Oh...

and college is funny.

Two documentaries I wouldn't mind seeing

August 25th, 2009

I got to keep this lovely mold of my very own teeth today after a stop at the dentist. Another addition to the cabinet of curiosities perhaps?

I've been packing for my move on Thursday morning into Peabody.

When college begins (I hope to do these things)-
-Check out and maybe join The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
-Visit more gallery spaces and inquire about having shows
-Sell at every First Friday
-Visit an adviser about doing a double major in Psychology and studying abroad
-Begin going to shows affiliated with Haverford to start contributing to Schmuck Zine
-Find a yoga group at Temple
-No meat and at least 50% raw foods in meals
-Buy a digital video camera towards winter break
-Check out The Piazza on Sundays

There are a handful of good events coming up in the next two months-
Wed 9/23 - Marjane Satrapi @ Philly's Free Library
Fri 9/25 - Health / PicturePlane / Tickley Feather @ First Unit Church
Mon 9/28 - Faust Workshop @ International House (I downloaded Faust IV after Alex's thrill about them and woah, what an opportunity this really is)
Tue 10/13 - Hope Sandoval (from Mazzy Star) & The Warm Inventions (members from My Bloody Valentine!) @ Sanctuary of The First Unit Church
Sun 10/18 - Broadcast / Atlas Sound / The Selmanaires @ The Sanctuary Of The First Unit Church
Thurs 10/22 - Leonard Cohen @ The Wachovia Spectrum (got good seats!)

fin.

Madame Tutli-Putli

Madame Tutli-Putli boards a night train for a mysterious and suspenseful journey.

"Jason developed a system of separating and analyzing the previously shot stop-motion puppet moves, choreographing, rehearsing and shooting a human actor's corresponding "eye performance" to match each puppet move, at the same time recreating as closely as possible all light and shadow passes original to the stop-motion. Once the human eyes were shot, each eye was individually positioned, scaled, re-timed and digitally composited onto the puppet scenes. As different actors were cast for almost all the characters, the requirement was not only to integrate the human eyes onto each puppet, but on a frame by frame basis, match the subtle movement of the puppets, the camera, and the train – all the while retaining the flow of the acting. "This required every trick in the book and more!" exclaims Mr. Walker. The creation of the film and this extraordinarily painstaking process took 4 years from concept to completion."

-From madametutliputli.com

Watch Madame Tutli-Putli here

August 24th, 2009

I don't know where in Western PA
& The Warhol Museum was fun

Is brain chemistry a necessary conduit for people to reach God?

Is This Your Brain On God?

"More than half of adult Americans report they have had a spiritual experience that changed their lives. Now, scientists from universities like Harvard, Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins are using new technologies to analyze the brains of people who claim they have touched the spiritual — from Christians who speak in tongues to Buddhist monks to people who claim to have had near-death experiences. Hear what they have discovered in this controversial field, as the science of spirituality continues to evolve."

Are Spiritual Encounters All In Your Head?

"During epileptic seizures, sufferers often claim to hear the voice of angels or of God. Some epileptologists believe that many of the great religious figures, such as Moses and St. Paul, had epilepsy. Now neurologists believe they've found the sweet spot for spiritual experience -- in the temporal lobe. Some scientists say the temporal lobe, which is associated with emotion and memory, is the seat of spirituality. It's also where epileptic activity takes place."

-From NPR All Things Considered

Pierre Molinier

"Here lies
Pierre MOLINIER
Born on 13 April 1900 died around 1950
He was a man without morals
He was proud of it and gloried in it
No need to pray for him."

Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Speak

August 19th, 2009

September 15, 1937. “First of fair sex to obtain motorcycle license in Capital. Although she weighs only 88 pounds — one-third of the machine she rides, Mrs. Sally Halterman is the first woman to be granted a license to operate a motorcycle in the District of Columbia. She is 27 years old and 4 feet, 11 inches tall. Immediately after receiving her permit, Mrs. Halterman was initiated into the D.C. Motorcycle Club — the only girl ever to be accorded this honor.”

I am women, hear (my engine) roar.

August 17th, 2009

Welcome to Folk Fest!

We welcome you to 3 days, 2 nights of mud, sweat, free food, hammocks, creek swimming, hula-hoop dancing, volunteer shifts till 2 am (busting those with out wristbands), Potty Queen porta-potties, random screaming, zombie walks, dipping arms in boots filled with cold water, friendly folk, cut heels, mamas shaking their hips, Marissa Nadler, cardboard harps, high-five wristband checks, heavenly air-conditioned bathroom, synthetic hippies, real hippies, crocheted tree cosies, & more mud mud mud!


I met a friend one night shift. We talked for literally 4 hours and she gave me a necklace with a piece of unidentified dried sea weed attched ( i thought it was bone). Her name is Fiona:

Good experience overall.

August 12th, 2009

I have one wisdom tooth peaking out on the left, bottom corner of my mouth.
It never hurt.
I didn't even know it was there until a camera was stuck under my tongue.

At bed time I lay on my right side, then my left side, and then back on my right side.
My mouth is usually dry and I kick my feet under the sheets.
I close my eyes and recount the number of times you stroked my hair.

August 11th, 2009

Taken in 2006.

And I still stand a bit morbid.

August 9th, 2009

And so begins my journey to a cabinet of curiosities.

August 5th, 2009

August 3rd, 2009

In an office, 18th floor, Manhattan, NY.
I just finished transcribing my aunt's film. It took over 5 hours.

August 2nd, 2009

Oh Darren.

THE TOTALLY RAGING IN THE ROUND POOL SHOW WAS... TOTALLY RAGING, and in the best of definitions of course!
And Anthony, Alex, and I shook Bradford Cox's hand.
Yesterday was a good day, just a damn good day.