New York City Fashion Week

So, I have been pouring through pictures from New York City's fashion week last week trying to find pictures of Tiny Hats for my other blog, and I have to say I am generally disgruntled with Fashion Week. Designers suck. They are so out of touch with what people really like or would ever wear. Now I realize, part of the appreal of fashion week is to be daring and to make something new, but most of the clothes are just down right stupid, like this one: Now, I ask you, have you ever seen a more herione addicted model, a more stupid looking outfit, or a worse color combination? Ugh! Get with the program A Detacher!














But, thankfully, just as I was about to poke my eyes out from the horror, I came across Belle Parish. Her outfits are for kids, but they are just so cute! Here is a sample:











Too Cute!

Another good designer I found, and one very popular in China, is Betsey Johnson. She had some crazy, off the wall things (like the over above), she also had some very nice ball dresses and good use of color.

So you wanna be a pirate?

This post is mainly for my sister, Jessica, so she can learn the marvelous trade of pirating and stop wasting money on DVDs and CDs and so she can (FINALLY!) watch True Blood. But anyone who has been wondering what the heck is this pirating thing or anyone who wants to know how to do it will also enjoy my easy step-by-step guide. There are several steps to this process, but once you get everything installed and downloaded, it is very easy.

1) Install utorrent. Torrents are the ripped off information that is shared between computers, and utorrent is the software that gathers and combines the information. uTorrent can be installed here.

2) Now, many movies and TV shows cannot be played with Windows Media Player, so you will just need to install DivX and Xvid so that they will actually play on your computer. Again, this is very simple, you just need to install them both on your computer by going to the links provided. All you need is the free version of both.

3) Find a site to download your freebies. There are tons of torrent sites out there. There are risks associated with file sharing, though. It can open your computer up to viruses. But the way to protect yourself from this is to find sites and torrents that are being used by lots of people. If thoughsands of people are downloading the same file, then it must be safe. Some sites I reccommend are Demonoid (but it is so popular that it is hard to get an invitation code) and The Pirate Bay. But the best place to get TV shows (espeically Tre Blood) is EZTV. But if none of these sites have the file you are looking for (classical and world music can be especially hard to find) you can just go to google and type in "torrent" and the name of the CD or Artist or TV show you are looking for.
4) Download your freebies. Now when you click the link to download your torrent, a window asking if you want to open, run, or save your file will pop up. Click "open." This will actually open uTorrent for you. Then tell uTorrent "OK" to start downloading the torrent. You can watch in UTorrent to see how much of your torrent is downloaded and how long it should take to finish. Once it is 100% downloaded, just go to your downloads folder and voila! there your stolen file is for you to enjoy!
Have fun!

True Blood

I love True Blood. It is the greatest show ever and the best thing to happen to vampires since Interview with a Vampire. What makes it so great as opposed to Twilight (worst thing to happen to vampires ever) is that Harris takes what we already know about vampires and adds to it without taking anything away. Things like the addicitiveness of vampire blood, glamouring, etc are all unique to her, but she doesn't undo the fact that vampires have mesmerismic powers and that there are tales about humans drinking vampire blood. Her universe is also unique. What would the world be like if vampires "came out of the coffin"? Meyer on the other hand completely shuns what we all know about vampires (like that they burst into flames in the sun) and makes a completely different creature. Now, there is nothing wrong with making unique characters and a new mythos. The fundamental problem with Meyer's books is that she calls them 'vampires.' A clear case could be made that Meyer's creatures are not vampires at all since they do not follow any of the known historical facts about them. Had she called them "sparklers" or "cursed ones" it would be much less of a problem.

But the main point is that True Blood is the greatest thing ever and if you are not watching it, WATCH IT! NOW!

The Season 3 Finale is this Sunday night on HBO.