m i n i m a l i s m i s c u t e

cinnayum @ 2010-03-18T18:31:00

2010-03-18T23:32:04Z

My mom found me that little pin when she went to some livestock show this past weekend. I love it! The vintage jar was found at one of my favorite thrift stores. I love that it looks like all that cute Japanese stuff. There are Girl Scout lemon cream sandwich cookies inside. :) A long time ago before I moved to San Antonio I used to frequent that vintage store a lot. It was one of my favorites. The old ladies really liked me and the first Saturday of every month there'd be a yard sale and free home-made peach cobbler. Well when I moved back I never went back. I don't know why! I've been home for a year or two now and I never went back. I finally went to visit this past weekend. They made a little tearoom inside with cakes, coffee and sandwiches which they serve on mismatched vintage cups and plates. It's so cute! And they even remembered me and asked why I hadn't gone which made me so happy. I'm so glad I went back. I'll be going often now.

How was everyone's St. Patrick's Day holiday? Do people still celebrate it? We went out and had green beer.

cinnayum @ 2010-03-18T15:33:00

2010-03-18T20:32:40Z

I bought a new baking book. It's fantastic! The photography is so pretty and the recipes seem delicious. I absolutely love coming across a baking book as pretty as this one. I can't wait to bake something out of it. I haven't baked in quite awhile, since Valentine's Day I think. I like how everything is arranged and photographed. I've never put all my ingredients in little bowls before I start baking. I know that that basic and probably everyone does it and should do it but for some reason it had never crossed my mind! I'm going to start though. It'll probably make baking less hectic.

Oh, spring has finally come! I noticed the other night when I was walking out of a store and the air smelled sweet with growing plants. It was the loveliest thing I've experienced in awhile! I'm so happy. I love winter but I just want to wear dresses and skirts again and have bare legs. I bought my first pair of shorts a couple of weekends ago. Dark denim, cuffed, J Brand. I'm also thinking of cutting my hair. If you have me added on Facebook I mentioned it there. If not, then THIS is how I want to cut it. I know it's rather very short and such a difference from how long my hair was. Looksie. Now it's somewhere in the middle but I'm tired of my long hair. I can never style it the way I want it and so I always have it clipped back or in a messy bun. I fell in love with that girl's cute haircut and now I have the mind to go out and cut all my hair off. Everyone says I should! What do you think?

Other nice things:
- Finally watching The Lovely Bones. Did you like it?
- Finding vintage hardback copies of Steinbeck + Tolstoy
- Getting lots of books from the library
- Reading Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd. AMAZING.
- Buying all these new films
- Watching Isaac's first Miyazaki anime with him

More photos from the book:

Oh! Please add me on my Flickr, Tumblr, Shelfari. And give me something to do tonight,
ask me something or tell me anything.

cinnayum @ 2010-03-17T19:37:00

2010-03-18T00:37:03Z

+ I love t-straps so much. I also bought them in cognac brown but
sadly could not find them to photograph!

+ Light grey spring oxfords

+ New face powder + eyeliner in the prettiest glittery black

+ Chanel lipstick in "Romantic", for spring!

+ New spring color nail lacquers

+ Bought while in Chicago but I love this stuff! It's so nice smelling and
makes my skin soft and glittery, perfect.

cinnayum @ 2010-03-17T16:17:00

2010-03-17T21:17:29Z

So after being away from LJ for awhile I've decided to come back. I miss interacting with all my LJ friends and this tight knit community. Thank you to everyone who told me to come back and that ya'll missed my posts. That made my day! You all are the best! I'm going to post the same entries here as I do there. I hope that's not an annoying thing to do but I definitely don't want to give up my blog either. So for those of you who have diminutas (the LJ RSS feed of my blog) added you can remove that. I'll post my latest three entries there here.

