Let's Tessellate

Lace Crop Top: Charlotte Russe

Maxi Skirt: Gift from Ape

Belt: Forever 21

Flats: Urban Outfitters 

Purse: Vintage 

Headband: Street Vendor

Hello, my lovely readers, I feel like it's been forever, but here's a new outfit post! I've been working out religiously ever since I returned from my road trip and lost 5+ pounds. Insanity and road runs are where it's at, yo. My abs are slowly, but surely making a comeback as well, although you can't really tell in these photos, but I pinky promise with a cherry on top! Anyways, since the sun decided to peek its head out today (It's been unusually cloudy these past couple of days, mer.), I decided to pull out this lace crop top. I've been maxi skirt-obsessed lately, so of course I paired the top with this awesome skirt my best friend Ape bought me. Then, I just accessorized with the usual accessories (I have a robot ring now!) and wore some flats because I couldn't find any of my sandals. Since the skirt was a little too big, I tied it with a brown belt, which just made the ensemble look better, so no complaints from me. This was a pretty generic look for me since I feel like I'm always wearing maxi something these days, but I love it, so it's all good. I wore this out to lunch with an 'old friend' and that's all I'm going to say, haha. But I totally recommend the maxi skirt+crop top combo as a 'What to Wear: Out with Friends' look because let's face it, the maxi skirt is pretty much a stylish version of the sweat pant, so you can eat all you want without feeling fat. The crop top also provides the casual to keep the outfit from entering fancy territory. 

As far as what I've been up to, I've just been working and chilling with hometown friends whenever I can. Saw one of my best friends for the first in a long time the other day and we had some philosophical chats over froyo. I also had some pretty intense conversations over veggie burgers with two of my best girl friends the other day as well. I guess my friends and I are serious people? Haha, but the subject of love popped up on both occasions, so I am going to explain why I don't really believe in love. I don't know if I believe in love because we, as people, are constantly changing. Our experiences mold our life perspectives and thoughts constantly, so who we were a couple years ago is very different from who we are now or who we will be two years from now. Therefore, how can someone claim to love another person for a lifetime? The person he/she 'fell in love with' will eventually change, so said person either has to re-fall in love with the new version or live in the delusion that the person he/she fell in love with is still the old version. Is it really possible to continue to grow and change with a person to ensure that you are in love with them for the rest of your life? I think it's unlikely because our generation requires an immediacy (Blame social media: Twitter, Facebook, etc. I'm looking at you.) which makes us unwilling to work through problems and deal with rough patches in a relationship, but then again, I don't know much about love, so I guess I'm not a credible source on the matter. I am just a cynical 80 year old on that issue. All my friends are very positive on the matter, which I'm thankful for because I really would like to be a hopeless romantic. Well, I'm rambling and as Albert Camus once said:

"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." 

So I'm learning to not think so much about life and just live life. 

New Music: I've been a huge fan of this Alt J cover of Tessellate (hence the title of this post). The saxophone— incredible. Also, this cover of Stay by Branchez Bootleg. Definitely can relate to this song and love this cover of it. 

To close, here are some of my favorite words written by Mr. Camus: 

"Comme si cette grande colère m'avait purgé du mal, vidé d'éspoir, devant cette nuit chargée de signes et d'étoiles, je m'ouvrais pour la première fois à la tendre indifférence du monde."

"It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe."

xx