Gift Ideas: Day 3

Now here is a category that I know a lot about. Besides being a hipster, I mentioned before that I also worked in a bookstore. This gift idea is:
BOOOOOOOKS


Like I said in the last post hipsters love books, whether they like the idea of them, actually like to read them, or like telling their friends how lame they are for not reading enough, THEY LIKE BOOKS.
Now here are some suggestions for your hipsters:

Anything by Chuck Palahniuk. You may be familiar with Fight Club? He wrote it, this book is hipster 101, they will love it.

Anything by Jack Kerouac. He was the original hipster (also a great writer) you hipster will love and actually learn something from his books.

Anything by William Burroughs. He was also in the same time as Kerouac and they co-wrote And They Boiled the Hippos in Their Tanks. If that doesn't sound hipser-ish then I don't know what does..

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. This book is better than the movie, any good hipster should know why.

Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Even if your hipster hasn't read this they will still probably tell you it is their favorite book. Funny how that works...

I Saw You...: Comics Inspired by Real-Life Missed Connections. Your hipster doesn't know they want this but they really, really do. This book changed my life.

Anything by Arthur Nersesian. Not-so-well-known but dearly beloved in hipster circles.

Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart. This book is pretty new but super funny and strange.

Anything by Sylvia Plath. Not only was she a great novelist but a great poet as well. Her husband also sent her to a mental institution where she wrote the majority of her works. What more could you want..?

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Anything Where the Wild Things Are. Self-explanatory.

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Any self-respecting idealist has read this. Your hipster included.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Watch the movie, then you will understand.

Ghost World by Daniel Clowes. " "

Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. See below.

Anything about or by a musician. As I said in my last post hipsters love anything music or music related. They also have this strange belief that they are all unique individuals thus they love reading about famous people who are like them. Famous or dead musicians and artists are seen as just above themselves (hipsters) on the 'Individuals' Hierarchy' and they strive to be like and know more about them than their friends.

Anything by Henry David Thoreau. Hipsters looooove philosophy and all that so they looooove Thoreau...ugh.

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut.

Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. I'm pretty sure that all the other hipsters who didn't say that Perks was their favorite book said that Catcher in the Rye was..


Note: Hipsters also love saying they have read and own the classics. So if your local Bookstore has a section marked Classics, that is always a good place to start. Also head to the Philosophy section they would love anything and I mean anything from there as well.


These are just SOME of the authors and titles that your hipster would like, I can't take the time out of my day to write down, remember, and look up ALL the titles that your hipster could possibly want. But I do hope this helps and as always feel free to comment with any questions you might have.

-S

Gift Ideas: Day Two

Today's Hipster Gift Idea:
GIFT CARDS


This is a great gift especially if you don't know what kind of hipster you are dealing with. You can usually tell by looking at them whether or not they would like a gift card from any one of these places:

Tattoo/Piercing Shop--------Most hipsters either have or want tattoos.

Coffee Shop--------Most hipsters had their blood replaced with coffee by age 15.

Thrift Stores-------Most hipsters love the challenge of finding the cheapest and ugliest sweater out of all their friends and then pretending it isn't ugly or cheap.

A Trendy Vegan/Raw Food Restaurant------Most hipsters are vegan or will be once you give them this. Didn't you know? Vegans have cool psychic powers. Meaning they are just better than everyone else.

American Apparel-------
These have the same reason: hipsters like to pretend to do things for other people or to better the planet or whatever but really they like to be trendy....I guess there are worse trends out there.
TOMS Shoes-------------

Urban Outfitters------Your hipster may pretend to hate this gift but really deep inside they will love it more than they love stripes or The Black Keys! They may even try to lecture you on the evils of giant corporations or loss of individuality blah blah blah. But its a risk you must take you make your hipster happy.

Bookstores----------Hipsters love books, pretty much every kind of hipster loves or pretends to love them you virtually cannot go wrong with this choice!

Finally
iTunes------------Every hipster loves music but they also LOVE Apple products! So this choice is a win/win in their eyes!


Good luck and happy shopping readers!


-S

The Hipster: Gift Ideas

The last month or so I have been googling, etsying, browsing, and mall stalking for Christmas gift ideas. Mostly for my friends but for my family as well. This year is hard, mostly because I don't have a job and I no longer work for Barnes & Noble. Working at a book store made gifts easy, 'just buy them a book' was always my philosophy.

So this year I am being challenged. & because I have quite a lot of hipster friends I thought it might be helpful for others if I post my finding to my blog. For the next 16 days I will be posting gift ideas for any clueless parents, friends, or family members that might need some assistance. Also lucky for you these will all be cheap cheap cheap ideas because I am poor.


