Hickey Cover-Up Tutorial
Like any warm-blooded American woman, I appreciate a good hickey. The only problem is, not being 17, there’s no way I can go outside my...
Twitter Design Challenge Parrot and Glasses
By now every creative person on the internet has read or heard that quote from Ira Glass about wading your way through shit work in...
Twitter Tells Me: Bulk Food Edition
mr_bithead wanted to hear “about things in your area that you like. Favourite shops, salon, grocery store, restaurants, and why!” I live in Hawthorne, CA,...
What I Wore: IKAT
My co-corker said the pattern on this skirt is called an ‘IKAT.’ I’ve never heard the term before. I love a wrap-around skirt, but I...
Twitter Tells Me: Planes and Clothes
Tuttle88 asks: why is my plane running late. That’s all I want to know A lot of people don’t know this, but planes suffer from...
Twitter Tells Me: Cable TV
@thenoid13 asked about “the undeniable decline of cable TV” Was Cable TV ever good? I mean, really? Was any TV ever good in comparison to...
Ask Marina: Illicit Advice
WARNING: Continuing to read this post is not advised for children or the faint of heart. I assume that, based on the themes that have...
Movie Review: Thor
The boyfriend and I just got back from seeing “Thor.” I left for the theater knowing nothing about the superhero, and nothing about the story,...
On Caregiving
My grandmother attracts strays. She’s not particularly motherly, but motherless things seem inexplicably drawn to her. Possibly because we all know that she’ll care for...
Twitter Again
Today I went back to twitter for more inspiration. TheNoid13 wanted to hear about video games. I feel that I’m a somewhat unexpected video game...
Twitter Tells Me
Once again, I have turned to my trusty twitter followers to provide content for this blog. ThereminJelly: How do you explain a concept like ‘homosexuality’...
What I Wore: To Market
Lately I’ve been skimpy with the outfit posts. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because you guys have seen my whole wardrobe at this point,...
What I Wore: Tied With a Bow
Red long sleeved shirt from The Gap Blue striped dress from Forever 21 Red skirt from Mervins Stripey socks from Target PF Flyers were a...
What I Wore: Women Facilitate Prostitution as Well
… please proceed to dust your clavicle. Sorry there haven’t been a lot of outfit posts lately. I always look super-cute, but by the time...
What I Wore: Fire Engine
Whenever I try to be sexy, I end up looking like I have a developmental disability. In all of these pictures, I have a splitting...
What I Wore: Dervish
Today’s outfit post puts me in a dancing mood. Undershirt from The Gap V-neck T from The Gap Brown vest from Target Underskirt is handmade...
BACKUP What I Wore: Ultranova
Thanks to a blown fuse in our building, we were without Internet for a couple of days. I have pictures backed up, but none of...
Book Review: Drowning Ruth
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz I received this book at a white-elephantesque book exchange Ben’s family has started doing for the holidays. As a new...
BACKUP What I Wore: Sailor Jimmy
I’m at the Oregon coast with Ben’s family for a couple of days, so I’m throwing up a backup day. Enjoy my neglect! Scarf from...
What I Wore: Christmas Day
So it’s Christmas day, and the weather has been surprisingly mild here in Oregon. It was nice enough that we could go outside for our...
What I Wore: Christmas Cloak
As you may or may not know, I am in Western Oregon for Christmas, where it is cold and windy in a way that I...
What I Wore: Tartare
Today was supposed to be the first of a series rainy days in LA that didn’t materialize, but I dug out my old boots anyway...
Review: Sock Dreams Extraordinary Thigh High Socks
Having come to accept that my We Love Colors Thigh High Tights will never be thigh high for me, I still found myself in need...
What I Wore: For Comfort, For Glory!
Those antibiotics are really working, but I’m still a few apples short of a fritter-not crazy, just lazy. So I wanted to wear something that...
What I Wore: The Day Before
This outfit is from Tuesday, the day before everything fell apart. I was back to feeling miserable after a short time of elated well-being. I...
