Wednesday, September 2

push / precious.

I'm developing a habit of reading books before the movie adaptation is released. Last week or so, I read Lovely Bones amongst other books and this week, I read Push. Both books are depressing, but riveting and involve you emotionally. Push is bittersweet, but a good read nonetheless.
Here's a poem by the protagonist of the novel, Precious (she is a functioning illiterate):

everi mornin
by precious j.

everi mornin
i write
a poem
before i go to
school
marY had a little lamb
but i got a kid
an HIV
that follow me
to school
one day.



Up there's the trailer for the movie adaptation. I'm actually bracing myself for disappointment (as now with Lovely Bones) since both books are so graphic that it'd be hard to capture the emotions in the book. Both of the trailers feature additional parts that weren't in the book to amp the intensity of the film. Whuteva!

Monday, August 31

the wonders of fb chat.

Darnell:
Maybe I just adore them.
I have yet to define the word 'love'
* ''love''
Fuck. Love.
I can't remember the bold command.

(12:06am)
Khloe:
Lol, bold
dammit!
asterik [word] asteri
asterik*

(12:07am)

Darnell
[bold?]
oh. ok
bold
**bold**

(12:07am)
Khloe:
lol

(12:07am)
Darnell:
I guess they don't have italicize.

tarina tarantino

Most have probably seen Tarina Tarantino's jewelry in a spread in a magazine (most likely Seventeen). Her pieces range from being extremely intricate to feminine to edgy. She's had design features by Hello Kitty and Kidrobot. Here are a few of my faves of hers:

(ring)



(rings and bracelets, mothafucka)


(earrings)

She used to sell these two oversized rings, one reading 'I Love You' and the other reading 'I Hate You'. Fuck I wanted those so badly and they don't sell them anymore. They're two or so years old.



oh lawd if someone bought those for me ...



(That's Mrs. Tarantino, no relation to Quentin Tarantino. You should know that she has won a special place in my heart with her hair.)

Monday, August 24

food for thought.

These are books that I've read in the past few weeks.








& A few books that I plan to read:





What books have you read lately and what do you recommend?