october mix via videos

hi everyone,

yes, i know, totalllllly disappeared... but i'm honestly gonna try and repost interesting stuff... especially music!

now that balloon boy is safe and sound and a total fraud.

i'll be posting videos/songs that i have been listening to repetitively over the last month or so.

xoxo
c-

oops

can you believe it? i totally forgot i had this blog! ha ha ha ha!

i promise to update asap.

i've been listening to some great new musical discoveries.... and i wanna share!

xoxo

m.i.a.

sheesh! i didn't realize i've been away this long!

the holidays are always pretty busy for me. and i got a freelance job that lasted me over a week, so that kept me busy right up to christmas... and then i went out of town to visit the family. then suddenly it was new year's eve and i needed to get out my holiday cards and burn cds of lovely music for 40 plus people. and then school started several days later.... and then a friend from out of town stayed for about a week.


and then suddenly it's the end of january.

it's always the little things that pains us the most

i have a splinter in my right thumb. it's been aching for two days now. :(

boo.

i'm in an art exhibition at the Hammer Museum in LA

hey everyone,

my friend just told me that he saw me in a video piece at the hammer museum!

i wanna go down there and see it for myself!!! who wants to go join me for some art viewing, laughing, gafawwing and maybe dinner? he told me that it looks soooo good on the big screen! yay!

lets go on a thursday since it's FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

otherwise, go with your lovers and friends yourself and gaze upon the amazing art of ryan trecartin featuring me!

fyi: i am in the first part of the film... the film is kinda longgggg. so if you hit it at the beginning, you'll see me (first hour)! i am in it for a good couple of minutes talking in a black leotard standing in a kiddie pool!

http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/149/

HAMMER MUSEUM
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310.443.7000

Hours
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11am-7 pm
Thu 11am-9 pm
Sun 11am-5 pm

Regular Admission
$7 Adults
$5 Seniors (65+) and UCLA Alumni Association Members with ID
Free for Museum members, students with ID, UCLA faculty and staff, and visitors 17 and under accompanied by an adult

Free on Thursdays for all visitors

Closed Mondays, July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.


hahahaha! i'm at the hammer museum!!!!!

Ryan Trecartin

September 10 - December 7, 2008

Ryan Trecartin's videos uncannily reflect his generation, which grew up using the Internet, digital television, and interactive video games. He mixes cheap special effects with absurd narratives in which he and his regular cast of collaborator-friends act out a sort of Lord of the Flies for the 21st century. He tells sad love stories and bizarre family dramas utilizing technology to heighten the action and reflect today's incessant information overload.

In his latest work, I-BE AREA (2007, 108 min) Trecartin weaves together several unruly stories with fast-moving, fast-talking characters that deal with such themes as cloning, adoption, self-mediation, lifestyle options, virtual identities, and larger questions of an existential nature. I-BE AREA screens in the Video Gallery on the hour, every other hour.

This exhibition is organized by Hammer Curator Ali Subotnick.

scurrred shitless

there's something living in my attic.

i think it's either an oppossum or a rat or a squirrel.

whatever it is.. it's active in the early mornings... like around 3am to 5am ish... like it is right now... walking around above my head and scaring me.

whatever it is, i hope it doesn't die up there or have babies.

i'm scurred.

textual attraction

i was trying to reach my friend brooke in ny but she was a ho and didn't pick up my phone calls for awhile... so i decided to call her sister, sage....

since i know sage to a certain extent (we see each other everytime i am in nyc and we always seem to bump into each other on the streets, the restaurants, etc)....

sage is a total character! and she has a great sense of humor!

so i called sage to make sure that brooke was alright but she didn't pick up the phone (probably because she didn't know my number).... but she did end up texting me.... and then that started probably the most entertaining text conversations ever. (spelling as is... i hate text spelling!)

