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[Monday, November 16, 2009
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We are back from going down to L.A. for the Hello Kitty Fashion show.
It was such an amazing and interesting experience, and I'm so happy and honored to have been a little part of it!
There will be professional pics of all the outfits and also video of the actual show (there were two shows that night), so I think I will wait for those to appear before really posting anything!!!
But just so my blog is not vacant, here are a few things from Saturday night:
Me and Shrinkle being cute and sexy as always:
I forced Hairy to sit down and have the special Hello Kitty High Tea with me which included mini desserts and mini Hello Kitty sammiches!! Here's me after we took a few bites out of the Hello Kitty cookie head:
I believe so far I sold my felted Hello Kitty bow purse and this tube top that I made giant crocheted Hello Kitty bow/brooches for. The gal who bought the purse came up to me and told me she bought it. She was also holding another red Hello Kitty bow purse that she already had!!! I'm so tickled that she wanted another! I still have a Hello Kitty scarf and fingerless mitts to sell. I believe that they will be posted online via JapanLA for sale, but I'm not sure exactly. I will let you guys know!
I gave my sample cake-purse a test run that night. It held up perfectly well. The dangle cherry zipper pulls were like soft and fuzzy stress balls. I felt like I was holding a stuffed animal the whole night. BONUS.
After the fashion show, we went back to our motel so I could change clothes (I was wearing a really cute cake-inspired dress by Nicole Lindner but I wasn't wearing the right bra for it and was getting a little nippley....yikes....I didn't know until I went to the ladies room.... also I am not confident in my ability to pull off an asymmetrical-topped dress, it somehow made me feel extra naked?), anyway, after getting back into some jeans, we watched Saw 6 finally and then ate at Canter's Deli after that! Late night!
I tried to work on my crochet projects as much as possible whenever we had down time. I didn't get a whole lot done, but something is better than nothing! Waffle cowl in progress!
The dark brown part is sparkly!!!! I'm calling it CINNAMON.
This apparently was in the men's bathroom at one of our pit stops on the way home. The ladies did not get anything like this!!
So for the next few days, I will be furiously making stuff for the New People Artist Village on Friday night and all day Saturday!!! Don't forget to come to J-Town and say hi! (But you need to RSVP and email New People if you want to receive an invitation to the preview night/Friday night from 6pm-8pm).
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| lazy entry |
[Saturday, November 14, 2009
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i've been working like a crazy person these past two weeks, but it's worth it, because the paychecks will make christmas this year pretty sweet. we're going to have a christmas party with just the girls a couple of days before christmas, where we'll pass out gifts, watch a christmas movie and have christmas music playing and christmas cookies and basically our goal is to have everyone pretty sick of christmas by the time they leave. christmas only comes around once a year and i plan to milk it.
i've been shopping a lot lately. first we went to the mall to go to ulta for the heck of it and we brought a friend along. while looking around i got some ideas for gifts. the best part of the night was going into the photobooth to take some pictures. i wish there was some way to buy the video because it was hilarious. i also look very chongalicious.
( photobooth picturez )a couple of days later we went to the florida mall to check out the lush store. lush is 100% vegetarian and 60% organic, and they make products like soaps, bath bombs, massage bars, shampoos, skin care, etc. but natural and quirky. their scents are super different and not everyone's cup of tea but the quality of their products is excellent and i found a few things.
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| Battle plans for future histories |
[Saturday, November 14, 2009
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1993.
“It’s over.” I said.
There was a pause, a rise in the visual intensity level behind her eyes and a swift punch to my jaw.
I walked back to my car sobbing like my lungs were too small. I slammed my fists down and down and down on the steering wheel and screamed to every living thing, “I will never allow myself to be hurt again. I swear to fucking God.”
2001.
“Are you sure you want to do this?”
“Yes.”
And she walked out. I sat on the armrest of my couch and let the tears slowly run down my face and on to the carpet. I was a sad sight and I knew it. So I set up a camera to capture just how low and pathetic I allowed myself to become.
2002.
“Fuck you,” she said and slammed the door.
I stepped on the gas and thought about racing into oncoming traffic. It would be fast and I’m sure I wouldn’t feel much.
I felt the slow creep of death overtake the next month.
2006.
