Clockwork Acerola

I MOVED I MOVED

2009-04-06T18:53:00.002-04:00

http://imitosis.tumblr.com

COME VISIT

The Bears are Coming

2009-03-31T21:46:00.003-04:00

Not THESE bears

even if i am seeing them on Friday with Hannah
BUT THESE BEARS!!!

It's true!!
I'm finally out of the hell that is dorms
and I'm moving into the bear cave/ultimate hibernation nation with Vero and Katie!
I'm going to frolick in the sun, oogle at the hotties at Brooklyn Label, eat tacos at Acapulco and sing:

or maybe

or

or even

that means a lot of this will happen:

and

and
andand especially

I want a puppy so bad

2009-03-27T16:27:00.002-04:00

SO CUTE<------- click!

<3

2009-03-26T16:00:00.000-04:00

Dear Kate Hudson, make more stupid romcoms for me to watch while at work I'll watch anything with you no matter how stupid (Fool's Gold...) love you girrrl

Hedi Slimane used to design for Dior Homme, clothes that made me want to be a boy who exclusively wore suits and skinny ties. Sigh. Some super hawt stuffz. He pioneered the whole lets get skinny hot rockers to model expensive clothes thing. Good job. Karl Lagerfeld is said to have lost weight just to fit into one of his skinny suits. To me, his pictures have this quiet, calm, austere feel to them. When I look at them I hear nothing, like when its about to snow, that type of quiet. They are very clean images with great composition. When he shoots portraits he captures this sincerity in his subjects, you can see and feel the emotion emanating from the image. I'm super into it. :D

Johnny Depp anyone?

I want to own this realz bad

Look! Brandon is like a mini art star and stuff
http://www.featureshoot.com/2009/03/brandon-pavan-new-jersey/

um

2009-03-26T01:08:00.003-04:00

I wish I could make pretty stuff like this

Pedo Bear Status

2009-03-10T15:48:00.004-04:00

Vero and I have reached new levels of it

Click here for article and more pics

Now I'm bloggin for realz

2009-03-09T12:19:00.007-04:00

Sometimes he's on Tigerbeat

Sometimes he's a twin

Sometimes he's a pouty 6yr old

But mostly, he's an Art Star

http://www.nathanhargerphotography.com

Scaredycat

2009-03-09T00:58:00.003-04:00

I love making lists and I wonder why I've never made a list about the things I'm scared of. so following Veros awesome example I decided to make one cause I know I'm seriously scared of like everything.
oh yea and being thought of as cute and nothing more
forever
even when I'm, like, 75
and by then it will probs be inevitable cause I'll be all old and tiny-er and have salt n' peppa fro or some shit

Forgot about this

2009-02-16T23:50:00.002-05:00

David Bowie pictures by his back up vocalist Geoff Maccormack.

:]

Love note to Alfonso

2009-02-16T22:37:00.004-05:00

So I need to marry Alfonso Cuarón. His movies are so beautiful and just plain awesome. He did my favorite Harry Potter [Prisoner of Azkaban], Great Expectations is so ridic beautiful I cant even begin to talk about it and A Little Princess was like amazing and entrancing even when I first saw it at the age of 7. His lighting is beautiful his cinematographer choices amazing. He can evoke emotion in such a beautiful way and his soundtrack to Children of Men is just perfect.

I love you Alfonso.

I've been listening to music a lot this weekend. Not that I don't on a regular basis but, as Julia always says, ITUNES ALWAYS KNOWS WHATS UP. It just knows ALL so it gives you good stuff to make it all better.

Mixtape of the day: Here ya go.

Last but not least, I found this guy on youtube a while back who matches up songs with his favorite scenes in classic movies. Its pretty awesome check it out.

I wish:

2009-02-15T16:01:00.012-05:00

I had a french bulldog
I had a sugar daddy
Endless supply of brownies
Could go on tour with a band and just take pictures of them like Lauren Dukoff
Be a little more like Jake Chessum who is commercial and but still has a fine art feel
I had a book published
I would stop being so lazy
I had tacos
I could've seen Elliott Smith and The Smiths and The Beatles in concert
I could go on a pointless road trip like in Fanboys
I could just sit and watch stupid romcoms all day like The Ugly Truth

Yea. I wish.

