Public Saturday Announcement, Take 4.

I read an article claiming that PSA's became a significant force in changing public attitudes on topics such as drinking and driving, crime abatement and various health/safety issues.  False, PSA's are whack.

What this PSA thinks it says: Young adults who frequently text may loose sight of inward growth in exchange for the immediate gratification of a response, irrespective of the outcome or lack thereof.  Accordingly, one should combat this propensities through team sports, embracing your individuality, t-shirt art, ignoring interpersonal conflict, eat nuclear family rules, the ole pizza and television night, dental hygiene, oversleeping and sexual modesty.

What this PSA really says:

1. Dating a guy who wears a cell phone outfit is what is notcool.com about this scenario

2. Texting with the opposite sex will result in cutting class which is a gateway drug for pornography

3. It is lame, l-a-a-a-a-m-e to date a guy that says "G-morning"

4. Men are overeager to share their romantic relationships with their parents?

5. Girls in high school definitely do not what boys constantly texting them, they would rather cram onto the couch and watch a chick-flick as this girl clearly does at the freeze-frame.

Public Saturday Announcement, Take 3.

Still totally doing my own Saturday thing...  Hold onto your hat, we take an old Public Service Announcement (they're pretty ridiculously by the way) and breakdown what they think they're saying versus what is actually being communicated  We've done this twice before here and here (amazing I know).  Let us take a look at the arts:

What this PSA thinks it says:  Among the identifiable artistic mediums available to the federally funded education system, classical music, balloon artistry and playing fetch are chief among them.  If you simply ask for more art, your child's desire to attend birthday parties, walk down the street without heckling musicians and play with their dog will dramatically increase in direct relation to the amount of artistic stimulation received.

What this PSA really says:

1.  If you dress your kid like Chas Tenenbaum, he will never be cool, no matter what, ever

2.  When uptight kid heckles a performer, you should flash a nasty to the musician for stealing your outfit

3.  Balloon animals at parties are a waste of time and clowns will always be creepy

4. Stop trying to make fetch happen, its not going to happen.

5.  Lack of an arts curriculum will not impact chores like taking out the trash.

Public Saturday Announcement, Take 2.

Remember all the way back to last week when I started this amazing PSA series?  I sure do, but then again I have a lot of free time and take detailed notes.  This series was inspired by a bunch of articles concluding that PSA's are basically ineffective.  Let us take a look for ourselves:

What this PSA thinks it says:  Whether or not you speak English properly it is important to have uninterrupted meals of meat, fish, carrots, peas, fruit and milk in that order to sustain protien, strength, vitamins, energy, and good bones and teeth.  Ultimately this process will yield strong lung capacity resulting from whistle-use and a sensible cookie reward.

What this PSA really says:
1.  Having a four-course lunch is completely unrelated to childhood obesity in America.

2.  So long as you are eating healthily, abominable table manners are irrelevant.
3.  A cloche pour assiette makes a rape whistle way less rapey.

4.  If you drink milk you will have good teeth, whether or not you in fact have teeth at all.

5.  Follow the rules and you can have a dumptruck full of cookies.

short story Thursday and book club Friday.

What came first Fitzgerald or The Flapper? The Flapper or Fitzgerald? Who cares, they're both delicious. “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” was originally published by The Saturday Evening Post on May 1, 1920 and the gist is as follows:

Marjorie is a sassy little flapper, having 'gracefully fallen' into her self-proclaimed education in all things gentleman caller. Visiting from Eau Claire, cousin Bernice's traditional, if not decidedly 'dull' manner, not only inhibits but offends Marjorie. Basically, M is a bitchy little handful and B is very, very common. Anyway, M makes B a marionette, instructing B on her ease of manner, charm, witticisms, dress and the ability to leave the house without warranting ridicule and scorn. As a B in M's clothing, a timeless and universally applicable plot unfolds. Whether 1920 or sometime later this week who doesn't love a cut-throat makeover underpinned by the jockeying of girls and boys in relation to other girls and boys.

Albeit one short story in a compilation, it is fantastic and timeless and here is why:

1. "Her test was that when she was away from him she forgot him and had affairs with other boys"

2. "...absorbed in composing one of those non-committal, marvelously elusive letters that only a young girl can write"

3. "They were frequently seen together in his roadster, obviously engrossed in one of those tense, significant conversations"

4. "This was the test supreme of her sportsmanship; her right to walk unchallenged in the starry heaven of popular girls."

5. "It was quite a new look for Bernice and it carried consequences" .

beauty in the breakdown.

As always, I have quite a lot to say in a format that allows for a three minute turn around on reading time.  But that is OK as I have less than five minutes to get this out as I am working around the clock and scantily clad due to excessive building heating and 55 degree weather.  Outfit picture fail.  I have a date tomorrow as well as a bridal shower on Sunday so hopefully I will get some good shots in.  Life has been very overwhelming these days and around here we are all somewhat on the verge of collapse.  Fortunately, there is beauty in the breakdown.

what kind of "90's bitch" are you?