“One day we will greet each other with a handshake.”
I let go first, held her face and kissed her lips. And walked out.
I never died. The air came to my lungs, the words returned to my fingers and my face repaired itself with a smile.
I rarely bother anyone with the details – I need to know I can do this alone. It tempers me, it makes me stronger. And if I just keep my head down and keep walking, I know – I am absolutely fucking positive – that time will do its job.
I pass people on the street and am certain that each and every last one of them has felt hands squeeze and attempt to crush their motivation, their will to live and the light behind their smile. I know that each and every last one of them has cried over loss.
And I look at each and every last one of them as an example of perseverance and survival.
I am only alive because you still know how to smile.
2009.
DEMONSTRATIVE MONSTERS
pre-sale begins 11.17.09: 3am chicago time. 8pm sydney, australia time. 9am london, england time.
150 copies ever.
hardcover. $60us/67can/72world. ppd.
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| Want Want Want |
[Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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I want so many things I can't afford, it's ridiculous.
 barnes and noble nook  ipod touch  nikon d40  a pullip
Anyone have $1000+ just laying around?
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| Springtime in November |
[Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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This is what my coffee table/work table looks like right now! I love spring-y, candy-like colors. I really want a coat in a cute candy color but all the coats seem to be in fall colors right now, and fall colors/jewel tones are NOT MY FAV!!!! I'm prepping a bunch of zipper pouches and hair bows to be felted. I need to make a few more pouches before these are ready to be popped in the washing machine!
In other random news, I'd been wearing my hair in pigtails a lot with the bangs down because I am lazy. A) I don't have to draw on my eyebrows. B) I don't have to curl or fluff my hairz.
Today is the 1st day in a while that I actually fluffed again!
Last night, I was on the hunt for a particular kind of red button, but then I fell in love with LOTS of buttons on Etsy!
I really want the heart-shaped ones, but I am holding back since the fundages run low whenever I prep for shows!
Finally, please check out this very cute giveaway at My Paper Crane's blog!!! It's really awesome. You won't regret it. I never win giveaways. I don't know why I keep trying :P.
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| apologies in advance. |
[Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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fine. fuck it. youll get me at a moment of weakness.
i can already feel the "you're going to regret this in the morning," but fuck it.
you can sit all day online and read about peoples sadness of breakups. the post sensitive-artist drivel that pours out of their mouths and on to blogs around the world. there certainly is no shortage of that. and god, you certainly dont need to read that. but truthfully, i havent felt much. its as if its not really happening. i havent cried or even felt the urge to. which is strange since i have lost it after ending things with girls i barely even cared about. maybe most of those were about the fear of being alone but i think im actually pretty okay with being with me and my head. and really, i have so many of you to thank for it. the more you go around talking about things, the more you learn coping skills. well, thats what the doctor said on the documentary i watched a few nights ago about people who survived plane crashes. but i think the emotions i placed on breakups back then were really misdirected because i simply didnt want to be alone.
but this time is different. oh, listen to the cliches already.
see, i havent mourned. i havent opened up. every last person who has asked me what happened i have told them, "it was just that time,"... which really is just bullshit. its no reason. its the reason you give when you dont want to go into just how badly the other person wrecked you. when asked, "how are you doing?" i have responded, "im fine," no less than 100 times in the past day.
i truly am stoked that i would have so many people out there willing to listen to me. i am thankful of this every waking hour. but this thing, like all breakups, is done alone. you can talk all you like but no one holds your hand while the thoughts of that person making out with someone new race through your head at 3:18am. no one is there when you realize you will never hear that laugh or feel her hands as she played with your hair or the way she depended on you. because it was awesome that she depended upon you. because it made it feel real. fuck all the psychological bullshit about it being unhealthy, it was rad when she looked to me for advice. it was rad to know someone who truly knew me. me. not the funny me, or the writer me, or the internet me, or the pizza guy me... but the me who likes putting my feet on the bottoms of your feet. the me who would just stare at you from across the room even after three years and just watch you yell at a computer screen and think it was more adorable than kittens. the me who thought you were funnier than anyone and everyone combined. the me who thought you were "cool", like fucking cool. the me who loved the smell of your dirty hair. the me who found it endearing when i saw your dirty underwear. because thats how real it was. more real than any of them combined.