Blame it in the A-A-A-A-A-Adenoids
Yesterday I finally went to the doctor. As soon as my lungs started feeling better, my sinuses exploded. I took a sick day Wednesday, hoping...
What I Wore: Skirt Cape
I got this linen dress from Cheryl, of the handed down Doc Martins. It’s a shift style that just looks strange on my body shape....
What I Wore: Target Target
I’ve had bronchitis since early October, and this is the first week where I felt better than the weeks before it. I’m still not at...
What I Wore: Jumping Bean
I was so grateful that it warmed up a little bit today. Especially since I took some advice and cut the crotch out of a...
We Love Colors Thigh High Tights Review
In yesterday’s outfit post, I was wearing my We Love Colors Vertical Stripe Thigh High tights, and I thought I’d throw up a review of...
What I Wore: Army Green Zombie
Another cold day in LA. I’m really thinking about doing this petticoat thing. My friend also suggested cutting the crotches out of my tights and...
What I Wore: I Hate Winter
I love this outfit, it was super comfy and super cute and I got a ton of compliments on it. It also happened that yesterday,...
What I Wore: Holiday Lazy
So I’ve basically been wearing variations of this outfit since Friday, and it’s Sunday now. Don’t worry, except for Saturday, I was only outside (and...
What I Wore: Beet Soup (back-up)
Surprise! This is a post I saved as draft for a day I wasn’t feeling it. Marina’s Note: I have at least 3 outfits...
What I Wore: Green Thumb
I had such a weirdly bad morning that randomly turned into a weirdly good day. But it was still a long day, and I’ve been...
What I Wore: Sauce
This was taken right after I got home. I was hugging Ben, and had face buried in his shirt where I discovered that he smelled...
What I Wore: Under-Tit Belt
While we were looking at today’s photos, my sweet boyfriend Ben expressed is doubts about “the under-tit belt.” He thinks that my outfit looks better...
What I Wore: Born for Comfort
Since I was sick yesterday, I decided to go for an outfit that would be the most comfortable without totally just being PJs. This underskirt...
What I Wore: Sass and Blue (Backup Day)
Surprise! This is a post I saved as draft for a day I wasn’t feeling it. Don’t be sad, it’s extremely sassy. Black pocket T...
What I Wore: Fuck You Towel
Because: I bought this dress yesterday at Forever 21. I hadn’t been in a Forever 21 since it was a shitty strip mall store...
What I Wore: Switcheroo
So, due to some sort of tech fail, all the pictures that we took of my outfit today have completely disappeared. Oops. As it turns...
What I Wore: Muffet of the Mountain
I thought of this name as soon as I finished putting this outfit together. I was overjoyed. A man in the elevator at work told...
What I Wore: Modular Winter Wear
This is only sort of what I wore today. We ended up going to dinner at my favorite neighborhood 24 hour diner, The Kettle, and...
What I Wore: Backup Day Blow Out
Oops! You got one of the old outfit posts I decided to save for a shitty day. Looks like that day is today. No worries,...
What I Wore: Purple and Sore
There’s only one picture today because that’s honestly all I could do. Whenever I’m stressed, the most reliable indicator is my physical health. I’ll feel...
What I Wore: Voting Day
I know this is the outfit from yesterday, but I didn’t have time to put it up last night. Anyway, I planned on wearing blue,...
What I Wore: Garden Experiment
I had another outfit planned for today, but I was all dressed and making good time when I decided it was hideous and went with...
What I Wore: Polka-dot Plaid
I wore this yesterday, but was too tired to upload the pictures last night. This necklace is cute, but it’s super heavy....
Twitter Tells Me: Break-ups and Dying
I asked Twitter what I should blog about, and this is what I got: diamondmanaphy: @marinaisgo Have you ever gone through a break up...
Kiss Me, Fat Boy!
Hey guys, a quick update to bring attention to a much-needed new blog. Big Boy Fashion is just getting started, but I’m so glad to...