i like my beats fast and my bass down low

The weather has been so amazingly gorgeous lately, and having lived in the Northeast my entire life, I know Spring is just being the tease that it is, but STILL, I'll bite. Good weather is good weather.

Yesterday when I got dressed and took these photos, it was a bit too much wishful thinking - it wasn't actually warm out at all. Hah. But whatevz, I threw on some high socks and a scarf and that was that. The way I deal with the transition from winter to spring is to be in total denial about the continued presence of winter and pretend it's full-on spring.

 This outfit was sorta too Easter-y - I wish I got pictures of what it looked like with socks (purple crochet OTK) and a scarf (multicolored pink-purple-red-blue-orange pashmina)

 dress, selfmade.
cardigan, H&M.
shoes, Target.

 TODAY it's GORGEOUS outside and I LOVE IT, and I want to just DANCE my HAPPINESS to the next level.

 My legs are so incredibly pale - SUMMER i miss you

dress, diy.
cardigan, H&M.
shoes, Payless.

ENJOY THIS WEATHER!! because y'all know it won't last :(

I missed this week's Musing on a Monday post, partly because I was just busy, and it was Valentine's Day, and I really had nothing to muse about. Got any ideas?

love and right triangles,
april

now put your hands up

oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, OH OH oh

(all the single ladies!)

happy valentine's day!!

A major Valentine's Day outfit dump is about to happen. Y'all ready for this? (Da na na, da da da da da dun dun dun dun da da da da da da da DA! HEY!)

Wore this outfit on Saturday to dinner with friends followed by speed dating! hahahah. Actually it was loads of fun.

boots, Marshalls.

tights, don't remember.

dress, H&M.

cardigan, H&M.

headband, NY&Co.

Andddd outfit number TWOOOO - I planned on wearing this today, but this skirt just fits kind of awkwardly, so I never actually wore it out. But I love it anyway!

skirt, Urban Outfitters.

blouse, thrifted.

tank, Old Navy.

socks, Target.

shoes, thrifted.

hair clip, found it (finders keepers, losers weepers!)

all different pinks/reds - dollar store, Urban Outfitters, NYColor, Delia's.

And finally, some sparkle, some jazz, and just a touch of pink.

top, Macy's.

cardigan, H&M.

skirt, Express.

socks, Target.

shoes, Forever 21.

Today, you should:

Eat chocolate and and bake cupcakes!

Drink red wine!

LOVE YOURSELF!

Spread the love!

Hug all your friends!

Buy yourself flowers!

Eat a heart shaped lollipop!

and LOVE YOURSELF MORE!

happy day of love <3

extra LOVE and right triangles,

april

happy valentine's day: part 1

Valentine's Day is on Monday this year, which can only mean one thing:

Valentine's outfits for everyone!!! MEANING: one for Friday, one for Saturday, one for Sunday and one for Monday! muahaha i'm insane.

If you know me at all, you know I'm a SUCKER for holidays and SPIRIT and outfits based on such insanity.

NATURALLY, Valentine's Day is one of my favorites because when else can you be as girly?! WHEN ELSE does red and pink look so good together? WHEN ELSE can you spread LOVEloveLOVE?? When else can you imagine your life as a happy-ending-romantic-comedy?? And mostly, if you're not going to enjoy this oh-so-special Hallmark Holiday with a loved one, WHY NOT ENJOY IT WITH YOURSELF?! And that, my friends, is what Valentine's Day is all about.

Without further ado...A celebration of LOVE, Day One.

dress, H&M.
cardigan, DIY, old.
belt, thrifted.
tights, H&M.
shoes, thrifted.

HAPPY LOVE WEEKEND!

LOVEloveandmorelove and right triangles too,
april <3

Musings on a Monday #3: Why I Love Asian Women

I think Asian women are awesome. As a young Asian woman, I suppose it's empowering. Mostly though, Asian women remind me of my mom.

My mom and I don't have the best relationship, but I still admire her as a person. She's strong and confident and unafraid to stand up for herself. She can be insensitive and annoying but she's the number one person I look up to.

