take away show

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

way cool phoenix...and yeah, that's versailles.  _in fact_, the blogothéque's whole take away show series is pretty amazing.

via The Fox Is Black

kinetic garments

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th 2013

look what i found... Ying Gao's sound activated kinetic garments.  these creations fill me with questions: why would one  _need_ sound activated kinetic garments?

the project was built around the idea of uncertainty.  both garments are activated by the spectator's voice.  through the motion of the pins, the garments engage the spectator on a conversational level, which is filled with misunderstanding(s) and uncertainty.

oh, well then; why would anyone _want_ to engage in a conversation that was purposefully filled with misunderstanding and uncertainty?!...because it makes you feel the way the videos (below) make you feel.

*excuse me miss DON'T MOVE - i think there is something alive on your dress thing...

(no)where(now)here : 2 gaze-activated dresses by ying gao from ying gao on Vimeo.

this girl

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th 2013

this girl knows where it's at.  see what her face is doing there? the subtext her body position conveys? the subtle je ne c'est quoi her sweatpants emit? i feel that way about the world & the people in it approximately fifty percent of the time i breath -- the remaining time is spent in the fetal position with waves of anxiety and inadequacy lapping at my feet...this of course doesn't account for sleeping and drug/alcohol use.  

photo by emily hope

the shores of lake geneva

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27th 2013

why is lake geneva so cool?  not only do they have bragging rights to "the birthplace of frankenstien & the inspiration for dracula" --  playing host to that mythical weekend john polidori, lord byron, mary & percy shelley spent together -- they are the locale of the montreux jazz festival.  i must admit i'm not a huge jazz fan or music festival fiend (one time i went to a bluegrass festival in telluride) but these temporary installations by bureau make me desperate to visit...

the project's neon signs reinterpret the character tony soprano's the 'bada bing' night strip-club from the famous HBO series - an expression also used by sonny corleone in the film the godfather.  - designboom

how perfect! i ALSO love the sopranos & sonny corleone's hairy chest...and sunsets.  i love sunsets _too_ lake geneva.  fyi - it would cost about $200 to get a personalized neon sign of one's own.  what?! i checked. a girl can dream.

 
images by dylan perrenoud

iktsuarpok

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 2013

i found this the other day -- a list of illustrated untranslatable words -- and they are wonderful. the one below (iktsuarpok) caught my attention. Iktsuarpok consumes my dog's every waking moment, except of course for the moments she is stealing underwear from our hamper.

i'm more of a cafuné girl myself.

cafuné - (brazilian portuguese) to repeatedly run your fingers through someone's hair.  usually done in a soft and affectionate manner.  yes, please.

now look at my dog.  total iktsuarpok, amiright?

stack

MONDAY, AUGUST 26 2013

this guy in some fancy design school has created this...  

When printing, "Stack" slowly moves downwards and swallows the pile until no paper is left.  The paper disappears under the printer and exits on top, where it creates a new pile.

i'm not going to lie, it's pretty awesome.  however, the fact that this excites me -- scares me.  i have been working in an office for much too long.  p.s. A4 paper blows.

via It's Nice That 

overdue validation

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 2013

today at work i stumbled upon something, something that made me very happy -- slutever.  i am enthralled by her...a female dan savage type who's articles leave my mouth agape with a delicate mixture of horror & "living vicariously through" her ennui.  it's awesome BUT not the point.  the point is in a post from 2007 i came across this...

However, since getting over my existential crisis, I have developed a pretty serious case of insomnia. This is the fourth night in a row that I haven’t been able to sleep. I’ve tried everything—reading, counting sheep, masturbation—nothing works. It’s 6:30am at the moment. I’ve just finished watching She’s the Man—a gem of modern cinema

did you catch that?! "She's the Man - a gem of modern cinema" "GEM OF MODERN CINEMA!" karley slutever is my soulmate.  despite the insomnia and existential crisis i think we all know that truer words have never been spoken.  Her 2007-self and my 2007-self should be friends...except she probably would want nothing to do with me because in 2007 i was still a virgin living at my parent's house...

and yeah, that's a butt.  take that world! that lavender underwear clad (& slightly erotic) full moon is for trying to make me doubt myself and my exquisite taste. remember! channing tatum was in that movie and i saw his potential before all of you.

remember remember remember

Thursday, August 15 2013

why did i have to make this?

why haven't i seen this on the internet?

i'm gonna live forever.  

i'm gonna learn how to fly.

HIGH

thank heavens

thank heavens

I want to marry these photos by Osama Yokonami via boom.  

I can't stop looking at them: running girls, dancing girls, girls with secrets, girls in a huddle!   

I can't decide which is my favorite...but I suppose I don't have to.  

Girls -- we run the world.

love crumbs

     

This is my dog Bertie.  I spend most of my free time taking photos of her and watching her sleep.

fame

the hermit lifestyle

Art by AKI INOMATA

http://www.aki-inomata.com/works/hermit/

the shelves that made me want to kill the man i love

tv is my greatest love

treading water

treading water

July 10th, 2013

So, the other day, while I was being my extremely productive self, I watched six episodes of Teen Mom 2...in a row.  It was bad: not just the show, not just my general state of NOT MOVING for hours except to pee, and definitely not just the self hate that followed each episode.  The worst part was the moment I gave into the show – completely. 

As I lay curled up on my couch with my laptop warming my stomach I watched Leah -- age 20, mother of a set of 2 year-old twins, divorced, unemployed, uneducated (formally) -- get proposed to for a SECOND TIME in her life.  A SECOND TIME!  And then it happened.  I thought, “What is wrong with me? Why has no man ever proposed to me?” And then, it got worse, I thought, “I’ve missed my chance to be a teen mom.”  As you can imagine I had lost my sense of reality and it spiraled from there.

In that dark directionless spiral, a part of me (a very SMALL part) was envious of the girls who make mistakes/shit happens/whatever incredibly early because they don’t have to make the decisions later.  Later: when one is aware of and can obsess over all the ramifications of said decision.  *As I type this I realize how insane it all sounds. 

Most of my life I have been frozen by indecision.  The fear of making the wrong choice dominates my every thought – I can’t commit: to jobs, dogs, clothing, vacations, any kind of future plans etc.  Instead of moving forward I end up returning to zero, anxious, filled with regret, and stuck.  There are too many choices today, why did someone fill my head with the notion that I could be what I wanted to be?! Why am I plagued with fear of not becoming THAT person?  Why do I feel a huge obligation to my 16 year-old self and her dreams!?  Why am I afraid!? Long way round – why didn’t I just get pregnant at 16 and not have to think about myself anymore?! ….oh right, because I was a virgin until 22.

P.S. I wrote this AFTER Jeremy hit Leah in the face with a piece of bacon.  Ellie Jepperson - disappointing women everywhere all the time.

about my buttons

about my buttons

MONDAY, The Past