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Aside from pink fun
fur hats, Jessie
Nagel wears many other chapeaus,among them — wife, mother,
publicist, and contributor to Write Between the Lines. Her
recent creative outlet can be accessed 24/7 on:
http://hypegirl.blogspot.com.
The following is a smidge of what Ms. Nagel thinks and
writes about in her odd/off hours:
About
Me
Name: hypegirl
Locale: Los Angeles
Raised in Vancouver,
BC (ref. Douglas Coupland's Souvenir of Canada), Hypegirl
attended San Francisco State University and earned an honors
degree in Film Theory/Fine Arts and was a few credits shy
of a minor in pretentiousness (though she was later given
an honorary degree by the SFSU interpretive dance department).
A resident of Los Angeles, Hypegirl is a new mother - and
she thought she was busy before the baby was born. Once, in
an argument, she called herself "a professional drinker."
But only really to make a point.
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Tuesday,
June 20, 2006
I'm Very Jolli
Truth be told, I haven't
eaten here. Still, Jollibee is my favorite fast food restaurant.
And for a woman who hasn't eaten at a major chain for a decade,
this is . . . well I don't know what it is really. A confession?
Anyway, check out this
link: http://www.jollibee.com.ph/products.htm. I love the
name Chickenjoy. Passing one of the stores (there are 10)
in Los Angeles, I actually thought this place was a film set.
Oh and good news: Kids
will be seeing a lot more of Jolibee in school through Jollibee's
Values Education Program. Pretty please (with Jolli on top)
sign me up!
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Wednesday,
May 10, 2006
She Told Me To Walk This Way
Just noticed:
Someone in our neighborhood has gone around the various walk
signal signs (the ones above the button) and changed the man
in pants to a figure in a skirt, some plain white and others
with small colorful details. I
will try to take a photo so you can see these tiny art pieces.
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Thursday, April 06, 2006
So I called
the sketch artist, hoping it was a kid — you know, a
modern-day version of the lemonade stand — but instead
it was a kind of nervous and blue sounding women named Rosie.
Now the humor and charm
of the poster has taken a slight downturn. Not sure if I should
call back and have a sketch done, or if I should just let
it go. On the one hand, I could end up with a great (or wonderfully
kooky) sketch. But the emotional cost might be more than the
advertised $10 dollars.
I'm the kind of person
that delights in the quirky but also feels bummed out at an
empty restaurant even if I know the food is horrible. Unless
I am certain the owners are awful people, I immediately have
a sinking feeling thinking about them pouring their hopes
and dreams into the restaurant and waiting, waiting, waiting
for people to show. But I don't feel so bad, it seems, to
patronize the restaurant. Nice & helpful, huh?
So in this case, do
I call and help her with the entrepreneurship, or just imagine
her world and project feelings that may or may not be true?
Is it like watching a person attempt to flag down the bus
you are on and not alerting the driver?
Of course Rosie might
be perfectly happy drawing ANYTHING in her spare time and
would call me an idiot for even giving it this much thought.
Do you want a drawing
or not, honey?
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Thursday,
March 30, 2006
The Entrepreneur
Found all over my neighborhood.
I am so tempted.
I am so tempted.
I am so tempted.
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