My first gift (& best if you ask me) is ETSY!
Now for those of you that have never heard of etsy.com here is the low down. Etsy is a site where regular people like you and me go to sell the items that they have collected over the years from thrift stores and garage sales or things that they have made. So needless to say there are A LOT of great unique and one-of-a-kind items on this site. Which if you didn't know are PERFECT for the average hipster.

Now no matter what kind of hipster you have in your life there will be something on this site for them. What makes this and even better option for a clueless parent is that if you go to the gift tab and allow Etsy to use their facebook app to help you (just follow the prompts) they will let you pick a fb friend that you want to buy a gift for and then use their 'likes' to personalize great gifts for them.

Note: this may sound too good to be true, it is not, I have used this app for many of my friends and it works every time! It even lets your choose a price range. This is the fastest and best option out there.

But stick around for my other gift suggestions, they will not let you down!

Here is the link to Etsy




Now if you are reading this and thinking to yourself: "How do I know my child or grandchild is a hipster?"

Well here are some signs:
Do they wear fake glasses?
Do they wear beanies?
Do they wear leather jackets or wind breakers layered with zip-hoodies?
Do they listen to records?
Are they ass holes about music selections?
Do they wear TOMS, Vans, combat boots, or oxfords?
Do they love Bob Dylan, Moressy, and/or The Beatles?

These are just the most basic signs of hipster-ness. There are also many different kinds of hipsters. If you read the list and are still not sure if it is a hipsters you are dealing with please, comment and I will give you more examples.

Until next time, good luck and God speed!


-S

This is how I feel right now...

Does this make me emo? baha



Frustrated


Fall Sunset taken by me Oct. 29th 2010 with my iPhone haha.

& I want one of these:
Connection

& I miss this:


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-S

summer long ago

I miss my life, I want it back. I thought I was moving forward and I haven't gone anywhere...I thought that then too but at least I was having fun...at least I was DOING something. anything.

I don't do anything anymore, I don't see anyone anymore. I haven't met anyone new or interesting. I haven't thought the way I did since I left.
I miss seeing the world the way I did, everything was...amazing..in its own way. And I loved it. And it loved me back.

Today I parked my car next to the park and walked the streets of downtown. Crisscross, up, down, sideways, up stairs, down alleys. Stopping to look at the people and the buildings and the mountains and the trees. I found some beautiful places. You wouldn't believe it if I told you.

While walking I pretended that I was new to SLC, that I had never been here before. Had never seen a SL,UT shirt, SLUG magazine, or been in the Heavy Metal Shop before. Looked at it in a completely new light. It was just what I needed. New perspective.

But I also had all my great memories of past downtown adventures. Summers spent away from my father's house deep in the city, trying to escape the oppressive and stressful situation I was in. Going all day without food just because we couldn't bare going back to his house. Talking to strangers at the library, hobos at the park, hippies at the drum circles, metal kids at the shops....We were just kids, we didn't know anything then.

It was good going back...just pretending if only for me that I wasn't myself. I was someone else with someone else's stresses and worries and friends and family. A whole story different from my own. Maybe even that I wasn't in Utah at all, maybe Phillie or DC?

Its funny how pretending to be someone different for a day helps me realize who I am.
I walked in silence, eyes constantly moving, drinking in every sight, mind going crazy...occasionally a single word would over flow out of my troubled mind onto my lips. It was usually something like "WOW" gazing up at a gorgeous building or some amazing sight I was sure no one else had ever seen in quite the same light or way that I was currently witnessing.

People hurrying on their way to their jobs or to school or to shop or maybe they were on their way to a fancy party? My mind would then wonder to their made-up fancy party with their made-up fancy friends. Until......

"SUBRRRIIIIIIIINNNNAAAAA!"
...dragging me out of my mind, finally surfacing for air.
I knew as soon as I heard the voice to whom it belonged to.

Rory Markham.

But what was my metal-head friend doing here? In downtown Salt Lake of all places?

Trying to find the Slayer concert he and his band-mates didn't have tickets for. duh.
Why didn't I think of that? Probably because it's crazy.
So what do I do? I run across the busy street and jump into their car as the line of cars start to move again.
My downtown adventure on a beautiful October falling day had ended with a bang and with its ending a new adventure began. That's life, that's how it works.
And I love it.








More later.
night.

