SIMPLE SNAPSHOT

NORWEGIAN WOOD

2011-08-19T11:19:00.002-06:00

Eighteen years have gone by and I can still bring back every detail of that day in the meadow. Washed clean of summer's dust by days of gentle rain, the mountains wore a deep, brilliant green. The October breeze set white fronds of head-tall grasses swaying. One long streak of cloud hung posted across a dome of frozen blue. It almost hurt to look at that far-off sky. A puff of wind swept across the meadow and through her hair before it slipping into the woods to rustle branches and send back snatches of distant barking- a hazy sound that seemed to reach us from the doorway to another world. We heard no other sounds. We met no other people. We saw only two bright read birds leap startled from the center of the meadow and dart into the woods. As we ambled along Naoko spoke to me of wells.

HARUI MURAKAMI

I really love this. A lot. I'm excited to continue to read it.

FEELING A LITTLE EMPTY

2011-08-14T23:27:00.001-06:00

It was a truly wonderful last night. I miss it. I also wish I had brought my camera.

TRAIN UNDERWATER

2011-08-11T12:19:00.000-06:00

You were born inside of a raindrop
And I watched you falling to your death
And the sun, well, she could not save you
She’s falling down too, the streets are wet
Body of water, toxic and timeless
Atlantic ocean, New York skyline
I always get lost, when I leave the village
So I couldn’t come meet you in Brooklyn last night

But I sing glory from the lowest
And I will say peace to the people I meet
While the world waits for an explosion
An instant of light that wipes the slate clean

So don’t be fooled, now don’t get lied to
Love was always cruel
Don’t act strange, don’t be a stranger
It happened to me, now it’s happening to you
But if you take that train underwater
Then we could talk it through

Well, if I could tame all of my desires
Wait out the weather that howls in my brain
Because it seems that it’s always changing
The wind’s indecision, the sorrowful rain
I was a postcard, I was a record
I was a camera until I went blind
Now I’m riding all over this island
Looking for something to open my eyes

But I still sing glory from a high rise
And I will say thanks if you’re pouring my drinks
While the world waits for an explosion
That moment in time when we are set free

So don’t stay mad, just let some time pass
And in the morning you’ll wake feeling new
And if I don’t come back
I mean, if I get sidetracked
It’s only cause I wanted to
I’m keeping up with the moon on an all night avenue

Bright Eyes

I JUST MADE A BILLION ENVELOPES

2011-08-09T17:54:00.002-06:00

Its part of my cleaning process... how I get rid of old paper and magazines and so on. the mail boat is full.

POST RADIO WAVES

2011-08-08T18:05:00.002-06:00

I had my first radio show of the summer today (as previously mentioned). Here is what I played:

The Lakes Alive- Rifle Men
White as Diamonds- Alela Diane
Teenagers- Department of Eagles
Tomorrow is a Long Time- Bob Dylan
California Nights- Fellow Citizens
I Need You- The Beatles
Rivers & Roads- The Head and The Heart
Petey- Jarvis Cocker
Sweet Sixteen- Big Joe Turner
Psychotic Girl- The Black Keys
Going to California- Led Zeppelin
That Sea, The Gambler- Gregory Alan Iskov
Riverside- Agnes Obel
Colorado Girl- Devendra Banhart
Reptilia- The Strokes
I Turn My Camera On- Spoon
Hang Me Up to Dry- Cold War Kids
Dog Days are Over- Florance and the Machine
Closer to the Sun- Slightly Stoopid
So Jah Seh- Bob Marley and the Wailers
Astro Dub- Long Beach Dub Allstars
Chan Chan- Buena Vista Social Club
Sure Shot- Beastie Boys
If You Want Me to Stay- Sly and the Family Stone
Ready, Able- Grizzly Bear
Innocent Son- Fleet Foxes
Soul Sacrifice (Woodstock)- Santana

Its been a really strange day. It started with me not getting up and doing anything that I had aspired to do (aka clean my room so it could be walked through rather then climbed through) and eventually was running late for my radio show due to my computer being set a hour earlier than Colorado time. I caught it just in time and frantically dragged the huge trash bags filled with consignment items down to my car. The gas light was on... I decided to risk it and started to sweet talk my car. By the time I was on my way I knew I would be late. I called Stacey so she could cover for me and sped my way to Carbondale. I was driving on empty with fingers crossed telling my car over and over that I would get it gas if it just got me to the radio station. On the back road I passed two cars feeling extremely guilty (over the double yellow lines) vocally apologizing through my window as I zoomed past. "I'M JUST REALLY LATE FOR MY RADIO SHOW!" The second woman flipped me off. Then I realized that there was a cop hidden and tried to slow down. This was in vain though because I soon saw him turn on his lights. The woman who flipped me off past me and the cop came to my window and asked me why I was in such a rush. I explained the radio show fiasco. "Well I'm sure you like this" he said (indicating my license) "and this" (indicating my car) "and you could get your license suspended for this, and a $250 ticket. I know that your radio show is important but so is your safety.... so remember that this is a 35mph road next time." I looked up at him and began thanking him over and over again for letting me off with a warning. I made it to my radio show five minutes late. After the show my dad called me to let me know he was taking my mom to the hospital because he thought she was having or had a stroke. She had been forgetting things all day and couldn't remember what year it was. I thought back to the morning before my mom had left for the grocery store. She was asking me if I knew where her shoes were which seemed normal enough, but really it was the start of short term memory loss. I ended up at the hospital a few hours later where I learned that she had just had a seizure so things weren't as bad as they seemed. She is staying there overnight. Evan and I both started crying when we got to her room and saw her in bed. It was just too much. She's okay though. Her tongue is black and blue from where she bit it. My uncle got into a car accident today and was taken away in an ambulance, but he is okay too.

NO WHITE SPACE 2010

2011-08-08T13:19:00.002-06:00

My floor is covered in piles as usual. It seems that whenever I come home I shortly end up surrounded by various things to makes things out of, glue sticks, scissors, magazine clippings, photos, paint, paper, origami books, yarn and who knows what else. This time I am also attempting to go through everything so I'm ready to move to LA (which I do every so often to clear my space... its really lovely and addicting, especially before moving.) I have three full trash bags of things to take to Mieser's this afternoon. I have a radio show at 2:30 so I'm going to drop them before hand. I've found that I have a bit of a hording problem when it comes to journals... especially book journals. I have like ten blank ones that I couldn't resist buying and three books that need to be sent off to be made into journals. I guess I don't feel too bad about it because I use them, adore them and I'm supporting Jacob (who is wonderful) and his recycling business. And then there's the fact that I always have an extra gift laying around that I can donate to one of the fabulous people I know. This weekend I went with my family to Denver to help Evan move into his first apartment. We went to the NEW IKEA (which was crazy and not very enjoyable because of the hoards of people pouring in... by the time we left there was a line curling out of the building into the parking garage... absolutely ridiculous. It makes me a little ashamed to be supporting them.) I guess its the only one until Salt Lake so it was quite the event. We did get Evan a nice bed that I am considering buying for myself and amused ourselves with the names of things and the directions. After building a bunch of furniture we piled back in the car and took Cottonwood pass. My time in Colorado is slowly slipping away which is really bittersweet. I am excited to see Ali and Lucy and all my lovelies back east and am hoping I can dash into Boston (which I miss already. Emerson too) while I'm there. How I'm getting back is changing once more but it may have evolved into a new road trip with my friend Dan. We'll see. I feel like it changes every .5 seconds. Anyway. I need to unstick myself from the computer and do some more practical real life things... like making some white space on my bedroom floor.

NIGHTTIME HUSH

2011-07-24T22:11:00.004-06:00

I scraped up my leg today while hiking with my parents. I can't remember the last time I did something like this but it HURT and frankly it still does. It's actually possible for your shin to swell. But it really was a beautiful hike just outside of Redstone. Redstone has the most lovely houses, I really like it. Its been so nice to be home. I think I needed to come back here. Tomorrow is my 22 birthday. Cray cray. Oh stream of thought. I have been writing a lot of poetry lately... I'll share some soon. In the meantime I think I am going to write some mail. I'm starting to get the stream of facebook notifications of people wishing me a happy birthday. I think I'm going to try to respond to all of them. I think its the polite thing to do considering they are taking time to say it. I can take the time to thank them.

SHOPPING LIST

2011-07-06T18:07:00.003-06:00

Super 8 Camera
Tent
Camping Stove
Sleeping Bag
Library Card

EXPLODING

2011-07-06T18:04:00.002-06:00

My head is going to explode if I don't get off the internet soon but here is this video of a trip I shoulda, coulda, woulda be on:

Seattle from Riley Ziesig on Vimeo.

SO I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE

2011-06-30T20:47:00.002-06:00

Its been so long. I am now living in LA. Cray cray. I should be writing a paper, but in classic Hanna style I am spending my time on the internet. I actually don't have a ton of time, my friend Dave is on his way over. We'll drink blackberry wine on the balcony while the sun goes down. I'll be back soon.

INFORMATION

2011-04-18T11:54:00.001-06:00

Justin

TEARDROPS

2011-04-17T16:30:00.002-06:00

So I just found out that Justin died this morning after falling off something at his film shoot. I was wondering why Lucy wasn't getting back to me today and now I just feel terrible knowing. I don't know how they are going to be able to deal with cleaning out his room. For some reason that is what I keep thinking about, the things he left behind. But I guess that is always what you think about when someone dies because they are leaving you. Its so awful and terrible and tragic and unexpected and fucked up and weird. I was just watching a movie with him at Lucy's. I woke up to him laughing at Toy Story 3 and now two days later he's gone and I am opening a formal email from the school with the announcement of his death. I got to the part about "those who knew and loved him" before I started crying. It doesn't feel real. I already had to go through this earlier this year with Grace. That service was really hard to get through. It will never make sense, why these people I know have died. Its scary that Justin was on a film shoot. I just want to hug Lucy.

A QUICK ONE

2011-04-17T16:19:00.002-06:00

So this video is social commentary on circumcision in South Africa (boys in south africa have to get circumcised (with a knife) in order to be a part of the community, if he's not circumcised he's seen as evil and gay.-person who commented on it).

Also! The 24 Exposures set has been posted. Go look!

INTERNET PIT STOPS

2011-03-28T21:37:00.001-06:00

Here is:

one

two

three

four

The last two are two of my lady friends, Kristin and Sarah.

QUICKLY

2011-03-16T00:10:00.003-06:00

So, I am now a part of a photography website called 24 exposures... here is my little profile. We choose different things to photograph each month and post them to the site. Its exciting to be a part of it, I was very flattered when they asked me to join. In other things... here are some videos and music. Classic right?

I really wish I was a dancer.

WRAP ME UP IN SUNSHINE

2011-02-22T12:36:00.003-07:00

Super 8 Summer and September from Riley Ziesig on Vimeo.

I like that video because its super eight and its of all my friends. Riley made it. I think I really should get a Super 8 camera, especially for the road trip out to LA this summer. Oh summer, I can't wait for it to be nice out. I was imagining the last time I visited Keighley this summer when I went to a park near her house and sat in the shade of a tree. It was hot out but the shade made things comfortable. No one else was in the park with me and I listened to music looking up at the clouds and the leaves getting lazily pushed around by the breeze. A cat came up to me while I was sitting there which was bizarre. I want to sit outside in the sun and draw like the last weekend at the castle. Or like when Kevin and I got sandwiches and sat on a blanket on the grass outside of a science fair. There were kids everywhere in white lab coats that were too big for them. I want warmth from the sun and lazy breezes and grass to sit on. We've had a few days where Boston pretended it was becoming Spring only for it to slap us with bone chilling cold immediately after. Yesterday was unbearably freezing. Right now I can see sunshine but I know that it is still cold out so it is bittersweet. Yesterday I was a nude model for Lucy's photo practicum shoot. There were five girls and we all got make up done to make it look like we had been beat up and abused.We had to pose in a variety of different ways including piling on top of each other, spooning in a row, lined up like sardines with plastic around us, hanging from a pipe. I get to see them in class on Thursday. It should be interesting to see how I feel with my entire class looking at me naked, but right now I feel okay about it. It was a really comfortable situation in all honesty. There was a good energy in the room and we all seemed fine with the nakedness. We all had to have our hair in pigtails with red ribbon around them and were in a open apartment with white washed walls and a wood floor. It was a open space so it was cold when we got there. There was a tiny little heater on the wall that we would all crowd around between set ups. Seeing the other naked girls crowed around the heater with red ribbon in their hair and sunlight streaming in through the window was beautiful. I really wish I could have documented that because it was a image that made me stop and think. It was really incredible to be in this situation with a group of people, some of whom I had not met yet, where we were all naked together in a room and comfortable. It was beautiful, they were all beautiful. The people photographing us kept saying so as well. So it went well and I am excited to see the end result. Actually speaking of photography, I really need to get into the darkroom and develop some film. I am just having a hard time finding the motivation with my recent cold. Blah.

