lovebirds

something I worked on a little today, original line drawing taken from a vintage embroidery pattern



thought it might look cool on a shirt - probably more subdued than this. I think I may want to invest in a silk screening kit sometime in the near future... I know I'll be disappointed with the limits of it though.

Some Things

I found a funny old cookie jar, the hat says "COOKIE BEAR," also he's hiding a cookie behind his back. I'll probably use the two red deer on the ends of a really simple wood plank shelf.



I was really hoping to find a princess phone, but for a dollar, I like the Genie phone better than Sculptura donut phones, it's sort of a fusion between the two. Gold and red.



1960s heaven. A Teak Wood Tulip Lamp with colored glass shades. Usually this style has spun plastic shades so they might have been replaced but I doubt it. It also came with a matching end table/lamp but I'm one globe short so I need to find replacements which will be difficult. The base is really weird too, it is some type of clear polymer filled with what looks like tiny little pearl shell pieces, really neat and a pretty tall lamp. Definitely my best find to date.

Pretty Songs for Falling Leaves

and a collage (click for larger version) - still not sure about the colors

1 Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
2 The Magnetic Fields - The Book of Love
3 Glen Hansard - All The Way Down
4 Cat Power - Sea of Love
5 Iron and Wine - Sodom, South Georgia
6 The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says
7 Nico - These Days
8 Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers Pts 2 & 3
10 Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay
11 The Beatles - For No One
12 The Magnetic Fields - Sad Little Moon
13 Mazzy Star - I've Been Let Down
14 Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
15 Wilco - I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
16 Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear
17 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
18 Ivy - Worry About You
19 Coldplay - Sparks
20 Cat Power - Baby Doll
21 Nick Drake - Road
22 Mazzy Star - Wild Horses
23 Magnetic Fields - Epitaph For My Heart

Troggs, Vampires and Greyhounds

My video pick:



Just finished reading:



The Road

A good book leaves you crying on a greyhound bus, staining the last pages with mascara tears wondering if the person next to you thinks you are an unstable mess. This was a good book. I think it paints a pretty believable landscape of a post-apocalyptic world. Somewhere between Mad Max and the Great Depression. Not sure this will translate well into a movie though....





Twilight
Bonus: I'll admit the vampire love story concept is sexy and if nothing else this book gives me confidence that writing a hugely successful novel is within my reach-- or anyone with a thesaurus and a GED. Downside: the concept is sexy, the execution is horrible bordering on unreadable. I'm not sure this book deserves any dissection as a fantasy romance trash novel, actually I'm sure it doesn't. But there is something to be said about the sheer number of people reading this ...If you want a frightening look into the female psyche I would start here.

let me offer a random excerpt instead of trying to explain:

Edward (Vampire) to Bella (heroine/rag doll): "If I was too hasty...if for one second I wasn't paying enough attention, I could reach out, meaning to touch your face, and crush your skull by mistake. You don't realize how incredibly breakable you are.

Lesson: Hemorrhaging from the brain is a turn on. Go crack your girlfriend's skull against a wall and tell her you are battling your inner urge to kill her...women like brooding, conflicted men.