Places I Want To Visit

Pacific Northwest

Warsaw, Poland

Helsinki, Finland

Melbourne, Australia

Absolutely obsessed with having such a beautiful, colourful and detailed world map right beside my bed. It fuels my wanderlust and makes me dream of traveling the world.

Stonewall Jackson

It's time to say hello to my new outfit picture nook! Goodbye, stone wall! Truly the end of an era. The chipping pain on the neighbour's house looks kinda cool in photos, but not so much when it's actually on a house. Posting will remain infrequent because I won't actually have internet until next week, because one roommate forgot to set it up. What a dinkus. Oh well, please bear with me until then!

Until next week, an ode to previous walls I have known.

Old stone house, 2nd year University.

Brick wall of my dorm, 1st year University.

Gamma Ray II

Moving times can be exhausting and stressful, but it feels so good when it's over! All cozied up in my new basement room these days. It's extremely dark, so I am tentatively naming it THE BATCAVE.

The most exciting part of the room is obviously the closet, but it was actually a logistical nightmare. As you may notice, shirts are hanging on the bottom, while skirts are on the top. This is nonsensical and backwards, as most folks I know tend to wear shirts on the top half of their body, not the bottom. BUT the top rack is actually too short to hang shirts adequately so I had to improvise.

Keepin' it classy with posters everywhere. I was utterly sick to my stomach about looking at the same bloody posters that I've had since first year, so I scrounged around for some new decor and this is what I came up with.

The beautiful painting is courtesy of my bff Shelby Seu, the magazine covers are Alternatives Journal and the $5 tie-dye candle is a wax representation of my personality.

Butter Pecan

I am seriously enjoying my week off in the country. Wisdom teeth recovery was (shockingly) quick and painless so I have been spending most of my time in a semi-horizontal state engaging in my favourite pastime...

READING! My literary taste ranges from the vaguely to obscenely Canadian.

Oh yeah, and I am kind of obsessed with my cat. She doesn't really have a name but sometimes I call her Killer. We're best friends and I enjoy repeating "Miu Miu" endlessly while in her presence.

Of course, I found the time to do some small-town thrifting. My favourite super secret thrift spot (St. Vincent de Paul's) was having a 50% off sale so I snagged a bunch of stuff for the grand total of $6.50. Tho total body count was a pair of heels, floral tapestry purse, sequin jacket and polka-dot dress.

I also picked up an old issue of Nylon, which is generally a horrid magazine, for 25 cents and found an article by my 90s bff Marisa Meltzer! Let's try to ignore the irony of an article on riot grrrl being used to hawk beauty products. The horror!

Russian Queen

It's finally time to say 'peace out' to the tiny apartment I've been living in for the last year. It felt a little sad to take down all the posters and things that made this place feel like 'home', but I'm excited to paint/redecorate a whole new space and once again personalize it. I'll be away for a week because I am getting my WISDOM TEETH TAKEN OUT (eek!) and spending some quality time away from the internet.

See you on the other side.

You Made Me Realise

I have no idea what is so compelling about this baggy, striped crop top but that doesn't stop me from wearing it all the bloody time. It's the perfect length to wear with high-waisted pants and adds a dash of 90s to the most seemingly benign outfits. The disco pants are shiny, and that's all the reason I need to be wearing them.

Also, I finally caved and set myself up with a Tumblr blog. Someone stole the domain name 'hipstermusings.tumblr.com' for the SECOND time now and I just need to clear the air so that there is no blog-confusion on whether it belongs to me. I will be uploading my own hipster musings at 'isabelmusings.tumblr.com' so don't fall prey to imposters!

Golden Dialogue

It's a bit of a drag (which is a bit of a pun because these shorts are super tranny), but my usual picture taking spot has been hijacked by all sorts of construction kerfluffle going on outside! This new spot has worse lighting (minus) but more plants (plus) so it's supposedly a rather neutral change. I'm still rocking out in my flower child headband, roller disco shorts and striped crop top that I (sadly) wear every day.

(This post had way to many sets of parentheses.)

Things that make life infinitely better...

DIY floral headband

Kitschy erasers

Googly eyes

Or, maybe just "a trip to the craft store" in general!

PS - My outfits have been sucking lately, sorry dudes.

Honey Power

I generally never buy books because:
a) you can get them at the library for free
b) they take up a lot of space and I am a nomadic student renter
c) you can't wear them every day

But I do have a certain weakness for coffee table books filled with colourful fascinating pictures. While browsing around in Chapters, I found an intriguing book in the sale section (for $12.99!) called "Punk House: Interiors in Anarchy" by Abby Banks, which is kind of a stupid title but the editor's name compelled me to pick it up.

The book chronicles a number of "punk houses" in the US where people live communally on zero cash.  The decorating in these places is haphazard (probably because of a high volume and turnover of occupants), but has the same elements of chaos and mess that make The Selby interiors beautiful -  which proves to me that good taste is free. See what I mean?

A sampling of my favourite images, cover to cover. Just click on the photos to see them larger because details are key in all these photos! This book is definitely worth a look if you stumble upon it, and was certainly worth the buy for $12.99!

Fall Jams

Lately I've been telling everyone that I'm "turning goth". This is mostly a joke, since "goth" usually brings to mind images of miserable teenagers in heavy eyeliner, dog collars and bondage pants. But I prefer a romanticized version of the term, that should be associated with Edward Gorey drawings, listening to the Fall or My Bloody Valentine and wearing velvet Comme des Garcon, witchy Prada boots and this dress. Also, I would kill to own a pair of Margiela tabi boots.

Yep, I've got my fall inspiration in the bag.