I went a bit crazy at Target with the Liberty of London stuff. I looked at everything and most of it is very lovely. I wish I liked more of the womens' clothes but the sleeveless ruffled blouse was the only one I liked. It's a pretty awesome blouse though, I really love it. Some of the dresses were nice but even the XS were much too loose on me. I'm sure the childrens' clothes would fit me but I'm not very crazy about them either. All the stationary + home things are darling though and that's what I bought most of.

+ Ahhh! This blouse is the best! I love the ruffle around the collar so much!

+ The teapot - my next favorite thing

+ File box, I have been needing one badly

+ Clipboard, when you open it there is a cute legal pad inside

+ Notecards

+ Stationary gift set

+ Set of folders
Have you bought anything from this collection?

cinnayum @ 2010-03-16T23:48:00

2010-03-17T04:48:33Z

I'm bored.
Ask me shit.

http://www.formspring.me/cutecotton

cinnayum @ 2010-03-16T22:21:00

2010-03-17T03:21:13Z

I miss posting on LJ.

cinnayum @ 2010-01-04T21:04:00

2010-01-05T03:04:58Z

Dear friends,
After years of being on LJ I am finally leaving, partially at least. I will still keep moderating all my communities and reading my friends page so no worries. This new year I am going to start using my blog. Thank you all for following me and keeping up with my life and leaving me sweet comments and good advice. I hope you all follow me to my new place. I have already updated over there!

http://cotton-hearted.blogspot.com/

Or add the syndicated feed of my blog someone made for me:
diminutas

cinnayum @ 2009-12-15T23:52:00

2009-12-16T05:52:11Z

(Ask me something, if you please.)

cinnayum @ 2009-12-08T21:46:00

2009-12-09T03:46:58Z

Friends, do you have any favorite Swedish indie pop bands you could share with me? Or just indie pop in general. I've been wanting to listen to something fun lately. You don't have to upload links (though that would be nice) as I'm pretty sure I can find them. Please help me!

cinnayum @ 2009-11-22T17:16:00

2009-11-22T23:17:01Z

I have not been on LJ for so long! I've kind of become a lame Farmville + Facebook addict! I need to go back and read lots of missed journal entries from everyone. Everything has been going okay for me. Lately I've been going out a lot at night with Isaac and his friends and having fun. My grandma has been here for a super long time. I absolutely love when she is here. The weather is beautiful. I think the fall definitely makes me a happier girl. I have no idea what else to say. I'm just happier, right now I am. On another note, I've been wanting to photograph some of my new dresses and I finally got around to it today!

New lipstick, a fuschia shade from MAC called Rebel.

And that is it for now!
Hope everyone has a fun Thanksgiving.

cinnayum @ 2009-11-16T23:27:00

2009-11-17T05:27:39Z

Facebook anyone? But please let me know here or there who you are when you add me!
Find me: quietmornings (at) gmail (dot) com

cinnayum @ 2009-11-08T16:57:00

2009-11-08T23:33:18Z

Isaac and I had a good weekend. Friday was the Artwalk and since we hadn't been in quite awhile we stopped by. It was so so packed! I didn't find anything but a cute cake keychain. Everyone went to Roosevelt's where we were lucky enough to find a table. I had a cup of Woodchuck, the only beer I can stand. Later on we went over to Vanessa's and stayed till two in the morning.

On Saturday Isaac and I had pancakes. Him...pumpkins and I...pecan buttermilk. Then we went to the library and checked out books on how to survive an alien invasion, forgotten cocktails, crafting, typography, poetry, Japanese patterns, and a Kobe Abe novel. Success! I'm kind of surprised how many good books are local library buys. I hadn't gone in a very long time. Then he went off to close at work. I went to visit him for his lunch and stayed a couple of hours reading magazines and taking lame pictures on Photobooth. I love being around him while he works!

