trumped!

okay SCAD student, Invader just topped you as far as time-intensive and well-planned videos went for today...can't wait for his show next month.

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been out and about doing stuff so much lately i don't even feel like my apartment is mine. letting the dishes sit in the sink for more than a day hasn't even been giving me ocd guilt cause i know i won't be seeing them. out of sight out of mind.

go see: tyson, the hangover. will see: food, inc.


if you haven't already read all of michael pollan's book, do so now

just discovered discovery today. comprised of one part ra ra riot and one part vampire weekend i was surprised i liked them because i'm not into either of those bands. and not gonna lie, i mostly decided to give it a listen because i liked the album art so much. it's dreamy poppy stuff, a little tahiti 80, a little röyksopp...but not quite.


anyway, go listen

and speaking of röyksopp, they provide the soundtrack to this cool SCAD student video. i've definitely seen stop motion with post-its before, but whether or not this is completely original doesn't matter...dude put in a ton of work. only an art school student would have enough time to do this...


loving the little bomb guy

a dream of a weekend

sooo i started to write a post a few weeks ago about the damn near perfect weekend i'd had (seems to be happening a lot lately) and became distracted and now it seems silly to try to capture the sense of elation i had at that moment. it's still there just not fresh...but for my own memories sake i'll sum it up in the following:

photoshoot on the roof, bike rides galore (to babysit, around the hood, to nature park, to coney island), purchasing a top notch dress, full days and lazy nights.

anyyyyway...i do have documentation of part of this stellar weekend...a trip to the 'nature walk' set near a shit cleaning plant and on the heavily polluted newton creek in greenpoint just a few blocks away from where i lay my head. so post-modern, industrial and surreal, it's an oddly relaxing setting and i've already returned a couple times.

check it out


my man snapping a polaroid


i think these onion like structures are where they purify the oil out of the water, but i could be wrong


finding beauty in the blow


this pretty much sums it all up


ghost leg man


dawgs being dawgs


just look at that

looking at the pictures - one set taken in afternoon, one at sunset - i'd definitely say the place has a certain beauty and mystique about it at the golden hour, so i'd head there then for a post-dinner romantic walk (that may or may not smell bad depending on the shit factory's mood).

who got the keys to my jeep

cars hit me with a double whammy today, yall...

first i learned about mayor bloomberg's plan to close traffic on broadway between 42nd and 47th to make way for a pedestrian mall. i really have mixed emotions about this.

on the one hand, this will create more room for the people in my way every morning, lunch, and evening as i navigate my work day. they'll spread out, stop crowding the sidewalks and give me some breathing room. my run-ins should decrease, right? the frequency with which i appear in tourists' photos should decrease, right? i'll stop saying 'are you kidding me?' and 'wtf' and 'motherf***er' all the time, right? (OR will there just be even more of them filling the newly found car-free space?)

on the other hand, it is already difficult to secure a cab when leaving work for the airport or a show...so what happens when the traffic decreases? the benches and outdoor seating sound nice, but i really don't need to eat my lunch while visitors mill about...especially when bryant park is just an avenue and couple of blocks away.

so, there's that.

and then there's this...my dad has been loaning me a spare car the past few months. i can't tell you how much i love this car. my friends love this car. people i don't even know see me in this car and think, i love this car. i live in brooklyn where parking is easy so i never worry about finding a spot. sure i've had a couple of parking tickets, but clearly the benefits far outweigh the consequences.

so imagine my shock and horror when dad says "we've got to talk about the car." he needs it back. i feel sick just typing about this. i was so looking forward to driving the ol' marquis to the beach this summer, girls in tow, windows down, wind blowing my hair. i don't even know what to say...still processing this one.


in memoriam

takeshi murata not takashi murakami

seems as though takeshi murata is blowing up these days! i suppose it helps that kanye bit his style with his video for 'welcome to heartbreak,' doesn't it? shouldn't be surprised as this isn't the first time (and surely not the last) kanye rips something off and proclaims he's an originator (justice's 'd.a.n.c.e.' yielding kanye's 'good life' ring a bell?).

anyway, 'ye hatin' aside, takeshi murata is an artist worthy of all the praise. he figured out a way to use the beauty of mishap and manipulate what was formerly an error in a deliberate manner. check it out...


i love the sand art vibe of this one


a still from takeshi's 2007 dvd, Untitled

below is the kanye vid. now i'm not a complete hater, i realize that the video incorporates new elements, but you'd be a fool to not acknowledge takeshi as the inspiration...

i long for the city that always sleeps...

...cause these days i never want to get out of bed...



it's been a rough few weeks. kind of feel like i'm headed in the wrong direction in more than one aspect of my life right now. usually it's only one facet out of sync at a time...but times like these, when it feels as though i'm out of gear at every level, something big has to happen to resolve it all. what will that big thing be? waiting for the other shoe to drop stinks, yall.

i know that this tangle started because i started to live my life making up for lost time. i've been a bit out of pocket the last few months (year even? yeah, basically all of 2008), acting a little too big for my britches...and i don't regret it. i think i deserved it. but now it's time to hunker down and find a balance. i know that i don't want my youth to go to waste - i want to do all the stuff i can get away with while i'm still wrinkle-free & sunny side up but i don't ever want to regret not doing what i should have been doing now, later. cause really that's what got me into this mess.

so yeah, there's that.

a few ruminations

i visit home a lot, too much so for each trip to offer any grand insight on what i'm missing in my life, where i'm headed (or should be headed) or any other ah-ha type of discovery. but this thanksgiving a few things presented themselves in such a sequence that i can honestly say had i not come home for these 4 days, i might not have realized i need to do something.

i've prescribed to the 'live fast, die young, no regrets' mentality of living for the past few years and i think it's time i find a little balance with something from the 'do something with your life' school of thought. don't get me wrong, i am by no means a slacker, i could just be doing a lot more if i didn't choose to hang out 24/7. so...there's that. a month or so early a resolution of sorts...

that being said, i cannot wait to get back to new york. damn!