B

DIRTY BLVD.

2011-07-15T19:02:00.000-07:00

SUMMER MUST HAVES

dirty blvd. by thebriannac featuring sterling silver jewelry

(Alexander Wang t-shirt, Clubmaster Raybans, Pamela Love jewelry, Mulberry bag, Chanel nail polish, and a pair of ripped denim and studded boots.)

Though, most of you probably think that wearing black in Austin's sunshine and summertime temperatures may be the worst possible decision someone could ever make, that's where I say "HOLD UP, BITCHES. YOU'RE WRONG." Yeah, you're gonna be sweating like a bitch, but at least you're gonna be looking hot while doing so! (See what I did there?) I mean, have you ever seen Erin Wasson?

xoxo

THE LIFE OF A SOUTHERN BELLE

2011-07-01T11:30:00.001-07:00

That's right, y'all! This bad bitch is back, and more southern than ever. Well, attempting to be at least. And yes, I am going to start updating frequently... Well, attempting to.. at least.

Though, I wish I could blame my seven month absence on being struck by a beam of light, and sucked up into a spacecraft, and dropped off on Saturn to live with aliens, I can't. However, I can blame it on being abducted by an airplane and dropped off into Austin, Texas to live with some of my best friends. Which, I guess, is equally just as cool. (Lol jk y'all! Let's be real for a hot second, my friends > aliens.)

I'm currently sitting inside of an air-conditioned home, typing away with red fingers (props 2 Flaming Hot Cheetos), trying to avoid the bitchassness of the 100 degree weather that seems to have taken over Austin for the last four months. This bitchassness includes (but not limited to): dry and frizzy, completely untamable hair, clothes drenched in sweat, uncomfortableness and lack of sleep even in the coldest of rooms, and panting like a fucking dog. Woof, am I right or am I right?

Whatevz though. I ain't sweatin' it, I'm just chillin'. (See what I did there? ..No, but for real, it's seriously fucking hot in here.) Anyway, just thought I'd give y'all a quick update on what this bitch has been up to; i.e., watching Keeping Up With the Kardashians, sweating, devouring Flaming Hot Cheetos, lurking, etc etc... Basically AND obviously, just living the American Dream. NALGO.

PS- It's summer bitchezzzz! You know what that means! Losing my vampire-esque skin-tone and becoming a bronzed goddess, whiskey, swimming holes (I really miss the Great Lakes..), late nights, friends, AND A SUMMER PLAYLIST (that I'll include in the next post - currently in the works) TO LISTEN TO WHILE DOING ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!! (my bad on the delay, y'all!)

In the mean time, to hold you over on the whole playlist dilemma, and to go along with the theme of this post, I'll leave you with this song to download.

♫ Trina - Da Baddest Bitch ♫

(download it, seriously)

PS PART TWO: THIS HAPPENED WHILE IN TEXAS. MEET TROUSERS!

OH YEAH, THIS HAPPENED TOO. SIDESTAGE @ OFWGKTA.

Over-used Count:

Bitch, fuck, bad words = 7

Use of parentheses = a lot

Y'all = a lot

xoxo

DEAR ALISON MOSSHART,

2010-12-28T02:55:00.001-08:00

i just got offered a job position at a record label in london, england. the kills are on it; this could give me the chance to steal every piece of clothing alison mosshart owns.

xoxo

WINTER VIBES

2010-12-25T21:55:00.001-08:00

WINTER VIBES

1. Cat Power - Cross Bones Style
2. The Black Angels - Better Off Alone
3. The Stooges - No Fun
4. Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
5. Soko - I’ll Kill Her
6. The Replacements - Anywhere’s Better Than Here
7. Wooden Shjips - Losin’ Time
8. The Beatles - Come Together
9. The Kinks - I Go to Sleep
10. Jessica Lea Mayfield - Kiss Me Again
11. Tamaryn - Choirs of Winter
12. The Smiths - Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
13. Blank Dogs - Open Shut
14. Lou Reed - Vicious
15. Joy Division - Isolation
16. The Horrors - Sea Within a Sea
17. Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
18. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Let’s Pretend It’s Summer
19. Tame Impala - Alter Ego
20. The Black Keys - Hold Me In You Arms
21. The Rolling Stones - She’s So Cold
22. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Cold Wind
23. Kings of Leon - Velvet Snow
24. The Velvet Underground - Head Held High
25. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me

download @ http://www.mediafire.com/?wvkiw84mwtzjt5q

(+ if the devil is 6, then god is) SEVEN

2010-12-12T21:22:00.000-08:00

HOLLA BITCHES! I'M BAAACK (and with a new computer!)!!!! That's right, all y'all can thank the one and only, Paul Tao for that one. For the past week, I've been living my life vicariously through the internet again, and it feels nothing less than wonderful. Catching up on blogs, drooling over pictures of Alexa Chung and her clothes, lurking, online shopping, and more lurking seems to have taken over my life. I'm ok with it.

In other news, East Lansing blows huge, gigantic zombie brains. Although, the friends that I've made here are some of the best friends I now have. I'm so thankful for them, 'specially for the fact that they can keep me somewhat sane while living in the shittiest, frat-daddy, and sorority hoe filled city. There hasn't been a day where I haven't seen a hu$$y troll around in a Northface jacket and a pair of Uggs. Oof to the max.

HOWEVZ, ON THE BEST + HAPPIEST + MOST LOVELIEST (+ ALL OTHER POSITIVE MEANING WORDS) OF NOTES, I'M MOVING TO AUSTIN THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY. THAT'S RIGHT, Y'ALL. THIS BITCH RIGHT HERE IS GONNA BE A SOUTHERN BELLE IN A MONTH!

A STR8 UP FUCKING SOUTHERN BELLE. BITE ME.

http://briannacaitlin.tumblr.com/#2195935135

xoxo

(then the devil is) SIX

2010-09-24T21:50:00.000-07:00

Oh, well hello thar! It's been more than two months since I've shown my blog some love.. A long and busy two months. I'm no longer a Grand Rapids resident (wut?! inorite?). I took a risk and decided to move with (seriously) $0 to my name. Not even any pocket change! I now live a little over an hour away in East Lansing. Quite a bit different than back home, but it's not that bad. Getting out of Grand Rapids is what I wanted, but I'll admit, it's a little weird. Being super close to your family and living with them for 20 years, to abruptly moving to a new city defo takes some time getting used to.

I haven't had much time to explore much of the city yet, I don't even know what there is to explore in the first place (probz not much), but I'm excited just thinking about it. Being in a new city is just super inspiring to me, regardless if there isn't much to explore and/or if the town sucks or not. BUT C'MON, SRSLY THO, WHERE DEM RAILROAD AND TRAIN TRACKS, BRIDGES, AND RIVERS AT?! ...Seriously, though. I need some halp here.

