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update

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:36:48 GMT

I haven't journaled i awhile... sorry bout that... no one probably even reads this anymore... anyways an update on things lately... at least the stuff I remember..

Sunday Tiffany and I finally got together! woohoo we actually made plans... we were proud... we went and saw Fever Pitch... it was cute... as are most of Drew Barrymore's movies. We didn't get to spend to much time chatting though since well talking in movies is highly frowned upon... They showed a few good previews like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants!!!! Call me a freakin geek but OMG I can't wait... I loved loved loved that book and the movie seems to do some justice to it... and the girl from Gilmore girls is in it! Also there was a preview for Star Wars... yes I like those movies... at least I like Episode 2... but maybe that was because it was some what of a love story and I adored Natalie Portmans dresses... mainly the rainbow one from the beachish scene (funny thing is that is the main thing of the movie that both Tiffany and I remember lol) Tiffany then gave me a ride home and we chatted a bit... we will have to do that again soon...

I started school again... joy oh joy... Monday was a looooong day... first I went to intermediate draping where I find out we have a new finished dress due each week... that is pure insanity... but we get to make a bra thing this term!!!! fun! The things we are going to make look decent enough... but stressful and a lot more work... but since the class is only 8 weeks long we get to skip the draping final and only do the written :-D sucks for the other classes hehe...

Then I went to this class called Professional Practices for Fashion Design... the teacher is super bubbly... she is in a rock band or something... and she is the lady who designed an entire line of clothing out of bubble wrap... very neat... class is a ton of busy work for homework but seems easy...

Tuesday felt even longer than Monday... went to sketching which I actually liked... we get to use color!!! omg it is awesome... very cool stuff... the markers kinda look like watercolor which is neat... I suck at it but am so far enjoying it much more the pen and pencil drawings... and this term we get to design our own clothes instead of using references!!!! finally some creativity!

Then I went to History of Costume which seems a decent easy class... no hw, no quizzes... only 1 huge ass project, one midterm and a final... not bad... teacher seems nice... she also teaches at SDSU, mesa, and another JC I think... DR. Latour... y she is teaching about clothing when she has a doctorate beats the hell out of me... I have no idea what she teaches at SDSU though... I think she also teaches music somewhere...

so there you have it school thus far...

oh and the coolest thing is I will most likely be moving in with Noura in Riverside next year!!! Her parents are going to buy a house and rent it out... so rent would be like 500-600 i think... sounds great!!!! it will be easier to go to school from there then SD and I wont be completely alone... and no Noura will not turn me in to a drunk party girl :-P... this is me we are talking about hehe... and hopefully I get my own room... *hint hint noura* and Steve can come stay with me whenever possible and I can come back to SD on the weekends and it will be great... now I just need money... lots of it... and a car... and license... oh man... kill me... but I am actually not depressed when I think about next year... hopefully it all works out and things with Steve work out and everything is good...

Speaking of that cute boy named Steve he is really great... yep...

Steve and I are still trying to figure out prom plans... I have my dress... now he needs a tux... and we need dinner reservations and such... we need Noura the unofficial prom planner to help hehe...

Well I have been up trying to get some of the hw for sketching done which I am enjoying for once :-D

well that wasn't the best update but it was something... there was so much more I wanted to write about but i have sadly forgotten what has happened lately lol

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:37:49 GMT

Wow today I got the best surprise in the mail!

a $85 check from FIDM

I am not sure why because there was no letter with it... but I am guess that my tution got over paid... oh well it's my money now :-D

dress shopping

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:42:54 GMT

I bought a prom dress for $330... am I crazy?

I love it though :-D

I can't wait for Steve's prom! It will be weird without all of my friends there this time... I will have to take lots of pictures...

haha when I went to buy my prom dress yesterday and I told the lady that I am going to Steve's prom and he is younger than me she said "oh how Vouge of you"

Thats all for now

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:27:00 GMT

When Steve droped me off at home today I was walking up the steps to my door when I look up and see a dark shadow in front of me... it takes me a few seconds to realize it is a man... I of course am startled... it's past midnight and some strange guy is standing behind my porch... he just looks at me...smiles... and says hello... I quickly walked in the house...