SUNDAY RAMBLINGS

2011-02-20T15:07:00.002-07:00

So last night I saw Dr. Dog at Paradise Rock Club. This was their opener: The Head and The Heart.

The Head and The Heart - Rivers & Roads (A Doe Bay Session Extra) from Sound on the Sound on Vimeo.

I'm in love with all of these people and everyone in Dr. Dog as well. It was such a good show. I bought two records. In other news I have been having internet problems. My watch instantly is refusing to work and I can't save photos off of Facebook suddenly. Sigh. I am working from 3:30 to 11:00 today and would like to be able to watch some movies. Frustrating. I spent the weekend with my loves from the castle and it was fantastic. Twiggy and I also had our first night out on the town and managed to have quite an adventure. I need to print a lot of photos for documentary photo on Tuesday and just found out that the darkroom is closed tomorrow (the entire school is off on account of the holiday.) While its nice to have the day off I was expecting to be able to use it to finish my prints. BAKHSJDHSDFIEHJKERGHSGHUES. I am going to be modeling nude for Lucy's photos tomorrow though, so at least one of us is accomplishing something. It should be interesting to see how that goes.

MATCHBOX

2011-02-07T12:29:00.006-07:00

I just had my first documentary photo critique. You know, the one of the relationship. I think it came out well actually. And I wish I could scan these properly... but I am going to have to photo booth it.

This one shown below of my dog is for my photo practicum class.

I am really into this tumblr I found last night, beautiful images and I just want to repost them all. And Livi posted the link to this blog on my fbook and I also love it for its fantastic images.

We danced to this on Saturday night.

We made drunk mail to this on Thursday night.We dressed up as superheros for Charlie's birthday. Livi was the Hulk and I was Sailor Moon.

LIFE IS WONDERFUL (DOUBLE MEANING)

2011-01-30T21:34:00.007-07:00

I went to the cape for a night this past weekend and it was wonderful. We looked at an old copy of Life to end the night and read ads out loud to each other after going to a funky little dive bar called the Bomb Shelter. The next day we spent our time exploring snow covered quiet places (the beach, forest) taking photos and driving around listening to Bob Dylan. Talia got the zipcar and brought me along (we visited her friend Joe). It was really fantastic. Its always nice to be in a actual house again, especially one tucked away in vegetation that has a good ambiance and is filled with good things.

COLORADO GIRLS

2011-01-30T21:34:00.006-07:00

Via the wonderful Janine. I have been ravaging her tumblr.

HOUSEKEEPING

2011-01-30T21:34:00.004-07:00

So my friend/roommate Christie just started a blog... and look at this post from Gabby.

I am thinking about buying a black bird camera but I cannot decide which is better to buy, an LCA or this little beauty. The black bird is cheaper but I have wanted the LCA for a while. Either way I will get it through B&H I think and use the giftcard that I got last Christmas. The other night Christie asked me what BOC stood for, after googling (essential) this was my favorite result. Just some quick housekeeping of things that I wanted to share.

COCOONED IN SHEETS

2011-01-25T00:08:00.004-07:00

So I was looking back through this fantastic album of Carolines on fbook of the castle (Netherlands) and I just miss this day so much. I want it to happen again.

We were piled in our fort in Livi, Kris and Carol's room with blankets, scarfs, things to draw with and things to dress up in everywhere.

We were so happy. Here is a disposable of me and Kris facepainted from later in the day:

It reminds me of this fort that I stumbled on in a facebook album that looks absolutely wonderful and divine.
And of our cozy little place in Ireland:
Aside from that... it is effing cold here.

WHY I LOVE KELLY MCCABE

2011-01-24T11:43:00.005-07:00

Here is my degree audit... General Education requirements: check. Intro to College Writing: check. Click on the photo to view it... better.

She is in charge of transfer credits at the Registrars office and she immediately counted "Intro to Fiction" as "Intro to College Writing" so I wouldn't have to take a beginning level course. I lovvveeee her. The bitch at academic advising just gave me a talk about "better planning" and told me there was nothing to do but take it. Never settle. That is what this college has taught me. Everything they told me I couldn't do... I did.

THROUGH A LENS

2011-01-24T10:44:00.003-07:00

I've been wanting to post the opening scene to Loves of a Blonde and I stumbled across it today while looking for A Touch of Evil (which I have to watch for class but can't watch instantly netflix it... my DVD didn't arrive in time.) Anyway, I am particularly fond of the song/beginning whispered conversation between the girls.

I had my first documentary photo class today and I liked it. The professor is a really mellow guy who brought in some good photo books. I really love photo books. I end up looking over the photos a lot longer than anyone else in my class. Once I am settled into a house I will start to get some of my own, as of now... it's just not practical to be toting them from one end of the country to the other. For those who don't know here is my schedule this semester:

DOCUMENTARY PHOTO
PHOTO PRACTICUM
LIGHTING
ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY

So all cameras... all production classes. That is of course as long as I can figure out this Intro to College Writing nonsense. I was told when I got to Emerson that the English class I took in high school through CU at Denver would be able to transfer and give me credit for Intro to College writing, so I took the next level writing course and skipped that. A whole lot of miscommunication and lost transcripts later... they will not let me get credit for it because it was entitled "Intro to Fiction" but it was a writing class that used fiction as things to write about. So annoying. Now I have to see what loopholes I can find so I can get the little check mark next to that requirement and graduate like I wanted to while still maintaining this schedule. I was going to sacrifice documentary photo initially if things didn't work out... but now I like it and don't want to do that. Sigh. I am a effing senior, I think that I can write in college seeing as I made it to my last semester. Anyway, our first assignment is to photograph a relationship but with a twist. We all had to draw a little slip of paper that had either R or NR on it. Real or not real. If you got R you take photos of a real relationship, it you got NR you take photos of two people who don't know each other (or who don't have a relationship together) and make it look like they do. That is the one I got, NR. It should be interesting. My mind is full of coming up with projects now. Anyway, I am going to go watch A Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, with one of the best long shots everrrr) for lighting now. I finally found it on the web.

REMINANTS OF THE EVENING

2011-01-22T15:08:00.005-07:00

Hello lovely people who are reading this. Last night I went to Lilly's birthday party which was future themed. They had blacklight paint so everyone got their faces painted up. Here is a photo I snagged from Riley's fbook to demonstrate the blacklight bit: And here is one from Caitilin's fbook:I woke up this morning to a pile of things surround my bed, including a mug of orange juice and goldfish, a flask (its origins are unknown), half a bottle of beer with the labels peeled off, my computer paused in the middle of The Fifth Element, clothes, shoes, and glowsticks. When I came out of my room Molly and Rita laughed and exclaimed that I must have had a good night, the facepaint was still very much on my face. After a shower and brunch I went to babysit, I was covering for my roommate Christie who went home for a surprise birthday party for her aunt. The family lived on the eleventh floor of a high rise near the Pru. There were two little girls, Zoe: 4 and Lela: 2. It was mellow. When they had nap time I watched the end of Catch That Kid because Kristen Stewart is in it and she is like twelve at the time and had some string cheese.
Apparently the whole thing is on youtube. Now I am eating yet even more goldfish and having coffee.

HERE I AM

2011-01-17T09:29:00.003-07:00

So I am back in Boston. And so far its kinda weird because none of my roommates are back yet, so I am floating around solo. I do wish that I could have flown out today and have gone skiing yesterday but oh welllll. On my flight I spent a ridiculous amount of time going through the Sky Mall catalog. It is seriously one of the most amusing things. They had a harness you could put on to pull your suitcase around which makes me wonder if anyone has bought it. (There is always skymall.com if you are looking for useful items such as a marshmellow shooter.) Who flips through and thinks that the harness is a great idea? I should have taken a copy of it to chop up. I did rip out an article from United's magazine about this artist that does knitting graffiti... she knits things to put around lampposts and such. Her name is Magda Sayeg.The guy who I was sitting next to on the flight asked me at the end what I had torn out.

I THOUGHT I COULD POST FROM THE AIRPORT BUT ITS NOT WORKING OUT

2011-01-16T14:50:00.004-07:00

AIRPORT

2011-01-16T14:50:00.001-07:00

AND WHO COULD FORGET ABOUT RUBY

2011-01-13T15:54:00.002-07:00

(I am unsure of why the formatting at the bottom of that last post is messed up but no matter what I do the text is LARGE. So. Oh well.) Also, I just watched the Fifth Element, a classic and here is this:

MAKE ME SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU

2011-01-13T15:19:00.007-07:00

Zeb just sent me this completed music video and it is fantastic. The bit with the unknitting at the end... love. Anyway, it also makes me feel shitty for never finishing one of their music videos. We had some great ideas and always started to work on things and never finished... now I actually want to finish one for them.

Mornin' Old Sport - 'Cold Secret' from angelastempel on Vimeo.

I think I have become more confident with my filming abilities. The last piece that I worked on with Brian enabled me to take some shots and they came out exactly how I wanted them... the whole thing came out really well I think actually. I did most of the handheld stuff, such as the close up shot with the sunflare and the bit going on to the porch when they get ready to rob the house. Anyway, since that came out well, and my cinematography project was pretty decent, now I just want to make things and keep trying to make them turn out well. I have to babysit for a little while tonight for the Newhard kids. Hopefully that all goes smoothly, though I'm sure it will be fine. I have been learning to crochet and new knitting patterns lately. I have been having watch instantly Netflix marathons while creating things out of yarn at night. Here is the first thing I ever crocheted: Not the most beautiful thing ever, but decent since I made it the same day I learned right? Its a little ipod pouch and I am going to send it to someone. I will continue to make things to send for the people who responded to my facebook status:
I promise to send something handmade to the first 5 people who leave a comment on this here status.
So I am sending things to:
Riley
Dru
Ariana
Lorraine
Miriam
AND
Joey
Other Ariana
Livi
I best get busy making things. I love sending things through the mail. And I liked doing this because it gave me some people I never would have sent things to. Though other Ariana told me to "bring it to practice" and I have absolutely no idea what she is talking about... so now I am wondering if she things I am someone else. I don't really know her... she is friends with some of my friends and she goes to Emerson and she fbooked requested me. So maybe she thinks I am someone else? That is just weird though because there are photos of me on facebook, and it seems like she should recognize someone she practices with by their face right? Who knows. Sometimes these things happen. I, for instance, recently had a terrible incident while I was drunk and tried to continue to make out with the guy I had started to hook up with earlier in the night and climbed in bed with someone else... that was fun when I figured that one out. And it went on wayyy longer than it should have. Of course, now looking back it seems so obvious, but at the time... well I was drunk right? I guess it was just a little "love the one your with" thing. Anywayyyy. I am going to pop on to craigslist and go car shopping.

ANNOUNCING

2011-01-07T22:18:00.006-07:00

Hello, I am back as promised, without my wisdom teeth. It actually is not effecting me that badly, (though last night was awful) with the exception of swollen cheeks: Today I ended up having a movie marathon of sorts (without intending to) with Ms. Janie Gosney. She picked me up to see an afternoon screening of the Black Swan at the Isis, which made me want to do ballet, and afterward we got drinks at a cafe. I had peppermint tea, which could be my favorite kind of tea, and she had hot chocolate. We got a call from her mom after that which resulted in me being invited to dinner (sushi!) and another movie (Country Strong, which I really didn't have much of a desire to see... but free movie, why not? It was actually different than I had anticipated.) Now I am back home for the night to read, write letters (which I have been severely slacking in... I apologize to those of you who I owe correspondence), and watch old VHS tapes. I've recently been watching the old classics I used to be way into in middle school, such as Heartbreakers and Charlie's Angels. Its weird how much I remember of them. I guess I did watch them quite a bit. I don't know if I really have much more to say right now, just wanted to say hello. Oh, but one more thing about movies... I saw Blue Valentine at Academy screenings in Aspen and really liked it. I want to date Ryan G's character. "This is how people laugh in the future: HAHAHAHA." Watch it. Then you'll get it.

