Lemon!

farmers market from the summer

hi :)

I heart love NY

I'll be your mirror/ Reflect what you are

Time to start again...

So I was trying to figure out this logic problem

and instead I ended up making this.

sparkly

little things

Cards and Guns

(image from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.magicbob2000.com/resources/hocus%2520cards_edited-3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.magicbob2000.com/Individualtricks.html&h=838&w=847&sz=224&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=kU_PFH6199fWOM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=145&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcards%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN)

Last night I watched one of Almodovar's earlier films, Live Flesh (Carne Tremula, 1997). Like all other Almodovar films (All About my Mother, Talk to Her, Volver), the plot was basically operatic. It took place in Madrid, which looks a lot like Vienna in this movie. I knew it starred Penelope Cruz, but I was surprised to see that Javier Bardem was also one of the main characters- a parapalegic cop who is both obsessed with his wife and playing (handicapped) basketball. Since this was 1997, there were a lot of cheesy architectural interiors as well as an unbelievable amount of tazmanian devil t-shirts (pretty much every scene). Remember those? I'm kind of glad they're not around anymore. But about the movie- it was really good (if you like high drama)! And Javier Bardem plays the role really well. So yeah, if you're looking for a movie...

In other news, I also saw 21 over the weekend (fun, but less good). It's that movie about vegas card-counting. Anyway, I looked up card-counting on Wikipedia and it's actually super-easy (although maybe less easy when a dealer's watching to see if you're doing it). Take a look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_counting

Things I am in love with

Why don't they make more clothes and bags like this? I had to hunt for these images. And while I'm on the topic, why don't they make cheaper versions? :(

Oranges

Dishes

BOKEH

Do you know what that is? I do... now. Apparently its the effect of having an out-of-focus foreground or background (or some other ground) in photography. Photographers actually use special lenses to achieve this effect for photos. Sometimes it's a way of making the viewer focus more intently on the in-focus part of the picture, sometimes it's just used as a impressionistic effect, sometimes it's good for close-up shots. I'll post some examples soon; for now, I've got to go finish this damn assignment!

Some examples (sorry, not so great):

FASHION FILLERS

ok, it's gotta be a short post because I have to get back to writing the longest statistics paper EVER, but just thought I'd mention this blog I love, called fashion fillers. It's written by this sweet Dutch girl who may be even more obsessed than I am with fashion. I love her style. Check her out below (yes, I stole the pic). Why can't I look that fabulous? Ok, it's back to Myrtle Wilt and the spatial clustering of diseased trees in Tasmania....(in case you were wondering, it's because they pass the disease through their roots. but you weren't wondering, of course.)

OH MY

this is a slight deviation from my usual happy-go-lucky topic matter, BUT
I just witness the longest pee in all history. The anonymous pee-er was already peeing when I walked into the bathroom. I chose my stall, put paper on the seat, did my thing, and washed my hands, and when I was done this person WAS STILL PEEING. I swear to god, she peed for about a minute and a half. My first thought was that maybe she was a slightly*cough* larger person (you know... bigger stomach, bigger bladder. maybe?), but as the peeing continued I started to think maybe it wasn't a "she" after all. I mean, women can only hold for so long. the world over knows we have tiny bladders. Anyway, when this person finally exited the stall (full disclosure: she had to flush MULTIPLE TIMES. for a PEE!), it was indeed a more 'manly' woman. Though I'm not prepared to say a man. Just a more masculine woman. Which makes it all the more ponderous.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S

ok, I actually think this holiday is very cheesy, but I still wish everyone the optimism to hope for love, the bravery to pursue it, and the inner navigation to follow it wherever it may go!

Photoshop experiment

so I've been playing with photoshop in my spare time. Here are two old photos I edited from my 2005 (?) trip to Iceland. They didn't come out so well when I downloaded them then, so I tried to go back and render them the way I originally saw them. Anyway, enough talk. Here you go:

Ok, clearly in a posting frenzy

but check out the maps I made today:
Shouldn't these be t-shirt designs rather than site plans?

GUESS WHERE I'M GOING?

I'll give you a hint. It begins with "Ore" and ends with "gon." I've never been! In fact, I've hardly seen the west coast. And now, I'll be seeing all types of beautiful greenery for five days. So get ready for more (original this time) photos!

New fad... care to join?

Apparently a hot topic on flickr these days is the LP portrait. Check it out:

Also, completely obsessed with natural instant dyptych:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/natural_instant_diptych/pool/
And Swedish photographer Lina S.:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/linascheynius/2180599209/in/photostream
She's also here:
http://www.linascheynius.com/

You know that stressed-out feeling when you have to tackle the first big assignment of the semester? Yeah, that's me right now. Though I know it'll blow over. It's just a matter of tackling it head-on.
The thing that's really contributing to this little feeling of anxiousness is that, in the back of my head, I know I need to tackle summer internships. I need to figure out what to apply for, and get those applications out! If I do, my summer might look like this:







(ok, I know that's Paris, but pretend it's Amsterdam)






If I don't get on the ball, summer might look like this:
















So, yeah. Time to get on that.

What's on my mind now...

To Do, This Weekend

....some layouts from my portfolio. The portfolio needs some serious work and some serious editing.

But really, I'm spending most of my weekend researching how Burkitt's Lymphoma spreads through the West Nile region of Uganda. WHEW. Glad I've got card night later on with the kids from my program.

Before I was born

To see the world in black and white

photos are my own

Look up, down, all around!

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