Me: Hey, mom. Did you see my video?
Mom: Yes. Jesus!
Me: Did you like it?
Mom: No!!! God, I mean, jeez, well... This is your Bub's fault for always letting you light the candles at Thanksgiving! Here's your dad.
Me: Hey, Daddy. Did you see my video?
Daddy: Yeah. My one question is: is it hotter than Tabasco?
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Absinthe. Fire. the Usual.
So the absinthe party was another success.
The offerings included:
The offerings included:
- Willy Bouvete (Swiss)
- Kubler(Swiss)
- Tunel Black Absinthe (Spanish)
- Alandia Gold 68 (German)
- Absinthe Neuzeller (German)
- red velvet cupcakes with fresh berries
- gaucamole and creamy jalapeno salsa
- catfish pate
As mentioned before, Willy Bouvete is a le bleue and my personal favorite. I bought Kubler here (in the US) the day of the party and was pleasantly surprised. It is made in the Val-de-Travere like many other fine Swiss absinthes and was very smooth and had an excellent louche. I'm not sure how it is legal here unless the laws have changed since last year. The other "absinthes" available in the US are still a big thumbs down. Absente has no wormwood in case you were keeping score and Lucid which used some distilling loophole to reextract the wormwood out to legal levels is not technically legit AND it's not that great. A third I've been seeing around is Tournament which I haven't tried. Again, I'm not sure what trick they're using to import it. Anyway, moral of the story is that Kubler is pretty swell if you want to buy Absinthe stateside although I'll have to get back to you on the actual wormwood content and distillation process.
Guests followed the usual pattern of starting with my recommendation of milder, more authentic Swiss le bleues, moving on to the extra wormwoody and thusly VERY bitter Alandia, and put the nail in the coffin with the knock-you-on-your-ass Black Absinthe. I have to say, although it is unreasonably alcoholic and gimmicky with the black (I'm goth, ok?), the Black Absinthe is pretty good if you're not devoted to authenticity. Or if you ARE devoted to getting blitzed. The coloring is natural and the stuff actually louches a murky blue. Always a crowd pleaser. Unless you're Eric. Then you end the evening vomiting and yelling, "Witch! Poison-witch! You poisoned me!" I should add that I think he was already sick before he started drinking. No ears were excised (van Gogh joke).
Last but not least, I had the brilliant idea to light shit on fire INDOORS and put in in my mouth. This was also a crowd pleaser. No fire alarms were alarmed, no flammable objects caught fire, and my apartment did not burn down. Yay, me.
Here is video of me dicking around for the camera. I believe my exact words were, "We have to make a video so I can send it to my parents and scare them!"
Friday, April 11, 2008
Daily horoscope
Horoscope for 4/11/2008
You need to recharge your emotional batteries at home -- maybe even going back to the place where you grew up. Once you've reconnected with whatever feels real, you should feel great.
Pfft. Done and done.
I just spent 3 hours sleeping fully clothed on my parents' bed this afternoon.
You need to recharge your emotional batteries at home -- maybe even going back to the place where you grew up. Once you've reconnected with whatever feels real, you should feel great.
Pfft. Done and done.
I just spent 3 hours sleeping fully clothed on my parents' bed this afternoon.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA!
http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/music-news-story/ar/_a/dr-pepper-urges-axl-to-drop-democracy/20080326072009990001
Dr.Pepper has vowed to give every American (notably excluding Slash ans Buckethead) a FREE CAN of delicious Dr. Pepper if Axl releases the long awaited Guns n Roses album "Chinese Democracy."
No, I am totally not making this up.
Dr.Pepper really is the awesome.
Dr.Pepper has vowed to give every American (notably excluding Slash ans Buckethead) a FREE CAN of delicious Dr. Pepper if Axl releases the long awaited Guns n Roses album "Chinese Democracy."
No, I am totally not making this up.
Dr.Pepper really is the awesome.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Advice
My mom is full of good advice today:
-"Non illegatamus descendre." Latin, don't let the bastards get you down.
-"Don't eat too much fire." Re: the fire-eating workshop I'm attending this weekend.
Tres exciting.
-"Non illegatamus descendre." Latin, don't let the bastards get you down.
-"Don't eat too much fire." Re: the fire-eating workshop I'm attending this weekend.
Tres exciting.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
until you could taste heaven perfectly
To avoid a embarrassing effusion on the subject, I was simply going to post Tori Amos' "Sorta Fairytale" in its entirety which I think roughly sums it up. It turns out I have already referred to the song twice in this blaaag, which is worth noting.
Now, unlike my mother, who claims Mick Jagger sends her signals throught the radio, I am not quite so superstitious about musical signs, but "Sorta Fairytale" has be something of a running soundtrack for the past three months. It just keeps popping up. If you're not enough of a know-it-all like me to google it now, I will give you the brief biography of the song.