ONE OF THESE DAYS SOON

2011-01-05T12:13:00.003-07:00

Hello all. Its been a while. I am in Colorado and have to babysit pretty soon here... I always seem to run out of time even when I am not doing much of anything. I have some stories to share. I think I will save them for later though... in the meantime here are some things: I am trying to go to Thailand with Malika, Hannah, and Talia after I finish my film program and internship in LA this summer. Of course I also need to get a car for said program... so that is going to be a bit tough financially. I just got my work schedule for next semester though so that is something. I need to get a flask so I can give myself much cheaper refills when I go out for drinks which happens at least once a week on account of ladies night (Hannah Talia (and Malika when she still lived in Boston) made a point to go out at least once a week after class, which I do really enjoy, its a nice release.) Anyway, they are exciting things even though I'm a broke college student who should be concentrating on getting a job now that I am about to graduate (last semester starts half way through January.) Alright, this was brief but I must be off to play the role of mom. Here are some songs.

I went to a party right before I left Boston and they were playing Fumi Kuti when I got there and it was FANTASTIC. There was a great mood in that house. Then of course they started watching David Lynch which totally disrupted things. They did have a fire outside which was also wonderful I should note.

And finally. Malika has a blog! So read it here.

SOUNDS

2010-12-20T13:27:00.001-07:00

AMADOU AND MARIUM from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

LOOK AT WHAT I STUMBED ON

2010-12-08T11:21:00.001-07:00

Zeb! With that nifty thing... something that starts with an M?

WHISPERS

2010-12-07T22:18:00.000-07:00

The bottle caps litter my windowsill

and remind me of nights with you.

I breathe you in and try to hold on.

Even while we're slipping.

A laminated card sits on my desk

preserving text neatly in plastic.

I think of words to send

and hope they will arrive

with a bit of me between the spaces.

The vibration of your voice

fills my room and I remember

your handwriting.

Something that feels so lovely

is missing but I dream of running fingers

through locks of hair.

The sun on my face.

Grainy photographs.

Light on buildings

and the way your bathroom felt.

Looking at sheets while time slides

into morning.

Tree branches cradling

something that will be lost

and I wonder

if you still like the sound of my voice

and if you miss me.

I LOVE THIS

2010-12-05T17:47:00.000-07:00

THE NIGHT BEFORE

2010-12-05T16:41:00.004-07:00

I have plenty of things I could be doing but naturally the internet is far to distracting for me to pay any attention to them. Last night I was on set from 5pm to 5am. We shot in Mansfeild (I think) which is about 30 minutes outside of the city. The shoot wasn't too bad, though it was brutally cold outside. We did have a fire in a barrel due to the fact that we were filming a homeless scene which was nice to stand by between shots. Here is a production still via Matt Figler's blackberry (and facebook): I ended up eating a ton because our lovely producers kept serving us food and hot drinks and today I am quite full still. We drove back to the city expecting to see the sunrise but I guess it doesn't occur until closer to seven. When we got back I sat with Figz and talked about our grandmas while we waited for the producers to tell us where to park Evan's car. Then we went into a crazy parking garage that had a car wash in it and that spit us out all the way by the Paramount building which made for a colder walk back. I slept in late today. Here is this fantastic photo that Emma took:

A CHAT BUBBLE

2010-11-29T14:19:00.002-07:00

When I have time I would like to write a bit about Nantucket but in the meantime I have a lot of work to catch up on. I did want to share this though because it was just a nice thing to receive and I have been feeling a little lost and vulnerable these days. Its not something I normally share with the entire internet, but I think its a good thing to document for myself.

REPEAT

2010-11-28T22:35:00.006-07:00

Okay. So not to be ridiculous. And post this on both blogs. And post this after Keighley. But seriously. This music video is brilliant. Enough so that I need to blab on about the framing for a little bit. First the beginning frame is a wonderful use of foreground, middleground and background and action coming into frame. Its like the dance floor scene in Loves of a Blonde (which is a wonderfully shot film as well. Watch it.) And then there is a ballerina on the left side of the frame through most of it who is kinda separated from the rest and cut off of a bit from the frame, it is SO BRILLIANT and wonderful. Its like those photographs that are made by the little extras at the edge of the frame. I'm sure Lauren Shaw, my photo teacher, would be into it. I mean just look at the freeze frame on the paused video, the ballerina on the right is cut off half way through her face but it is fantastic. In addition all of the overheads are slightly cropped or to the side and it works so well. The framing is just mesmerizing and inspiring to me and my cinematography head. I also have to say the colors are fantastic. As is the set and costume design. I need to know who shot this.

THE FILM I WANT TO MAKE

2010-11-13T16:07:00.001-07:00

I absolutely love this. Thanks to M for sharing.

BURNING SHAME, WHAT A PAIN

2010-11-13T13:21:00.003-07:00

So I have a UTI. I had to call a clinic and desperately beg them to prescribe me something due to the fact that the school's stupid clinic is not open on weekends. After the doctor told me several times "But I don't know you" I think he pitied me enough to ask me if I had allergies to anything and prescribed me some pills. Its been a great weekend. Nothing like having to suppress a yell of pain every time you have to urinate while simultaneously always feeling the need to pee. After rushing around to pick up the prescription I went over to the darkroom to frantically get as many prints done as possible. In the end I got three done and was running late for work. I am working until eleven today and since I had to deal with getting a prescription I didn't get to shoot my cinematography project and have to get up and shoot at like seven tomorrow because I am sharing the camera with the boy scout who of course wants to shoot early morning scenes. Rather then short ending the film I am just going to finish while walking over to his location with him. Then I have to head back to the darkroom and then work again. While I'm used to being this busy I do not normally have the treat of wanting to cry randomly due to my body being off and having to mentally prepare myself and use steady breathing before I pee. Having a vagina is great. Anyway, speaking of vaginas, I recently read a very interesting article in New York Times Magazine via lomo about an analog porn photographer. I will let you read the article to find out more. Here it is. I'll also give you the magazine blog and their video page. Also, here is this:

Hope you all are having a fantastic weekend.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING A LOT OF NYLON TV

2010-11-11T22:05:00.000-07:00

This is good.

LADY TIME

2010-11-11T17:57:00.003-07:00

In addition to all that loveliness, I wanted to share a bit from last night:

*Livi, Malika and I finished off a bottle of Lime Vodka with orange juice in my room
*Took disposable photos
*Drew with sharpies
*Listened to vinyl
*Got a cab (Malika made friends with the driver)
*Got cab drivers number
*Took everything out of Malika's bag on the sidewalk
*Called cab driver to come back so we could grab Malika's ticket that was left inside
*Went to Toots and the Maytals at Paradise Rock Club
*Got on stage
*Danced our butts off
*Screamed
*Jumped up and down
*Meet Rasta Jamaican older guy who was into coke
*Got some kid named Craig's number, ran away
*Called him
*Went to Livi and Kristins
*Loved on each other
*Danced to records
*Dashed to Tedeski to grab cigs and fire
*Burned incense
*Photo boothed/left fbook video wall post
*Ate peppered goat cheese
*Took off pants (or overalls in my case)
*Went to sleep
I love ladies' night.

I HAD TO DO SOMETHING I DO NOT LIKE TO DO

2010-11-06T19:10:00.004-06:00

And crop my fbook profile piccy.

BEFORE:
AFTER:
Apparently little miss redhead is an RA and the cute little Joey asked me kindly to get rid of her in some way (deleting or cropping) so she wouldn't be held accountable. Of course this is a reasonable request I just hate cropping photos like that. Bah. Plus her red hair added a good splash. Anyway. Last night was very fun. Malika and I started out at Sweetwater and had a few vodka with club sodas before meeting up with Livi and taking the T out to St. Marys to go to the sorority house for a 90s party. We made a brief appearance, taking a lot of alcohol with us as party favors and headed to Omri's on Cortes. There we danced and talked and drank and lost Livi (who ended up being nestled in the crack next to Omri's bed. Malika and I were sitting on the bed wondering out loud where she could be when a hand popped up... HERE I AM!). We left and walked back to the dorms stopping in Boston Park Plaza Hotel because Livi was insisting that we get a room for the night. She could visualize all of us in bathrobes. When the receptionist told us that they were fully booked, Livi said "Whatever, I can totally afford it" and left. We stopped on Boylston to make a limo driver take a photo of us with the car and continued to NYP where we bought three slices (Livi put way too many pepper flakes on hers and proceeded to dump them onto mine...) and got two more by talking to random people who had bought entire pizzas. Upon reaching the Little Building we talked the security guard into giving us one of the donuts that he had in a box on his desk (he actually had three boxes) and went up to my room. We ate the pizza and fell asleep. I woke up on the floor and tried to move to my bedroom only to realize that my bedroom door was locked and the key was in the room. So I went shopping in Molly's room (who was out for the night) and set up her pillow and comforter on the floor. Later in the night Livi did the same but got a body pillow to cover herself with. My alarm blared the radio for an hour when I couldn't turn it off in the morning and my phone died. We went to late breakfast at the Dining Hall and I returned back upstairs to find an RA. I hid our illegal appliances (rice cooker, coffee maker, hot water heater) in the bathtub and wrote a note saying "don't turn on shower, illegal items in bathtub." After the RA unlocked my room I returned everything and set about cleaning up. Malika's hood is still sitting in the chair she fell asleep in last night (she went back to her room at some point), we woke up to it covered in pizza crust chunks and a half eaten donut. I'm getting the disposable camera developed tomorrow.

HAIRZ

2010-11-06T14:20:00.004-06:00

My hair is getting really long lately. I straightened it for the first time in a while last night.

I dyed a bit of my hair purple and blue and now it has faded to pink and purple, as seen in these photos.

This was the day we did it. We also visited the Chinatown dollar store and bought these fantastic "Special Lady" glitsey fan accessories.

I LIKE THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE

2010-11-04T14:48:00.003-06:00

Last night I went on a adventure of sorts with the boy scout. We went up to beacon hill and hopped a fence to sit in a gated park under some branches. We climbed into a tree and spied before heading back to my room to listen to records and drink tea. I always know that it has been a good night when I find wood chips on my floor in the morning.

Here is proof that we were the best Castle group/a scene from the talent show. I made Dave's shirt even though you can't see what is drawn on it here. Enjoy.

I also have two more pairs of new boots... I have a problem. Pictures soooonnn.

WHAM BAM

2010-10-28T19:09:00.001-06:00

and this... click.
and this... click.
and this... click.
and I also got new lomo goods via Craigslist! Loveeeee.

SHOP SHOP SHOP HOP POP

2010-10-25T16:32:00.005-06:00

I just went shopping for the first time this semester and got some tights, knee highs, a towel, a skirt and over-knee boots. Good buys... but now I just want to go shopping...

A QUICK ONE WHILE I'M AWAY

2010-10-24T22:11:00.004-06:00

First, here are some things from dad:

Click. Also, right now I am watching Doug and Russell make a shadow animation with an animation Bolex. It is pretty awesome. I want to take the animation class now.

JIGSAW

2010-10-19T21:50:00.001-06:00

Upon visiting the bookjournals website for the first time in a while. I found many wonderful ones (which always happens) and decided to get a few of them (which always happens). I should say that I am still deciding on which ones exactly though... I've included the possibilities.

This is a still from a bad "trailer" of Crazy/Beautiful from youtube. One of the great parts of that movie is Kirstin Dunst's character's interest in cameras. She is seen here with a Lomo LC-A. She also has a Polaroid land camera and is always in the darkroom and making awesome journals. And now that I am thinking about it, her character in Elizabethtown makes that awesome journal/roadtrip guide thing too...
Okay so. That is my little sailboat. I bought a 3D puzzle kit in a lighthouse on the Cape and ta da! Sailboat. I'm fond of it.
The other day I borrowed Kristy's space headphones in the Library.
This is me writing my paper for Contemporary World History. Yes, I cited Babar.
And I really want these boots but they are always out of stock! Even when they told me they were back in stock... for the best though considering they are pricey. I am in the market for a new pair of smaller heeled to flat boots. A new pair of riding boots would be great as well.

