the hoefler type family



one of my new favorites.

why monday nights will be fun

i am very happy to be back in school. one semester off was a long time. i love walking across campus and seeing people reading on the benches and people throwing frisbees around and all of that. i just feel like im actually doing something again.

why i am excited for coachella

here are a few of the ones i am looking forward to:
Bjork
Arcade Fire
Air
Blonde Redhead
Brazillian Girls
CocoRosie
Damien Rice
Decemberists
Erol Alkan
Grizzly Bear
Hot Chip
Jose Gonzales
Junior Boys
Justice
LCD Soundsystem
MSTRKRFT
Peter, Bjorn and John
Rage Against The Machine
The Rapture
The Roots
Rufus Wainwright
Silversun Pickups
Soulwax
Sparklehorse
Willie Nelson

it has now become official

i bought my coachella ticket today.

a "to do list" for shannon and jesse

i wanted to make sure you guys get to do some of the stuff i got to do in london. click on the pictures for the websites.


the wapping project. i would show you a picture of the inside, but id rather you be amazed by the website or the actual place. i will honestly say this was one of the best places i have ever been in my life, food-wise, art-wise, culture-wise, everything in one. its located off the Wapping stop on the East London line of the underground


tate modern. this could either take you a few hours or a few days depending on how well you enjoy it. its free unless you want to go to the special gallerey for that time, so it is well worth it to check out. i believe if you take the Jubilee line to Southwark there will be signs out there for the museum.


camden town. its pretty much a giant market every day of the week. much like haight street mixed with every thrift shop in the world. its fun walking through even if you arent buying anything. there is the best english breakfast i have ever had at this little cafe along Arlington Road (it would help to look at the map on the website), its near that 54, but its not that. i actually went to this restaurant both times ive been out to london. take the Northern line to Camden Town. everything is directly outside of the station and all around.


brick lane. great indian food all over the place. too many places to choose from. also great shops all around. sundays have great markets there. take the Hammersmith & City, Circle, Metropolitan, and Central lines to Liverpool Stattion, which is a station that you should probably see anyways.


the columbia road flower market. on sundays (i believe, check the website), there is a great flower market. even if you dont buy flowers you can taste cheeses and wines and look at artists make stuff. shannon you would love to take pictures here. jesse, you might. this is off the East London line at Shoreditch

thats all i can think of right now. maybe some more each day or something, but most of these places are going to be in the area that you will probabbly be jesse, assuming that you will be near hoxton square with emily and tim. but thats all i have for now.

reason to dislike starbucks

starbucks has a location at the forbidden city in beijing, one of the mose historical places in the world.
click on that to see more pictures of it

the virgin suicides
the book by jeffrey eugenides and the movie by sofia coppola were both amazing to me. and i dont know why.

whatever happened to predictability?
my life has become predictable.

start the day with the same routine. put on my work clothes. but not my socks and shoes. i will soon put those on once i am downstairs.

walk from my car to my work with my apron, my book and my lunch all in my left hand.

on my lunch break you can find me outside with my legs on a separate chair, reading, and eating the same turkey and provolone sandwich, daily. with a grande ice water without a lid.

i think i found my comfortable moment.

highlights from two zero zero six
in no particular order:


daft punk at coachella. i know no concert will ever equal this. no visuals will ever equal this. it was just perfect. also finding $20 on the ground right before they played was a nice addition.


zurich. or the whole trip to europe. what can be wrong with spending 21 days with 6 friends in england, france, spain, switzerland, czech republic, netherlands, belgium and scotland.


new york city. i felt strange that i have travelled to asia and europe but i have never been to the biggest city in usa. it was fun spending time with the whole random crew of people who were out there.


the knife. everything about this show. then chasing karin afterwards and then she dissapeared.


the rest of coachella. devendra banhart and cat power both were amazing. as well as many other acts. i plan on going every year from here on out. its weird that i already bought my hotel room (thanks to morgan).


im enjoying doing graphics work when i am not in school. i also fully enjoyed this series.