I'm gonna go back to being as Nate put it " a good little worker bee."

Yeah. Right.

It's Totally an Eliott Smith Kinda Day

2009-02-13T17:00:00.005-05:00

For the first time since I've been here I slept till I willingly woke. I've had my blinds down all day having that beautiful blue-ish light coming in through the bottom windows that don't get shut off. Now I look outside and its dark, and for once, my room didn't make me feel anxious or sad like it normally does. It actually kind of felt like a real room.

I went outside in a skirt and t-shirt, which reminded me of being home and wearing variations of this all summer. When I hit play on my ipod Elliott Smith came on and really, it did feel like an Elliott Smith kind of day.

Julia recommended the movie Angel-a a while back and I decided what the heck it seems beautiful maybe I'll get some inspiration or something? She said it gave her hope so that was even more reason to watch it. I need hope.
It really was a beautiful movie and really, it made me want an angel to slap me around and make me see things

" Look at your body, battered by the lack of love and trust. Don't you see it deserves a little care? Don't reject your wounded body. It's suffered in silence all this time. Tell your body how important it is, that it has its place. Give it what it deserves."

" One day, an angel came into my life. A magnificent woman who opened my eyes. And God knows, it's so good to have your eyes open."

Mixtape for your thoughts. Mine are kinda all over he place here but, lyrically, some of it makes sense. At least to me.
Download here

Last stop for a resolution
 End of the line, is it confusion?
 So go, go see what's there for you
 Nothing new, nothing new for you to use
 I've got no new act to amuse you
 I've got no desire to use you, you know
 But anything that I could do
 Would never be good enough for you
 If you can't help it then just leave it alone
 Leave it alone
 Yeah, just forget it
 It's really easy
 I believe I'll forget it too
 Still you're keeping me around
 'Til I finally drag us both down
 Pulling feathers out of your hat
 Yes I believe that's where it's at
 You belong tagging along
 And I belong in your zoo
 So I wait for your confirmation

From Coast to Coast.

Oh Elliott I love you. Be mine?

boo fucking hoo

2009-02-10T16:03:00.006-05:00

Vero stop being all cute next to me and making me want to barf at the sight of BF and GF pics.

kthnx

On the other hand, I want to thank you for showing me this little gem: thisiswhyyourefat

You know I totes would eat like half of the stuff on there. I mean half of the stuff involves BACON who can say no to BACON?!

Well, Vero, but she's like indian and stuff.

Um what is this? I don't understand how those shoes even exist. They scare me.

Last night I saw Nous Non Plus with Courtney and they were so energetic and fun. Their stage banter was delivered with heavy French accents and was super hilarious. Their outfits were pretty amazing: the violinist was wearing a catsuit with some weird design, the keyboardist looked like Mugatu, the drummer I couldn't see, the singer was wearing a leopard print, super long dress, the bassist was all boating-in-the-south-of-France white pants and shirt and the guitarist was wearing a flowery shirt and BELLBOTTOMS. I obviously fell in love. Can I haz you bassist?

So I'm currently trying to finish The Time Travelers Wife in between, you know, the at least 5 issues of NY Mag and EW I have to catch up with. Now, the book is good buuuut I find it a bit too girly at times but I really like it, and I mean I can't say anything when I've read Nora Roberts books out of my own free will and interest. But now it's getting to a ridiculously depressing part where I can't take it on the subway with me cause I'll start crying

HOW DEPRESSING IS THIS

ugh

So, basically, from here till like god knows when I'm going to STILL be reading TTTW and Tropic of Cancer, thus ignoring all the books I brought back from home. Lame.

List of books I have at home to read:

Among others I'll fill in later

On a last note,

Steven Klein, yous cray cray but I love it. This and this was awesome too.

um.

2009-02-09T13:18:00.002-05:00

LOOK

THIS

AND

THIS

I WANT

I DIE.

