Friday, February 27, 2004
Friday Five
Discovered this great site today that asks five questions each Friday. [this week there is actually a disclaimer: None this week, too much going on. Have a good weekend! So I just pulled the five from last Friday - Feb 15]
1. Are you superstitious?
Yes. There are certain I things I just don't do. Put shoes on the furniture-that includes beds. I have no idea what would happen if I did this - perhaps it's just bad luck, but I'm not about to find out. I also don't walk under ladders, show illness on my own body (this is a Jewish thing), and if I happen to say something awful that could come true - I always bite my tongue. I will ask people in my company to do the same, should they mutter something I think could be bad for them.
2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?
I know of people who have avoided cracks on the sidewalk and things like that, but the most drastic one was when Max went on the job market. We went to DC so that he could interview with schools for faculty positions. Although we slept in the same room, he ordered one with two beds, so that he could get a good nights sleep throughout the conference. Apparently I wriggle and talk a lot in my sleep... I was cold and very lonely in my bed at night...
3. Believer or not, what's your favorite superstition?
I enjoy using the term 'speaking in purely hypothetical terms' when asking people things that I'm worried may not happen...
4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?
Yes! My lucky number is 3, my lucky article of clothing is my baby blue pashmina (my unlucky shoes are the Clarks I bought in Germany which I was wearing when I had my BAD fall last year) and my lucky ritual is performed when we need a good parking spot and I rub my hands together vigorously.
5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?
Absolutely. Systems like this either works for people or it doesn't. I am a member of the first group. I find it to be accurate and helpful -- like a tool of measure. I was once so superstitious about my horoscope (which stated 'don't leave the house today' that I called in sick and stayed home). I was also in a bad car accident when I was 16, and a few days before my friend had shown me that our horoscope read: Due to mass panic, your horoscope has been omitted for this week. I still have that in my scrap book.
1. Are you superstitious?
Yes. There are certain I things I just don't do. Put shoes on the furniture-that includes beds. I have no idea what would happen if I did this - perhaps it's just bad luck, but I'm not about to find out. I also don't walk under ladders, show illness on my own body (this is a Jewish thing), and if I happen to say something awful that could come true - I always bite my tongue. I will ask people in my company to do the same, should they mutter something I think could be bad for them.
2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?
I know of people who have avoided cracks on the sidewalk and things like that, but the most drastic one was when Max went on the job market. We went to DC so that he could interview with schools for faculty positions. Although we slept in the same room, he ordered one with two beds, so that he could get a good nights sleep throughout the conference. Apparently I wriggle and talk a lot in my sleep... I was cold and very lonely in my bed at night...
3. Believer or not, what's your favorite superstition?
I enjoy using the term 'speaking in purely hypothetical terms' when asking people things that I'm worried may not happen...
4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?
Yes! My lucky number is 3, my lucky article of clothing is my baby blue pashmina (my unlucky shoes are the Clarks I bought in Germany which I was wearing when I had my BAD fall last year) and my lucky ritual is performed when we need a good parking spot and I rub my hands together vigorously.
5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?
Absolutely. Systems like this either works for people or it doesn't. I am a member of the first group. I find it to be accurate and helpful -- like a tool of measure. I was once so superstitious about my horoscope (which stated 'don't leave the house today' that I called in sick and stayed home). I was also in a bad car accident when I was 16, and a few days before my friend had shown me that our horoscope read: Due to mass panic, your horoscope has been omitted for this week. I still have that in my scrap book.
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Long days and lack of sleep
I have been waking up feeling exhausted. I am sleeping my 8 hours a night, and my dreams have been insane, but I wake up feeling so tired. It's weird. Lots of people I've talked to at school this week have also been experiencing amazing dreams, so pershaps it's in the San Francisco water. Max has been working long hours in the office at home, and I see it in his eyes too when he wakes up. We are both going to relax and enjoy the sleep-in this Saturday.
I met this week with Harrell Fletcher and Chris Perez. This totals 13 studio visits this semester so far. It's too much. Everyone gives me conflicting information and I definitely need a break. I'm looking forward to visiting NYC. I'll see all my best buddies, like Jose, and meet some new ones, like Danny Gregory. I found these old photos of Jose, which I took when we were at UMass together. It's almost a decade since I took those, and he still looks the same, aside from the occassional grey hair. He just never ages. It's incredible, and totally unfair.
