I wore white while painting again.

I can't believe myself sometimes. Why can't I learn the first time? I got paint on my white skirt today. I'd be alright with it if I accidentally got white paint on my white skirt, but I got brown paint on my white skirt. It looks like crap. This is my attempt to hide it /covers stain

skirt: thrifted . scarf: F21

It's oil paint. Any clues on how to remove oil paint stains from clothing? I'm searching the web for help right now. On an off note, long skirts tend to make me look short. Not that I'm not short. But.

I'm excited for Saturday! It's the citywide garage sale in my city this weekend. I need a new bookshelf pretty badly. On the ground, I have two stacks of magazines because I'm out of room on my shelf. My room looks really messy today. Maybe I'll do some cleaning.
I'm tired. I went to sleep at 12 yesterday because I was working on my essay. Maybe I'll go take a nap and clean my skirt later.

Love, Kai

I thought today was thursday.

I'm not the only one who does that, am I? My internal calendar seems to be set a day ahead. And then I realized that I still have two more days to go until the weekend. Ohohoh no. I need to work on my essay. I don't like formal writing. Proving my point, and all of that. I don't like the fact that I can't write the way that I talk. That I can't say "good" when I feel like saying "good."

scarf: thrift . tights: free! bag: thrift

I wanted to wear my yearbook shirt today because it's block schedule today, so I only had to go to 6th period, which is yearbook. And then I ended up wearing a scarf that covers up the shirt design. Woops.

I've been on a spending spree recently. I haven't actually spent all that much, but I'm in the zone in which I let myself buy as much as I want. I could see something online and automatically go I'm buying this! without thinking it too much through. Which isn't really a bad thing, once in a while. I'm real frugal when I'm in my frugal zone. It's like, if I have $100, I want to keep that hundred nice and even. Suppose I have a candy craving and spend $2 from that $100 I have. Since it's not nice and even anymore, I don't mind spending the rest of that $98 as much.

I seem to be misplacing a lot of things lately. I can't find my favorite bandanna. My teacher even asked "why aren't you wearing punk or rock or whatever anymore?" Because I can't find my bandanna. Or my measuring tape! I need my measuring tape to live. Or buy things online.

Oh measuring tape and bandanna, please come back soon!

Love, Kai

remind me not to wear white while painting.

I doesn't help that people were spattering their dark blue paints either. I had to wear my limited edition New People x Gloomy Bear shirt today because I was so excited to get it. Not considering any consequences. I'm not used to having art class, since I've never taken them at school in the past. Woops. I didn't actually get paint on my shirt, I don't think. But the constant fear is almost as bad.

shirt: New People . pants: Taiwan . jacket: thrift

I joke that my jacket thing is a jacket-blazer baby, because I couldn't tell if it was a blazer when I wore it. It was in the blazer section. If you've read my entries before, you might already know that I'm not a fan of pants. I make an exception for harem pants. I LOVE LOVE LOVE harem pants to death! More than skirts!-er well, maybe. I should have looked for some affordable floral print harem pants while I had the chance.

My hair is growing out, and I've been thinking every day, all the time, whether I should cut it again or grow it out. I love short hair, and I love long hair. I just don't like what's in between all that much. There's also the thing with hair stylists. I haven't found a perfect stylist for me, and worry every time I cut my hair. I always worry that I wont like it, and if I cut it too short, then I can't just go and get another hair cut and hope for the second one to be better. I often get two haircuts back to back at different salons.

I'm in the mood for some shopping.
I want to go back to San Francisco!

Love, Kai

looks like the crashing is happening now

I think my excitement yesterday was keeping me awake. I think around 3pm, I started crashing. My mom was trying to say that she wants to take me shopping, but I kind of just wanted to stay home and sit around. WANTING TO TURN DOWN A SHOPPING PROPOSAL? That's how tired I am. I went anyway.

So what was I so excited about? Yesterday was the JPop Summit Festival in San Francisco's Japantown. Right now, it's going down as the second best day of my life. First would have to be my weekend filled with events with my favorite band, LM.C. Which also happened this year. 2010 is an exciting year. So this is what I wore to the festival.
Luckily, my hair was behaving a little bit better, after that bad hair week. I hadn't completely planned out what I wanted to do at the festival, but it went without saying that I had to be there early to buy a t-shirt so I could get into the autograph signing for Mori Chack. I spent all of Friday making stickers for him.
The bottom three are my characters (actually that last one is me). I was really happy because I spotted him before the Q&A panel, and got to go to him and hand it to him directly. I was kind of sort of freaking out. After I gave it to him, I asked for a picture, which he agreed to. And just that moment, the announcer for the panel started to talk (and then I get kicked out and he tells me to find him later). Thank you, life. I should have approached him earlier.

I'm going to backtrack a little bit. I arrived at the building along with Tiffany and Olivia at around 10 or 10:30 or so. Baby the Stars Shine Bright was having a lucky pack sale, but I was told that they didn't have enough to get to me. So wasn't able to get one. This was the line.
It's hard to tell in the picture, but there were quite a few people in line. This is the first floor, and the line is going out the door. The line starts on the 2nd floor, and squirms down the stairs to the main floor, and then coves the main floor, down the stairs to where this picture was taken. So that's why I didn't get a lucky pack.

I was stressing because I'd been lining up for the Gloomy Bear t shirts, and I was lining up here too. So I had to run back and forth and have people hold my place in line. I didn't get the pack, but at least I got my t-shirt. Here it is!
The text on the shirt says "New People," the name of the building. I was afraid that I wouldn't like the shirt, but I'm glad to say that I do quite like it. I took a really long time to choose a size, because there were so many sizes. There were both mens/unisex shirts and women's sizes. But the women's sizes looked really small, so I was afraid to get one. I bought a men's small, it it fits pretty well, luckily.

