I helped a good friend of mine with a iconic object project. Radio Flyer. It was a lot of running around but it was fun.



And

Why not take advantage a little bit?

Monday

was amazing because:

I woke up in the presence of two of things that make me the happiest and then met with some friends for lunch. It's nice to have genuine girlfriends to talk with. Emily from my old RB job and Elna is a longtime family friend. 

And of course, cupcakes for the kiddos and especially this big one. Yummy Cupcakes in Burbank is pretty awesome. 

Kelly and I walked Melrose looking at cloths and people. We stopped by Marc's office which is pretty much my dream office, a creative and friendly environment that encourages employes to bring their doggies. 

Below is a dog that was abandoned around the corner from the office, some lady had a litter of puppies and was tossing them around town like trash.  This little one was thrown over a fence into an alley. Some people are crazy. 

Marc and Kelly

Doggie taking a little pee

We met up with Sabine and spent the afternoon drinking tea and talking about school, where we have been and where we are going (circles mostly). Not many people know what my school experience was like, it's really nice to be able to talk with these two about it.I feel like it was all some sort of bizarre dream until I am with these two and the world that has been shut away for so long becomes alive again. 

I didn't know Kelly was doing this until later.  Thanks, I love you too.

The rest of the evening was great.  I had dinner with an old friend. He is one of those people who you walk away from with a good feeling in your heart because of their warmth. Once again good company.  I wish there were more people around like him. 

Nick and I went to the Magic Castle late that night.  Unfortunately the only dress I have with me at the moment is a frumpy, wrinkled purple dress that belongs on a doll rather than a grown woman.  I needed something a little more "sophisticated" and was forced to turn to my sis-in-law for help.  To give you an idea or our differences in size, I am 5'5 and a nice, healthy number of pounds, Hillary is 5'0 and at least half my weight.  Needless to say the onl thing that would fit over my fleshy body wad one of her matternity dresses.  Good thing Hill has good style cause the dress was hot and it looked pretty good on me. The magic was amazing and the atmosphere was priceless. 

I was supposed to go home today but I am awesome and left the lights on in my brothers car while visiting Art Center.  The car was deadt, time was short and I had to say good-bye to my flight. I now fly back to UT tomorrow.  I don't know how I am feeling about it. Good I guess. 

Here are a few images from Last nights wedding.  Hansen and Ami Smith.  It's nice to have a bride and groom as relaxed and carefree as these two.  It was fun to photograph them and I was happy to be able to witness such a beautiful evening. 

This week: Los Angeles

Friday I flew to Los Angeles to photograph a wedding.  I have found that Southern CA has become a magic place to me once again.  The time away from it has made me see it with fresher eyes. 

Staying at my brothers house.  I have been sleeping on the top bunk in the kids room.  The first morning being here woke up to Oliver reading a book in a quiet whisper then I fell back asleep.  Awhile later I here him say to Abby while she was still asleep in her crib, "Abby, do you see Jessica?  I love her so much."  After he said that I had to get up and hang out with the kids.  I took some photos of them that morning while we played hungry hippo and blocks.  I saw the book on the floor that Oliver had been reading and I asked Oliver to read it to me, he said "but Jessica, I already read it to you while you were sleeping." 

I thought that was beautiful.  

Oliver with Panda, my dad brought this to the hospital the day Oliver was born and he has been in love with it since.

Armory Show

Jendar and I being art

I really want to blog right now about my day but I can't, we are watching a movie and the light from the computer is distracting.  So I will fill in the details of the Armory Show later.  Jendar and I went this afternoon.  It was amazing to say the least, so many artist so many wonderful pieces and so many not so great pieces.  It was inspiring and refreshing.  

So below are just a few of my favorite pieces I saw. I will get names later.  

I wouldn't be opposed to going to grad school.

If you are in NY right now I think it would be a good idea to go, although it's lamely expensive. 

See ya.