Mid 90's...
Last year...
I met this week with Harrell Fletcher and Chris Perez. This totals 13 studio visits this semester so far. It's too much. Everyone gives me conflicting information and I definitely need a break. I'm looking forward to visiting NYC. I'll see all my best buddies, like Jose, and meet some new ones, like Danny Gregory. I found these old photos of Jose, which I took when we were at UMass together. It's almost a decade since I took those, and he still looks the same, aside from the occassional grey hair. He just never ages. It's incredible, and totally unfair.
Mid 90's...
Last year...
Monday, February 23, 2004
Snow!
We went to Tahoe for the weekend to celebrate my brother Shaun's 25th birthday.
Max was beyond excited about skiing, and we left San Francisco at 6.25am to be there
as soon as possible, so that he could ski for as long as possible. I dropped Max off
at Heavenly Ski Resort at 10.30am. This is how ready Max was. It's very cute.
I spent the bulk of my days in a Starbucks writing my paper for gender theory class,
and actually felt very good about accomplishing this task. The evenings were spent
eating dinner and drinking lots. Saturday night was spent roaming the casinos and
eating at Fire and Ice, an interesting place with lots of character. If you're not familiar
with their way of cooking your food, check out the site. Mostly I just enjoyed
relaxing and sleeping in late with Max. We had a much deserved rest, and actually
witnessed a snowfall on both days. Very exciting.
Max was beyond excited about skiing, and we left San Francisco at 6.25am to be there
as soon as possible, so that he could ski for as long as possible. I dropped Max off
at Heavenly Ski Resort at 10.30am. This is how ready Max was. It's very cute.
I spent the bulk of my days in a Starbucks writing my paper for gender theory class,
and actually felt very good about accomplishing this task. The evenings were spent
eating dinner and drinking lots. Saturday night was spent roaming the casinos and
eating at Fire and Ice, an interesting place with lots of character. If you're not familiar
with their way of cooking your food, check out the site. Mostly I just enjoyed
relaxing and sleeping in late with Max. We had a much deserved rest, and actually
witnessed a snowfall on both days. Very exciting.
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
It's not that hard!
Has she really never said the word 'Massachusetts' before?
Massa-two-shits? Come on!! It's just too easy...
Massa-two-shits? Come on!! It's just too easy...
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Ross Myles Levin
This is my cousin (and godson) Ross. I believe these are all self portraits. He looks like the missing character in 'Bug's Life'. Possibly a butterfly? It should be illegal for boys to have eyelashes like that.
Belly laughs
I encountered two things today that made me laugh. Thanks Kristin and Max.
1. Singing at work
2. muchingo tengo gali
1. Singing at work
2. muchingo tengo gali
Thursday, February 12, 2004
Cool kids
Just discovered this new photographer through the SuperHero site.
Check out Loretta Lux. Her work is really strange and beautiful.
The backdrops are paintings of her own, and she photographs the kids
and then digitally puts them into her paintings afterward.
I think this work is really interesting.
The kid in 'The Fish' doesn't even look real.
For anyone who wants more, it appears she has her own website too.
Check out Loretta Lux. Her work is really strange and beautiful.
The backdrops are paintings of her own, and she photographs the kids
and then digitally puts them into her paintings afterward.
I think this work is really interesting.
The kid in 'The Fish' doesn't even look real.
For anyone who wants more, it appears she has her own website too.
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
The love affair continues
I met Max in Berkeley for dinner and a movie. I saw Mystic River again, just to be sure I still heart Sean Penn. And rest assured - he still makes me heart beat irregularly and I continue to feel a sense of awe with his performance in this film. He is truly an actor's actor.
My 15 minutes
"Romance with a Double Bass" Music by Momilani Ramstrum, digital animation by Lori Gordon. For details, see press release below.
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Center for New Music and Audio Technologies
Friday, February 27 @ 8pm.
Bertram Turetzky, double bass: Performing a selection of works for double bass, multi-channel tape, electronics and video.
