pale moon life

tour of my art room

2009-08-06T00:35:00.011-05:00

i tried to light the room as best as i could but no matter what the video looked dark. i guess that is why movie lighting is such a talent. pictures will have to suffice. this is the view from the door.

first thing we find is my desk. keith was supposed to go above my easy chair but as you will soon see there didn't turn out to be enough room. he hangs out against the wall and for now i like him there. under my desk is my old nightstand from upstairs. it houses all of my journals in the bottom and paper scraps in the top. btw, these green chairs on going to be white soon.

right now this is my pile of inspiring paper clutter coming soon to an atc near you. actually i was trying not to make atc's and work in some other medium but since i did that i've not made much of anything. clearly a bad plan.

"i love my broken shitty slow computer" it's actually not shitty but it just looks that way because it's half lap top and desktop screen. all of my utensils live in chicken broth cans.

this is the lil dude that lives on top of my computer screen. he needs a name.

ikea as usual is very smart. i don't have desk drawers but i do have these plastic trays that attach to my desk legs. they swing out whenever i need some paint or a ruler.

my oddity collection. lots of owls (i told you.) my disco ball. teeny tiny pocket bible. owl stuffie. gumby. leather apple. porcelain chinese bobblehead i got in philly's chinatown. spank someone happy paddle from pride.

moving further into the room we spy my sewing desk. that tall white thing on top of my chest of drawers is for my yarn. i have 3 of them that are going to be hung on the wall as soon as i get my butt to the depot for anchors.

i am also really into funky florals lately.

as in my old room i try to keep this desk only for non paint/glue projects. stuff like sewing, jewelry making, etc. i am getting better at sewing but i don't use this as much as i would really like.

pretty beads and fibers make me happy.

the insanity of all the little drawers of crap. i am trying to be better by labeling them.

to the left of the sewing desk is a cabinet that serves two purposes. first it houses all of my fabrics and assorted knitting/sewing supplies. but it's most important purpose is to cover this yucky open closet that has the electric boxes and water valve main thingies for the whole house. once in awhile i have to move it for lis's dad and man does that piss me off.

i just put some of my atc collection up today in a strip across the two big walls. it instantly made this room feel as fantastic as the old one. makes the room feel bigger yet cozy and full.

and further left again we come to my chair area. there are tomatoes growing right outside of that window but i guess the sun blocked them out.

i flipped this paper sorter thing on its side and am using it as my creative library. i'm going to paint it white at some point and add labels. secret obsession: my label maker.

atop the window i've got a little spiritual/personal growth thing going on. and more owls. i won this huge lot of owl figurines for $10 on shopgoodwill.com. that's right... they have auctions. pretty cheap too. i almost scored a nintendo with the gun and the duck hunt game but it went out of my price range. do you know they now make a new model that will play original nintendo and super nintendo games? sick.

behind that curtain is my treadmill. soon the curtain will be on a track. so the idea is to push the chair out of the way, slide open the curtain and use the treadmill. behind the treadmill is a closet which is covered by a similar curtain. i'm going to pin all my inspiration on it so i can focus when i workout.

also you can see my writing desk and another ugly green chair. :)

don't you just love my $15 chair. the woman that sold it to me kept a plastic cover on it so it is like new. I love the shape and the deep navy color. it's also really soft. i still can't believe i found it, usually i never get anything this perfect.

paper lanterns everywhere!

the writing desk came from the trash. the wires strung above had to stay because that's how we get internet and phone in the office. too much trouble to fix it correctly so i am using them as an art clothesline. :) and then a totally full closet. it's quite amazing that all this stuff once fit in a space 1/3rd this size.

if i send a typewritten letter would you mind? it's still paper.

owl mug i got at salvation army last year for 59 cents.

no room of mine could be complete without my precious pink yarn boobies and a clipboard of lists on the wall.

well that's the end of the tour. any questions?

atlantic city

2009-06-26T14:27:00.009-05:00

stayed on the 30th floor. massive nerves every time i had to step on the elevator and i slept a bit wonky but the view was worth it. you could see straight over the stormy clouds. i got pretty good at predicting the good pockets of weather.

lunch at the flying cloud cafe, near the water, watching the boats go by.

steel pier rides.

i love watching people, especially little kids, scream on rides.

the classic boardwalk amusement. lilo and i are thinking of trying to build our own.

i would kill to have one of these in my backyard.