ALSO, ADS WITH WES AND JASON

2010-10-12T19:44:00.001-06:00

MISTY LIGHT

2010-10-12T19:10:00.002-06:00

Jason, you are wonderful.

The other night I got on a trailer watching kick.

LEAVES THAT LOOK LIKE FIRE

2010-10-11T18:22:00.008-06:00

A billion hours of internet mind sucking later... I have decided to type up a post and finish some actual work. First, Livi came over the other night after our class was canceled. Our professor walked in and drew this on the board:And then told us he was sick and was going home to sleep so class was canceled. He is pretty wonderful. Livi and I decided to have whiskey shots with a gum chaser.
Livi: "How do we make this look more artsy... can we put it in black and white?"
Classy.
Pretend you just sneezed.
Senior photo.
"Hanna you look like you are on some kind of drug they would give to women housewives to keep them peppy."
Then Livi and I made snogging scales. One through ten with how "far" you go sexually. So if two is make out you can say "we made it to two." This concept is from the book Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging with we both read... and this is actually what started me and Livi talking on the plane to Europe (and the castle), she was seated next to me (we are both Kelly's) and the movie was one of the options on the personal screens. She had seen it and had read the books... I had read the books and decided to watch it, discussion ensues. Anyway. It was a blast. What up Wasty Wednesday.

The other day at work we hosted a bunch of lighting companies so they could give demonstrations of their new lights. The Arri guy showed up and here is what happened:

"Am I the first one here?" -The Arri Guy
"No, Mole Richardson just went up." -Hanna
"Oh crap, that Mole Richardson... who is repping? Is it Tommy,* I bet its Tommy. Always trying to beat me."
"Umm..."
"Well did Mole give you anything?"
"No."
"Well I did!"
And hands me the hat below.

*Names have been changed because I can't remember them.
My scanner is not working. Which is annoying considering I have things to scan. Such as photos. But I will take some photobooth shots of my prints... just keep in mind that it is probably best to see them in person. (I also have contact sheets, but those really should be scanned to see anything properly.)

I recently purchased a scissors necklace. Along with other things I will share later.
And finally. I went to Maine this weekend with my dad, aunt, uncle and cousin/his girlfriend (Sean, Laurie, Mike, Ian/Katie). It was so wonderful. We were staying in someone's summer cabin that they rent out when they are not around. It was a little, old, cozy place on a lake tucked at the back of a cute little town. The first night we went down the road for Beth's (Laurie's friend) 60th birthday in a barn. They were projecting photos of her on the side of the barn, cooking delicious food and had a bluegrass band playing. The barn was decorated with lights and garland and everyone was dancing. It was lovely and cinematic. The next day we drove to some waterfalls and hiked around in the fall colors before going to Jimmy's (somehow related to Beth and family) for a pizza party. His house felt lived in and open and had a great front room with huge windows that let sun in. There were cats, books, and comfortable furniture strewn about and a dog to great us. There was a garden, outdoor kitchen and swing set in back and it was tucked in a nice quiet patch of forest. They had a old school brick pizza oven and whipped together dough and all the toppings from scratch (a lot of the veggies were from the garden) and people got to put toppings on and create their own pizza. It was delicious. Probably some of the best pizza I've ever had. Everyone ate by the fireplace and talked while drinking beer. The entire weekend had a great ambiance. All the people and their homes and just the area in general were fantastic. I will post photos if and when I get them (my dad had a digital camera and I took a few rolls of film.) We finished off the time having food in town and running into a thrift store. Then my dad, Sam (who goes to Suffolk) and I drove back to Boston. Dad and I hit up Chinatown and he continued on to Connecticut. It was a great long weekend.

I would recommend Shipyard Pumpkinhead Beer. It is so yum. (I think.)

ENCHANTED HAPPENINGS

2010-10-08T13:05:00.003-06:00

Dad comes today. It will be the first time anyone has visited me since I've been living in Boston! I am going to the airport around seven to meet him. We are going to Maine this weekend with my aunt to go to a party and then he is going to Connecticut for a few days to hang out with his fam and then coming back to finish off the trip in Massachusetts. I'm looking forward to it... in the meantime I have been trying to get all of my work done and out of the way, but keep getting distracted. I am writing a paper about the set design of Giles' apartment for my Buffy class and have to read Heart of Darkness for History. I think I will go pick up a package from my mom (with my winter coat in it), pick up my darkroom prints and get something to eat before I continue though. The other day I stumbled across Enchanted Royals again... Haley Thompson's shoe "company." Haley used to babysit me when I was little, and now I seem to be following in her footsteps involuntarily. She started Student Filmfest and then I ran it, she went to Emerson and so did I and if I go to LA we both will have done the castle program, the Prague film program and the LA program. Crazy things. Anyway, I really like the Aspen tree bag and just the entire concept around their shoes. They have a cute three part video that shows them all off (under music video on the main webpage... also be sure to check out the store with all the products.) Here is an article about them, and here is their blog. Look at this post in particular, love it. So there is that.

A FEW LETTERS, A FEW WORDS

2010-10-05T16:47:00.003-06:00

First, this is a good song. We listened to it in the darkroom today.

We also listened to Joanna Newsom.

Today was a good day. Darkroom all morning. I printed two fantastic old Holga shots that I am very fond of. (I recently developed a lot of B & W film that I had laying around, five rolls of 35mm (one new one in that bunch) and four 120 rolls.) I also printed a strange one of my dad from Christmas time, one from the rally this weekend and another more gritty looking one from my Holga. The two I love both feature Keighley and others. I will share them once they are done drying. After the darkroom Kevin and I went to My Thai and got delicious Thai tea bobas and noodle dishes. I came home to find an email from the mailroom... my record player arrived! I also dropped off half frames that I got developed in Prague but couldn't print because the woman had no concept of half frames and did not speak English, they will be on fbook soon. I also got a postcard from Janine, a day full of good things.

REGRETSY.COM

2010-10-03T22:16:00.002-06:00

So I just found out about regretsy.com... click this. And make sure to listen to the tracks by Varga.

THE AIR BREATHED BY TREES

2010-10-03T15:35:00.003-06:00

It finally seems to be fall in Boston. Today is nice and cool and crisp, I want to wander around just to breathe it all in. I was in DC this weekend filming documentary footage of a rally for my friend Kristy. It was held around the reflection pool at the Lincoln memorial. There were a ton of people there. It was interesting to experience that in DC and I enjoyed it. We took a bus from Boston late Friday night, attended the rally and drove back in the evening, getting back into Boston early this morning. It was a long haul with a lot of awkward sleeping. Before I left to get on the bus Friday I went to ballet with Rita. I enjoyed it even though I haven't done ballet since I was little. I remember being able to slip my foot, with a ballet slipper on it, into my snowboots. My legs are sore now though, I think I need to stretch more often. We are going back to the same place for belly dance on Wednesday and I am excited and interested in trying a new class. Tonight I am going with Emily to her friends comedy show at a bar down the block from where I live. I might dash to the darkroom quickly to develop some film before. I am curious to see if some of the shots I snapped in DC came out. In the meantime I am listening to guitar drifting in through my vent, my neighbor is practicing. As always I will leave you with some things from the web.
London 1920: (there are some fab clips of people near the middle/end.)

The volcano that nearly trapped me in Europe

Love is Louder (Emerson had been named the number one LGBT friendly college in America by the Princeton Review)

There are many places I would like to go, this one is in Oregon (along with dear M who I would also like to visit)

And we have a new contributor to our fashion blog, my friend Erin... so do check it ou t.

LONGER LETTER LATER

2010-10-01T13:41:00.002-06:00

Some things:

Here is one.

Here is another.

And one more.

BOXED OFF SPACES

2010-09-29T09:00:00.003-06:00

Alright so, I would like to start by sharing this link that my dad sent me. Its just brim full of great photos of famous people. My dad and I are particularly fond of the Alfred Hitchcock one (with his kids). And on the topic of photography, my friend Dan Muchnik has a portfolio online of photos he did for his practicum. They are really interesting because they look kinda fake (having been shot on a large format camera.) You can take a peek here. I have to read the Story of Babar today for my history class which I'm amused about. When I went to buy my textbooks they were weirded out by the fact that the children's book was in the textbook section, though they shouldn't be at this point considering that it is Emerson. Recently we watched the Black Robe in class.
I want to go to wherever they shot it (Canada I think) because it is just gorgeous. Indians were also just so wonderful, I really would like to know what it would be like now if Europeans hadn't intervened. I mean, we did get written language out of it I guess but it seems so sad. If nothing else I like the Indian way of thinking about things, but watching the movie the Indians just seemed cooler. Like their chanting and singing compared to the French (because the French are the Europeans that this film features.) I was trying to find a still of this tribe that they meet that has coats made out of wolf hides, they wear the wolf head like a hood and I just liked it. Anyway. I like Indians. Oh but, I found this awkward movie that these kids made for a history class while looking for the trailer.
Its just silly to watch things like that. In other school news, I just watched the end of Season Two of Buffy and that shit is intense. Woah. It also just made me like Spike a lot more. I'm on Team Spike (as opposed to Team Angel). But they are good at irony and just making everything intense in general. It gets better as you go on. The episode "I Only Have Eyes for You" is also good... the whole thing is on youtube but this is the good part (start at 2 minutes... they are being possessed by ghosts):
Its just a good bit of writing and it totally reflects Buffy and Angel's relationship. Not to sound like a Buffy freak. I'm just watching it all the time for class now. And on that note. I'm off.

CYNICISM-NANA GRIZOL

2010-09-25T17:12:00.001-06:00

I once saw a sunset so vivid and warm that I swore it was perfect
I once had a lover, I'm not sure if I'll recover, but I know it was worth it
Then, last night in the car, the falling raindrops looked like stars of some incalculable speed
Then later, my friends said "Good to see you again, this is a home to me"

So I wrote a song and I called it "The Love of my Life"
Said "don't be gone long", it now sings me to sleep every night

And I never learned a lesson looking at my own reflection, but sometimes it seems useful
So I loosen my heart strings in high hopes of starting to find something truthful

Cynicism isn't wisdom, it's a lazy way to say that youive been burned
It seems, if anything, you'd be less certain after everything you ever learned

GET DOWN

2010-09-25T14:51:00.000-06:00

Just wanted to share this quickly seeing as its Saturday night and all.

CLEAN FRESH AIR

2010-09-23T12:51:00.004-06:00

I have been incredibly busy lately. The film shoot was fantastic but time consuming... as always. I will put some production stills up so you, dear reader, can see me in action. Exciting right? In other news, I just bought this turntable. It is incredibly unpractical for me to have bought it here in Boston considering that my records (mostly hand me downs from dad) are at home... not to mention that I already have a hard enough time transporting things from one place to another... but who am I to be practical? I'm incredibly excited that I finally bought one and that it can very easily turn into a suitcase and that it has speakers built in. Kris has the same one. I stayed over at her place (Livi lives there too) for a girl slumber party last night (Caroline attended also). We drank wine on their cute balcony and talked while Kris made a collage for homework. We listened to Black Keys, Johnny Cash and T Rex on vinyl before taking a quick field trip to the boy's apartment (Sam, Riley, Jared and Nick.) Livi and I came home together and watched Pocahontas while eating leftovers and talking about what the world would be like if the Indians had been able to continue as they were. It must have been amazing to see this country back then. I love Pocahontas. It also related to our history class (we have been going over things like Cortes and the Aztecs.)

