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[21 May 2008|12:44pm] |
~:{ m-ch }:~
( -=: dwelling :=- )
[ link ]
melons in orange & green, pieces of pineapple, grapes...
their combined scents surround me and the air smells like
sweetness....like sherbet....cotton candy....like summer.
I keep forgetting that Monday is a holiday. memento mori day.
Election results from last evening should ease my mind but
it all just gives me more anxiety than I had before. As if
the cause is so much more desperate...why worry about a battle
if we might lose the war? Too much detrimental language flying
about to encourage any one side to vote for the other. dum dems.
My stomach knotted and I escaped into my Švankmajer shorts...
a stop-motion animation respite. I'm avoiding my usual news links
and burying my head in books until this passes.
=:=
[ London Town 1883 Designed and illustrated by
Thos. Crane & Ellen Houghton Library of Congress.]
"He's bringing shrubbery back!
Those other boys don't know how to act..."
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[14 May 2008|04:41pm] |
~:{ My friend Darren is cool. }:~
"A game has to be replayable," Layne said. "If you play it one, two or three
times and put it back on the shelf, it's not a hit. Modular gameboards (with
pieces that can be arranged into different configurations with every game)
make a game more playable because you can't master it based on the set-up.
And it helps if the game has an interesting theme, something to do with fantasy,
history, science fiction or adventure." - Himself
[ GAMESCAPE ]
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What isn't cool is that my friend Darren had an article written
about his store a month ago and he didn't bother to tell me
about it. A pox, my friend. What else is uncool you ask? I'll
tell you....the fact that he hasn't opened a store in Portland.
There, Ive made my gripe public.
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[10 Jan 2008|02:40pm] |
~:{ clever & must acquire }:~
"Designed to be that one bag you carry with you
all the time. The 24-7 bag works for grocery shopping,
but also works if you're headed to the gym, to pick up
a bottle of wine, or to a nice restaurant with friends."
[ all balled up ]
"We didn't think it was right that our bags
should wind up in a landfill after years of
dutifully hauling stuff. Just send your bag
back to us, and we'll recycle it."
Well, that is just plain awesome.
The widow on the homepage, however, is not.
It's sploding my brain. Speaking of widows...
![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) chronographia, I now own one. yup! :)
Wedding festivities are in full swing. Met the
gang at David's friend's lounge...worked our way
over to the Virginia. Tonight is the bachelor
party...Im not heading out to see the girls for
I fear a heavy work load will keep me here late. :(
London's new MacBook Pro is hiding under my desk
and I may abscond with it if he doesn't pick it
up soonish. Tomorrow is the rehearsal dinner then
"expressway to your skull" certainly followed by
tom-foolery till late/early. I've taken tomorrow off
for hair appts and whatnot. Saturday is the big day.
I cannot wait to flop down and sink deep into the
bed at the Gov. ...brunch in pjs Sunday morning!
My performance appraisal for the year went pretty well.
Better than I hoped. I seem to have unexpected allies
and my raise just might be an actually raise this year.
After reviewing it I signed it and in the comments section
merely stated "I am made of "awesome" and "win!"
It made my supervisor laugh out loud.
It is now in my permanent file.
I have my new moleskine© ...
THANK YOU Ceci-bean. xxxx
All is right with the world.
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[14 Dec 2007|10:15am] |
~:{ phonofone II : Tristan Zimmermann (Science + Sons) }:~
"Toronto-based Science + Sons’ Phonofone II is an ingenious
little device that uses passive amplification to turn your
personal music player’s earphones into full fledged speakers
(or at least, laptop-sounding fledged speakers). In addition,
by combining horn acoustics with the audio conductive properties
of rigid ceramics, Phonofone II requires no external power
source or batteries."
goutwort posted about this recently, as he and tristan are
BFFs, and then I ran across his work again today on Veer.
exciting!! want!!
Today I meet with reps from west coast paper and mohawk paper
for lunch to discuss sustainable/green options for the company....
but mostly to nibble, sniff & feel up all the paper samples...touchy-touchy!
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| ~ jinkies! ~ |
[14 Dec 2007|09:07am] |
"A new third-party iPhone application from Monster and Friends
can record video up to 45 frames per second via the iPhone’s
built-in camera. The developers are still working on a final
version, but have released a limited beta which records a five
second video and immediately plays it back. The final version
will be able to record unlimited-sized clips (until the available
storage runs out) up to 30 fps and will include an interface to
save your videos. While impressive, this release is most noteworthy
as a confirmation of video recording on the iPhone, a feature that
is likely to be implemented either by Apple or through a third-party
solution once the developer kit is released in February. [via Gizmodo]"
-: tinkle :-
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[25 Nov 2007|06:31pm] |
~:{ alternative title: how West Elm stole the graphics off my stove & made millions }:~
[ knobs ]
[ vintage graphics. everything old is new again ]
In the process of cleaning my stove I lost
one of the knobby-things(tech. term) on
the range. It dematerialized. At least that
is what Im telling myself, as it was there...
then suddenly NOT. I havent a CLUE where
the darn thing went. It is maddening. Now
I dont know what to do as my stove is a
bajillion years old...and I doubt I will find
replacements. Can you purchase generic
knobs? And will they reflect the right temps?
