ode to olivia
i love my friend olivia. i stayed at her place on 24th st. for a couple of nights this past weekend. she is a teacher at NYU, and is a:
...
on the way to her office
view from her apt. window.
view of her freezer... gotta love new yorkers. her fridge makes up for it because that is where she stores all of her fancy cakes & baked goods from fancy places...
nyc subway wooden benches
i read an article (that i cannot find now...) about the MTA replacing all wooden benches with new steel benches. since i really do not have a say in the process, i thought i'd take a picture of some of the wooden benches i encountered during this trip. i'm sure by the time i get back to new york (cross your fingers for feb!) these wooden benches will be long gone...... who really knows tho. anyway. my ode to le bench de wood. :)
emptycards
if you are a parent, never send your children a card with nothing in it.
sure. cards are great.
but cards with something in them is greater.
preferably cash........ but if you don't have any cash on you at the moment, how about a stick of gum?
sure. cards are great.
but cards with something in them is greater.
preferably cash........ but if you don't have any cash on you at the moment, how about a stick of gum?
s&s
I went to a beautiful wedding on Sunday up in Healdsburg (one of my favorite little places in Sonoma). The people getting married were my friends Stephanie & Sean. This is the second wedding I have attended where the people getting married are named Stephanie & Sean - altho with the first Stephanie - she actually goes by anie - but her formal name is Stephanie (hi anie!). So anyway. it was awesome.
There is something about declaring love in front of a room filled with your favorite people. I used to be ho-hum about marriage, but now i'm back on the big wedding wagon. Its so powerful to declare your love & commitment to someone, in front of your "people". amen.
Here are some random pics.
this is Stephanie. I met her when I worked at Castle Grayskull.
This is Stephanie & Sean cutting their cake.
i wore a gray silk blouse with a black skirt. the really really really loved my necklace.
table setting. her colors were orange & white. nice change! i loved that!
There is something about declaring love in front of a room filled with your favorite people. I used to be ho-hum about marriage, but now i'm back on the big wedding wagon. Its so powerful to declare your love & commitment to someone, in front of your "people". amen.
Here are some random pics.
this is Stephanie. I met her when I worked at Castle Grayskull.
This is Stephanie & Sean cutting their cake.
i wore a gray silk blouse with a black skirt. the really really really loved my necklace.
table setting. her colors were orange & white. nice change! i loved that!
giants success
when your hometeam is doing well in baseball, everyone walks around like they got laid the night before. its so brilliant.
go giants.
relief
i was relieved when i wake up this morning and realize that my scalp is not wanted by the mexican mafia for accidentally witnessing a drug-lord scalping in the next skyscraper over from my hotel window........
what a relief.
what a relief.
bluescreen
thursday morning was delirious with gorgeous clouds wasn't it??
i was going about my business, taking pictures of the dealership with the fine october sky as its backdrop. get back to my computer to download - and presto! chango!
the blue screen of death:
this was my first blue screen of death. apparently it means death. so i stepped back and let erik figure it out. to our surprise it turned right back on... so we are just kind of going about our business pretending like nothing happened.
maybe a call to remind all of us to back up our files......... you don't want to lose your stuff peoples!
i was going about my business, taking pictures of the dealership with the fine october sky as its backdrop. get back to my computer to download - and presto! chango!
the blue screen of death:
this was my first blue screen of death. apparently it means death. so i stepped back and let erik figure it out. to our surprise it turned right back on... so we are just kind of going about our business pretending like nothing happened.
maybe a call to remind all of us to back up our files......... you don't want to lose your stuff peoples!
mixup
yesterday i asked for a medium americano - but instead of water - use milk.
they fell for it! for a dollar less i got a latte. unheard of in this day & age. a late for 2.60.
so of course i try it again today.
i'd like an americano - but made with milk instead of water.
you mean a latte??
yeah.......... you win.
saving 1 dollar yesterday? not really worth looking like a dumbass today.
they fell for it! for a dollar less i got a latte. unheard of in this day & age. a late for 2.60.
so of course i try it again today.
i'd like an americano - but made with milk instead of water.
you mean a latte??
yeah.......... you win.
saving 1 dollar yesterday? not really worth looking like a dumbass today.