The other night I went to the park with Emma, Dan and Figgs to BBQ on this little grill Figgs bought from a thrift store for $4. We drank champagne and wine and grilled onion, veggie burgers (for the girls) and brats (for the boys.) There were all kinds of fun things to play on and everyone took turns putting on my skirt (made of wool and therefore good for sliding) and went down the slide. There was also this ball nest type thing made out of rope that we sat in and a two person teeter totter. Another roped thing was in the shape of a tree and had a soft rubber bottom that you could sit in, it also spun around. While sitting in it we decided that we were the teepee club. The most fun playground item however was this teeter totter swing thing that had two round seats (like a swing you would hang off a tree.) The boys climbed on top and Emma and I sat on the seats so they could swing us. It was crazy and kind of terrifying but so fun. We screamed every time they sent us flying up only to be whip-lashed down. Its hard to describe but I assure you it was fun. I am thinking about buying these booties:
I just got some Diana Minis Developed:

OUT MY WINDOW THERE IS HALF OF A BRICK WALL

2010-09-10T16:10:00.006-06:00

I would like to start with this gem. David B. Weaver never fails.

me-OWWWW from Sarah Ginsburg on Vimeo.

So I have moved into my room. Here are some not so great photo booth photos to give you an idea of what it looks like. A glamor shot of my septum. You know. So yes. I am here in Boston and I have started to take classes. Tomorrow is my first film shoot. I am already ACing on a BFA that my friend Dan Muchnik is DPing. So that will be good. We are shooting in some really wonderful places such as the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts. In other news, I have been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer for my Buffy the Vampire Slayer Class. Yes, Emerson does offer a semester long class on the show. But Cibo Matto was featured at the Bronze in season two with this somewhat scandalous scene (it starts right at the beginning of this segment of the show conveniently.)
All seven seasons (plus Angel and the movie) are on watch instantly Netflix right now... though it also appears that a lot are on YouTube too. In other news... I got hired! I am now working at the Paramount Soundstage. This is both intimidating and excited because of the things I am going to learn and do. Its all about lighting which is very important to cinematography... my cinematography classes are going to be held in the same place. I have been starting to read the Set Lighting Technician's Handbook... I think that is all for now. I'm going to read over the Aaton camera Manual and wait to see what the night brings.

THICK, HOT AIR

2010-09-02T11:31:00.002-06:00

I made it to Boston. Whoever thought humidity was okay was terribly wrong. I keep getting waves of heat through the fan that I am sitting diligently in front of. It is so hot here. I have just been applying for on campus employment. I applied to work at the campus center (being a desk sitter and renting out rooms and such), the Paramount soundstage (helping with soundstage things such as setting up cameras and lighting things), and I might apply to work at the costume shop (repairing garments and knowing the inventory and such... I just need to know if I should know how to sew ahead of time or if they will teach me... which would be awesome.) So we'll see what happens with that. I also just discovered that I have homework for my Buffy class which starts this next week. The email was titled "Welcome to the Hellmouth." This class should be interesting to say the least considering I have only seen one episode of the show and that was the musical via Keighley. I would like to try it out though. Last night Kevin and I went to Jackie and LeeAnnes place for what was supposed to be a party but ended up being a few couples plus Faye and her roommate playing Kings with the Sorbet punch that Jackie made. Their place was really cute though and the version of kings we played was fun. It included sending people on quests to find things, saying two truths and a lie, dares (lick Jackies cat), saying ducky fuzz, to the queen and some of the classic ones... never have I ever, categories, ext. I was expecting to see more people but it was good to see the ones who were there. They live super far away though, in like Brighton (on the Green Line B train, Sutherland Rd stop)... which is a bit of a trek coming from Cambridge (where Kevin lives, off Central Square.) In other Emerson people news: my old roommate Gabrielle has moved to Thailand with her boy friend David and they have a blog. I also was giving people the wrong address to mail things to me... (it works for packages) so I need to supply the correct one. (It is locked in my room... I was able to dash in there yesterday (getting super sweaty yuck) after arriving from the airport and drop off my bags. I took a little bag with some stuff for the next few days before I am actually allowed to move in. The address is in my room with all my stuff that I do not have access to. That said I got an email today saying that I had a package (or at least some kind of mail at the mail room) so I am going to investigate that one. I have no idea what it could be. Finally, I really want to steal one of the other bedrooms in our suite. It has two windows (!) including a bay window, looks out over the street (plus part of a building but who cares), has great lighting and good furniture layout. It also is tucked at the back of the suite and is decently sized. I don't know whose room it is supposed to be but I want it. I got a little shafted out of room selection since I was in Europe but I have a decent one. Its not really small like the one next door to me... but it is also not the two windowed room... so we'll have to see about all that. I am getting ready to embark on a journey back to campus... I have access to a bike but feel nervous about riding it in the city. I might just do it though. So that is Boston so far. Riley is having a party tomorrow.

IF I COULD PUT IT ALL IN A SUITCASE

2010-08-25T18:50:00.002-06:00

So I am packing for Boston. I leave tomorrow super early... this is always a struggle and always annoying. I hate packing. Especially because I never know what I want to bring, but always feel like I'm bringing too much and not everything I want all at once. This time I decided to do two medium sized bags and mail one box. I think that one bag may be like five pounds over so I will have to transfer some of that weight to the other one. Its times like these I wish I could pull an "I Dream of Jeannie" and blink everything into its place in Boston. Or a Mary Poppins and have a carpet bag with everything. Anyway, I am taking a break to share some internet things.

Some of the first motion picture color film.

So this is a multiple part video of Belladonna (the pornstar) and her husband talking while she stretches before some performance. I stumbled across it and ended up watching the whole thing... from the end to the beginning. Its very interesting. So here is this one:

Kristy sent me this:

Mykonos from Grandchildren on Vimeo.

This is also wonderful and here is the website/blog post from the farm! It is yet another blog I would like to read the entirety of... eventually. I have to babysit for the last time in about an hour... in the meantime I am scanning a few rolls of printed holga film that I found while cleaning and packing. Oh packing. Wish me luck.

STAMPS REQUIRED

2010-08-24T17:01:00.001-06:00

Please visit my Tumblr for more envelopes. I just made a whole bunch more.

http://simplesnapshot.tumblr.com/

I WOULD SEND YOU A BIRD TO SING YOU SWEET NOTHINGS

2010-08-24T13:21:00.007-06:00

I think I will start with some photobooth. I've been making a lot of mail lately. Above is a thank you postcard to my grandma.
Here are some envelopes, they are mostly made from pages of old books (namely the ones from K's family garage sale.)

It all came about in my last desperate effort to find the library book that is lost. I should really just give it up at this point, but I just know that as soon as I pay for it it will turn up somewhere and be annoying. I'm considering just buying a new copy of the book and giving them that... considering that when I asked about the situation in which it would turn up they told me I should just keep it [which is a little silly] and I think that having the book available would be better than not having it and would compensate for me misplacing it. Anyway. I was looking through the various piles of books that exist throughout my room and while flipping through one on dinosaurs and other creatures I decided to make some envelopes. [This is why I can never seem to clean my room entirely, cleaning it inevitably leads to different projects with the things I find.] Other than making post I have been reading and watching films and spending the last few days of my summer lazing about. Which is good and bad. I do not like to feel unproductive and like I am wasting the day, but its nice to not have a hundred things to do (which will be the case as soon as I step off the plane in Boston.) I am excited to go back to the city since I haven't been there for so long and see all the lovely people I have met over the past few months. I've been thinking back to castle days and wondering how my friendships from there will hold up. So far all the castle brats who are still on the East coast are seeing each other regularly so I'm inclined to think that more adventures will be had with them. Its strange and bittersweet though, because so far I have been able to enjoy the luxury of coming home to my mountain home in lovely Colorado and spend days in the heart of Boston... I've had the best of both worlds (just like Hannah Montana) and I really like that split. Lately I have been realizing that this will be coming to an end due to the fact that I am about to have the expectation of being a "real" adult and maintaining a job and such once I graduate (which will be happening in no time.) Leaving Colorado is a bit sad for that reason. Anyway, who knows what is going to happen. I still have a few big decisions (such as whether I want to apply to transfer to the LA campus) between me and what my future will be like. It's something to ponder if nothing else. On a different note, I do have a few things to share: one and two. I'm also not sure if I ever shared this but: This is cute. There are a lot more. Just look for NYLON TV or go to their website and look there. Finally, here is a short short from an Emerson publication Stork Magazine. It is called Spilled Milk and is by Allison Foster.

I was pretending to be spilled milk when my mom walked in.

"Anouk? What...?"

I lay there under my white towel. Spilled milk doesn't talk.

"Anouk?"

Still silent. I spread my fingers a bit, oozing.

And then my mom, instead of yelling at me to get up or feeling my forehead for a temperature, lay down beside me. She asked, "What are we doing?"

"Grab a towel," I said.

She grabbed a light pink one, formerly white but left in the load with a red t-shirt. She covered herself, and her feet stuck out but that was okay.

We lay there. Five minutes passed. I thought my milkiest thoughts, like how long had I been out? Was I close to my expiration date? I tried out a sour milk face, hidden under my towel. Then I giggled.

Mom's towel was spread out too close to mine. I rolled away a little and said, "We cant touch because we're spilled milk and if your towel touches mine it means we're mixing and you have to be strawberry milk because you're pink and strawberry milk is kind of gross. No offense."

Mom laughed, "What kind of milk are you?"

"Plain. Maybe sour. I'm trying to decide."

"Oh."

"But we have to be quiet now, because spilled milk doesn't talk." And we lay there for a long time under warm towels fresh from the dryer.

THE INTERNET EATS MY BRAIN

2010-08-22T21:42:00.002-06:00

It is always so deadly for me to get on the internet. But I have a few things to show you, dear readers/my blog. First, I wish that my Tumblr would be packed full of lovely things such as this one and in a effort to not repost large amounts of it I will just share it. It is someone I know... I got them from my gmail contacts I believe... but their identity escapes me which is a tid embarrassing. But from one of the photos posted I found this gem of a photo shoot. And I really want to choreograph a dance to this song mixing belly dance, modern and ballet type of thing. I wonder if I could get Rita and a few other dancers in on it and actually perform it. Its a Sufjan Stevens cover of the Castanets' You Are The Blood.

That's all for now. Because as I said. The interweb just sucks me in and keeps me here far to long.

P.S. I have read Matilda, Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass and half of the Hobbit since I last shared about books. I've been watching the movies now. The adults in Matilda are very well cast, its on watch instantly Netflix right now. I think you can also watch it in parts on YouTube... anyway.

TRINKETS

2010-08-17T22:17:00.004-06:00

A peach pie (from scratch... but aren't they all) I made while babysitting.

A peach pie that I baked from scratch, it was black bear themed.

A cell phone photo of Kevin when we climbed Sopris, this is near the top.

YOUR CUP IS ON MY WINDOWSILL

2010-08-17T17:32:00.006-06:00

Today I read Charlie and the Chocolate factory. It was really interesting to read it after seeing the movies and having read it as a little girl with my dad. I remembered a lot of the illustrations from childhood. Another interesting thing that I picked up on is that there is a part where they pass the room for Butterscotch and Buttergin (very clever)... but I wonder if that is where JK Rowling got the idea for Butterbeer in Harry Potter. I am reading Alice in Wonderland now (despite being half way through two other books that I should finish.) I want to read James and the Giant Peach and may re-read Matilda as well. I got a little crazy and raided the bookshelf downstairs... I brought a pile of Steinbeck, a Tom Robbins, a Kurt Vonegut, a Thoreau, the Lord of the Rings and some Edward Abbey back up to my room along with Alice in Wonderland and Matilda to add to my reading pile. I guess I've been into marathons lately. Last night I watched Help!, Ella Enchanted (on tv), Saved, New York Minute and Superbad. My parents just got a new car... a Subaru Forester. It looks like this: I'm excited to drive it... having never driven a new car before. I'm kinda inheriting my mom's car while I am home. So that should be interesting and weird.

