things and such

interjection

2009-04-04T21:20:00.002-05:00

in an age of technology and recent events i can't help but think about place, or a persons sense of place geographically speaking.
i revert back to art history and think of movements, like the furturists and dadaists; then place meant everything. artists caught word of this movement and moved there to be a part of it.
with the internet at my fingertips almost constantly, my sense of place seems to dissolve into the webplaces i visit and how informed i am. now, one can be at anyplace at any moment; its a mind boggling powerful thing to think about.
ones place only seems to become relevant when it is affected by something that is out of the persons hands, such as a flood, a job, etc.

vd cookies

2009-02-22T20:32:00.011-06:00

Me you and everyone we know (below)

I used this recipe. Made a double batch; used 1 egg and 1 container applesauce (the little lunch box ones).

Frosting- the Pillsbury stuff from the store (i dont have a mixer and hand whipping frosting will create arthritis im sure, ive done it before it sucks)
To get the frosting smooth:
either microwave it for about 30 seconds (till it bubbles a bit) and pour it on
or
frost cookies, spritz with water, smooth with 'clean' knife

Some things im excited about; that are on the interweb.

2008-12-29T20:45:00.007-06:00

I got so excited about this i actually cried a little. (not kidding)

Then there this thing call the thing that i think is a SUPER exciting thing.
in relation to the thing (connected via Miranda July) there is LearningToLoveYouMore

i have recently gotten re-excited about Etsy
and making stuffed animals and things with a partner this time.
i dont have anything listed right now, but i highly suggest checking out my favorites for rad things by others.

it may be slightly ironic of me, but this image has a warm place in my heart.

and i cant help but mention the green guide

or the fact that i now know of the easiest way to make your own ringtones for your phone via Phone Zoo

01

2008-10-25T22:23:00.001-05:00

quite in love with this image.

what happens when you havent looked at your google reader in a while.

2008-07-25T19:31:00.012-05:00

you find so many pretty/interesting things too look through. and i love sharing... so here you are.
(images are linked to the sites)

vintage polish posters

comfy couch!

old fruit!

elegent lighting, keith sonnier

more kieth sonnier

This site is just full interesting stuff.

About Colon Blank
including this:

Deadly Burgers!

studio, leaving.

2008-05-06T08:42:00.004-05:00

before my second and final round of cleaning out my studio

an hour later;done

end.

maliase 2.

2008-04-29T18:40:00.003-05:00

started cleaning out my studio and almost cried for all the "wrong" reasons. not because i'll miss it. i've done a good job of distancing myself from it. but because i wasnt sad about leaving it. just an overwhelming feeling of sadness about the whole place and the whole thing. wondering... sometimes if i made the wrong decision but there are no "wrong" decisions ... it got me somewhere. i learned something. theres just this uneasy disdain for it, a..... "well, that was fun" in s satirical voice.
also, dont want to take my "goodbye forever (see you tomorrow)" note down; think that makes me the most somber.

maliase.

2008-03-30T19:58:00.003-05:00

worried, anxious and adding vitamins to the mix of daily little capsules; because my best friends mom told me i should (i couldnt ask for a better friend). all these little concentrated hormones, and chemicals in an attempt to makes me not have babies and not sleep so god damn much. its all entirely frustrating; i hate taking pills and dealing with doctors but i can admit when it is necessary. i can also tell when its not helping, and so far none of it is.
fuck.

Show and Tell 1

2008-03-07T20:25:00.001-06:00

I was trying to help josh find brick print mirror tiles, and we stumbled upon this,

http://www. smoothware. com/danny/

Library.