My guess is he is waiting for my brother... wonder if he is still out there because my brother never came home...

Grades

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:29:11 GMT

So far I have:

INTRO TO DRAPING & PATTERNDRAFTING: A-
FASHION SKETCHING II: B
SURVEY OF WESTERN ART II:A-

I am still waiting for my English Composition grade to be posted... I am disapointed in that B in sketching cause it is bringing down my GPA :-(

Next quarter I will have to makeup for it

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:08:24 GMT

Sorry I haven't updated much lately... I am been really busy with school and work...

Well school is over and I think I should get decent grades... nothing below a B... I got a A- in my Draping class... the rest of my grades haven't shown up yet...

The weather today is so wonderful... it's a nice beggining to spring... maybe tomorrow before work I will layout and atempt to get some color into my skin... I look like the living dead... Steve told me I look pale today... nice huh? :-P

Spring Break is bloody awesome! No homework... how fucking great is that? The weird thing though is not that I dont have homework I almost want to do things like sketch and sew for fun? Yet when I have to sew for homework it seems like such a chore... odd...

I have nothing to do... and it is great... being bored is very nice sometimes... beats being overly stressed...

so I am just sitting here listening to Silverchair and thinking about how I should clean my room... but I think I would rather sit here and enjoy the lack of homework...

I work alot this week... about 34 hours... but work isn't bad at all...

Steve and I are going up to the Mart on friday :-D shopping here I come!!!! This time I want to definitly go to BCBG again... Collins to get some cute jeans... and maybe checkout the gift floor... I wonder what they concider gift type idems... and go to the accesory floor of course... and the guys floor to look at cute things for Steve...

I can't wait until I can aford a new computer... a nice one... stupid money... I wish I could drop school and just work... that would be nice... well only 4 quarters of school left!!!! :-D

wow this is probably the worst writting ever... completly uncomprehensable... I think I will leave it in spell checked for effect...

speaking of writting I got a B on my reserch paper that I wrote in one nice... the paper was good but the stupid bitch of a teacher took the stupidest points off... she took 5 points off just because the requirments for the body of the reserch paper was 6 min... I wrote 5 3/4... That to me is 6 freakin pages... so she took 5 out of 10 points off for formating... grrrrrrr... but hey I worte a 14 page reserch paper in one night and if I wrote like 5 more senteces I would have got an A... bitch... sorry i am bitter...

well this poor excuse for an entry is over... adios...

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:43:11 GMT

Yay it's Spring Break!!!!! 3 weeks of relaxation... and work... but no school!!!!!

I hope the rest of my grades show up soon... I got an A- in drapping and pattern drafting... which was the hardest class I have ever taken in my life... so I am happy about that...

I think I am gonna get Bs in the rest of my classes :-(

Yesterday I went to english at 8:30 and was out before 9... Kathy and I went to breakfast... mmmm pancakes and bacon... then we studied for art history... and studied more... and quized eachother... and studied more... then went to the library and studied more... lots of studying was done until 12 when class started... we took the test and I was done by 12:30... :-D such an easy day... compared to the hell of finals that I had on thursday...

Thursday I had sketching final which was a bitch... then I had a draping final which was really long!!!! oh well... it is over... I just hope I get a few more A's

time for work...

bye bye

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:46:16 GMT

god dammit I just wrote a bloody long ass entry all about work and school.... and now it is gone... I HATE this computer!!!!!! maybe I will go back and update latter... grrrrrrr

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 09:37:08 GMT

1 year... time flies when your in love

I love you Steve :-*

update finally on basically everything

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:39:33 GMT

I am adding a cut to this because of the length...

Friday:

This was a very long day...

Went to English Comp and did a very short writing activity then had time to either leave or go work on research... I went to the computer lab messed around for a hour or so then ran in to Kathy and we decided to go to Macy's... I bought a peridot necklace that was originally $50.00 I paid $13... got back to school in time for me to realize I left my Jump Drive in the computer... ran upstairs and found it then got on the bus to go up to the Debut...