I met a ton of coolkids yesterday, but I was a mix of too lazy to get my camera out and too shy to ask people for pictures. I did manage to get a picture with Yuka though. She's the shop girl for 6% Dokidoki
I bought two bow clips there. The clips were only about five bucks last year, but because of how bad the dollar is doing, the prices raised to a surprisingly inflated sum of $8. Three dollar difference! But I bought them anyway.

On the second floor, I spent maybe half my life shopping at Black Peace Now. There's so many things I wanted to try, but I was too lazy to try them on because my outfit takes 5 minutes to take off and 5 minutes to put on. It's a hassle, really. I could have worn jeans and a t shirt, but no. I ended up buying this glittery black tank, and promised myself that I'd go back to buy this dress I wanted. WHICH I REALLY WAS GOING TO DO. But I ran out of time and my dad convinced me that we really needed to go. I can't go back for it because they're supposedly getting rid of it today. At least that's what the shop guy said.

WAIT HERE'S THE BEST PART OF THE DAY
MORI CHACK MORI CHACK! The only reason I can't fangirl over this guy is because he's 20 years older than me and that makes him over twice as old as I am. Yeah. Pitty. He says he's not into fashion, but I feel like he always dresses well. Man blazer! He was wearing metallic silver shoes too. I got a number of pictures at the panel, since I was standing right in front of him. My mom was also taking pictures, apparently. Here's one of the back of my head. And Tiff's, on the left.
Fun! Now you know what the back of my head looks like. Or I do. I don't usually look at the back of my head, so I can't really say I knew what it looks like.


That girl next to me is a coolkid. She was wearing a Podolly dress.

There weren't really any particularly interesting questions asked. Mostly stuff that Gloomy Bear fans probably already knew. After the Q&A, we went strolling around the vendors to see what they have. There were so many shops that I didn't get to look at, because I have a habit of staying one place for a long time. I should have speed shopped- I didn't know my time was so limited. There's one regret.

The autograph signing with Mori Chack was supposed to start at 2:00, which was when I got there. I hadn't been anticipating a long line. But that was exactly what happened. More linnessss. Tiff and Olivia and I waited for a good 2 hours in line. It took a long time because each person in line had the opportunity to chat with Mori Chack a little bit and get their t-shirt or whatever else they brought in not only signed, but drawn on. He drew Gloomy on everything he signed, and personalized it by asking for each individual's name.

My turn, finally!
I was afraid he wouldn't take me up on my offer, but he did. I asked him to draw me my original character, Connor. I had a reference picture on my phone (which was drawn by Jeff Thomas, also known as Azuzephre, creator of Pon and Zi).
Progress, progress!
Here's us with the autograph! The pen that he was using was drying out by the time he got to me, but it turned out well. He remembered me from before, and brought out the stickers that I made!He wrote "dear Kaiami" on the picture. I love how easygoing the staff was. There was this poster hanging on the table cloth that I wanted, and they let me keep it when I asked for it. Score!

Yeah, so that was my second best day ever. It wasn't enough time. Too short! I didn't finish shopping. Not even close. And we spent about half the time we were there standing in some kind of line.

There was an ice cream party with Mori Chack today, but I couldn't attend. One, because it costs $65 for a pass in. Second, because I went to SF yesterday, and I have no transportation there again because my father refuses to take me again (I don't drive, so I can't even drive myself to the train station). I hope Mori Chack will visit us in California again. One day's not enough. He really is a genuinely nice guy.

Oh yeah. I also missed the vintage expo in San Francisco today.
Crap crap crap crap. I was looking forward to going to the vintage expo since this spring. And then I miss it. At least I got next year. Looking forward to that!

It's time to pack my backpack for tomorrow. School again. Fun stuff. Fun. Stuff.

Love, Kai

if I told you what I wanted for my birthday, it wouldn't make a difference.

When my birthday is coming up, my mom would often times ask what I want. It's really a broad question, so I don't usually answer anything specific. If I did say something specific, the chances of getting it are probably zero.

photos from Neiman Marcus

Mcqueen silk scarf that I've wanted forever. No way am I getting this for my birthday if I asked for it. The one on the top is $475, the one on the bottom is $260. My little brother said he would buy it for me once he's a billionaire. My dad, on the other hand, wouldn't buy anything unnecessary no matter what. He buys pants for $20 when they're having a sale on an sale, and then an extra coupon -and then wears them for 15 years.

Actually, I'd just be happy if I get a happy birthday from everyone. My mom tends to forget often, and my dad isn't really a birthday person (except he takes us out for lunch, and the birthday person gets to choose where to go).

I'll buy myself that Butter London nail polish for myself for my birthday. I buy so many things for myself on my birthday. Haha I need a reason to spoil myself. There goes my money.

I'm having another bad hair day. I ran out of time while washing my hair today, and I feel like there was shampoo left in my hair. It feels terrible. I think I'll go take another shower.

Wait, let me go off on a tangent first. There was an Alexander Mcqueen store in an upscale department store in Taiwan with the most mindblowing prices. There was a pair of clogs that were labeled around $200, which doesn't make much sense, because I can't imagine Mcqueen shoes being $200 new, ever. I think the scarves were a bit cheaper, but around the same price as the shoes. So confused. I kind of wish I bought something. Maybe I'll bring something back next year. Ok, now off I go.

Love, Kai