All posts in: Haiti

15 Jul 2010

“I can’t believe there are all these people going, ‘Oh, we need to raise money for all these kids in Haiti.’ I don’t get it. I mean, all these young kids in Hollywood are fucking dying. Brittany Murphy is dead. There’s like all these kids ODing.” – Kelly Cutrone

20 Feb 2010

A Collection Part 12

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Let this be your soundtrack to the viewing below!

Haiti Relief Benefit Concert @ Neumos

If the hip hop scene is more your thing than soft, pretty, French music then you should come out to Neumos to catch Common Market, my friend’s band Dyno Jamz (all the way from UW!) and SOL. The show will be full of energy plus the proceeds are going to a good cause. Do something good for your community! er… the world.

Doors are at 7 PM

$10 ticket advance $12 at the door.

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21 Jan 2010

Designers Invade Athletics

Karl Lagerfeld just released this new Chanel emblemmed football that will cost you $195. Would you buy it? That’s a ridiculous amount of money to be spending on a football that you could probably buy at a sports store for much less. When I read about this, I started to think about what I could spend with $195… ten items from Urban Outfitters, a little over three weeks on my meal plan at school, or a donation to those affected by the earthquake in Haiti.

I watched an episode of Tough Love a few weeks back where one of the contestants on the show blatantly said something like, “Why would I pay that much for a designer bag for a name brand stitched into it?” She made a good point.

A friend asked me the other day how much one of my most expensive pieces of clothing cost. I said my Anthropologie cardigan that I spent $100 for, BUT I bought it with my own money and I bought it four years ago and am still wearing it today. I have realized that when I make purchases, most of the time they are necessities, but if it’s going to be a piece of clothing it better be WORTH IT. I don’t buy clothes because of the brands, though I do favor other brands more than others. I analyze prices, the material, how long it might last, it’s versatility w/ my other clothing, etc.

So what’s the most expensive thing that you have ever bought on your own? Was it worth it?

15 Jan 2010

Taylor Momsen…still a little girl.

For several months, I have been reading articles about Taylor Momsen. She spoke about how when she first appeared on Gossip Girl she was someone that she wasn’t. Really? The cute, smiley, chirpy, blonde girl wasn’t you? Apparently not. Taylor underwent a major transformation. She traded in her bright dresses for lots of black and let slip news that she was the lead singer of a band – a band that really rocks out a little too hard for many people’s tastes – and that she had a much darker side. She then basically put down everyone in her age group by saying she was more mature than most of them in Teen Vogue.

“Most of my friends are older, too. I live a very adult life: I have two different careers; I’m on tour. What am I going to do, hang out with the high school kids?”

Okay Taylor, we get it. You’re really yourself now and you’re an actress, a singer, and a model. Essentially a triple threat and now you are with Victoria’s Secret advertising a new scent. But I’ve got proof that you’re still as young as you actually are!

When Taylor was recently asked if she would join in with other celebrities to help ask for donations for Haiti she responded:

“Um, right now I’m trying to just finish my record and getting through the last season of ‘Gossip Girl’ for right now. So not so much thinking about that … But it’s awesome that everyone is ya know working towards a good cause.”

Saying you are mature and being mature are two different things.