summer lists-reading

hey its coco and with a lot of people starting summer here's a little of what i'm doing. so i spent a ton of my mama's money. and by that i mean like $15 on a couple books this last weekend at half price books. the books i got our my summer reading for these up coming months. like any intelligent girl with limited time i intend to make my reading time count. so i got books that i think i can apply to my life.
   


the first book i got "he's just not that into you" which i have made my read while i tan book and to say its amazing is an understatement. its witty and truthful. boy i could have saved a lot of heartache reading this earlier! i haven't finished it yet, but let me inform you a little bit about what it is about.

the book focuses on a man's perspective of all the excuses that women use to say that a man is interested in them, but not dating/getting into a relationship with a woman. its very VERY funny. i highly encourage all girls, women, females, and heck maybe even some males to read it!

the second book i got is "act like a lady, think like a man" which i haven't started reading, but i love the guy who wrote it (steve harvey)! he was very funny when i saw him on jimmy fallon the other night (you can watch the interview here) plus it was recently made a movie (ironic since so was he's just not into you)... anyways i'll review that one when i finally get to reading it! however i think i'll probably like it since one of my mottos in life is "i never said i was a lady, just a woman".

the last book i got was "fashion inside out" by daniel vosovic. some of you know daniel vosovic from project runway: season 2 (he was the runner-up i think... he was at least top three and ahh i loved him). this i don't think is being made a movie, however, the author was on a reality tv show so i think that kind of counts? haha and from what i saw when i looked through it, it looks really informative. it takes the reader from inspiration to sketches to samples to runway to getting the collection bought by the fashion buyers. plus theres this weird fuzzy texture on the cover so i kind of had to get it!

add in my massive amount of issues of elle, harpers bazar, etc. that i haven't even opened yet, and i have lots (LOTS) to read this summer.

anyways what are you guys reading this summer? got any good suggestions? post 'em in the comments! i do need some other books to read to add on to my list :)

have a good day and happy reading!\

coco

The True Fiasco

Welcome to true fiasco. if you're confused about the name let me (coco) explain. true fiasco is taken from the quote, "No true fiasco ever began as a quest for mere adequacy", from the movie Elizabethtown, and well we have decided to be anything but adequate... even if it means starting a true fiasco. 

oh hello there random people looking at my face!? i'm colleen... the blondie to the right. sharry calls me coco. its sort of a thing. i got the name not just cause the first two letters of my name are "co" but also because i love fashion and designing so she calls me that after coco chanel. but this blog thing, well i guess it was technically my idea, but sharry took the lead, making it all official with actual stuff on it, like fashion, beauty, relationship stuff, etc. i thought we were blogging our journey from small town indiana to LA. my goal is to get to LA and go to FIDM and work as a costumer for tv shows and movies. i love costume design just because i love makeup, hair, styling, and getting to incorporate history into clothes, like hippies, pin-up girls. all that stuff. 


sharshar and i are going to live in LA together. or at least thats the dream. we are gonna share a super tiny apartment and be roomies. it will be amazing. you are probably sick of my vain moments of self description, plus im really bad at it, so you will probably get to know me better through other random posts instead of me trying to explain myself all at once. 


and here comes sharbear....


hey guys! my name's sharmaine but you can call me sharry! you may know me by my personal blog Under Peach Trees and you may not...but ya know (you can always check that out later) :) like coco said, the two of us are starting this blog and filling it with amazingness! hopefully this blog will help us make it to our dream place in LA for college. she's planning on going to FIDM and I'm planning on going to UCLA for photo journalism, telecom and acting/musical theatre. not sure what exactly i'll be doing in the future but something along the lines of those interests! you'll learn more about me throughout the posts :)


so now about the two of us together...


the two of us met first semester honors english. not exactly sure how we became really good friends. we sat next to each other, somehow started talking and now we're besties! :D when you have big dreams it's a lot easier to have a friend standing next to you along the way!