-S

Inspire

I look at these pictures often, they just remind me of a better, cooler time. Where people were actually edgy and really just didn't give a fuck. These are the kind of people that I try everyday to model myself after. I mean since jr. high when everyone I would see I thought was a looser, but they thought that they were soooooo cool....because...why? They had their mom buy them a new outfit from Holister? Or...I don't even know...these kind of people I have never really understood. I have truly always just been an outcast. And it suits me well, I think. I don't mind that I have always been different I don't even mind that my kind of 'weirdness' is now trendy. hahaha. As long as you are what you want and do what you love I will pretty much like you.
Anywho...take a look at some the original grungy kids of our time. And you will fall in love with what they tried so hard to start.
















aaand The Clash :)
they were just so cute baha

also I pierced my septum in my bathroom two days ago. baha again.


-S

Today

Not much to say today...its friday! woooot!
Here is my look for the day:

hypehypehypehypehypehypehypehype please :)

I write checks

I know I ramble a lot about Uffie, I can't help it, she's just that awesome. I couldn't resist posting this video though, it's band new and fucking amazing.
Check it


Uffie - Difficult
Uploaded by Uffie. - Explore more music videos.

Rod(art)e

You may have heard of the sister fashion duo Rodarte? If not I recommend spending sometime with them. The sisters, Lauren and Kate Mulleavy started their line in 2005 with ten pieces and in the five years hence they have blown me out of the proverbial fashion water. This year's Spring 2010 line is no exception, the only way to describe it is amazing. It is very different from their past lines which shows how much potential they really have.

The dark earthy tones and Gothic looking dresses makes for a very unique and inspiring group of looks. I love how dark and almost evil looking many of the pieces are, and they are contrasted by the earthy tones and refugee-esk looks of the other half of the line. In either case these are tends that are perfect for any season, I hope to see some of these amazing pieces on the red carpet in the following months.

Here is the link to their website:
Rodarte














If anyone wants to buy me these that would be great, k thanks :)

-S

Pop My Glock

How can you not fall in love with these French hipsters? But besides the awesome two tone shots and animated sequences this video is probably one of my favorite of all time. Just watch and learn.

Igor + Andre, my love

So I have this problem, it's been going on for a long while now....I'M OBSESSED WITH DANNY J. ROBERTS! I love his art, his blog, his miiiiind! Seriously this guy is meant for me.. Not only are all his prints bad-ass but they are all fashion/bloggers inspired which is riight up my ally. I'm sure you've seen the line he recently did for Forever 21? Well his real art is that much better! Seriously check him out! He also just seems like a genuinely nice guy too, you could have a completely normal conversation with him, none of this "I'm better than you because I am an artist!" Which is always really annoying, I really cannot stand people like that. But that is all besides the point, I'll put the link to his blog below.

Igor + Andre
<3


Here are some of my favorite works of his :)


Chanel Girls
CLASSIC


Thanksgiving


PeoplePaper


Queen Lily


Alternative Transport


Camille and The Trees

These are just a few of many, many amazing pieces! I could post twenty or more...but I won't it will just bore you.

-S

Scooter Fiends

Today I found out that here in lil ole Utah we have a few major "Scooter Clubs". What is a Scoot Club you ask? Well let me tell you.
These Scoot Clubs like VaVaVaVroom, Brigham's Bees, and another one that I cannot remember the name of right now are all Clubs (for adults, not kids, yes when I hear 'club' I think of little kids too.) right here in Utah and Salt Lake Counties where a ton of people gather together in celebration and love for the motor scooter! Yes, like a Vespa! Who knew that there were so many scooter freaks in our small state?? It came as a surprise to me and that surprise quickly turned into confusion. Because we all see these scooter-ists, and Lord knows that when i see them i see them as lame-ass kids who didn't quite make the motorcycle standard of dude. Seriously i really think they are lame. But this article that i read today from last month's issue of SLUG Mag changed my mind. I no longer see them as half-ass wannabies but at dignified and respectable scooter enthusiasts! I think that anytime you can get that many people together in one place all for their love and passion for something with a HUGE perk to throw a kick-ass party after! Well that is a really great thing. I know look at scooter-ists differently. Thank you SLUG for opening my mind to the awesome-ness of scooter-atude.
If you wanna read the article here is the link its very good i recommend it for anyone and everyone.
Actually i really just like SLUG in general, ever since i discovered it when i was like....14? I have always had a special place in my hear for it. Its a shame its kinda hard to come by in Utah Valley I really feel that there a lot of people here that would really benefit from it. I also love City Weekly, lovelovelove it! hahah what is it about these localized texts that make me want to read them all the time? I'm not sure....maybe because its about my city, my state! That's....probably it.
Any who hope you enjoy :)
Also enjoy this,



-S

Ready to Uff

I find that these days I all I listen to are either girl bands or more electronic...its not a bad thing...its probably a good thing. Great thing?
Here is a video that I cannot get enough of!



