good gifts for spoiled brats pt. 1

the gashlycrumb tinies by edward gorey

Greg and Julie sent this early for the Holiday...Thanks so much! me and my sissy-in-law share a love of bookies and...the absurd? i didn't own any edward gorey, but I know she is a huge fan and I'm not in any way disappointed by his unreserved approach...realism for the little nuggets. sorry. life is rough. 

  tryna...

happy finals

"Little red wagon, little red bike, I ain’t no monkey but I know what I like." 

— Bob Dylan

heidi: thanks for taking care of me

get it...

kelsey, one of my besties, is currently in a masters program for spiritual psychology at the University of Santa Monica. 
she's much better at taking care of me long-distance than i am of taking care of her. 
she's beautiful. and. she's my therapy. 
anyway, she just sent along a little gem. her friend from class, carly margolis is gifted. 
what i mean:
charming band. she and her boyfriend. learn how to be free. 
also. she makes gorgeous thought-provoking jewelry. fresh. 

you gotta see this stuff:    allforthemountain.com

i have too many favorites to mention. i'm grateful for inspiring people. 

"Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters', without immediately turning the monsters into pets." 

- Jacques Derrida

MR. FISH

cartoonist for Harper's Magazine. 
smart. controversial. questionable. liberal. hilarious. 

harpers.org

listening...

014: The Velvet Underground
Loaded 
[Cotillion/Atlantic; 1971]

Though Lou Reed might be more widely remembered for some of the most provocative and contentious experimental rock of the 20th century, his influence stretches equally far within the rock 'n' roll mainstream. A spot-on portent of Reed's vibrant solo career, Loaded witnesses The Velvet Underground emerging from the druggy maw of their late-60s work to pen some of the best vanilla rock anthems of the era, with the typically reticent Doug Yule assuming a more conspicuous role. The album is staggering not for its consistency, diversity, or technical proficiency-- something the band came to stylize-- but for the ardor and joie de vivre with which it explores the capacious boundaries of its form.

Sadly, Loaded often comes recommended with one glaring stipulation: "It's a good starting point, if you're looking to get into them." But the album is too good to be relegated to sub-intellectual standing; from the dripping tongue-in-cheek melancholy of "Who Loves the Sun", to the sultry narrative swagger of "Sweet Jane" and "Rock & Roll", to the maudlin-but-oh-so-irresistible "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'",Loaded proves the Velvets top-shelf geniuses with a vocabulary fit for the hoi polloi. It's here that they finally chose to break the din of their histrionic, often difficult 60s triumvirate, striking the hot iron of rock in a transitory period-- and what a way to do it. --Sam Ubl

via: pitchfork.com

reasons not to date until you're over it...xx (you know what i mean)

today we had to talk about books we'd read outside of class... mine: The Third Policeman (which was absurd and delightful)

i very seriously explained that this novel reminded me of kafka -- [cough cough] 

amelia immediately brought up this 

clip...god love her

i want these...

www.warbyparker.com

BxB episode 1

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HOLIDAY?
MORE LIKE BAWLIDAY...

FULL MOON IN TAURUS

"It’s Neptune enhanced, for those of you who are interested in shedding a few delusions or re-modelling their values."
-key phrase for an emotional weekend of purging, purging, purging, purging....


what to do when the veil is lifted and you realize that you haven't gone as far as you'd told yourself you'd gone? a visible gap reflecting what 'is'. what you don't have, the long strides you must take to get there, who's missed.....buzz kill


next week better be all....peace turkey

Balenciaga Spanish Master Exhibition

New York City

image found via:

advancedstyle.blogspot.com

just sayin... 

read at harper's archive

(or pick it off the shelf--dec. 2010 edition)

happy surgearversary! (if you wanna use the quippy phrase, you'll have to take it up with julie-meow)

Yep, a year ago today was Greg's latest deep-dish brain surgery... what do you say? congratulations? I guess so, he deserves it. My big brother and his beautiful business savvy wife of one year hit a landmark. I love them both more than the miles between us, from here to Houston. (i would go on, but you know how emotional i get and all...)

*i can't make up for the fact that my most recent pics of them are from wedding '09. good looking though, huh? (Greg and Julie--kiss kiss--aug. '09 boston mass.)

*and yes... virtually all (recent) pics of greg and i don't show my face cause i've spent a lot of time over the years curling up in the comfort of older siblings...it comes with being baby sister i suppose. 

to another year of major medical headway!!!

watching...

"Nothing sorts out memories from ordinary moments. 

Later on they do claim remembrance when they show

their scars. That face he had seen was to be the only 

peacetime image to survive the war. Had he really 

seen it? Or had he invented that tender moment to 

prop up the madness to come?"

                                        -La Jetée

28 min. released february 1962. 

writer/director: chris marker

are substantial memories so haunting because we need them to withstand 

the weight of the meanings that are assigned? which images are real, 

and which do you rely upon to get you through the day? 

hitone.wordpress.com

Your Granddaddy Power Period falls each year:

from November 10th (first day of your Granddaddy Power Period)

to November 27th (final day of your Granddaddy Power Period)

image via: www.myastrologybook.com

"If you reveal everything, bare every feeling, ask for understanding, you lose something crucial to your sense of yourself. You need to know things that others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself." 

— Don DeLillo (Point Omega)

faber 80th anniversary poetry series

attention to detail

My nephew drew a succession of pictures and gifted them 

ever so thoughtfully to me...

