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M & I returned from Sundance this year to a list of to-do’s. Rustom needed his vaccinations, I needed to reschedule my annual eye check-up, also thanks to the altitude up in Park City I also needed to make appointments with the dentist…I am still on the fence about a cleaning lady coming in which really leaves us at, the house being quite messy. Ner turns a big three-oh this week and before you know it, February leap year and all would have rolled out unceremoniously.

I also found out today at work that tomorrow is the start to Fashion Week. Yep, that is how I remembered… and at this point, even if someone offered me a much-sought after spot in a no-name tent, I’m going to have to pass because school is crashing down on me! But let that not stop me from listing the upcoming events that I’ll be missing and if you’re lucky – you won’t!

amfAR Gala at Cipriani’s tomorrow night
Grammy’s coming up on the 12th – I threw an anti-valentine grammy pink party last year *sigh
V-Day but really who’s going for the monologues?
Oscar’s on the 26th – Nominations are up and I’m going to find someone to put money on the winners!
Miami Tennis Open March 19th – April 1st
Music Fest in Miami March 23rd – March 25th

Coachella line up is looking interesting so the toss up is between that and Hackney or neither since I should really concentrate on my thesis! This will have to wait until 2013.

Business Idea

 Why has no one found a website / tool which saves all your shopping links. Wishpot seemed like a good idea but the silly extension just doesn’t work. So… a nicer looking, style.com meets wishpot meets digsby meets ….  well I’m not sure but I know there are websites out there that need to procreate with each other for that ultimate baby I’m looking for.

It would feel something like LV pyjamas meet rag & bone gloves meet Marc’s amazingly cute shoes meets Barney’s sale! Yummy.

Update: I have pinterest!

We’ll Just Have to Eat Cake & Drink Wine

While every blog and email I receive mid-November onward has some mention of the official it’s-ok-to-eat-and-be-fat holiday, we found we could actually do a good deed and be thankful while stuffing our faces this year. Gernius.

Tipsy <– a black and white long haired kitten followed A home on thanksgiving eve and I convinced A to take her in for the holiday. To be honest, it didn’t take much convincing since Tipsy just loved the attention! She was bathed and fed and left to fend herself against betrayed Viki. A spent most of the holiday fighting allergies and being with the kitty. Me, I had an “old fashioned” holiday meal filled with family smiles and gossip. Which is the way I suppose it should be. N & P left a lil early but we ended up drinking and eating cake all day/night long. Of course now I am two days behind on my work so I’m spending the rest of the weekend catching up on school work and begging M to work with me so I have some motivation. Don’t ask me how that is coming along, we shall see! Since I spend most of my time on the ‘puter multitasking – here are my blurry eyed links for today. I haven’t really kept up with the black-friday shopping emails – there are just too many of them and my god, it doesn’t even feel like a bargain anymore!

Interesting Chrimbo Gift Idea <– this would be purrfect for Megs since she fell in love with the BK this time! Happy birthday girlie x

Richart Macarons <– Yumsilicious!

Dwell Studios for some off-the-beaten-path but cool nonetheless stuff

Possible Wrapping Option if I don’t like News Paper as wrapping option

Blight Design – I mean who came up with that genius jar-lamp / secret switch idea!

Fun stamps and stationary for that extra wrap technique!

Scarf Wrap <– Perhaps a two-in-one gift and wrap situation? Hmm..

Fun Gift Idea – Heirlooms

Madison Belle … the shop is closed for a little bit but the blog is on and is still fun.

Other things I should think about when I’m trying to organize:

Canning Jars instead of Tupperware….Veggie Bags instead of plastic shtuff

Blog Link for Give Thanks type music mood

Nudes

I just obsessed over SJP when I saw that picture (not SJP but Alexa).  Carrie Bradshaw picture in that dress is below.

I think this is it for the winter… vintage pictures, old school dresses and lots of fun!

Whatever Works

My inbox is literally bursting in it’s virtual seams with menus from New York City restaurants that have thanksgiving themed lunches and dinners. It’s really real here – “families” of friends and your new best friends gathered around the fanciest restaurant tables for that close knit warm feeling over a chef prepared gourmet meal. New York you really know how to make things special! And even though my statements seem mean at best, I actually think it isn’t bad at all! We’ve figured out a way to make it work in a small, cramped island without real families and just some odd bridges and tunnels connecting us to the rest of America. So J, I’ve got Woody Allen on my list for next week and I think I know the movie we’ll be watching during diner with the “family”!

APSTNV45 Apart Style 45$ off code

Onus

I can’t remember where I saw the picture to the left but I’m obviously juvy enough to save it AND upload it on to here… I do have the decency to go pink in the face however.