Last Week in Shows

2009-02-09T09:38:00.002-05:00

Lykke Li
click here

The Fray
um lets not discuss the fact that I went to this ok? Click here for Courtneys super nice take on it

Little Boots
So good! She was adorable and fun and hyper and British and extra cute. Courtney calls her Lykke Li on crack and she had a tenori! She successfuly pumped up the crowd of mostly gays and 19 yr olds that madethe dancefloor look like a highschool dance. The djs preceding her got better 4 songs before her and seriously studio b, lower your drink prices you are not in the meatpacking district or selling yummy specialty drinks. It is not ok to charge $9 for a vodka shot. Click here for pics via Brooklyn Vegan

Beirut
Oh Zach Condon how I love thee. I thought you were amazing at that show in Central Park but somehow you outdid yourself. The orchestra and the acoustics and your general cuteness made my heart melt. Your band members look like, in the words of Alia, "geeks who got cute haircuts" and if you closed your eyes you'd image someone much older singing and playing that music, but once you opened them you realize everyone on stage [minus maybe the drummer who looked like 30 from where we were sitting] seemed to be in their early to mid 20s with Zach being only 22. Sigh. Click here for pics via Brooklyn Vegan.

This week theres:

Razorlight
Lissy Trullie [WHY DOES SHE STILL PLAY SHOWS?! barf.]
Fiasco
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah [Doubt this is gonna happen]
Xavier de Rosnay/Busy P
Los Campesinos!
The Virgins

Lets see which of these I get to go to.

On another musical note, M.I.A., Coldplay, Radiohead, Pink, Maroon 5, Daft Punk, Hot Chip, Brazilian Girls, Kings of Leon, The Mars Volta, Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, The Raconteurs, Beck, Death Cab For Cutie, Luis Fonsi, Tommy Torres, Juanes, Voltio, Rakim y Ken-y, Wisin y Yandel,Flight of the Conchords, and Justice were either nominated or won grammys last night.

Is this just surprising to me cause I havent been in the grammy loop for like 3 years? Cause when I read this I was like WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!? This is sort of awesome? But not really? Pretty much.

Workin'

2009-02-05T17:03:00.002-05:00

So I'm interning/working for this online publication Herald De Paris. Last night there was a Sondre Lerche concert which I thought he was headlining. WRONG. IT WAS A THE FRAY CONCERT. My ears wanted to bleed. while courtney got drunk at The Pourhouse accross the street, I had to listen to how to save a life and wonder how such an attractive band [minus the singer they are all cute, specially the drummer] suck so hard? Well never know. But on an awesome concert note LYKKE LI IS AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING. I need to be her. kthnxbai.

so its like fridgid outside right now? what does summer feel like? and why the hell is there no happy medium it will be spring for like 3.5 secs then HEATWAVE. ugh.

I've been playing with photoswap for the past couple of hours OMGZ hilarious/amazing. thank vero haha

2 more hours fo work woo

:D

so, i fail

2009-01-26T10:04:00.007-05:00

Clearly I've been failing on the blogging front. I need to learn to set my priorities in order. When procrastinating, avoiding reality, shunning responsibility or any other wacky way I choose to "not deal" I should spend my time here. Writing to you. The adoring public. Which I think is just Nikol. But I know she wants to hear what I've got to say. Right, Nikol? That's right, you little legend, you.

Unfortunately, I am neither boiling over with creativity nor frustration at the moment (evidently those are the only two gears I use when not in Park. Which would be both the mode that I'm in now and the name of the Avenue I can see out my window) which means that my time would be better spent not consuming yours with all this, as the funky French say, junk.

But, as I am a fan of making lists and pretending to follow them, I'll make a to-do list of future posts.
Ahem:

Things I have read (but not finished) and how I feel about that.
Things I have viewed (likely with interruptions) and how I feel about that.
Things I like to eat (but don't have available to me) and how I feel about that.
Things that are pretty and I want (but cannot afford) and how I feel about that.
Things that are shows (and may or may not see) and how I feel about that.
Things that are people (whom I may or may not dig) and how I feel about that.
My inevitable spiraling toward lunacy and spinsterdom, and how I feel about that.

So this is a brief intro to the random ramblings that will surely follow.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I am going to scroll down and read Nikol's posts before she kills me.

Image courtesy of Cecilia Peréz and some ridiculous Obamalicious site.