2009-06-19T10:54:00.004-05:00

i had no idea that the walkway was made of wood. wood like a boardwalk. wood planks you can see through. i'm glad i wasn't privy to this information until i was already a third of the way over the bridge. the glorious brooklyn bridge that is. the views were spectacular and the rush of fear over the combination of heights and water was invigorating.

2007-05-20T18:06:00.001-05:00

parties stress me out. it's only till the afterglow that i can appreciate the romance of balloon strings in the breeze. all the food is gone leaving only a sad plate of displaced raspberries. guess that means they liked it. there were a few pre party dramas (as always) but i liked it too. the second we move to the basement we are having an empty house/yard party. look out.

i am horrible at taking photos during "events" either i am laughing so the camera shakes or i forget about photo ops. i tried.

this is my gay boy crush jon. i think he was going by orchard moon today. he's a butterfly.

the girlz bought wigs before the party.

this boy is always over here playing with these boots.

the birthday girl and her much shorter boyfriend kevin.

then butterfly gave us a performance of his remix. it's hilarious. i swear to god if anyone ever fucks with him i'll kill them.

there was cream and faux bitchy girlz and wigs. you do the math.

to my valentine

2007-02-14T19:18:00.000-05:00

since you could not come outside and play today i thought i would bring the snowy night to you.

see how cold it is outside?

the rain freezes.

and all the people are nowhere to be found.

all that's left are the trees to sway and survive till the liberation of spring...

and this silly snowgirl holding a worn flower

for the sillybear she loves.

found polaroids

2007-02-12T20:53:00.000-05:00

i was coming home on the train last week. sitting dangerously close to a man stinking of urine laying across the seats. i was so tired i didn't even care that i was still sitting when we came to a stop at jamaica center. i'm quite the anxious traveller so i usually jockey for door position so i can be free first. first to go up the stairs. first to get on the connecting bus. if i hadn't hung back until the car had cleared i never would have found the first polaroid just staring at me from the corner of an advertisement frame.

i swiped the the city street sign polaroid and went home.

the next day i was walking home from the bus stop and spied something slightly shiny on the ground and bent to examine. somehow i had found another polaroid picture. this time a reluctant smiler. he seems like a nice guy. is the universe telling me to buy a polaroid camera? i like to think there is a polaroid discarding phantom out there just peppering the streets with odd snap shots. an expensive but admirable hobby.

merrick blvd

2007-02-09T13:28:00.000-05:00

this was the first photo i took by myself with lilo's complicated camera. the camera that is now broken which is responsible for the dearth in self portraiture.

august 27 2005. a saturday afternoon. it was warm. the bus made me nervous. putting my metrocard in the right way also made me nervous. i was headed to the mall to find that gem of a job. lord knows what i was wearing or how i was presenting myself because every single store i applied at to be a cashier never called me up for an interview. paylesss. lane bryant. old navy. freaking cvs. i was going to start debating on whether that was a good thing or not but that is always a waste of time for i am where i am now because of where i was then.

passing junky store front after store front on merrick blvd. we came upon a man selling great big watermelons from the back of his truck. i fumbled with the huge camera, feeling awkward as i always have taking pictures in front of people. perhaps someday i will get over that. and then the next step is to take pictures of strangers. ooooh. scary. i was too late to capture the melons so i took what i thought to be boring photos as we rolled down the middle class ghetto boulevard.

this was a happy accident helped with photoshop manipulation.