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sage: who is this?

me: erykah badu

sage: christanne?

me: who's that? This is carlos. Wassup sugartits?

sage: who the hell is carlos?

me: we hooked up in the bathroom @ zebulon. I gave u $30 afterwards. U stillgot those nerd glasses?

sage: no we did not!

sage: I never hooked up w a carlos or at zebulon nice try!

me: don't get ur panties in a bunch. Wanna meet up @ bkyn indust 4 a hj? $45

sage: Nope!I dont do that stuff sorry

me: How bout 4 some stickers?

sage: How do u know so much about me?

me: cuz u so divalicious.

sage: S----! (her friend's name)

me: abracadabra boo

sage: U got a new number?

me: I aint s---- hunni

sage: Tell me a secret about me then? did we kiss?

me: u like 2 meow like a kitty kat

sage: U r a girl!

me: stay away from my man, whore!

sage: Who is your man!I am not with your man!

sage: I only date single guys and am far from a whore this must be white trash ----- (name)

me: Face it. U love this drama. Why don't u write a poem bout it so I can read it on ur blog.

sage: Who is your man and how did you get my number? why are you contacting me?

me: cuz I wanna hook up with u & ur sis.

sage: Bye bye you are sick.

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THE END

i'm glad that sage has a great sense of humor because she told her sister about the text conversation and brooke said it was hilarious to hear about it.

i thought i'd type this out since my text messages cannot be saved and my phone is over 2 years old and in its geriatric life-stage.

funny feeling

you know you're online and wasting time when you decide to google yourself.

i've googled myself a couple of times through the years and it always brings up queasy feelings because 1. i really don't want to know what info about me shows up. 2. i feel like i'm stalking someone, but the someone is myself. 3. i feel silly about it.

so i finally did google myself tonight because it's friday night and and i'm sitting alone with nothing to do. which, is probably good because i'm hella tired and i will probably pass out within the hour.

i am happy to see that i don't show up too much, which is fantastic. i don't want to be easily found via the net.

things that do pop up, are old work assignments i did at nyu... which i don't want popping up anymore, but i'm not sure how i'd be able to get rid of it. i took a class about broadway plays (it was my last semester of school, and it sounded fun, but in the end result, the class sucked and my teacher was really into my classmate (i think sexually) so he got a great grade because of "extra credit" he did) while i did so much work for the group that i was like, WTF man?

one thing that did pleasantly pop up for the first time, probably because i haven't googled myself in awhile, is a brief mention of me in the newspaper about a play i wrote when i was 16/17 years old. it's sorta monumental cause i was the first person to write a sexually driven play. you can check out the blurb about me in 1997.

that just made my night!

okay, gonna go to bed now.

p.s. i don't want to have to apologize about not writing much but i have been terribly busy since july with school and people... but i have about 2 weeks off, sorta, where i will be updating and posting much more often!

stuff i want

i love walking down the clearance aisles at target and many other stores.

i found this lamp which i LOVE. i remember seeing it when it first came out and it was $80.00.... now it's $20.00!

i was lugging it around target while i was shopping for other stuff... and finally, phillip convinced me that i should put it down. so i did.

good bye ceramic lamp.

i will always sort of have you.

my computer says i'm fat

coins

so i've decided to begin something new that will test me on my endurance...

for TEN years, i want to see how much money i find on the streets.

this is the first installment. :)

i went to go pick up brad at LAX and in front of the tom bradley terminal (international), i found a 50 singaporean cent coin next to the luggage carts.

good times.

phillip joked that 50 singaporean cents probably was worth 5 dollars cause of the exchange rate.

first week of school

this is the first week for me at my fourth college. i've been to nyu, f.i.t., pcc, and now csla.

it's summer and it's warm and one of my classes doesn't have air conditioning in the room... and it's full of computers. that's just weird.

when i walked outside, i got out on the wrong side of the building but i saw this view and it was pretty awesome. these are the times when i think that southern california is beautiful.

would you still like me if i....

wear this while i drive?

mcdonalds vs starbucks : a sad story about the economy

for the last four years or so, i've been pretty much a regular starbucks drinker.

i was drinking a medium white chocolate mocha several times a week when i was stressed out at work, etc. the taste was the equivalent of a melted candy bar. justina and luke agrees with my comparison. :) after going to thailand, i changed my drink to iced vanilla lattes cause 1. the larger was cheaper than the medium white chocolate mocha 2. i didn't get migranes after several days without the coffees... which means it was probably less sugar and espresso shots... but i could be wrong.

lately, however, the economy is going down the tubes and so along with that, a bunch of the fast food discount places have decided to take this opportunity to do a one up on starbucks. cheap iced coffee drinks!

