Workplace

I work in a open space on the 14th floor of the Starrett-Lehigh building (ahem, excuse their 90s flash intro).
Partial walls have been built so that there is a long corridor to pass through before arriving at the main area with our desks. These are the objects lining that narrow space. I really love this piece done,way before my time, for Pina Bausch.

Update

ok.. things are going well with the plants. No casualties. Maintaining a healthy dark green. Left to right: basil, seet potato and chives.
Chives are underwhelming. Basil is impressive, I think. The sweet potato is fun. I am wondering if I should plants it in dirt now that it has a lot of roots.Left is a mystery plant. Right is Thyme.

Fire Island

Camping buddy found and photographed this tiny crab skeleton......and then a bird skeleton that still had feathers attached. Beautiful photos.Still looking for the architect that designed the surrounding camp area.Bath house. The grey-blue wood and triangular shapes meshed nicely with the surrounding foliage.The path to our campsiteTent. Its difficult to keep a tent taut in sand.Gear. I think we did a pretty good job of keeping it simple.

*patting myself on the back* Sunset.

Tagged

So, I have been tagged which means that I have to reveal 8 facts about myself and tag 8 other bloggers.1. I am not a fan of strict rules. In fact, for better but most notably for worse, I see rules as suggestions. Something to aim towards, aaaahhh because failure is so tragic.

2. I have bad eye sight. Its a very complicated & annoying thing to have to explain to people, which I inevitably have to do at some point. For instance, a friend will be walking towards me a block away & I don't recognize them & when they get close they're all like, "I was smiling at you. You didn't see me?!", half laughing. From that point on, most of these people fall into two categories: Those who think I am spacey & those who think I am legally blind and can't 2 feet in front of me. Few escape these humorous positions & transcend into not really giving a shit what I see until I latch onto them in a dark theater. I love these people the most.

3. I have a matrimonial relationship with coffee.

4. I am obsessed with the idea of recycled / second hand / antique / saved / old objects of use & I don't know why.

5. I have a hard time sitting still.

6. The first song that evoked an emotion in me was Birthday by the Sugarcubes. I was fourteen. I managed to record 3/4 of the song onto cassette tape.

7. When I was 16, I knew I wanted to move to New York even though I had never been before. I thought I would have a bobbed hair cut, a 50's Formica kitchen table & my own apartment in the city. I actually have these things (used to have a bob, at least.) The fact here is that I think sometimes we do really get what we wish for. And it occurs to me that I should be a bit more thorough & specific in my wishing ;)

8. Kenny Roger's The Gambler are lyrics to live by. There is no advice really, just the suggestion to be aware of what you are doing. You gotta know when to hold 'em. Know when to fold 'em. Know when to walk away. Know when to run. You never count your money when you're sitting at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

Thank you Kenny and thank you Joanna

Cat Cam

Mr. Lee takes photos! Thanks Gideon um that is a snake So, in case you don't click on the link, someone attached a camera to their cat and voila!Also this was on Reference Library and I really like it.

Weekend: Yonder

I finally went camping! I have been talking about wanting to go for months now. However, I am not exactly the camping type. I mean I know how to put up a tent, and start a fire(with charcoal of course) but to put things into perspective for you, I also brought my razor and foundation(makeup). Ahem, cause a lady is always prepared. Anyway, lucky for me I found a willing soul with the same experience and blind ambition for adventure. Originally we were going to camp out in the "wilderness" of Fire Island, a skinny strip off of Long Island, NY.Click image to enlarge

When we first called they said the camp sites were full for the weekend but that we could walk out a few miles and set up camp where ever we found a clearing. Now... when we got there Ranger Smith informed us that not only was it the worst time for mosquitoes but we also had to be very careful of ticks....especially the deer tick. And that 50% of all Fire Island ticks were deer ticks. They were the very ticks that carry lyme disease.... and 50% of the deer tick population was carrying the disease... And there was an 100% chance that we would get some kind of tick on us when we went into the wilderness because of all the grass and dunes we had to walk through. Of course, the campsites didn't possess these same tick threats. Immediately my new favorite camping buddy managed to get us a campsite. Whew! We bought peel-back-lid cans of fruit. Emptied the fruit out for breakfast. Then filled the cans with water and set them over our flame on the grill. Next dropped eggs in to cook. Camping buddy designed a soft boiled egg holder and opened the eggs with his trusty scissors. Unfortunately we found ourselves without the scissors when it was time to divide the soap for showers. So camping buddy drilled a hole in the soap with a pen, thus making easily halved.