On another note, living on my own is kinda refreshing and I really like having the responsibility of taking care of myself and my home and paying for everything all by myself. It's exciting to me. I wonder how many times I can use the form of the word "excite" throughout this post. On the real though, I know I'm totally nerding out about how EXCITED I am that I'm living on my own in a new city (even though East Lansing isn't even that cool to be nerding out so hard over), but I'm just happy with myself. I'm happy that I decided to finally get myself out of Grand Rapids (EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT TO AUSTIN, TEXAS.. YET). I'm proud of myself for taking a risk and moving with $0 to my name to getting myself a job, working, and supporting myself on my own. As much as it can be frustrating at times, it's totally worth it. I like learning from my mistakes. SO FUCK ALL Y'ALL HATERZ.

October 1st will be the one month mark of living on my own. Jenn (my roommate) and I just recently got cable and internet at our place, so now I can watch Gossip Girl and Chuck Bass in all of his sexy glory and try to catch up with the blogging world. Jenn got two baby kittens, they're baby brothers. Alfie and Rufus (and yes, Rufus was named after Rufus Humphrey.. No big deal). I've been meeting some really great people. I have a fun job that I legitimately enjoy (cuz let's be real for a hot second, Aldo was some wack bullshit, along with the hussies that worked there) and I work with some of the best people. FO' RILL RILL. My manager is gonna help me build and put together a bike (soon enough I'll be zoom zoomin' around town with the coolest bicycle evar and all y'all gon' be some JEAL JEAL bitchez). AND! My assistant manager, Tarah, turns 20 a day before me, so we're gonna have a combined birthday party on the 15th. DANCE PARTY. HOODRAT THANGZZZ. Y'ALL ARE INVITED. ALL HEAPING SIX OF YOU DEDICATED FOLLOWERS.... (lol...) ..........

meet alfie and rufus! too bad i can't tell which devil is which! iDenTicAl**TwiNzZ!

x

2010-07-19T21:23:00.001-07:00

long time no update. a lot has been on my mind. i would like to shut my brain off for a week. just for a week though. i wish that were possible. i think a lot. sometimes it's a good thing, but most of the time it's a bad thing. whatevz tho, i do what i want. so many decisions and opportunities and risks. i has no moniez. not once, not neva. NOPE. i do have two jobs though and that's really dumb, for real. i'm hungry. i don't know where i want to move because i want to live in so many places at once. i love my friends. i love swinging on swings at night time. i love swimming after midnight. i love dancing. i'm rambling. i just want to eat some fucking cookies, sit on a rooftop with my favorites, dance, and watch a fucking movie.

later, gator.

my fav gurlz. my bangz. my legz, brenna's into it.

(@ ashley + brooke's going away party sat. night, 7-17-10)

xoxo

UPD8

2010-06-08T22:00:00.000-07:00

I always feel like I'm doing such a good job with updating my blog, but then I go ahead and blow it. Considering the purpose of my blog is just for myself, so I'd have an option for spilling my gutz (seeing how I never share my feelings out loud, or to anyone), and to look back and read/see old memories, I don't feel the need to apologize or scramble and look around for an excuse for my lack-of-updating-abilities. (That was the worst sentence I've ever created in my life). HOWEVZ, if I did feel the need to have an excuse, it'd be that I've been writing and documenting things in my sketchbook a lot lately.

My walking zombie mode is back in full-force. I'm sleepy and exhausted, but for now, it's ok. I also have two jobs now, which so far seems to have taken over my social life. My new job is only okay for one reason and UNO reason only: 50% off shoes. Shoes, shoes, shoes, oh my god, shoes. Everything else about it sucks, besides the fact that I basically get to hang out with Jessica Stam and Boyd Holbrook everyday (no big deal, really). One problem with this new job is that I need more money, I don't need anymore shoes. And though it's hard to believe, I've been doing pretty (hood in my pink polo) good with this whole self-control thing. Though it's been more difficult than trying to tame Miley Cyrus, I haven't purchased one pair of shoes yet (given I've only been there for a couple of weeks). I know I'll cave soon, next week I'll probably walk home from work with 5 new pairs of shoes. I'm pathetic. But enough with my shoe obsession-- I'm getting a new acoustic guitar on Friday, thanks to Damian! I could not be anymore excited. I'm psyched to sit down and teach myself how to play. And last, but not least, BUT most depressing, the Followill babes are still not my husbands, let alone boyfriends. Guh.

Everything is going well. Summer is here. I am happy.

xoxo

(if man is) FIVE

2010-05-17T00:02:00.000-07:00

I was going through photos on my computer and photobucket and forgot how many photos of Lykke Li I had saved/collected over the past couple of years. I used to be (and still am) extremely fascinated and inspired by her because her personal style and sense of creativity was (and still is) mind blowing to me. Her mind works in such a different way than anyone else's and I don't get it, I think that's what I find so intriguing about her. She's interesting, funny, has the Followill's phone numbers programmed into her phone, beautiful, has a wardrobe to die for, grew up in Sweden, Portugal, Morocco, Nepal, and India, has a Swedish accent, and if that wasn't enough to make you envy her enough, she makes music. Basically, she's an unstoppable martian.

PS - Those lustworthy Acne Atacoma lace-up wedges that I've been eyeing for for-ev-ver happen to be on Lykke's feet in one photo. I cannot stop swooning. I need those in my closet.

xoxo

FOUR

2010-05-12T20:12:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking a lot. I feel as though I lose interest in most things way too fast and something else always happens to catch my attention. I can never finish anything and that's something I want to change about myself and have been trying to change. There's been much thinking going on in my brain of things I want to do, accomplish, start, and finish, and there are things that I want to start back up again. So, I am going to make a list of thangz to remind myself of what I want and need to do. Considering I don't know how to follow things in order, this list will not be made in any specific order for me to follow.

1. Make more time for myself to paint and create other and new art work, and finish much needed unfinished art work I've started months, if not, years ago. I used to paint, sketch, and make mixed media pieces at least 5 times every week, and now it happens every now and then. Saddening when it's something you absolutely love doing.

2. Start making jewelry again. Making necklaces and bracelets used to be one of my favorite things to do.

3. Get myself a new guitar and teach myself how to play it, and then teach myself how to play bass.

4. Learn more things about cooking and baking. I bake more than I cook, and I bake somewhat often, but I just want to become better at it and have it be a regular doing.

5. Get out of Michigan and move somewhere new and be surrounded by more possibilities than what Michigan has to offer.

6. Look harder into colleges, and finally enroll myself into one. I've been looking so-so at places, but it's a scary, big step for me. I know what I want to do with my life and I couldn't be more excited thinking about it, but the whole idea of going to school to somewhat plan out my future ahead of time kind of scares me. If that makes sense.

7. Save up money and work hard so I can move to Austin, Texas within the next few months.

8. Get myself into shape, start working out, and maybe even join a gym.

9. Start doing yoga. I've been wanting to start yoga classes for a long 5 years now. Lord only knows why I haven't started or committed myself to it yet. I guess this could go with #8. No care.

10. I can't think of another and it would bother me if I ended the list at 9. So, my 10th will be to marry a Followill, or all of them, become a Queen of Leon, and live happily ever after.

WHERE TO START?!?!?!!!? I vote for #10.

YUMMmMMMmYUMmmm

xoxo

MET BALL 2010

2010-05-09T21:54:00.000-07:00

The 2010 Metropolitan Institute Costume Gala took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday, May 3rd. The theme of this year's Met Ball was 'American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity' and was hosted by Anna Wintour of Vogue, Patrick Robinson of Gap, and Oprah Winfrey.