(no offense to those who still read this)
and sure, maybe its fucked up that i still wake up with a smile. i eat just fine and go about my day. i laugh and order food and get tea with friends and shop and my life hasnt missed a beat. not a skip. not a moment staring at a blank wall. and that sucks. because i know what that means. it means that i am not prepared for this type of devastation. my brain and heart have not come up against anything like this and they are shutting down. like preparing for hypothermia, they are shutting down parts of my body to protect my core. but its only a matter of time before the bomb drops. before the cold takes over and i feel it. i know what wreckage feels like and if i hold my breath and pretend its not happening, its not happening. but see i have taken it all and walked away from: 5.5, 3.5, 5, and 3.5 year relationships. yeah, add it up. none. none have come close. none WILL come close to this level of devastation.
you know i talk to girls now and it feels hollow. i say the words and play the game and none of it is real. my mouth moves and my brain is just shaking its head from side to side in disappointment. its all words. its all well put together phrases designed to evoke a response.
wanna see?
"you look adorable today. i love what you did with your eyeshadow." instant smile.
its not a lie... but i know what im doing. i wouldnt say it if i didnt mean it but i also know what emotion it evokes. its like i have been cursed because i have studied how to speak to people, how to captivate peoples attention and how to write the words. again, they arent lies. but they are intentional.
i hate this. right now. i hate the fact that i never had to pull any of that bullshit with her when i did with every last girl i even kissed. and you know, its a fucking embarrassingly long list. and not once, well maybe in the very very beginning, but never did i pull that bullshit with her. you know why, because she called me on it. for all the shit i talked she was beyond brilliant with a bullshit meter that could tell the future. and i needed that. i needed someone to call me on my shit. because no one ever did. and yeah, maybe it was messed up and dysfunctional and messy but fuck it was real.
so ill fall asleep just fine tonight, just like i have for the last week. no worse sleep than usual. no staying up late pouring words into some secret journal. no bad mouthing her to my friends and no spontaneous bursts of sobbing. and thats fucked. because i know its coming. more than it ever has before, its coming... sweet, just in time for my birthday on tuesday, the release of a new book, thanksgiving and maybe even christmas.
so yeah, things are "fine" right now. but they wont be.
hey, you said you wanted to listen.
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| New People Artist Village info!! |
[Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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*****
So basically, there is an art show opening, and a bunch of crafty vendors will be piggybacking the opening in the form of the New People Artist Village, so if you go, you'll get to see some cool art, and maybe do some cool shopping with us! Looks like you need to RSVP if you want to come to the preview night on Friday! You can sign up in the lower right corner of the New People home page. The only other Artist Village vendor I know is Shrinkle. Come visit us and we'll talk about our big heads.
The vendor list with pics and bios can be found HERE!
Hope to see you Nov. 20-21st!
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Saturday, November 21st – January 17th
at SUPERFROG Gallery
TOKYO CREATORS MARKET: SUPERFROG Gallery presents an exhibit of the works of seven unique artists from Japan distinctive in their mastery and originality. These creations come in many dimensions and reach ambitious heights of expression.
Get invited to the private opening party!
Sign up to receive the NEW PEOPLE newsletter ASAP and get invited to the private party on Friday, November 20th 6pm – 8pm and meet the artists from Tokyo! NEW PEOPLE ARTIST VILLAGE will also have its sneak peak on that night! Its an all-floor event! sign up into the email slot on our homepage (bottom-right) !
NEW PEOPLE ARTIST VILLAGE: Starting the holiday off in festival
fashion, NEW PEOPLE and Bazaar Bizarre SF create an all-day, all-floor vertical art village. Come join the shopping fun! Information is available on our event flyer.
A New Store is Born!
A new shop for NEW PEOPLE! Art makes us grow our imagination, our creativity, our wisdom. Enjoy a stroll in our new GARDEN of art gifts and enjoy the bounty! GRAND OPENING! Also on November 21st, we open TOKYO CREATORS GARDEN accompanying our TOKYO CREATORS MARKET exhibition. The new store is located on the 2F of NEW PEOPLE.
TOKYO CREATORS MARKET Artists Introduction:
Junko Mizuno
Kim Songhe
Mikito Ozeki
NORITAKE
ON ZA LINE
KAZMO
YUICHI YOKOYAMA
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[Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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because my other one sucked ass!
