A week ago, I was browsing the web (and waiting for my damn laptop to work!!), and trying to go to my email, until I happen to see this lady on featured Yahoo news... The night before I just so happened to be looking up different design ideas for more t-shirt recons, because I needed some inspiration. So I was surprised that Yahoo featured her under recycling, upcycling, and going green, and what did I do? What else.. When I saw her touching story on the Yahoo news, they had her wordpress link on there. I clicked that. I am pretty amazed by the story and what I saw. She's awesome. Here's how it is: She lost her job in Sep 09 I think, and she hasn't been able to do the thing she loves best, but since she lost her job, it was like a comeback for her and the sewing machine. Around November 09 was her very first post and dress recon. Her goal is to take 365 fuggly dresses and transform them into hip and styling ones (here's the awesome part) with a budget of $365, meaning a dollar a dress a day!! She really inspired me to do something like that, but with school starting in less than a week for me, I may not have time to recon a shirt EVERYday for 365 days.. I would love to, and find a really good thrift store to buy awesome-sauce graphic shirts for $1 each, but with school (and still trying to find a job) in the way soon, I just can't do it. Mannnnn how I wish to do what I like everyday and transform 365 shirts to my liking and sell them and give the proceeds to charity like her! Marisa is the shizz, hands down!! So yes, be sure to clicky on her blog, and I'll be sure to give her a ring-a-ding-ding sometime soon... (I mean, email.. or something)
In other news: I'M A BLONDE NOW!! but still half-redhead =D
Yeah, my fabulous hair-stylist mother did my hair in blonde and auburn braids, and I never thought I'd be so used to being blonde so quickly, but I am ^^ And I'm loving it like McDonalds, bah dah ba ba baaaaah!
Sooner than later, I hope, I'll be getting moolah from my school. Financial aid refunds, here I come. So hopefully I can go thrift-shopping for some cool shirts, and other things. I'm not really gonna use the money to buy some supplies that Glam Rock needs until I get a job. My best friend's mother has given me and update on a weekend job though, and that's good with my busy school schedule. FIVE classes, 15 hours. (math for liberal arts --that should be interesting-- creative writing, foundation drawing, economics, and psychology --that too!--) I start with 3 of the 5 next Monday, then after Sept. 27, I'll be taking the last 2, in total: 5 classes =] Yeah, talk about uber busy.. so if I go on anymore unspoken hiatuses again, then you'll really know what's up. If I get this weekend job, I'll have a 9-5 every Sat and Sunday, and my ONLY off-day where I can possibly pay some attention to Glam Rock with no interruptions is on Friday, since I have no classes on Fridays.
So yeah, things on my list to buy with the refunds after taking care of paying for classes & books is:
- New laptop..... This Toshiba is a dinosaur, had it since 07, and I just found out weeks ago that when my mom bought this thing, she got ripped off!! This thing is supposed to have 1 gig of memory, but it has half... and that's the whole reason why my laptop doesn't work as well as it should.... oopsie, I'm getting mad.. moving on...
- CAR!! Hopefully I will get the job once school starts so I can pay for gas and maintenance instead of tapping into my refunds.
- iPod car stereo for said car. Yes, I HAVE to jam my otherworldly music loud down these ghetto streets and having idiot people look at me like "What the hell is she listening to??" XD
- Clothes, last but not least. I'm not a shopaholic, but I think I do need to shop for some clothes so I can recon them, ya know. Aaaaaaand I'm not a shoe freak either, but there are these pair of converse boots (ya know, the reeeeeally high-top ones) I've been wanting forever, and once I get the money I can buy them and stitch patches of scrap fabric onto them so they can look trippy. Thing is too, I'm such a guy when it comes to shoes, because I'll know I'll need a new pair once the sole is falling off my foot. I love raggedy shoes actually, means you broke them in quite well. So yeah, that's the only pair I want.
Since I've been away from the blog for a while and trying to catch up on my summer and what life I've been missing with my good friends (notice I used "good") I've actually stayed at home on some days and made some more recons. I've done 3 t-shirt recons, (plan to do a whole lot more) some cuffs, and chokers. Even chokers that can be made into "clip-on" bowties for the men. 
You'll see what I mean in the next blog post for sure! I also plan before starting school to make a few more derbie/fedora-looking hats and some pillows for my little cousins (remember the 2 adorable demons in the pillowcase dresses?). So this week, I'll be busy getting things together, attending birthday parties and/or visiting birthday people, waiting for my refunds, trying not to stay up all night and get my sleep cycle back in order (like what I should be doing now!), hopefully shopping this weekend, try to start back keeping a journal (preferably online now ^^) and writing my feelings out since I've been a rampaging 
maniac kept in the confines on my dark garage-looking room by not writing, draw some more comics, and sewing sewing sewing! Hopefully I can talk to my new idol soon and we'll conjure up some business...... even though she's in California.. Hey, it's still possible.
So yes, I was in a writing mood tonight, and now I think I'll set up a wordpress like Marisa and my friend Britknee and just do my journal entries there. I'll still handwrite from time to time.... Gahh this was a long blog, hope I didn't lose you guys' attention, but I wanted to do something a little different this time with Glam Rock Glory Days. I will indeed post my recons and accessories next time folks!! You guys know where to reach me ;] ♥
