Mae -> Angle

Mae asks Angle:

1. What first attracted you to the blogging world? Why did you start blogging?
2. If you had a day to yourself and you could do anything at all w/o feeling guilty or like you were shirking responsibilities what would you do?
3. Favorite guilty pleasure?
4. Zombies are taking over the world! What do you do?
5. Favorite meal to cook? Can you share the recipe?

1. Hmmm.... ok. Well, I first started blogging back in the day of Live Journal. I went there to talk about anything and everything I was thinking. It was an online diary that was open to whatever stranger found her (or on the rare occasion his) way in. Live Journal was usually anonymous and in my case it was 99% done in secrecy. Only one or two real life friends (girls I trusted) knew where I wrote. For me it was cathartic to write all my innermost feelings and just put it out there into the big black void that is the internet. And if I was lucky a kind stranger would leave some comments of support or suggestions. I really loved having that place to turn to. One day I logged onto LJ and my blog had been wiped out. Apparently this happened to a lot of people in the community. I was sent an email informing me that IT was working to recover the lost blogs... but for whatever reason I was over it. I took it as a sign to move on.

   Flash forward to maybe a couple of years ago? I discovered my first "fashion blog" or as I like to call it MY FALL FROM PRODUCTIVITY! It was all down hill from there. One blog leads you to look at another and soon I had a whole laundry list of girls I was reading every morning with my cup of coffee. One day I was reading a blog about a new online fashion community that was still in a Beta testing phase called "Chictopia" - for fun I requested to become a member and next thing I knew I was posting outfits! At first it was super stressful! The pressure!! To wear an outfit that all these girls will approve of!! For a long time none of my outfits were receiving any kind of applause until I hit a point and thought, "why do I care what a bunch of strangers think? just wear what you like..." - once that happened I noticed that people were responding more to what I was wearing. Which of course was GREAT! Who doesn't like attention? It was at that point that I decided that maybe I was too old for Chictopia. I asked myself "what do I want to accomplish here?" by blogging outfits (which is pretty silly when I think about it). Ultimately I wanted to use it as a tool to evolve my personal style. I wanted a place where I could document daily and then look back over time and evaluate.. or judge or whatever how I was dressing and see where I could improve, what worked, what didn't work... blah blah.  I'm feeling a new level of frustration with my blog... and I think with "style" in general.

2. My favorite thing to do (on a sunny day) is to get a coffee and walk around Haight St or Union Sq. Clearly I LOVE clothes and being able to pop in and out of shops while people watching is my absolute favorite thing. On a rainy day I love to get under some blankets, pig out on Thai food and ice-cream, and watch movies aaaallllll day loooooong. Bonus points of my boyfriend will hold still long enough to cuddle with me.

3. Favorite guilty pleasure... dressing up just to prance around the house!! Maybe eat ice-cream in a party dress, or put on fancy heels to do the dishes. Why not?

4. ZOMBIES!!! BWAIIINNNSSS!!! I used to spend long periods of time talking with one of my best friends about what we would do should the undead start to take over. Haha!! Soooo, basically I would find a way to block off the stairs on both sides of my house. Luckily we live on the second floor. If something should have happened to my upstairs neighbor I would secure that location as well. Fill all the sinks, tubs, & large buckets and mixing bowls with WATER! Luckily I love across the street from a large grocery store AND a corner store. After securing the house we'd have to make weapons (lots of tools in the garage). Next run to the corner store and secure as much food as possible! The corner store is closer than the grocery store... safer bet. We could travel by roof top (best to avoid the streets).

5. My favorite meal to make is Black Beans & Tempeh!! One of my best friends taught me how to make it. It's Vegan and SUPER healthy... on top of that it's super tasty!!! Recipe can be found HERE!!

  


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