To be honest, looking through most of the images of the event, I was bored and at yawn with most people's choices of outfits and styling. I understand that it's an important and glamourous event and that it was being hosted by one of, if not, the most important person in the fashion industry (and no, I'm not talking about Oprah, but Anna Wintour), but c'mon, it's not the fucking Oscars.

However, a few people did stand out to me, and for those who did, I completely lusted over their choices of outfits and dresses. While all looking beautiful, they're the ones who stood out the most by making bold choices.

(click to enlarge)

My most favorite look of the night goes to Alexa Chung. Who else? Fucking brilliant. One of my most favorite looks of all time is Diane Keaton as Annie Hall, and who better than Alexa Chung to pull off such an amazing and similar look so beautifully? No one. Besides, she's in head-to-toe Phillip Lim! Amaze.

Emma Watson in Burberry. I can't even think of a word of such greatness to describe this dress. Everything that has to do with this dress is perfect.

Kristen Dunst in Rodarte for Gap. Foral embroided voile, pleated silk tulle, mohair fringe, draped Swarovski crystal pearls, and 100% Stevie Nicks. I like.

Chanel Iman in Michael Kors and David Yurman jewelry. Usually I'm not a huge fan of Michael Kors, but I want that gold and pretty jumpsuit more than I want Chanel Iman's name. (Seriously though, best name in the world, am I right or AM I RIGHT?!)

Zoe Saldana in Calvin Klein. I about died when I saw the back of this dress.

M.I.A. in Alexander Wang for Gap. Modern gypsy, hand crochet, engineered ribbing, oversized gold rings, orange lipstick, and a black cat-suit underneath. Yes, please.

Jessica Stam in Rachel Roy and Bvlgari vintage 70's jewelry. Everything about this look is done right and perfect.

Diane Kruger also wore Calvin Klein. Only, unlike showing a little skin like Zoe Saldana, Diane Kruger decided to completely cover up in the label. I'm aware that this look is quite simple, but it's difficult to pull off a white dress.. Let alone, pulling off a skin-tight, full length, and long-sleeved dress with a neckline like that without looking like a hot mess.. But Diane managed to make it work somehow, and I think that's why I adored this look so much.

Rosie Huntington-Whitely in Burberry. I die.

Dree Hemingway in Calvin Klein. Once again, the back!!!

Lily Donaldson in Marc Jacobs. Yesss.

Claire Danes in Burberry. Burberry seemed to be a trend that evening and I'm more than completely ok with it.

Iman in Prada. Of course I had to her to the list.

I'm sure that most of these women will be named worst dressed on many people's lists, but that's because those people only obsess over humans such as Sarah Jessica Parker. That bitch over-accessorizes with the dumbest shit and looks 16 years old all the time. She was only real in Hocus Pocus.

xxxx

LAURAMARLING. THEMIDDLEEAST.

2010-05-08T14:42:00.000-07:00

On Thursday night (May 6th), Laura Marling and The Middle East had a gig in a small, old, downtown building in Grand Rapids. I went downtown to meet up with my new friend, Deborah, who I met about a month ago at work while organizing put-backs and giving customers fitting rooms. She's from England, but came over to Michigan for a year of college (in which she's now finished with) and is staying for at least another year. She's rad. (I have to stop saying "rad", it's not "rad" and it's definitely not ok). We started talking about clothes, music, and of course, England. Somehow, Laura Marling got brought up in our conversation and come to find out, Laura's boyfriend (Marcus from Mumford & Sons) is a good family friend of Deborah's and we both had plans to attend Laura's gig. Before she left the store, we exchanged numbers and such and from then on we both kept in touch! Fun story.

I got to the building where the gig was and ran into Deborah and her parents outside (her parents were in town visiting for a couple weeks). Her parents were super nice and even gave me their ticket for the gig because they decided they wanted to take off. I walked in and the first band already was started, I only caught the last two or three songs, but they sounded nice. I believe their name was The Smoke Fairies. Or something like that. The Middle East, who are actually from Australia, played second and they were great. I'm really glad I got to catch them, I've been wanting to see them live for quite some time. Deborah and I both decided that the denim on denim look is quite fine, and she gave me the approval of trying the leather on leather look. But really, will leather on leather ever be ok? I say, if Sandy from Grease can do it, I can do it.

like i've stated before, my camera skills are COMPLETELY FLAWLESS

Laura Marling played last and she was wonderful, quite the sense of humor, too. She played quite a few songs and her set lasted a while and she played a lot of her new stuff, which I was completely ok with. After the set I unexpectedly ran into my friend Ryan, who was there taking photos for a new magazine/website he's working for or something, I can't really remember what it was.. But either way, it was nice running into him and being able to talk and catch up for a bit. He also takes very beautiful and pretty pictures, check him out @ RYANPPHOTO.COM.

xoxo

THREE

2010-05-05T14:05:00.001-07:00

I find myself using tumblr more often than blogspot. I don't know why considering I used to be so against that site. Maybe it's because I now know how to use tumblr... Though, come to think of it, I still really don't fully understand how to use it. Social networking sites confuse the frick out of me. Anyways, follow me on tumblr @ BRIANNACAITLIN.TUMBLR.COM

Besides the whole tumblr vs. blogspot transit dilemma I'm going through, The Black Keys new album, Brothers (released May 18th), has been on repeat for the past week and a half. It's ah-mazing and I can't stop listening to it. I love that band so much, not only are they one of the best bands I've ever seen live, but everything they put out (as in albums they've made as a band, or albums they've produced) is something that I always lust over. And once again, with this new album, I'm swooning. Speaking of swooning and The Black Keys; Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, and The Whigs start touring together in September. Hot damn! Say hello to the best and sexiest month of my life!

Among the new album from The Black Keys that I'm in love with, I recently discovered a photographer whose work I can't get enough of. Neil Krug. Brilliant.

a creative collaboration between supermodel Joni Harbeck and photographer Neil Krug for upcoming PULP ART BOOK

BEDROOM SERIES for PULP ART BOOK

MYSTIC WHITE FLIGHT SERIES for PULP ART BOOK

INDIAN GIRL SERIES for PULP ART BOOK
VINYL SERIES for PULP ART BOOK
RED SERIES for PULP ART BOOK

xoxo

TWO

2010-04-29T23:10:00.000-07:00

I want to be Jane Birkin when I grow up

GOSSIP GIRL + LEATHER

2010-04-26T20:08:00.000-07:00

So after watching tonight's episode of Gossip Girl, I couldn't help but to think of these four things: 1) I could not be more happy that the evilness of Chuck Bass seems to have returned, 2) I also could not be more happy to see that the demanding and bitchy side of Blair Waldorf seemed to also have returned, 3) following thoughts 1-2, I'd like to give a big shout out to Chuck and Blair for showing the aftermath of falling out of love, bitterness and angriness towards the whole world (thanks for the warning, y'all!), and 4) Justin Bieber and J-Humpz (aka most fitting nickname ever aka Little J) need to take it to the bone zone. I mean, they're both 13 year old wannabe sluts with raging hormones, amirite?

