A month or so ago, Black Cat Burlesque teamed up with Big Moves teamed up with a bunch of awesome solo performers to create an entire show around Beck’s “Midnight Vultures” album. It was one night only, and conveniently, I just happened to be in town. “Oh man!” I said. “I’m going to bring my [...]
Every now and then, as I’m blow-drying, brushing and hair-spraying my bangs straight, then moussing, scrunching and air-drying the rest of my hair curly — I like to envision myself at a party twenty years from now, smacking a tabletop in glee. “Oh God, 2010! What were we thinking, right?”
Of things that have happened in the past twenty-four hours: 1.) We drove three hours through a blizzard to attend a community dinner in Central Maine. This is what you do when you study documentary-making. “So this is kind of awkward, guys,” I said as we buckled seatbelts. “But I’m going to need to grab [...]
“I need to have two photos by Tuesday,” I announced. “One that clearly represents a passage of time, and one that illustrates a sense of place.” “How about we go to the cemetery tomorrow,” Janaka replied. “Bam. Time, place. You’ll be all ‘That’s right. One picture. What. Next assignment.’” thickness means / worlds inhabited by [...]
In previous relationships I was the one followed. It made things too effortless for me, maybe; I was passive, bestowed-upon, in waiting. Maybe I wanted to be loved more than I wanted to love? Or I just didn’t want to be the one making decisions. I’m sorry for that. To make it up to them, [...]