Program:
"Paleo" by JoAnn Kuchera-Morin is a single movement, eight-minute work for double bass and computer-generated tape. "Romance with a Double Bass" Music by Momilani Ramstrum, digital animation by Lori Gordon, technical production by Momilani Ramstrum. "Reflections on Ives and Whittier" by Bertram Turetzky "Spectra" By Richard Felciano
Bertram Turetzky
Bert Turetzky is well known as a virtuoso contrabassist, and is one of the few performers in the history of Western music to have an entire library of music written specifically for him. He is thus considered to be one of the most important string players in the second half of the last century. As a performer, he has appeared in the music capitals of the world, always to the highest praise. His many recordings are well known and influential, and, in 1974, he was commissioned to write a book about his instrument. "The Contemporary Contrabass" outlined his research and extensions of technique that he developed. This book, combined with his performances and recordings, have literally changed the way that composers write for the instrument and people play it. In a sense, Bert Turetzky reinvented the contrabass. This volume was so well-written and successful, the UC Press asked him to coedit a series called "The New Instrumentation," for which he has arranged seven books to date (with the eighth one in the oven, so to speak). His introduction to the autobiography of "Pops" Foster has been acclaimed by some as the best writing in English on the early development of jazz bass playing. He has been commissioned and published as a composer here and abroad, and his arrangements and editions are also published and in wide use today.
In his youth, he was enamored of classic jazz music, and his earliest professional playing was in that genre. He was encouraged by many of the older swing stars, and at one point fantasized a career as a jazz player. Within the last decade, he has gone back to playing classic jazz, and appears regularly at major West Coast Jazz festivals. One of the things that Professor Turetzky is well known for is his versatility, which includes performances in Renaissance and Baroque music. His continuo playing has been praised by the eminent music critic Michael Steinberg, and he has done many, many concerts of Baroque music. He played in orchestras all over New England, yet never wanted to have a career strictly as an orchestra player. Being economically challenged as a youth, he learned to play many different kinds of world music, including Polish, Italian, Greek and Klezmer. He has resumed playing Klezmer with the well-known Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble.
Professor Turetzky made his recording debut in 1964 in a recording that featured the work of eminent American composers George Perle, Edgar Varése, Donald Martino, Kenneth Gabburo, Ben Johnston, and an early instrument and tape piece by Charles Whittenburg. Recording activities continued with records on Nonesuch, Son Nova, Ars Antigua, Desto. He has worked with major artists including Charles Mingus, and most recently, he has made a major series of recordings on the Nine Winds Label with some of today's most prominent improvisors including George Lewis, Vinny Golia, Waddadah Leo Smith, Mike Wofford and others.
Tickets: $10 general/$5 students
http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/
http://www.lorigordon.com/chekov.htm
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Center for New Music and Audio Technologies
Friday, February 27 @ 8pm.
Bertram Turetzky, double bass: Performing a selection of works for double bass, multi-channel tape, electronics and video.
Program:
"Paleo" by JoAnn Kuchera-Morin is a single movement, eight-minute work for double bass and computer-generated tape. "Romance with a Double Bass" Music by Momilani Ramstrum, digital animation by Lori Gordon, technical production by Momilani Ramstrum. "Reflections on Ives and Whittier" by Bertram Turetzky "Spectra" By Richard Felciano
Bertram Turetzky
Bert Turetzky is well known as a virtuoso contrabassist, and is one of the few performers in the history of Western music to have an entire library of music written specifically for him. He is thus considered to be one of the most important string players in the second half of the last century. As a performer, he has appeared in the music capitals of the world, always to the highest praise. His many recordings are well known and influential, and, in 1974, he was commissioned to write a book about his instrument. "The Contemporary Contrabass" outlined his research and extensions of technique that he developed. This book, combined with his performances and recordings, have literally changed the way that composers write for the instrument and people play it. In a sense, Bert Turetzky reinvented the contrabass. This volume was so well-written and successful, the UC Press asked him to coedit a series called "The New Instrumentation," for which he has arranged seven books to date (with the eighth one in the oven, so to speak). His introduction to the autobiography of "Pops" Foster has been acclaimed by some as the best writing in English on the early development of jazz bass playing. He has been commissioned and published as a composer here and abroad, and his arrangements and editions are also published and in wide use today.