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| the irony of battle plans. |
[Monday, November 09, 2009
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its funny when even kelly clarkson songs begin to have meaning. its also an interesting time we live in when its not so much the words that cut the cord but the click of the 'relationship status' on facebook profiles.
and just like the one before and the one before and the one before her, i will keep my chin up and maintain a smile because next week wont hurt as bad as this week and next month wont hurt as bad as this month. come summer time this will all be but a faint memory obscured by time and the clarity of black and white.
because this is how its always been.
its the rare instance when time is actually our friend.
single.
please be respectful.
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| Grapefruit Shower Gel Smells like B.O. |
[Monday, November 09, 2009
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x-posted from www.twinkiechan.com/blog
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
Yesterday, we had an arts/crafts-tastic Sunday. After walking the doggies (here's a boring but recent video of them! Videos will lack sound fx or music today. I'm not allowing myself fun-video-making time today!)
we headed over to Indie Mart to check out the goods and to meet Vivianna of PolkaDotRobot!. You should check out their site because they are having a 24 hour sale, and it ends at midnight tonight PST!
Hairy and I also both bought shirts for $5 from VintageVantage.com. Here's mine!
I would have worn it today, but I have a thing about washing any clothing before wearing it!!!
Afterward, we went to check out a new studio space for Hairy and his screenprinting stuffs. It's a shared work space/art gallery, and I think he's really into it. Right now, his stuff is in some other dude's basement.
Sorry for the crap quality. It's from my phone!
In other news, check out the little Q&A I did over at 84area.com!
Okay, this is really random, but here are my thoughts on 2 Kiehl's products (I LOVE their Ultra Facial Cream btw, especially now that it's getting drier outside):
So my hair stylist Jules gave me permission to NOT condition my hair all the time. We of the coarse, straight, flat Asian hair, desire to wreck our hair as much as possible so that it has texture, and, for me, VOLUME! The not-conditioning thing was like this brilliant stroke of genius! The downside: static!!! But while I was at the Kiehl's booth, I picked up a volumizing Rice and Wheat shampoo, and just picked up the Rice and Wheat conditioner, too (we were trying to spend enough for the free gift). I've had it since Houston and never tried it. The other day I tried the conditioner...and WOW!!! I was really afraid I would have the dreaded FLAT HAIR that stupid Pantene gives me because my hair was feeling SO SOFT. But after my regular styling and drying, I was pleased to discover that SOFT does not have to mean FLAT. I was really impressed with this product!!!
I was less impressed with one of the free samples we got of the grapefruit shower gel.
While I am not a big fan of citrus scents to begin with, I really felt like I was rubbing the scent of armpits all over my body. Maybe I'm weird and my B.O smells like grapefruits....who knows. But this was definitely not my fav!
Alrighty, I am going to make me some cake-inspired pouches/purses now! Thanks so much for your thoughts and feedback! As someone commented, you can't please everyone, and that's for sure. Usually when I design things, I design them to please MYSELF and I think about what I would actually use and like, so it's interesting to hear what others use and like, too.
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| Dexter |
[Monday, November 09, 2009
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Dexter is easily one of the best shows on television. I finished the third season the day before yesterday. I actually sat down just to watch one episode because my sister and I like watching it together but I couldn't stop. Six episodes later I was itching for the fourth season already. It's just an amazing show, it hasn't jumped the shark like all the other shows I like, and I love it for that. Who's watching the fourth season? Is it amazing? I expect nothing less. ♥
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[Monday, November 09, 2009
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we have a new "day" now!
FIXATION FRIDAY !!!