Today was one of those perfect fall Sundays, gorgeous weather and beautiful yellow leaves and not bone-chillingly cold. My desk however is indoors and not sun drenched and I’m pretty much experiencing ski-weather without the long johns and the visual pleasure of snow. Sigh. Why must my apartment be SO cold. Why must I also have to work on my thesis? I have read so much “interesting” stuff and I’m re-lost about my thesis question. Is this supposed to be so hard?

Here is what I’d rather be doing: Bookslut (yes I would rather read non fiction books)… or Devilled (the blog is ancient).

Gigs I should make some time for at some point in life:  Slm, Amber Rubarth, Joe Diary,  Puppetheads, Methusela’s Valise, Mary C! (woot woot) and try to head out to Chloe 81

Chocolat

I am in the market for some seriously high heels that can make some serious moves! Bloomingdale’s friends and family coming up, so M should be forewarned about a *possible online shopping spree. Just saying.

Also I just found out that NYU is up to some recreational fun. Who knew.

This one is short, I’m running late. Again. Until next time.

 

In Prayer

The installation consists of voice recorders suspended from the ceiling. Instructions ask viewers / participants to record their “prayers”.

A data bank collects these voice samples and converts tones and pitches to pre-set percussion sounds.

The sound is then emitted back in to the room.

Inspired by the idea of continuous prayer and the idea of repetition, In Prayer attempts at experiencing prayers without words, highlighting individual tones and finding common ground with percussion sounds. Cornell writes in the concluding paragraph of “Voices of Islam”, “…And so, today, as the sun rises and sets at ever changing moments around the globe, the call to prayer could be said to be continuous – with one slightly overlapping the next as the earth journeys around the sun.” [1] If that were to be true, the everyday in this room would be loud vibrating resounding sounds of drums.

Review:

In her debut project “In Prayer” the sounds of chants, hymns, piety echo back in the room with clashes and clinks of different percussion instruments. Experiencing the loud “noise” is experiencing the population of the world in its primal nature without language and words.[2] The percussion sounds form an auditory pattern of highs and lows with each passing prayer and she takes the participant through an eyes open-meditative journey.

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[1] Voices of Islam: Voices of the spirit By Vincent J. Cornell http://books.google.com/books?id=8dNKFLJVvNkC&lpg=PA4&ots=vGOmFHJP6x&dq=continuous%20prayer%20around%20the%20globe%20in%20islam&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

[2] Empire of Signs By Roland Barthes http://books.google.com/books?id=dbC4YxUacmMC&lpg=PR7&ots=C5zPg9F7oq&dq=barthes%20without%20words&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Artiste

Day One. The school semester has resulted in a break down that is impossible to put in words. I have officially realized that stupidity cannot be fixed and as much as everyone around me tells otherwise, I am stupid.

However because I feel that I fight ADHD every day – I need to share my total obsession over the OutNet website which of course has resulted in me feeling impoverished… again.

These things are apparently cheap so why is my bank telling me otherwise. Yes but, let us not deviate from the stupidity.

In a last ditch effort to plan perfect life (again) I have taken to academics. Perhaps the above lines should never have been written – I mean someone important could potentially read this and judge. Heck. They should read it, they should judge. But I can do a good faux so I’ll put out my list of what’s up.

I am just a girl with really long lists – this bit has been confirmed as well.

Send Paper Submission to IJITNA as soon as possible. Call for papers for issue 1 ended in July (late latif) so possibly issue 2 /3

Visualist 2012 Call for Papers is on – get in touch with academic point of contact at the univ. to make this happen.

Zirve University’s ICECER Conference Call for Papers - fits right in with my thesis work so that should be a no brainer to submit to asap!

American University of Paris’s Narrative Matters conference in 2012 is already getting some good rep – A and me get to do this panel together!

Also the deadline for Berlin’s roundtable conference is coming up in a week so submission to that is on VVIP basis. (Seriously, this one needs to be done).

Now for some random but interesting academic tangents to play with:

Color Psychology

Communications Director (Employment Opportunity)

Ph.D. Program in Berlin (Educational Opportunity)

Retail Therapy Options:

DSLR Combo’s

Clothes!

Flowers & their Vases

 

 

 

 

 

Tags: Employment, New York City, Rants, Travel

Separation

The phone has been on silent for days now and I feel buried under the weight of things to do and lack of motivation to do them.

And then as if he had never left, the man on the BART reminded me that time is not linear. It happened all at once.

So it has been proved and I know it to be true, that the “other” absolute insane is not separate and my idea of separation can only exist for a little while longer, until I can hold on to it, or it holds on to me.

In any case, this is the rant for now!

Articles to Read / Things to Do:

Rushdie on Calvino

Helmchen’s music at the Frick

Jerome & Dorothy Singer’s article on Children & Digital Space

And my absolute favorite these days is Magibon’s YouTube channel!

Other Email Dump:

Sephora’s Friends & Family Sale

Neiman Marcus 30% extra off Clearance

NEST International Development Fellowship (Educational Opportunity)