Ill Narative :: Old Spice 'Experience'

Ill Narative :: Old Spice 'Experience'

Old Spice - Experience ft. Bruce Campbell

If you have it, you do not need it. If you need it you do not have it. If you have it you need more of it. And if you have more of it you do not need less of it. You need it to get it. And you certainly need it to get more of it. But if you don’t have any of it to begin with, you can not get any of it to get started, which means you really have no idea how to get it in the first place. You can share it. You can even stock pile it if you would like, but you can not fake it. You can want it, need it, wish for it. But if you have never had any of it, ever, people just seem to know.

EXPERIENCE.

Ill Narative :: Miranda Priestly & Nigel

Ill Narative :: Miranda Priestly & Nigel

The Devil Wears Prada is one of my favorite films! You know, one of those flicks you could watch a million and one times and never get tired of it. I purchased it the first week it came out on DVD and have been watching it habitually, at least once a month, since. Beyond all the great fashion and glamorous nature of it all, it serves as constant motivator to continue to pursue my dreams in this industry and always be true who I am. Below are my 2 favorite quotes from the movie. Powerful stuff...

The Devil Wears Prada - words from Miranda Presley

This... 'stuff'? Oh... ok. I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. You're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar De La Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff.

The Devil Wears Prada - words from Nigel

Andy, be serious. You are not trying. You are whining. What is it that you want me to say to you, huh? Do you want me to say, "Poor you. Miranda's picking on you. Poor you. Poor Andy"? Hmm? Wake up, six. She's just doing her job. Don't you know that you are working at the place that published some of the greatest artists of the century? Halston, Lagerfeld, de la Renta. And what they did, what they created was greater than art because you live your life in it. Well, not you, obviously, but some people. You think this is just a magazine, hmm? This is not just a magazine. This is a shining beacon of hope for... oh, I don't know... let's say a young boy growing up in Rhode Island with six brothers pretending to go to soccer practice when he was really going to sewing class and reading Runway under the covers at night with a flashlight. You have no idea how many legends have walked these halls. And what's worse, you don't care. Because this place, where so many people would die to work you only deign to work. And you want to know why she doesn't kiss you on the forehead and give you a gold star on your homework at the end of the day. Wake up, sweetheart.

Ill Narrative :: @MissesLA

Ill Narrative :: @MissesLA

Last night after work I got caught up with my old buddy, Elyse, over crab salad and Crystal Geyser. It's been quite a while since we've seen one another. Life and everything in between has kept us apart, but we finally said enough is enough. It truly was one of the most therapeutic, hilarious heart-to-hearts I've had in a while.

One of the things that she said that stood out the most is the quote you see above. Fashion is indeed my girlfriend right now. I have the most extreme case of tunnel vision and couldn't be hungrier to make my dreams come true and attain all my goals...

I can't wait till we get married. Courting her has been rewarding enough. It's only going to get better from here!