(in which i will gush like a fangirl about whatever I please)
thanks for naming it as such, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) thekern! ♥
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| DXS007 update and potential kangaroo sex? |
[Saturday, November 07, 2009
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on the off chance you havent been keeping up with the to-dos of my life, well let me tell you about how im putting out a new book next month. NEXT MONTH! this is crazy-talk, chris. well its true. but heres the catch. there will only be 150 of them printed. evar. it will be hardcover and yes, expensive.
but let me tell you how stoked i am on this book. but chris, arent you stoked on all of your books? well, sure. each one is like an illegitimate love-child that i get to share with the world. wait.
anywho, when i meet people and have to have the 'oh, so what do you do?' talk, i say im a writer. to which their immediate response is, "oh, can i have/buy one of your books?" nice that they're interested but i dont really have a book that truly represents the short-story style that im most happy writing.
ok, yes, my first two books (on the upswing, which is sold out and a life deliberate) are that style but they're older and i feel that i am a much better writer than i was back then. dont get me wrong, i love the stories, i just feel that i could have told them better. (but dont let that discourage you from buying one of the last remaining 100 copies of a life deliberate over at deadxstop.com, kisses).
my 3rd book, notes from the deep end is sold out as well, my 4th book, selected works 2004-2008 is awesome and all but its all LJ rants and my newest endeavor, REMNANTS is my proudest yet but i only have one story in the damn thing.
so...
i wanted to write something that i can hand someone without excuses. without having to say, "well, this isnt exactly what i usually do," or, "its sold out," or, "well, this book is like my demo tape."
i cant say the title just yet because i have to make sure i can use this image first because it would work so perfectly with what im looking to do that if the artist wont give me permission im going to change the title of the book. yes, im a nerd. but i will tell you it is 10 stories in the style of my first two books and it will go on pre-sale on my birfday, november 17th.
- and now i will leave you with a video of me running game on some marsupials:
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| Godiva=God, Christmas Gift Ideas |
[Friday, November 06, 2009
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Have any of you guys walked into a Godiva store or tasted Godiva chocolates? After work today I met my friends and the mall and we walked into the highlight of my week. I bought a few truffles and tried a sample and I was in love. I am so obsessed with this store it's not even funny. I signed up for the rewards card so I get a free truffle a month and so yeah, I'll be trying truffles every month for a year. So worth it.
I worked every day this past week and the week before that so next payday I'll be banking. I'll be saving all of this extra money for Christmas gifts this year. For my Dad I'm thinking of buying a nice wine and splitting it with my sister. For my mom I'll be getting a cosmetics brush set and some make-up, and for my girl friends I'll be making these cute little baskets. I'm thinking of getting each of them a unique gift that goes with their personalities and then filling the rest of the basket with stuff like little VS lotion/mists, Godiva chocolates, personalized accessories, etc. (but with different scents/colors/designs). Something like that. Are you guys planning any gifts this year?
I can't wait for Christmas. I'm going to get a wreath for our door, get a 3 ft. tree, some candles, akdfkjdsf. It's going to be great.
Sigh I feel super stuffed. Earlier my sister and I met our parents at Olive Garden and my sister and I shared a plate and we still got full. Now I have quite the food baby and I feel like taking a very long nap, so I'm going to go do that now.
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| Would love feedback! |
[Friday, November 06, 2009
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x-posted from www.twinkiechan.com/blog
Hey Gang,
I'm gearing up for the New People event and am wondering about sumthinsumthin! Would love to know your thoughts!
Pouchy Preference! from Twinkie Chan on Vimeo.
The Gods Who Decide Which Shot to Use for Movie Previews are never kind to me, are they? Sheesh! Snaggletooth much?
I've also been working on my ruffley salad scarflette. Here's where it was at last night. Today I've been building on the ruffles and making them BIGGER! There's almost two skeins of Malabrigo in this sucker right now!!!!
I'm also eager to try making the waffle cowl I've always wanted! I need to pick yarn for it! (Oh no....MORE YARN SHOPPING.....). But I guess having the perfect color and perfect weight and perfect texture are more important to me than using up the old stash. Onward!
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| apt 203. |
[Friday, November 06, 2009
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we talked about the old apartment today. me and boo. simple talk about playing video games all night. we laughed until i felt the familiar sting of nostalgia come on. i never saw that place as anything more than a transition hole between where i grew up and where i landed in chicago, yet we lived there together for 6 years.
second floor, above the roaches and drug dealers and addicts. mashed potatoes on the ceiling and vomit on the couches. filthy. but today i missed it.
some day i will look back at these moments lying in this bed as a memorable time. the nights of pizza and video games here will hold warm memories and i will wonder whatever became of so and so despite spending hours talking with them into the early morning hours. i will forget names and faces. people and addresses will slowly fade from my memory and i will be living another chapter.
its sad, really. people rust. they evaporate. they slowly erase. and we wonder what happened. was it our fault or theirs? did we neglect the friendship or did they no longer need what we had to give? the boys, the girls. one day their names will begin with, "you know, whats her name."
its tough when you realize that the nature of relationships is constantly evolving, despite every attempt you make to make it last. to live in love. to freeze people in memory.
the rest of my life will be a continuous series of beginnings. of handshakes and text avoidance.
someone freeze me.