Anyone with a pulse is acutely aware that 90’s fashion has made an official re-return which is basically the crop-top equivalent of dating an old fling because it seems awesome now, but you will regret it later.  Considering “the 90’s” I flashed immediately to Hannah Horvath’s near-naked body screaming “I’m a 90’s bitch, I don’t care, I love it.”  And after acknowledging that we are soul mates, having under the cloak of 4:30 in the afternoon, also behaved quite similarly, I then reconsidered.

While I too have a mesh shirt from Parasuco (“pfffff, a shirt”), when Lena Dunham says, “I am a 90’s bitch” (born in 1986, same as Aino Jawa of Icona Pop) it means something very different then when I do (born 1982).  Both are valid, though severally applicable.  Based on 20 minutes of critical research, it seems that the 12-year-old of the 1993-1995 zone is in fact very different than the 12-year-old of 1996-1998 zone.  Come on Roberta, touch down!  I know the difference seems negligible, but this is what the '82/'86 divide looks like:

The fact that Friends, David Letterman, and The Nanny premiered in my “90’s bitch” and shows like Everybody Loves Raymond, Will & Grace and Sex and the City premiered in the other “90’s bitch” should sound alarms and raise red flags.  Cultural divide here we come?  P.S., It's on the internet now, so obviously it’s true.

Speaking of drawing a line in the sands of cool somewhere between 1993 and 1994, this highly schizophrenic and wildly haphazard opinion piece was inspired by an article about Cracker’s iconic album, Kerosene Hat, released in 1993, which is turning 20-years old this year.  Read it this and educate yourself.

Once the smelling salts wore off (old people pass out alot) and I came to, I realized that in my “90’s bitch” we wore baby doll dresses, combat boots, lace blouses, flannel, overalls, and even the illustrious hybrid overall/baby doll dress (yeah, I nailed it) and listened to Nirvana, Beck and Counting Crows.  The other “90’s bitch” rocked pastel hard candy nail polish, Jellies, Capri's and the union jack dress, stemming from what I hope was a reaction to the end of Thatcherism (Girl Power?). 

The point here is that the 12 year old listening to Madonna's Ray of Light and watching Sex and the City is not the same 12 year old that cut her hair like Rachel Green and had a Nirvana poster.  All things considered, I'd like to be this "90's bitch." Just saying.

why don't you cry about it, saddlebags.

 

Chado Ralph Rucci is having a major moment courtesy of Lady Mary's side boob which by the way is killing it.  In the meanstwhile Lady Edith is weeping and eating her feelings while faceless suitors run for the hills in the background.

Public Saturday Announcement, Take 1.

What is a Public Service Announcement? There are many different definitions for a public service announcement (PSA), but the simplified version of PSA's are messages in the public interest disseminated by the media without charge, with the objective of raising awareness, changing public attitudes and behavior towards a social issue.

What is a Public Saturday Announcement?  There are many different ways to analyze and judge people.  In this series, we will take a look at an iconic PSA, determine its intended message and then consider what messages this campaign actually disseminates.

This was inspired after I skimmed a study about the historical efficacy of public service announcements, which concluded that they are basically useless.  Big shock there.  Not convinced?  Take a look at this ridiculousness.

What this PSA thinks it says:  Saving money is a struggle but if you listen to your phone alerts, take public transportation, chase people through on-coming traffic, and avoid yogis, you can sock away your money in a life-sized pig.  Whether or not that is a euphemism for the government is still to be determined.

What this PSA really says:  
1.  Guys that aspire to wear fedoras are lame.
2.  Bankers drive pink vespas.
3.  Entering through the kitchen is for poor people with small lives and small pockets.
4.  Life-size pigs either do or do not hold the key to financial security.

she's is a full-on monet.

As coined in the iconic 90's film Clueless (more on that another time, I pinky promise), a "full-on Monet" draws its inspiration from painter Claude Monet's impressionist narrative, namely his ephemeral flower and water gardens of Giverney.  

Lets not cut Claude's accolades short, he did way more for impressionism than a dewy lily-pad.  Take a look at Camille Doncieux, long-time muse and first wife of Monet, a dark haired siren from a wealthy family who fell in love with a financially unstable and philandering painter at age 18.  Sound familiar?  Yes, I was also once eighteen.

Everyone, say hello to Ms. Doncieux:

While the point here is to make the stylizing in famous paintings contemporary, that is also for people who are boring and ugly and serious.  The real take away is that even if your poor husband cheats on you (gross), is indebted to your father (maj turn-off) and doesn't gain a shred of recognition until long after your tragic death (double yikes), you can still look fierce when you pose for his impressionist paintings.  

Kudos Camille.  

