james joyce

"Mahoney said it would be right skit to run away to sea on one of those big ships and even I, looking at the high masts, saw, or imagined, the geography which had been scantily closed to me at school gradually taking substance under my eyes."

"The Encounter," Dubliners

soundrack

today i had this realization that there is a coherent soundtrack for this place:

1. California on My Mind, Wild Light

2. Lover, Devendra Banhart

3. Belated Promise Ring, Iron & Wine

4. Summer in the City, Regina Spektor

5. Make Light, Passion Pit

6. Take Pills, Panda Bear

7. People C'mon, Delta Spirit

8. Deep Blue Sea, Grizzly Bear

9. Fitz and Dizzyspells, Andrew Bird

10. Pancakes for One, Of Montreal

11. You Can Have it All, Yo La Tengo

12. California One Youth and Beauty, The Decemberists

tus manos

TUS MANOS

Cuando tus manor salen,

amor, hacia las mias,

que me traen volando?

Por que se detuvieron

en mi boca, de pronto,

por que las reconozco

como si entonces, antes,

las hubiera tocado,

como si antes de ser

hubieran recorrido

me frente, mi cintura?

Su suavidad venia

volando sobre el tiempo,

sombre el mar, sombre el humo,

sombre la primavera,

y cuando tu pusiste

tus manos en mi pecho,

reconoci esas alas

de paloma dorsda,

reconici esa greda

y ese color de trigo.

Los anos de mi vida

yo camine buscandolas.

Pablo Neruda

in other words

It starts stopping when it stops stopping

i hate geography; the boarders are always shifting

it's so simple to get caught in the easy net cast over this safe place.

i'm ready to go now. maybe i'll just take the giraffes with me.

st. vincent

safari on the ortega

sometimes i think that i lead a fairly normal life, until i run into random african animal farms in southern california:

camel, ostrich, donkeys, zebras

exiled camel

giraffes

it really IS my birthday!!!!

"The BQE" Trailer:

Posted by Ryan Dombal on July 21, 2009 at 10:55 a.m.

http://pitchfork.com/news/35976-sufjan-to-release-bqe-multimedia-set/

polaroids

digitals

somehow last night i got my sister agreeing to model for me!

so, this morning we got 30 balloons and headed to the hills.

here are just a few of the digital photos that we got before half the balloons were lost to a prickly tree.

balloons!

hopefully coming soon...

wilco and feist

breaking news!

BREAKING NEWS! GAY PENGUIN RELATIONSHIP SEVERED! LUCKILY, CNN WAS THERE TO COVER THE STORY AT PENGUIN ISLAND:

HARRY & PEPPER BREAK-UP STORY

skydeck

at the beginning of this month, the sears tower opened up the new skydeck. i have decided that it will be the perfect opportunity for me to face my fear of heights. since i refuse to go skydiving. anywhow, the main attraction of the new deck are these glass pods that plunge outside of the usual building space. and they do remind me of the glass elevator in charlie in the chocolate factory.

LOOK:

cheeseits

today i did something that scares me, because apparently it is only right to "do something every day that scares you" (eleanor roosevelt). and i do typically agree with what eleanor says. not to mention my current book said the same thing. so between the two reliable sources, i am almost convinced of this "every day" method. but i find myself resisting as the world around me slowly intimidates me more. maybe i can revert back to fearlessness via the eleanor practice?

i'll consider retrying cheeseits.

pink hair part II

roger

oh, and this is my new best friend. he is a seal and his name is roger. roger followed me today. when i stood up, he stood up. when i slept, he slept.

(roger standing)

(roger sleeping)

pink hair

today i got pink hair!

daddy will not be too excited about this. in the event that he actually notices that i have pink hair, he will be lead to believe that i spontaneously "went to target and got temporary dye. it should be gone in a week or two."

note: i leave in two weeks.

castaways and cutouts

Take a long drive with me
On California one, California one
Take a long drive with me
On California one, California one

And the road a-winding goes
From golden gate to roaring cliff-side
And the light is softly low as our hearts Become sweetly untied
Beneath the sun of California one

Take a long drown with me of California Wine

And the wine it tastes so sweet
As we lay our eyes to wander
And the sky, it stretches deep

Will we rest our heads to slumber Beneath the vines of California wine?
Beneath the sun of California one

Annabelle lies, sleeps with quiet eyes
On this sea-drift sun
What can you do?
And if I said, O it's in your head
On this sea-drift sun
What can you do?

We're calling all bed wetters and ambulance chasers
Poor picker-pockets, bring 'em in
Come join the youth and beauty brigade

We're lining up the light-loafere'd
And the bored bench warmers
Castaways and cutouts, fill it up
Come join the youth and beauty brigade
Nothing will stand in our way

I figured I had paid my debt to society
By paying my overdue fines at the mulnoma county library, at the library
They said 'son, go join up
Go join the youth and beauty brigade'

Nothing will stand in our way

california one youth and beauty. the decemberists

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pitter patter

i have this thing for pretty umbrellas. i've had this fascination since the beginning, even though my life did not require such an item until i was about 19.

pitter patter umbrella

summer

home is where the heart is.

do the dance

dear friends:

clearly i have far too much time on my hands this summer. as a result, i will be keeping a blog. i hope you enjoy.

xo