In his youth, he was enamored of classic jazz music, and his earliest professional playing was in that genre. He was encouraged by many of the older swing stars, and at one point fantasized a career as a jazz player. Within the last decade, he has gone back to playing classic jazz, and appears regularly at major West Coast Jazz festivals. One of the things that Professor Turetzky is well known for is his versatility, which includes performances in Renaissance and Baroque music. His continuo playing has been praised by the eminent music critic Michael Steinberg, and he has done many, many concerts of Baroque music. He played in orchestras all over New England, yet never wanted to have a career strictly as an orchestra player. Being economically challenged as a youth, he learned to play many different kinds of world music, including Polish, Italian, Greek and Klezmer. He has resumed playing Klezmer with the well-known Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble.
Professor Turetzky made his recording debut in 1964 in a recording that featured the work of eminent American composers George Perle, Edgar Varése, Donald Martino, Kenneth Gabburo, Ben Johnston, and an early instrument and tape piece by Charles Whittenburg. Recording activities continued with records on Nonesuch, Son Nova, Ars Antigua, Desto. He has worked with major artists including Charles Mingus, and most recently, he has made a major series of recordings on the Nine Winds Label with some of today's most prominent improvisors including George Lewis, Vinny Golia, Waddadah Leo Smith, Mike Wofford and others.
Tickets: $10 general/$5 students
http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/
http://www.lorigordon.com/chekov.htm
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Thinking lots and doing little...
I am finally feeling the pressure everyone talks about with an MFA. People keep saying there is no time to make work with all these classes we have to take. And to a certain extent that is true. I am reading and writing a lot, but find it hard to make time to actually make the artwork right now.
This past weekend was very busy. On Friday I helped Jon Rubin with an exhibition he installed the San Francisco Art Institute at the Swell gallery. It's an exchange show between the gallery and the four restaurants in the neighborhood around the gallery. "Everything in the restaurants not used for functional purposes will be relocated and displayed in Swell. In exchange, SFAI students work will be juried by restaurant owners and presented in their establishments." My job was to interview the restaurant owners about the student work they chose, and about the objects or artwork in their restaurants.
Saturday was spent at UC Berkeley's Center for Race and Gender inaugural conference, "Con/vergences: Critical Interventions in the Politics of Race and Gender"
Max's mom flew in from Santa Fe and we went to dinner with her at Cafe Rouge in Berkeley. I started with the butternut soup, ate Risotto with wild mushrooms, salsify, endigia and crescenza cheese and finished off with an Apple and huckleberry crisp for dessert. My friend Shawn works there, and seemed to be large and in charge behind that bar. Very busy place with a pretty chill vibe inside.
Sunday was spent doing some reading, including books that Ruth got for me from the CCA library on Linda Montano, and books Max got me from Berkeley on Gillian Wearing. Both are amazing artists that use performance in an interesting way. Wearing's work makes a lot of sense for me in terms of what I'm trying to do with my own practice. She looks at human behavior from a socio-historic point of view, as well as 'revealing deep-seated human trauma and touching on issues of identity and self representation'.
Gillian Wearing
Linda Montano
Sunday evening Max treated his mom and I to the Hillary Hahn performance at Zellerbach in Berkeley. People just don't go all out anymore. There were lots of people in jeans and sweats (and some ugly sunhats even though it was an evening event) and a few cell phones went off during the performance. The couple in front of us were reading their program through the whole event and chatting intermittently. It was so annoying. But the music was good, and Hahn played to perfection. She was almost like a robot at times.
This past weekend was very busy. On Friday I helped Jon Rubin with an exhibition he installed the San Francisco Art Institute at the Swell gallery. It's an exchange show between the gallery and the four restaurants in the neighborhood around the gallery. "Everything in the restaurants not used for functional purposes will be relocated and displayed in Swell. In exchange, SFAI students work will be juried by restaurant owners and presented in their establishments." My job was to interview the restaurant owners about the student work they chose, and about the objects or artwork in their restaurants.
Saturday was spent at UC Berkeley's Center for Race and Gender inaugural conference, "Con/vergences: Critical Interventions in the Politics of Race and Gender"
Max's mom flew in from Santa Fe and we went to dinner with her at Cafe Rouge in Berkeley. I started with the butternut soup, ate Risotto with wild mushrooms, salsify, endigia and crescenza cheese and finished off with an Apple and huckleberry crisp for dessert. My friend Shawn works there, and seemed to be large and in charge behind that bar. Very busy place with a pretty chill vibe inside.