Tori Amos' own description of the story goes like this: The protagonist Scarlet meets guy, immediately and deeply believes him to be her soulmate ("and I knew then, it would be a lifelong thing, but I didn't think we could break a silver lining"), they take off on the epic American West road trip, and somewhere along the line discover their insurmountable differences and end up going their own ways. The serendipitous meeting and the subsequent falling out make the tale an incomplete love story, or sorta fairytale.
Once I'm sure of something I am awfully hard to dissuade and once I've decided someone is great I'll go kicking and screaming all the way before I admit I was mistaken. I fight hard to keep my promises, and I made a big one. So it is with the deepest disillusionment with my own powers of persuasion and whatever cosmic forces who govern such things that I quit.
and i'm so sad
a sorta fairytale with you
Now, unlike my mother, who claims Mick Jagger sends her signals throught the radio, I am not quite so superstitious about musical signs, but "Sorta Fairytale" has be something of a running soundtrack for the past three months. It just keeps popping up. If you're not enough of a know-it-all like me to google it now, I will give you the brief biography of the song.
Tori Amos' own description of the story goes like this: The protagonist Scarlet meets guy, immediately and deeply believes him to be her soulmate ("and I knew then, it would be a lifelong thing, but I didn't think we could break a silver lining"), they take off on the epic American West road trip, and somewhere along the line discover their insurmountable differences and end up going their own ways. The serendipitous meeting and the subsequent falling out make the tale an incomplete love story, or sorta fairytale.
Once I'm sure of something I am awfully hard to dissuade and once I've decided someone is great I'll go kicking and screaming all the way before I admit I was mistaken. I fight hard to keep my promises, and I made a big one. So it is with the deepest disillusionment with my own powers of persuasion and whatever cosmic forces who govern such things that I quit.
and i'm so sad
a sorta fairytale with you
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Sweet, sweet Dewey
Today was quite possibly the most awesome afternoon ever. Equipped with a stamper, ink pad, and adhesive labels I tagged ALL of my nonfiction. It was glorious. Putting my books in Dewey was everything I could've have hoped for and more.
Things I learned organizing my nf:
- Stamping ANYTHING is mind-meltingly satisfying.
- I have many more books about way more topics than I remembered.
- I have only one book in the 500's and only one in the 900's. This needs to be rectified. Immediately.
- I have more reference books about graphic design and fashion design than the Richardson Public Library.
- Defying all laws of physics, I now have a good shelf's worth of extra space WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF BOOKS. Praise be to the all-powerful Dewey Decimal System!!!
Friday, February 22, 2008
Project Runway
Even since the inception of the show, particularly due to its affiliation with Parsons, I get asked what I think of the show, or worse, why I don't try out for it.
Well, I stumbled across a fabulously vitriolic summary of all the things wrong with the show written by a whipsmart patternmaker that hit every single point with finesse so I advise you to look there.
http://www.fashion-incubator.com/mt/archives/vivisection_project_runway.html
My personal short list, however, goes something like this:
1. Nobody on that show (or any other competitive design show) has gone onto a successful career because of the show. Admittedly, there are several contestants who have respectably small business, but these people ALREADY had those businesses. I have NEVER seen mainstream coverage of any of the former contestants after the show by any reputable fashion publication (and I read almost all of them). Every editor on the planet thinks these people are a joke.
2. The show makes life difficult for people who actually ATTEND Parsons. For example, I couldn't pick up my final project the first week of summer because they were filming. Ex-fucking-scuse me? I PAY MONEY to use that building. Secondly, fashion design is already the most popular major at Parsons with over 50% of freshmen choosing to enter the fashion program their sophomore year. As a result, the classes are overcrowded, there is a shortage of machines and mannequins, and there are few if any sewing rooms or computer rooms available for independent work. Due to the publicity from the show, Parsons now must employ an even more rigorous "weeding out" policy. My senior class ended up being a handful over 100 students, we stated out with 235. Over half the class failed or dropped out. In addition to the unfortunate kids who had unrealistic expectations of the nature of the program and their own abilities, this policy is also detrimental to qualified students who are forced to endure three years of scare tactics rather than real instruction.
3. The challenges on the show are totally unrealistic and the contestants were cast for their television appeal. If you are surprised to learn that the finalists are chosen because of their entertainment value, I don't know what to do with you.
There are many legitimate scholarships and contests in the US that do, in fact, acknowledge independent designers based largely on merit ( and only a little politics).
4. Any kind of show purporting to "make" someone in such a limited amount of time insults the commitment made by real people in the industry. There are very few Cinderella stories in any industry and fashion is included. Even the superstars that rose to fame seemingly quickly worked their asses of for years, even decades, before becoming household names. Furthermore, most of the people who are on top of successful businesses are people of whom you've never heard.
