Baby Blue

Jim James

Seems I have a bit of a crush on him. . well deserved considering he is the front man in one of the best live bands I've ever seen- My Morning Jacket. (And not to brag but I've seen a few, and no one ever rocks my face off like they do) He is originally from Louisville, Ky- hence the Louisville is for Lovers event that sold out in 45 minutes this year! Damn. I lived in Nashville for 2 years but never went to Louisville- wish I had heard about this sooner since this year is the 10th. Way to go Yim, you cutie pie.

You can read some of his reccomendations here for best books. Goofy interview with the American Mustache Institute here,
Spinner interview here and of course the faithful youtube is available to satisfy all your video curiosities.

You Lucky Dog You

Skipping Town

I think I'm going to skip town for the weekend. .
(Does this gal have her priorities straight or what?)

The Shins

Crazy Movies

Grey Gardens, I'm Not There, and Chapter 27
Three crazy movies I saw today!

Ode to the petal table

O! How I adore thee.

ugh

courage doesn't always roar.
sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day saying,
"i will try again tomorrow.”
- mary anne radmacher

Egon Schiele

I haven't posted any art in awhile, I've been so deep in my pandora radio indie folk reverie. So I thought I'd just go with my most favorite guy.

I woke up early and am already tired.

Dogs in Danger

I don't know why I look at things like this, its really unhealthy for me. I get upset and want to bring every dog home. Well, not every dog ok.. but pretty much most of them- Especially this guy. They say his name is Lasso and he is an australian shepherd mix and he looks beautiful and sweet and sad. Set to be PTS tomorrow. u know what that means. call 803-286-8103 if u can help.

or check out dogsindanger.com for pets who need you, in your area

UPDATE! Lasso got pulled by a rescuuuuue!! yay yay yay

Metallics

Elegant and Interesting. The last room belongs to billy joel!
from the domino files on flickr

Its Only Me

I heard a sound
when I was a child
someone was walking through the pillow that night
the snow muted
the pitch of night
a shadow approached across a field in white
it's only me
it's only me
and the sound of my heart it startled me
as I drifted
from the dark room
face lifted from the paper moon
reflected in the orbit bath
he manages to say before he starts to laugh
you can't always trust
the darkness and the dust
but me, I'm just a man
it's more than I can understand
it's only me

the white noise
falls away
to reveal the perfect day
where roses bloomed
out of thin air
and music rose from down the buried stairs
it's only mine
it's only mine
I grew it in the shade
when the sun couldn't shine
and at times I don't know why
the tears come to my eyes
and what if I go blind
as they flow out of my mind
it worries me
it worries me
that there's someone on my mind
who I don't see
I close my eyes to disappear
into the fields of stars between my ears
the dark
as they overlap
we follow one another
as we fade to black

it's only night
it's only night

an ultrasound when I was alive
the shadows go spying on the ones in the wild
they dip their arrows
into the sea
they wash their arms
as they wait for me
they wait for me
they wait for me
hey wait for me
hey wait for me

Elvis Perkins
have a listen here
photo from obviously superior music blog The Sound and the Nerdy

The Airstream Life

Oh. Would I ever love to live in this beautiful thing. It still wouldnt solve one of my most anoyying issues though- I couldnt subscribe to magazines!! Article from Dwell.

Success

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. -David Brinkley

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. -Dale Carnegie

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
-Logan P. Smith

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
-Jonathan Winters

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -Bill Cosby

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed. -Juliana Hatfield

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.
-Tennessee Williams

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. -Al Bernstein

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. -Bill Cosby

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
-George S. Patton

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.-Winston Churchill

60's bungalow

in australia. g'day. from living etc

French Kiss

Mount St Michele Abbey, Carla Bruni & Noir Desir

I felt your shape

I thought I felt your shape but I was wrong
Really all I felt was falsely strong
I held on tight and closed my eyes
It was dumb I had no sense of your size

It was dumb to hold so tight
But last night
On the birthday in the kitchen
My grip was loose my eyes were open

I felt your shape and heard you breathing
I felt the rise and fall of your chest
I felt your fall
Your winter snows
Your gusty blow
Your lava flow
I felt it all
Your starry night
Your lack of light
With limp arms I can feel most of you

I hung around your neck independently
And my loss was overwhelmed
By this new depth I don’t think I ever felt

But I don’t know
The nights are cold
And I remember warmth
I could have sworn I wasn’t alone

lovely song -by the microphones

(go to pandora and listen to it, free)

Stars

I have been noticing how bright the stars are lately- in part due to the fact that I have a sun roof now (and a vehicle). Also because I've been smoking cigarettes and I often stand outside at night in the freezing. Theres a ton of hot shots on flickr, but theyre all bitmaps or gifs and I don't know how to post them.

Anyways- we were in Charlotte for the past 2 days, and it felt good to get back today, clean my room, do laundry, make dinner, sweep up some dog hair and rearrange a bit. It seems everything I have here is organized now, and I played around in the dreamy back yard shed this afternoon- should be room for a few more boxes of kidnapped items from Nashville.

I had wanted to make one of those lists I've seen people do- 25 things to do before I'm 25- but I only have 4 months at this point, so I'll have to keep it easy. Maybe 15 is more feasible. Or 13 good ones. But first I should take a break from blogging for a few days. I don't like putting things up just for the sake of it, especially since this is supposed to be like my online sketchbook and not really worth all the time and energy for who knows who to not see. Never fear nobodys- I'll have plenty of time next week while I'm in Charlotte getting my face drilled.

Looking forward to making lists and crossing things off. Busy day running errands with Dad tomorrow. And I have a few books waiting for me to open them.

love

Living etc.

is a resource I should use more often. cuz this room rocks

Bouwe van der Molen

Saw the tape font at Aesthetic Outburst (via Pink Shirts and Car Wrecks) and stalked his profiles. . and his blog Freaky Fauna. The photo of his work space was taken for a book on small pads, the tape font was setup in a villa window and then later digitized, the design by subtraction was inspired by a quote from Ruedi Baur at the Ecole National des Beaux-Arts, Lyon.

“Subtract signs, subtract gadgets, subtract the pointless, subtract the too-much-to-the-point, subtract systemisation, subtract formulas, subtract power, subtract signatures, subtract beliefs… maybe even subtract subtraction?…”