2008-02-28T19:52:00.006-06:00

I love the mundane design of this library. I often get lost even though i know where I am. I'll walk in the opposite direction of the call number I am looking for; instead of annoyance this produces many a happy accident finds. The most memorable was this book I found dealing with the human body and sex.. (i think)... all i know is the imagery was wonderful and it shagging boobs, shelf asses, and poses showing different levels of dominance or something to that effect. I could not tell you the name of the book nor could i find it in a search engine but, if it isn't checked out (which it often is) i could certainly find it for you. I just love being here for some reason. Perhaps tonight it is also because I am working on something I care about, the bibliography for a paper I am writing on Container Architecture

Check them out, (articles are linked)
Selected Bibliography

Angelo, William J. “Shipping Containers Show Promise for Living Space.” Engineering News Record, (The McGraw Hill Construction, Accessed 20 January 2008), link

Architecture Week. “Clinics to Africa.” Architecture Week, Pg N1.1. 15 January 2003,
(Accessed 20 January 2008), link

Buis, Micah. “Containing a House: Adam Kalkin ’84.” Vassar, The Alumnae/I Quarterly.
Summer 2005, Vol. 10, Iss. 3. (Accessed on 12 February 2008).
link

Chapa, Jorge. “PREFAB FRIDAY: Container City in London.” Inhabitat, 8 June 2007.
(Accessed on 12 February 2008).
link

Grawe, Sam. “Sign of the Times.” Dwell Magazine, Dec/Jan 2006: (Accessed 20 January
2008)
link

Kibert, Charles J. Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery. New
Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2005.

Kalkin, Adam. “Architecture and Hygiene.” Graham Foundation. (Lecture Delivered 6
November 2002, Accessed on 12 February 2008).
link

Lot/ek Urban Scan. Princeton Architectural Press.

Lee, Eveyln. “PREFAB FRIDAY: Container House by Leger Wanaselja” Inhabitat, 8
February 2008. (Accessed on 12 February 2008).
link

Pilloton, Emily. “PREFAB FRIDAY: Keetwonen Recycled Container Student Housing.”
Inabitat 24 August 2007. (Accessed 12 February 2008).
link

Smith, Zack and Kevin Tze Ho. “Container Bay.” FabPreFab: Modernist Dwellings.
(Accessed 20 January 2008).
link

Scoates, Christopher. Lot-ek: Mobile Dwelling Unit. New York: Distributed Art
Publisher, 2003.

Tempo Housing. “An Introduction.” (Accessed 20 January 2008),
link

a day among others

2008-02-24T11:44:00.004-06:00

spring is coming into view. dates and other significant things are approaching ever so fast; somehow it feels normal. it all feels as it should, as if this is everyday; because it is. i'm freaking out about but not in the normal way, but in the excited cry, butterflies in your stomach sort of way though i know it wont all be fun an games, in fact most of it probably wont be.

i find myself in this constant stream of information and just plain stuff. though it may not seem to connect to you this all leads me to a thought i woke up with.
"i am a collector"

here is something for you to start with:
http://www.usdesignstudio.co.uk/

work; a few reasons why i love my job.

2008-02-22T21:52:00.006-06:00

today at work, i was making a sandwich as i do for people, when my boss walks in. i'm busy so i dont really acknowledge him, he often comes in to tell me things, or just blab and knows that i'll listen even if i'm not looking at him. So i'm standing there making this sandwich and suddenly, there's a spoon in proximity of my face that is obviously in the hand of my boss. and he says in jumbled pause this:
"will you take this spoon.... i mean, do you want this spoon?....... there's just something about it that bugs me, it's the only one of it's shape... i just... there's just... i was sitting there, with this spoon, and i would have just chucked it in the garbage, but i thought to myself, yah know .. maybe michelle would like a spoon.... so do you want the spoon?"
i turn to him and half laugh half giggle. the kind of laugh that says, "are you serious?" even though i'm well aware that he is serious.
i took the spoon, and giggled about it periodically the rest of the day.