On the bus ride there we snacked on chips and candy and watched Chicago... the ride was long...I felt soooo young when I was on the bus... everyone around me was in there mid twenties... when we got to LA we had an hour of free time before lunch started so Kathy and I sprinted to the Mart... It was a fairly short run only a few blocks away... Once we got there we went to the accessory floor and both got purses then tried to go to the clothing floor but everything was already closed... so we looked at shoes downstairs and then left...

At the school we got real burritos this time which were pretty yummy... and stale chips... not so yummy... The student lounge was beautiful looking compared to SD and there was a Patio overlooking the city and the beautiful green lawn...

Kathy and I went down to the Costume exhibit which FIDM hosts every year.. It was filled with the actual costumes that the actors wore in movies like Troy, Aviator, Ray, Van Helsing, Phantom of the Opera, Spiderman 2, LOTR, and pretty much every other movie that came out this year... the costumes are so much more fabulous in person. The details that you don't notice on screen are incredible... I wish we had more time to look at them all...

Then it was time to get back on the bus and go to the a airplane hanger to see the Debut... The ride seemed long because of all the traffic and once we got in to the hanger we found decent seats... The first display was costume resign where they redesigned the close from Annie Get Your Gun... they were fairly cool... the only one I really liked was the wedding dress... Then they did an exaggeration of 6 or 7 California trends... these were cool... well at least most of them were... Finally there were the individual lines of clothing... Most were really good and a few were mediocre... One girl did an all men's clothing line which was a huge hit with the female audience... another did a Japanese pop culture inspired kids line... so cute! Another did a line of black evening gowns with thousands and thousands of Swavorski crystals sewing into them... all the crystals were donated! So very cool things...

After the show the long drive began... after finally getting to SD Steve was waiting for me downtown :-) As soon as we got back to his house we were off again... We went to his friends house... we got lost looking for it and then didn't know it was behind another house... very tricky to find... We then followed all his friends to Proctor Valley Road... I didn't realize it was haunted... Steve had his car and another guy had a Lexis so we all piled in one guys truck and headed down the dirt road... some of the guys were jerks and jump in front of the car scaring everyone... Then the guys in the bed of the truck decided to jump on the roof and down the windshield... stupid boys... we turned around half way there because it was bumpy and we were almost out of gas...

When I got home Steve and I looked at a bunch of websites describing the haunting... One about a hitchhiker that if you don't pick her up you will die at the end of Proctor Valley... another about a woman floating in a white dress at the end of proctor valley... another about how it sounds like people throwing rocks at your car when you get to the end... scary sounding stuff...

Saturday

Went to work... not too much happened there... went to Steve's house and hung out for a bit... then his friends called again... went back to his friends house... waited around... some of his friends are such jerks... "hey Steve how about if your girlfriend rides with us we can teacher her how to ski" gag... Then we went back to Proctor valley this time with all trucks... we drove down the road nothing scary... got to the end where it turns into pavement again and street lights and houses... still not scary... then we drove back a little ways to the tree... everyone got out but me... then one of Steve's idiot friends tried to scare me so Steve came back... we sat there for a few minutes when we hear all 5 or 6 guys come screaming and running as fast as they can... when they got closer to the trucks we tried to ask them when happened but they were all in too much of a hurry to get in there trucks... one guy got hit by the side of a guys truck when he tried to get in then the guy left him and he got in another truck... they all hauled ass down the road one guy tried to pass up through this watery spot and almost hit us and we couldn't see anything cause water covered the windshield... When we talked to the guys they said they saw something hanging from a tree and head moaning sounds... glad I wasn't there cause I was wearing heals and wouldn't have been able to run...

Then we went back to Steve's house for a little bit and relaxed until it was time for me to go home...