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[Friday, November 06, 2009
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Sam & I have obsessive personalities. MAJORLY.
So I want to start another "day" to gush over our weekly obsession. We would have already had a Gerard Butler week and then an SNL 'what up with that?' song week.
BUT WHAT WOULD I CALL THAT DAY? "obsession wednesday" doesn't have the same ring to it as "tutorial tuesday" (mostly because lack of alliteration haha).
plz halp.
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| handmade in canada! |
[Friday, November 06, 2009
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L&B is a proud member of the group Etsy Canada and it's been a great group to find out about fellow Canadian shops :) Right now, a comprehensive list of Canadian Etsy Sellers is being compiled here, so go add yourself if you're a Canadian Etsian, or check the list out by clicking below! There's a ton of talent in our home & native land, so you might just find some new favourite sellers :)
( OH CANADA! )
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| Cookie Parties, Giant Pink Bows, and Yarn Stashes! |
[Thursday, November 05, 2009
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Today I shot a few photos for a few peeps. If you want to see it bigger click HERE. The above collage was for I Love Cookie Party.com which is a crafty supply site that sells fabrics and buttons and stuff. They were looking to replace one of the monsters on their site with an actual person and asked if I might want to give it a whirl. I kinda had no idea what they were actually looking for, so I just threw together a bunch of stuff and we'll see if anything sticks!
Also I bought this giant pink bow from Puppycatmeow on Etsy, and she asked if I'd take some photos for her shop, so I said OK!
The last one on the right is so awesome, am I right?
Also today I visited Imagiknit to get more yarn for the upcoming show at New People. I ended up buying like 7 skeins of YELLOW, but all in different brands and materials. Everyone was like GIRL WHY YOU BUYIN SO MUCH YELLOW!?!! Sometimes it just happens!! I sent most of it off to my helpers, but here is what stayed with me:
I figure if I have any readers who are into yarn porn, I can start documenting what I buy on my yarn outings if it happens to look at all exciting!!
I keep wanting to stop buying so much yarn and use up my stash, but somehow, you just end up having to buy more anyway!! I recently went thru my stash and pulled out stuff I know that I will never use. Is it kosher to sell your stash on Etsy?
Anyhoo, I am off to make two watermelon scarves tonight!!!! xo
OH p.s., if you knit or crochet afghans and know anything about framing them properly (i.e. so they don't sag) please let me know!!!
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| the top five video games of all time. |
[Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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yars revenge:
when atari was in its heyday, yars revenge spearheaded my obsession. it was clean and simple, not jerky and awkward unlike its lost in translation arcade cartridge counterparts like donkey kong, pac-man or frogger. yars revenge was simple yet addicting. your little ship had to eat away at the orange shield all while the little flashing dot was trying to get up in your ass. as simple as pong, as brilliant as snake and almost as hard to advance like ET for atari. the great thing about atari controllers was they were durable as a mofucker and my ass was throwing em like it was my job. say all you want about early video games being aesthetically unappealing, those games were goddamn impossible.
mortal kombat 2:
while the original MK and MK3 were awesome, nothing really sank its claws into me like MK2. this was what spawned my arcade mid-90s revival. sometimes we would have to bring extra shirts because of how much we would sweat while dropping tokens and wanting to strangle the buster who kept doing that damn mileena roll over and over. many nights were wasted and many controllers were broken playing this for the SNES. while one tour last summer i stayed at a friends house. he had an MK2 and when we started playing i immediately got that "imma bite the shit out of this controller" feeling back, so much so i had to put it down and walk away. because it was always the controllers fault. ps. flips were for pussies.