So, armed with a pen, scissors and a bottle of sake we braved the weekend in one of the most lovely landscapes I've seen, all of a 3 min walk from the beach.
There was lots of beach art that was really quite interesting

I will post some non-cell-phone-photos soon.

Gimme Room

Daye just sent me this . My whole I-love-art-and-design thing is merely fodder-for-money till I retire and dedicate the rest of my life to designing a visually pleasing and utilitarian domestic environment.Bean wrote a nice piece in Bene on Aldo Cibic's views on home decor that I appreciated.
"The items had a sense of color and play, but were more accessible and lifestyle-oriented than Memphis's ornate designs. " -ALDO CIBIC

Boo

So, I have begun thinking of possible Halloween costumes. Last year I was windblown and I am considering dedicating a lifetime of Halloweens to exploring this notion. However, I also wouldn't mind being Log Lady from Twin Peaks.

Weekend: Culture-free

I mean... Free culture.Friday, I went to the Psychedelic Summer of Love show at Whitney. It was Free (on Fridays) and crowded but not terribly so. The show was fun. There were a lot of posters and animations with abstract expressionistic shapes and colors. Good for kids and designers.
Sunday, Band of Horses played at McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Also free! Such pleasant boys... They played some new of their new tunes which sounds very Southern/Good-ol'-fashion-American rock 'n' roll.

Remember?!

Mork & Mindy. Nanu Nanu! I loved(!) that Mork could drink water with his finger. However, I was never crazy about his scoop neck.

Meanwhile, In India

I have to say I am pretty obsessed with this video. I love the costumes, the MJ moves, I love that the shot where the guy is singing in a sea of shinny blue butts.. and there is some seriously sexy shaking going on... I could go on and on...
Thanks Chris

The Philippine Prison Company Presents...

Thriller. I believe this piece speaks for itself. Thanks Asher

My How You've Grown

So, I lost an iridescent light and gained a fluorescent. I can't say that I was altogether excited about the change in my hallway lighting but seeing as I had no choice I have been looking at ways to embrace it. For one, I will be saving energy. ummm I could also look into the cool color covers.. possibly add more fluorescents and do a little piece...ahemMy old light cover does make a cute potter, no? Also, last post I told you I would figure out what all the plants are but that was a lie. Yeah... so deal with that. I have no clue what the above plant is.

Basil & Chives

Tts been a month since i have given you an update on the plants. It killing you, right? If you are just now joining us, allow me to explain.left is basil. right is tomato

For the past two years(more than that if you count all failed attempts *sigh*) I have been nurturing various plant specimen from seed to their eventual decay. Last year I had a great quantity in terms of plant count and size of plant. This year I did more pruning and paid closer attention to watering needs. The chives survived this year and I think the key was less water. The basil leave are a big and the green darker, whereas last year the plant shape was larger and the leaves were smaller and pale.from left to right: vine and basil, sweet potato, thyme

I think this is due to giving the roots to each individual plant plenty of room. sweet potato

I have also been using fertilizer. Also this potato has been in water about a week.

Super!

So as I mentioned in my previous post, I shot some 8mm rolls over the weekend. I haven't used my camera in years and didn't have a projector to see the film that I shot... Didn't up until now! Last night S and I made a journey into the depths of Queens to pick up our Super 8 package. A projector and screen for me, a super 8 camera for him and some flood lights to share! The couple selling the equipment was so adorable. The man showed us how to splice the film and how everything worked. The woman thought it was so funny that we wanted this old equipment that they hadn't used since their honeymoon in Switzerland. More to come on this topic. Possibly some images....

Weekend: Awesomeness

I had one of the best weekends....that I can think of right now, since like, childhood. Maybe that one day when I was 6 and I spent the entire day in my tire swing after a tee ball tournament was better, but I can't be sure.
This weekend was spent helping some friends make an animation/music video. There was some stop animation of people with a digital camera and then at leasts 3 2.5 min. reels of 8mm film shot outside at the Giglio Festival in Williamsburg. This included a lot of Italian men carrying a giant Catholic obelisk-like structure down the streets.
These are some digital shots of the carnival from the ferris wheel.

Food Fight

Stephen recently finish his stop animation piece. Its not short but you should definitely watch this! Its thoughtful & funny... really... what more do you want out of anything?

Fake Is The New Real

I like the way this guy/girl thinks. Displayed interests and thoughts in a very simple an easy to understand manner.
Very low resolution images

San Francisco subway lines

This Blows

Thanks Daye ;)

Apt 3B At Night

I came home last night and there were 4 empty Zima bottles and Zoe could hardly focus.

Next to him laid my camera. In his drunken stooper Zoe has taken 106 shots of Tosca's (my other cat) ass and one of this shadow on my wall.