. Due to that fact, I try to keep it simple, and keep my luggage under the airport baggage weight limits. I currently just finished with some work in L.A., and I'm about to start a marathon of my favorite TV shows to decompress - Shameless, Californication, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta all airing on the same night is like a gift from the gods.

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Boardwalk Empire

2012-01-19T09:00:00.000-08:00

Heaven on earth; the quintessential Surf-City with a hint of Haight-Ashbury, complete with a genuine old fashioned boardwalk that smells like cotton candy and corn dogs, and even has a wooden roller coaster that opened in 1924. You can get anywhere you need to go on a bicycle, and you can go around the world through just checking out the restaurants. When I don't need to be anywhere, I want to be here.

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2012-01-18T21:43:00.000-08:00

“Like most others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, I shared a dark suspicion that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actors, kidding ourselves along on a senseless odyssey. It was the tension between these two poles - a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other - that kept me going.” - Hunter S Thompson

"The Edge...there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over" -Hunter Thompson

2012-01-17T19:20:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when two childhood best friends are stuck in their hometown for Christmas and have nothing to do other than drink whiskey, dress up like pirates, and draw on my face. You can follow Chris on Twitter here.

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Like a Rolling Stone

2012-01-13T09:00:00.000-08:00

Got a haircut yesterday, kinda Mick Jagger circa '68 - or what my stylist called "a borderline mullet" - I'm OK with either description.

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Cannery Row

2012-01-11T07:45:00.000-08:00

People like to say that you can't go home again, but I think that was before economical airfare.

what is reality anyway

Sweet Tarts

"All great truths begin as blasphemies." - George Bernard Shaw

NEXT Management

What a Trip

"They say there's a reason for everything, maybe someday I'll figure out what it is..."

Yeah, pink gets me high as a kite

Blue Jeans

Paige Denim Get the Look

When the Levee Breaks

You'll meet them all again on their long journey to the middle

Rainy Day Women

Boardwalk Empire

"The Edge...there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over" -Hunter Thompson

Like a Rolling Stone

Cannery Row

Lost Boy

Floating Kabarette in Brooklyn

California Christmas, 2011

New York, December 2011

The Cools

Draw

Nightstand

Broadway and Broome

New York Groove

Changing of the Guards

Some Girls

Talk Boy

Kat Dennings Wearing Krystal Simpson for Coach

Freebird

Gonzo

"Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen." - Stephen W. Hawking

December in California

Temperature

Baby, you're a rich man

Miracle in the Twilight Zone

Sight for Sore Eyes

American Nights

Dusk

Girls

Kids

I'm wearing my heart like a crown

Prodigal Son

Fearne Cotton for Very

Autumn

Very.com Launches in the Unites States

Dead Outtakes

Ball and Chain

The Long Valley

Tomboy

Day of the Dead 2011

Halloween Photo Diary

"I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend" - Freddie Mercury

Waynes World! Party Time! Excellent!

Live Fast

Yer Blues

SGC NYC Interview

Skulls

On the Road

Blonde on Blonde

Nothin' No

Here Comes the Night

Sweet Virginia

Down on the waterfront, her hair all drenched in spray

Pearl Street

Highway 1

Dazed

Haircut Inspiration: The Rock and Roll Bob

Last Night

Friday

Weekender

Candy Land

Time Waits for No One

Intergalactic Nails

Here's Johnny

Royale

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Someday Baby

The Wharf

The Cutting Board