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

suckers!

so it's been a minute...but here i am! i was quiet for a few days because i felt it would help to prepare me for a new personal goal. and that goal is...

not interrupting! i've started to realize when somebody brings up a topic that i'm really into or know something interesting about, i overstep myself and interrupt. i quickly follow up my anecdote with an oh my gosh, but you were saying? but that's still rude. and i won't do it anymore. or at least have every intention of curbing it to the best of my potential.
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it's spring and i need a new springtime jacket. i've found a few nice uns but they're always mens only! that is not gonna work, even a small would be too big i'm afraid...

this seersucker one from subscript would be real nice...


i can plz has in syze xtra smallz?

oh gosh, this one from woolrich is just...a dream.


guaranteed to turn any boy into a babe
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okay this is pretty funny. guy made a drawing of every piece of art at the MOMA viewable to the public between January 19, 2005 to January 31, 2005. clearly i'm a little late to the party, but at any rate, might make a nice gift for a few of the art phags i know...

the same artist, jason polan, has a blog where he is documenting his attempt to draw every person in new york. i'd love to spot myself on there, but sadly i don't frequent the taco bell on 14th (he has so many pics drawn there!).


taco bell on 14th

oh but i'm in luck. you can make an 'appointment' of somewhere you'll be for several minutes and a description of what you're wearing...and he just might show up to draw your portrait (in secret!).

ART

on my way from the subway this morning i saw 10 reds caps...count 'em, T-E-N reds caps in only 4 city blocks. i'll never cease to be amused by that trend.



speaking of the nati, i'll be heading home a week from today. get to see my preggers sister and sister-in-law, go to a real thrift store, spend time with the fam AND friends...and even go with Jess to her doctor's appointment to learn the sex of Baby Mason.
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though i miss the marc jacobs of yore, i still think the man is a genius. and love him. and i could care less about victoria beckham but appreciate that she has a sense of humor about herself. really enjoyed the recent nytimes article on juergen teller...


you can get out of town if you don't like these ads

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a friend recently put me on henry darger. dude was insane and wrote a 15,000 page fantastical manuscript called The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion (phew!) and made hundreds of drawings and watercolors to illustrate it. OH and nobody knew about them until right before he died. i really dig his work...already put the documentary about his life in my netflix Q. i was all "i'm going to read his biography, too!" but it costs nearly $500! WTF?! i'm going to do some further investigating and try to track it down, but...seriously?!


i encourage you to google for larger images...gotta get in close to really appreciate


darger traced a lot of his work from pix in magazines/papers/etc. i think i spot the Coppertone girl's head on the right!

darger's work reminds me of another mentally insane artist...Richard Dadd. at one point before he was diagnosed as 'not all there,' Dadd had to fight off urges to attack the Pope. me, too, dude...me, too.

I was taken by one of his faery paintings at the Tate in London this summer.


detail

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okay, one last thing. a little light-hearted fun to send you on your weekend...because it's FRIDAY! compliments of dutch boyz Kraak & Smaak.