Anyways, I went on my forever-long and never-ending search for the perfect pair of leather trousers and leather shorts today. No such luck. I don't think I'll ever find the perfect pair, unless I want to spend nearly $1,000 on the Bird by Juicy Couture trousers and over $600 for the 3.1. Phillip Lim leather shorts, both in which, I've been wanting for over a year. Is prostitution and selling drugs worth these two perfect items of leather? Duh.

Nothing is outrageously new. I cut my bangs the other day because I was annoyed with my hair. I haven't gotten it all cut off yet, but I've found the perfect haircut for myself. Hopefully this-so-called "perfect haircut" that I found looks just as good on me as it does the babes in the photos. I always have the worst luck with hair situations. My friend was in town with his band a few days ago, so I went downtown to go hang out. I missed their gig, but caught the last two bands. Always a great feeling being able to see and hang out with missed friends you don't get to see enough. Oh, and I made a lighter necklace out of leather for myself because a) I have no life, and b) ..I really don't have a life and thought it'd be cool at the time. Having insomnia and being delirious really fucks with your train of thought.

the lighter necklace clearly screams, classy

xoxo

----------- EDIT

ATTENTION: THE SAID-PERFECT LEATHER TROUSERS THAT HAD ME IMMEDIATELY SWOONED FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, ARE FINALLY ON SALE FOR HALF-OFF. SERIOUSLY DEBATING ON THE SPLURGE. WHAT TO DO? NO SELF CONTROL! DILEMMA. HALP!

MARC'S MODELS

2010-04-19T16:29:00.000-07:00

AnOther Magazine

I'm in love.

xoxo

ONE

2010-04-11T00:05:00.000-07:00

It was probably a bad idea to make an important decision while being annoyed, and hair-related decisions are as important as decisions can get. The moment after I had my locks chopped into the most awful haircut (excluding Kate Gosselin's), I was devastated. The minute I looked into a mirror and discovered that my hair looked like a cross between Joan Jett and a mushroom, I cried, immediately. Never be a hair model for a hair show. NEV-VER. Since October, my hair has grown quite a bit, and quite fast to where I was able to go and get it cut so it'd be out of the awkward Joan Jett-mushroom stage. Since getting it cut the second time, I think I'm starting to like the way shorter hair looks on me better than when I had my long hair. When I had my mop of mid-length nothingness, I felt like a dog in a wig. I think the reason why I had such a hard time with letting my hair go was the fact that I was so attached to it. I was growing it out for years, hoping to donate it at some point. Now I'm at the point of wanting to cut my hair even shorter than what it is now. Perhaps when people see me next, I'll look like a human wearing a short wig. Not a Joan Jett-like wig though, maybe more like Natalie Portman in Léon. Just kidding, maybe not that short. Probably not a dramatically cut, sharp fringeless bob, either.. But perhaps you get the idea.

P.S. Here are a couple pictures from the Black Rebel Motorcycle + Band of Skulls gig that happened a couple days after I got home from Austin (March 29th). What a good way to start my first week of being home in Grand Rapids. Amaaaaze.

band of skulls

black rebel motorcycle club

xoxo

SXSW AFTERMATH

2010-03-30T22:33:00.001-07:00

Obviously I wasn't on top of my game with the whole "I'll try to update as much as possible" thing like I thought I'd be while being in Austin. It was a busy, sleepless, and overwhelming two weeks, but all completely worth it. I didn't get as many photos as I hoped, but that's mainly because I'm awful at remembering to take my camera out during the times when I'm with my friends or the times when things are actually happening. Mind you, the times that I did capture, aren't captured that great. Not only am I horrible at multi-tasking, but I'm horrible at aiming a camera and standing still.

Anyways, I was in Austin for 11 days. The first week was SXSW and the second half was just hanging out, being with friends, and getting a feel for the city before I make my move. SXSW was ah-mazing! My whole time spent in Austin was amazing. It couldn't have gone any better. I got to see and hang out with so many friends who I don't see often and I even ran into quite a few friends who I wasn't expecting to see. Every, single person I met throughout the 2 weeks were nothing less than wonderful.

A recap of my time spent in Austin:

-- Tuesday (March 16th) - My flight landed in Austin at 10:30pm. I was greeted at baggage claim by my wonderful friend, James, who I met through Josh back in December while being in Austin. We ended the night watching SNL clips until the early morning.

goodbye michigan!

-- Wednesday - First official day of SXSW. Woke up early and got dropped off at Josh's (another wonderful friend of mine) house. I hung out there for a few hours, then caught the bus to head into town with Josh and Justin (a roommate/band mate of Josh's). I parted ways with the boys because they had to do an interview for their band (The Rocketboys) and then I met up with my friend Dave, whom I haven't seen since August. I saw the band he manages and a couple of his friends' bands play. It was nice being able to hang out and catch up. I then left to walk over to Paul's (again, another wonderful friend of mine) party. It was a party for the record label he works for (IAMSOUND Records). I arrived 45 minutes early and there was already a line around the block.. and it continued to get longer as the night went on. Paul let me in and Little Boots was setting up to do her DJ set. The party had a great turn out and Mischa Barton even ended up coming over to hang out. She had a nice jacket on. The party was emceed by a drag queen. Her? name was Rebecca and she looked like Lady Gaga. I loved that bitch. I was happy for both Paul and Niki (Paul's co-worker for IAMSOUND), and the bands playing too. Little Boots' did a DJ set, and Suckers, Fool's Gold, Salem, Sleigh Bells, jj, and a few others all performed. So. Good.

considering i was either too busy dancing, and/or pouring myself drinks and eating veggie sandwiches backstage on the balcony, and/or becoming best friends with rebecca the drag queen to get any photos from the night- these photos are courtesy of shadowscene, who was there photographing the whole night. (there are more photos from the night @ www.shadowscene.com)

little boots dj set

before it got dark on the balcony backstage

mischa barton

rebecca the drag queen doin' her thang

sleigh bells

paul and little boots

salem

-- Thursday - Running on barely any sleep due to the diva of a dog that lives next door to Josh that kept me awake. Caught the bus alone to head into town to Levi's Fader Fort and to meet up with Paul. His neighbors/friends' band, Local Natives, was playing. They did ah-mazing! I was really impressed. After that, I met up with my friend Kiel (whom I haven't seen in forever) for a late lunch. Over our late lunch, I found out that he's in town to do shows for the new band he's playing in, which is Brandi Cyrus' (Miley Cyrus' sister) band. PARTY IN THE USA! After we split up, I walked to a venue to see some other friends of mine from back home, La Dispute. It's always so good to see those boys. I arrived to the venue when Touche Amore was about to play, La Dispute was on after them. I only had time to stay for Touche Amore, who killed it, because I had already made plans to meet with some friends at Maggie Mae's for The Rocketboys' official showcase. They did so, so great. I am so blessed to have so many wonderful, caring, talented, and creative friends. My friends always leave me feeling inspired. After their set and them loading out their things, Josh, James, and I headed over to a hotel to see Kill It Kid. They're a band from England who was being housed throughout SXSW by some friends of ours, Ginny and Julie. (I also met Ginny and Julie through Josh back in December while I was in Austin. They're some of the nicest girls you could ever meet). The band was really good, I liked. After that, Josh and I headed over to a friend of ours' record label party, My Favorite Gentleman, where he had bands from his label play. We watched All Get Out (Josh's friends' band who also happened to be staying at his house) and they were fun. I'm glad I finally got to see them play, I've been wanting to for a while. Brandon (another roommate/band mate of Josh's) and his girlfriend, Claire (who is such a sweetheart), happened to be there too, so we all hung out for a bit. Claire and I talked about cats a lot.

