beasties

This is a great show, and if you are in LA, the days to see it are numbered. All of the pieces are inspired by the Beastie Boys and their music. Not sure if the link up top works, but if not...Gallery 1988 has become a neighborhood favorite of O and I. I still have a soft spot for the B-Boys and the art was really fun (we went to the opening). I hear that when the economy is bad the best thing you can do is buy art......

Skillz

Everybody has a talent. My gal, Alex, turned me on to this guy's here




It is a nice reminder that there are lots of ways to spend your time. Ah, time.

Speaking of time. You may expect that I would muse about aging, but I refrain. Instead, I just want to share that I do not have to return to the Coumadin Clinic for a whole month! If this miracle has occurred previously (and to the best of my recollection it has not) it was only because I left town or the country. It has been over three years (!!) of visiting for a blood test every other week, on average. While I do adore the staff, I am thrilled to not see them for a while :)

hearts

I was introduced to this by Lexi (who seems to have a knack for finding great stuff online). There are different topics, so check out a few of the headings at the top of the page

short month

I know that technically February is the short month on the calendar, but since Sundance is taking place I have been inspired to watch short films online. This is one that I ran across today, and I just liked it. If you go to the festival site (link above) you can access the 10 Shorts 10 Days in iTunes and view these shorts for free through the weekend. Here's to being short!


A Thousand Words from Ted Chung on Vimeo.

Things I Love-Hate:

anthropology
writing
Hollywood
being a student
The Academy
owning stuff
computers
the internet
blogs
civil society
jury duty
riding the bus
insurance
thinking


Jason's contribution: Kelly Clarkson*
(*His understanding was that I was looking for things that he hates to love, whereas my list is of things I am just conflicted or flip-floppy about at the moment.)


Feel free to add anything I may have missed. I imagine that I will be returning to make my own additions often.

aquarius....

This is my horoscope for today. They have all been like this lately. Sheesh!

It's hard to know if you have gone deep enough, for the more you dig, the more you learn. At some point, however, you must finish your research and actually put what you've learned to practical use. Once you accept that your investigation has uncovered a bottomless pit, you'll be more likely to stop spinning your intellectual wheels and get to work, applying your wealth of knowledge. [Tarot.com Aquarius Horoscope]

12 days of the new year

I have been neglecting the blog.
It is fair to say that I have been debating whether or not to keep the blog. It is a new year after all, and I am not sure that I have much the say about PTE these days (thankfully!!) There are a couple of health-related posts that I really should finish and post -- so if that is what you tune in for, hang tight. Maybe it is enough to tweak the name a bit and see if I can gain some momentum in 2009.

My friend, Jason, says that to have a successful blog you really need to have a kid to take pictures of. He may be on to something. We have discussed posting pictures of random children and babies, but I am sure that might lead to problems. I can get away with posting pictures of Sprinkles cupcakes, but kids are different I hear.

My day started with a semi-regular Skype meeting with Lexi. We are still locked in a blood-pact to finish and defend our dissertations this spring. It has been a challenge having her in London, but Skype helps. So this morning, in addition to talking about the strife of writing, she introduced me to the David Lee Roth Soundboard. There is no image that does it justice, you really just have to go check it out. Whether or not you are a Van Halen fan, it is fun(ny).

From there my day meandered through coffee, writing, tea, a Wii break (best xmas gift and such a distraction -- totally deserving of its own post), and ended up with THE VISITOR. This film has been on my list for a while and it really is worth checking out if you haven't seen it (even more so than the David Lee Roth site). For those of you teaching, there are classroom materials available here.

I have movies on my mind because of the dissertation, but more so because here in la-la-land it is awards season. If there is a Hollywood equivalent of the harvest in a 12-month agricultural cycle, awards season is it. With the Golden Globes last night, it is officially in full-swing. Ah, distraction in the name of research! In truth, I have weened myself from data collection as best I can, and the only thing of note at last night's event was the fact that E! introduced a GPS "star tracker" to follow celebs on the Red Carpet. It might have been a joke...but not a terrible idea, eh?