A couple of days ago I found out I have surpassed my yearly goal of reading 52 books! 56 so far! I didn't think I was going to make it this year because of starting school but somehow I did. Does anyone still do this 52 books a year thing? How many have you read so far? Lately:

What I Was by Meg Rosoff - Most amazing, brilliant, beautiful, every single good word rolled into one imaginary non-existent word that doesn't exist but should so as to describe this lovely book.

Persepolis and Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi - Wonderful, can't believe I took so long to read them.

One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box by Deb Olin Unferth, Sarah Manguso + Dave Eggers - A lot of hit or miss with me but I really didn't like Deb Olin Unferth's stories.

The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival: Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone by Dene Low - Childrens book I picked up because of the pretty illustration on the cover. It seemed like it would be a cute story but I found it disappointing.

Sometimes My Heart Pushes My Ribs by Ellen Kennedy - One of the most awful, poorly written, no-point books I've ever read. It's supposed to be a book of poems.

Lastly, check this book out. Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails: From the Alamagoozlum to the Zombie 100 Rediscovered Recipes and the Stories Behind Them. Recipes for vintage cocktails from the 1800s to the 1940s, super awesome! We, Isaac's friends and us, are planning a small cocktail party to make some of these. Can't wait!

cinnayum @ 2009-11-04T00:28:00

2009-11-04T06:30:35Z

cinnayum @ 2009-11-03T23:30:00

2009-11-04T05:31:51Z

Made this real quick today because I know there are lots of you waiting for the recipe.
I thought it would be nice to do it like this so if you need to you can save the image to your Flickr
favorites. Or print it out. I'll try and do the pancake one tomorrow. Enjoy!

cinnayum @ 2009-11-03T13:23:00

2009-11-03T19:32:26Z

Some of you may remember my mention of the Olive Edition books put out by Harper Perennial which I really really adore. I was glad to find out a couple of days ago that today three new editions are being released. Run to your bookstore!

cinnayum @ 2009-11-01T21:48:00

2009-11-02T04:15:53Z

I have to keep everything to myself because there is not one person I can talk to. I can write in here or on Twitter but if/when he sees it he'll get angry instantly. In the end, nothing matters because he will never want to try and see how it would be living in San Francisco. I will just follow him anywhere he goes. Never mind my education or my lack of friends or the fact that I did stay here and try for him but he is unwilling to do it for me. Seriously never mind it at all because I know that I could never leave without him. That's just the type of person I am. Weak. This all started because he asked me how my online classes were going and honestly they are going horribly because I hate them so much. I feel like I'm not learning anything. I want to be in class. I want to make friends. I want to go to that school. I want to live in San Francisco because I love it and the people. Because hanging out with Josh and Ashley was the first time I felt like I belonged with someone and had fun and talked. He knows this yet he won't go. We talked about it tonight. I attempted to ask him again if he would please just go and try it for a semester. I cried so hard. My heart hurt so bad. But every time is "No. No, I don't want to go there." So what am I going to do? These online classes are not working out. I feel like I should just drop everything and find a major that I can do here or where ever he ends up getting a job after he graduates. This is what I do because I love him.

Through text:

