Friday, January 28, 2011
You need to stop having expectations about the awesomeness of singles, just appreciate them when they're excellent and let them go if they're not for you. Pop music requires Zen detachment, not Catholic devotion; pop idols are not actually saints, they just happen to intercede for you sometimes by grace, not by design. Chris Piuma
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
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martin hulten german photog of the Tillman's school, but really strong colours.
comix punx an anthology of punks in comics, (mostly superheros.
a small but well thought out article on the implications of Benjamin's jewishness.
The new Amanda Palmer is delightfully naughty, and almost erases the profund offense of Eveyln Eveyln, thanks D.
vintage bell lab photos from the late 60s.
wired on the insurgency against the dsm-v.
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collection of slugs that indicated stereo sound.
this mike skinner article is one of the most self reflective peices about fame and what it does to a music career, his desc. to break apart the streets is v. similar to James Murphy's worries about LCD soundsystem.
prisoners at a supermax in ohio are orginzinag, though one of the central points about super max prisons is the extreme isolation. Feels like a triumph of the human spirit.
Toronto Life used my photo as did a company called Man Up: Transformative ADventures which does sound a bit creepy
Mexcio arrests the leader of the Saint Death Cult.
the accordian in this cover of Deportees is strangely incongrous, and makes the track even more tragic.
patton oswalt's 100 best movie moments is hipster bait, but immpecabble hiupster bait, with a perfect mix of trash, euroclassics, and american big budget work.
RAfael CArdenas has the most beautiful house you have ever seen.
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sexy french rugby players
John Balderssai will put yr name up in lights, baby.
National Library of Australia, does an Anti Copyright version of Puttin on the Ritz.
John Knox Sex Club, John the REvelator. Edinbourgh qourtet makes the barn burning AA hymn into a p[eice of God Damned righteious noise.
latino culture classes are illegal in Arizona.
justin bonds brilliant, sensible, and deeply moving lingustic solutions to her genderqueer expriments.and v cover of pink slip was intensely moving.
mental health care funding or lack there of, is one of the least talked about, and central causes, for this rise in recent shootings.
all of wisemans films if you want to buy them
Susanna Chavez one of the last remaining advocates for women in Jurez was killed last week,. Disheartening.
Ai Wei Wei's studio razed in Shanghai.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Saturday, January 01, 2011
eleven goals for 2011
1) maintain a 3.4 or higher GPA, with help from tutors, etc.
2) continue with autitiscats, including finding places, dont let dave deal w all the email)
3) work harder on keeping money until the end of the month (including but not limited to eating out much less) (also, keep the credit card down)
4) keep curating, making art, showing art and the like, plus writing (find funding for alaska, find a place for the gull lake project, apply to the residency in syracuse, research other grants and funding locations esp for travel), email st george the martyr, also set up website.
5) research and start writing the western book, pitch one review or other peice a week.work on the essay for may for the integrity grant, start and keep working on a tumblor project like the 100/100.
6) do at least two peices of major liturgical work (via negativa and pride liturgy, the forum,etc)
7) read prayerfully the psalms and think heavily about the nature of my faith
8) find some fun cardio heavy class once a week so you can get out of the house. (dodgeball, dancing?)
9) muck out the old storage locker.
10) keep closer notes on which films i have seen this year.
11) one date a month
plus last years plans:
art:
1. finish at least three projects (luther, pills, copycat)
copycat will be done next week.
2. one or two things at art met (copycat, luther)
see above.
3. send package to bau xi (email them first)
still need to set up website
4. start finding places for work outside of toronto (family in la to start)
shows in edmonton, anchorage next year
5. apply for a show at a gallery 4 times (akimbo)
done, if we include sholem's work
6. do more with film, and its antecedents (ie chromographs)
a little bit, but still need to work on this.
7. try to get published in worn (email them)
emailed, no response.
8. curate at least one more show (maybe leather, email lds quilt idea to textile musuem)
anchorage, still need to work on textile musuem.
9. show in edmonton in sept. (local media blitz)
media blitzed
10. find a place for the frog peice (fieldworks in northern ontario, and then where?)
still need to find a place
academic:
1. 3.4 average (a-)
yep
2. worry less about extensions (and take them if you need to)
yep
3. work on g etting into the sds (after next summer)
still an LTH, so that needs to be done after lth
4. figure out post masters plans (mls, outside of Toronto?)
see above
5. research in boise, chicago, slc, and calgary (funding for calgary and chicago secured)
work on funding for boise and slc
6. book proposal done (after chicago)
waiting until boise.
7. curate a show via the leather archives (travel maybe?)
nope
writing:
1. try again for now, eye, and exclaim re:cd reviews (shake trees)
tried, didnt work.
2. one review a month for left hip (or feature)
8 of both, so almost there.
3. try to get three other peices published at least one of those in print (so one pitch a month again)
no.
