Entries from October 2008

October 31, 2008

Seriously?

Yesterday I was more than ready for the election to be over and I admit I was feeling a bit apathetic about the whole thing. But today I am so completely angry about the world around me that I couldn’t care more about it all. Yesterday evening there was a huge mass assembled protesting Yes [...]

October 30, 2008

Is it over yet??

The cable’s out. Actually, to be honest, it was never in really. I digress, anywho, this has kept me somewhat safe from the nonstop election watch of 08. But nonetheless I’d like it to be Tuesday now. That would be great. Six more days seems like an eternity. I want to know now, it seems [...]

October 29, 2008

Made me laugh

This was so great I had to post it here. My friend Jaime sent me this video and it is awesome. Customize your own here.

October 29, 2008

Yes We Carve.

Haha yay! Barack O’Lanterns!~ How awesome is that? See more here, spotted them over at Not Martha.

October 29, 2008

Its Just So Good.

I’m well into the book now. Blessed Unrest is life changing; it alters your view of the world, it’s inhabitants it’s possibilities. Pardon the “new agey” music played during this video clip. Anyone else reading about this movement, or as I call it the new revolution?

October 28, 2008

Oh. God. Yes.

This is absolutely fantastic. Everything a Designer Needs. Brought to you by Esthetic Core.

October 23, 2008

Voter Suppression

Having the right to vote is one of the very basic and most wonderful things about this country. I think everyone can agree on that, or at least I thought everyone could agree on that. That is until I stumbled upon this video from the organization ACORN. The video is part [...]

October 21, 2008

Extreme Pumpkins

I love Halloween. I don’t care what anyone says, I think it’s fun damn it. Yes, it’s childish, and cheesy, and mildly spooky but I enjoy it in all it’s silliness. I won’t be dressing up this year, costumes are expensive and my 3rd floor apartment doesn’t strike me as the type of building that [...]

October 21, 2008

The Daily Scrapbook

Yesterday I discovered The Daily Scrapbook, a weblog by Jessica Helfand. It’s really very interesting. Every day she features a new and unique scrapbook. Some are modern some are absolute antiques! Today’s feature for example is from 1922, beautiful stuff.

October 21, 2008

Louise Bourgeois

Another great exhibition is coming to town! Louise Bourgeois will be exhibiting at MOCA from October 26th through January 25th, 2009. This exhibition is the first major showing of Bourgeois’s work in more than a decade. Her work is simultaneously engaging in both modern and traditional techniques and explores various themes in a range of [...]