DrivetoDallas by Fiery Furnaces
Such a great angsty song for driving around and rocking out. if you do that sort of thing...............
if don't do that sort of thing, you should try it! its fun!
pretend like you are this girl driving to dallas with an expired license with blurry eyes.
If I see you tomorrow
I don't know what I will do
I'm not going to cut my hair or run
around the block
I'm not going to drive to Dallas with
blurry eyes ever again
With windshield wipers that can't wipe
away my tears,
And everything I own piled up in the
backseat
With a speeding ticket from that speed
trap town
The one that got my license revoked
But I never got pulled over
Never got questioned
No, I never got pulled over
Never got questioned
But I still drove all around without it
If I see you tomorrow
I don't know what I will do
I'm not going to cut my hair or run
around the block
I'm not going to drive to Dallas with
blurry eyes ever again
No tomorrow won't be the day I drive
up to Dallas
With red eyes, blurry eyes and dull wipers
that no don't work
Everything piled up in the backseat so I
can't use the mirror
You said we had unfinished business but
it's finished now
If I see you tomorrow I don't know
what I will do
I'm not going to cut my hair or run
around the block
I'm not going to drive to Dallas with
blurry eyes ever again
if don't do that sort of thing, you should try it! its fun!
pretend like you are this girl driving to dallas with an expired license with blurry eyes.
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
If I see you tomorrow
I don't know what I will do
I'm not going to cut my hair or run
around the block
I'm not going to drive to Dallas with
blurry eyes ever again
With windshield wipers that can't wipe
away my tears,
And everything I own piled up in the
backseat
With a speeding ticket from that speed
trap town
The one that got my license revoked
But I never got pulled over
Never got questioned
No, I never got pulled over
Never got questioned
But I still drove all around without it
If I see you tomorrow
I don't know what I will do
I'm not going to cut my hair or run
around the block
I'm not going to drive to Dallas with
blurry eyes ever again
No tomorrow won't be the day I drive
up to Dallas
With red eyes, blurry eyes and dull wipers
that no don't work
Everything piled up in the backseat so I
can't use the mirror
You said we had unfinished business but
it's finished now
If I see you tomorrow I don't know
what I will do
I'm not going to cut my hair or run
around the block
I'm not going to drive to Dallas with
blurry eyes ever again
newyorkpain
did you know for a while there, i couldn't watch movies that were filmed in new york - or had anything to DO with new york? i ended my new yorker subscription, and stopped reading the nytimes. why? i didn't want to self inflict - what my friend & i had termed - "new york pain".
that is how much i love new york. and loved new york. fully. when i left, i remember driving in the cab to the airport, wondering why exactly i was leaving. what was i thinking?
i knew however, that i needed to try something different - get a dog, have a car, see what california was all about.
it has since been 5 years. i booked my ticket for a long weekend in october, today. i'm excited.
more later.
friday music
fiery furnaces are spot on. just got the album I'M GOING AWAY. love track two - drive to dallas.
their website is cool too.
here is them. doesn't this picture look like the epitome of every relationship? i love it.
their website is cool too.
here is them. doesn't this picture look like the epitome of every relationship? i love it.
gorillaz = empireants
listen to this song today. put your speakers on the best best settings. hold on for the first 2 minutes, and then dance around like the freak you are.
Oh, joys are us, the sun has come again to hold you
Sailing out the doldrums of the week
The polyphonic prayer is here, it's all around you
It's all around you out here
And if the whole world is crashing down on you
Fall through space, out of mind with me
Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising
Blows all the shadows far away
The falling of the whole empire, it's here to hold you
Rolling out and haunted till it sinks
Noodle (Little Dragon):
Little memories, marching on
Your little feet working the machine
Will it spin? Will it soar?
My little dream working the machine
Soon, like a wave
That pass will fall
Closing in on you
They're going on
Little memories
Your little feet working the machine
Will it spin? Will it soar?
My little dream working the machine
Soon, like a wave
That pass will fall
Closing in on you
They're going on
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Oh, joys are us, the sun has come again to hold you
Sailing out the doldrums of the week
The polyphonic prayer is here, it's all around you
It's all around you out here
And if the whole world is crashing down on you
Fall through space, out of mind with me
Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising
Blows all the shadows far away
The falling of the whole empire, it's here to hold you
Rolling out and haunted till it sinks
Noodle (Little Dragon):
Little memories, marching on
Your little feet working the machine
Will it spin? Will it soar?
