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May. 11th, 2012 @ 11:32 pm
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Artist Theo Jansen makes skeletons able to walk on the wind.
It's hard to tear your eyes away from watching.
http://www.strandbeest.com
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May. 11th, 2012 @ 11:19 pm
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Enjoyed the Avengers tonight.
The twist was the pro-tar sands advertisement in the previews.
"There is no can't in Canadian, only can!"
People booed.
Then I got to find out what is the official car of the Avengers.
Followed by an ad telling me to turn off my cellphone.
Directly followed by an ad telling me to answer movie trivia on my cellphone. Counterproductive?
The movie at least is a solid action flick. |
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May. 11th, 2012 @ 12:56 am
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Thursday was mine all mine, as my employer left town.
First thing was to ravage my lover and then I went to the circus.
There were equally as many planed entertaining moments as unplanned ones.
Someone had envisioned a beautiful scene:
A dozen or so girls in silver body suits back bend and leg swirl on silver yoga balls,
while a sparkling male juggler lets small glass balls dance in his hands.
Only...the silver body suits were made of a super slippery fabric.
slip...plop
sliiiip...PLOP!plop!
And three majestic performers were down.
Then people in black outfits with LED lights that looked like the night sky rushed out to distract the crowd. Then a couple raised up on a tiny swing and the girl swam around her partner in the sky. The man has crazy leg strength. I was impressed.
Then we went for sushi and grocery shopping.
I did the kind of shopping you do when you have already gone and bought your real groceries two days previously but you are now in Donald's market with your partner who really needs to shop. Weird cravings and "I wonder what that tastes like?", kind of shopping.
The treasures my house now has within! Small taro roots, tri-colored quinoa, vegan white sauce, gluten free nut muffins, pomegranates, frozen blueberries.
Then I went to my one on one Pilates class. woo!
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The new job is close, and that lets me cut down my transit commute to almost nothing.
Even so... Friday I get on the bus and take me home I take two steps, and turn back to the driver.
"You know you have an entire smashed up white fish on the floor?"
Driver: "Can you see it?"
Me: "Oh yes, and it's a pretty strong smell too."
Driver: "It's been a bad day."
Me: "You might have to stay at the bus loop and call a cleaner."
Driver: "No I have to head right back downtown afterwards."
I carefully place each step through all the liquid and around the many fish pieces to the seats in the back, where everyone else is sitting. When he makes a hard stop, I grab at the looped handhold, and save myself. |
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Last night I took the bus, past the frozen amusement park, and navigated the outside line in the cold, to get the stamp. Then it was down the stairs to the lower level, room on the right.
Now there are two very different rooms downstairs, and I am in the one that seems like a mistake.
Practically empty, they are projecting a Richard Simmons jazzercise tape on two of the long walls. There is a strobe light, and a DJ in a terry cloth head band. His microphone has special distortion effects. His outfit is possibly a tight lycra onesie.
"Really, this seems like a terrible idea for a club night." My friend Nicholas says to me, as we sit at a table, and watch the gleam in Simmons's eye, as he makes his people sweat, while wearing a lime green tank top covered with stars and scandalously small, matching shorts.
Drunk hipsters scuttle on to the floor, and attempt to follow the moves, in a weird hybrid of jazz hand dance/stumble workout. "Is this what hell is like?" I whisper back.
Two drinks later...
The collective shuffle looks more appealing. The movement seems to be calling me on to the floor. "Nick, let's dance?!" "You're on your own, I'm going to look for my work friends."
I begin the workout. I can't stop laughing. I somehow earn an orange headband, which I put on.
I become assimilated. Two guys try to pick me up...seriously. Must be my sweet moves. The tape loops and loops. I swoop my arm down and hit a solid form. It's Nick, laughing.
And he pulls me away to the other room, and back into reality. |
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I hope the last few weeks have been very enjoyable and relaxing for everyone.
The second New Years party I went to, at Simon's new place, beautiful ladies were cutting their dresses as short as they could with scissors in the bathroom to match the rest of us. Little pieces of dress kept finding its way into the couch, or even wound up another lady's leg, for decoration.
I was taken to a back bedroom and shown someone else's new night vision goggles, which were very cool. In fact when asked, he said he bought them off craigslist, from a neighbor of his, across the street. I joked that his neighbor probably knew a lot about him then he should.
We slept the night over there and hit the Denny's in the morning. A man in a leather jacket sat down in the booth beside us and loudly asked the server:
"So when is the earliest you are legally allowed to sell me alcohol? Nine! Well we have a ways to go then, gimmie a grandslam!"
Breakfast rocked!
The two chicken's I roasted, and all of the food I cooked over here on the third turned out really well. All my friends I had over enjoyed themselves. Finally I got to introduce my friend's from college to some of my other friends.
The radiography exam I took this week went smoothly. One more hoop to jump through and I can apply for my certification at the end of this month.
Jhayne and me exchanged holiday gifts tonight, as she's back from New York. Then we went with Alex to see "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn". I joked this is where Tin Tin searches for the perfect relationship. I have to say I was expecting worse, but it was not claw my eyes out bad. The kids in the audience seemed to like it more though then any of us. It was good to see my friends! I hope 2012 is a really good year for all of them!
Jan. 8th, 2012 @ 12:29 am
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Jarbas Agnelli is a film director, and musician in São Paulo, Brazil.
He collaborated with photographer Paulo Pinto to make this:
"Winner of the YouTube Play Guggenheim Biennial Festival.
Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn't the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.
I sent the music to the photographer, Paulo Pinto, who I Googled on the internet. He told his editor, who told a reporter and the story ended up as an interview in the very same newspaper." credit- http://vimeo.com/6428069
www.paulopinto.com/
http://about.me/agnelli
Jan. 7th, 2012 @ 11:52 pm
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Relishing my holidays.
The decadence of getting more then just enough sleep.
I went through the mistletoe madness tunnel twice with my lover, and past the plastic light flowers of VanDusen gardens earlier this evening. The candle wishing shrine was really beautiful. We put two more wishes in, and lit up the candles, I think that makes them come true. It's worth it to go, if you've never been.
http://vancouver.ca/parks/parks/vandusen/website/events/fol_hours.htm
Below is a video of a holiday tree made by artist Tom Deininger.
You may have seen some of his amazing art made from bits of found plastic.
He created a very cool tree made entirely of old CD’s, which was displayed last year at the Chelsea Market in New York. Underneath the tree, is all unwound tape, pulled from old cassettes.
Chelsea Market 1 from Thomas Deininger on Vimeo.
http://www.tomdeiningerart.com/selfportait1.html
Here is another beautiful use of CD's
"Artist Bruce Munroe has created a shimmering sea of polycarbonate wonder - the over 600,000 discarded disks are placed on the ground to create this unusual art installation. The disks reflect the sun and the moonlight from the 10-acre display at Long Knoll Field in Wiltshire.
The "CD Sea" will be on public view for a full two months, after which the the cds will be sent to the recycling plant and given a new life."-http://sustainablegraphicdesign.blogspot.com/2010/06/turning-garbage-into-landscapes-cd-art.html
Dec. 25th, 2011 @ 02:18 am
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Love this article I found here:
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/19/artist-produces-temporary-works-by-etching-her-oversensitive-skin.html
Ariana Page Russell is a visual artist whose work features intricate patterns etched in her own skin. I feel she's taking sensitive skin to a new interesting level.
Her site:http://www.arianapagerussell.com/work/dressing/
Nov. 22nd, 2011 @ 12:22 am
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