i just got this in the mail today. AA is hiring! $18/hr max. is it sad that that's how much i made when i worked there give or take? yea, it's sad... and that's why AA sucks. they pay the factory workers really well but they pay the other people SHIT. anyway, i won't even go into the numbers running through the latest AIGA design salaries survey. it just depresses me. sigh...
april is in full swing and damn this month is busy. like crazy busy. in such good ways. it started off with my epic birthday party this past weekend. at the last minute i got the idea to try and pull off something i always wanted -- my own private party with my own DJs, friends dancing, and booze flowing. i didn't 100% achieve this but close enough. thanks to V's hookups with R bar i was able to secure the stage and the front area near the stage for some prime dance party action. ky and my former coworker james were the DJs for the night and they did a DAMN fine job. such good music. everyone was really feeling it. practically all of my closest friends were there. the booze was poured heavy. everyone was dancing. it was nearly perfect. i was so thrilled with the night. so so thrilled. i didn't even care that the last 30 min i was puking up my guts in the bathroom after having consumed 3 gin & tonics, 2 john dalys (think an alcoholic arnold palmer), 1 vodka tonic, 2 house specialty shots, and 1 shot of jameson. when i think back on it all, i went way overboard with the drinking. but people just kept buying!! no bother though. the night was so fantastic. even my burnt hand could not ruin it.
coming up for the rest of the month there is coachella this weekend followed by uniqueLA next weekend. i have a shitload of product to make and very little time to make it in. i foresee some sleepless nights ahead. and then there's also my actual birthday which i will be keeping low key. perhaps i will indulge in the special treat that paula gave me for my birthday. it would be quite fitting i do believe. onward ho! this month is rocking my socks thusfar.
wow. over a month since my last post. i think that's a record!! well let's see. what happened since then? hmm i can't even recall. let's look at the calendar. let's see.
- phantogram @ bordello
- 826LA event @ echoplex
- missing morgan's party due to exhaustion and rain
- manifest equality exhibit
- xanimo @ dragonfly
- tuesday work party
- having dinner with dave
- missing artwalk yet again
- girl's brunch
- selling jewelry @ dragonfly
- missing arian's birthday to pack for NYC
- NYC for a wedding and general shenanigans with stacey and shaun
- missing kozmonaut @ troubadour
- washedout & yacht @ echoplex
- surfer blood et al @ echoplex
- meeting kyla's friends that just moved to LA for drinks @ dragonfly
that's a lot of shit and i didn't blog about ANY of it. isn't that a disgrace?!?! i think so. let me expand a bit on each of these.
phantogram @ bordello
this bad rules me right now. they are so awesome. a guy and a girl outta upstate new york. their live show isn't crazy exciting as you'd expect but they put out a lot of sound for just two people. i'm gonna go see them again at the troub next month.
826LA event @ echoplex
826LA is a great non-profit that helps kids with creative writing skills. they were holding a music event and i was asked to vend at it. i was totally excited even if it wasn't a big seller event. good people.
missing morgan's party due to exhaustion and rain
morgan had a housewarming party and i totally missed it! it was after the 826LA event and it was raining and he lives far and i was just too tired. he even had taco zone!!!
manifest equality exhibit
great great exhibit showcasing art from local artists relating to equality among all.
xanimo @ dragonfly
great local band that i saw at the echoplex with joe the night we went dancing. they played the dragonfly and i had to go there to meet the guy that sets up the art and vendors so it was like killing two birds with one stone. alone sadly but yes.
tuesday work party
our company had another work party and the theme was toys. we had an awesome photobooth set up where we printed directly there with toy box type overlays. so awesome.
having dinner with dave
caught up with dave after a long dry spell of no in-person communication. always good to chat with dave.
missing artwalk yet again
i always miss artwalk for some stupid reason and this month it was because alex was at school really late and i waited for him. instead we hit up loteria and got this great cheesy concoction.
girl's brunch
we got together finally for a much needed brunch. good times with the ladies always.
selling jewelry @ dragonfly
sold jewelry at the dragonfly and met a lot of cool people. sold a decent amount too. totally want to do it again. perhaps next month.
missing arian's birthday to pack for NYC
missed arian's birthday because i had to pack for NYC. alex went out though and got hammered and then i had to pack for him too!
