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A Super Flip.

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Most of you guys know that Steven flips cars. You know, like Jeff Lewis flips houses? Here's a peek at his newest acquisition... it's a work in progress and I'll let him update you on all the details sometime soon!

Moving Day.

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We're moving tomorrow! We've been packed all week, and have exhausted ourselves in preparation for the move--we've painted, pulled up carpet, cleaned and had take-out every night this week. We'll finally get out of our walk-up apartment and get into a house with a giant backyard. Sayōnara and konnichiwa.

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moving. by henryd featuring Nike

Backyard Ready.

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We are moving out of our apartment this summer and are thisclose to having a big old backyard all to ourselves. No more nut-job neighbor living underneath us and no more walking the dogs except for when we want to. I'm so freaking ready.

  1. FEKKAI MARINE SUMMER HAIR BEACH WAVES $24
  2. ESSIE HAUTE AS HELLO NAIL POLISH $6
  3. J. CREW SOFTSPUN TEES $25
  4. HARVEY FAIRCLOTH @ SWIRL NAVY SHORTS $99
  5. MARTIN + OSA ROLLED CUFF SLIM FIT JEANS $60
  6. SEPHORA NATURAL EYE EYE SHADOW PALETTE $36
  7. RAG & BONE FARRINGDON SANDAL $325

Show Your Love.

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I'm not one who thinks Valentine's Day is a commercialized greeting-card-company-created faux holiday. I like the idea of a built-in reminder to cherish and celebrate those whom and that which you love! (And I'm a little too partial to the whole aisle full of chocolates at the grocer around this time). Here's my list of ideas to get my significant other this year--maybe there's something here for yours (or you!) too.

Um, Steven if you're reading this I apologize that you're left with little surprise now. xx

Haiti’s Angry God; from the NYTIMES

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By POOJA BHATIA

Published: January 13, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti

FOR most of the past 20 hours I’ve been hiking the earthquake-rubbled streets of Port-au-Prince. Tuesday night, when we had less idea of the scope of the devastation, there was singing all over town: songs with lyrics like “O Lord, keep me close to you” and “Forgive me, Jesus.” Preachers stood atop boxes and gave impromptu sermons, reassuring their listeners in the dark: “It seems like the Good Lord is hiding, but he’s here. He’s always here.”

The day after, as the sun exposed bodies strewn everywhere, and every fourth building seemed to have fallen, Haitians were still praying in the streets. But mostly they were weeping, trying to find friends and family, searching in vain for relief and walking around in shock.

If God exists, he’s really got it in for Haiti. Haitians think so, too. Zed, a housekeeper in my apartment complex, said God was angry at sinners around the world, but especially in Haiti. Zed said the quake had fortified her faith, and that she understood it as divine retribution.

This earthquake will make the devastating storms of 2008 look like child’s play. Entire neighborhoods have vanished. The night of the earthquake, my boyfriend, who works for the American Red Cross, and I tended to hundreds of Haitians who lived in shoddily built hillside slums. The injuries we saw were too grave for the few bottles of antiseptic, gauze and waterproof tape we had: skulls shattered, bones and tendons protruding from skin, chunks of bodies missing. Some will die in the coming days, but for the most part they are the lucky ones.

No one knows where to go with their injured and dead, or where to find food and water. Relief is nowhere in sight. The hospitals that are still standing are turning away the injured. The headquarters of the United Nations peacekeeping force, which has provided the entirety of the country’s logistical support, has collapsed. Cell and satellite phones don’t work. Cars can’t get through many streets, which are blocked by fallen houses. Policemen seem to have made themselves scarce.

“If this were a serious country, there would be relief workers here, finding the children buried underneath that house,” my friend Florence told me. Florence is a paraplegic who often sits outside her house in the Bois Verna neighborhood. The house next to hers had collapsed, and Florence said that for a time she heard the children inside crying.

Why, then, turn to a God who seems to be absent at best and vindictive at worst? Haitians don’t have other options. The country has a long legacy of repression and exploitation; international peacekeepers come and go; the earth no longer provides food; jobs almost don’t exist. Perhaps a God who hides is better than nothing.

Pooja Bhatia is a fellow at the Institute of Current World Affairs.

A version of this article appeared in print on January 14, 2010, on page A37 of the New York edition.

Please note, I am just reposting this article from the New York Times, find the original article here.

For Real?

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More awesome pants? Yes. Under $40 @ JCPENNEY of all places. x American Living. American Living

 

 

 

 

 

see for yourself.

labor day weekend finds…

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mat_leonorI came to my parents' house for Labor Day weekend, and looking through my saved files on their computer has proved to be very fun! It's like a treasure hunt. above |Swarovski chandelier by Mat Leonor?kitchen 09

 

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could this be the beginning of something?

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I just now learned about Tao Ling, a poet doing things his own way--improvising for the 21st century. He's a published writer by Melville Publishing, who I alread love for their NOVELLA series that I collect, so now I'm going to order his book "Shoplifting from American Apparel" -- see more of Tao through these links.

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  4. Video of a poetry reading you HAVE to see: severe depression

“My target demographics include hipsters, depressed teenagers, depressed vegans, happy but sensitive teenagers, people of any age who are severely detached from reality, Europeans, all college students, and I think sarcastic vegans"
— Tao Lin

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When the twilight is gone…

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The Platters - My Prayer

"At the end of the day, when no songbirds are singing...you come into my heart, and here in my heart you will stay..." -the Platters

I honestly listen to this song at least twice a day... since, MAY? It conjures up images of the early 60s in the best way possible. I apologize for the song's not playing... trying to figure that out still!

And I sing along very loudly! Now I'm trying to figure out how to be inspired by it for some TYPE artwork.

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Remember the good old days when you had to send in your Google query by post card? Too funny.