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Happy Valentine’s Day!

The art of being yourself, that’s the ultimate lesson New York has taught me. A. Because everyone else literally does not care and B. because everyone else literally does not care. For some reason in this flurry of high activity, everyone else is chasing their dreams, hyper focused or honed in on their goals, problems or insecurities and they have no time or energy left over to be false, to put on niceties. Even worse, when you do it, they look at you like what the fuck is wrong with her?

That’s the thing about interactions here. Being fake is the kiss of death because no one who really matters, from your neighbor to your boss will respect the fake shit. Don’t say how you feel? That’s on you schmuck. You desesrve to get got. It seems cruel, but at the end of the day it’s freeing. You can let go of the fake front and really relax into your whole being. Which is weird at first; you’re like, how do I feel? Am I angry? You’ve suppressed your feelings for so long, you don’t really know what the fuck going on anymore. But let yourself go, eventually all those feelings come back so when some idiot squeezes himself between the tiny space by the train door where you and your backpack were standing you can give him the ice stare and tell him you were standing there. The next time you’re doing the friendly benefits dance with a 6’1 200 pound of sexy jabon, you can tell his ass straight up if you’re wearing the durag don’t even come cause I’m an intellectual bitch from the suburbs who looks down on people ordering moscato with their first course dis tew much. It’s too early in the relationship for you to be letting it all out like this. Best of all, you can say it and mean it, and let the whole thing go because there’s now something new to take up all your attention. That’s the beauty of New York. You don’t have to fake it anymore. You can be yourself and being yourself lets you focus in on the next step which is perfecting your hustle, which is in a sense...faking it but that’s a whole nother blog post tbh.

Alex Halaj.

Sometime last year right before summer ‘16 aka, the best summer of my life, I took some photos of some kiddies who were about to graduate on Peters Street. 

As I finally get around to editing them, I hope that they enjoy and that it brings them some fond memories of their time in school. 

Black on Black on Black 

Black cutoffs Levis. I cut off the waistband and the legs. I don’t have too much to say for these except, they’re super stretchy and slide down a lot so I semi regret cutting off the waist band but I love the look. 

I have never done Tae Kwon Do. I have never done anything fighting related except one boxing class in like 7th grade. I was incredibly impressionable for most of my life I think. Anyway, now I’m finally an adult, this shirt has been rocking with me for quite a few years now, gone through many life changes and actual changes and remains one of my favorite shirts as a result.

I’m a huge proponent of lived in clothing, with lots of special memories so heres to that! Wearing the crap out of these nikes because sometimes my tennis classics are too flat for their own good.

My hair is like a mauve-y color today (thanks to pulp riot) and I’m living for it a lotta bit. :-) 

Enjoy boys! 

At the end of all great rainbows lies a plaid skirt blowing in the wind. I know so, because I have personally accosted all rainbows, ran very fast until I reached the end hoping for gold only to find lots and lots of plaid skirts. 

I’ve been thinking a lot lately while simultaneously trying not to think as much and it’s all left me kind of where I started: Clueless. af. Maybe not completely clueless but resigned to the same facts which are and will forever remain: there are no shortcuts in any sort of improvement, there is no room for crying in fight club, and your circle matters mostest in your progress. 

This skirt/air max/cropped notes tee combo helped me feel comfortable, but also encourages me to take myself more seriously and stop being so scared all the time. Again with the mismatching. New music coming soon. Also do you like my neon hair? I kind of hate it but love it. For more bits and pieces of my every day life, check out my Instagram. 

Enjoy boys! 

Don’t lie to me and tell me there’s never been a time when you weren’t obsessed with the swishy nylon windbreakers. I live for them! I want to continue finding ways to incorporate them into my life. Unfortunately, these are lined in fleece so I was burnin’ on this humid NYC night, but decided to stop and take some pictures all the same.

Enjoy boys! 

There are approximately three things I love more than print mixing: 1. Iced Chai 2. Bubble Tea 3. The color lavender or mules. 

I just can’t help it, I have to get creative with my wardrobe at times. Although I wish I still had this jacket that matches the skirt so I could make a top out of it, I think I may have thrown it away or left it at my mom’s. I’ll never learn my lesson when it comes to keeping things together. 

Anyway, I’m still addicted to the high waist and looking like a woman’s woman, so here we are. The top is actually a dress that’s way too short, the skirt is a gift from mom. Purse is a Coach purse that I refuse to let go, and the mules are a find from Marshall’s. <3 it or hate.

I love producing music. Today, I was talking to a professional sound man about his favorite types of music because I was curious to see what he valued sonically. He basically said he liked all types of music, but mainly music where the person knew what they were doing and was able to translate that into a feeling through their music. He mentioned that all that “computation stuff” doesn’t move him. 

Even though I do know how to play multiple instruments, I love the “computation stuff.” That is where I live, love and die. Computation = compositions and I really feel like I love producing in Logic and other DAWS extensively because you can use the one instrument, drum pad, or program to play multiple instruments and synths. Things you’d probably never be able to tinker with or master in a short period of time when you’re just starting out producing. Plus I think my band nerd background really helps me keep these raw electronic sounds I love very melodic. 

This is all a lead up to an announcement. I produced a 7 track EP called 7 Days exclusively at Apple Stores around NYC (mainly the Soho store). It is the stuff of my electronic dreams and I hope to release a lot more of the music that I’ve produced following this one!

These photos are part of the promotional shoot for the album, and I’ll have album specific artwork coming soon as well. I’m really excited about this EP, which I originally thought would be mostly rap, but turned out to really be more of an moody beat tape. I really feel that it captures the feelings we feel going throughout each day of the week. Anyway, enjoy.