up in the gunks
the gunks are only an hour fifteen from my town. if only I had been in better shape.
music by charlie hunter & leon parker, time is 1:30
22.7.06
19.7.06
filters and family
at play with my family (on the fourth of july) and with my computer. Just fiddling with some filters. Terrible, I know... but fun sometimes.
My whole family rocks.
music by coral, time is 1:20
17.7.06
what's a cat on a hot day?
a record breaker. And my gal Tiggy knows it.
music by Chad & Jeremy, time is :42
10.7.06
too much kitten.
For the long weekend I cat-sat at my aunts in Boston. I was saving this song for a little movie about my cat... but I hung out with the kitten too soon. This is long, a bit uneventful, not very artistic... but hey, it's damn cute. I'll get back to my artsy stuff soon enough.
music by jane's addiction, time is 4ish
4.7.06
things been doing
NOTE: Beware of high frequencies in the post! It IS on purpose... perhaps a poor purpose. Maybe I'll change it soon. But... I'm busy...
Apologies for the absence. The only thing I can assure you of is that I have, in fact, been quite busy. And with that business comes a lack of time... due to my lack of time I decided not to post individual clips of what I've been up to. Montage, here we go.
We have included here (in the vid order): Bennington College's graduation, tennis with my dad and brother, and afternoon hike with my parents and sister when she visited from SF, my friend Jon's graduation party in NYC (he's the one in blue), Ashley's brother's bike race in Fitchburg MA, the Old Songs Festival with lots of amazing music and dance). my family's summer dinners on the deck, and lunch at work.
time is 4 min.
8.6.06
moving.
last, last monday I helped my brother, gabe, move from his three-year home in brooklyn to a three-month stint at the good ol' home on the range in new jersey, then on to DC. May be bittersweet for him, but I'm thrilled cause I get someone to bug the hell out of me all summer. it was a hot day and driving a u-haul in nyc ain't cool but we had fun of it.
a delayed post with poor audio. apologies.
music by beulah.
time is 1:30... I think.
1.6.06
day in burlington.
apologies for the length between posts. Aside from the exciting weekend this post is about, I began my summer job this week. For now we'll just leave it at boring.
As for the weekend though. I was up in VT again to see PJ's senior concert... I was surprised with this day trip up to Burlington... for no other reason than to go. I drove four rowdy kids the 2.5 hours there and back... Amy, Alana, Pj, and Hans... and I didn't regret a moment of it. It was really a great way to be back at Bennington (note that I wasn't actually there) and spend time with people as, once again, everyone goes their own way.
burlington has a piece of my heart... we'll see where that gets me. Apologies for the larger file size.
music by boom bip & nina nastasia
time is 3:40
26.5.06
greenery.
two days ago, I went to the botanic gardens in my town with the other Jo and Elena. Hadn't been there in a while... there's nothing like visiting old favorite spots, finding new ones, being silly with the other jo, and getting out in the sun.
I also posted a little diatribe... or something... on my written blog regarding my deal with videoblogging. What I wrote is not set in stone or even a complete sample of my thoughts... I just had to get something out. Read it here. Hope it enlightens somewhat.
music by boom bip
time is 2:30
24.5.06
painting.
so I'm in new jersey for the summer... this will be the first time I've spent more than two weeks in new jersey since I left for college in vermont. I certainly have mixed feelings about being here, but I'm really looking forward to dusting off my own cobwebs and sorting through my life and getting some fresh perspective.
first project: take my room, which I painted when I was 16, and make it less cluttered, more sophisticated, and more sellable for when my parents sell this house (no time soon). Before/After photos will be posted on my Flickr once the room is put back together.
This is just something of a resolve. A mantra. A promise. Not meant to be deep, or anything profound. Just on my mind.
By the way, this Blog of Note thing on blogger was pretty cool... shocking, I didn't realize why I was getting so many comments and so many hits for a while. Thanks for watching though. I hope I'm showing you something interesting. Please comment, offer suggestions and insight. Always appreciated.
music by the yoshida brothers
22.5.06
bennington talk
an important part of last week's return to vermont was catching up on all that had happened in the Bennington bubble while I was gone. I went out for a drink with Alana and Amy. Sure the news was interesting to hear sometimes but I just enjoyed watching... this is a little remix of our conversation.