4. try local stuff (taddle creek maybe)
pitched to taddle creek.
personal:
1. keep using online dating sites, two dates this year (incl. fetlife and okcupid)
have been.
2. try to not to pressure oneself about progress and the like
yep
3. do one thing a month that you would otherwise say no to (laser tag!)
yep
4. keep room in at least vaguely the right shape (hamper and recycling bin bought)
its a little rough, but i think its alright
5. sheets, blankets, etc (new ones)
yep
6. go to montreal or winnipeg. (for mansex)
nope, but winnipeg less summer.
7. less money spent eating out (like maybe twice a month for fancy)
this is a continual theme.
8. try to go to the movies twice a month
yep
9. stop worrying about what you should feel and just let some of that go unprocessed
yep
10. esp. about God
yep, ready to process god now.
11. buy a goat
yep
family:
1. support amy in anything she needs to do (send that book)
amy did not want my support.
2. take less money from mom (or pay her back promptly)
paid her back promptly.
3. try to be less of an asshole to yr father (cause you cant change him)
working thru that.
4. try not to take advantage of ray and pat and d (but i dont?)
less worry avout this.
1) maintain a 3.4 or higher GPA, with help from tutors, etc.
2) continue with autitiscats, including finding places, dont let dave deal w all the email)
3) work harder on keeping money until the end of the month (including but not limited to eating out much less) (also, keep the credit card down)
4) keep curating, making art, showing art and the like, plus writing (find funding for alaska, find a place for the gull lake project, apply to the residency in syracuse, research other grants and funding locations esp for travel), email st george the martyr, also set up website.
5) research and start writing the western book, pitch one review or other peice a week.work on the essay for may for the integrity grant, start and keep working on a tumblor project like the 100/100.
6) do at least two peices of major liturgical work (via negativa and pride liturgy, the forum,etc)
7) read prayerfully the psalms and think heavily about the nature of my faith
8) find some fun cardio heavy class once a week so you can get out of the house. (dodgeball, dancing?)
9) muck out the old storage locker.
10) keep closer notes on which films i have seen this year.
11) one date a month
plus last years plans:
art:
1. finish at least three projects (luther, pills, copycat)
copycat will be done next week.
2. one or two things at art met (copycat, luther)
see above.
3. send package to bau xi (email them first)
still need to set up website
4. start finding places for work outside of toronto (family in la to start)
shows in edmonton, anchorage next year
5. apply for a show at a gallery 4 times (akimbo)
done, if we include sholem's work
6. do more with film, and its antecedents (ie chromographs)
a little bit, but still need to work on this.
7. try to get published in worn (email them)
emailed, no response.
8. curate at least one more show (maybe leather, email lds quilt idea to textile musuem)
anchorage, still need to work on textile musuem.
9. show in edmonton in sept. (local media blitz)
media blitzed
10. find a place for the frog peice (fieldworks in northern ontario, and then where?)
still need to find a place
academic:
1. 3.4 average (a-)
yep
2. worry less about extensions (and take them if you need to)
yep
3. work on g etting into the sds (after next summer)
still an LTH, so that needs to be done after lth
4. figure out post masters plans (mls, outside of Toronto?)
see above
5. research in boise, chicago, slc, and calgary (funding for calgary and chicago secured)
work on funding for boise and slc
6. book proposal done (after chicago)
waiting until boise.
7. curate a show via the leather archives (travel maybe?)
nope
writing:
1. try again for now, eye, and exclaim re:cd reviews (shake trees)
tried, didnt work.
2. one review a month for left hip (or feature)
8 of both, so almost there.
3. try to get three other peices published at least one of those in print (so one pitch a month again)
no.
4. try local stuff (taddle creek maybe)
pitched to taddle creek.
personal:
1. keep using online dating sites, two dates this year (incl. fetlife and okcupid)
have been.
2. try to not to pressure oneself about progress and the like
yep
3. do one thing a month that you would otherwise say no to (laser tag!)
yep
4. keep room in at least vaguely the right shape (hamper and recycling bin bought)
its a little rough, but i think its alright
5. sheets, blankets, etc (new ones)
yep
6. go to montreal or winnipeg. (for mansex)
nope, but winnipeg less summer.
7. less money spent eating out (like maybe twice a month for fancy)
this is a continual theme.
8. try to go to the movies twice a month
yep
9. stop worrying about what you should feel and just let some of that go unprocessed
yep
10. esp. about God
yep, ready to process god now.
11. buy a goat
yep
family:
1. support amy in anything she needs to do (send that book)
amy did not want my support.
2. take less money from mom (or pay her back promptly)
paid her back promptly.
3. try to be less of an asshole to yr father (cause you cant change him)
working thru that.
4. try not to take advantage of ray and pat and d (but i dont?)
less worry avout this.
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