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Dear Nina, Heidi, Michael and ...whoever you are Guest Judge WHO CRIED??,


I understand that there is a certain amount of "innovation" that you look for in your clothes but your decision that Jeffrey presented the most high design aesthetic makes me want to rethink reading Elle, or shopping at Victoria's Secret, or even looking at the Michael Kors' collections at all.

Jeffrey as innovative? Thats about as true as saying that Betty Page, Betty Boop, and the rockabilly - esque femme meets Hot Topic look never happened. Have you ever been to a mall? I bet you haven't and thats okay be/c you work in high fashion but today...today today today was a different version of the field of fashion you employ yourselves in.

Have you ever been to the Metro in Chicago? I bet you haven't. You should go on a night where there is some sort of "punk" act playing. If you do, you will see Jeffrey's "innovation" splitting the seams of the building. His clothes are like the female equivilant to Elmer Ave. and that look really is on the way out. Jeffrey would be innovative if this was 1999, but it's 2006, and from what i can tell, fashion is no where near regressing to anything from the 90's - just be/c the 80's seemed to be revamped this past season doesn't necessarily mean that the 90's - the LATE 90's mind you - will follow.

I am so disappointed in you Judges. Really. I understand that it was slim pickings (Michael's collection was like all the rejected satin blend pantsuits from old 70's pornos and Charlie's Angels episodes, - honestly, I was waiting for the music to cue Bow Chika Bow Wow! but somehow...his was trashier; Laura, again, props for looking so tight when you're preggers, but you should just go work for Ann Taylor - start the evening wear division of her lines, Laura, really).

ULI - talk about all the right elements. It had range in both design and color - as opposed to Laura's noir feel, Michael's jungle safari funhouse and Jeffrey's Minnie Mouse palate. Goddamn you Project Runway. You looked fashion in the eye and SPIT IN IT.

Oh and also, what a great message this show sent. As if its not bad enough that I had to suffer through the EVER ILLUMINATING "drug addict turned good" story, now he's awarded for going $200 over - what if all the designers had been able to go $200 over and then just switch up pieces based on receipts or some shit? God. His collection was so, so bad. Leather skinny pants. Stripes and Polka Dots...ew ew ew.

If the goal was to alienate and make a point to the fashion world, good job, but if it was to accurately reflect what the word innovation mean, well, to be frank, that didn't happen all season so to start now is just lame lame lame...i'd have liked to have seen Alison up there if Innovation was so important. Not Laura. NOT JEFFREY. Le Sigh. I guess now Jeffrey can try to dress more women outside of his girlfriend with his handy, kitschy, and FUGLY styles. I just. I am in shock. The day I use a BRONZE ZIPPER as a seam is the day I get a lobotomy, be/c the two would never happen on their own. Maybe now that Jeffrey has won, he can go get a real haircut be/c the coonskin cap as hair style he's dragging around needs to be out...esps since there are mutated versions of it on his like 2 year old love child and on his "pointedly not his wife" girlfriend. Mullet? Fauxhawk? Just plain ugly? I can't even tell anymore.

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I don't wanna be a product of my environment, I want my environment to be a product of me.

I saw the Departed yesterday - it was way too long, like 45 minutes too long. 2.5 hours is quite a stretch, even when I'm staring at the relatively good looking faces of Nicholson, DiCaprio, Damen and...well, some woman who looked like she was from Eastern Europe. The movie was good - better and worse than I thought - better in the sense that I thought there would be more violence, worse than I thought in that I could sorta predict what was going to happen and (STOP READING IF YOU DON'T WISH TO RUIN THE END OF THE MOVIE) to be honest, I had this feeling that DiCaprio was going to die be/c there was no where else for him to go - like, how do you tie up that storyline when he is essentially a) family - less b) mentally f-ed up c) frantic and neurotic for the last 30 minutes of the movie...just doesn't transfer well to, say, living the "good life" somewhere else. It wasn't as clear to me if Damen would live or die - it would have been more of a sticker to have him keep living, alone, successful in being horrible, but then again, bringing back Dignam to finish him off was a great way to end it - and also, it was obvious they were going to bring him back - his character was way, way too intense to just lay low when the plot finally began to move. Nicholson was great - totally perfectly neurotic, old and crazy and just...not a nice guy in any way - if anyone felt a smudge of sympathy for him I don't know where they derived that from. He wasn't pure evil he was just gross and ugly and who can feel bad for that? His heavies were amusing, partly be/c two had thick Irish accents - love the accents. Alec Baldwin was funny too - very fitting, he seems to always play these like, mid management, sort of hating life but reveling in the small amount of power they have characters. Anyway. Good flick altogether.

I just finished all my property work for the week so I can focus exclusively on Contracts - my Torts stuff is already done. I am so nervous for this midterm that I just want to clear the week to focus exclusively on that damn exam. I am freaking out - I really hope these concept start to come together as I study more but its tough to say what will happen at 8am on Friday morning. All I can say is that after 950, I will feel much, much better. Esps be/c I need to then finish my second memo which is due on that Tuesday. Goddamn this schedule sucks. Its not going to get better until I am done with finals. I have already resigned myself to that. Thanksgiving is going to suck be/c I will absolutely not be able to enjoy myself at home.

In other news Eduardo and I are this close to booking our flights and hotel for Spain - I can't wait to spend the new year overseas* We're departing on the 27th and returning on the 2nd. I really need this break. Its like the only thing keeping me going. Especially be/c when I get back, I get to take 5 classes! I don't know whats going to happen with working at the firm - I just, I am not sure if i'll have any time to give them. Sigh - too much planning ahead I guess.

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