canyoubemorespecific

I realized now that my blog yesterday was slightly confusing (Seth brought this to my attention even though he never reads my blog unless I ask him to), for which I am not going to apologize, however I will do two things:

1. Reference (at the least) the article I was talking about http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2006/03/artform_and_gho.html

2. Assure my faithful devotees that not all my posts will be as contrary and/or haphazard as yesterdays...some might be about The Weather....or an episode of South Park...or Bacon.

you never know....that's what's so SPECIAL

I'm wondering now what I could do to make everyone stop reading my blog...like when your watching a play and you have the sudden urge to jump up on stage....anyone?

WEIRD PEOPLE: There's a girl at my work who told me she watches the entire 6 seasons of Sex and the City each month!..this means she must watch at least 18 episodes a week.

Now, this is odd and slightly disturbing for several reasons: I've watched my fair share of Sex and the City, but I understand its kinship to crystal-meth or Vogue magazine. I'm by no means above standing in Powells bookstore, surrounded by literature and bottomless sources of information about every intellectual subject imaginable, only to stand in the magazine isle and read about Lindsey Lohan; BUT to inundate yourself each week with 18 episodes, equaling at least three a night is an addiction to not only television, but a particular a (one dimensional, overall baseless and trivial) show and may result (eventually) in some form of psychological impairment...

What freaks me out is the QUANTITY of an NON-QUALITY show one can endure. I couldn't watch 3 episodes of Friends every night. Could you? Will my co-worker eventually believe she is on (or in for that matter) Sex and The City, waking around New York City eating cupcakes and buying expensive clothes...does she feel intimate with the shallow characters like she's their friend...maybe she's trying (really hard) to find the second dimension...it's almost like a scientific experiment being conducted on oneself...What happens to your soul when you spend all your waking, leisure hours watching Sex and The City?

this interests me. I may delve deeper and get back to you...

I continuation with: Europeans are cooler than Americans: here's a link to a Norwegian photographer: http://kimm.no/ ...a little commercial-ly, but a nicely designed page and some sweet links....try heimophotography.com...interesting portraits from an Icelandic artist...

hmmm, maybe I should move to Iceland...? Bjork? hotsprings? crazy Icelandic architecture!?

Although, Australia is pretty cool too...

Speaking of Architecture: The modern prefab movement really gets me hot. It's impatient, but it's also simple, which gives it less of a McDonald's-y sort of feel...

http://royalhomestoronto.typepad.com/rhtoronto/

Since buying a van (approx 2 days ago), I now have a container that I can live in...a box form of alternative shelter. It's much different than buying a regular car, which you can live in, but not as comfortably....I keep eyeing other vans now with pop tops and larger "living" spaces... Maybe it's the sense that you "own" your living space, rather than paying rent or having a mortgage..and you can "move" your living space to different locations...

I will leave you with this hypocrisy of sustainability article (Australian of course...)

http://www.archsoc.com/kcas/sustainable.html

and a quote for Lianne to ponder whilst counting shoe eyelets and thinking long and hard about which mesh material is more water resistant... (*_O)

ps. mesh isn't water resistant....

I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
-Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

ttfn,

-Alicia

# posted by MORESPECIFIC @ 11:09 AM 4 comments