Well, I stumbled across a fabulously vitriolic summary of all the things wrong with the show written by a whipsmart patternmaker that hit every single point with finesse so I advise you to look there.
http://www.fashion-incubator.com/mt/archives/vivisection_project_runway.html
My personal short list, however, goes something like this:
1. Nobody on that show (or any other competitive design show) has gone onto a successful career because of the show. Admittedly, there are several contestants who have respectably small business, but these people ALREADY had those businesses. I have NEVER seen mainstream coverage of any of the former contestants after the show by any reputable fashion publication (and I read almost all of them). Every editor on the planet thinks these people are a joke.
2. The show makes life difficult for people who actually ATTEND Parsons. For example, I couldn't pick up my final project the first week of summer because they were filming. Ex-fucking-scuse me? I PAY MONEY to use that building. Secondly, fashion design is already the most popular major at Parsons with over 50% of freshmen choosing to enter the fashion program their sophomore year. As a result, the classes are overcrowded, there is a shortage of machines and mannequins, and there are few if any sewing rooms or computer rooms available for independent work. Due to the publicity from the show, Parsons now must employ an even more rigorous "weeding out" policy. My senior class ended up being a handful over 100 students, we stated out with 235. Over half the class failed or dropped out. In addition to the unfortunate kids who had unrealistic expectations of the nature of the program and their own abilities, this policy is also detrimental to qualified students who are forced to endure three years of scare tactics rather than real instruction.
3. The challenges on the show are totally unrealistic and the contestants were cast for their television appeal. If you are surprised to learn that the finalists are chosen because of their entertainment value, I don't know what to do with you.
There are many legitimate scholarships and contests in the US that do, in fact, acknowledge independent designers based largely on merit ( and only a little politics).
4. Any kind of show purporting to "make" someone in such a limited amount of time insults the commitment made by real people in the industry. There are very few Cinderella stories in any industry and fashion is included. Even the superstars that rose to fame seemingly quickly worked their asses of for years, even decades, before becoming household names. Furthermore, most of the people who are on top of successful businesses are people of whom you've never heard.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Oh Noes!!!
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/02/08/polaroid_shutting_2_mass_facilities_laying_off_150/
Poloroid has stopped making instant cameras and film!!
I was JUST digging around for my poloroid yesterday thinking how I need some more film.
Woe is me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Poloroid has stopped making instant cameras and film!!
I was JUST digging around for my poloroid yesterday thinking how I need some more film.
Woe is me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, February 15, 2008
What's new
Hmm, so what have I been up to these days?
I auditioned cold for Desert Sin and got called back among six other girls which was unbelievable. Didn't get the gig, but given that when ask "So, what are we about to see?" my response was "Uh, whatever I make up right now," I'd say it was a rather impressive outing.
In other dance news, still rehearsing regularly with Suzanne for Diablerie. A performance is in order soon, I swear.
Performances are good because I will soon be in possession of some fierce fire-eating skills and swirly poi spinning abilities.
Other than that it's been bitterly cold. Perhaps it was not the best time to buy all those $1 cacti from Ikea.
I've also been contemplating ways to get more space in my studio. Although the top choice was to ditch my BED, I've elected to stick the couch in the kitchen and put more desk space in the 'living room.' A genius compromise.
Oh and lastly, but not leastly, the reason for the writing surface increase is the full time pursuit of launching my fashion line which is, in some ways a much, much bigger deal than it sounds and in others really rather routine and ordinary. This month is the branding, legal and business phase. Next month is the "nerve-wracking finding competent yet affordable production people" phase. That means full range of samples by May, sales appointments by Sept, and things one may buy in places of retail by this time next year. Notice how the actual "designing of said clothings" does not even constitute a phase.
Le Sigh.
I will be all along the Gulf the first week of March (Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Alabama) which should do me some good. Too much boy drama and hard work and tiny apartment are making me homesick.
I auditioned cold for Desert Sin and got called back among six other girls which was unbelievable. Didn't get the gig, but given that when ask "So, what are we about to see?" my response was "Uh, whatever I make up right now," I'd say it was a rather impressive outing.
In other dance news, still rehearsing regularly with Suzanne for Diablerie. A performance is in order soon, I swear.
Performances are good because I will soon be in possession of some fierce fire-eating skills and swirly poi spinning abilities.
Other than that it's been bitterly cold. Perhaps it was not the best time to buy all those $1 cacti from Ikea.
I've also been contemplating ways to get more space in my studio. Although the top choice was to ditch my BED, I've elected to stick the couch in the kitchen and put more desk space in the 'living room.' A genius compromise.
Oh and lastly, but not leastly, the reason for the writing surface increase is the full time pursuit of launching my fashion line which is, in some ways a much, much bigger deal than it sounds and in others really rather routine and ordinary. This month is the branding, legal and business phase. Next month is the "nerve-wracking finding competent yet affordable production people" phase. That means full range of samples by May, sales appointments by Sept, and things one may buy in places of retail by this time next year. Notice how the actual "designing of said clothings" does not even constitute a phase.
Le Sigh.
I will be all along the Gulf the first week of March (Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Alabama) which should do me some good. Too much boy drama and hard work and tiny apartment are making me homesick.
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