all get out - my photo skills are flawless

-- Friday - The day started off with hanging out with Claire. We headed into town and as we were walking down a street, a friend of mine, Ben, popped out of nowhere. So unexpected and crazy, but a great surprise nonetheless. Supposedly, since he's not in a band anymore and is working on solo stuff, he flew out for a week to be with his friends' band that's playing the festival. (Mr. Jorgensen, I'm still waiting to be serenaded with those Salt-n-Pepa songs you promised!) After our quick hello, Claire and I continued our venture to a bar to check out the band, Villagers, play. Claire was telling me about Villagers, a band from Ireland, who she saw the previous day and was amazed by. So we checked out the second gig they, or he (usually it's a full band, but it was only the singer doing acoustic sets), had. She was right, amaze! So beautiful. After Villagers, we met back up with Ben because his friends' were about to go on and he wanted us to check them out. Steel Train. I've never listened, but they weren't too bad, and the crowd seemed to be really into it, so I'm assuming they did quite well. After watching, Claire and I headed to the Purevolume party, to meet up with Brandon, Josh, and Justin. I even ran into another friend, Joel, who just happens to be friends with and was talking to Justin. Small world. Adrian Grenier's (SWOON) band, The Honey Brothers, were playing. They were just okay, I was more fixated on Adrian's pretty face. After their set, Alex's (The Rocketboys' drummer) band, This Will Destroy You, took the stage and played their set. So good. Later on, I did a little mixing up and got plans messed up. Woops.. But the night ended with seeing Neon Indian play (thanks to Josh working his magic), being stuck in line at the bar with Kurt Loader (you'd only recognize him if you saw him - the old, rat-looking, mtv news guy), while getting yelled at, "Kristen Stewart! Buy me a drink!" The mistaken mister yelling at me to buy him a drink never got a drink bought for him, but Neon Indian sounded quite a bit alright.

villagers

*SWOON*

the honey brothers

this will destroy you

neon indian

Saturday - Last official night of SXSW. It started off with getting free clothing from Levi's at the Levi's Fader Fort thanks to Paul and Salem! It was one of the colder days in Austin and I couldn't handle it. I left for a bit to head back to the house so I could change into some warmer clothes. Michael (another roommate of Josh's) came along with me because he needed to change too. He also made me some veggie soup when we got back to the house! After eating and putting on 3 pairs of socks, 2 tank tops, boots, jeans, a long-sleeved shirt, a hoodie, a leather jacket, and my favorite scarf (which I lost that night, womp womp), we headed back downtown. I made it back to the Fader Fort just in time to see Sleigh Bells again. Paul got me backstage and after Sleigh Bells played, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony went on. Amaze!! Never have I witnessed such lack of rhythm and smelled so much weed before in one place. After Bone Thugs were done playing and the pole dancing on my left leg done by 2 ghetto-fab girls came to an end, Paul and I headed back to his hotel and ordered room service before heading to Perez Hilton's party. I scarfed down my grilled cheese in a matter of minutes and we went to a bar to meet up with Little Boots and friends. Mischa Barton happened to be there again, the bitch must be stalking me. After getting our group together, we made the long and freezing walk over to Perez's party. While getting to the back entrance, Snoop Dogg was arriving with his entourage of 2 vans full of people. After he walked in, we followed and headed straight backstage to the drinks. We missed Marina & the Diamonds and SoKo (bummer), but we caught Snoop Dogg, Estelle, and Hole. Snoop Dogg killed it, Estelle sounded awful, and Hole sounded great.. Minus the bit when they covered The Rolling Stones. As much as I'm not a fan of Courtney Love, I still love and enjoy Hole, and I was in awe that I was actually watching them. After Perez's party, Paul, a couple of his friends, Josh, and I headed to some after party. It was a huge dance party with more free drinks. When that ended, we went back to Paul's hotel for a little while. Michael came to pick Josh and I up and we got back to the house at 6am. When we arrived, a couple people were still up, so we stayed up with them.. After an hour or so of that, more people started waking up, so we stayed up later. I finally hit the bed at 10am. Dead.

sleigh bells

this boy didn't want anything to do with sleigh bells, he just wanted bone thugs and lady to the right of him looked confused all night

paul and his friend

woops - my bag and some legs and feet

i told you that boy only wanted bone thugs, he knew every word - and that girl still looks confused as fuck

the security guard had more rhythm than the 2 hussies to the left of me

bone thugs-n-harmony

the crowd at the fader fort for bone thugs

snoop dogg taking the stage at perez hilton's party

once again, my photo taking skills are flawless

estelle

hole!

the after party

obviously someone didn't want their photo taken while dancing...

-- Sunday - The last official day of SXSW! Woke up a bit late, due to the previous night.. or morning. The Rocketboys had another show, so Michael and I rushed and drove down to the bar to catch them play. Tons of friends were there to watch and once again, they sounded great. A few of us, including The Rocketboys, stuck around for a bit. They eventually loaded out and Michael, James, Josh, and I headed back to the house to change into some warmer clothes. Ginny and Julie were having a BBQ/bonfire for some friends, the British band they were housing, and the Irish band that was being housed at Claire's, since it was the last night everyone would basically be together. It was so much fun and the food tasted nice. The Irish and British attempted a keg stand for their first time, so funny. Everyone eventually cleared out, but we stayed a bit later and talked around the fire.. and played egg toss. I didn't get many photos of the night or day, but I do have a gem..

a free spirit meditating while the rocketboys began to play

-- Monday (March 22nd) - First day of relaxing (somewhat) and a day of firsts for me. Woke up and Josh and I went to get food at Chipotle. It was my first time getting food from there and it was pretty good, but Qdoba tops all! We came back and ate our food while watching the first part of season 1 of The O.C., which was also a slight first for me. I am now addicted. Thanks, Josh. After that, we headed down to a coffee shop to see one of Josh's friend play an acoustic set. Andy Zipf. He was so good. He was on this little tour thing with a couple other guys for To Write Love on Her Arms. It was neat. Josh and I left to head over to some other coffee shop, where one of his friends (who was also really nice) works, and she gave us free beer. Then we left that place to head back downtown to Maggie Mae's. We met up with Ginny, Julie, and the Brits (their names are Stephanie, Adam, Chris, and Marc, by the way). It was Stephanie, Adam, Chris, and Marc's last night in Austin and Maggie Mae's was having a blues night, which they were thinking about participating in. After they decided against performing, we all headed over to another bar called Nomad's. They have $1 Tecates on Monday nights. After hanging there for a bit, we all headed over to Ginny and Julie's to hang out with everyone before they left.