also, today;
a homeless women came and hung a few of her paintings, since frank and kristy are moving our february art was cut a little short and we have bare walls.
a week or so ago with women comes in,(i am not aware she is homeless) during lunch rush and asks about hanging paintings; i kindly explain to her that we would love to show her work, but if she could come back in the afternoon or leave me her name and a way we could reach her i would have the owner get back to her asap. she proceeds to re-explain herself and basically write down a story in no logical order on the piece of paper i have given her. she's obviously not all with it and i assure her we will get a hold of her if she would just give me her name and number; i can tell she's nervous so im trying to be as patient as possible but this is agitating. as agitating as my boss's mother calling during lunch wanting to speak to him; seriously it's just a bad idea, we're bond to be a bit rude when we're busy. i somehow get rid of this women, shove the piece of paper at my boss and tell him i'll explain later. he of course wants an explanation now, but i shove it off and tell him i'm going to start sending these quacks at him since he hates, i mean hates dealing with the front at all, he's like a scared little kid when it comes to that stuff. i mean this man tries to bribe me with quarters to go get him a cup of coffee so he doesn't have to talk to the old ladies, because they just love him. so he shuts up about the artist lady. i end up explaining it to his wife (also my boss) and she calls the lady.
she comes to hang her stuff (about 4 pieces), during lunch, even though my boss's wife specified after 2 pm, but does not have wires on anything. she explains she's homeless and asks where she can get wire, my boss's wife kindly asks her to come back when her stuff has wires on it. she comes back today, and basically wires her stuff at a table, then hangs it; this takes at least an hour and it's during lunch yet again. im all for helping people out but she was a bit silly but definitely not the most annoying one; thats another shorter story, i will save for later.
later,
we got a call from another artist that wants to hang her work in the rest of the space. immediately after telling me about it my bosses wife says "and this one actually sounds normal, she even wants to have a reception"

begining to think:

2008-02-17T18:52:00.002-06:00

beginning to think:
i should have gone to school for architecture.
that i need to find a new way of working (artistically) that makes me happy.
i should have shaved my head months ago, instead of just cutting it short.
that i learn to become a seamstress.
about moving to savanna, for school.
or to europe.
that i'll be in school forever.
about peace corp groups.
i should be more assertive.
i should go to the doctor.
i wont be able to have a dog for years.
i should put people in their place, when they deserve it.
i should be less nervous.
i should push myself to stay awake more, rather than giving in.
i should make myself a sandwich.
i will never settle down, perhaps i need to find someone that is the same; with a rejection of most social constructs.
about that thing(s) that andrew said to me at the bar; you're right sir, but i dont know what else to do.
i should get another job, and start doing drugs to stay awake (just kidding about the drugs)
i should tackle smaller projects, since i can't seem to handle the big ones.
i should be better about my eating habits, since my french fry deliverer is out of commission for a while; you so deserve me sir, others may not but you certainly do.
that i fucking rule, despite how much i would like to improve about myself; thankyou matthew.

yep, really need to make that sandwich.
bye guys.

nostalgic.

2008-02-17T01:18:00.005-06:00

stumbled upon some bits of past. old emails from less mature states of being.
i'm slowly getting used to the feeling of continuity; knowing people for long
amounts of time.

can't explain how much i miss this / this

communication:

2008-02-09T15:41:00.001-06:00

i think it's funny how in most casual conversation instances people interact much the way deaf people do. in sign language everything is simplified into expression and necessary parts of the sentence. it's very much a 'cut the crap' way of communicating. and you're true emotion and intent is conveyed without you even realizing it. you have to be really good at lying to lie to a deaf person, they're observant. i wish more people were like that, or at least acknowledged that they were like that. since we are so prominent in word use people often ignore, or pretend not to notice body language and emotion. gah. i want to take more sign language classes, but i don't have the time in my schedule, i'll figure out a way.

i may not say much, but i am listening.

Lists:

2008-01-28T00:38:00.001-06:00

In Order:

fix/sell car
move
scotland
adopt a dog
contentment
pay off credit card
finish school
figure out what comes after
contentment
poverty

Groceries 1

milk
eggs
onion
gp
cuc
caffine
tofu
frozen strawberries
english muffins
french fries
butter
oranges
salad items
honey
orange juice
sandwich items
ground boca
bread
almonds
cherries

Groceries 2

flour
sugar
milk
yogurt
eggs
bread
orange juice
coffee
PB
pasta
on, gp, cuc, carrot
cheese parm ched
salad
dressing

Associations/ Appreciations

because of said person

sam - whiskey, bricks, industrial materials
meg - faux wood grain, grey & yellow, dresses
brad - hexagons, button up shirts
amb - lavender, sewing, deer
andrew - sounds, comics, veggie paninis
frank - polariods
mom - birds
kyle - randomness
mike - handkerchiefs