Him: What are you doing?
Me: Nothing, just here in bed.
Him: If I broke up with you then you would leave. You know I won't go there. Maybe you need SF and friends more than you need a boyfriend. I'm never going to make you happy unless I move to SF.
Me: I wish you would just go there just till I finished school. Or at least for a semester to try it.
Him: For what?
Me: I would only leave if I knew you didn't love me anymore. What do you mean for what?
Him: It's not okay with me that this one place has everything you need. There is no such place. Instead you're going to be miserable the rest of your life. Like you are now.
Me: We could leave afterwards, Isaac. To anywhere a job would take you. I'm just asking for two years. I would try to graduate as fast as humanly possible.
Him: then I don't get why you want to go there, don't even tell me it's the school. Because you know it's not. You've said it yourself.
Me: You could find a job there, a temporary one to get experience. It's the school I want to go to, love.
Him: That's not true.
Me: After trying these online classes I know I need to be in an actual class. Okay let's just drop it.
Him: Then go without me.
Me: I'll just find something else to do. Something I can do at a school here or where ever you find a job.
Him: No. I'm not going to be responsible for your misery. Maybe you don't need a boyfriend right now.
Me: Because I know I would be so much more miserable without you. Which is what I told you while over there.
Him: I can't make you happy.
Him: That's not true.
Me: It's not you making me unhappy. It's my lack of friends, of not belonging.
Him: I can't live with myself holding you back and being to blame for your apparent misery here in Texas.
Me: I know how I feel without you. Don't tell me it's not true because you do not know.
Me: Well just drop it because I'm not leaving without you.
Him: You would get over me with your new friends and amazing city. I'd break up with you if I knew you'd be happier.
Me: No I wouldn't. It's impossible to get over someone when you still love them. Well I wouldn't.
Him: I can't give you what you want and you will never be happy with me here.
Me: Why won't you try it? I'm begging you let's just try it.
Him: No.
Me: Why not?
Him: I don't want to.
Me: Why?
Him: And we are just struggling just to make it work here. Is SF going to heal all our problems?
Me: We could see how it would be. Please don't be so stubborn and just see that if you loved me you would try just like I'm doing for you because I love you.
Him: Now you are pressuring me.
Me: Because it's true.
Him: I'm not going to SF. This has nothing to do with love.
Me: Why Issac, why?
Him: I am not moving to SF.
Me: Okay, alright. We're not going.
Him: If I ended things with you I think you would be sad and then happy to get to live in that city with people like you and you'd forget about me. You're not happy having a boyfriend here. Maybe you'd be happy with cool friends over there. When you love somebody, you could live and be happy with that person even in the shittiest of places.
Me: Same for you, Isaac. It's the same for you so don't tell me that. At least I can say I did this for you while you will NEVER be able to say that.
Him: Not the same. You don't have to be there, you want to be there. I might break up with you so that you can go out and live your life and be happy.
Me: Then do it, Isaac. Do whatever you want.It's funny you'd break up with me but you won't go and try living in SF.
Him: I'd be devastated without you.

And blah blah blah. I stopped texting. This is all so terrible frustrating and difficult and I don't know what to do or think. I can't stop crying or thinking about everything. Maybe I am in the wrong here. I don't know what to think. If you read all this, thank you. I'm going to try and read and get my mind off this mess.

cinnayum @ 2009-10-30T19:03:00

2009-10-31T00:56:34Z

I hate weekends. Especially weekends when Isaac isn't here which is rare but still. It just makes me remember how I don't have any friends. I have no one. I can't remember the last time I had a real friend. I truly think if I had a friend I wouldn't be so depressed, so miserable. And my relationship with Isaac would be better. Being like this with him isn't healthy but it's the only way I know how to be. Since middle school I've never had friends, just boyfriends. Us together constantly and always. I want to be able to have someone to hang out with when I don't feel up to going out to a loud bar to drink with Isaac and his friends. I want him to be able to go out with them by himself and me be okay with it because I have someone to spend time with too. I'm really grateful for his friends, for them accepting me into their circle and being kind and welcoming to me. I really like them, very much. But your boyfriend's friends are never really your friends because once you are not with that person anymore, their friends are gone too. Why is it like this for me? Why is it so hard to make a friend? All I want is someone to shop with, someone to complain about boyfriends with, someone to go to a book-store or coffee shop with, someone to do nothing with.