AVALANCHES OF OBJECTS

2010-08-15T20:59:00.007-06:00

Scene from my 21st birthday, wine and ice cream cake

I'm currently finishing my huge clean out of everything in my room for the summer. I usually do this every so often because:
A) I like to organize/be organized
B) I have a terrible habit of accumulating things
This huge clean is also hopefully serving the purpose of finding my extremely overdo book which I swore I returned to the library but has somehow fallen off the face of the earth. The librarians are all sweethearts though and keep renewing it. Last time I was in there checking out Greenburg the librarian forced me to put my money away (to pay for the book) and over-rode the restrictions that were trying to prevent him from renewing it AGAIN. "Just look everywhere And I mean everywhere... its due back on the 23rd. Good luck." I don't want to let them down but at this point... I have absolutely no more ideas. As I was leaving the library that last time I ran into one of the librarians that has been there since I can remember. Her name is Jean and she knows exactly who I am. We had a talk about what I was doing, and what were my plans after I graduated? "I'm sure you're going to end up in a library" was the conclusion she came to after I spoke of hoping to find an internship that would lead to a position with a production company or something. I always liked the idea of working in a library though, and I could see myself being a librarian when I'm old. Perhaps Janine will work there too. Anyway, it was a nice conversation and I discovered that they are screening European films every Wed night at 6. I couldn't make it to the last one on account of Kevin (I also usually babysit every Wed until 7) but I am going to try to make an appearance at some point. I would like to explain to Jean why I am a no show considering how she went on a rant about how I am different than other people my age and still use the library and its facilities and so on. Anyway, that was a bit of a tangent. I think that Kevin and I should make an animation about the Sapp Bros truck stop. (I found this fantastic group of photos googleing it.) We had quite an interesting experience there that I will share once I am done cleaning my room. I think that we could come up with a lot of good techniques and such using collage style animation. We'll see... it will be difficult but Kevin provides two good things:
A) The ability to make interesting good things
B) The patience to make it well
I got really into the idea of animations again after being in Prague and going to Barrendov studios. The Czech people are really into making films with puppets and we watched several shorts and hung out with the lady who makes puppets (after this I was interested in how I could become her apprentice... she had such a good studio space and it just seemed so good and rewarding to make a puppet. I could also imagine working meticulously on a set with puppet animation, and I liked the idea of it.) So there is all that. My dad just sent me two photos. Notice how I was caving with my Diana Mini.

WHY NOT STAY ALIVE

2010-08-13T11:50:00.004-06:00

Also. My car has been pronounced dead. It needs a new engine but it is silly for us to get a new engine for it (says my mother) and we should just get a new car. It is such a shame because I really did love that car. I would rather drive that one than my mom's huge one, even if hers does have air conditioning. Here's to you little gold buggie, I will love you always and I hope that you end up in a good place even though you will probably become scrap metal.

"Grandpa"
Gold Toyota Tercel 1983-2010

COME ON IN, THE GANGS ALL HERE

2010-08-13T11:17:00.006-06:00

Cleo: Golden Retriever/Poodle Mix

Lexi: Bernese Mountain Dog/Poodle Mix

Those of you who read my Tumblr may already know that I am dog sitting for a little while for two poodle mixed dogs. Having so many dogs around make things especially difficult when they refuse to let you take the full outfit photo for the every day outfit blog.

From left to right: Cleo's tail, Lexi, Hanna, Coco

Also, I was recently in Boulder after dropping Kevin at the airport. While I was there I went to the Bookworm with Lauryn which Janine and I tried to go to once before but they were closed. Used bookstores are always fantastic and this one was no exception. If I only lived in Boulder I could trade books! They will give you store credit for books that you bring in to be passed on to someone else. Anyway, I ended up leaving with:

The Joy of Cooking
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo By Stieg Larsson
Angle of Repose By Wallace Stegner (thinking of Janine)
Perfume By Patrick Suskind
Punch Drunk Love

I mentioned Kristin's birthday gift earlier, I came home to find a new Brownie camera among a handful of other fantastic thrifted finds. (I really want to go to the West Virginia Flea Market.) This particular model is the Starmite. I now have a cute little family of Brownies.

I've also mentioned that I impulsively bought a hanging plant from the grocery store. Here it is along with where it is hanging in my room.

Cute little plant

I always end up with a billion and a half tabs open on my computer.

P.S. This is a good idea and I am tempted to buy it... I have their first CD and I appreciate how into making things they are. Its such a cute little sketch book box.

KEVIN VISITS MY PHOTOBOOTH

2010-08-12T01:48:00.004-06:00

Kevin just came to visit for a week. We did a lot of things including:
*Hiking to Maroon Bells
*Lasering a dog
*Babysitting Oliver
*Climbing Mt. Sopris
*Camping in Utah
*Hiking around Arches
*Making food
*Going through my clothes
*Writing in journals
*Researching Polaroid Land Cameras
*Taking photographs
*Listening to music
*Reading out loud
*Driving
*Swimming in the Hot Springs Pool
*Sleeping in a sketchy hotel
*Eating at a truck stop
*Briefly visiting Boulder
*Watching the first Star Wars
*Sleeping

Once I got home from camping I found the best birthday giftie sent to me by Kristin (aka Kriss Cross) which I will share tomorrow due to the fact that I am tired and will have other things to share then anyway.

FILLING BATHTUBS WITH DEW

2010-08-02T19:30:00.005-06:00

So this is so good: click me! and also from Kevin.

And along the subject of photos... Lomo has a great really really really tempting deal right now regarding the next Lomo camera I want, the LC-A. If you buy one you get a free action sampler boing. I am really considering one of the packages (one comes with an instant back!)

My lovely grandma has flown back to Florida to be soon replaced with Kevin who gets in tomorrow, late. It is supposed to rain most of the time he is here... hopefully not, though I do love a good rain storm. Today it poured for a good while in the afternoon making me think of Jane and the time we got out of her mom's car to walk the rest of the way home in the rain. We arrived completely soaked and changed into warm pajamas after warm showers and watched movies and drank hot chocolate for the rest of the night. Its amazing to feel the rain.

I made a list today of the things I would like to be able to do while Oliver was napping.
*Sew
*Cook/bake
*Dance
*Metal work/jewelry/sculpture
*Anything to do with art
*Play instruments
*Knit
*Speak other languages
*Sing
*Garden
*Be able to identify trees and birds and other natural things
*Know more about interesting animals (I was reading about Amazon animals from Oliver's Amazon ABC, at the end there are blurbs. Like Jaguars are the only big cat that do not roar. I was wondering what sound they did make, if any. And there is a wild dog called a Zorro (which is fox in espanol) that we don't really know anything about. And one animal is red faced, but its face gets less red in captivity. I wonder what the purpose of its red face is in nature. And sloths move slow enough to have moss grow off them so what is it like when they have to give birth. Does it take forever?) I think I would just like to know more about things in general.
*Know more about camera related things
*Travel
*Live in a South or Central American country
*Live in a house I love and decorate it
*Keep the things I already have and like
*Read
*Spend time in libraries
*Spend time doing interesting things
*Camp
*Write
*Visit Janine in Alaska
*Live with my Grandma in Italy next summer for a bit (she just rented a little place)
That is all I can remember now. I think anything relating to those areas can be included. I also think I want to come home for at least one more summer. Partially because I feel obligated to the people I work for and partially because I just love it here. Colorado is fantastic.

ASH THAT WAS ONCE TREES

2010-07-30T10:58:00.005-06:00

I found out that my friend Grace Kaskie died recently in a car accident. It was very surreal. It still seems fake. She was a sweet girl.

Aside from that I have a few things to share.
First, of course since I no longer have a subscription to Nylon they did a feature on Jason SCHWARZTMAN... there is a bit online though that you can look at here.

Also.
From the Lomo world... they recently released the Diana Mini in white.

And they have a online magazine that is interesting that you can submit to, get tips, learn how to do weird experimental stuff and so on.

Kevin sent me two websites that are good.

One.
Two.

I particularly like the photos in RANDOMS for website two.

And finally here is a piece of mail that Kevin sent me while I was in Prague, also featured on his Tumblr.

He will send you mail if you ask and provide an address.

P.S. K and I have started our other blog... kinda.

Its called slidesinthecarousel.

TWENTY ONE

2010-07-25T14:58:00.001-06:00

So, today is my twenty first birthday. It's weird for me to think that I am already that old. I feel like I'm entering that whole world (the late 20s to 30s world) and it is interesting and strange. But now I'm fully legal in the states and can drink alcohol in public and the like, so there is that. I think I am going out tonight with Jane, my dad, and maybe Emily... but it might just be a little party with me and dad and Jane. Jane is going to be crazy and make a big deal about it, but she will also be super fun. I want to make sure I have film for lomo photos. And speaking of lomo... they are having a retail therapy sale... depending on how much you buy they will throw in freebie surprises. They just released a new film stock and a hello kitty fisheye... however I want the new LC-A. Here is a package deal. I would recommend looking at the photos they have in the sample album, they are all so delicious. My mom bought me an interesting ring last night because she is cute and stuff. She can't remember what the stone is but it has all these little flecks of things at the bottom. I'm going to pick up half frames that were finally developed today. And take my poor little car down to the shop. It couldn't make it up my driveway the other day... I hope its not going to die and that it just needs a little fix up. I love that car. I also want to make a peach pie since they are in season and it will be delicious. And now I will leave you with a weird baby cake video.

JANINE

2010-07-22T23:58:00.002-06:00

Every time I read Janine's Alaskan blog I start filling up with all kinds of things (emotions, feelings, thoughts) because she is an amazing and wonderful person and I love her. I hope we are pen pals as long as possible.

TALK

2010-07-22T23:17:00.000-06:00

So I got some boating shoes today. I'm rather fond of them.
Evan also got a pair of shoes due to the buy one get one half off deal. Also I briefly posted something about this on my Tumblr... but here is more info on the taxidermy beer. And I started following Joey on there... he had some good things that you can see here.

My grandma comes today. My mom is driving her back from the airport now, they won't be back for a while. I have T for the weekend... Fri morn (break) Fri night, Sat, Sat night, Sun morn. So I'm being a legit mom right before my 21st birthday (on Sunday). I may just take everyone to Toy Story 3 (and that includes my abuelita.)

Actually I tried to get Evan to go to the new Twilight with me today but he wanted to see the second one first.

I just downloaded a album of remixed Lindsey Lohan songs (in honor of her incarceration) that I found out about on Kelly's blog. So far it is weird.

I'm sure I have forgotten anything else...

SOME THINGS I GOT ALONG THE WAY

2010-07-19T22:28:00.001-06:00

I simply love the wonderful thing that is photobooth because it allows for an easy way to share things like the following items that I purchased in the Czech Republic.Most of these things are from the flea market. I also got the most fantastic old pop gun pistol but had to leave it at the airport. On further discussion my mom and I decided that I should have just left it in my suitcase and not said anything when they asked me if there was anything resembling a weapon in my bag, but I guess going the safe way made for less trouble. I still wish I had it. And I hope that someone else appreciates it. I also got a old map, postcard and photos from the flea market. Flea markets in Europe are generally great because they hold on to old things. The lady had like ten Brownies in super good condition at the stand where I bought mine, along with Nazi knives (daggers.) They also had phonographs. I love that place.

MY NOSE

2010-07-19T04:33:00.000-06:00

So naturally, seeing as it is four thirty in the morning Colorado time and I have just been traveling... well lets see here... 8 and a half hours to JFK, 5 hour layover, 1 hour delay, 3 hour and forty five minutes to Denver, 3 and a half hours to Basalt.... 21 hours and forty five minutes, I had to do a blog post featuring my septum piercing. I got a much smaller ring put in yesterday. My mom hates it of course and my dad is going to hate it more, but she reacted okay, "so this is your new thing huh?" Its always a shame to disappoint the parents but I'm glad they know in the end.
I think I look a little insane in that last one. But I am very tired so lets just leave it at that. Anyway... thoughts? I'm still curious to see what other rings look like and will keep it for at least a bit. I can flip it up now which is nice for when I have to watch children and the like since it is still a fairly taboo piercing. Maybe with the exception of indie kids.

WONDERS

2010-07-14T12:18:00.001-06:00

So today we watched Valerie and Her Week of Wonders along with three other films. (The Joke, Diamonds in the Night, and Conspiracy of Pleasure. Diamonds in the night has a really good and interesting opening shot but I can't seem to find it on youtube...) Anyway, here is a scene from Valerie to give you a sense of how lovely its shots are. It is really weird and twisted and surreal but I really liked it. I wanted to find this scene where the character Eagle is on top of a bookcase playing a... banjo? (he switches instruments a few times) lullaby to Valerie, but again I couldn't find it. I would recommend watching it (the whole film) even though its really weird and a little effed up because she is always seen somewhat sexually and she is 13. Today was our last day of class though, all I have left of the program is the final screening tomorrow and the farewell dinner. I am curious to see what people think of my film. I'm pretty proud of a good chunk of the visuals. In other news... THERE IS A LOMO STORE IN PRAGUE and we are going there tomorrow! So excited. Last night we went bowling which was ridiculously fun and a good idea. Now I just want to go bowling all the time. Hopefully when I get back I will go at least once before the summer is over. Umm. I think that's all.

