Stripes!

 "love will tear us apart" --Joy Division

With holiday break comes abandoning the beautiful city of Chicago that I call home and exchanging it for my old (but delightful) bedroom back home in the suburbs. The positives are catching up with friends and spending time with family, listening to old school punk and writing lots of poetry.

I'm absolutely in love with these new suede heeled booties from ModCloth; they're comfortable and versatile. I've hardly gone a day without them since they came in! This outfit also consists of my essential high waisted black cigarette jeans from Urban Outfitters and a thrifted, striped crop top. 

A New Kind of Record

by: Dana Alsamsam

my swiveling fingers

get caught in the needle

of my record player

that sort of looks like a suitcase

and my body stretches, 

runs itself around

at 120 beats per minute

until I have melted and morphed

into my own record.

I've packed all I need

in this assonant suitcase

and learned to love my heart's 

vinyl encasing.

I only play sad songs

but I am happier this way

My hair is getting long enough to loose curl and middle part it again! And of course, the cat eye is always a must.