My little dream working the machine
Soon, like a wave
That pass will fall
Closing in on you
They're going on
Little memories
Your little feet working the machine
Will it spin? Will it soar?
My little dream working the machine
Soon, like a wave
That pass will fall
Closing in on you
They're going on
poeticdondraper
episode 408 of madmen is so far my favorite. we were treated with a new voice-over - a new don on the mend - and a new outlook. loved the pensive thoughts. the writing things down - the turn in narrative.
LOOOOOOOOVED the floating-in-the-pool scene. love that stuff.
quotes i had to go back to and record:
(on swimming)
"its an effort to get in the water, but once you do, you are weightless and you don't even sweat. Then, in the end, you are rung out." and then she looks at him and says: "i've been looking forward to this." LOVE THAT.
"we are flawed because we want so much more.
we are ruined because we get these things, and wish for what we had."
and i also loved the quote about sleeping alone - about always having cold spots to look forward too, to warm.
its don on the mend, and its hot.
i always love gawker's reviews. adds lots of humor and insight.
LOOOOOOOOVED the floating-in-the-pool scene. love that stuff.
quotes i had to go back to and record:
(on swimming)
"its an effort to get in the water, but once you do, you are weightless and you don't even sweat. Then, in the end, you are rung out." and then she looks at him and says: "i've been looking forward to this." LOVE THAT.
"we are flawed because we want so much more.
we are ruined because we get these things, and wish for what we had."
and i also loved the quote about sleeping alone - about always having cold spots to look forward too, to warm.
its don on the mend, and its hot.
i always love gawker's reviews. adds lots of humor and insight.
backtoearth
i was just sitting here reading about 9/11 on the 911truth.org website.
quick sidenote:
9/11 is a part of my history, along with a gazillion other people. at the time of the event, i was in the village of nyc, & i made the decision to put my camera down, and open my eyes to experience it without my camera. plus, people were literally walking the streets looking for loved ones - it seems wrong to push a camera in their face. so. i have no pictures of 9/11. well, i think i took 1, but i can't find it now. ok, back to my thought.
so i was reading 9/11truth.org just out of curiosity. i like to see what other people think, etc.
and then.......... i imagined a plane, flying into my building, flying over me, crashing, killing, etc. from my desk, i could see some key people on the plane, trying to give me a message before they died - screaming - a key message. and then i died and was standing in heaven. but heaven was instead chaos. complete chaos because now that i had seen this secret, i was in this busy newsroom of heaven, trying to touch people on earth and tell them the secret that i had witnessed on the plane before i died. everyone on earth was trying to figure it out - while all of us in heaven knew the answer - so it was very frustrating & frenzied.
my idea here is this - what if there is a part of heaven that is like the WIRE - where everything is chaos, and its people trapped with a secret - trying to make the secret known to the rest of the world, etc.
i guess that would be hell? but if that chaos didn't exist, wouldn't heaven be kind of boring? what are people doing in heaven if that type of frenzy doesn't exist? what if earth is really the best place, and everyone in heaven wants to get back down to earth?
just that random daydream at my desk, made me really happy to be here today.
quick sidenote:
9/11 is a part of my history, along with a gazillion other people. at the time of the event, i was in the village of nyc, & i made the decision to put my camera down, and open my eyes to experience it without my camera. plus, people were literally walking the streets looking for loved ones - it seems wrong to push a camera in their face. so. i have no pictures of 9/11. well, i think i took 1, but i can't find it now. ok, back to my thought.
so i was reading 9/11truth.org just out of curiosity. i like to see what other people think, etc.
and then.......... i imagined a plane, flying into my building, flying over me, crashing, killing, etc. from my desk, i could see some key people on the plane, trying to give me a message before they died - screaming - a key message. and then i died and was standing in heaven. but heaven was instead chaos. complete chaos because now that i had seen this secret, i was in this busy newsroom of heaven, trying to touch people on earth and tell them the secret that i had witnessed on the plane before i died. everyone on earth was trying to figure it out - while all of us in heaven knew the answer - so it was very frustrating & frenzied.
my idea here is this - what if there is a part of heaven that is like the WIRE - where everything is chaos, and its people trapped with a secret - trying to make the secret known to the rest of the world, etc.
i guess that would be hell? but if that chaos didn't exist, wouldn't heaven be kind of boring? what are people doing in heaven if that type of frenzy doesn't exist? what if earth is really the best place, and everyone in heaven wants to get back down to earth?
just that random daydream at my desk, made me really happy to be here today.
