Today, I decided to listen to my rarely listened to "Best of the 90's" playlist on project playlist.com. As I was savoring some of my favorite 90's fare, it struck me how the 90's kinda sucked. For all purposes, the 90's should be chock full of my fondest memories. I was a teenager in the 90's. I grew up with babydoll dresses, pacifier necklaces, slap bracelets, N'Sync...NIRVANA, for goodness sakes. Not to mention it was one of America's most financially lucrative decades, thanks to a certain clever politician's administration. (seriously, who doesn't miss Clinton, just a little?)

despite this.

But it was a dour decade, and it shouldn't have been. I've never seen such a moody crowd as the Gen X'ers, devoted to cynical Stand-up comedians, grunge rock, and indie/hipster fashion. And I know it affected me, because I'm forever accused of having a "grunge" style in my Graphic Design courses, and it's the one thing I constantly return to, because it's easy for me. One look at my blog, and you can tell it's true. Grunge is what I know and I've had to work hard to iron it out of my design aesthetic.

Will this ever NOT look totally fierce?

Maybe we're just not far enough away from it to really understand what made the 90's great, but looking at it now, it's like...wtf? What did the 90's give us that we can use today? I don't know, I don't mean to be down on the 90's but for me, it's a historical glitch. But who knows, my parents feel that way about the 70's. Maybe it's just because I lived through it that I can't appreciate it. Anyway,

Here's to the 90's.

Every day I log into Polyvore and see this set, and every time, it catches my eye.

I Love You Like A Fat Kid Loves Cake by ♥DianaBanana♥ featuring Coach accessories

Happy day after easter! by gokarm featuring Lulu Guinness bags

Hi everybody,

First and foremost, if you're reading this, thank you! I know I've been AWOL for awhile. My schooling has finally provided me the oppurtunity to really do something with this blog. The template you're seeing now is, of course, a template designed by somebody else. I decided to download it and use it for now because I'm re-aquainting myself with this site. But, I have a few of my own waiting in the wings that I'd like to get up over the weekend. I know, I'm dreaming...but maybe, just maybe come Monday, one of my own designs will be seen by more than just me and my classmates...and my mom. So I'm THRILLED by this.

Speaking of school, I'm graduating the end of july. I'll be starting my final, (and probably most brutal) course on monday. Portfoooolio...(Dun, dun, duuuuuun). Basically, it means I need to hope some of my work output is good enough on a professional level to be seen by prospective clients and various big wigs in the design and business world. And I need to design a website using just about everything I've learned over the years...AND i need to start hunting for jobs...AND my parents are moving and I happen to live in the house they're moving out of, so ... but if I think about all that too long, I will either go into complete mental and/or emotional breakdown OR my head will literally explode. Blood and brain matter everywhere, in the keyboard, on the monitor, maybe seeping into the hard drive...what a mess.

And to my beloved Polyvore and Polyvorians, I have not forgotten you. The thing is, I used to update this blog at work...that's how I had the time...and then work blocked polyvore for being too much fun, (well, officially they called it a "social networking" site...whatever...the it overlords hate fun and do what they will to obliterate any remnants thereof) so it's been very difficult and in most cases totally impossible to keep up. Also, because of the adjustment in blog style, I've lost a lot of links and stuff, and I'm not going to put those back up until I've got my own design up here...but they're coming back, patience will be rewarded!

I think that's everything for now. See you all on the other side!

Yours,

Gokarm