June 2011
53 posts
surfer blood “hey sandy” (polaris...
moonface “fast peter”
im a sucker...
“I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it,...”
– fitzgerald (shocking that i would quote him again, i know.)
“I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.”
– Frédéric Chopin (via coma-rabbit)
“It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and...”
– george harrison
this weekend
checking out the new bar from the five leaves guys, nights and weekends
still excited about the going to the new movie theater in the ‘burg, even though you can’t drinking in inside, as was originally reported. laure moffat sample sale.
maybe the jazz-age lawn party at gov’s island if it doesn’t rain.
sketch some new type pieces.
then the obvious: dance/run/yoga/pilates
raphael saadiq “stone rollin”
the worst summer ever (and how i ruined a family...
[for heather]
when i was in first grade, my teacher and her husband (who are still close family friends) decided to take a small group of students to her family reunion. they are two of the loveliest people i have ever known, and since she cared for her students as if they were her own children, it seemed totally normal that she would bring a few of us along for the weekend.
for my...
pj harvey “the words that maketh...
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees,...”
– fitzgerald, the great gatsby
elliott smith “let’s get lost”
50 State Dinners →
i am ashamed to admit that i have been to only two of the restaurants on this list (in alaksa and missouri), and i haven’t eaten at the arkansas spot. adding it to the list next of things to do when i’m home next.
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees,...”
– Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar(1963) (via nayadiction)
johnny cash “ghost riders in the...
fleet foxes “sim sala bim”
“We are designed by nature to play from birth to old age … It is a genetic...”
– Steve Keil
amen.
WatchThe importance of PLAY.
Steve Keil: A manifesto for play, for Bulgaria and beyond (via TedTalks)
y-e-s.
“‘You are all a lost generation,’ Gertrude Stein said to Hemingway....”
– james thurber
echo & the bunnymen vs. florence & the...
Weekend. (Oh Yes.)
This weekend, I would like to:
shop the opening ceremony sample sale
check out the maira kalman exhibit at the jewish museum
picnic with this guy and others in sheep meadow
swim with sharks at the standard?
get lost in rainbow city at the highline
hit up the renegade craft fair
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spank rock “energy”
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The Greenhornes “There is an End”
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“unless you love, your life will flash by.”
– terrence malick, from the tree of life
“He’s just the kind of guy who knows stuff. Which is intimidating for someone...”
– mike birbiglia, from “sleepwalk with me live”
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
– e.e. cummings (stolen from miss karen dickey)
Do Not Try This At Home
“This” is a hand stand, and the implied “you” in this command would be me.
Last night, I decided to go to bed early so that I could get up extra early and go for a long run before work. Before turning in, I thought it would be a good idea to try a few hand stands (New Years resolution). On the third try, I slammed my foot into the wardrobe in my room, producing a rather...