O, bother.
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[25 Nov 2007|02:24pm] |
~:{ bad }:~
I missed this being broken as it is hidden just beyond view
on the far side of the porch. well, that is just poopy. ::sad::
once upon a..... it had life.
~:{ good }:~
jonathan was in italy! how I missed this postcard I
fail to understand....my mail piles up. I discovered
this gem while searching for a wedding invite I was
sent, and I missed seeing also, and for the first half of
the day I thought this was from my friend jonathan in
Vancouver B.C. as he sends me a post whenever he
travels. now I know it is zeee other! :) thank you j!!!
you have the worlds most best-est handwriting....
very seriously, you do.
p.s. Jonathan - B.C. ....planning a trip up in the
new year. you still read this thing? I know youre
not on zeee lj any longer.....miss you. :(
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[06 Nov 2007|03:49pm] |
~:{ .:ibride:. }:~
[ ligatures are love ]
"Ibride is an innovative French design team led by three members of
the same family. The century old technique used to create their gorgeous
and intricate trays uses recycled wood and gives it new life as a functional
tray or home accent."
( -::| delights & merriment |::- )
Thank you aesthete for posting a link that sent me to a link that
sparked a search which resulted in my imbibing, blissfully, in all of these....
- { click here and select court métrage } -
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[24 Oct 2007|03:43pm] |
-: bound :-
Flat out - Kevin Osborn
( ~::| boundless |::~ )
I will admit it. I like having a vehicle at my disposal. There. I said it. I drove to Lake Oswego, by accident mind you, last night...wrong turn-me. I paid for parking downtown so I could work through the morning at my own pace today. Without rushing. It was heaven. Took the car back at noon as I didn't want to destroy my nerves with rush hour traffic this evening...ran two errands in the process that would have taken me hours by foot and bus or bike. I will admit it. I like it. I have missed it. I have more time in my day for things other than commuting and waiting and queuing. I have gained time. This will be difficult to let go of.
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The secret is out!!! Unless you call me a hipster,
in which case I'll have no choice but to slug you!!!
Thank you so very much MO!!!!!
(p.s. yes.....the new logo is teh suck!!!)
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[16 Oct 2007|12:36pm] |
'MayBow's Book Arts Jargonator'
Dan Mayer and Ed Lebow, 2000.
ARTISTS' BOOKS / LIVRE D'ARTISTE
I think I am officially in love
with the word|concept "volvelle!"
link-a-link!
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[05 Oct 2007|02:01pm] |
It is my own fault, really, because I have 3 vessels at my desk
with which to drink my morning tea...so going into a shop and
getting tea in a paper cup :: horsdumonde is wincing::
this morning was due to the fact that yes, sometimes the 30+
steps and elevator ride up to my office is only feasible
when I've had a bit of the ol elixir of life. So I stopped
into City Coffee to get my drink on........
...and I always forget.
And then I remember.
[ You are flawed, generic loose leaf tea bag. FLAWED! ]
( ~::| and she goes on to say... |::~ )
Is it only me? Has no one else experienced this travesty?
Has no one else complained? Am I to be alone in this
revolution(wouldn't be the first time)? I empathize with
Galileo(well, in general I ALWAYS DO).....I could not be
silent about this any longer. I see the fools walking around
with their cups...scanning for the tell-tale signs of drippage.
I fear my efforts to rectify this horrible design injustice
are futile. But at least I know, dear readers, that you have read
these words...and know my plight...and all I ask is...for a hug
the next time you see me on the street. That is all I ask.
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[28 Sep 2007|12:00pm] |
One of the things I was most looking forward to about
my trip to Boston last week was visiting the museum
at MIT! Not only for the fact that I am a complete and
utter "scientific american frontiers" freak, that goes
way beyond my blind love and adoration of Alan Alda....
but also to see the work of Arthur Ganson in person...
who is, to me, just a marvel!
I took a number of videos with my camera, but I haven't
uploaded them yet...so I found some of my favorites
on the youtubez...my MOSTEST favorite, wishbone
wasn't operational the day I made it over...so Im glad
I was able to locate some footage, even if it doesn't do
it justice like being there and experiencing it in person.
-: fav :-
( ~:| retrotechnology with a nineteenth-century quality |:~ )
They also have an exhibit highlighting the evolution of
the microscope, at the mo, that is just simply lovely too!
I need to get the photos I took of my favs up as well.
The MIT bookstore was heaven.....
Ive been on press the past few days. I tend to wander around
the press room and grab discarded sheets of interest....which
my rep finds hilarious as they have to go looking for me and
usually find my arse-over-head in the recycling bins. Many
times, while they are calibrating the presses, they run old
printed sheets through the presses as tests. What results is an
interesting mix of ink, varnish, and image-text layers & textures.