Lets take a page from her style file, not her dance card:

monet by sayhellotomylittleblog featuring mini dresses

this won't take long, we talk fast.

It is 10:45 and I have already been to the dry cleaners, up to the MET, down to Meme's on Great Jones, (rev your engines for menswear), popped by Bond No. 9  to buy a gift for one of my oldest pals and headed back uptown to finally ::gasp:: get to work.  I am the opening scene of a romantic comedy.

Like I was saying, I have lived in New York my whole life, but I still enjoy the bloggers out there doing their Carrie Bradshaw thing, because everyone has their own New York and everyone sees her differently.  This is how my New York looks today:

This is where the magic happens.  

Dear NYC, That is excessive signage.  Thanks, The MGMT.

#OOTD #WIWT #FollowMe

young hearts, run free.

beans 4 beans, will travel.  that sounds like a craigslist personal.

that is a birds eye view.

whoa, nailed it!

Baudelaire said that "a sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle"  

Ignoring that completely, the immigrant is a groovy little spot.

There is a moose in my gracious drawing room. #richpeopleproblems

DVR, you're my main hang.

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Anyone who is anyone knows that the internet buzz around Lena Dunham and her band of merry pranksters is off the charts.  For what reason? I don't know but here are ten reasons why HBO's Girls is pretty amaze:

1. Each character is an accurate depiction of the post-collegiate swine flu of self-loathing, over confidence, misery, freedom and narcissism.  Hannah tells it like it is: "I'm scared, OK. I'm scared all the time. I'm, like, very scared all the time” but also dances like a wild banshee.   Jessa married a douche-bag because the sad friend from 'How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days' held a mirror up to her life.  Shosh had a crack-cident because she didn't know what else to do at a party alone.  Marni can’t make it through a male-female interaction without cringing (Charlie), masturbating (Art Guy) or hitting (Elij).
2. The line between notebook and journal is officially and emphatically drawn.
3. Adam has a serious condition called Asperger’s but we pretend he is just mildly psychotic and misunderstood. 
4.  Elijah and Hannah.  See: That girl wears floral capris like her hymen's still intact, but she's such a slut in such a big way,” Hannah says. “In a huge way,” Elijah confirms. 
5. If Shosh ever leaves the show, my oldest friend from nursery school can easily be her replacement.
6. Legitimate discussions about sex:  “Sex from behind is degrading. point blank. You deserve someone who wants to look in your beautiful face, ladies,” Shoshanna reads from an advice book, only to have Jessa snap at her “What if I want to focus on something else? What if I want feel like I have udders?"
7. Realistic, if not vaguely discouraging view on communication.  “The totem of chat. The lowest, that would be Facebook  followed by Gchat, then texting, then email, then phone. Face to face would be ideal, but it’s not of this time.”  
8. Your best friend from college might not be your best friend for life.  That’s a tough pill to swallow.  e.g. "Obviously we're a little less close.  We're no less close than that."
9. Critics have said the show is “trying to be edgy and cool but coming off gratuitous and embarrassing.”  I would love to meet someone who was not exactly that at age 20-something.  Seriously, email me at sayhellotomylittleblog@gmail.com and tell me all about it. 
10. HBO's Girls is not an escape from reality like its geriatric cousin (SATC).  It depicts a realistic present, but we get to watch all the mortifying stuff happen to someone else which is why it is delicious.

moonrise kingdom

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Wes anderson is  my spirit animal.  His films are sardonic, fashion forward and filled with compulsive behaviors and relatable eccentricities.  Maybe this is painfully cliché.  maybe I will get ridiculed by hipsters far and wide for my pedestrian taste, but i frankly don’t care.  I dig zissou sneakerheads, I hear nico when I get off a bus, I own thee (not two, not one) red berets and I want to wear a yellow robe and say “I will never be your friend, not matter what, ever” followed immediately by a tramp through India with custom Vuitton luggage.  These films are reliable in their nostalgic visual narrative.  Costuming is deliberate and wildly character-driven.  Moonrise kingdom is no exception and its swoon worthy dreamers escape is the bees knees.  getting to my point slowly, it is friday and what we like to do today is take the fashion from a film and find it on friday.  see what i did there? that is alliteration.  you're welcome.  now onto little ms. suzy bishop...

suzy is a rebel who may or may not know what kind of bird she is and she has flown the co-op to rendezvous with her young love sam shakusky.  ah, young love, how are you not sold yet?  suzy is a hip hip lady with saddle shoes and a record player.  she is a voracious reader and she spies on people while wearing cute dresses.  she coordinates dancing in her underwear with her bf the old fashioned way - with a pen on personal stationary.  suzy bishop is half troubled, half misunderstood.  shes shes basically me.  so you want to be just like me?  great choice.  here is how: 

moonrise kingdom by sayhellotomylittleblog featuring vintage jewelry