Sunday, September 19, 2010

My baby panther



She sometimes sleeps like this, notice her little crossed paws over her nose.



My angel and meeeee.



Holding hands. One time I woke up and she actually had her paw in my hand. I hadn't put it there, she just did it.


Love at its finest.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Too bitty

"I'm always changing my mind, well I guess I am...I'm a goddamn hypocrite" -my man Conor Oberst.

What I mean to say is that I seem to change my mind once and a while, as much as I don't like to admit it.

Example, Top Model.

Sure Tyra's wack, but some of these gals on the cycles are fantastic.

Run through for cycle 15:

Anamaria: "you bitty" -one of the girls to her. She was too skinny and most likely has a little eating problem, and they sent her home tonight on ep. 2. She was also too full of herself and set in her ways. So long to her.
Ann: the Allison of this cycle, but I can't help but love and root for her. She's also 6'2".
Chelsey: nothing about her has grabbed me yet, but I don't hate her, either.
Chris: one of two sisters on the show this season (Terra is her older sister). She's cute and funny and a stronger model than her sister.
Esther: one of my favorites, and the lady has G size tatas. G. I'm with Tyra in not understanding how she carries her Gs better than Tyra and I carry our DDs. And for that, I love her. And she's not in your face about it, either.
Jane: I liked her for a split second, but then she got sassy or run-of-the-mill or something and now I'm over her.
Kacey: has tried out before and again, I don't like her. Seems drama-filled and annoying. Also, one of the Js said that she's not that "attractive" without her glasses. But she DID hold her own when she wasn't wearing them on the catwalk. But, contacts? No? Hmm...
Kayla: at first, no, no, no. But, then she grew on me and I love her with straight hair. She's the little ANTM lezzie and good for her. Go, girl.
Kendal: is pretty but nothing has grabbed me yet.
Lexie: I read this on someone else's blog and thank you, person: "she looks like Haylie Duff." And that's all I can ever think when I see her. I hope she goes home next; she bugs me. And she's 18 and thinks she knows the world. No. These 18 year old gals on here always think that. Wrong, ladies.
Liz: Love. Love. Love. She is great. And reminds me of a friend who I always thought should try out. Love.
Rhianna: Hahahaha, she's cute, I enjoy her. She is inspired by plants and tries to model like them. If that's what it takes, get it, hippie lady. And she reminds me of Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Sara: episode 2, third from last called, eh. Nothing great, but maybe there will be.
Terra: weakest of the two sisters, but I hope she can pick it up a bit!

Monday, September 13, 2010

No Humans Allowed




I have nooo idea when this was made, but Steve Bays and Paul Hawney from Hot Hot Heat made this video, apparently. I don't know how I found it, but here it is.

Yesterday was the best: 5 years, 5 shows, jsdkalsjd.
Love The Basement, and it's the best venue for them.



9.12.10
One of my favorite men in the entire world. Great show, lovies.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

This is my new scarf


...and my bed.


I couldn't resist: Target $12.99.
I tried walking away from it, only to look longingly back and cringe because I knew I was going to buy it. HA.

Also, I started reading Water for Elephants because a friend said I may like it. After I read the back and expressed my immense interest, she told me RobPatz was going to play the lead role. I like watching him, and I think he's good. Honestly, take him out of Twilight and he's stellar. Let him be a weirdo-goon, and he flourishes. Reese Witherspoon on the other hand, I don't really know about. She DID direct Legally Blondes (a sequel? or something?) and that looks pretty bad. However, I was never a huge fan of Legally Blonde in the first place. In Vanity Fair, though, she did quite well, as I recall.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Fall Festival

Fall Festival Yankee Candle is the smell in my VERY CLEAN room.

Mmmm.

That and Evening Air are my favorites, I think. And also, Juicy Grapefruit, which I couldn't resist buying when there was a sale.

In other news,
Steve and I took my Nikon with a wide angle lens out to Brimfield and probably took some really awesome pictures. It's a shame that the film went amok. Speaking of "amok," that word has a hilarious explanation on my word-of-the-day calendar. It's a ridiculous image if you let yourself think about it:
"...entered the English [language] in the mid-1600s as a noun meaning "murderous frenzy." Since the 16th century, visitors to Southeast Asia have reported on a psychiatric disorder known in Malay as amok. Typically, the afflicted person (usually a Malay man) attacks bystanders in a blind frenzy, killing everyone in sight until he collapses in exhaustion or is himself killed..."

Hahahahaha. Ah.

Anyway, the film went ka-put and now we're back to square one. But, my uncle and my dad have seen fit to give me a kajillion rolls of B&W film. So now I have all the B&W film I will EVER need. EVER. Seriously, K (and Hanna!), if you want some, don't hesitate to ask, I will gladly send you some.

Triple H happens so soon at The Basement. So. Excited.
LKskjdasdjasd.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Dinner rez with my moms




Dave Franco as Cole in Scrubs.
<3
Chiseled chap, mmm.

LA, here Michelle and I come.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Miroslav Tichý

So, my dad hands me his American Photo magazine today and shows me this Czech photographer who was born in 1926, has suffered mental breakdowns, endured critics calling his photos "exploitative," and makes his own cameras from trash, i.e., toliet paper rolls, string, tin cans, and other things. "Because his quirky cameras did not have viewfinders, he lacked exact control over composition of images" (American Photo, March/April 2010).



So, like a pinhole. Of sorts.

"not so concerned with formal issues of technique and composition, and are more willing to accept a more slapdash approach to image-making..."

He's nuts and "wild" looking. I really liked a quote of his at the end of the article that says, "Photography is something concrete, a perception, what you see with your eyes. And it happens so fast that you may not see anything at all! To photograph is to paint with light! The flaws are part of it. That's what makes the poetry. And for that you need a bad camera. If you want to be famous, you have to be worse at something than everyone else in the world!" And as for people calling his pictures "exploitive," he tells the reader, "the pictures are about discovering joy and pleasure in an oppressive political situation."


Typical Tichý; he really likes females in respose/female legs:


And a few I liked...










So ghostly and spiffy. Especially this last one of Austrian women dancing; the Czech government controlled the TVs, but Tichý was able to pick up some Austrian channels and took a series of pictures. There are a bunch of other pictures, just Google his name and "photography" and you should get a ton. They're awesome.