Sunday & Monday

Didn't do very much... watched TV and the Notebook... at yogurt mill one night and Sombreros the next night... cuddled and nickered... the usual... went to Best Buy and the mall... bought a new dress... filled out the FAFSA but still can't submit it until I get the pin for my mom... grrrr stupid thing... reformatted my computer... hopefully I can get a new one soon...

So yeah that about all for the past few days... Maybe i will start updating more often so I can avoid long entries like this....

School = Borring

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:43:13 GMT

Sitting in school right now bored out mf my mind... waiting to leave for the Debut... fun... I hope it's not freezing... that I all folks... resume reading other people LJs...

Desert + flower pictures

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:29:32 GMT

Last weekend I went to the desert again with Steve and his family... It was fun... started out a bit eh... him being a jerk me locking myself in the 4-runner crying... you know the usual... after Steve made the tent and apologized and I stopped being pissy we kissed and made up... then when things were starting to look up Steve went riding... I wasn't to happy with him leaving without really telling me... more fighting... more crying... then once again we kissed and made up... after that we got along pretty well and things went good...

We went out in the 4-runner and drove around... I took pretty pictures of the flowers... Steve went riding I did homework... I devoured almost an entire bag of Reese's peanut butter cups... mmmm... we sat by the fire... Steve got glow in the dark fluid stuff in his mouth... fun times... at night we cuddled up together in the tent... woke up with a very cuddly boy next to me... of course Steve wanted to cuddle and I wanted to sleep... made me a bit grouchy Sunday morning... his mom made pancakes and sausage one day and breakfast burritos the next... hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner... cheese for a snack... mmmm...

The weather wasn't the greatest... it was rainy a lot... made little puddles in the tent and ruined my Cosmo magazine... the clouds made it less cold though which was very nice... Sunday night we didn't even use the tent heater... It was extremely muddy... the car got filthy... mainly due to Steve's driving directly through the puddles...

That's about it... quick overview of the weekend...

Now for pretty flower pictures... trust me they are worth looking at! hehe tell me what u think

The muddy 4-runner...

Sand Dam

Going down the face...

Almost to the bottom...

At the bottom

pretty clouds

That's all folks... leave some comments please :-D

The Good, The Bad, and The Nun

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:22:42 GMT

Please bare with me I am typing half blind because I took my contacts out since they were bugging me...

So today was horrifyingly bad, yet good at the same time.

The bad basically involves me waiting in the rain to get picked up from the trolley stop for a half an hour, crying, fighting, and many other bad things...

That's enough with that... moving on...

So as for the basics of today...

English boring boring boring... I have a B in the class... should be an A after I turn in my redos... moving on...

Art history... the bastard made another project for us to do... this one we have to make up a plot line and tell a story through photographs (18 pictures no more no less) I have NO idea what to do or how to do it... anyone who wants to help me in some way... like letting me take here pictures or helping me think of a creative story... please do so... it would be awesome...

Then in art history we went to the library to watch a movie... and guess who it was... Sister Wendy the bucktoothed nun! hahaha... oh my... It was almost excruciating to watch 2 episodes... I think we watched one of them in high school... the art she talked about was interesting, but she drives me bananas... haha...

so then I had my whole no ride home dramarama...

Cried...

talked to Steve...

cried...

Then went with Steve to the mall where I bought my foundation and got a free makeup bag filled with 2 lipsticks, eye shadow, foaming cleanser, body buff, and mascara... very awesome...

Then it was off to dreaded Wal-Mart to buy fabric for a halter top... in class we draped a cute halter and I figure if it fits the dress form which is a size 8 it should pretty much fit me... so I got the cute green silky fabric to use... I have to cut that out and sew it this week before class...

Then went to La Posta with Steve, Carlo, Matt (thats his name right?) and some girls... mmmm Mexican food... I am still a big fan of Sombreros... mmmmmm... they have better guacamole... and meat... all around better...

Then went to Steve's for a short bit... then came home and did a half assed outline for English... now I should be packing... but it is kind of hard when you are pretty much blind...

once again excuse my poor writing quality...

I will be gone till Monday... leave me messages :-D

Valentines Day

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:43:04 GMT

Usually I hate V-Day... When you are single everywhere you go all you see is happy kissing couples...