Hugo and Chelsea and Geraldi, were they ever really my friends? Out of all of them Hugo was most like one. But they are never there for me when I need them. I haven't heard from Geraldi in maybe six months or more. Hugo never answers. I've called and text Chelsea so many times these past months and not once has she answered or gotten back to me. What's up with that? Does that mean she, for some reason unknown to me, doesn't want to be my friend anymore? I don't know. Why am I twenty-two and completely friendless?

cinnayum @ 2009-10-29T20:17:00

2009-10-30T01:22:28Z

La Photocabine

I love these cute internet photo things! I'm wearing two of my newest dresses and my new headband. Anyhow, I've got some wonderful news! Isaac and I just bought plane tickets to Chicago from 9 January to 22 January! We are going to visit his friends, Matt + Marisol + their babies, who live there. I'm very excited but I don't know how I'm going to survive in such cold weather. Anyone have any advice on where to eat and shop?

cinnayum @ 2009-10-25T16:53:00

2009-10-25T22:07:15Z

Here are the whole wheat buttermilk ginger and cinnamon pancakes I make sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with raspberries. These are the photos I took with my Minolta SRT-201 for my Photography for Graphic Designers class. There were a few accidents like something on my lens that made a small blur area you can see in some of the photos and the fact that they are so dark despite taking them in front of a big window. The light meter told me there wasn't going to be enough light so I took alot of digital shots as well. You can see more on my Flickr. Anyway, they are so fun and simple to make! And so good. I make alot at one time and freeze them to eat later.

Digital Snapshots

cinnayum @ 2009-10-24T12:13:00

2009-10-24T17:15:20Z

Finally got my haircut + my bangs back! And new red lips.
MAC Cherry Lip Pencil
MAC Viva Glam Matte Lipstick in A89

cinnayum @ 2009-10-21T16:07:00

2009-10-21T21:14:38Z

PEAR STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Just took a Apple & Walnut Coffee Cake out of the oven.
Yum!

cinnayum @ 2009-10-19T17:15:00

2009-10-19T22:35:23Z

Lately;
Reading The Hobbit, learning how to play WoW, watching all my television shows: The Big Bang Theory, Fringe, The Vampire Diaries, Modern Family, Dexter and becoming obsessed with Glee, being excited about the future episode going to be directed by Joss Whedon, loving the new fall weather, ginger pancakes every weekend, using my film camera, checking out lots of books. My dad's birthday today, making him a Pear Struesel Coffee Cake, two batches so that he can have some to eat for later days, family dinner, Isaac in my room waiting for me, catching up on Fringe and Dexter later on most likely! Also, really loving the new Lula issue. Anyone have back issues they are willing to sell?

cinnayum @ 2009-10-18T23:38:00

2009-10-19T04:54:56Z

This was Saturday. Saturday was lovely. Isaac usually works during the day so we hardly ever get to spend weekend afternoons together but he was off. We made an excursion to the Forever 21 that is in a city thirty minutes away. He bought that black hoodie jacket and a Bat-man t-shirt. I bought a black jacket, a beaded tank and a floral printed tank. I really wanted more dresses but I couldn't find any I liked! We drove back and met up with Vanessa and Mario to go buy groceries and beer for the BBQ. I discovered the first beer I like. Woodchuck. It's actually a cider but whatever. We usually always have BBQs at Vanessa and Mario's. We had hotdogs and hamburgers and chips and salsa and pickles. Usually everyone gets really drunk (except me of course) and stay up late but that night was the first cold night we had of the season. Most everyone was really sleepy and cold by 12:30. Isaac and I actually fell asleep on the couch for an hour! I wish we had stayed longer and taken more pictures. I only posted one of me because I look so ugly. I am hating my long hair and my bangs that are now too long and I have to pull back. :( Anyway, Isaac's real birthday is Tuesday. Tomorrow I am making him candy apples, his favorite. And Tuesday we are going to go watch Where The Wild Things Are and then have a picnic.

cinnayum @ 2009-10-14T19:36:00

2009-10-15T00:43:04Z

Oh!: A Mystery of Mono No Aware

This is such a well designed book. I fell in love with it when I saw it at Kunokuniya book-store!
Please go look at it if you ever have a chance. And then buy it + read it.
:)

cinnayum @ 2009-10-13T20:09:00

2009-10-14T01:15:52Z

Snapshots from 12 October.