School is hard, y’all

I don’t really know how much time it’s been since the last time I posted, but comments kept coming, so I thought I’d come back around here. School is hard. I’ve barely had any free time in the past month, let alone time to read and/or blog. Now it’s midnight, I’m wide awake, and I felt like writing a bit. Maybe some bullet points will make my randomness more “look, he can organize seemingly unrelated ideas properly” and less “look at that piece of unstructured prose over there.”

- I looked at pictures from Spring 2010 fashion weeks, and I was kind of underwhelmed. As usual, I loved Burberry Prorsum, Rag & Bone, Yves Saint Laurent, and (oddly enough) Alexander McQueen. As usual, I hated Marc Jacobs (Kabuki theater? Please, that disaster of a fashion show was obviously inspired by homeless people), John Galliano, and Louis Vuitton. I thought Prada was meh, as were most of the American designers.

- I haven’t had a lot of time to read lately, but I am becoming such a Neil Gaiman fanboy. He is awesome. I just can’t get enough of “Fragile Things” right now. I wanna be like him when I grow up!

- I used to think Marketing was a fun subject, something I could’ve done if I hadn’t chosen International Business as my major a long time ago. And the class was cool… for about two weeks. Now it is the most annoying, time-consuming, boring 3 hours of every week. Okay, maybe not the most annoying (Statistics takes THAT particular prize), but it is not enjoyable at all. I miss not having homework and/or quizzes every once in a while.

- I got a Chuck Bass haircut, inspired by awesome editiorial he had in the July edition of American GQ. I like it.

- I think I’m gonna add my 2009 reading list to this blog. EDIT: It’s done, AND it has Amazon links!

A diamond might last forever, but a fandom scarf lasts until that fandom’s sequel

I admit it: My name is Francisco and I am obsessed with scarves. And the thing is it’s not very easy to explain why. I grew up in a city where the weather is sauna-like about 90% of the year, and where 15°C (59°F) is considered “ohmygod where is my coat?”-cold. A couple of years ago, I joined a musical theater group, and in order to sing properly, I had to take care of my throat. So, my mom’s friend gave me my first scarf; a khaki one knit in seed stitch. Then I bought my knitting loom, and I started making scarves like there was no tomorrow! This past June, I finally made one for myself. It is 7.5 ft long, and has lapislazuli and black panels. I love it. After making that one, I discovered the concept of “fandom knitting”, and the fact that there are tons of fandom scarves out there! So that is my current obsession: making my collection of fandom scarves grow. Below is a list of fandom scarves I have or plan on making in the future, counting down to my favorite one.