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I like real things, dirty things, pretty things, ugly things, flying things, the awkward, the unexpected, the spontaneous, the dynamic, the tinged, the layered, the moment.

My Interests

Mainly this .

blogging about the weather

Also:

getting out
coming back
artful piles
trash-finds
taxidermy
compound adjectives
color!
japanese armor
early morning sun
late-afternoon sun
sartorial extras
james turell's light sculptures
sir francis the abyssinian
street art
pilates
oddballs
miscellany
mice named thurston
representation
objectification
running after deer
biking after deer
v. beecroft's subject graphs
strange food
sneakers
t&a
auspicious beginnings
connecting the dots
singing sweet harmonies
floating
bobbing
dequantifying happiness
charting discontent
curating utopia
LISTS

I'd like to meet:

A dapper fox with furry feet

Music:

Thee Oh-Sees
Deerhunter
Dark Meat
Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS)
Pixeltan
Jay Reatard
Japanther
No Age
Marnie Stern
the Archie Bronson Outfit
Mika Miko
Shearwater
Chad Van Gaalen
Trail of Dead
O'Death
Death From Above
Death Set
Dead Meadow
!!!
Aa
Man Man
YYYs
Silversun Pickups
Black Moutain
Health
Matt and Kim
Spank Rock
Les Savy Fav
Slint
Caribou
Sonic Youth
old Metallica
Dirty Projectors
Yeasayer
MCR,FOB,TBS (emo holla)
Link Wray
Elliot Smith
Blonde Redhead
Cat Power
Quintron and Miss Pussycat
Battles
Band of Horses
Brian Wilson
Old Time Relijun

Movies:

Donkey Skin
Trouble Everyday
The Squid and the Whale
The Eggleston documentary
Resfest short films
more documentaries
I don't see enough good films.

Television:

cop shows knife infomercials

Books:

Hegemony for Dummies
Why Cats Paint - A Theory of Feline Aesthetics

Heroes:

sontag, kerezsi, meiselas, plachy

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My Blog

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Posted by yohighness d'finest on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:52:00 PST

Art Nouveau

"We didn't want the typical tropical lagoon that everyone else has in the backyard," Mrs. Chamitoff explained. "I think it was important to Ken that Sophia could talk about having a dolphin-shaped poo...
Posted by yohighness d'finest on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:59:00 PST

Work in Progress

I guess this sounds like an okay job. Includes five-star hotel? Sure, fine, I'll take it. Show CoverageThese are the shows we are covering, if you would like to shoot/cover additional shows and submit...
Posted by yohighness d'finest on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:30:00 PST

And One Fine Mess Makes Two

Shit. There goes that "escape to outer space" solution. Orbiting Junk, Once a Nuisance, Is Now a Threat White Field, Wal-Mart, Oneonta, NYfrom the series Universal Default by Michael Vahrenwald &...
Posted by yohighness d'finest on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:19:00 PST

typical jersey trash

"It's not all that uncommon to have rocks rain down from heaven," said Carlton Pryor, a professor of astronomy at Rutgers University. "These are usually rocky or a mixture of rock and metal."
Posted by yohighness d'finest on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:46:00 PST

goldshed

Israel and Lebanon are bombing each other. Bush is trying to keep calm and issue guidance at the G8 summit. This could be it, folks. The situation here is dire too, for many. So dire, that Mr. ...
Posted by yohighness d'finest on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:02:00 PST

move on, hack

"Scientists announced that male putty-nosed monkeys in Nigeria use the sentence 'pyow hack hack pyow hack hack' when they want to tell their companions that it's time to move on. . . . Rhesus macaque ...
Posted by yohighness d'finest on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:51:00 PST

Explosions in the Sky

Favorite news story of the past 10 years: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4096586/ ...
Posted by yohighness d'finest on Fri, 12 May 2006 08:21:00 PST

Missing: Deadly Snake, Fake Teeth, Leg

The MTA's lost item hotline campaign features an array of about 30 illustrations, depicting, ostensibly, examples of "lost items." There are pictures of things like wallets, glasses, keys. Going by th...
Posted by yohighness d'finest on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:17:00 PST

Cameltoe Cameo

Cause there's nothing more attractive than a woman with a 40" waist sporting a "cameo sheer lip-hugging thong": ...
Posted by yohighness d'finest on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:06:00 PST