Happy accidents. My last press run may be today...I have quite
a pile of these forming in my office.....though Im not sure what
Im going to do with them. Happy clutter.
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[24 Sep 2007|12:12pm] |
- { Organic Asian pears have surreptitiously and gradually infiltrated produce stands everywhere! } -
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They are not unlike having candy for lunch! My palate has been blissfully vanquished!
::white flag::
My skin appears so diaphanous at times...that
Im practically a one-woman bodyworlds. :*O
Count the veins, people.
[ October 15th! @ Doug Fir ]
* My new tea mug inspired by this!
Abracadabra! Hocus Pocus!
Pocus-cadarbra! Abraca-pocus!
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[09 Aug 2007|11:17am] |
I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher
might wish more to be than a good dancer.
Nietzsche
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| ~ The Virtues of Raw Oysters ~ |
[16 Jul 2007|10:06am] |
By JODY ROSEN - New York Times
-:{ SmutSmuttyMcSmutterson }:-
IN 1997 Bruce Young, a collector of memorabilia from the early phonograph era, placed a newly acquired 100-year-old wax cylinder record on his Edison Standard Model D player and heard a surprising sound: a young man saying filthy words. It was a 2 minute 25 second poetic recitation, suggestively titled ''The Virtues of Raw Oysters,'' written in the voice of a sexually voracious woman. ''I never had it but twice in my life/Make me, just for tonight, your dear little wife,'' went one of the few lines suitable for newspaper quotation on a recording laced with curse words and hair-raising sexual slang.
''My wife and I just stared at each other in disbelief,'' Mr. Young said, recalling that first listening session. ''We were just amazed that that kind of language -- what you think of as very naughty late-20th-century schoolyard talk -- would exist in the 1800s.'' Mr. Young realized that he had stumbled on one of the earliest examples of audio indecency: a 19th-century record worthy of a parental advisory sticker.
Today it has one. ''The Virtues of Raw Oysters'' is one of 43 profane monologues, skits and other spoken-word curios on ''Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s,'' the newest release from Archeophone, a small label devoted to early sound recordings. |
( ~{: and there is more the to story... :}~ )
Made a copy my own...how could I not?
-: conundrum :-
[ I mislabeled this artist's folder and for the blinking-life of me
I cannot remember his name(Im assuring myself that it is a he)
if you know or recognize the work, do please share! ]
( ~:|| magicians.mindreaders.misanthropes.miscreations ||:~ )
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[12 Jul 2007|10:11am] |
Nnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooo.............!
( Was the slow-mo really necessary?? ::wipes tear:: I think I just threw up in my mouth. )
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[10 Jul 2007|12:16pm] |
-: things I put in my mouth before the age of five :-
flowers
cuticle remover
shaving cream
shaving cream out of a dispenser
play dough(come on, who hasn't)
break fluid out of a VW Bug
silly putty
dirt
petroleum jelly
paste(out of the jar in stores, no less, I wasn't messing around)
soaps(wash my mouth out? bring it)
finger paints
erasers
bottle of sleeping pills(stomach pumped, vivid memory)
Diane Borsato puts museum artifacts in her maw.
lucky. She's much older than five though.
( ~:} warm things to chew for the dead {:~ )
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[07 Jul 2007|06:13pm] |
07.07.07!
also, thems that tend the yard and who will forever now be referred to as
"the complete and utter bastards"...mowed down my sunflowers, Ive discovered.
they were thriving and filled me with glee.....
their topless stems, tattered, remain.
a pox on them.
my tomatoes... and other tasty friends...
'mato-lettes!
I once again own a vhs player...main motivation being the
frustration of not being able to watch certain films from
movie madness because they are not available on dvd.
I am not a fan of double decks and the inevitable failing
of one side that renders the other side useless....I dont
like disposable technology....are there steam-punk media
players? I would gladly employ herds of hedgehogs to
run on wheels(only if they so desired) to fuel
my media addiction....if I were made of millions I would
commission such a device........in a second!!!<--emphasis.
(I would also like an alarm clock powered by crickets
rubbing their legs together...a watch powered by the
breath of bird song, lamp-light powered but cat purring
and a stove lit by the kinetic wagging of happy dog tails....
which leads me to share Theo Jansen...
....who builds sculptures powered by the wind and such.....glorious)
Please view the other youtubes and search out all info on this amazing man!!!
(a girl really doesnt need more to will her to the neatherlands...
and now THIS.........I think Im imploding to be his aprentice!!)
p.s. noire_blanche, a return box O'love cometh!
O, the wonder in watching tapes again...AND the joy in
being able to view some of the greenaway's I own that
arent available on disc.....I wish I still owned many of my
old favorites...lost here and there....I imagine most of
them are available at madness......onward to the search.
a note: nostalgia
the sound of a rewinding tape........
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