This year I finally got to be part of one of the happy kissing couples :-D It's about bloody time! hehe

So after a long boring day at work Steve picked me up and gave me my presents :-D He gave me a little red heart pillow with a small pocket in front... in the pocket was the cutest tinniest teddy bear that said I love you on it... and a small heart frame with a black and white picture of us kissing... it was the same one that I gave him in his frame hehe... and a new card for my camera so it can now hold over 200 pictures :-D I love it all and I love Steve... hehe

Then I went back to my house grabbed my stuff and went back to his house to get ready... This is where we encountered problems... the bra I bought wasn't working out... it wasn't like the other one I had for prom... so it was super un comfy and I was scared it would come off... after redoing my makeup and brushing my hair we took a few pictures and left... then my straps started bugging me... a lot... after much complaining and bitching (sorry Steve) I found a ribbon in the backseat and used it to tie my straps together so they would stay up... yeah I know how ghetto? my hair covered it though...

We walked around Sea Port Village for a hour or so taking pictures and we shared a Ben and Jerry's fudge brownie ice cream... mmmmmm... Then we headed back toward the restaurant... I am sort of familiar with downtown from all my walks looking for food... so we decided to park at Horton Plaza and walk since neither of us had change for a meter nor did we want to pay $5 to park... When we got to the restaurant there was a line to get in! No other places had lines! so after we waited in line and checked in they seated us right away... Neither of us are used to fine dinning... so we keep eyeing the small print in the corner of the menu that says there will be a 18% gratuity charge minimum added is $50 a person... eeeek... sounds scary... Steve got some Ravioli with sea food in it... and I got Ravioli Rossini... mmmm... it was delicious! We also had a coupon for a free desert so we got Tiramisu... mmmm... too our surprise dinner was under $60...

We walked back over to Horton and walked around the stores a bit... went in Sharper Image and sat in the massage chairs which really aren't enjoyable... they hurt! We then saw a photo booth and got our picture taken... If we had more time I think I would have convinced Steve to get our picture drawn at sea port Village hehe

We left Horton and went back to his house for a little bit and changed then watched a little of the Grammies that his parents had taped... I was ubber disappointed in Green Days performance... they sound 1000000X better in concert!

Then I got my red rose from him and went home... that was my Valentine's Day :-D

Now for what you have all read through this boring stuff for... PICTURES!!!!

Before we left... definitely my favorite picture!

Another one...

Do you like this one? or....

This one better????

QUACK!!!!!

Steve kept taking pictures of stautes? You were just checking out it's butt weren't u?

Not a very attractive picture of me...

The sunset looked so pretty over the water

mmmm cutie

ick I look terrible

I almost forgot we went in the hat shop and took pictures!!!!!!

they get weirder...

I think I found Nemo...

Us by the pond

The one we took in the photobooth

Thats all :-( There is always be Next Valentines Day to take more hehe

Happy Valentines Day ♥

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 07:13:54 GMT

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Stupid skanky whore girls!

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:46:43 GMT

Grrrrr remember my entry awhile back about someone stealing my PJ shirt... well it has happened again... brother brings this stupid skany girls here and they steal my clothes!!!!! ewwww some trashy girl is wearing my tank tops!!!!! ok so I only paid like $4 for them... but still you don't steal peoples clothes it's just wrong!!!!! I am missing about 4 tank tops... one of which I bought like 2 days ago and haven't even worn... then I find a few shirts in the bathroom floor that I did not wear in months! ahg! I am pissed!!!!! fuckin whores!!!!! I am buying a lock for my door... my brother will no longer be allowed in here... too bad for him that the computer is in here... My clothes will no longer be left in the laundry room... I am pissed... I will buy my own fucking lock... if I wait for my grandparents to remember I will have no fuckin clothes left... now I will be late for work cause I can't find anything to wear... grrrr

WTF is in my Eye!

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:42:03 GMT

When I was uploading some random pictures I took of myself I noticed this! and it freaked me out! It looks like something is in my eye! ahhhhh creepy!

