Sunday, June 18, 2006
art.
I went to the Three Rivers Arts Festival on Wednesday (the 14th). It was so much fun. :) I was totally impressed by Sandra Russell. She takes photos with a Polaroid SX70 Land Camera. Because the film this type of camera uses takes a half hour to completely harden, Sandra is able to hand alter the image using small, blunt tools. The end result is really gorgeous. Anyways, I bought one of her prints, a piece called "Ode to Van Gogh" (*points to the left*). I also loved the work of another photographer, Dan Westfall, who focuses on European cemetaries and architecture. I ended up purchasing a black and white photo of a statue in a cemetary in Augsburg, Germany. I went through piles of photographs, and for whatever reason, this particular image struck me the most. The statue is of a woman looking downward, one hand pressed over her heart, the other lightly grasping a rose. I also bought a glass wall vase for flowers and an Arts Festival t-shirt. Moral of the story: The Arts Festival was a blast, and I'm looking forward to going again next year.
I also went to my old dance studio's recital on Friday. ...Not as much fun as the Arts Festival. I guess I was always so busy, well, dancing, that I never really noticed how long those things were. This year's show started at 7:00 and ran 'til a little after 11:00... waaay too long. Overall, I wasn't all that impressed with the dancing. If you've seen one "little kid dance," you've seen them all, and even the more advanced dances seemed to blur together after a while. After being in a college dance program for a year, I'm starting to value "tricks" (big leaps, high kicks, whatever) less and to focus more on the underlying technical, artistic, and compositional aspects of dance. In other words, I'm not a real big fan of that whole "I can kick my leg high and shake my ass; I must be good!" mentality. I did, however, love seeing my good friends, Katie and Justine, and ballet teacher, Phoebe.
Alrighty, well, that's all for now. Talk to you later.
I feel: 
good
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Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Just wanted to post a quick entry to let you all know that I actually updated the site today. (*gasp*) I finally got around to making a blog archive (which you can access using the link above this entry). As you may have guessed, I started blogging much earlier than December 2005, but I'm still trying to decide whether to re-post some of those older entries. We'll see.
And as a random side note, I received the goodies I ordered from one of my favorite artists, Lynette May, yesterday - a t-shirt, a pair of earrings, a necklace, and a painting. All of which are ridiculously gorgeous. Definitely made my week. :)
No work today, (woo-hoo!) so my mom and I are going to run some errands. Anything's better than spending nine hours hanging clothes in a yucky storeroom. *nods* 'Til next time...
I feel: 
chipper
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Sunday, June 4, 2006
stuff...things...oddments...
Not much has happened since my last entry, but I figured since it's been about two weeks... Well, I'm taking baby steps toward that elusive goal of regular updating.
My job at TJ Maxx is going fairly well. I'm not deeply in love with working in retail or anything, but the extra money is nice, and I'm sure there are far worse places to work.
Nothing all that exciting to report beyond that. I re-watched the entire first season of Joan of Arcadia. I love[d] that show in a big way. Supposedly the long overdue second season DVD set is coming out in September thanks to the show's rabid fanbase (hehe). I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I also read a fabulous book - a collection of short stories - called How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer. Sooo good. Seriously. How to describe it... Stories about the tragedies of living told through the eyes of young women. (heh... I like that sentence.) Each of the stories is like a chapter from a novel; you really get into the heads of these characters. It's really a beautifully written book, with dark undertones and an introspective, haunting quality. Highly recommended. :)
Goals for the next few weeks: start working out again/buy a gym membership for the summer and go to the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh. Both of which will be all kinds of fun (except paying for the gym membership; that shit's expensive). Here's to semi-regular website updates! Cheers!
I feel: 
pleased
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