Sunday was spent doing some reading, including books that Ruth got for me from the CCA library on Linda Montano, and books Max got me from Berkeley on Gillian Wearing. Both are amazing artists that use performance in an interesting way. Wearing's work makes a lot of sense for me in terms of what I'm trying to do with my own practice. She looks at human behavior from a socio-historic point of view, as well as 'revealing deep-seated human trauma and touching on issues of identity and self representation'.
Gillian Wearing
Linda Montano
Sunday evening Max treated his mom and I to the Hillary Hahn performance at Zellerbach in Berkeley. People just don't go all out anymore. There were lots of people in jeans and sweats (and some ugly sunhats even though it was an evening event) and a few cell phones went off during the performance. The couple in front of us were reading their program through the whole event and chatting intermittently. It was so annoying. But the music was good, and Hahn played to perfection. She was almost like a robot at times.
Thursday, February 05, 2004
BABY TIME!!!!
Dooce had her baby!!
Shake it like a polaroid picture... again...
Attended the second and final panel lecture at CCA tonight on Photography. Again - this is a direct offspring of the Gray Area show at the Wattis Institute, facilitated by curator Matthew Higgs.
I personally went to see Todd Hido speak (who was awesome) but was pleasantly surprised by the other two speakers as well: Ari Marcopoulos and Eric Kroll. They were all super charismatic and funny. Ari in particular was just amazing. He spoke for a bit, and then showed a slide show, which consisted of 184 images (each shown for just over 1 second). These images spanned what seems to be an intense career: skateboarders, snowboarders, union workers in NYC, Japanese magazine ads and lots of his family. I LOVE the way he shoots his wife and kids. It was really gorgeous. Before showing his images, he discussed photography and current events, including the infamous Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake incident. He questioned how something like this event could overshadow weapons of mass destruction and war on foreign soil.
He displayed these 184 images in time to Justin Timberlake's Take Me Now, (And She Said) - (featuring Janet Jackson), and ended the slide show with the famous boob shot. He explained that this was a great song, and also gave props to NERD/The Neptunes. It was unlike anything I've seen in Timken Hall, other than Higg's screening of Oliver Payne and Nick Relph's Mixtape. All these lectures are taped, and I'm going to try and get my hands on a copy of this one!
Ari Marcopoulos
Todd Hido was very good as well. Much more quiet and down to earth, but very open about his process and the way in which he comes to his images in the end. As soon as he walked in and sat down, I introduced myself to him, and told him I love his work, and that I'm a big fan. If I had lots of dispensable income, I'd buy up loads of his work. It's really gorgeous, melancholic and isolated. He shoots most of his stuff at night, and has the camera open for 6-7 minutes at a time, so the darks and lights are really rich. He explained that a lot of the work is about thinking of what's going on inside the houses. As opposed to him actually knowing... His work is really beautiful. If you like the images below, definitely check out his website. And for anyone who wants to buy me his prints, or his monographed books, I'm including the necessary links below.
Monographs Prints
Eric Kroll was a real charismatic guy. He said he feels like all his work sits in an uncertain area, particularly because most of it is about sex. He was very open, and really funny. He seems enamored with the woman he lives with, and referred to her as his muse. He also explained that he is a triple Scorpio (wow), and that this may have something to do with his images.
I personally went to see Todd Hido speak (who was awesome) but was pleasantly surprised by the other two speakers as well: Ari Marcopoulos and Eric Kroll. They were all super charismatic and funny. Ari in particular was just amazing. He spoke for a bit, and then showed a slide show, which consisted of 184 images (each shown for just over 1 second). These images spanned what seems to be an intense career: skateboarders, snowboarders, union workers in NYC, Japanese magazine ads and lots of his family. I LOVE the way he shoots his wife and kids. It was really gorgeous. Before showing his images, he discussed photography and current events, including the infamous Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake incident. He questioned how something like this event could overshadow weapons of mass destruction and war on foreign soil.
He displayed these 184 images in time to Justin Timberlake's Take Me Now, (And She Said) - (featuring Janet Jackson), and ended the slide show with the famous boob shot. He explained that this was a great song, and also gave props to NERD/The Neptunes. It was unlike anything I've seen in Timken Hall, other than Higg's screening of Oliver Payne and Nick Relph's Mixtape. All these lectures are taped, and I'm going to try and get my hands on a copy of this one!
