4 posts from 2007

cute boys

Oh my gosh, how cute are these boys!?!?! Was visiting the Sartorialist site like I sometimes do, and this is his latest post: two lovely New Yorker boys in winter. Lovely, lovely. And look at their smiles! They're not all sullen and brooding like those models in CK ads or whatever. They look real.

Usually my standards for a boy does not include his clothing. I mean, I don't want him to look like a bum, but I didn't care about what he wore, but now after a couple of months in Paris and seeing loads of well-dressed boys and men in well-fitting clothing and nice color palettes...It got me thinking. It wouldn't be so bad if I dated a boy who looked like one of these guys or a boy who dressed nice and had style. I don't even care if he dressed better than me, but it would be nice if we had the same level of style. But these boys always seem out of my league. Ho hum...

Anyway, what got me started on this was seeing the post on Sartorialist and seeing my friend's boyfriend come to visit. He's an American too and he definitely has style with his Vans high tops (he also got a pair for his girl!), plaid button down over a thermal, and his friend's 4th grade jacket that fits him and tops off his ensemble nicely. He has great fashion sense, and so does she, and they're absolutely adorable together. This gives me hope!

It'd be nice to be with a boy you can go shopping with and for.

What was the best movie you saw this year?

An old one, but I saw Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation. When I first saw it I didn't really care for it, must've been all the hype, but now, in a the context of my current situation (young woman in a foreign country, a bit unsure of herself), it really affected me. 

What's the best book you read this year?

I'm probably going to have to say Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk which I haven't even finished yet. I loved the movie. And out of all the other books I read this year, this is by far the best. I think I've read more short stories than books this year, owing to my screenwriting professor who loves short stories because they can sometimes make great films. 

I joined Vox because I wanted to comment on my friend's Vox, and I couldn't be "anonymous" and comment on it. Anyone who knows me really well knows that I love blogging/writing/typing so I thought I might as well own a little piece of interweb land on Vox. Plus, it's nice having a blog that no one else knows about. Too many visit my other one (see my Paris blog), which is nice, but it makes it hard to be personal.