The spring has come in with a fever. Sweating dreams and vertiginous midnights; dizzy spells of the heart. The delirium of the blooming. Desire thick and hot through the vein, the smell of skin under hands, wet soil, night fog. Pounding, thrumming. And all cued to the currents of Neko Case's new album, Middle Cyclone.

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ok, so maybe they're cliche and passe by now, but i'm IN LOVE with these glasses, and dammit, i'm so happy to have them.


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totally just joined facebook. add me up. search for ashley bliss. you know you wanna.

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I totally predict a 2009 blow-up for this band, Harlem Shakes.

At least at the indie hipster level. I mean, check out their debut album artwork. Fantastic, right? Makes you want to hear the album, right? Go look for it, because it's awesome. It's available online, and then in stores next month or March or something ( Read more... )

My friend, Matt, posted something on his blog today about ugly art vs. beautiful art. And I wanted to think about that and respond to it. And then I decided I would share that response with you guys. NOW, I have a lot of amazing, talented artists as friends here on LJ, so please do not judge my decidedly subjective and uneducated thoughts too ( Read more... )

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 16 people to be tagged.

Tagged by: whitneyrhiannon

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i'm here. i'm still here. so here.

i just don't know where to begin.

but i will, soon, and it will be so awesome that it will explode your face.
HA!

Oh yeah, like I'm not already collaborating enough, right?
Well, here's another one. And it's awesome. And, like Oatmeal, it's the brainchild of Maggie. I love how she keeps us in collective artmaking mode.

Color Collecting!Color Collecting is self-explanatory: the collaborators catch the brightest parts of their days on camera and share it in a ( Read more... )

I wish I wore glasses. I know it's a silly wish.
My eyesight is perfect. And that really ought not to be such a bummer.
I just really want a pair of unsightly geeky glasses on my face.


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