Ari Marcopoulos
Todd Hido was very good as well. Much more quiet and down to earth, but very open about his process and the way in which he comes to his images in the end. As soon as he walked in and sat down, I introduced myself to him, and told him I love his work, and that I'm a big fan. If I had lots of dispensable income, I'd buy up loads of his work. It's really gorgeous, melancholic and isolated. He shoots most of his stuff at night, and has the camera open for 6-7 minutes at a time, so the darks and lights are really rich. He explained that a lot of the work is about thinking of what's going on inside the houses. As opposed to him actually knowing... His work is really beautiful. If you like the images below, definitely check out his website. And for anyone who wants to buy me his prints, or his monographed books, I'm including the necessary links below.
Monographs Prints
Eric Kroll was a real charismatic guy. He said he feels like all his work sits in an uncertain area, particularly because most of it is about sex. He was very open, and really funny. He seems enamored with the woman he lives with, and referred to her as his muse. He also explained that he is a triple Scorpio (wow), and that this may have something to do with his images.
Dubya Doll
Why am I a crazy magnet?
Today has been full of weird events, and it's only 1pm.
Weird event 1:
I woke with a start at 5:40am, because the phone rang loudly -- just once mind you. I turned on the light, looked at the clock, and saw that there were no new calls - which means the phone technically never rang.
Weird event 2:
I was cleaning the dishes and waiting for Fedex to show up this morning when the phone did actually ring. There is major construction happening on the back of our building, including jack hammers, drills and regular hammers pounding the walls. I picked up the phone and my friend Katie was on the other end. Over her voice I could hear my phone calling in simultaneously, which we both laughed about, until the voicemail picked up - and it was our machine. Simultaneous to all this, the construction noise came to a sudden halt.
Weird event 3:
I took a different bus to school today, which I probably wont do again. A woman sat down next to me, but we had a small partition between us. She coughed loudly into my face as she sat down. I looked straight ahead and wandered off with my own thoughts. After about 15 minutes, she turns directly to me, puts her face in my face (she had sunglasses on) and yells loudly: Get the hell out of my face! I inched over slightly and moved to the next seat. All the people on the bus were now staring at her, and probably me. She looked over at me, and again yelling, said: That's right. You move or get off the damn bus. You stupid girl! This was followed closely by another woman who started freaking out and yelling at the bus driver to let her off, pushing past the man on a wheelchair trying to get off the bus too.
On a more exciting note, my new pal Danny Gregory has included some art I sent him recently, on his website. We have just begun what will hopefully be a long lived correspondence project. Coincidentally, I received a beautiful postcard in the mail from him yesterday, with his answers to the assignment I gave him recently. He has the most beautiful handwriting. You can do this assignment too - just go to his site, linked above.
Weird event 1:
I woke with a start at 5:40am, because the phone rang loudly -- just once mind you. I turned on the light, looked at the clock, and saw that there were no new calls - which means the phone technically never rang.
Weird event 2:
I was cleaning the dishes and waiting for Fedex to show up this morning when the phone did actually ring. There is major construction happening on the back of our building, including jack hammers, drills and regular hammers pounding the walls. I picked up the phone and my friend Katie was on the other end. Over her voice I could hear my phone calling in simultaneously, which we both laughed about, until the voicemail picked up - and it was our machine. Simultaneous to all this, the construction noise came to a sudden halt.
Weird event 3:
I took a different bus to school today, which I probably wont do again. A woman sat down next to me, but we had a small partition between us. She coughed loudly into my face as she sat down. I looked straight ahead and wandered off with my own thoughts. After about 15 minutes, she turns directly to me, puts her face in my face (she had sunglasses on) and yells loudly: Get the hell out of my face! I inched over slightly and moved to the next seat. All the people on the bus were now staring at her, and probably me. She looked over at me, and again yelling, said: That's right. You move or get off the damn bus. You stupid girl! This was followed closely by another woman who started freaking out and yelling at the bus driver to let her off, pushing past the man on a wheelchair trying to get off the bus too.
On a more exciting note, my new pal Danny Gregory has included some art I sent him recently, on his website. We have just begun what will hopefully be a long lived correspondence project. Coincidentally, I received a beautiful postcard in the mail from him yesterday, with his answers to the assignment I gave him recently. He has the most beautiful handwriting. You can do this assignment too - just go to his site, linked above.
