Here’s my final project from the truly exception Harvard Extension School course “Expository Writing E-48: Multimedia Communication: Principles of Visual Rhetoric.” Probably one of the best classes I’ve taken in my ten years of availing myself of my favorite job perk. I normally hate group projects, but Jesse and Brynmore [...]
a childhood favorite, bleakened
a childhood favorite, bleakened
I utterly love Werner Herzog. There’s really just no two ways around it. I’m also pretty certain that this is the first book I ever read the whole text of out loud to my mother, which she claims happened when I was 2. via coilhouse magazine.
fictional style icons — part five of five
fictional style icons — part five of five
It’s Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons. Fourth: The Hitchcock Blonde.
fictional style icons — part four of five
fictional style icons — part four of five
This project was interrupted by the tragic death of Lee Alexander McQueen. He’s one of the most important fashion figures in my lifetime. He was BFF to my most perfect muse & inspiration, Isabella Blow. She discovered* him at fashion college, bought his entire senior thesis. Her eye and aesthetic [...]
fictional style icons — part two of five
fictional style icons — part two of five
It’s Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling.com, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons. Number 2: Laura Hunt.
word association
word association
Are there any words that remind you so strongly of a particular context that you just simply can’t bring yourself to use them seriously?
when a nerd falls in love with a geek
when a nerd falls in love with a geek
Baking the Star Wars Cake This labor of love is also a result of my love for smittenkitchen.com. The cake is Deb’s Best Birthday Cake. It is filled with her Mango Curd and frosted with her Swiss Buttercream, the instructions for which include the directive, “Patience, young Jedis.” As per [...]
The Cat Piano
The Cat Piano
This animated piece is really gorgeous, a little Moulin Rouge-y, a little Doctor Seuss-y, a little bad slam-poetry-y, but you should all know by now that I could all sit around staring at purty images and listening to just about anything come out of Nick Cave’s mouth and be delighted.
First official Imaginarium trailer
First official Imaginarium trailer
I have been waiting years for this movie. Because I’m a Gilliam-obsessive, and because Tom Waits plays the Devil. Heath Ledger died in the middle of filming it, but because it takes place across multiple dimensions or otherworldly realms—and because his character wears a mask each time he travels between [...]
Kubrick v Tarantino
Kubrick v Tarantino
“I respect criticism, but I know more about film than most of the people writing about me. Not only that, I’m a better writer than most of the people writing about me. And I can write film criticism better than most of the people writing about me.” _QT “But critical [...]
a developing pet peeve
a developing pet peeve
I’m pretty sure I’ll never like (or have any desire to watch) any movie branded with the handwritten building-block font. By which I mean: Juno, Nick & Norah, Away We Go, etc. In terms of dull ubiquity, it’s the (wannabe)indie-(wannabe)cool version of Papyrus. It’s the typographical equivalent of the MPDG.
Movies I am excited about
Movies I am excited about
This looks like it’s going to be a great summer for sci-fi. Or maybe it’s just that I read io9.com waaaay more than, like, Entertainment Weekly.
I made this.
I made this.
Because he’s totally not Vader; he’s Old Man Potter grumpface, all that whippersnapper Bailey’s Savings and Loan is nothing but a miserable little socialist scam!