galaga:
the original allowance stealer. this game dominated 80s arcades more than any weed dealing burnout ever could. i remember seeing it for the first time and all the quarters the kids in the iron maiden shirts had lined up along the screen waiting to get "next". it took weeks before i found any down time to sneak in a game. i fell in love so hard that i almost came in my pants when in the winter of 96 my exgf bought me the actual arcade game for my birfday. it still adorns my living room and plays just as well as it did in 1982. sometimes i just sit and stare at it like it is a 200 pound piece of art.
robotron 2084:
you want to know what intensity is, play this fucking game. if the screen shot below is an indicator of how much of mess this game is you have no fucking clue the world of insanity a quarter would buy you in the 80s. no game before or since shreds like this mofucker. none. by time you press start on the game you've got about 18 seconds to slay your way through a never-ending onslaught of robots. its pure fucking anarchy. no skill or tactics are involved because you dont have enough time to even think. by time the phrase, "holy fuck this game is insane" comes out of your mouth the screen is already reading 'game over'. if los crudos and minor threat were a video game, this is what you would mosh dive to.
call of duty:
since the late 70s i have been a boy fixated on video games. i remember when pac-man was the new national obsession, when frogger was cutting edge, when dragons lair was next level, when NHL 93 still had blood, when NBA jam was the jam, when golden eye for N64 made you want to fight your friends, when silent scope was brilliant and when guitar hero made kids never want to play a real guitar again. what im saying is that having been there and played it all, the call of duty series (modern warfare/world at war) is so truly life-enveloping that it feels like you're killing actual nazis. so much so that a rabbi credited it with him getting over his fear of them. modern warfare is the best selling first person game of all time for a reason. and watching fruity get so mad that hes on the verge of tears might be one of the greatest sights of all time.
what are yours?
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x-posted from www.TwinkieChan.com
Sorry for the lack of commenting and updates. I was unable to do either, and I thought it was just a momentary glitch. But then I asked my webmaster/brother tonight, and he said it looked like the blog had actually been hacked!!! I think it's better now, tho. I seem to have a lot of problems with this blog breaking!
Anyway, I hope everyone had a fun Halloween!! I was so involved in my projects that I had NO brainpower to spend on Halloween. We ended up going to a bar with Manda who dressed up as Punky Brewster and we people-watched. Then we ate some foods at Baghdad Cafe after closing down the bar and did more people-watching!
This is basically the only entertaining pic from the evening: Manda at Baghdad being the guinea pig for Hairy's animated-gif app on his iPhone:
I was going to post the rest of the scarf pics that I took on the day I had to email my manuscript, but, then I figured, if I showed pics of everything, it wouldn't be a very fun surprise!! (However, the pics I've been showing you will not be the final pics for the book. I have to plan those shoots out and take them a bit later!)) So here's just one more. I had basically been up all night, worked until noon, shot pics, edited them, and went to sleep from 2pm-6pm before I had to meet my friend Pickle for dinner in San Leandro. It was a long day!!!
So now, my next project is making goodies for this event at the New People building . SF Bazaar Bizarre is teaming up with New People to bring you "New People Artist Village Vol.1: New People x Bazaar Bizarre". This artist's village will be in celebration of a new art exhibit at the SUPERFROG Gallery entitled "Tokyo Creators Market: An Exhibition by 7 artists from Tokyo." If you haven't visited the New People building yet, here's a great opportunity!
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday November 20th 2009 6pm-9pm
Saturday November 21st 2009 10am-8pm
New People
1746 Post St,
San Francisco, CA 94115
When there's a banner, I will post it to my MySpace, etc!
In other news, I got a few pics from Margaret from her wedding. I will put them behind a cut!
xo!
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[Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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Okay, Sam & I have been OMG-BUSY with trying to change the way we sell on our etsy shop. We're trying to create one big cohesive collection right now that we'll create samples of & that will be ALL made-to-order. We're still planning on creating one-of-a-kind items to sell but this huge lot of stuff is gonna be taking up a LOT of our time right now as we prep for a Christmas rush & all :) Anyways, with all that said, this Tuesday's Tutorial is gonna be another old one (as is indicated by the length of my hair!)... but hopefully it's useful to some of you!
I figured since I was going to do this anyway-- I might as well take pics while I did it :) My pics are a bit hack & I was low on lashes but hopefully this ends up being somewhat helpful.
( on with the tutorial! )
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