Why is it that most people buy jeans with holes and fake dirt already included but it would be socially unacceptable for me to wear my favorite t-shirt because it has some holes in it?

The only reason I ask is because the shirt I am wearing has holes, it's my favorite, it's 3 years old so I know I can't buy another one.  Moments ago I i cut my finger and got some red on it.  I sat looking at the shirt trying to decide if it is done with or if I could pull it off like the Olsen twins do.  

This Morning

I wanted to photograph Hillary, something about redheads that I love, their coloring seems innocent for some reason.  Hillary is going to FIT to be a dresser for stores (I'm not sure what the real name for that occupation is).  Love hearing about unique jobs.

It's nice just to photograph someone, no meaning, no distinct concept to get through but to just shooting what is.

Thanks Hillary for letting me awkwardly come into your home and photograph you. 

Chelsea Galleries

I did the Chelsea Galleries today,  I didn't last long, it was 24 degrees and my boot grew a hole so my foot caught a cold.  I was very selective and unfortunately didn't get to see all that I wanted to see.  But what I did see was amazing.

Showing at the James Cohan Gallery was Simon Evans.  This was one of those experiences where your heart stops and the mind go one thousand miles per hour and you feel that this world is in it's right place for just once... in other words, I really liked what I saw, now that I am thinking about it this guys pieces remind me of me at my oddest hours, (narcissistic? possibly, but aren't we all?) .  Words, lists, the nothings that make us, us.  I left feeling okay about myself and I am more than okay with that.

This one made me smile a lot

These two are digital images by... oops, I don't remember.  That's okay because I didn't like them that much, but I did like what he wrote about this top image-

I want to throw them away, but I can't

These objects have been around me all my childhood

I used to hate them, now I feel attached to them

This could be the sideboard in our living room

I want to throw them away, but I can't.

-Souvenir #6

This is most likely relatable to most people.  The stuff we carry around.  Why? Sometimes I just hold onto things for too long, it's a dead memory and part of myself I would feel guilty leaving behind me.  

This next one was called "this is what I would have looked like as a child" or something like that... it just caught my eye.
  

And I bought with my eyes this book. Drop Dead Cute.  Female artist, female centered. Loved it.

T's Place in the morning when I am by myself

Contest with myself

 I like contests and I like betting.  There is a thrill to it you can't get anywhere else.  Sometimes I have my own contests.  Like a few years back while in NY I tallied the times I saw a rat in the streets, last summer I tallied popped collars while on vacation, I had everyone with me spotting them, it was great.  In my old work meeting I would tally all the sexual innuendos my boss would make without ever noticing.  I've tallied how many times a nervous speakers in church would say "um" and the times a friend would say "like" in a conversation.  It keeps things interesting.

Today I had a contest with myself, I wanted to see how many tallies I could get from men that said I was beautiful.  I started doing this after the third time it happened.  At first I was annoyed with the comments,  but once I started my game It was fun, all I needed to do was keep a slight smile on my face and hold eye contact for longer than 3 seconds, half of the time they would come out of nowhere and surprise me.

So, I only got 8 marks but that was pretty good for walking around for 2 hours. 

Here are the best lines I got.

"I just gotta tell you you are very beautiful, mmm hmmm"

same guy called from across he street after I crossed and said, "you are gonna be my wife, you know dat."

here's another

"Hey pretty hair, I know where you work, I will give you two weeks to break up with your boyfriend then I am gonna come and find you.  You've got two weeks."    (Two weeks...Two weeks... if anyone knows that movie ref you get a dollar)

One guy stopped me to tell me how beautiful I was and my eyes were nice and that he would give me a free taxi ride around the city..."  I said no and I that I was on my way and as I left he said "well let me just admire you while you walk away."  

Ha ha ha.  Before any of you think this is the place to meet men, every single one of these guys was either in their 40s or 50s and missing at least one tooth.  I am now realizing I must seem like a horrible person but I am not.  Just trying to find a little humor in otherwise painful situations and encounters... that's all.

here are some awesome lines for you to keep...