-- Tuesday - I spent the whole day shopping and Michael was my shopping partner. We went to The Domain, which was an outside mall. It was really cool and had a lot of nice stores. We went into Barneys (where I drooled over 3.1 Phillip Lim, Alexander Wang, Opening Ceremony, and Marc Jacobs), Burberry, Chanel (where I swooned over everything), Madewell, and a few other stores. Austin. Has. A. Madewell. Who knew?! One of my favorite stores, ever. I was in heaven. More of a reason for me to move to Austin. After shopping at The Domain, we headed to Buffalo Exchange. I love that store and I wish we had one in Michigan. They had the 3.1 Phillip Lim dress that I was drooling over in Barneys for only $80! I tried it on, along with 10 other dresses and tops, but it was a couple sizes too big. Womp womp. A day worth of shopping and I came home with 2 dresses, 2 tops, 2 necklaces, and a ring. Michael and I picked up some food and headed back to the house, where I then picked out a movie to watch. Bring It On, of course. When the movie finished, Josh and I chatroulette'd, then went to go buy some ice cream. We came back and picked out a movie to watch. Elizabethtown. It was cute and I liked it a lot. What a Kirsten Dunst filled night.

josh found this in his closet

he was swooning over nick jonas' ill-fitting pants

so he then decided to hang up the poster on his door like a true fan

-- Wednesday - Started with ice cream in bed. I was in need of some real food, so I asked Josh if he wanted to grab a bite to eat for dinner when he got home from work. We went to a Mexican restaurant near his house and it was so good. I couldn't finish my whole meal because I snacked on the tortillas and tortilla chips before our food came out. I still can't get over the fact how good those tortillas were. They make them fresh and you can see them baking them from where you're sitting, so when you get them, they are still warm and all doughy. So good, I vant. We came back and watched the Real World because his band was featured on the episode and then Josh, Michael, and I made our way over to James' house. We watched tv shows and what not and all hung out for a bit.

-- Thursday - Josh and I tried finishing The O.C., but Michael is in a metal band and they had band practice at the house, so we couldn't hear anything. Later that night, we went to Blockbuster to search for Gossip Girl season 1. I needed to get Josh hooked on it considering he got me hooked on The O.C. No such luck, so we went to Target. We didn't want to pay $50 to buy it, so we gave up. We went to the store where I bought tons of tea, picked up some food, and came back to watch The O.C. James came over, complaining about having to watch it, and then got hooked. That show is addicting. Once you start watching, you can't stop!

-- Friday - My last night in Austin. Boooo! I didn't do much during the day, I sat around and tried relaxing as much as possible, thinking that it'd be best to get rest then considering I probably wouldn't get any that night. I had the whole house to myself for a little while, so I decided to take a walk and grab some food. I tried getting all of my things packed up and back into my suitcase so I wouldn't have to do it really early in the morning before my flight. Michael and Josh were out security-guarding a Sweet 16 birthday party (lol). When they came back, we went over to Julie's to meet up with some friends. We all parted and met up at a bar named Shangri La, which now happens to be my favorite bar solely based on the music they were playing. David Bowie, The Clash, Pixies, The Smiths, and Talking Heads in one night? So. Good. Whitney (Justin's girlfriend), Julie, and I talked and hung out for a bit. I love the friends I've made in Austin so much, they're so nice. We all headed back to Julie's to hang out one last time.. and then we made it back to the house at 4:30am.

josh trying on some of my shirts in hopes of finding an outfit for his security-guarding (lol) gig

josh getting ready before we left for the night

-- Saturday -- Goodbye Austin, hello Grand Rapids. Flight home, womp womp. I had to wake up at 6:30am to get my things together and get to the airport. The flight was hell, but I drank some apple juice and ate some carrots and slept for a couple hours.

michigan is probably one of the prettiest states to fly over considering we have the great lakes

lake michigan

That was basically my time spent in Austin. So many more things happened during my time there, but this post is already ridiculously, quite long. I enjoyed each and every minute hanging out with my friends and new friends and I miss the city a lot. There wasn't one time I was unhappy or bored and that's one of the best feelings ever. I can't wait to move down to Texas. Before I end this post, here's a list of bands/musicians you should check out:

- Little Boots @ www.myspace.com/littleboots

- The Rocketboys @ www.myspace.com/rocketboys

- Sleigh Bells @ www.myspace.com/sleighbellsmusic

- Local Natives @ www.myspace.com/localnatives

- Salem @ www.myspace.com/s4lem

- Suckers @ www.myspace.com/suckers

- Fool's Gold @ www.myspace.com/foolsgold

- Villagers @ www.myspace.com/villagers

- All Get Out @ www.myspace.com/allgetout

- Andy Zipf @ www.myspace.com/andyzipf

- Kill It Kid @ www.myspace.com/killitkid

- Picardy III @ www.myspace.com/picardythethird

xoxo

- - - - - - - - - - - - - SXSW 2010

2010-03-14T23:14:00.000-07:00

My flight to Austin, Texas leaves on Tuesday and I can't wait. I'll be soaking up the sun until the 27th.. And then I'll be heading on my way back to Michigan for a rude awakening.. Hopefully it won't be too cold when I come back home. However, I did check the weather for Austin online today and it did say that it will rain a few days while I'm there. S'okay though, I planned to pack my wellies and umbrella anyways.

The first week I'm in Austin, I'll be at SXSW, spending my time in the sun wearing sundresses and sunglasses, enjoying live music from bands I love, and dancing along with friends.. And this will last every day until 4am (although there will be lack of sunlight). Then I'll be up at 11am to do it all over again. So many of my friends (and obviously including those who live in Austin) will be in town for the week, and so many of my friends' bands will be in town playing the festival. I'm so excited to meet up, hang out, watch those who are playing, and spend time with all of them. The week will be so overwhelming, but totally worth it. The following week in Austin will be spent, (maybe) catching up on lost sleep + just relaxing and enjoying the city. Hopefully I'll be able to end my forever-long search of finding the perfect home for myself!

Among the parties I'm most excited about (Levi's Fader Fort, and Perez Hilton's, IAMSOUND Records', Spin Magazine's, and Purevolume's party), here is a list of the bands/gigs I'm most looking foward to seeing and dancing to:

Adam Green
All Get Out
Andrew W.K. (seriously, come on)
The Antlers
Anya Marina
Band of Horses
Band of Skulls
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Bowerbirds
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Broken Social Scene
Carney
The Cave Singers
Chew Lips
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Dead Confederate
Delta Spirit
Dignan
The Drums
Eisley
Fool's Gold
Frightened Rabbit
Here We Go Magic
Hole
Japandroids
Javelin
Jeremy Jay
jj
La Dispute (duh!)
Little Boots (DJ set)
Local Natives
Magic Wands
Major Lazer
Marina & the Diamonds
Metric
Midlake
Miike Snow
Neon Indian
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Pocahaunted
The Raveonettes
The Rocketboys (duh!)
Salem
She & Him
The Soft Pack
SoKo
Solange
Spoon
Suckers
Surfer Blood
Those Darlins
Uffie
VV Brown
The Whigs
The XX

I'm going to try to update my blog as much as possible while in Austin with pictures and such, but if all else fails, follow me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thebriannac

Bring on the no sleep, Y'ALL! xxxx

--------- LADY GAGA + HONEY B

2010-03-11T21:34:00.000-08:00

holy christ.