I'm amazed at how life can push and pull from all sorts of directions. It was nice to catch up with them again, this just pulls a little towards the ridiculous side... it's always there.
background music by dave douglas five
time is 1 minute
18.5.06
my heart sings.
on my trip up to Vermont I stopped in on Jonathan and Becca's ballad tutorial with John Kirk and you bet I got a treat. I loved hearing them sing, it made me realize how much I missed American music, despite loving traditional Irish stuff... there's something gutsy and raw about this stuff. I better get to sing with these guys more before they graduate.
homegrown music.
making visits
Tuesday, I went up to Bennington for the opening of the Senior Visual Arts Show. It was, firstly, nice to be driving again and nice to put the ipod on master shuffle and hear stuff that's been sitting in my memory for years.
more posts about this trip to come.
music by nick drake, sufjan stevens, paul simon, tori amos, alanis morrisette, john hartford, ali farka toure, clifton chenier and his red hot louisiana band, ashley macisaac, abdou guitte seck, joe henry, patsy cline, & sam bush.
and we're back to manageable file sizes. time is 1:49
14.5.06
postcard from europe: el fin
I arrived home on Friday, after 13 hours of travel, passing through Reykjavik (I'm going back there some day!), and I was up for over 24 hours. But now I'm here, in new jersey... with my parents and my cat and my brother home for a couple months before moving to DC.
I've done lots the last few months... changed, grew and all that jazz. I saw a lot, I thought a lot (what else is new), and I created a lot too. I'm living at home for the summer, and I suppose it's my choice. I'll be working some boring job to pay back loans and pay the gas (I cannot believe it's so high here), I'll be trying to travel on the weekends, music festivals, friend visits, hikes, and climbing trips. Despite the seeming dullness of it all, I'm excited. All the things I accomplished since January inside myself and out have some potential this summer. They have potential to come into their own, I suppose.
I've got plans and finally the energy to see them through.
We ended our trip at the base of the Eiffel Tower, ate our bread and cheese breakfast and then I began my trip home.
so many more adventures to come. so much more to see.
music by the killers
postcard from europe: zurich
our second to last destination. Zurich was a beautiful city, clean, and a nice mix of modern and old... not to mention the Alps (the clouds weren't helping out in those shots, apologies). We almost didn't have beds which wouldn't have been good, but all worked well. We had a long day there on Thursday because we were taking a night train to Paris... visited lots of chocolate shops and saw some really cool parks. The two new ones I shot were ones that Charly knew all about... they're still really growing in but urban renewal is great.
music by paul simon
postcard from europe: venezia
Next stop was Venice... unfortunately our amazing weather didn't hold up and we had only the afternoon we arrived without rain. The following day was full of downpours and my sick self didn't want to get worse so we limited our exposure. It was surely an incredible city though... if only the tourists... I can't say that since I was one, but it is pretty amazing how many tourists there are... it's really unbelievable. Also the number of pigeons... there's a shot in the video of the pigeons in Piazza del San Marco, it was really a sight to behold.
more random music by rod stewart
postcard from europe: ljubljana
Ljubljana was one of my favorite cities... perhaps my favorite. Not being much of a city-person, it fit me well in its smallness, cozy-ness... and hey, it had a market every day. It was like the outdoor center of Slovenia and southeastern Europe. Again, we hit it on a Sunday when most museums and shops were closed but that didn't stop us from enjoying the beautiful weather. I'd go back there in a second, despite being a small city, to tour around the Slovenian countryside... the train ride was just a tease. Go there now before it goes to the euro (in 2007) and gets touristy.
music by do make say think.
postcard from europe: graz
On our way out of Vienna, we stopped for a few hours in Graz, Austria. Charly had wanted to see some architecture... it was a strange city, very old but it had some crazy buildings. The two shown are the modern art museum (also known as the blob) and a ampitheater/restaurant/playground in the middle of the river.
the clip at the end... there was this bouldering wall alongside the river, and as you see, we were having some fun. There was a flash, I asked "did you just take a picture", Charly said, "no", and I went on climbing. Then we heard the loudest clap of thunder I have ever heard. Just one. That's when I jumped off the wall and fell into Charly. Not an earthquake, but we did get caught in a brief storm. Crazy. Would be more effective with the sound, but I messed the clip up.
music by belle & sebastian
postcard from europe: vienna
more wonderful weather in Vienna. It's a beautiful but strange city. I suppose I expected it to look less new... but were only a few of the old buildings that were spared in WWII. I loved the trams... a fresh-air subway. We wandered the city, went to museums and gardens. You see the courtyard outside of the KunstHaus (art museum) with big red lounging things, the Schoenbrunn castle gardens (and labyrinth!), the Haus der Musik (a fun interactive sound museum), and the Kunst Haus Wien, a Gaudi-esque building housing the paintings and prints of Franz Hundertwasser... a very cool guy.
music by badly drawn boy
13.5.06
postcard from europe: prague
we headed over to prague... it was quite a trip, trains and buses and more trains... Prague was beautiful though. Again, wonderful weather. We wandered all around, even hit a couple museums. I'd most certainly go back, there was this statue on the Charles Bridge (the one with all the people on it) that all the tourists were taking their picture in front of... and so many parks to see. I'd love to see it in the snow... oh and that's a peacock by the way.
music by rodrigo y gabriela
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