School rant

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 06:51:13 GMT

I haven't been updating much cause I haven't had much free time... busy busy busy...

I feel like homework is my life... Seriously it is not fair for a teacher to give you homework that takes maybe a total of 30-40 hours to do!

In sketching the homework last week was to draw a composition with 5 complete figures wearing simple ballet shirts, and each had to have different pants... jean, Trouser, Capri, elastic, and a flat front... one of those 5 had to be a historical redesign... 3 had have a texture: Jean, tweed, corduroy... they all had to be shaded... pen shading... with a light side and a shadow side... no cross hatching... only hatching... they had to have different hair styles, faces, hands, and shoes... You then had to put a border or something to pull the figures together and create eye movement... this alone tool me from the time I work up Monday until I went to bed... Then a good five hours on Tuesday... This is only Part 1 of the assignment... Part 2 is... 9 flats of pants... 3 from the book, 6 from magazine references... they all need to be in pen and you need crisp lines using your French curve and ruler... They need to draw for the scale of the flat croquis in the book... each pair of pants needs a front and back... so thank makes 18 drawings of flats... THEN You have to also do the Ralph Lauren pants from class... front back and side... that makes 21 flats total... so let me put this in perspective... each flat needs to be drawn first to tracing paper... then traced to make a back view... and changed slightly... the sides need to be perfectly symmetrical and ALL of the stitching and construction needs to be shown... then they need to be traced onto your final page and have perfect lines or the teacher will give you a 20 minutes speech on how to use a ruler... this assignment took me till late Wednesday night...

Which then leads me too not getting my sewing notebook done... or my sleeve... which leads me too a 66% in Intro to Pattern Drafting and Draping... which means if I fail it I have to pay $600 to take it again and be far behind everyone else because it isn't offered next quarter and I can't take intermediate until I pass into... fuck... I have NEVER had this kind of situation before... I have never had a grade so low.... I have never been under so much fucking stress!!!!!

I am seriously reconsidering my major here... I mean I absolutely LOVE fashion design... I just don't know how I can handle these long hours of homework... I talk to other people at FIDM who have already gotten Bachelor Degrees in majors like Journalism and other completely different fields who say they never had this much work... I talk to people who went to Junior colleges and universities who say that was easier... fuck this shit... I am sooooooooooo sick of being up till 3am Wednesday night trying to finish homework I have been working on all week... I am headed from some sort of burnout or break down...

I tried to start more homework and every time I tried to start it I wanted to cry... I HATE school... sure it has it good points... and it's what I want to do... but I can't take anymore... I would drop out in a heartbeat and go to a JC like everyone other lucky son of bitch... but I have already paid too damn much money for this school...

I want out...

This week thank whatever god there may be out there that I don't have a drawing assignment due this week... BUT I have to find some way to compensate for my grade in drafting... beg? Plead? cry? Offer a couple hundred bucks and buy my grade? I need to do something... I can't fail... I can't afford to...

Speaking of affording things... I would MUCH rather be at work than school... I like work... it's easy and I get paid... though tomorrow I am stuck working with Natalie... joy... I still don't know there girl and having to work alone with her will be stressful... if anything goes wrong on anyone has a question its all on me... and Max will most likely come and I can understand a freakin work he says... when he asks me something I usually smile and nod and hope whoever I am working with can help him... if he comes I will have to deal with all that... and he usually shows up every Sunday...

Ok now for some happier stuff...

Valentines Day is coming up and I am super excited... Steve and I are going to Trattoria La Strada for dinner... hopefully it is good... I want to dress up and go take pictures down by the beach... :-D

Also my money seems to finally be adding up... for awhile it seemed like once my account hit $150 it would quickly go down... YAY for having a little money for once... till Valentines day dinner when the bill comes...

I am still not sure what topic I am going to do for my research paper... even though we were supposed to have one before Friday... I seem to be coming up short in all my classes...