NYC for a wedding and general shenanigans with stacey and shaun
the NYC trip was great. so whirlwind and so awesome. got to hang out with stacey all morning/afternoon while our hotel room was being prepared. we went to the doughnut plant, roasting plant, s'mac, and greenpoint to see the fred flare store! then later we met up with shaun, dave and jill for dinner. then we went out drinking in williamsburg where we acquired a few more people and then hit a house party. on the way we stopped at white castle for my first and last of their burgers. at the house party we ran into billy hot chocolate. the following day was the wedding which was super fancy and gorgeous. we all looked stunning in our formal attire and all got really smashed. alex's parents were attendees as were some of alex's high school friends. we were those people at that table. good times. the next day we woke up too late to have brunch as planned and had to meet up with jason near penne station for like 10 min before i caught my train back to the airport. so sad. too quick as always!
missing kozmonaut @ troubadour
josh's band played one of my fave venues and i just had too much shit to do so i missed it. oh well. i've seen them play a lot of times.
washed out & yacht @ echoplex
unfortunately this show was just not as good as i wanted it to be. washed out is just one guy and he wasn't all that great of a performer. he needs to work on it. yacht were just plain weird to me. too much of an act.
surfer blood et al @ echoplex
surfer blood played the echoplex as part of the waved out festival which had a lot of various bands. i didn't know any of them but some that i saw were quite good. surfer blood was the best. they put on a really good show. they looked quite young which just reminded me that i'm getting older and soon enough that's what i'll be saying about every single band i like. haha
meeting kyla's friends that just moved to LA for drinks @ dragonfly
last night i met up with kyla's friends jenny and tony who just moved to LA. good people those kids are. i wanna hang with them more. they are down to go out so that's good. can always use more dancing partners that's for sure!
and finally, i just finalized birthday plans!!! thanks to V's connections knowing the owners of R bar, i will be doing my joint birthday with james and neil with kyla, mike and my old coworker james DJing the night. so exciting. i can't wait. it's gonna be a good time i think. i even bought a new dress for it. it's from the UK so i hope it arrives in time!!!
i have seen these before but have now decided i need to post them to preserve them because i love them so much. they are from TheVoiceThatSaid's flickr account.
i have this feeling like when i get older and want to reflect on this time period (and perhaps all times following) i'm going to be sadly devoid of documentation because of facebook and twitter. ugh!!! i just can't keep it all going in all realms. it's just too much. so what can ya do?
shit it's been awhile. as usual. the month is nearly over. time goddamn flies. already it's lighter outside longer than it was in the dead of winter. thank god. soon there might be a glimmer of light when i walk home to the metro. so what's new. well the last time i wrote it was the beginning of the month. since then some of the highlights include going out to the roxy to meet with sahar and see her friend's band followed by the same night going upstairs to on the rox to see bryce's band. in the mix of that was meeting with josh to pick up his band's EP. it was a night of local music and hanging out in that part of sunset i rarely venture to these days. good times all around though. i met up with V about collaborating in the future. him thinking about going full fledge with his side business and how he might be able to help me.
that same weekend i vended at the first ever LA street food fest put on by sonja of uniqueLA and shauna. that shit was fucking awesomely fun. it was a perfectly beautiful day filled with lots of sun and warmth. over 6,000 people tried to get in and had to be turned away. lines were ferociously long but well worth it. the food was excellent. i made some sales. DJ bryan spun great tunes. and i got to see a lot of my friends all at once. it was downright perfect. well, except for the lines. but they didn't affect me because alex and i were there early to set up and got all our food right when they started selling. no lines!
the following day was vday and alex and i went out to a nice sushi dinner. we've had sushi every vday since we started dating. crazy! haha we love our sushi and it's expensive so it's a day when we feel like splurging a bit is ok.
this past sunday we had another JLC brunch. chy, stacey and i call it JLC brunch because we are all asian and we just gab away while we eat. it's quite fun. this time we hit up grub which is this brunch spot not far from my house in a weird ass location btwn all the various production lots in hollywood. the french toast was exquisite being made from croissants!
last night the usual crew (byron, joe, alex and me) headed out to the dragonfly for the hollywood artwalk night. i drank enough to be buzzed to feel fluid while dancing except our time was cut short since alex wanted to leave early on account he has mad amounts of work to do. i wanted to keep dancing and so did joe but then we caved. well, joe caved and i had to or else i'd be all alone. i was NOT happy about this and actually was mad when we got home. but that was a bit silly of me. oh well, what can ya do. i was a bit drunk.
plastique* has been here and there. sales were a bit flat last month as to be expected post holidays. but i have my stuff on consignment at one shop in chinatown and another girl contacted me about putting my line in her shop in hollywood which is like a few blocks away! and i sent some more product off to the gallery i sell at for consignment in columbus. and i sent some more wholesale product off to another foreign store. i gotta make more stuff. i'm running out of the essentials. the gallery that i did a show at in december wants to do consignment with me as well. and i just got invited to vend at this 826 event in a couple weeks. i totally want to do it since i think 826 is a really awesome non-profit. and elle magazine in belgium wants to do a small piece on me! so a lot going on as usual. that and i gotta get my tax shit in order. fuckin A.
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