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illyse

anxiety always

About Me

i was halfway across america, at the dividing line between the east of my youth, and the west of my future, and maybe thats why it happened. right there and then on that strange red afternoon.

My Interests

chocolate brown, purple, lip gloss, dancing, film, sweaters, cinema, good music, foreign films, silent films, all films, driving, black and white, cameras, new york, being happy, short black hair, long black hair, the water, sunshine, gloomy days, traveling the world, grandmothers, skirts, dresses, pearls, talking, books, pot, boys, laughing, being obnoxious, sleep, chapstick, my girlssss, oversized sunglasses, salinger, contemporary art, latin american art, surrealism, dada, max ernst, lillian bassman, cinematography, art history, philosophy, design, godard, french new wave, lynch, sound, italian neo-realism, color, pointy toed shoes, round toed shoes, princess sleeves, rain, the sky, hearts, movement, chaos, patterns, wall paper, 1970s, wait i lied every decade except now, tattoos, purses, vintage, musiccc! sex (just kidding i dont have any)

I'd like to meet:

people in progress.

Music:

its all about frankie valli. seriously. and kate bush.lansing dreiden always. and now listen to violens.wolf parade. beirut. of montreal. neil young. crosby stills and nash. fleetwood mac. mia. ride. slowdive. talking heads. circulatory system. olivia tremor control. radiohead. thom yorke. cass mccombs. supremes. brian jonestown massacre. sufjan stevens. patrick wolf. blonde redhead. belle and sebastian. donovan. fleetwod mac. broadcast. hood. esg. knife. calvin harris. lcd soundsystem. lilys. fleetwood mac again. leadbelly. skip james. billie holiday. nina simone. some velvet morning (lee hazlewood and nancy sinatra) nirvana still. animal collective. caribou. devendra. handsome furs. rick ross. and the list goes on...

Movies:

jean luc godard. wes anderson. fritz lang. carl theodor dreyer. patrice leconte. pedro aldomovar. francis truffaut. wong kar wai. sally potter. guy deboard. julie taymor. john frankenheimer. billy wilder. alexander mackendrick. sofia coppola. george clooney. fellini. visconti. dennis hopper. larry clark. maya deren. many more...video art: tony oursler. vitto acconci. chris burden. carolee schneeman. joan jonas. william wegman. nam jun paik. andy warhol. saddie benning. george kuchar. fluxus.

Television:

i'm a tv junkie. blame it on dvr.

Books:

salinger. kerouac. burroughs. Vonnegut. hemingway. orwell.the little prince.these are my favorites.

Heroes:

dennis hopper and scumbags.

My Blog

a long time has passed since i’ve been far across the seas.

i went to spain and england, and miami and now i'm home again.i love home. new york still has my heart.spain was interesting. such a beautiful country i saw so many great things! and improved on my sp...
Posted by illyse on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:13:00 PST

leaving in 3 days.

it's so crazy that it's already here. i take off in a plane on monday night.i'm so nervous and anxious, but extremely excited.summer has already been so fun. i'm slightly sad to leave new york because...
Posted by illyse on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:21:00 PST

i haven’t written in this thing for a year.

it's funny how different things are and yet how they're mostly all the same.things don't really change.i'm living in brooklyn now. already my second apt there, but i'm finally where i want to stay. i ...
Posted by illyse on Wed, 21 May 2008 04:40:00 PST

this song haunts me.

Four and twenty years ago, I come into this life,the son of a woman and a man who lived in strife.He was tired of being poor and he wasn't into selling door to doorand he worked like the devil to be m...
Posted by illyse on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:45:00 PST

how strange it is to be anything at all

I CANT SLEEPi'm going to become an insomniac this week. i have so much on my plate i don't even know how i'm going to survive.i don't even know how this semester is practically over. i don't know how ...
Posted by illyse on Mon, 14 May 2007 01:30:00 PST

a question

am i the only person that liked marie antoinette?the only show i've seen at cmj so far is the decemberists. i'm disappointing. oh yeah and kelly! she didn't count so much though i don't think.listen t...
Posted by illyse on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:37:00 PST

lansing-dreiden.

maybe the best band ever?i am so obsessed with them right now.they just played a free show at starbucks. it might have been one of the greatest shows ever. they have such amazing energy on stage and m...
Posted by illyse on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:04:00 PST

from LA to china all i want is vagina.

some guy walking down first avenue said that today.it could maybe be the best thing i've ever heard? i'm not sure though.today i brunched it with my ladies. it's been a while since we've all been toge...
Posted by illyse on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:49:00 PST

progress is out most important product.

everyone read breakfast of champions now. I live for vonnegut, seriously. he makes everything about life better.read all of his work. he is godlike. the end.
Posted by illyse on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:26:00 PST

I just realized...

that new york was a sexual awakening to me. i miss new york.i can't wait to get back to the sweaty summer of sex. like it is every summer!i guess i also have to thank lester. my teacher. hahaha.also e...
Posted by illyse on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:39:00 PST