Back to ranting about classes... I had my Art History midterm... not prepared at all!!!! Hopefully I managed a decent grade... I think I got some of the extra credit right on the slide ID... I couldn't for the life of my think of the name of the Gentileschi painting... Judith and her Maidservant... Stupid mind! I hate when you just can't think of the name when you know you know it!

Well that's all...

Research Topics

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 05:31:55 GMT

Well I have a research paper I have to write over the next few weeks for English Comp and I was hoping you all could help me pick a topic... there are 70 something but here are 10 that I am considering...

1. History of the Barbie Doll (sounds fun but a lot of people are planning on picking this one...)

2. History of Lingerie (just sounds kind of fun)

3. The Psychology of Color (sounds interesting and easy)

4. Sex in Fashion Advertising (another easy and popular topic)

5. California Living and it's influence on fashion (sounds easy enough)

6. Individual Fashion Designer (if so who should I do it on?)

7. Fashions of a Decade (if so what one?)

8. Hollywood and fashion

9. Fur Controversy

10. Style - America vs. French/British/Italian/etc (If so what country?)

You all better reply...

I am also posting in my MySpace so can comment there is you like

V-Day

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:54:13 GMT

I have valentines day so built up as the perfect day this year... yet I have this sinking feeling it wont be... shit always happens

I guess I am hot :-P

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 08:12:36 GMT

rollinonda20s (12:06:04 AM): thats a "omg fuck me now" picture

LA Campus and The Mart

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:40:47 GMT

Ok so it is time for my entry on my trip to LA... btw I didn't have my camera so the pictures of the campus and the Mart or taken from different image searches and aren't that great

It was great and crappy at the same time...

First I was too tired to actually plan the timing of when I should leave so I ended up at the school 45 minutes early... only on other person was there! So we leave a little after 8... there were 3 charter buses total... on the way we ate granola bars and watched Mean Girls... We finally got in LA around 11

Our first Stop was the Mart (know called the California Market Center)

Shitty picture of the inside (not taken by me)

We get there and head up to the top floor to hear a speech from the manager I think it was... she tells up what the Mart and about everything blah blah blah... this lady talked forever! Ok so she did give us some awesome tips and ideas about being a designer... also how Fred Siegel is the place to go to see the new trends... all good stuff... but she shortened our shopping time! Also the food they gave us was disgusting!!!!!! Some weird burrito with beans and corn and red onions... I ate a small back of chips and a mint...

After she stopped going on and on we got only 30 minutes to shop!!!! You can imagine the uproar when you tell 100 and some odd girls that they have 30 minutes to shop in a 13 story building with awesome deals... Kathy and I literally sprinted to the elevator and to the 10th floor (the accessory floor) it was complete impulse shopping! Then we headed down to the 5th floor (contemporary) I looked at my watch and it was time to go back... we decided that shopping was MUCH better than a tour of the LA campus so we ditched out on the bus ride... a teacher saw us and motioned for us to come over to her and me Kathy and two other girls took off running in the opposite direction... we only spent another hour frantically shopping and kept running into other girls who had the same idea as us...

The sample sale was the MOST awesome thing ever... It is only once a month... I want to go again but next month I have class that day and it is the day of the Debut which I am hoping to go to... so March 25th is the next one! Anyone who wants to go up there with me should :-D serious deals

I ended up only spending just over $100... if I had more time I would have spent it all!

Now for what I bought!

Luckily I saw the BCBG sign...

This is my favorite purchase... a little to formal for everyday though
BCBG *paid $30* (originally $260 in stores)

Hanging up

Bad picture of me wearing it

Close-up of the print

In the same sample store I bought this dress from To The Max
*paid $30* I am sure the retail value would be similar to other To the Max dresses

Dress hanging

Me wearing it

Then we saw this store selling all kids of jean outfits so I got:

Skirt from Colins *paid $15*

another skirt from Colins *paid $15*

While I was on the accessory floor I got these:

black and white belt *paid $2*

Pink belt *paid $4*

Green earrings *paid $2*

Pink necklace and erring set *paid $2*

Green Necklace, earring, and ring set *paid $4*

So that is all of the fun stuff that I bought!

