i’ve had a great resurgance of inspiration and motivation to create art. not just take crummy photos but truly put thought behind what im doing. sounds easy enough but my thought process goes something like this.
wolves
ferrel children
woods
fashion
COOL
shoot it
but whats behind that. not much. maybe most fashion editorials are shot similarly. everything has been done and with the ease of digital everyone is a photographer and its just a race to get into magazines.
the older i get, the weaker my bones. gotta drink that milk and eat my womens one aday.
i got an email from a woman at kohls. yes the store. she asked if i would be interested in a “fashin” photographers position. i of course said yes with little hesitation because it is a job, althogh my heart hurt a little. well see where it goes and if anything comes of it.
im listening to stellastarr. jenny. makes me think of 2004 and playing in a band with my boyfriend and exboyfriend/bestdudefriend. playing keyboard and jumping around acting silly are some of the best memories i have. somehow that feels so long ago.
the older i get, the weaker my bones. gotta drink that milk and eat my womens one aday.
Sarrrahh
Well, hello side-boob. Nice to see you.
Jenny Shimizu by Emily Shur
i havent riden my motorcycle in days. i think im going through withdrawl.
congrats to my aunties for being out. they bought a house together in niagara falls where peeping neighbors and ignorant town folk forced them to fence up their yard. but behind a 6ft barrier they are now happy and in love, flippin the bird to all the neighbors. hell yeah aunt ronnie!
mama dukes came to chicago for a visit. we went to her favorite cafe, to the air and space show at north ave beach. i think a part of my dads love of airplanes rubbed off. it was really amazing, my jaw was pretty wide. then off to boys town. i forgot the poximity of things so everything to me was “a few more blocks” haha. poor hungry mama! every store requires you to leave your bag and take a number, so i did. and i had to leave my chicago poster of all the areas of the city. on the way out she only gave me my bookbag and we jumped on a bus. sgfkklfjgkfdskjlk! luckily it was still there behind the counter so tomorrow it is mine. i miss my city, so it needs to be framed and hanging on my wall in la. today was awesome though. we ended the night by going to logan theater to see up, it was good. now i am sleepy after a long day of walking and gabbin.
a poem i read today in a children’s book, so good.Kiiiiiiind of amazing.
“Say anything you like, but don’t say that I ‘like’ to work. That sounds like Mary Pickford, that prissy bitch. Just say I like to pinch babies and twist their legs. And get drunk.”
-Mabel Normand & her Indian motorcycle (1920, via looking-for-mabel.webs.com)
I think I have a new hero.
so tonight was interesting. after kickball and bbq just a regular mellow saturday night, we came home to unpack and chase our new roommate said he met someone in the elevator of our building dressed in all black head to toe like morticia with vampire fangs. oh cool i said! so he tells me they invited him up to a radio show. dr. susan block the sex therapist has a radio talk show live every saturday night with sex performers and whatever. so we went to see. so interesting. lots of characters. look her up.
so whatever, everyone was snapping pics and asking what we all do and when i said photo they all agreed i have to come next week to take pic of everything and the sex party. ummmm ok! ah so weird. but its on the 3rd floor these people are my neighbors and super nice, so were all going down to check it out again. im going to take pics of people getting it on and jason is going to take pics of me taking pics of people getting it on. weird! wait till i tell my mom.
haha. wow
i had a fun shoot yesterday with jolette. we made pictures and friends. yess to making girlfriends. i think taking pictures is a good way to get to know someone and to hang out no pressure (other than getting a shot you’re happy with). but really, all of my close girlfriends i first shot and that was the day we first hang out. thats how i lure them in. rarrwr