-- JOIN ME WEDNESDAY NIGHT

2010-03-04T21:38:00.000-08:00

march 17th @ malverde // austin, texas 78701
RSVP @ WWW.TINYURL.COM/SXSWIAS

xoxo

LONDON FASHION WEEK

2010-02-26T00:00:00.000-08:00

London Fashion Week ended on Tuesday and I'm still debating on whose collection was my favorite. All I know is, Burberry is definitely in the top 3, if not my number 1 pick.

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Burberry Prorsum RTW Fall 2010

There were plenty other designs that I fell in love with and completely swooned over, but I decided to choose 4 of my favorite looks. I absolutely loved the military theme of this collection. What made me fall deeper in love was that, Christopher Bailey kept the signature Burberry coats (the trench and frock coat, and aviator jacket) and silhouettes, but made the military look so strong, yet feminine and androgynous at the same time. The masculinity of the military, uniform, and cadet girl look with oversized proportions, giant collars, and a few strong shoulders were softened by lace, silk, and velvet. Ah-mazing! The color palette was spot on too, with colors ranging from dark, navy blues and blacks to various shades of muted greens, dark purples, and pops of mustard yellows.. And not to forget, the chocolate leather. So. Good. The tailoring is incredible (as always), not to mention, the cropping of the jackets. The gold buttons are properly placed, along with the gold zippers and leather strap details. I also appreciated and loved how the models were kept completely simple and natural, as if they've just rolled out of bed. Perfect. AND DID YOU SEE THOSE THIGH HIGH LEATHER BOOTS?! Seriously. This collection was sexy and practical -- and I adored it. I mean, what's not to like?

xoxo

TUMBLR VS BLOGSPOT

2010-02-25T21:59:00.000-08:00

Follow me! http://www.briannacaitlin.tumblr.com/

I'm poor with updating. I also found my tumblr I made back in 2008. I really don't understand how to work it or anything, really. I've only made one post on it so far and I'm pretty sure that post was on accident because I had no idea what I was doing. Otherwise, I'm sure I wouldn't have quit tumblr-ing(?). Anyways, I've been playing around with it a bit and trying to figure it out, I think I'm going to start using it. However, I'll keep my blogspot too, I just don't know what the difference of the blogging sites will be yet.

Things have been going great. I purchased my plane ticket to get out of Michigan for a couple weeks. I'll be in Austin, TX from March 16th-27th and I couldn't be more excited. I can't wait for warmth, sunshine, and friends. I'll be at SXSW again, but this time, completely healthy! Fingers crossed. Lord knows that we don't need another ER visit, especially considering I can't afford it and don't have health insurance.

Besides purchasing a plane ticket, I've also been working. The new job is okay. I haven't met all of the girls yet, but the ones I've met are nice and I like them. The job alone is bor-ring. The pay isn't great, nor are my hours. At least I have a job though, right? I'm thankful for it, but I'm also going to keep searching for a second job.

I've also been spending a lot of time going to my sister's basketball games too. My grandparents, aunts, and cousins all try to make it out to the games when they're able, which is nice because I don't get to see them as often as I'd like. So, seeing them once or twice a week is really great. My sister's team is ranked 4th in the area and 9th in the state, which is exciting for them. For my sister being my bestfriend, it's so weird at how much we're different. I mean, our personalities are almost identical, but the things we get into are somewhat opposite. She's amazing at basketball, or any other sport for that matter - very athletic. I can't even attempt a lay-up without tripping. S'all good though!

Oh, and I've cut soda out of my diet! No more Dr. Pepper for me! Wha wha!

RIP LEE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

2010-02-13T12:46:00.000-08:00

On the morning of February 11th, one of my most looked-up-to and favorite designers, Alexander McQueen, was found dead at his flat in London. His passing is an incredible misfortune, tragedy and loss to all. Heartbreakening and shocking. His mindset, designs, and artwork were amazing, inspiring, extraordinary, and genius. In my mind, and I'm sure many others, McQueen was one of the most talented and creative men whose mind was one of the most brilliant. His designs were always mind blowing and his fashion shows were nothing less than. He made a huge impact on British fashion and I hope that one day, the work that I do and create, will inspire others like his work inspires me. Alexander McQueen will be dearly missed.

So, as I mentioned being inspired by McQueen's work, I decided to go through his collections and pick and put together the designs that are my favorites and have inspired me the most.

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SPRING RTW 2010

SPRING RTW 2010 SHOES

RST 2010

FALL RTW 2009

FALL 2009 MEN

PF 2009

SPRING RTW 2009

SPRING RTW 2009 SHOE

RST 2009

FALL RTW 2008

FALL 2008 MEN

SPRING RTW 2008

SPRING 2008 MEN

FALL RTW 2007

FALL 2007 MEN

SPRING RTW 2007

SPRING 2007 MEN

FALL RTW 2006

FALL 2006 MEN

SPRING RTW 2006

SPRING 2006 MEN

FALL RTW 2005

SPRING RTW 2005

xxxx

+++++++

2010-02-09T00:55:00.000-08:00

NO SUBJECT

2010-01-31T21:10:00.000-08:00

I can't believe tomorrow is already February. Though it might be difficult to top 2009, I feel that this year might be the best year of them all. So far, at least. So many exciting things will happen and I can't wait to experience them all!

On the other hand, I want to start being more healthy and get into shape. This calls for a work out and running buddy. HALP!

BEST OF 2009

2010-01-10T20:01:00.000-08:00

Though we're already 10 days into 2010, I thought I'd post some of my favorite albums, songs, and music videos of 2009. Better late than never, I guess!

FAVORITE ALBUMS:

30. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You

29. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk

28. Sonic Youth - The Eternal

27. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic

26. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

25. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns

24. St. Vincent - Actor

23. Passion Pit - Manners

22. Telepathe - Dance Mother

21. White Lies - To Lose My Life...

20. The Antlers - Hospice

19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

18. Girls - Album

17. Fever Ray - Fever Ray

16. The Rocketboys - 20,000 Ghosts

15. The Dead Weather - Horehound

14. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

13. Vetiver - Tight Knit

12. Heartless Bastards - The Mountain

11. Florence + The Machine - Lungs

10. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love

9. La Roux - La Roux

8. Jay-Z - The Blueprint III

7. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers

6. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing

5. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

4. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

2. The XX - XX

1. The Horrors - Primary Colours

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
10. Volcano Choir - Unmap
9. Micachu & the Shapes - Jewellery
8. David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
7. Langhorne Slim - Be Set Free
6. Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be
5. Cass McCombs - Catacombs
4. J. Tillman - Year In The Kingdom
3. Dan Auerbach - Keep it Hid
2. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
1. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day

FAVORITE EPS:
5. Suckers - Suckers
4. Death Cab for Cutie - The Open Door
3. The Drums - Summertime!
2. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
1. Lissy Trullie - Self-Taught Learner

FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEOS:
3. The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother
2. Matt & Kim - Lessons Learned
1. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

FAVORITE LIVE SETS:

15. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - March 15 - Nashville, TN

14. Lou Reed - August 11 - Chicago, IL

13. Crystal Antlers - December 17 - Austin, TX

12. Arctic Monkeys - December 6 - Chicago, IL

11. Black Lips - March 20 - Austin, TX

(tied for 10th)

10. Kings of Leon - August 8 - Chicago, IL

10. Fleet Foxes - August 8 - Chicago, IL

9. Manchester Orchestra - Sept. 15 - Grand Rapids, MI

8. Kings of Leon - January 26 - East Lansing, MI

7. Bon Iver - August 9 - Chicago, IL

6. Lissy Trullie - February 4 - Ann Arbor, MI

5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - August 10 - Chicago, IL

4. Band of Horses - August 11 - Chicago, IL

3. The Black Keys - January 26 - Detroit, MI

2. Kings of Leon - September 22 - Auburn Hills, MI

1. The Virgins - February 4 - Ann Arbor, MI

MOST ANNOYING AND/OR OVERRATED:
5. Muse - The Resistance
4. Rihanna - Rated R
3. Owl City - Ocean Eyes
2. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.

(tied for 1st)

1. LMFAO - Party Rock
1. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

FAVORITE SINGLES/SONGS:

(I'm aware a couple songs are not from 2009)
30. Dan Auerbach - I Want Some More
29. M. Ward (feat. Zooey Deschanel) - Never Had Nobody Like You
28. Plastiscines - Barcelona
27. Hockey - Too Fake
26. Miike Snow - Animal
25. Kid Cudi (Feat. MGMT and Ratatat) - Pursuit of Happiness
24. Passion Pit - The Reeling
23. Phoenix - Fences
22. Metric - Help, I'm Alive
21. White Lies - Farewell to the Fairground
20. The Rocketboys - Like Ice in Water
19. The Big Pink - Velvet
18. Kid Cudi (feat. Kanye West and Common) - Make Her Say
17. Glasvegas - Geraldine
16. Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
15. Animal Collective - My Girls
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
13. Phoenix - 1901
12. Magic Wands - Black Magic
11. Crocodiles - Neon Jesus
10. The Big Pink - Dominos
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Soft Shock
8. The XX - Teardrops (Womack & Womack cover)
7. La Roux - In for the Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix)
6. Jay-Z (feat. Alicia Keys) - Empire State of Mind
5. Lissy Trullie - She Said
4. The Horrors - New Ice Age
3. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
2. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
1. The Dead Weather - Hang You From the Heavens

ABOUT MYSELF

2009-12-10T23:26:00.000-08:00

Hi, I'm Bri.

I'm 19 years old and I'm what you call, a talker. I was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan- which is where I'm currently living now. I had 2 cats and a dog, and when I was in Kindergarten I wished to have glasses (just because Stephanie Tanner had them) and braces. 1st grade rolled around, as did the yearly eye exam in which we took at school, found out my eye sight was poor and got myself my 1st pair of glasses. 4th grade rolled around and that's when I had my 1st set of braces and that's when I wished I'd have never made those wishes in my life. And, that was my childhood, basically.

I modeled when I was younger, which was all I ever wanted to do and what I always told my parents I was going to do as a living. I always used to parade around the house wearing hand-made dresses out of sheets and absurd outfits while striking poses. You should see some of these photographs, they're ridiculously embarrassing. The modeling stopped a few years later after realizing my height wouldn't get me anywhere. That's okay, though.

My first crush was on Kurt Cobain and that was when I was 8 years old. Once I think about it, it's kind of creepy that my first crush was on a dead man. I grew up listening to bands and artists like The Clash, Pixies, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and Elvis Costello (I have my dad to thank for this, so thanks dad!). I love music, more than anything. I know, cliche, but whatver. Hm, I've played soccer since I was 4 years old and I stopped once I graduated. I was a starter for my highschool varsity team since I was a freshman. I miss playing at times, but as far as the running part goes, not so much. Before my 1st soccer game ever, my dad played Pump It Up by Elvis Costello, in (I'm guessing) hopes of getting me pumped up (which would only make sense) for the game (he was my coach). Ever since then, I've always listened to that song before each and every game I've played. Fun fact: soccer is the only cause of me breaking my bones. In 5th grade, I broke my wrist in 2 places and when I was in 11th grade, I broke my nose to the point where I had to get surgery.. But a nose isn't a bone, so whatever.

I have an amazing, supportive, and loving family who are there for me unconditionally. I have a sister, she's a year and 11 months younger than I am. She's my bestfriend and is probably the funniest person I know. Speaking of friends, I have the best of the best, and they mean the world to me. I have so many wonderful people in my life and I love every, single one of them. I'd do anything for them. I'm truly blessed.

I don't get close to people and I have my reasons for that. It's also hard for me to trust others. I still don't know if I can say I've put my full trust into someone yet. Maybe that's a bad thing, but who knows?

I used to work at a music venue and it was awesome, I loved being there. "Mirf" and Annette (the married couple who owned the venue) were 2 of the nicest human beings in the whole world. They have such big hearts, it's amazing- and that made going to the venue that much more enjoyable. The venue gave me the chance to meet so many new, incredible people and to work with some of the best people ever. The venue eventually signed it's lease over (to another couple who kept it a venue) and I stopped working. I had some of the best times at that place and I'll never forget them, I miss it a lot.

I plan on moving to Austin, Texas next Summer, just for change, a bigger city, and something new. Besides, Michigan doesn't have anything to offer me for what I want to do career wise. I'm not in school right now, but maybe I'll start. The only thing making me want to start school is the fact that every internship I've looked at in NYC for a designer requires you to be in school. Honestly, I don't think school is needed for what I want to do, I feel that it's more based on your creativity and who you know. Maybe I'm wrong, who knows? So, while I'm out living in Austin, I might start school and eventually transfer to a school in NYC and finish out there. I'd go to school for fashion merchandising and design. I like putting things together, so my dream job would be working for a magazine and styling for photoshoots. I also love creating and sewing, and eventually, I'd love to end up designing. I've already started on some pieces and I have a huge sketchbook full of sketches, designs, notes, colors, and fabrics. They aren't the best, but I'm still young.

What else is there? OK, you already know my love for both fashion and music. I love clothes, shoes, record shopping, collecting magazines, leather, Davie Bowie, Joy Division, The Rolling Stones, and The Stooges. I'm a vegetarian. I love carbs, but I'm scared of them. I'm really good at remembering numbers, dates, or basically anything that involves numbers, but I'm terrible at math. I'm really, really bad at singing, but I love karaoke as much as the next guy. I wear dresses a lot. I don't like wearing pants, but the only pants I'll wear are black jeans. I like big t-shirts and green tea. I drink everything with a straw. I wish I had a British accent and a baby lion. I want to travel the world. I love traveling and taking roadtrips. I also love a good set of eyebrows. Fun fact #2: When I itch my left eyebrow, I sneeze. Also, whenever I'm singing along to a song, I can't just sing only the lyrics, I need to sing the instrumental parts too. I don't know why, it's something I've done since I was little.

I have poor vision because I never wear my glasses and my teeth are still crooked after 2 sets of braces.

...Welp, see ya later!