Criminal or Beautiful? Decide for Yourself.

Okay first of all, Where the Wild Things Are looks incredible. Thank you, Sal.

Anyways.

Let me just say that I think street art (what most people slug as "graffiti") is mankind's gift to, well, mankind. It really is under appreciated. Specifically, this British artist who goes by the name of Bansky. I was just browsing around when I found myself looking at his work and I was blown away. I just wanted to share it with everyone out there.



When we think of graffiti, we typically think of poorly scrawled tags dripping illegibly from the rusted slate siding on some freight train. This stuff is not like that. Not at all.




I mean, it's inspiring to me. Wouldn't it be awesome to sneak around the streets (illegally) producing this kind of stuff? Knowing that people everywhere are passing and gawking and staring at something you produced but they'll never know it was you. I love it. I want it.


--> ras.

latest obsession: movie edition

hey, isn't the blog shaping up to be something fab? i'm really excited to see sal's work up in cyberspace, she's a very talented little lady.

okay so, back to my title.... MOVIES, if you read my profile, you realize i'm obsessed with film. while searching the world wide web this weekend, i found a few amazing trailers for movies i can't wait to see. Check it out:

500 Days of Summer



okay so this movie is set to release july 17th by fox searchlight (a studio which i love, garden state anyone?)! ever since brick i've been in love with joseph gordon-levitt, and seriously, who doesn't love zooey deschanel? the only thing that sucks is it probably won't release in my area, curses you limited release movies!

Where the Wild Things Are



ras turned me onto this earlier this week. where the wild things are is one of my favorite children's book and this looks like a really true adaptation. the digital work is amazing, the wild things look so amazing in action. i'm also really excited about spike jonze directing, i love being john malkovich and his other work. this is set to release in october 2009. by the way, does anyone know the song playing during the trailer? i looove it.

Taking Woodstock



this movie looks pretty fun. i have to admit i'm not a huge demetri martin fan, but i love emile hirsch and jeffery dean morgan. i'm a little skeptical about the film, but i thought i'd include it with this new movie trailers. the release date is set for late summer, maybe august?

so that's all the obsessions i have time for, let me know if there are any other good movie trailers out.

Blustering Sundays

First, my apologies, readers. And by readers I am referring to ame and ras, as I seriously doubt that we have any followers (does anyone else think the word 'followers' makes blogging sound like a cult?). Which brings me to my next apology, which is for the lack of artsy time I have spent devoted to my job of making this blog look stunning. Perhaps, if I had spent more time designing and less time working at a sandwich shop with a co-worker I believe to be Antonio Banderas, we would have more readers. However, now I smell like bread and meat, with dishwashing liquid all over me, so I have been justly punished. The point of this post is to inform everyone that I am currently designing a layout, which I will have ras and ame approve, and then I will put it up as soon as possible. Also, I'm thinking of putting together a "warm-weather-car-window-down-devil-be-damned" play list. Any suggestions?

cute clothes, afforable fashion tips

huzzah! ras and i spent a part of last night creating the pulsation station! hope you enjoy the tunes.

so i spent yesterday partaking in one of my favorite activities, bargain shopping. that activity is met with disgust by some people, but they should just eat a bowl of hair. i got some amazing finds yesterday, including this amazing lilly dress. one may think that being a neon youth would exclude me from being thrifty, but its just the opposite. i love a good deal, and here are my tips for getting one:

1. Pick a good store to find a deal, my favorites are

-TJ Maxx- they have amazing sales and really good designer jeans
-Marshals- it costs a little more than TJ Maxx usually but they have higher end brands
-Gabriel Brothers- really a hit or miss, some of the clothes are damaged
2. Take your time and look through everything, this is not for the causal shopper.
3. Look everywhere, some of my best finds have been in the men's or athletic sections. Don't be afraid to look where you normally wouldn't.
4. Don't be brand blind! i used to only look at the higher end stuff and i would still end up spending a lot of money. So but whats cute, not just because of its brand.
5. Don't be afraid of buying something a little big. sometimes i get clothes and have them taken in at the tailor's. when somethings tailored to your size, it looks like a $1000000000000.
6. Sometimes it works best when you think of what you need before you enter the store. It can be overwhelming when you see all those racks of clothes. for example, i went into tj maxx knowing i wanted a top for going out next weekend. making a plan can cut down on what you buy and can keep you from freaking out.

in these economically trying times, fashion still counts. thrifty fashion can put a smile on your face, without a strain on your wallet!

enjoy the shopping!
ame

Analogies and Sushi

Alright so I've been toiling away attempting to configure a damn music player. I feel like a blind person trying to do a coloring book. Just kind of tapping around, not really sure what's going on.

Oh my god, that's a terrible analogy. Making fun of blind people is like poisoning your cat. It's SICK. And since I'm digging myself in an even deeper hole I'm stopping with the analogies and sticking to what I'm good at: talking about food and eating food.

Today's Friday, so that means I can't have meat. Sushi sounds good though. So good. I could really go for some kind of eel, or maybe shrimp tempura. California is always good too. It's funny, ordinarily I would never ingest eel; even if it was splattered on a dish and possibly garnished with a sprig of something green, but when it's in such a nice little roll...

I think the way sushi looks is what makes it so appealing to me. It's so cute and colorful. PLUS you're getting a little bit of everything in such a tiny package. You've got your protein, your carbs, your fiber, and probably other things.

Listen to me ramble about rice and fish endlessley when clearly there are more important things going on in my life. But I have nothing to say.

"nothing, nothing, nothing -- nothing at all."
-Archibald MacLeish

love Ras

College

hey ame here.

we're still working some stuff out, but i'll vent in the meantime.

it seems as if everyone's college dreams are coming true. it's as if every hour, on the hour, there is another screaming teen jumping up and down in excitement of reciving admission into the "it" ivy league school. i'm happy for all of you, i really am, but when will my college dream come true?

i am constantly perched at the mailbox, waiting for that fateful envelope to arrive. i just wish it was all over, fast-fowarded a month to when my deposit is paid.

and why the hell is everyone getting into amazing schools? i guess i just never realized how smart some of my buds are. they're all going to cure cancer, and i'll just be blogging about my lastest torment.

maybe everything is just lost in the mail. sometimes mailmen just hide the mail and never deliver it (check out this story http://www.slate.com/id/2204823/pagenum/all/). maybe my letter is hidden between some floorboards in a stranger's house, the bright school crest calling out to an admitted student that will never recieve the letter. i'm sure that's it, all my college dreams are out there, they've just been lost in the mail.

are my delusions justified? lemme know.

Salutations

hello internet world! this is our grand first appearence on the world wide web (kinda intimidating).

so right now the page is a work-in-progress. miss "artsy glasses" sal is working on creating an oracular spectacular that is actually posting quality.

check back in a few days!