sick sad world

Today (and well for the next month), I'll be completely immersed in going through contact sheets, negatives, developing, printing, etc etc.

Yet, Daria the complete series and lots of black coffee is making my day.

unrelated, but this

(The Black Keys = ♥ ♥ ♥ and also, what a KILLER shot by Matt Ellis)

and this, makes me a little sad I didn't go to Lolla this year.

Ed Droste, Thomas Mars and Nick Valensi?! Damn it. My festival break is making me miss all the good stuff.

you're a stone fox

Not going to lie, I've watched The Virgin Suicides directed by Sofia Coppola about 5 times this past week. From this hauntingly beautiful film, I am trying to gain inspiration between The Virgins Suicides and Lost In Translation (wait for the post on that).

Lately, I've been utterly bored with my photography and I feel my work isn't what it used to be. Maybe I am just getting lazy.

With The Virgin Suicides, you have bright and dreamy filming. Coppola expertly employs a full arsenal to create a particular emotional context, including soft focus fantasy shots, stop motion film and the occasional quick cuts sequences. In a believably affecting moment of youthful awakening, many scenes evoke emotion, crushing perfection and private instants of coming of age.

I can easily say this one of those movies that are in my top 10 of all time favorite movies. As cliche as that most sound.

Plus, one of my favorite bands AIR did the haunting score to the movie. Pure perfection.

Playground Love - Phoenix (SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS BAND)

maybe if we could just talk about the weather...

Paris, Shakespeare and Co. ph. me

This is what is on the agenda today:

- alphabetize my very large collection of books, by last name of author and separate by genre? I really could open up my own little library, that is how many books I have.

- realphabetize my movie collection, that was once out of hand but I am slowly narrowing it down by selling some and giving some away. Yet, those precious critieron's must stay.

- then to be super obsessive compulsive, I am going to enter these items into excel.

-Then I am going to finish my project of organizing my photo negatives into binders by month and year. Two years down only 4 more to go.

-Later on tonight, I have plans to go down to first fridays with my Mother. Where we shall look at shitty art and listen to lame pretentious people pretend they know something about art as the drink their liver away with the free booze. EX-CIT-ING.

Listening to them while I organize and alphabetize makes things more fun. Solo dance party in my room.