This isn't any crazy artistic blog - instead just things I've done or am thinking about lately.
Saw CSS with Shout Out Out Out and Dirty on Purpose at Studio B on Friday. 'Twas fun, 'twas. Pics of Lovefoxx and the rest here:
http://www.letsbecomefamous.com/studiob/2007_08_03/
Saw the Bodies exhibit at South Street Seaport on Saturday. The first two rooms were a bit tough to get through. I had to sit and breathe and not look at anything a couple times, dry sweating and vision-impaired. Thankfully they had benches for the queazy. What was weird is that I was always very into anatomy and dissecting things in high school/college.
I guess this was just a bit too close to home? I couldn't stop thinking about meat. We're all just meat. We're flesh. Blood. Ashes to ashes. Food for cannibals. I kept thinking about cannibals and how they believe by consuming, they take a person's soul into themselves. I kept thinking how much human flesh when flayed open and exposed as the meat it is really does look like chicken. Ick. Talking about it right now is making my stomach turn.
After the first two rooms I was fine, and the following rooms were really amazing - circulatory system and babies and organs oh my. It really made me think twice about drinking, smoking, and even pollution. Seeing black lungs will do that to you.
There were garish things too: a giant thumb (think football-sized and then some), conjoined twins, embryos that looked like alien spawn, a cancerous penis, cancerous breasts. I could go on and on.
I got to hold a human brain, heart, and an unpreserved tibia.
One of the coolest things about going to Bodies was watching other living peoples' reactions to what they were seeing/learning about. Little kids were learning the birds and bees from their embarassed fathers (''Didn't think I'd have that conversation today!''). Teenagers lingered around the reproductive section.
That night, I went to see the movie Sunshine with some friends. This is the new Danny Boyle movie (the same guy who did Trainspotting and 28 Days Later). Though there were several holes in the plot, I found the movie very touching. It is a very dark look into a possible future for humanity, but there are moments that made my heart sing, such as when the Captain called everyone to the observation deck to unveil a beautiful, swirling, glowing Mercury in full panorama directly in front of the spaceship. I don't like spoilers, so I won't give too much away, but please go see this movie. It was very entertaining and worth the 12/13 bucks you have to dish out to see a movie in this city.
Mario Party 8 rocks. I always play with Dry Bones or Boo. I added the 'heckle' feature - which makes annoying your competition SO much easier hehe. The Nintendo Wii still amazes me, and I think it'll be a LONG time before I grow bored with it. Wii Fit looks awesome, and I can't wait for Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Brothers, and Wii Mario Kart.
Finally, I'd like to leave you all with a thought I had last night that swooped down into my consciousness from somewhere:
Make an isosceles triangle in your mind/consciousness out of your intention/(thought?)
Emotion/Gut Instinct/Intuition/Fight Mechanism is one leg of the triangle; Thought/Reason/Fear/Flight Mechanism the other leg.
What bisects the two makes a super-trajectory amplifying the intensity of your Higher Self's intention.
It's easier to hate than to love.
Choose love.
Corocet
ps - and because myspace sucks and won't read my codes right, no pics/vids for you guys. Sorry!
Currently listening : Dangerous Dreams By Moving Units Release date: 12 October, 2004