Sunday, February 01, 2004
The way to a woman's heart
The weekend is almost over, and yet again I don't feel like I've accomplished everything I wanted to. Most of it was spent ploughing through my Gender Theory readings, doing laundry and trying to decipher what happened in my first year review on Friday. I have to say, as I have many times before, that I am blessed to be in the relationship I'm in. Max offered to make anything I wanted for dinner, and predictably I answered, 'your tomato soup'. It was delicious, as usual. I had 3 bowls! (it's embarrassing)
We did manage to venture out on Friday night. We had dinner with Shaun and his girlfriend Naomi at Coppola's. After quite a few drinks and some yummy food, we walked up to Vesuvio's to meet our friends Cara and Lorien. There was quite a vibe in that place.
Yesterday we went to Haight Street, where Max finally picked some prescription frames. He found out recently that he needs glasses, and it was a big step for him to finally admit this. I was so impressed with the frames he picked, and I cant wait for him to start wearing them. (A) because he will look so hot and (B) because he will finally stop walking into things!
In a few moments we will cozy up in the living room and play a game of rummykup, while Big Lebowski plays on the DVD. It's a wonderful life indeed.
We did manage to venture out on Friday night. We had dinner with Shaun and his girlfriend Naomi at Coppola's. After quite a few drinks and some yummy food, we walked up to Vesuvio's to meet our friends Cara and Lorien. There was quite a vibe in that place.
Yesterday we went to Haight Street, where Max finally picked some prescription frames. He found out recently that he needs glasses, and it was a big step for him to finally admit this. I was so impressed with the frames he picked, and I cant wait for him to start wearing them. (A) because he will look so hot and (B) because he will finally stop walking into things!
In a few moments we will cozy up in the living room and play a game of rummykup, while Big Lebowski plays on the DVD. It's a wonderful life indeed.
Shadow or No Shadow?
Tomorrow morning Punxsutawney Phil will climb out that hole and decide for all of
us whether there will be six more weeks of bad weather. That's a lot of pressure for
one little groundhog! I visited his website, and noticed that in the last 100 years, he's
missed his shadow a dozen times. The odds don't look good. Apparently, if it's a cloudy
day, and he doesn't see his shadow, he assumes it's Spring. Here's hoping for an overcast
day tomorrow. There have been four days worth of events happening in Punxsutawney,
Pennsylvania and tomorrow is the grand finale - the '118th Annual Trek to Gobbler's Knob
for Phil's Official Prognostication.' (That's a mouthful) It's an all day event, filled with
celebration, fantastic food and an Umbrella Design Contest?! There's an extensive gift
shop (also available online) with goodies such as this "UpChuck" Cement Statue. If you
still wat more, then visit their site.
us whether there will be six more weeks of bad weather. That's a lot of pressure for
one little groundhog! I visited his website, and noticed that in the last 100 years, he's
missed his shadow a dozen times. The odds don't look good. Apparently, if it's a cloudy
day, and he doesn't see his shadow, he assumes it's Spring. Here's hoping for an overcast
day tomorrow. There have been four days worth of events happening in Punxsutawney,
Pennsylvania and tomorrow is the grand finale - the '118th Annual Trek to Gobbler's Knob
for Phil's Official Prognostication.' (That's a mouthful) It's an all day event, filled with
celebration, fantastic food and an Umbrella Design Contest?! There's an extensive gift
shop (also available online) with goodies such as this "UpChuck" Cement Statue. If you
still wat more, then visit their site.
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Shake it like a polaroid picture
Went to a panel discussion/lecture tonight, facilitated by Matthew Higgs.
It directly related to the Gray Area show at the Wattis Institute.
The artists that spoke were Tammy Rae Carland, Arnold Kemp and Doug Hall. I thought Tammy and Arnold were awesome, and their work was super interesting. Tammy spoke about her Lesbian Beds series, and Arnold discussed his KKK hood photos. He made the hoods with beautiful African fabrics. Hall was interesting too, but a bit too dry for me.
It directly related to the Gray Area show at the Wattis Institute.
The artists that spoke were Tammy Rae Carland, Arnold Kemp and Doug Hall. I thought Tammy and Arnold were awesome, and their work was super interesting. Tammy spoke about her Lesbian Beds series, and Arnold discussed his KKK hood photos. He made the hoods with beautiful African fabrics. Hall was interesting too, but a bit too dry for me.