30 hours

2009-01-22T22:18:00.004-05:00

NY is 30 hours away. I should be packing but instead here are the possible names for my iphone. I decided to take names from El Almanaque Pintoresco de Bristol this almanac has been in circulation for 176 years and contains moon phases, jokes and, most importantly, the saint of the day. For years I've heard of this almanac from my mother who told me when she was young, and specially generations before hers, a lot of families would use this book to name their children according to the saint of the day. I've always laughed because the names are, for the most part, always ridiculous and incredibly ugly, so I decided what better place to look for better name for my iphone than this. Some examples:

Altagracia
Idelfonso
Pionio
Teófilo
Quintilino
Ciriaco
Filemón
Serapión
Toribio de Mogroviejo
Urbicio
Tiburcio
Pio
Segismundo
Geroncio
Caccaciolo
Saturnina
Crescencia
Agripina
Sinforiano
Nicodemo
Cornelio [Reminds me of Chuck P...]
Eustaquio
Eusebia [What I would've been named if my mother actually followed this]
Basiniano
Eulalia
Eleusipo
Espelosipo
Meleusipo
Severiano

I want it to be a girl so I narrowed it down to :

Altagracia
Saturnina
Crescencia
Agripina
Eusebia
Eulalia

Gabi what do you think? haha I'm leaning towards Altagracia, Eulalia and Eusebia.

On another note Andrew Bird is on Thursday and his new album is amazing and his limited edition instrumental companion album to Noble Beast is amazing. He needs to marry me N O W. Sigh.

Julia sent me this link and this is amazing really. Kanye finds the awesomest things man and his suite for one of the million inaguration parties was also amazing, who cares if he has a Mr. T hairdo, he looked good. Store:
http://www.rundc09.com/RUN_DC_09.html

3 days

2009-01-21T00:13:00.001-05:00

As Gabi leaves for US of A tomorrow I come to the realization that I've done nothing productive while here. I took a couple of rolls and read a couple of books but mainly I just sat and watched a million crappy movies. The creativity spiked at some point but I didn't know what to make or draw or take pictures of or anything so if I remember correctly I just wrote about my feelings of being back. Which is what I always end up doing because I don't know what to do with myself. With the new year I hope to be less freaking lazy and make more stuffs? I have an interview with NYmag on thursday of next week and I have to email a million bands to take pics. I hope this herald de paris thing goes well and that the press stuff ends up working out. on another note i still want this Looking through http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent I found this large post for this photographer Tony Duran. Although clean cut, digital-e kind of whatever shots I was into the lighting of some of them Ok this has the cliche sunflare that sometimes looks cute but the point is remember him? Yea smallville dude Tom Welling. Basically I just like this pic cause he looks hot. Sue me. http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent/1913761.html#cutid1

Life Goal #2
I need to learn how to light properly and creatively

Oh yea the other day I also saw and heard Franz Ferdinands new video/single. I love those dudes. I also love the cover art and the video and Alex Kapranos. And his book, which I found randomly and loved.

"This is the cover of our new LP. The photograph was taken by Soren Starbird by the side of the Barras in Glasgow. We’re shooting a series with photographers we like in different cities we end up in. The Ulysses cover was taken in Brooklyn by Guy Eppel and we were in Paris and Warsaw with Youri Lenquette and Joe Dilworth recently. They’re shot as imaginary crime scenes, invaded by the photographer. A slice of night frozen by flash. Weegee as Cindy Sherman." Alex

Shout out to my txtin and all around awesome buddy Julia Real World looks amazing and you'll just have to tell me about it, ill be too busy dying while watching lost after a million year hiatus. Sawyer I love you baby. Get ready for Friday the 30th. We be stalking.

Gabikol

2009-01-19T17:05:00.003-05:00

I really don't understand why this had never occurred to us before. I mean its kind of ridiculously obvious that this should've happened a million years ago. Our lists alone should've been proof. on that note lets start an ongoing list:

Life Goals
#1 have someone write a song for me or about me in a non mean spirited way

btw this is an acerola:one of the greatest fruits/fruitjuice ever

in the wise words of carrie pilby "If I ever meet someone who asks me to meet up for some fruit juice, I'll marry him."