Multitasking--Hulu, Excessive Reading & Fashion Porn

A lot of my time is spent, obviously looking at (moving) pictures--Ronye asked 'how [I] balance all the TV shows that [I] watch,' and what I do is usually try and catch only one or two TV shows a night. On days when I don't have class, or when I've got free time, I log onto Hulu, drag the window to one half of my screen, and in a second window, go on with my Internet habits of (as afore-clarified in title).

A screenshot of what I'm doing right now.

Obviously, right now, I am watching TV (a passive activity) and typing this blog. Normally, however, I'm running through my Google Reader feed (usually 1000+ updates) and looking at static pictures.

Screenshot of my earlier entry Daily Reads displaying my daily reading list.

Go-to websites on my feed usually include The Daily Beast and Entertainment Weekly; that doesn't include the myriad of links on social media provided by the awesome people I follow on Twitter. (I love Twitter. Follow me on Twitter. You'll probably talk to more on Twitter than in real life).

 I spend the rest of my time surfing fashion blogs and feeding my inner sartorial whore; for looking up the latest fashion spreads, I have two go-to sites:

Fashion Gone Rogue

Fashion, whether you like it or not, is mostly a woman's world. FGR regularly posts up editorial spreads from every issue of Vogue, various catalogs, ad campaigns, and other magazines. High quality scans and compiled all in one place, it's like buying twenty magazines and flipping through without all the ugly advertisements and having the opportunity to compile, on your hard drive for personal use, all your favorite fashion images. As an amateur fashion illustrator, I love having an easy resource like this.

The Fashionisto

The Fashionisto is FGR's... brother site. Focusing on man candy male models, this site is the definitive place to find images of the elusive XY mannequin.  Mmmm... I think I'll leave this entry here. I've got boys to drool over homework to do.

Liu Wen for Estee Lauder

Estée Lauder just signed models Liu Wen (left... duh) & Constance Jablonski (right); congrats to both, as they're the first from either country to be signed to the cosmetic giant.

The signing of Wen is what really makes this a great move--beauty ideals are really taken seriously, almost to an extreme, on the 'Eastern' side of the world; whereas in Western countries there are pages devoted to facial regimens and skin care, in countries like China, Japan, and Korea, you have entire magazines devoted to a single aspect, such as nail art, painting the perfect pout, and especially whitening the skin.

Wen's success as a model on the international front--the first Asian to walk for Victoria's Secret, the first Asian face for EL & 49 shows this last season!--has definitely resulted in major props & pride on the home front in China; for Estée Lauder to sign an Asian face for representation is a definite sign of the globalization of 'beauty' and a sort-of affirmation of the beauty of Asians, which will undoubtedly up their cache in Eastern countries against brands that have not 'held out,' so-to-speak, in not featuring Asian models, such as Shiseido or SK-II (which are also based in Japan).

Essentially, a European company embracing a Chinese gal = happy Chinese people & even more Chinese girls aspiring to be like Liu Wen = saaaaaaaales & $$$$$$.

Via StyleList.