I seriously am in love with Uffie, she is such a bad ass! And this video is tooooo good!



I mean look at this pic isn't just so hot but in a weird way. Call me lesbian but really look at her! hahah That probably sounds really weird....oh well don't care.





Maybe I'm just in love with the fact that i have this fantasy that she just lives her life continually fucked up and with a cig in her hand at every moment plus she makes bad ass tunes plus plus she lives in Paris. She is like the first and way better Ke$ha. Way way way better. Also she is really into fashion and her clothes are always very interesting. Deff I think that we would be best friends if we knew each other.

-S

I'm blonde again, no, I'm not drunk

That is a great lil video that I just love! Well there are a lot more too....I might post them...I might not. We'll have to see.

So yes, I am blonde again...have been for a while. sheesh.
I also spent the last couple months in Virginia. Had a grand time, went to the pool a lot, saw Philly, Gettysburg, Harrisburg, Hershy, Richmond, D.C., Williamsburg, and Virginia Beach. Just a ton of cool places...learned a lot about our Country...weird.



.....no I'm not drunk
This is when I still had orange hair...hurrr



Soooo romantic
I heart him :]


This is not a romantic pic hahaha love him though
yay more pix!


This is a pic of his ass....of coarse I have this :)


I love slam poets. LOVELOVELOVE


This is my friend Cody Winger, he is amazing. Love him.


This is my veryyy good friend Micheal Dimitri, you will love him, everyone does because...just listen.

okay that is all for tonight, I'll post more videos soon...there are so many.
Nighty Night

facebook

I don't sleep...so I have lots of time to be on that beloved social networking site, facebook. I usually have pretty interesting convos but this is one of the funniest. I also love zombies..

Ian
"One day... I will be a fucking college graduate..And I'll still be working a greasy shit-job that I love.Haha."

Subrina
"hey whatever makes you happy"

Ian
"I'm destined to die young from brake dust."

Subrina
"oh right right and become a zombie fry chef?

COOL"

Ian
"Nah, zombie whore-pimp."

Subrina
"i dont know how
1.) pleasureable and
2.)sanitary that is"

Ian
"...yeah, I don't know how pleasurable that is either.
But, as for sanitation...fuck it, I'll be dead!"

Subrina
"not for you for the people who are soliciting the prostitution"

Ian
"Bah, they'll be dead in due time too : )
Besides, I'll be totally helping out all the Necrophiles."

Subrina
"oh right probably after eating their brain they wont really care about the stds...so would you eat their brains before or after?"

Ian
"Hmm..During climax, I suppose.
It's only fitting.
It'd add to the whole... climaxiness of it all."

Subrina
"yeah that makes sense. AHHGGGHHHHHHHHHH..BRAINS. chomp chomp silence"

Ian
"Hahahah!!!YES!YES!OM NOM NOM NOM."

Subrina
"song TITLE: 'sex and zombie candy'"

Ian
"I smell sex and grey matter here with me.
Who'se that nomming my brains with me?
Who's that casting carnivorous stares in my direction,
yeah, momma, this surely is the zombie apocalypse."

Subrina
"HAHAHAHA HELL YES
best song ever"

First.

First blog post

Too bad I can't just upload my brain to this, that would make life much easier. There is far too much to say then there is time to say it.
This is a blog for me, my thoughts, passions, obsessions, and interests. There isn't a set subject that I will write on nor do I care especially for others to read it. If they do, they will have a better understanding of who, Subrina is. I do a lot of ranting and I will probably change the names of the people i rant about...just to confuse you.
Some things to start you off with:
1.) I love to hate things
2.) I work at Barnes and Noble and I hate it, no it is not because I don't appreciate what I have. It is because it sucks to work where everything about your job is a lie. Where you're surrounded by sad middle aged middle-management who's only pleasure in their middle-failure of a life is to go on pointless power trips, don't punish me because your life only amounted to being a manager at Barnes and Noble...bitch
3.) I don't know where I'm going in life but I'm excited for the journey.
4.) I sound very pessimistic but I am quite happy with life...
5.) I love horror movies, zombies, 50s and early 60s, morbid romances, watching people, drinking tea, painting, and poetry.
6.) If it's dark I will love it.

That is about it for right now let me leave you with this fantastic picture of Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros