Sunday, April 19, 2009
me sens...
It was called sadness, it was called desperation, but it was beckoned nonetheless. The gods cry with empathy, and the showers begin. Washing away the grime, filling the voids in the most oceanic of senses. New terrain to be created again: a new being worthy of the sky's grief. All of the cosmos cried, and cleansed me to begin again, as Noah did after the epic flood.
Tears of starlight, provoked by feelings that are as cosmic as the sky that housed their discovery. They glimmer as they drip down and douse the face. The trail shimmers and reflects the greatness of deities and the misery of the dead. The magnitude of their weeps washed me clean.
Friday, April 17, 2009
I'm leaving. I'm getting my degree, and I'm bouncing. I'm so unamused by my native metropolis.
I saw 'nick and norah's infinite playlist' tonight, and it was good. I hate michael cera, but the movie was entertaining enough to put up with that piece of toast. It reminded me (the movie) that there was something magical about manhattan, and well manhattan in general that I loved. We take eachother for granted now... I need to leave you dear apple just to learn to miss you. I wanna feel like norahs wasted friend caroline, really loving the city in particular the restless nights and the noises and sounds that keep you ticking way past the necessary hour.
I'm a city kid, and always will be. But Im liking the idea of going. DC has strong poss/probability, so I want to find out for sure what's there...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Tag, you're soo it
Part of the charm of New York is simply the ability for an artist to use anything found in this city as a canvas. Whether it have been hanging glass ornaments in the New York's Botanical Garden in the Bronx, or tagging up the side of a building, this city has been home to art, and in some cases has become a work of art. Let's face it it is already. I love the color that can be seen on the bricks of Long Island City, it's just as rich as anything that MoMA could present.
I kind of wish i was around during the devolution of the Bronx, from an enclave of Eastern Europe into the place which a large Dominican and Black community called home. This transition in the 80's resulted in the appearance of extensive graffiti. To some it was vile and a commemoration of the decline of the Bronx, and to others it was the voice of the people, the people that felt oppressed and neglected. Martha Cooper captured these images well aware that soon these buildings would be tumbling down, and the subway cars derailed so the public could no longer see this beauty. Preservation of FREE ART (free for the masses to see as these trains pulled in from the trainyard to their predetermined destination, free transportation to spread the message of their art). A huge canvas that demonstrated so much more than the ghetto.
She plans to do this for her hometown of Baltimore, and I look forward to see what she captures in the Wire.
check it: The art of tagging
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Atonement
I burnt so many bridges, how will I traverse to the other side? Where my real life is? The reconstruction has to start somewhere, so it is time to break ground on this bridge. Crossover. I can only hope that somethings are not irreplaceable, that they be replaced, or at least fixed
Thursday, April 2, 2009
La francophonie
If foreign flicks are your thing, and you have time to spare to the Purchase College Performing Arts Center, I think you'd really like to go to FoFC ran bay Greenwich's Alliance Francaise. for more info, click here: Focus on French Cinema
There will be an assortment of french dignitaries and celebrities gathered to witness this film festival, which has been gaining strength since its debut in 2004. Now it has began to be regarded as a noteworthy film festival holding a couple of NY and US premieres of French films, "LOL" and "Les Femmes de l'Ombre" among them.
Check it out!!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Kristin Wiig
I love Kristin Wiig... Ever since she played the bitchy lady in "Knocked Up," I've had my eyes on her. She's so good at playing women that we encounter in our daily lives (celebrities we hear about, or every-day ladies that we run into during our routines). She's a funny lady.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
I love the concept of the snuggie (despite it's resemblance to a monk's robe and it's tremendous size... which is fine, it is one-size-fits-all), and now even infants can enjoy the warm embrace of mother AND blanket. It's fitted, so the baby will get to enjoy their mom's warmth just as much as that of the fleece draped over them both.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
MTA STFU
I said it would be a cold day in hell if ever i were to pay MORE than i already am to transport myself in the NY metropolitan area. And i guess they're having a blizzard down there, because once Memorial day comes through, so do the fare hikes and the cut of many bus (not that I care) and subway routes (bye W and Z...).
Geeze... as if all my money wasn't going into metrocards, LIRR tickets and tolls... now i have to give more??? This recession is financially afflicting everyone, and now it's going to be more noticeable to those of us who've cut out taxi cabs and keep car driving to a minimum. May as well save the fare and invest in a good pair of running shoes.
can't i just sever a leg and call it a day??? I don't have money either MTA, so why couldn't you just wait it out until Albany did something... you know they ain't have to worry about Buff, Albany itself, or any of the other insignificant cities in NYS.
Why I'm going to start walking everywhere!!!!