Coming Soon: Deborah's Interview Experience!

Unfortunately, I have not done my interview yet. Why? Because I am a huge slacker.

Just kidding! Did I fool you? It's okay if you don't want to admit it.

I actually haven't interviewed my person (who is in fact the owner of Goodie Two Shoes, the wonderful local store down on South Congress), because she was SICK! Oh no! In fact, she was so sick that she had to go to the emergency room, and abstain from work for a while. It's all very hard core. BUT, since she is a fabulously dedicated person, she has agreed to an interview tomorrow afternoon, after which I will be sure to post an incredibly long post recounting my experience in much detail, which hopefully you will find at least partially amusing.

So, until then, we must part!

:Deborah

Mary Margaret Quadlander and the Austin School of Fashion Design

So the super long title is in reference to my (faith) feature story.
So if you saw my blog post before on ASFD, than I don't have to explain it, and if you didn't see it, you should go look at it 'cause I'm not going to explain it, other than it is a school that teaching sewing and fashion illustration on South Congress.

Mary Margaret isn't someone that I have just met. I have known her since I was in 6th grade when I signed up for my first class, Beginning Fashion Illustration for Adults. From then on I took children sewing classes over the summer and adult sewing during the school year. Now when I go during the summer, I don't go to take classes (all the time at least), I go to help out the instructors.

Because I have known Mary Margaret for so long, she agreed to let me interview her (when we had finished she told me that many others had asked to interview her, but she turned them down telling them to send their questions to her and she'd answer them by email). I don't think that I ever will become or even want to become a journalist, MM is really nice, but because she is a role model to me, I didn't really want to sound stupid in front of her. I also only thought of one follow up question because I can't come up with interesting questions on the spot. When my mom came in to listen to us, she was the one who (kind of) urged MM on, not me.

But the interview went pretty well, nothing exciting really happened.... I asked my questions, she answered them... I don't really know what else to say...

Lovely Austin

Lovely Austin is a local fashion boutique owned by three really sweet ladies. This is the place to be if you are between the ages of 25 and 45. But for the rest of you don't get discouraged because they also carry accessories, purses and other cute trinkets. I had the privilege of interviewing one of the owners named Daniel. She gave a peek into the real world of fashion and how it works. It's an interesting place and I hope to revisit it someday. My Interview experience was really great because these women were so nice and helpful. They found time for me in there busy schedules and answered all of my questions. Daniel made me feel very comfortable and the conversation flowed very easily. I was nervous at first but then realized that this was no big deal.

Dazzel me!

I was sitting at home icing my fractured foot when I noticed a bedazzle pillow and I wondered why bedazzling was such a big thing a while ago. Then I realized that it gives it a unique style, and adds texture and color. You can bedazzle anything from pillows and quilts to casts or jeans.So I was thinking about bedazzling my boot since I was going to have it for a while until i realized I didn't have a bedazzling gun. Then my doctor called and said I have to have surgery..well after I have surgery I will need one week rest so while I rest I decided I could get little gem stones and glue them to my cast. When it comes to bedazzling color schemes are very important so remember that if your ever bedazzling anything make sure colors either contra st or agree with.

~Akamashara ina jara 

Who wore it BETTER?

Please let us know in the sidebar. I know this is a seriously hard choice, so you're really going to have to buckle down and put your thinking caps on. This is hard core guys. Brian vs Ms. Richey. It's about to go down.

It really looks like Brian wants to win guys.

The New Fashion Trend at LASA

It has come to my attention that a new fashion trend has started at LASA. Walking down the halls, it might not seem that obvious of what this trend might be and that is why I am going to enlighten you. The new trend is being cripple/hurt. I have noticed that lots of students are now sporting ankle wraps, boots, knee braces, crutches and more. This is a very tragic turn in fashion but if you want to be cool at LASA then you need to come to school with one of the things mentioned above. (PS: this doesn't mean that I am advising you to injure yourself in any way and if you hurt yourself that’s on you.)

                     -A

They're Just So Much Better

What am I talking about?

Guess.

Go on.

No?

Well that's no fun. You should really see someone about your gloomy mentality.

I kid I kid.

Anyway. What I actually would like to discuss (and by discuss I mean tell you about) has nothing to do with your mental state, though I am sure that would be very interesting. It doesn't really have anything to do with your head at all. It has to do with your nails. Or, more specifically, not your nails, but fake nails put onto real nails. Yes, fake nails, my new love.

 

So why do I like fake nails so much? Why don't I just paint my nails like an average teen? Well, to that I say, I do just paint my nails like a normal teen, but that is because, also like your common youth, I have no money. And when I do I spend it on other things. Like fro-yo (haha) and new shoes. 

BUT...I WISH I could have fake nails, and I IMAGINE myself with fake nails. So there you go.

To answer your first question I will make a nice TOP TEN list for your convenience.  They are actually in no particular order.

• Firstly, I must tell you a very sad story. It's really very sad, you should grab some tissues. Not really. Anyway, when I was little I used to bite my nails. I KNOW HORRIBLE RIGHT. But because of this I have fallen victim to really really incredibly weak nails. Which really sucks. Since now I have to wear them pretty short. BUT FAKE NAILS FORGIVE PAST MISTAKES by being NEW and FRESH and STRONG!
• Secondly, THEYARESOBEAUTIFULOHMYGOSH! You can't put like, ANYTHING on them. YOU CAN EVEN BEDAZZLE THEM. No, I am not kidding, look it up. And you can fit more then you would be able to on a normal nail, as they are ginormous. 
• Thirdly, if one breaks you can get new nails asap. If one of my nails breaks I have to CUT ALL OF THEM OFF TO MATCH :( 
• Fourthly, if you get tired of the design, you can just take them off without having to deal with horrible nail polish remover. Which smells bad and gets everywhere.
• Fifthly, stylists (or machines, whatevs, idk) have time to work on them before you put them on so you don't have to worry about getting anything on your skin. Like red paint, which makes me look like I have been mauled.
• Sixthly, when you type they make a wonderful clicky sound.
• Seventhly, they make you look super classy. I mean, come on.
• Eighthly, YOU CAN SLIDE YOUR FINGER ACROSS A TOUCH SCREEN ON AN ITOUCH OR OTHER SUCH DEVICE. I am not actually sure why I like this so much, and it is pretty similar to point numero 6, but THIS IS NOT TYPING, THIS IS SLIDING so it is different. And they are awesome in very different ways.
• Ninthly, you can stab people with them to make a point, way more than you could with a tiny little weak normal nail.
• Tenthly, they are just so much better (see my clever use of integrating my title into the post? Really nice Deborah, good job) in every single way

And yes, I am aware of the glue making your actual nails horrible, and blah blah blah, but THOSE POINTS ARE POINTS OF THE HATERS, and here at TrueColor, we do not listen to the haters.

Now I must go, as I am getting dangerously close to using ALL CAPS ALWAYS IN EVERYTHING THAT I SAY. Which could be taken as yelling, and as you know, I never yell at my beautiful readers (of which there are non). Also I am writing this in newspaper, and I don't really want to get caught avoiding actual work. (JUST KIDDING MS. YOUNG I TOTES FINISHED ALL MY NEWSPAPER WORK FIRST SO DO NOT FRET. OR GIVE ME AN F).

Until next time,

:Deborah