Grand total $104

Not bad if I say so my self since it is still only half the retail value of the BCBG dress

Ok so moving on...

After me and Kathy decided it was time to go head over to the school we ran into two of the other girls from school... So the four of us decided to walk to the school... it was raining... and the school was two or three blocks away... We were in ghetto LA walking in the rain... then what do you know we get lost!!! eventually we found the school though and managed to avoid getting into trouble... we just said we missed the buses and then got lost trying to find the school... it was technically true...

We gave ourselves a tour of the school:

some pictures I got from the FIDM site mainly of the awesome new Design Lab

Outside view of the construction

Another outside view

Design lab... laptops with lounge chairs what a fuckin awesome idea!

computers in Design Lab

Another view of the Lab

Another of the Lab

we also got a chance to check out the Bookstore and the scholarship store which is like an on campus thrift store to raise money for scholarships...

So around 2:30 we met at the buses and headed home... we watched 13 Going on 30... by the time the movie was over I felt really sick... I had a migraine, was nauseous, and had to pee... apparently everyone else felt the same way... the bus driver was the worst driver ever.. he almost hit two cars... and hit the brakes nonstop... even the teachers were bitching about him... the traffic was terrible! finally we got back to the school around 6:30... I missed the trolley by 1 second... so had to wait in the freezing cold with creepy people looking at me... finally I made it home!

I am so glad we got to go on the trip... and to think I would have been in English Composition and Art History... got to love Fashion school! They cancel your classes to go shopping :-D

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:47:11 GMT

once again I have work today...

Yesterday there was definitly the craziest customer ever... This girl came in completly drunk (who the hell goes drinking on a monday morning?) This girl tries everything on in the store and will only let Jessica help her... She screams across the store "where is my girly" whenever she wants Jessica to help her... while she was trying on a pair of pants she doesn't bother to go into the dressing room she just takes her pants off right there and is walking around in just a thong... I didn't see this thank god... so after about an hour of her and her friends trying stuff and and just acting completly nuts they come up to the register... before she pays she realizes she is still wearing one of the shirts she wants to buy so she just takes it off and stands there in her bra... she just casually asks her friends where her shirt is and takes no rush to put her shirt on... she just was like "yeah I am in my bra... hahaha" she spent about $300 tomorrow when she wakes up with a killer hangover she is going to realize she is broke...

People are crazy...

I made a MySpace last night cause Steve told me too... I like live journal much much more... but now I can see people's pictures and comment and stuff...

http://profiles.myspace.com/users/16394331

so far I only have 2 friends... I am such a loser

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Sun, 23 Jan 2005 21:24:36 GMT

So I have been wondering where my favorite little mini skirt has been... (I wore it the day of graduation it's white with little red and pink flowers)... and today somthing told me to go look in the hall closet... what do you know benether a bunch of towels is my skirt... my grandma has this annoying habbit of taking clothes that she doesn't like and hiding them... grrrrrr... at least I found my skirt! Now hopefully someone comes home and remembers I need a ride to work in 15 minutes :-/

I hate mothing fucking god damned putrid spiders

lil_bella_girl@hotmail.com — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:02:03 GMT

Update on the eye problem... after talking to Joanna at work (she went through one of those medical schools UEI possibly) she suggested that it was either a irritation from mascara/eyeliner since I have a bad tendency to not wash it all off at night... or that it was a bite... I am 99% positive it is a bite since there are dots and Joanna described what a bite would cause...

So great it is most likely that while I was sound asleep a big ugly spider crawled on my face and took a nice big bite out of my eye! A spider was on my face ahhhhh.... gross... ick... ewwww... how can I ever sleep again the bastard/bitch is probably still alive!!!!!

My eye itches like a bitch... it is red, swollen, sore, and makes my eye burn... Why couldn't the damn thing have bit me on my arm or leg... but my freaking eyelid! grrrrr any spider I see from now on will be brutally murdered to avenge the attack made on my eyelid...