BANG BANG

2010-07-13T12:49:00.000-06:00

So while attending the 45th Karlovy Vary international filmfest I saw this great little flick that was audience favorite at Cannes. It is by a director who is only two years older than me and is one of the leads in the movie (he is the dark haired character. Its called Les Amours Imaginaires and features the song Bang Bang. Therefore I give you the trailer plus several renditions of Bang Bang.

FAST

2010-07-12T16:35:00.000-06:00

Recently, while looking at the Newhard family blog, I discovered that Chapin made a claymation. Kristy and I spent the last two days editing our short film for the program. A total of 31 and a half hours so far. We are nearly done, we need to add one title card with the actors names and compress it. I'm really very happy with the way it came out. The end sequence is so pretty and the music fits perfectly. Hopefully I will be able to post it here soon. I leave on Sunday and have been very busy in the meantime with wrapping things up. More soon.

OH AND.

2010-07-10T16:04:00.001-06:00

I started a tumblr randomly today, it is entitled BREATH OUT THE SKY.

FARM

2010-07-10T11:36:00.000-06:00

So. Its been a while again. But I assure you I have been busy. I just got back from a Czech farm in fact. It was absolutely wonderful. Kristy and I worked on Julie and Caitlin's set so they would work on ours and started to chat with their actor, a guy named David. He started to tell us about this farm that he helps out on every so often. His friend owns it and hired an American kid to restore it and he would go up there and help out and ride his bike around the country side and just get a vacation in general. Eventually he found out that I was from Colorado and that Kristy was from Maine and called up Evan, the American kid who was hired to fix up the place, because he was from Colorado and had just worked for the Main Trail Conservation Crew (which was Kristy's summer job last summer.) So after those coincidences David announced that he was thinking of heading to the farm from Thursday until Saturday which also happened to be when Kristy and I had time off from our school obligations (not to mention we had been discussing going somewhere during that time) and invited us along. We met up with Evan, David and Evan's visiting friend Jeff Thursday afternoon and all piled into a little car to drive up to the farm which was near the German border in a town called Lobendava. The farm was funky and old in parts but they had done a wonderful job fixing up a chunk of it which we were living in. The fixed up part included a wonderfully country kitchen that we used to make many delicious things, including two pies: mango and apple strawberry. The first day we got there we went on a bike ride into Germany (about five minutes away on a lovely little tree lined country dirt road) and sat in a gorgeous field while it turned to dusk. We laughed and marveled until a small bug flew into my eye and caused it to turn red and a little puffy. We rode our bikes back and found a big bowl of pasta that David had made with a fresh basil pesto sauce. After eating we all piled back into the car and drove over to another farm where there was a screening of some films in Czech. The farmer had couches arranged on the grass along with a coffee tabled that housed snacks and candles. We bundled up in blankets and got comfortable for the double feature which was projected onto a sheet hanging in the entry way of the barn (he opens the doors and puts the screen there.) The first film was by a South Korean director and shot almost entirely in one location, the second was by Czech director Jan Nemec. We all fell asleep during the second film and got up after it was over dew covered and ready for bed. The next morning Kristy and I gardened (pulling up weeds and putting down mulch) while the guys moved wood and cut down grass and such. After lunch we drove to the quarry and swam in cool, refreshing water. The pool was tree lined and beautiful and after getting our fill we drove back to the farm. We then went on a grocery run and got veggies to grill and flour for the pies. On our way back the car started to overheat and we ended up coasting down a hill and pushing the car back into a safe spot. Evan had tried to put water in which resulted in a mini geyser of sorts. We walked the remaining 1KM back to the farm and the guys got the car and fixed it while we baked pies. We grilled outside with coals from our campfire and had many delicious things. Great eggplant, onion, tofu, peppers and potatoes. It was all ridiculously delicious. We finished it up with pie and went to bed. The next day we weeded for a bit and observed snails before showering and having lunch. Then we put out a blanket and sat outside drawing and reading until it was time for a watermelon snack. Then we got back into the car and drove back to Prague. It was amazing and wonderful. Good company, a great host, fun activities and it was beautiful and just funky enough to be cool. Just before we left I found the coolest sewing kit from the 40s or 50s. It was wonderful. I'm hoping for some great diana mini photos. I think it will be my favorite part of this trip. In other news, we shot our film and will be editing it tomorrow, here are some scenes from the "set."
We tied cream paper cranes to tree branches with grass and shot through rose tinted sunglass lenses (inspired by my rose tinted sunglasses.)

Our Czech film producer Tomas is in the back, Me and Kristy on the left and our "crew" Jule and Caitlin on the right with the baby slate. Keighley and I have decided to start a blog inspired by Kristin's recent endeavor, the wear-a-thon on Bright Young Things. We are each going to post what we are wearing that day, all we have to do is name it. As of right now we have the titles: drawn that way

carousel stitches

to interpret your looks

do i run rare

don't turn my picture

AND

2010-07-01T13:02:00.000-06:00

Some other things I've been collecting from the net.
Milos Foreman is wonderful.

CZECH THINGS

2010-07-01T12:28:00.000-06:00

I got my septum pierced yesterday after talking about it for a long time. Its weird that it is actually in my nose now. It hurt to get it done as most body modification does, but it wasn't too bad. I'm not thrilled about the ring but it was the best option out of what they had. I am planning on trying to switch it out in two weeks and may just go back to the shop and see if my piercer will do it for me. I want a small "pincher," a crescent shaped ring with an opening that allows you to flip it up. I have one picked out that is made of bone and white and small. Once I switch the rings I think I will really like it, but in the meantime it is still weird and foreign and I am getting used to another piece of metal in my face. I need to figure out a way to post a photo. In other Czech events, last night we went to a Karaoke bar and sang a lot. It was very fun and silly, we even tried to sing along to the Czech songs (largely sung by one of two middle age women with actually very decent voices.) We ended up staying until they closed and walked up to the dorm as the sky was getting light. A few days ago we took a day trip into a little town nearby called Sedlec that is home to the bone church. It is a small church that is decorated with human bones. It was weird but interesting and a good voyage. The train ride back we stood in the isle of the train with our faces out of the open windows watching the rolling green scenery and forests pass us by. It was lovely. This weekend we are going to the Karlovy Vary filmfestival in Karlovy Vary which is also home to spas, mineral baths and hot springs. Its going to be good. And finally, there is a (not very good) documentary on one of my film professors here that some NYU kids made on Youtube. There is a part two if you are interested as well. He is extremely amusing, especially since he will run around and yell about things that are "crap" or "fucked up." He also calls the auto settings on a camera "Japanese" and says "do you understand" a lot. A lot. Overall he is just a good character.

A DAY OF EVENTS

2010-06-25T12:20:00.000-06:00

Today we went to the Czech production studio: Barrandov Studios as well as the Kratky Film Studio for animation. We started by going into the color correctionists studio were the super 16 film that we had shot in the workshop was being collaborated to middle gray and transferred to digital. It actually came out looking pretty good. I think we get a copy at the end along with a copy of the film that we make. After we went up to the film developing lab which was really cool and interesting. It smells like a dark room and there are all these huge metal boxes that the chemicals get pumped through and the film travels on by being moved along by huge spools. I found a trash bin filled with test strips and was going to take one for my journal, but when our professor, Michael, saw that I had it he took and and said: "good idea I will bring this to class." Then we went to the Panavision building and walked around looking at equipment. We met up with this fantastic old man named Rudolf who used to run the animation department at FAMU (where I am attending classes now) so he could bring us to KRÁTKÝ FILM studio (it is part of the Barrandov studio as well) to watch some Czech short animation and meet a lady who makes puppets. There were some really great shorts including Words, Words, Words by Michaela Pavlatova that was nominated for an Oscar in 1992, a puppet animation adaptation of Stagecoach, I cannot seem to find it, and Jan Svankmajer's Darkness/Light/Darkness: After meeting with the puppet maker and walking through a animation set, I had a strong desire to learn more about doing animation, as well as a desire to make puppets. I found myself wondering how hard it would be to become an apprentice and learn the ways of puppet animation. I really like animation in general, they often make for great short films, and its a way to make things that is very hands on. It is something I will be looking into. After we went to my favorite place in Prague so far: Vyšehrad. It is a giant park overlooking the city with a castle, church and graveyard. All the graves have plants growing from them or are covered in ivy and vines, which I like, and the park is quiet and big with trees and smells like flowers. Plus it has an amazing view. It is a wonderful retreat and I spied a couple in a grove of trees on a blanket near the ruins that overlook the city and immediately wanted to be on their blanket. I also got to love on a very nice dog despite it not understanding me, only Czech. After we had to go back to Studio FAMU to go over screenplay ideas again. Kristy and I are doing a short about a little boy who has just moved to Prague. He is not thrilled about the move and is a quiet kid who isn't adjusting easily. On his way to school he passes under a tree that a little girl his age sits in. She calls for him to come up and he ignores her. Finally a few days later, after passing her in the tree everyday and ignoring her, she is really trying to get his attention and falls out of the tree. He is forced to deal with her so he helps her back into the tree and goes up to sit with her. Then they both say relatively the same thing, but he says it in English and she says it in Czech and they don't understand each other but they are content and sitting in a tree over looking the city. I imagine shots through leaves among other lovely things. So we'll see how that works out. We still need to name the little boy and find actors... which may require going through an agency... but we have a Czech producing student that will be helping us produce it that we meet on Tuesday. Tomorrow is location scouting though I think we have decided to use Vyšehrad for our location. Tonight we are going to Cross Club again I think... the place I went to the first night I was here. And I think I am getting my septum pierced sometime this weekend. It is a lot less expensive here then when K and I looked into it. So there is that. I miss you all.

THANK GOODNESS IT BECOMES ENGLISH

2010-06-22T13:49:00.000-06:00

I would like to start by stating... thank goodness blogger becomes English after you click the crazy Czech word with symbols like mad that stands for signing in. I am eating apricot (marhula) yogurt and would like to mention that you have to tack Czech Republic to the end of my address. I seemed to have forgotten that bit. So put that on there... I had class from 9 until 8 today which was a long haul. Most of it was a "lighting workshop" where we weren't allowed to touch the lights, some Czech students did it for us. I guess the voltage is a lot higher so they are anxious about us getting electrocuted? It was basically a mini film shoot but dysfunctional because there were too many people with not enough to do, no direction at first, and a lot of creative input. I ended up being the "AD" and had to yell for quiet on the set and push everyone to get shots up, however, due to the Czech students (who didn't tell me what they were doing and took a long time on lighting set ups... it was only like two guys doing it) and the learning aspect it was difficult to speed things up and do it properly. In the end one scene took us from one to five... which is actually a bit typical for a film shoot but long. It actually made me anticipate Emerson shoots, I found myself glad that I would be going back to ACing film twos and such, I like just having my set position and being trusted with the camera. We did shoot Vision 3 on the Aton today though, so that was a good bit. We have to shoot our final projects digitally which is a bit annoying considering that NYU has a program here that shoots on 35. Last night after our welcome dinner Matt, Brett, Zach, and I ran down to the old town main square to watch the world cup match between Spain and Honduras. We met up with Matt's NYU friends there and watched the game until Spain won and then danced around with some people including a homeless man with the most adorable, sweet lab that he held like a baby while singing Hallelujah over and over. Matt always finds good interesting things to do for whatever reason. The night before that we went out to a bar with weird artwork and had beer until they closed up for the night. Then we went down the hill to a jazz club that was having a private party. Matt convinced them to let us in and to stay and then we discovered that it was a pre-production meeting for some English, American and Czech people who are shooting a commercial in Prague. We talked film with the American who were from New York and LA. Due to his ability to find good things, and that he is a nice guy, I have been trying to become friend with Matt. I am now eating a cucumber which Kristie, my roommate, thinks are the vegetable version of watermelon, which I find interesting. I have started my one line a day five year memory book and am doing my best to maintain it. Also, no one seems to know where you can buy stamps here and I can't find them anywhere, though I did stumble across a postal museum across from Studio FAMU (where most of my classes are) and can only assume that they have stamp exhibits. I still don't know if I am going out tonight, but the sun just set and it is 10PM. Also, we watch some fantastic Czech cinema in class today including parts Milos Foreman's (who directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) Loves of a Blonde.
There is a bit more at the end of this scene that is also good and a scene with older army men trying to buy the lead lady and her friends drinks that we watched and I enjoyed but I can't find it with English subtitles... partially because I am in the Czech Republic and they don't use English subtitles. I would like to watch that film in its entirety.

