Issue Twenty Five
MALL CLEANING, CHAOS EDITS
The guy who wanted to talk to me about the Nature Conservancy outside of Lassen’s called me “super mom” to try to get me to donate money. I know many people have two kids, or three, some 10 or 11 but I am astonished by the possibility every day, even though I’m living in it. I remember this influencer chef mom I know telling me she was afraid to be alone with her children… I thought there was something wrong with her, but now I get it.
Summer is oddly hitting me right now. I finally have two kids and no childcare for the next 3 weeks. Can’t tell if I’m actually slaying momming with my significant tan, sun bleached hand me down stroller, mumu, single dreadlock pony tail, very stained and decrepit SNAP bag: making the schlep look easy, my brain atrophying invisibly behind my grey little eyes. I’ve been wanting to rewatch a Woman Under the Influence but it might be a tiny bit too close to my current reality…
I’ve spent some time cleaning up the mall, poking around as to what is no longer available, seeing what you freaks have purchased (yes to RUGS, no to STRAWS, yes to SWIMSUITS, no to KNIVES.)
There are many forgotten treasures within the various stalls so I’m making some chaos edits for you all this week.
I revamped the SWIMSUIT stall because there are some criminal sales going on. I also have been wearing THIS SUIT very often and it does all the right things and nothing more. And then in the vintage world I found this HOT MESS, this OVEN MIT CROCHET BIKINI, this MINNIE MOUSE ONE PIECE, and this CURIOUS OBJECT. More in the stall.
Additionally, I went on a RUG dive and conjured these: BRAIN MELT BOUCHEROUITTE, TRIPLE EYEBROW RUG, BLACK KITCHEN KILIM, this SINISTER BULLSEYE RUG… more in the shoppe.
HUMAN SKIN MODEL. VERY HIGH QUALITY EMOTIONAL KANTHA QUILT. ERICKA LOPEZ SCULPTURE. GRASS. NANDO ALVAREZ PEREZ HIGHLY CONCEPTUAL MIXED MEDIA WALL SCULPTURE. CHORALE BARK CLOTH FOR PILLOWS. SET OF 4 DANCE AXES FROM CAMEROON. ENDLESS JOY KIDS TIGER PANTS. EXTRA LARGE FORDITE LOOKSING NERIKOMI HANDLELESS MUG. JACKETTE COASTERS OR SWEATERS FOR YOUR DRINKS. GEZEITEN LIQUID SKIN NIGHT CREAM. MISSONI HOME WAFFLE WEAVE TOWEL SET. ROBIN’S EGG PRIMITIVE STEP STOOL. BRUTALIST CANDLE HOLDER. ANALOG LAVALAMP. EMERGENCY BOX CANDLE HOLDER
BAMBOO TAPERS, A PAIR. HAND TOOLED RESIN AXE AND MEAT HAMMER. PIECE OF PINK TAFETTA. HAY STRIPE RUNNER IS A GREAT PRICE. HAND STITCHED MONOCHROME PINK QUILT. HENNE LIP MASK. BROKEN CLAY TORSO. GOHAR TABLE CLOTH WITH BOWS. NEW ERA OF ESPRESSO MACHINES. KIDS VARSITY SWEATSHORTS WILL LOOK GREAT FILTHY. RANDY LITTLE ACORN MCM JAPANESE WALL DECOR. MARNI KIDS FURRY SLIPPERS. BARBINI GLASS FRUIT BOOKENDS. YELLOW ELEPHANT COIN BANK. BAKELITE BACKGAMMON WITH BUTTERSCOTCH CHIPS
SEASPONGE EXOTIC BEACH DECOR. LES BARBAPAPA BABY TEE SHIRT. SHADE PULL SWEET DO NOTHING GLASS BAUBLE OR KEY CHAIN. BLUE FLOWERS GLASS CANDLE HOLDER. BEIGE POMO AREA RUG. PLACES OF INTEREST PLACE MATS. FLOWER GARLAND TURKISH KILIM “GIFT FOR HIM”. SPECIAL STRIPE KILIM LOVE THIS FOR A KITCHEN RUG. PAPIER MACHE PENDANT LAMP. STOIC AND CLEAN WALL DUSTPAN. GERMAN ENAMEL BROOM HOLDER HORN RESIN DINOSAUR VASE
I went into CREDO in on Larchmont in an effort to find something that made me look a little bit more alive as I have to appear somewhere for work next week. I love a 2 for 1 product and asked the gal working there for a mineral based tinted sunscreen that will not make me look like a ghost… her answer was immediately this RMS BEAUTY RADIANCE SERUM. I put it on, and sure enough looked like a friendly Casper. I told her nope, not working for me and then she said “no, just wait for it to adjust to your PH…” I forgot, played with some other goos, then caught myself in the mirror a few minutes later- the face looked snatched buffed glistening dewey and 40 years younger.
in one of my late night BFing journeys on the web something came over me and I went on a shopping spree at THE BEAD CHEST. Not sure of my plan here.
not sure if it’s possible but need to turn off the MAKE AN OFFER option on eBay. I was feeling nostalgic for 90’s era gap scents, particularly original GRASS and wanted to remember them, not to wear just to smell. Some originals are available on eBay for a little too much money. In one of my dark hours, I made (extremely lowball) offer on a 2017 version of the perfume GRASS, and thought they would never accept. A few days later, the bottle surprised me on my doorstep and as expected- IT DOES NOT SMELL GOOD.