Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman

…t-minus 5 days until graduation. It’s moments like these that are going to make me miss college. When’s the next time I’ll be invited to a Miami party at a house named Skybox?

Vampire Weekend – Step
Vampire Weekend – Diane Young
Vampire Weekend – Obvious Bicycle

I hate agreeing with Pitchfork out of principle, but I gotta hand it to them – they hit the nail on the head with this review for Vampire Weekend’s new album “Modern Vampires of the City”. This 9.3 rating puts them on the same level as the Beach Boy’s Pet Sounds. It is truly fantastic, truly a f*!$ing piece of art. It’s everything Vampire Weekend, but it’s also so much more. If you’ve already overplayed Daft Punk, I highly recommend closing your eyes and letting Ezra Koenig’s angelic voice taking over.

Remember the days when we were singing Horchata in the hot summer sun? Shit, I feel old.

Other notable album releases: Portugal. The Man’s Evil Friends

A part of my design work process involves constantly searching for new design inspiration. My friends have always said that I have a very “disctint” style, so much that they can spot my work out in public spaces without knowing that I was involved in the project. It’s great that they know me so well, but I am afraid of my work feeling manufactured, as if my eye recycles elements and recreates the same designs in different ways. It’s important for me to evolve!

My latest inspiration: channeling Scandinavian minimalism in architecture and interior design, and somehow translating it into graphic work. More after the jump.

Source: Mind Sparkle Mag
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Future Islands – Before the Bridge

If I were to start a fashion blog at this very second (possible foreshadowing?!?!), I think this outfit post would be pretty fitting, with the Zara culottes skort and all. Yes, I’m wearing a skort, laugh all the $@!k you want, but we’ll see who’s laughing when I’m a hot shot fashion blawger, sitting front row with my bff Anna Dello Russo at NY Fashion Week.

Seals & Crofts – Summer Breeze
Born Ruffians – Needle
The Beatles – Get Back
Fitz & the Tantrums – Pickin’ Up the Pieces
Bonobo – Kong
Fatboy Slim – Praise You (Maribou State Remix)
Oh Land – White Nights
Marvin Gaye – Got To Give It Up
King Floyd – Groove Me
Van McCoy – The Hustle

Johnny Thunder – I’m Alive

Me: “And now that I’m actually poor and wearing last season’s Alexander Wang, I feel much more compassionate for others.”

Friend: “Ha. You’re going to hell.”

There’s always some degree of truth at the root of sarcasm, isn’t there? But hey, my low brow humor can’t be as bad as getting “1%” tattooed to my body, right? (Sophia Amoruso, I actually love / worship you, bb.)

In other news, I’m actually poor, working non-profit for a social enterprise now but have deluded myself into thinking that it’s a venture capital-backed tech company. Most of my week consists of working really hard and scraping the bottom of my peanut butter jar to make it work.

So yes, rejoice, I did leave my corporate job! And now I work at a place with magnetic poetry on the fridge, it’s sexy to talk about, but I’m writing this blog in – I know, the horror – last season’s Alexander Wang.