so i decided to try out mcdonald's iced vanilla coffees.

one thing that i found annoying with starbucks is that they have different names for small, medium, and large. one time i was in a rush and i went through a starbucks drive thru and said, "can i have a large iced vanilla latte." and the intercom lady said "you mean a venti?" and i was like "ummm, lady. i want a large, whatever you guys call it. a large iced vanilla latte." and she sorta went quiet. i apologized when i finally reached the window.

immediately, i knew that mcdonalds was also equally an asshole about drink sizes. i initially ordered a small iced hazelhut coffee. this is what i got from the intercom:

mcdonalds: we don't have small. we only have medium and large.
me: (pause) ummm, you can't have a medium without a small or a large.
mcdonalds: we don't have small. we only have medium and large.
me: give me a medium then.

weird right? how can you have a medium without a small? mediums only exist if there are two that flank it. mcdonalds, don't be a starbucks with your coffee names. you're mcdonalds, not pink berry's.

so after the hazelnut, i've been drinking more large iced vanilla coffees. scary things about it... the large cup sizes at mcdonalds DON'T fit in my normal car cup holders. I have one that pulls out for jumbo sizes and it fits there. ridic!

the good thing is that i rarely ever finish it and it's only $2.37 instead of starbucks's $3.85.

after many many many coffees... i highly recommend customizing your coffees... because unlike starbucks... each iced vanilla coffee tastes different. sometimes it's super watery, sometimes it's okay, and rarely, it's awesome.

soooo here's what you do.

order a large iced vanilla coffee with 8 creams. 6 creams is normal and will guarantee that it will taste slightly watery. they don't charge (as of now) for adding two more creams.

i would actually recommend 9 creams, but i may be asking for trouble with whatever that cream stuff is really made of!

sex and the city: the movie

so after the death of my beloved houdini, i took a shower and thought that maybe going to see the sex and the city movie would make me feel better.

i was right. i cried several times throughout the movie and i laughed several times throughout the movie.

it definitely made me miss new york city and i am even more close to samantha's character since she moved to los angeles and got fat. all that i'm missing is the next door neighbor with a giant uncut penis.

i highly recommend the movie to anyone whos'... well, anyone.

hole in my soul

i got my ears pierced at claire's last night at the mall.

i was as happy as a ten year-old girl.

justina and phillip were there to hold my hands while i screamed in pain. actually, it wasn't that bad. :)

obviously that picture isn't of me. sorry to disappoint!

busy bee...

it's close to the end of the semester for me so i've been drowning in finals stuff... a friend of mine is staying at my place as well, so i've been playing host...

hopefully this weekend i'll be able to update!

i haven't posted most of the monarch butterflies (the painted lady variety)... as well as new bunny videos....

again, tired and busy!

miss you all!

xoxo

one of the cool kids

i decided to ditch two of my classes today.

instead, i hung out with the bunnies, chilled inside the house to avoid the heat (although school is air conditioned and my place ain't.)

i just had the end of my thai beef salad that phillip and i made last night. there are still some seasoned potatoes left which i'll have for din din.

alright, time to go to home depot and get some raid. the ants found some coconut pecan frosting that phillip dropped on the floor last night. damn it. i love animals and nature, but no ants, roaches, black widows please!

heart burn

i was making pasta for myself on tuesday and i accidentally dropped the lid of my pan and it hit me twice, which created a heart shaped burn mark on my left inner wrist.

it didn't really take form until today (wednesday) and now it's getting fainter as each hour goes by. it was bright pink this morning, which is when i should have taken the photo, but i didn't do it until the evening.

when i see it, it immediately reminds me of nan goldin's "heart-shaped bruise." it's probably one of my favorite photos. when i think of nan, i always think of that image, and then at a close second, is the photo of her boyfriend masturbating. you know which one i'm talking 'bout.

slowly

i got a phone call after a misunderstanding about my grad application to school.

i'm officially a semi-grad. that means i have some upper division classes that i need to take before they consider me as a full-fledge grad student. if my grades are good.

i'm happy about that.

it's sorta a relief after having such a terrible week.

:)

i'm prepping my next mix cd. it's gonna be a nice relaxing one with some up tempo beats. i'll post it soon!