no wave new york new year no resolutions

i stopped making new year's resolutions long ago, mostly because they seem so trite & contrived & who ever really does them anyway. but the biggest reason is that i am ALWAYS setting goals and plans for myself and making lists of things i want to start doing & need to accomplish. not HUGE things, mind you. just anything.

however, my #1 favorite new year's resolution i ever made was:
"stop putting stuff on my bed."
yeah, i don't think i even succeeded at that. hey, where else should i put stuff?

anyway, so yeah, there are always things i want to do, throughout the year, but i must admit, as i stand on the brink of 2008, there are bigger things i want. because 2008 is a huge year. one i've always anticipated but i never knew it'd be like this. or i never knew i would be the way i am at this point. as in, still a child. not a grown up. completely un-together and unsure about everything. those are not negative things really, just very surprising. years ago i would have seen myself in 2008, as a senior in college, as some sophistocated, ultra-educated, mature, wisened person, getting ready to start a new phase in my life, ready for all the newness and responsiblity. in reality, however, all i really want to do is listen to Elvis Costello and watch TV and go out and drink raspberry wheat homebrews and wear cute clothes. and i feel the most immature and childish i ever have in my life, and i have absolutely no clue what i'm doing when college is over, no idea where to go or what to do. which is okay. really.

i want to do lots of things in 2008, some of which are rather private, but some that aren't are:

1. figure out what i want to do with my life
2. go to MoMA, even if it costs $12 to get in
3. get dumbo rats and/or a kitten
4. get a WELSH CORGI (who i shall name Larry) for graduation
5. host a sweet sweet show with the amazing bill of Crystal Stilts and Pains of Being Pure at Heart
6. make out with lots of cute boys
7. fix my bike and then ride it
8. play in a Ramones cover band with only guitar and snare drum at Punk Rock Prom
9. have another Super Bowl party in which no one watches or cares about the Super Bowl, but we just drink beer and eat snacks
10. be crazier and more social

Christmas Presents.

i love things. and i love Christmas. best things from Christmas this year include



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elvis is king.

DESIGN.

I LOVE MODERN DESIGN. it is so exciting. De Stijl and Bauhaus and Constructivism are amazing, but my fave is Scandinavian Modernism. Alvar Aalto is the greatest.

his savoy glass vase


and colored glass pitcher and glasses


Brilliant!

Cardboard, Paint, Paper, Glue.

by a famous artist for her "Social Change, Revolution, and Art in Latin America" final.

A Nice Holiday Story.

about 4 years ago, when i was in high school, my two friends & i were doing some last minute Christmas shopping, and we had some sort of baked goods with us- not sure if we'd made them or received them as a gift or perhaps bought them, i can't recall. anyway, we're driving along & we see a homeless guy on the corner so we stop & my friend offers him one of the baked goods. since we're all into the holiday spirit, you know. and he just shook his head No. he didn't want it!!! it was so sad! sounds like something that would happen to Larry David. oh wait, it did.

fin de siecle/kind of an end-of-the-year list

2007 was weird. it was real bad at times, but also mindblowingly amazing sometimes too.
all i really need to remember about 2007 was that

i had a superbowl party called "Colts vs. Bears: Who Cares?"


i got way into Buddy Holly.


i played tambourine with the Ladybug Transistor.


i met my idol, Daniel Pinkwater, and he liked me.

i sat on the floor of the Bowery Ballroom, chatting with Amy Linton, Stuart Murdoch, and various Ladybugs and Greats Lakes one insane summer night.

i drove from New York State to Alabama State (and listened to Tom Petty along the way).


i went to the Athens Popfest and met cute boys and saw fanstastic bands and got my leg caught on a fence which lead to stitches in that leg. (pictures just won't suffice. you had to be there)

i saw Dean Wareham play "Ceremony" and he told me he remembered my face.


for Halloween, i went as a little kid from the 50's playing dress up.


i took my skirt off during St. Christopher's set at the New England Popfest.
pre-skirt removal:


i think they liked me!


and i saw The Clean !!

Sniffing Glue vs. No Future

My entire college career is being distilled down to these lovely lads.




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