January 2008
9 posts
Photo clues lead to camera's owner →
I wish these people had found my ipod.
Film Couch Shelved
I don’t subscribe to many podcasts, and my expectations for them have never been very high. However, I’m near giving up on Film Couch. I continued listening to Film Couch past the continuous plugs for spout.com and their hosted web series (Butterknife actually sounds promising) because it was a good place to hear about independent films I would otherwise not know about and they...
KEXP is nice
I’ve been listening to the Morning Show on KEXP and trying to play “name that band” makes me realize I’m not too far out of the loop as far as new music goes. It’s not all new music, and today I heard the Modern Lovers’ Roadrunner for the first time. They sing about roadrunners, Massachusetts, Stop & Shop, and name check themselves. It is wonderful. I...
“…and then they all run away from home at midnight.”
– from my mom about this related to this.
“But there is one place where fortune cookies are conspicuously absent: China.”
– New York Times
Fortune Folio
I saw a fortune folio for sale online and thought it was a pretty good idea. My favorite fortune ever was tacked up on my mirror and by the time I noticed it was gone I didn’t really have a chance of finding it again (see above picture taken before the loss). I decided to make my own “fortune folio” using some clear photo corners I had leftover from another project and a small...
I'm Not There
I only write movie “reviews” when I read or hear that someone has an extremely opposing take on a movie I’ve seen. I really liked I’m Not There, so here we go. I’m Not There, Todd Haynes 135 min It’s easy to fall into a rut. Sometimes the rut could be a successful career complete with notoriety. A celebrity could be a successful writer, singer, and actor...
Christmas gifts
I made a lot of Christmas gifts this year and managed not to take pictures of any of them. I planned to, but the relief of actually finishing them made me forget. I may be able to amend this post with pictures later. For now, here’s a list: (more pictures coming soon) Designed and drew a cover for Alice in Wonderland Made a cameo pin of Dudley out of clay Screen printed a shirt of one...