That being said, I generally have negative feelings towards my mother. But for some reason, my mother is the reason I love my Chinese female professors (I have two of them, plus two TAs) and my Chinese former boss. They are all so sure of themselves and comfortable in their own skin, and that inspires me. 

I identify myself as a mostly-non-Asian Asian, meaning that while I am of course Chinese, I relate more to American culture and traditions than to Chinese ones. Perhaps surrounding myself with Asian women who were all born and raised in China or Taiwan reminds me of the things I have in common with them, that I'm more Chinese than I like to think, and that I should embrace the Chinese in me more.

I don't know.

Happy Monday!

love and right triangles,

april

colors and textures, or looking forward to spring

I'm always all about brights. And there's never a reason not to wear them - in spring and summer, you dress for the season. In winter and fall, you dress for the anti-season. As in, "This day really sucks and it's gloomy and gets dark well before the day is even close to ending so I'm going to inject some LIFE and FUN and COLOR into the world by whipping my hair back and forth and wearing as many colors as my 5'0" body can fit on it."

And since winter has been unceremoniously HARSH this year, and since Lexy challenged the world to wear five colors in a single outfit...well, then it was only a matter of which five colors.

I guess I cheated a little, since some of my colors are found sparingly slash in the print of this skirt. But WHATEVZ man, I'd say the prints and the ruffles and the textured tights make up for the measly presence of neon yellow in the form of a skinny patent belt. BUT IT'S STILL A HELLUVA RAINBOW OF COLOR. (redundancy much?)

But I mean, wearing five colors could translate to wearing black, white, grey, blue and brown all in one outfit (which actually sounds barf-tastic to me) but none of those, except maybe blue, are actually colors. If you have ever watched What Not To Wear, you'd know as well as Stacey and Clinton that all of those colors are, in fact, NEUTRALS. I.E. NOT COLORS. 

So please, do the groundhog a favor and up his accuracy rate (a measly 39% if I'm not mistaken) and bring on the SPRING. Because if the weather gods aren't going to do it, we can at least fake it til we make it, know what i'm sayin'?

skirt, diy.

tank, diy.

blouse, thrifted.

belt, Forever 21.

earrings, Forever 21.

tights, don't remember.

boots, Marshall's.

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!

love and right triangles,

april

Happy Chinese New Year!

 

blouse, thrifted.

belt, thrifted.

skirt, Forever 21.

tights, H&M?

OTK socks, Forever 21.

tank, Target.

bangles, Claire's.

Today was just one of those days. And it's not over yet. Bleghhhh.

I woke up to discover a negative bank account statement and I almost fell asleep in my 9AM class (I mean, it was macroeconomics, can ya blame me?). Things started looking up afterwards, but the gloomy day and the vast expanse of snow and slush didn't help. All I want is a yummy piece of chocolate cake but I don't know if that will make me feel better or worse.

The good news is, the rest of the day is looking up! I'm about to get Starbucks with a friend and tonight I really don't have much to do, and tomorrow I don't have class until 2PM!! hurrah!

love and right triangles,

april

新年快乐！

happy new year!

yeah uh-huh you know what it is

Everything I do, I do it big.

Like metallics. And more sequins!

 DANCE DANCE

 SNOW BOOTS because the sky is dumping buckets of white crystals on us. Seriously, the campus is buried. There have been multiple igloos made. It's a little ridic.

And as always, when the weather is sucky, the outfit has to be that much more fantastical. This may not be the most fantastical outfit ever, but then again, I do enjoy blizzard weather. I'm a north-easterner through and through. Kinda like how Harry Potter is Dumbledore's man through and through.

top, INC (Macy's).

cardigan, H&M.

skirt, H&M.

tights, i forget.

boots, DSW.

There's been so much snow that it's hard to believe that little Punxsutawney Phil will be telling us that Spring is never going to come ever and we should just give in to wearing puffy coats for the rest of our lives. Like, I mean..........It's February?! Say whaaaaa?

love and right triangles,

april