EROS

RUNNING WILD

(Top: H&M)

I've been having what I call "mellow weekends" lately. It began about 3 weeks ago when I went WAY too hard for my girl Brittney's birthday party. That night was kind of a last straw or last hooray for my entirely too active social nightlife. I just got to a point where I was sick of being sleep deprived, getting home while the sun was rising, having bad skin because I'd be too tired to remove my makeup, and not being my best me. So I decided I'm not gonna go out, or at least not go hard, until Summer! Instead of indulging in adult activities between the hours of 10pm and 5am, I've been doing things like hiking, going to lunch with friends, catching up with old friends, reading, shopping, and Youtube of course! It's really refreshing to go to bed at a reasonable hour and wake up early in the morning to a cup of coffee and a good spiritual book to program my subconscious mind, prepare me for my day, and keep me on my path.

This weekend was no different from the past 3 weekends and in fact, Saturdays seem to be becoming "Brittney and Jessica" days as I'm trying to coax her into participating in mellow weekends as well. So before a soccer game Saturday night, we snapped a few shots of each other at a park. I dyed my newest Lush Locks extensions Friday and I was super anxious to wear them and take pictures for my blog and Instagram of course LOL. My ombre extensions seemed so beachy so I threw on jeans and a crop top to match. While at my place waiting for me to get dressed, Jessica said, "I bet you're in heaven right now being that you're wearing a crop top." LOL she's right though. I LOVE crop tops! Summer, where art thou?

"Our deepest fear is that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people don't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

-Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love

BEYONCE

(top and striped skirt: H&M)

NO ORDINARY LOVE

(American Apparel riding pants; BCBG top; OPI "Vodka & Caviar" nail polish)

LADY SINGS THE BLUES

2.6.12

Some friends and I had lunch at Urth Caffe in Downtown LA's Art District. As we were walking inside I saw Fairuza Balk (the crazy main witch from The Craft). I told my friends and they were mad I didn't tell them when we first walked in but I HATE approaching "celebrities" or acknowledging them LOL I'd feel so stupid.

We walked around the city a bit and I asked this kid if I could use his skateboard and I skated up the street then down the street. When I got back to give him his skateboard. He told us he was from Seattle. After he left, a homeless man appeared walking down the sidewalk in our direction. One of my friends said she was going to move because there was a homeless guy walking toward us. I've never been one to judge transients so I didn't trip. I turned to pick up a cup the I left on this cement thing. As I did this he was walking past. All of a sudden I felt him behind me and he smacked my ass and kept walking! He didn't say anything, change his facial expression, look at us or anything! It was totally unexpected and I went into shock. I felt violated, sick, etc. It's funny to write about now and it could've been worse but WTF who does that? Now I know to keep my pepper spray LITERALLY on hand at all times. In my purse apparently isn't close enough :-/

We went to my friend's apartment and took pictures all over his place LOL. Then I had to go to a meeting :( So we left and that's the end of that story.