JSF @cityartslectures
i have a random snobby intellectual side that gets giddy about things like library additions (hooray kenai library) & lectures... for instance, back in 1998 i used to attend tapings of inside the actors studio - before poor james lipton was mocked on SNL, or creative writing workshops where you work through your repression by writing about wind with a bunch of other people wearing tortoise shelled spectacles... you get the point.
ok. soooooooo i'm reaaaaaaaaaly excited about getting tickets to the city arts & lectures taping of Jonathan Safran Foer. My friend and I wanted to also attend Judd Apatow and Mark Bittman - but they were OBVIOUSLY sold out.
City Arts & Lectures is always so perfectly pretentious and insightful. last fall it quickly became my FAVORITE radio show. it always aired after my random yoga class. i had just gotten the miata. it was september. the sun was setting around 7pm - during yoga. after class, it was dark, but the air was still warm. i would drive around, with the top down, so proud and happy to have a convertible, and listen to the calming voices and stories on City Arts & Lectures. My favorite guest at that time was the man (i forget his name!) who had all of the stories of his travels through Tibet, and India, and China! Such an insightful, calm man. I love the way the audience sounds - educated - laughing at the "inside jokes". Its one of those radio shows that makes the nerds of the Bay Area feel accepted & where we can all listen together and laugh & learn.
anyway - i'm excited to attend and see what the audience is like. JSF is my age. he is brilliant, kind, and gastronomical. oh, and he's cute. :)
ok. soooooooo i'm reaaaaaaaaaly excited about getting tickets to the city arts & lectures taping of Jonathan Safran Foer. My friend and I wanted to also attend Judd Apatow and Mark Bittman - but they were OBVIOUSLY sold out.
City Arts & Lectures is always so perfectly pretentious and insightful. last fall it quickly became my FAVORITE radio show. it always aired after my random yoga class. i had just gotten the miata. it was september. the sun was setting around 7pm - during yoga. after class, it was dark, but the air was still warm. i would drive around, with the top down, so proud and happy to have a convertible, and listen to the calming voices and stories on City Arts & Lectures. My favorite guest at that time was the man (i forget his name!) who had all of the stories of his travels through Tibet, and India, and China! Such an insightful, calm man. I love the way the audience sounds - educated - laughing at the "inside jokes". Its one of those radio shows that makes the nerds of the Bay Area feel accepted & where we can all listen together and laugh & learn.
anyway - i'm excited to attend and see what the audience is like. JSF is my age. he is brilliant, kind, and gastronomical. oh, and he's cute. :)
caliheat
a little night swim last night so i could enjoy every second possible of the minor miniature heat wave we were blessed with this week. i'm off to alaska tonight! very exciting.
i'll leave you with a song. In honor of Alaska, i was going to attach Big Dipper by Built to Spill off of their album There's Nothing Wrong With Love. But when I went to go listen to it again, I got stuck on the song before Big Dipper - Reasons. I love this album - well, I loved it like 12 years ago. Built to Spill is one of those bands that you re-visit. So anyway, here is the second track from There's Nothing Wrong With Love - Reasons :
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(i like the part "lets make a movie") makes me so so so happy.
come through me
you arrive and I'm on fire
subdue me
to explode that you inspired
so groovily
second episode all smiles
let's make a movie
in the name of all great liars
improvising Kaufman style
they are all reasons to me
they are all reasons to be
they are all reasons to see
they are all reasons to me
how the hell do you do this?
change the colors shapes and size
I'm clueless
not one thing I recognize
so foolish
every now's a big surprise
help me to get through this
stay with me until I die
there's nothing else I wanna try
they are all reasons to me
they are all reasons to be
they are all reasons to see
they are all reasons to me
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