Raspnanabran

Thanks, rain day.

Instead of slopping around in giant piles of triple-mix and getting sand granules in my ear, this morning I made these:

Fresh face

… for my wall!

And by ‘fresh,’ I mean ‘terribly similar to painter’s tape green.’

underneath it all is 'my little pony purple'. the left is the terrible colour that made me cry. the right is the new 'spruce green' which was given to me in pity.

Despite the fact that I painted so impulsively, it feels good to be a part of the history of this apartment.  Last night I was noticing a long bump in the wall that is only about 3mm wide but about 8 feet long.  I think it’s because of excess paint on the outer rim of my paint roll.  I examined all the other bumps and crevices on the wall and thought about how some of them were hidden and some were exaggerated by my recent 3 coats of paint.

I think it’s kind of neat to live in places that have housed a lot of people.  Places that are in neighbourhoods that are notoriously cheap and/or transient, and that allow people a really comfortable resting place without having to relinquish their entire credit capability to the buyer’s market.

It’s fun to imagine who’s lived there before, why they chose such a location, and WHY they’d have the guts to choose my little pony purple as a colour to paint a whole hallway with.

I’ve added to the great list of ‘Why’s’ in this place, and it makes me feel at home.

rhodon’t

i got attacked by one of these puppies today:

rhododendron

 

and by attacked, i mean i fell into it, and its branch scratched my arm open.

thanks rhodo.  you may be the most amazing coniferous tree ever, but you make an ugly fighting partner.

hey pool boy…

I mean…. Garden Girl, you got a little something there…

 

bringin sexy back

 

 

yyyyyup.

your morning awkwardness

The lovely lady at Xe Dapsicle inspired me to continue with the theme of Winnie the Pooh.

This inspiration brings you this gem from Awkward Family Photos:

wow.

 

Another favourite:

brave choice

documentarian art

Came across a really cool project that really sparked my interest.  It reminds me of a project I read about recently where a young man decided to take a picture of himself every day? week? for the rest of his life.  I think it’s called one day at a time or something.  Too lazy to look it up. . . yet.

Anyway. Also too lazy to describe this project called Exactitudes, so I am plunking the description from the website. Check it out!

Rotterdam-based photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked together since October 1994. Inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes of various social groups, they have systematically documented numerous identities over the last 14 years. Rotterdam’s heterogeneous, multicultural street scene remains a major source of inspiration for Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek, although since 1998 they have also worked in cities abroad.

They call their series Exactitudes: a contraction of exact and attitude. By registering their subjects in an identical framework, with similar poses and a strictly observed dress code, Versluis and Uyttenbroek provide an almost scientific, anthropological record of people’s attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a group identity. The apparent contradiction between individuality and uniformity is, however, taken to such extremes in their arresting objective-looking photographic viewpoint and stylistic analysis that the artistic aspect clearly dominates the purely documentary element.

Wim van Sinderen, Senior Curator Museum of Photography, The Hague

 

Some of my favourites:

I also particularly enjoy the game boys, think it’s hilarious that so many of the skaters wear Tommy, am slightly embarassed that how I used to dress in grade five is labelled as preppy, don’t particularly understand the title for these adorable children, and adore the title for these adorable young men.

OH, and I should probably mention that I most definitely have a crush on the majority of these handsome fellas, and these cuties too! AND these early birds!

original nintendo

I want it.

Mario craving: Code Red (and grey and black and white)

Little Bites Two

I started this thing last tuesday to start keeping track of the websites I’m randomly stumbling across.

Issue two, coming right up:

When I was informed that someone clicked on thepicture in one of my former posts, I decided to look through their site again.  I found the first of this week’s little bites:

Noah Kalina - Apparently some sort of youtube cult star.  I have no idea. But I like his work.  I especially fell in love with this shot. And I’ve always wanted someone to take a picture of me like this.  There is just something incredibly alluring about the anonymity, despite the fact that it is an incredibly respectable nude shot.  I love the lighting and the framing and the general sense of ethereal-ness. (word?)

Uke Hunt – Oh my. What a find. My righteous dude stumbled across this video, of Will Smith singing Men In Black with Stefan Raab playing the Ukelele. I loved it. It made me smile on the inside. It made me feel nostalgic of Fresh Prince Days… and it was all-in-all, a great find.  So I looked up on the google, and came across this website.  Cute. 

Other Words for Said - Ever been caught in a conversation that goes something like this? :

Other person: ‘omigod you won’t believe what happend with me and my EX-best friend yesterday’

You: ‘oh yeah? tell me about it!’

Other Person: ‘Well she told me that ____ and I was like ‘_______,’ ‘and then she said ___, and then I said

_____, and then she said _______, and then I was like __________, then she was like _______’?

It sucks.  This website may help.

Little Bites worth looking at

I’ve started to explore the internet a bit more since my main squeeze introduced me to stumbleupon.

I figure that if anyone is reading me, they should know the sites that I have fallen in love with.

I guess this will be a sort of weekly blogroll that I will update throughout the week.

Red Nose Studio – UNBELIEVABLE talent in carving and puppetry and photography.  Truly stunning work.

One Word - What a great idea to get your mind in the mood for more writing. I visit it at least once a week. Sometimes I get anxious and check it too early and end up submitting two entries for one day.

Wesley Burt’s Drawing Samples - These came up randomly in my clicking in the morning and I’m SO happy. It’s refreshing to see real sketching done with pencils or charcoal or other mediums that actually show the brush strokes of the artist. It’s as though you get to experience and understand their proccess a little more.  Really great work.

Jerusalem by Matisyahu – I can’t get a link to work to any youtube videos, but this song is worth looking up. It made me very happy.

< baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahah. ok. i put in some links to beautiful art. this is just plain internet stupidity. i like it and i’m not afraid to admit it.

my clicks are subliminally telling me to get a haircut

When I come across this photo more than one time in one morning, I know that it’s time to stop using hairpins, and about time for me to get a haircut. The last one I got was 8 dollars and was from a little alley shop in Toronto’s Chinatown.  I HATED it the first day I got it, but after a week of getting used to it, it became the best haircut I had ever gotten. For months (and I should say at least 8 months) after that haircut, I would get comments like ‘whoa! did you just cut your hair?’ 

THAT is value in an 8 dollar haircut. 

BUT my manfriend has told me that he’s giving me an early christmas present and that will be a fancy-pants haircut. 

I’m excited. So excited that I dedicated an entire blog entry to it.

La fin.