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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!

it doesn't get cuter than this

i'm baaaaaaaaaack

the tunes for this post...


this website has been consuming too much of my time...seriously, stop by and i dare you to get any work done.

here's what i made:



a few flaws yes, but it's just the first of what i'm guessing will be many...

i am alive

all puns intended

as requested

so i disappeared...and you can bet the nice weather had something to do with it. i'm going to come with something BIG in the next week or so, but for now...

a few pictures i've snapped the past couple weeks.


this guy lives a few doors down from me; i look forward to seeing him everyday


one day i saw somebody had placed a bunch of flowers in ghandi's hand and really wished i had my polaroid with me. i went back a week later and even though the flowers were now dead, it didn't make a difference to my polaroid


i went to david byrne's 'play the building' at the maritime building with jordan. it made for a great little sunday


in the maritime building. ooooooh & aaaaaaaah indeed


and you KNOW i went to the beach this weekend (drug rug in tow!). it was a real scorcher!

breakfast for one

pancakes, my specialty

after successfully escaping jury duty on thursday (i'm set for 8 years now!), i kicked off a FOUR day weekend. yesterday was spent in soho doing some light shopping and lunching at cafe gitane with roulie. i rode my bike around for a little when i got home and finally purchased a bike lock.

today's goal: bike basket.


couldn't finish

places i'd rather be...

riding a motorbike with a billy goat

i'm looking for some kind of change...something big...what's it gonna be....

MOMS

I've got the best...


a mother's loving gaze


through the cute times (the beginning of my schwoopy bangs)


and the not-so-cute times (those glasses! her exasperation!)


you've always known what i needed & the right thing to say (even when i wouldn't admit it)

i love you, mom! happy mother's day!

hovie's home

friday i was fortunate enough to check out the mary jay-z blige tour at madison square garden. my cameras pix were lacking so i lifted this from ms lacey to demonstrate the mean dance moves ms mary had going on. it was a great show, not to be missed.


photo by ms lacey seidman

annnnnnnnnnnd that's all i've got. LATE

harmony korine love & other pretty things

last night i got a two-for-thursday of one of my all time faves, mister harmony korine. after work i met a friend and swung (swang?) by the apple store in soho for a little q&a with harmony re: his new film, mister lonely. now, i would have enjoyed this if the hour only consisted of him sitting in a chair on stage, so it might not be much coming from me, but i thought it was grand. he's one of the funniest/most intelligent-in-an-emotional/human-way people i think...and when he laughs....sigh.


the man himself, harmony korine

my favorite moments: when some idiot asked him what he thinks of his audience as a reflection of him/his work? and harmony reacted with a "whhhhhhaaaaaaa??? face. i also enjoyed when somebody asked him who would win in a fight...him or david blaine...and he told the guy to get real...of course david would.

anyyyyway, after that we went to a screening of mister lonely. every single frame would make a beautiful still. and diego luna was amazing. after samantha morton's performance in this and the joy division biopic control, she's becoming one of my favorites. also, she looks like my grandmother when she was younger.


from mister lonely: beautiful

the film opens this weekend; go see it!


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a few PrettyThings...


pretty colors AND fonts


don't eat me, piranha, sir


this is truth, you lying jerks!


wish it said '1982' but then i guess it'd be completely different


i'm kinda dizzy, but, i mean, come on...those colors!!!


always remember


this song came to me via ryan via greg. i really enjoy it. you don't have to watch the video, it looks like it was probably fun to be in, but it doesn't do much for the song. i think they should have just had two people playing in a really sunny field...yeah a field, even though the song sounds beachy

bah humbugging april showers

so that BIG post i said was TK? yeah, i realized i was super hyped on something that wasn't that interesting. i thought i was going to get motivated and book report about it here but then yesterday was dreary and today is even drearier and i'm just not in the mood. so, i'll summarize...

a couple weeks ago i wrote about henry darger and how his artwork reminded me of richard dadd. then a few days ago i wrote about the book i'm reading about the insane dr w.c. minor (who was one of the main contributors to the oxford english dictionary)...well, in the book it mentioned that he was friends with fellow crazy inmate richard dadd (who was in the asylum for killing his...dad)! annnnyway, i just love when things come full circle like that.
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the rain outside has got me down so i'm just going to post some images i'm digging today...


my heart, it is heavy...


...but this guy's moves make me happy


envious


yeah!

omgomgomg

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did you see at the end, the one with his paw on the others back? and the yawner midway through? needless to say i'll be watching this on loop all day...

in appreciation

pg tips + aesop rock + wikipedia = me in bed all saturday morning


place me under the covers

BIG post TK, but between my clicking on wikipedia and proclivity for tangents, this one might take a minute

library time

two for friday! i'm back with another post already because today is s.l.o.w. bout to go have some friday-afternoon-at-work-margaritas with my co-workers and then call it a day...but first...

i love to read! i typically read a book a week between the subway and pre-bed time rituals. i almost never juggle books, but over the past few weeks i've been reading the following simulatenously. i don't like that and i'm going to get back to my one book at a time pattern soon, i promise.


this one is so good. it's increased my random food knowledge and perpetuated my growing belief that the government/big business/the media are all in cahoots. i want to buy a copy for my mom, sister, sister-in-law, and you and you and you.


a co-worker lent me this one. donovan's a funny dude. the writing is such an odd mix of him writing naturally and him flat out telling the audience. do you know what i'm saying? that aside, i'm enjoying it. he has a serious inferiority complex when it comes to bob dylan.


this is so good. i started it last and will no doubt finish it first. i found it in a box of books in my old bedroom last week and realized i'd never read it. ummm what else to say about this one...i don't know, it's definitely only for a certain kind of person and that person would be one that is really into reading about how the dictionary as we know it today was composed (aka a geek, square, nerd, ME).

don't put off your happy life

oh hai...here i am. it's friday yet again, gorgeous out and i'm dancing in my desk chair listening to some good tunes.

last weekend with the family was great, as is (was) to be expected.


this guy and i are now BFF

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things i've encountered, imbibed, and enjoied today (in no certain order):

#1 lego man


fillin in the holes

kinda reminds me of space invaders for some reason. maybe one inspired the other? or maybe not.


pre-installation

a lego related story:
when my brother and i were little, we would barter barbie playing time with lego playing time. he knew that i liked legos though, so he had an upper hand. we usually compromised at 1/2 hour barbies, 1 hour legos. sometimes we'd go all out and play a barbie/lego combo where the legos were aliens. fun!

#2 this photo


attention, dear sister. you should use the color scheme in this photo in your nursery. how calming.

#3 a plaid dress

i want (need!) the plaid dress in this au revoir simone press photo.


one smart looking dress

because i haven't found it (yet!), i settled for this plaid brassiere instead.


a little personal to share, i know

#4 sebastian tellier

a frenchman with a good sense of humor. divine is today's theme song and here is the (funny!) video