- was that an earthquake or did you just rock my world

-are you an alien? because you just abducted my heart

- let's make like fabric softener and snuggle 

Okay, sorry, I am done now.

So, maybe it obvious that I am sitting at home right now with nothing to do.  I love the wesite engrish.com

it makes me raugh.

Just want to share such love that grow with sun times and move the spring time sings

My favorite color of skin is Rainbow

I will admit I like tattoos.  

Mostly bad tattoos.  I am sorry if any of you reading this know the owner of any of these, don't hate me.

I actually kinda like the Shaggy tat.

This guy let his 8 year old practice tattooing on him (although I kinda like this one too.)

So sweet

Why?

This one is sad for two reasons.

Laura Croft... 



He he... indeed

Rarrr.

I am guessing this was done while he was passed out.

On Wheels

This morning I walked outside of the apartment and the first thing I saw was this huge bus parked on the street.  There were all these people in orange vests walking around the bus with leashes attached to puppies and doggies, of course I went over to see what was going on. It was a animal adoption center that ventured out on wheels on the weekends to find homes for the homeless pets.  I met with one of the ladies that was fostering this adorable black and white mix, she was so sweet and calm, all I wanted to do was take her with me.  Inside the bus there was a wall of kennels, inside each compartment was the most tender creatures I have ever seen, I am guessing they were all drugged to be acting so polite. 

How is it possible to own a heart that melts and breaks at the same time?

 

What a wonderful idea.  I am grateful for the people who volunteer their time to help out. 

I had to pull myself away from the bus after a while.  I keep thinking about them, I hope they find happy homes to be apart of.  

Goal. Create. Everyday.

don't look at the wacko color shift.

By the way, I am a victim of claw hand,  Oprah will be so proud to have another member join the club (wink RB peeps)

I don't have photoshop, I tried to fix some colors in preview and they went nuts.  I will have access to a real computer soon.

Today we took photos.  Thanks Jendar, Carrie and Erik for braving the weather with me.  It means a lot to have your support.

Thanks Jendar

Thanks Erik

I thought this was fun.  

Better things to come.

Apology

I just read through old posts.  I found multiple spelling errors, I promise I can kinda spell, I guess I just write and sometimes I repeat words multiple multiple times, sometimes I spell waste when I mean waist, sometimes I am way off.  I will apologize to the critics and blame it on my sweet brain for making socially acceptable attributes second priority in my daily tasks. 

oh well. 

Fashion blogs...

beh...

no offense...

Can I be a nomad?  Storage my things and just go?

It's late and I am blogging again.  I can't sleep.  

Let The Right One In...

Wow.  

I was bummed when I found out about this movie and that it had already been through the theaters.  I was ecstatic when I found it hanging on by a limb in it's last theater in soho.  I know it is super hip to like vampires right now with the whole Twilight thing (I'm not trashin', I read them all in 24 hours) but this was the movie that should have gotten the attention Twilight did.  Well, let me take that back, I wouldn't recommend it for young viewers or the squeemish(sp?), there is a little blood.  

It is a down right beautiful film. The cinematography was breathtaking, the acting was spot on which doesn't happen very often with child actors and the story was simple.  I liked it.  I guess it comes out on DVD on March 10th if you want to check it out. 

By the way I am always looking for good movies that flew under the radar, if any of you know of some that I might like let me know.  I really do like film.

Yummy

It's really sad but this is what I had for dinner.  

I have had cupcakes on the brain for a while and after the last cupcake I bought which tasted like 6 day old cornbread with cold old butter on top posing as frosting I had to do it right the this time.

We went to Billys,  I have to say it is exactly what a bakery should be.  Adorable.... everything.  I was planning on only getting just 1 cupcake, vanilla on vanilla but when I saw all the flavors, colors, pies and cookies I had to taste a little of everything.  My belly is now full on Billys and I have some leftovers for when I need a little somethin' tomorrow.