other things are the bonfire/dance parties and all the new taquerias i have visited and campbell and especially:
the people.
new friends (santa cruz/capitola/scotts valley)
old friends whom i never did my best to keep up with and i fully regret that time away, but now im glad we are friends again (nicole)

the rain drops the rain drops the rain drops
last night i walked from my car to my home, pouring rain, and it felt like the perfect way to close out the day. rain has the power to cleanse, rain has to power to (re)new [sorry kristin, i had to use that]. instantly the rain felt to me like i was in scotland again, with a big backpack on, walking from the glasgow central station up high street to mcclay's guest house, soaking wet, with no one to share the experience with.
after talking with a few people last night it seems as though everyone doesnt like to do anything in the rain (drive/shop/anything involving being outside). but when people are alone they enjoy being in the rain because of its sense of power.

i walked home slowly (i wouldve stood there, but i had some self concious issues) and it brought me back to the same "its me and you god" kind of scenario that i had in glasgow. i understand that the rain makes our clothes wet, and it makes it harder to drive, and it makes more people drink coffee, and it heightens the number of people slipping, but i love rain when we havent had it in a while. thats all im getting at.

murderer
the song, Murderer, by Low might be one of the best songs i have ever heard.

top ten of 2006

1.

The Knife
Silent Shout
Forest Families might be one of the best songs ever.

2.

TV On The Radio
Return To Cookie Mountain
listen to Province

3.

International Pony
Mit Dir Sind Wir Vier
listen to Our House (Ada Remix)

4.

Hanne Hukkleberg
Rykestraße 68
listen to The Pirate

5.

Herbert
Scale
listen to Moving Like A Train

6.

Cat Power
The Greatest
listen to The Greatest

7.

Booka Shade
Movements
listen to Darko

8.

Trentemoller
The Last Resort

9.

Hot Chip
The Warning
listen to No Fit State

10.

Milosh
Meme
listen to Couldn't Sleep

taking some sort of initiative

im happy because our community group started last night. all day i was nervous that there would be, at any moment, that awkward silence, with people looking at me for guidance. i became a leader because i wanted a group. leadership and i dont really go hand in hand. i was expecting an array of people, and it was nice seeing 8 or 9 friends praying and talking and longing to learn more. everyone had this sense of excitement at the end. im excited to see where this thing goes.

also, christmas at starbucks consists of bing crosby, rufus wainwright and the decemberists. i can tell some guy up at the hearmusic office really is pushing that crane wife album.

expect by next week my top 10 albums of 2006 and my top 10 concerts of 2006.

united states of newmerica

maybe there is a soft spot inside of me for all things english.

i was thinking about the pilgrims and all the settlers of usa, and how they left england. many by their own choices. in their minds they were saying "this land is good, lets name it new england" or "this place reminds me of York so lets name this place New York" or (even in the west) "this part of the country will be called New Mexico" or (more local) "this beach is very similar to Brighton Beach, lets name it New Brighton"

whats with the incessant use of the word new. if we came here to start over (new) we should just start with a blank slate.

in other news:

i get so pumped when Why? is playing.

understanding my moneystanding

i love the fact that i have no money now. that is kindof an overstatement i guess. but i like it. i love that i am at this point in my life where i can save up and then spend it all for a 3 week jaunt in some random place. or i can spend it all to enjoy three days in the extreme heat of a desert in southern california at the end of april.

i feel this huge sense of comfort knowing that i have my 2 final college classes lined up. or i should just say my 2 final classes. ever. unless there is some extreme thing that i dont know about. but i like to think comforting thoughts. for my two classes i have Modern Film, and Architectural Forum. neither class will help me with my graphic design portfolio. but i do only have to be at school on monday night and wednesday morning.

there is this island

and on this island exists:
















and times like these are had:















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the sexiness of lettering

example 1:
before:

now:


example 2:
before:

now:


both of these new logos made me realize how sexy some letters can be. so if a book is ever made called The Sexiness of Lettering and it is by me, you will know what started it.

from hawaiian shirts to cacti

i was thinking about getting some plants for out place. i first thought about flowers and then i decided against them because of their lacking in the timeline. then i thought about plants that would last. cactus. but then i realized that you dont need to water them. so in reality you buy them and you do nothing with them except enjoy their prescence as they sit and dont do anything except cause spiderwebs and pricks to the finger. i began to associate owning cacti with being lazy. 2 childhood friends had cacti in their homes. both homes were dark/dreary/unloved (its very extreme that i say that)/unkept/.......lazy.


in other news

trentemoller


why is stuff like this so good?