IF I COULD PUT IT ALL IN A SUITCASE

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.

AVALANCHES OF OBJECTS

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.

FILLING BATHTUBS WITH DEW

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

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

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.