PRAHA

2010-06-20T07:50:00.000-06:00

I made it to Prague after an unexpectedly long journey that involved an unplanned stop in Atlanta, Georgia. We had been flying for a few hours when the captain came on to announce that there was something wrong with the navigation computer so we had to fly at a lower altitude and would therefore not have enough fuel to make it all the way to Europe so we had to turn around and go to Atlanta to get a new plane. So I spent an hour or so wondering around the Atlanta airport and after accosting three people I thought might be from the program "umm hi, are you from Emerson College?" Two were and one wasn't but he ended up being from CU Boulder so that was weird. SO after getting up at 3:45 in the morning (Colorado time) and flying from Denver to Minneapolis to JFK (New York) to Atlanta I made it to Prague around 3 in the afternoon Europe time and split a cab with one of my accosted fellow students, Brooke. It turned out she is one of my roommates along with Trisha and Kristie. Kristie and I are in room A (she is from Maine) and Trisha (from Minnesota) and Brooke (Vermont) are in room B. Our bedrooms are tacked onto a little tiny apartment type deal with a WC (just the toilet) a room with the shower and a sink, closets, and a little counter with a hot plate and a mini fridge. I wish I could take photos to share but I don't have a digital camera and can't figure out transferring the little webcam pictures I can take on here to anything other than the photobooth type program that they go into... but we'll see if I can be savy enough. We have been hanging around with some of the boys as well, so far I have met Matt, Dan, Brett, Zach, Andrew, Mark and Tyler along with Caitlin and Julie. I think that means I haven't met four to seven people. I'm not sure if there are 20 or 16 people in the entire program. We have a meeting in about an hour that is supposed to fill us in. Last night the twelve of us ventured to this bar that had multiple floors and each one had a different theme. We started on the bottom floor which had parts of engines and gear moving about. There were a few live musical performances and we stopped by a few of them for a quick listening. After a few rounds of beer and sitting at a table that was on a floor that reminded me of Being John Malkovich (3 and a half) we all got split up and I ended up with Matt, Dan, Zach, Brett and Andrew while everyone else went home. We sat outside on a metalwork balcony with a tree popping through. When it was time to go home we chatted with three Finnish girls who are studying here while debating over taking a cab or the tram home. In the end we split up into groups of three and each caught cabs back. I made it into bed five minutes after four and woke up at noon to venture out for lunch (at a Chinese place) and to find a grocery store. I got some bread, cheese and yogurt but I was unable to find tape, stamps or peanut butter (I don't think they have it at all in this country.) I also have some bananas. We discovered a little stationary/craft shop nearby that I plan on visiting soon. So I guess that is all. I am here. For those of you who wish to mail me... I believe that my address is as follows:

Hanna Kelly
Kojel Komenskeho RM 317A
Praha 6, Parlerova 6

But please remember that it takes a good while to get here so do not send it towards the end... just right now. I'm only here for a month! I do owe some lovely people some mailings however. Okay.

THAT OTHER PIECE OF LAND OVER THERE

2010-06-17T08:05:00.000-06:00

I leave for Denver today so I can get up at like 3 in the morning to fly to someplace and then from there to NYC and then from there to Prague. Its going to be a long day. Anywho, I don't have tons of time before my last babysitting job for a month but I though I would drop in to let everyone know that I am off! Love you all.

BACK OF THE TRUCK

2010-06-09T23:30:00.000-06:00

The other night I watched Wristcutters: A Love Story and had wanted to put this video on here but embedding is disabled so you'll have to click the link. I also just wanted to share that tonight I rode down to town at dusk in the back of my dad's truck. It was a warm summer night and I was finishing off a popsicle. It was such a fantastic experience. I forgot how good it is to ride back there. My dad usually has a cap on the back but took it off recently when my parents rented a tiller. We used to ride home in the back of my dad's truck when he picked us up from school. On really good days we would also get to go to 7/11 and get a slurpee or something. Anyway it was really lovely and I enjoyed myself quite a bit. We walked around Old Pond Park which is flooded right now because the river is so high. Its really intense right now, just gushing. Coco had a great time running through the shallow pools of water and kept picking up long tree branches to run around with so my dad and I had to watch our legs. I also rode home in the back of the truck laying on top of my dad's toolbox to watch the stars and the night sky. I remember once when we went camping we were driving late attempting to find a spot and I rolled my window down all the way and put my pillow so I could lay with my head partially out the window and stare at the stars. It reminded me of that night.

2010-06-08T23:45:00.000-06:00

Having just read the updates of Janine's new blog: Janine in Alaska I just felt the need to state that Janine is such a wonderful amazing person and her adventure sounds so fantastic. I really want to visit her in Alaska, even if she is homeless and camping about. I would recommend reading her most recent posts: "A New Beginning" and "Well, we're homeless. But happy!" I was just thinking about her today due to another search I performed for my own Trivial Pursuit while shopping with my mama. Actually maybe I will share some of the items that became mine today starting with: This hat.Its a big sun/cowboy hat that I found in the men's section of Sports Authority. Thank you mom's coupon... or gift certificate for 25 dollars in goods. Also purchased at Sports Authority:
A black top that has detailing that is slightly see through in the parts of the shirt with the pattern to make contrast.
A super comfortable purple skirt.
And now things from Target:
A little traveler's alarm clock.
An Ethernet cable.
Mini health and beauty items.
A case for the baby.And I found The Windup Bird Chronicle in the library! I called at one point to make sure they had it and when I went in to find it had no luck... this time however I managed to discover it along with several other books by the author (Haruki Murakami).

WATCH

2010-06-07T22:28:00.000-06:00

I know that I have put this somewhere on here before but I have just read and watched this story and this trailer is just so good... so it is going to be here in another location: here. I really love the movie, it is fantastic, good color tones and temperatures, good soundtrack, the Lisbon girls are totally it girls as well. I think I also appreciate the movie more now that I could pick up on the details from the book. It was a wonderful adaptation of the novel, it followed it almost exactly with the exception of the end where minor things were changed or emitted. I want it.

Also, the new Avi Buffalo was at the radio station (KDNK) and I played this song on my first show of this summer.

CAN YOU BUY DIAPERS AT THE GROCERY STORE?

2010-06-05T16:49:00.000-06:00

Today T was singing quite a bit and I managed to get little snippits on my cell. This one is a gem though: she sings "can you buy diapers at the grocery store? Yes, you can buy diapers at the grocery store." Complete with fist microphone. Other hits of the day were about baths, not hitting your head on the table, and other important subjects.

PIE

2010-06-02T00:32:00.000-06:00

I always think of this scene when I am making a pie.

NETFLIX

2010-06-01T20:56:00.000-06:00

I got La Jetee and San Soleil on Netflix from the Criterion Collection. Both films are by the director Chris Marker. Of course I have seen La Jetee many times in film classes and even posted a clip from it on here once, where the woman wakes up. San Soleil "tells the story of a globe-trotting, soul-searching cameraman. Soleil relies on the narration of the cameraman's travel log." Says the little envelope the movie comes in. I really like it. It is all just interesting things that the cameraman thinks about matched with images. It works with my brain and I have realized it is a film I've wanted to make in a sense. I remember pitching an idea to Alec that was all about what I found that was beautiful that people overlooked. Using film to show people things like photography does I suppose. He looked at me skeptically when I tried to explain how something like "how white this paper is compared to other paper" and how many people wouldn't notice. He was one of those people who wouldn't have noticed. That is not the greatest example I must say, the idea relied on the fact that people just don't pay attention and something as lovely and simple as light melting down buildings at the right time of day is beautiful. Paying attention to the world allows you to actually look at it. Anyway, the film is very interesting, with subtle social commentaries. Here is the Intro:
Also, with the subject of Netflix... I have figured out a way to get a copy of Fight Club I think (since Evan lost mine...) that is kinda cheating the system. Jane once sent back one of her DVDs by accident by putting it in the envelope and ended up trading movies with Netflix. They are still sending them DVDs and didn't say anything. They sent us an extra copy of Horton Hears a Who so I may just switch it out for Fight Club and then they have just sent us an extra copy of the movie I want. We'll see how it goes.

LISTENINGS

2010-05-30T11:42:00.000-06:00

I've just been listening to the new Dodo's session (featuring Magik Magik Orchestra) on daytrotter. I guess you have to pay for downloads now? I'm a bit confused, on this one you can download it for free but at a lower quality? But on the new Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin you have to buy it. There is a bunch of music I want to get, such as the new New Pornographers and Avi Buffalo in addition to other music to rebuild my itunes. Its kinda nice to start new even if its just for organizational purposes. My mom just came in, they are going on a hike and then going to Costco. I want to go but Keighley is supposed to call me to meet up in a bit and I don't want to miss that... [she and Matthew are riding to Carbondale on bikes and I am going to meet them after as of right now. I wish I had a bike to ride with them but of course all of ours are MIA. Its annoying]... they don't have a schedule according to my mom so she doesn't want me to go and then not see her. Which is very sweet of my mom. I still feel guilty and really would like to get out and do something active. They are going to look at cameras at Costco, apparently they have the Pen P1 (the newest is the PL1 that I was looking into... but I don't think there is much of a difference). My dad told me they have $900 in Costco bucks and he wants to get one too... they are on sale for $490 that means my dad and I could each get one with the Costco bucks and just have to pay a little bit more. I don't know if that is a plan. My mom tiredly told me that it would be my birthday present if she got it for me. Which is great of course but I feel super bad and guilty now for whatever reason. Sigh. Why did I have to be dumb and loose my little digital camera. I loved that thing, it was my high school graduation present from my grandma and it still worked fine. It was also just good to take everywhere... its just so ironic that it would make it through drunk nights, one handed bike riding, bars, traveling, and so on only to be lost at the last possible minute. I regret not being more anal about looking for it. Of course K said there may be another cheapy digital that she has laying around somewhere that I could use, which would be marvy. But we'll see. So anyway. Back to music. After re-reading the Joanna Newsom article that K found on New York Times Magazine I really want to go to her town, Nevada City. It sounds fantastic. Finally, Russel Brand is on the cover of this months Rolling Stone, I am about to start the article.

MAC IS BACK

2010-05-30T00:26:00.000-06:00

I am writing this entry on my huge MacBook! It is back with a new hard drive (5 gigs!), more ram and new OSX. It is amazing how big this computer seems now. I love it so. Of course one of the best parts is... PHOTO BOOTH! Ian finally brought up this roll of black and white prints I have been wanting another look at/to scan from Denver along with my computer. Photobooth was flashing them blue unless I took them in b&w...Lets see what else... I have a French movie from Netflix to watch soon and need to catch up with mail, reading, journaling and the like and have a few new recipes to try out. [I've been cooking a bit lately in addition to baking.] We are also starting a garden in the front yard that I am excited to plant and watch grow. I've always enjoyed plants and growing them. I also want to take a trip to Denver to see Botts, Jesse, Jordan and Brandon with a stop in Boulder? And want to go camping. This would all me more of an option if I wasn't leaving in just a few weeks for another month in Europe. Crazy how time goes. Keighley and Matthew are here for the weekend which will be lovely and fantastic. The last weekend K was here we were contemplating septum piercings. Its something I have been considering for a few months now, ever since Prague [part one] before spring break. At this point it almost just seems like a matter of time. We'll see though, my parents would REALLY HATE it. I want to get another tattoo as well. I'm still thinking about an owl [it was decided at the castle that an owl was my spirit animal] on my ribs [side] but also like the idea of something simple in my inner bicep. Anyway, just quick ramblings. I wonder how Janine is doing!? She is off on her Alaskan adventure. I love that girl.