Monday 17 January 2011

Chad VanGaalen - Willow Tree


When I was in third grade, I had a project that involved me building a dinosaur using whatever materials I wanted. The morning it was due, I came to my dad crying with no dinosaur in hand. He took me to the fridge, grabbed a large and small potato, some baby carrot sticks, and built a t-rex with toothpicks. I thought it looked dumb, but I brought it to class anyway. I got a creative nod of approval from my teacher and shamelessly took credit for it. I also shot the girl with a papier-mâché dinosaur--one that still had its Made in China sticker--several dirty looks throughout the day. The dinosaurs were on display in the classroom all month, but my teacher had to gingerly ask if mine could be thrown away after the first week because the potatoes began to rot.

Monday 10 January 2011

Twin Sister - Phenomenons



It's the apocalypse? That's okay, we're just going to watch movies on tv with the windows open.

Sunday 9 January 2011

Y La Bamba - Juniper


I like the names used for the shades of a color. Take yellow for example. There's gold, lemon, mustard--the list goes on and on. I like that familiar nouns are used for the names; it makes for quick and easy association. Like jaundice? I know that exact shade of yellow.