This one was included

When I asked what it was he said:

"IT'S YOU, IN VERY DEEP WATER"

Thanks for not letting me forget Kade

New netflix password: 'catspeak'

geez.....everyone is so bossy

"A First Sign of the Beginning of Understanding is the Wish to Die." 

— Franz Kafka

I have mono again

vibration technology will change your life!

This is for real yo! ...like shakes yo whole body at a rapid speed, then you get off and say that you've busted balls for like 2 hours. I did it.

T-ZONE..... only $1849

YES PLEASE!

Developed by the Russian Aerospace program in the 1960s Whole Body Vibration exercise is now used in Europe, the USA and Australia by physiotherapists, health clubs, professional sports teams, health and wellness centres and health spas.

When you stand on the VT-12 vibration machine platform it produces vertical vibrations. The energy of the vibration plate is safely and effectively transferred to your body. Our body reacts to the natural stimulus with an involuntary reflex muscle contraction. Depending on the speed, muscles will contract up to 15 times per second. There are many vibration exercises that can give you many different benefits, but most what's most important is...

The result... more benefits in far less time than conventional exercise!

[this was a post I did for emmy back at the beginning of the month.... I'm happily recycling it. la-di-da!]


some weekend reading:

La Petite Zine - I came across this little gem, an online journal of what you call "flash fiction." I haven't done a lot of browsing in past issues, but I really enjoyed this piece by David Shumate:

                                                                   The Races of Man

We learned in elementary school that there were five races of man. 

White. Black. Red. Yellow. And, as I recall, brown. We drew pictures 

of them with their variously colored faces next to buildings we thought 

might be their homes. I gave them lawn mowers and automobiles and 

umbrellas. Though my teacher told me some only had huts where they 

burned the dried feces of goats and cows to stay warm. There were also 

those who carried their belongings around on camels and pitched tents in 

the sand which seemed like an exciting life to me. We learned how some 

of these people said Hello so if we came upon a caravan crossing the 

street, we could be polite. We were introduced to their gods. Some were 

angry all the time. Others had four arms and three heads and blue skin. 

The kind of deity I wanted watching over me. With each lesson our world 

became more complex. We were tested on Fridays. Once our teacher held 

up a can of chop suey and asked what color of people would be likely to 

eat it. I wrote down white people. Because my mother served it for dinner 

on Tuesdays. I later learned that the correct answer was actually Yellow.

so far I've found this recent issue of La Petite Zine to be filled with some off-kilter poetry, a mess of non-sequitors, and a laundry list of... lists. If anything, it makes for quick adventurous weekend reading. Enjoy! 

dream a little dream of me..........what a disaster. 

Killer Whale 
To see a killer whale in your dream, indicates that you need to be more social or more vocal about something. Step up and speak up. Alternatively, the dream symbolizes spiritual guidance. You are ready to explore your emotions, but you need to make the connection between the conscious and unconscious aspects of yourself.

Shark 
To see a shark in your dream, indicates feelings of anger, hostility, and fierceness. You are undergoing a long and difficult emotional period and may be an emotional threat to yourself or to others. Perhaps, you are struggling with your individuality and independence, especially in some aspect of your relationship. Alternatively, a shark represents a person in your life who is greedy and unscrupulous. This person goes after what he or she wants with no regards to the well-being and sensitivity of others. Underwater 
To dream that you are underwater, suggests that you are being overcome with emotions and are in over your head regarding some situation. You need to gain greater control of your life. To dream that you are breathing underwater represents a retreat back into the womb. You want to return to a state where you were dependent and free from responsibilities. Perhaps you are feeling helpless, unable to fulfill your own needs and to care for yourself. Alternatively, breathing underwater is analogous to being submerged in your own emotions.

Cave 
To see or dream that you are in a cave symbolizes the womb and thus signify refuge, protection and concealment. To dream that you are walking in a dark cave represents an exploration of your unconscious mind. It signals self-discovery.

Walls 
To see a wall in your dream, signifies limitations, obstacles and boundaries. There is a barrier obstructing your progress. Alternatively, the wall indicates that you are too accustomed to your old habits and way of thinking. You feel stuck. To dream that you are building a wall refers to a bad relationship or childhood trauma. You are trying to keep others out for fear of getting hurt again. 

*side note: who's seen Spellbound? huh, huh? if not, it's a must. 

shut up right now....

via www.adammccauley.com

Penny Sparkle

BLONDE REDHEAD

released Sep. 14, 2010 

get it.

'Here Sometimes' download here

chad love

*My brother and niece sent me the perfect remix to this....

Thanks Kev. and Madi! So spirited. 

I have a pessimistic view of relationships. My view has always been that you talk about it with your friends, you scheme, you plot, and you see psychoanalysts. You see marriage counselors, get medicated, do everything they can, but in the end you have to luck out. It’s complete and total luck.

- Woody Allen

Howl

Last Friday, Alex Caldiero read Allen Ginsberg's Howl as celebration to the

 55th anniversary of the first reading in 1955. It was haunting. Read about it. 

It was incredible to see Caldiero actually lift the entire auditorium (and possibly the overflow) to stand and Howl together at the end this 'neo-bop opera in five acts.' I've read Howl at least a dozen times, but experiencing it hasn't ever reached a level this visceral/animal. But rather than write about it, I'd really suggest to read it on your own. 

This was taken from Ginsberg's ca. loft in '97. Retarded. (in a good way)

The Postmodern Condition

via www.technotuesday.com

dear emily:

"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option." 

— Mark Twain