things i'm in love with

this week has been nutso. i'm coming off of 8 days of work straight, and totally basking in a friday off. it's a dreamland in my opinion.
just some things i'm in love with this week.

this is my idea of perfect health and gangsta mixed into one.


this song has been my jam this week. i play it non stop to get ready in the morning... i feel like it leaves me with something to get me through the day. a bit house, a bit throaty vocals. it's all amazing.


as a reminder that all around is us a beautiful dreamland - in the smallest places, where we so rarely take the time to notice.... the most amazing photo project of snails, and the ways in which they make our simple world seem so magical.

this article by chuck klosterman, on the legends that are KISS. sent to me by a former colleague (and still current friend), it speaks to the legends, the business men, the enigmas that are the members of KISS. and why we can't help but acknowledge their genius.

this INCREDIBLE key lime smoothie from vega. drooling and such.

happy weekend-ing everyone! i recommend using 'here for you' as your soundtrack, and it WON'T be a bad one.

i'm a creep.

i found this piece the other day on creepy music videos, and i was instantly in love - i am the queen of eerie, awkward, weirded out music videos. they don't weird me out at all - instead they leave me fascinated about theories, ideas, concepts, and in wonder of the imagination and creativity of those who are constantly churning with ideas.
(warning - these definitely go in order from kind of weird, and not sure what to think, to 'never expect to sleep again'. if you're not into it, just watch the first one, because it's cute). (and, of course, it wouldn't be a disturbing music video listing without finishing off with my most fave men of disturbing men - marilyn).

some of my faves (which were included in the piece, or in the comments).... i recommend, if you're a lover of creepy music videos, OR if you just wonder what is out there in the way of things that will leave you with nightmares, you check this piece (and mostly the comments), out.

and rest assured, i'm fairly normal in other areas of my life... i think. 

a year of mountains.

it's been a year today since i arrived in vancouver.

stopped the car, unpacked, and smiled about the idea of nothingness (and everything-ness) in my future. 

and now, a year later, the future has been filled with lots of everything. happiness and sadness both. tears and smiles and laughter and trips and memories that i neither regret making, nor could live without - as i always know there's more coming. always more. 

i received an email today from an old friend. one who i thought had slipped away. and it brought me right back - back to where i needed to be. reminded that the past created who i am, and the future can be determined by it. and while there is so much tied to letting go, i am fond of the idea of embracing and erusing the past. it's part of me, and i won't let go of it. 

and so, i move forward. and i imagine what the next year will be like. and i reinvest in things of the past, and i prepare myself for the things ahead of me. 

and one way or another, i will conitinue to look at a face in the mirror that belongs to me. each day. 

a year brings a lot. to another year. 

my weekend in summary

it was a weekend of outdoors. greyness was the tone of it all, and yet, there is always beauty in a covered space.

i love the stop i wait for the bus at immenlsey - there's this beautiful cross section of wires that seem so symbolic as i watch all walks of life around me. i can't help but take photo after photo; can't sleep - headlamp in bed; boys adventuring in the smoky clouds; the rock over deep cove - no matter how many times i end up on this rock, i can't get enough of it; taking in life; the sun finally came out as i was heading to work. perfect ending. 

as an addendum - this weekend was the 20th anniversary of kurt cobain's death. there is not enough to say, that can be said to say, the world is in his debt. for reasons innumerable - whether a fan, a lover, a follower, or not... it's all worth something, and he brought it to us. and today, peaches geldof was found dead at 25, and we are all reminded that life is a flash, and then it's gone... and at the very least, make it meaningful, and impressionable, and make sure someone remembers your name.

things i'm in love with

this week has been weird. i've indulged in several conversations about loves / hates, and all that comes along with a feeling of discontent. and, as such, my mind is reeling - throwing back and forth between those things.
i find when i'm in a mood like that, i end up settling on things - music, art, etc. - that mirror that.
some things i'm in love with this week.

doesn't matter how many photography series i see of children around the world with their belongings, in their homes, or where they sleep... i'm in love with the diversity of them all. it always brings something to mind, for what is missing in our global education. so, obviously, i'm totally in love with
james mollison's project, 'where children sleep'. beautiful and dignified portraits of children from many walks of life, and where they find solitude and safety enough to submit to sleep.

this piece on leather as the perfect wardrobe piece.

and then, music like this.... meloncholy, unsettling, strangly haunting music. one of my faves from long ago.

happy weekend everyone