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I just watched Naissance Des Pieuvres (Water Lillies). It’s about sexual confusion of teenage girls. I liked it. I didn’t know what it was about, beforehand, and if you watch the trailer, you wouldn’t know what it’s about either. That’s how they should market films, by showing you interesting images without any explanation of the plot or subject whatsoever. No, that’s not completely true. The trailer conveys sexy confusion, which is what this movie’s about.

I also saw 2 Days in Paris. This was Sunday. I liked it very much. It’s funny. It’s directed by Julie Delpy, the actress in the movie. I like her after having seen this. I recommend watching this movie too. If I were you, I would start by watching this one and then Water Lillies after a few days. 2 Days in Paris is a comedy.

Adam Goldberg is likable, as the over-intellectualized New Yorker in Paris. I have never seen The Hebrew Hammer, which he was also in. I’m glad I didn’t see that cause not knowing much about Adam Goldberg, other than from having seen him in a few episodes of Friends, made him feel fresh. That’s just me.

The movie feels very personal. I love the camera work. The story is about a Parisian, Julie Delpy, with her boyfriend in Paris.

I remember reading this years ago and loving it. Then, I read all her books. Then, I gave them all away. Here, take a listen, maybe you’ll like it: Listen
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I bought this about a little more than a month ago. I have no problem throwing away this ten dollar piece of shit.

I love “discovering” new publications but when the content is so worthless, I’m just annoyed. Fuck you Monocle, you trivial piece of shit.

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Okay, so… on February 7, 2008, 10 pm, NBC is going to premiere this show called Lipstick Jungle about three hot broads dealing with life’s dramas. The pilot episode literally starts off with some celebrity tv show being played in the background telling you the names of these three and how they are amongst the top 50 most powerful women in New York, as played by Brook Shields, Lindsay Price and Kim Raver.

I watched it and I thought it was pretty interesting. It’s clearly a drama comedy series thing like Sex and the City. Appropriately so since it’s based off of another book by Candace Bushnell. If you’ve seen Sex and the City, well, you get the idea, three women, they have problems, they meet up, console each other, sometimes cry, and then boom, they resolve it in one, two or maybe three episodes. I’m no queer so I probably shouldn’t watch this show but look at the screenshot above. Uhmm… how can I resist!? These are some SMART looking ladies. I might watch this show, but, in secret. If you’re interested, you can download a copy off the internet.
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It’s really hard to find Youtube GOLD these days but theses Reel Geezers, as they call themselves, are really great. They’re a good combination and real breath of fresh air (even if there is nothing literally fresh about them).

Michael Clayton

I went to this thing. I thought it was okay but I don’t understand why every time I go to a Reed Space thing, it’s so goddamned hot in there. Not only that, it also smells like beer. Doesn’t that make the store smelly for the clothes? I don’t know, you tell me.

Anyway, I went there for ONE main reason and that was to meet James Jean. Unfortunately he was not there. I was so disappointed.

Okay, there were a bunch of other artists there but come on, JAMES JEAN, you know? Seriously, his art is the reason I still hold on to my dreams (tear-drop).

I just wanted to talk to him, let him know “Thank you James Jean” but he wasn’t there. Total rip-off.

Okay, not a total rip-off, the pieces themselves were fantastic. Many of them were really great. I enjoyed seeing work on canvas for a change.

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Three Words - 1.) CHICK 3.) FLICK

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It was disgusting. I exploded in my pants. What a mess. But guess what?! You’re about to do the same cause word on the street, FUCK THAT, there’s no word on the street nothing, I’ve got it, it’s done.

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Either I’m a total douchebag for posting this or this guy is fucking awesome:

Wow, I love it. What an awesome voice. Bring me back to the future 90s style! Snap bracelets galore!

Artsy people love these expensive design/culture/artsy magazines. I get a subscription to Theme Magazine, which is suppose to be some sorta Asian Quarterly magazine (4 issues a year), Giant Robot (I have no clue, I think a bimonthly), and Royal Magazine (I got for free at some event). I’m not recommending to go out and get copies of these things but they’re not bad so I’ll share some thoughts with you.

So… Have you ever heard about hoarders? You know, people who love to keep everything? I’m sure you’ve got a little of that in your system too. You probably like to collect or keep a lot of bullshit that’s limited edition or sentimental or you think is of value that you could sell one day. Anyway, I’ve got the opposite of that. I used to be a total hoarder but I’ve gotten rid of almost everything I own, other than some clothes, this laptop and a bunch of books (I guess I still hoard books, but I’ve thrown or given many of them away).

I do subscribe to a few magazines and I’m a little bothered by them (because I’m nuts, I just don’t like owning things). Whenever I get them in the mail, I’ll usually HAVE to toss them out in a few days. Before I toss these out though:

THEME: I used to be really annoyed of this magazine. When I got this magazine, I was annoyed cause it was so thin for a magazine that only came out 4 times a year. I was always thinking, what the fuck? What the hell are they doing with all that time? Why is this thing so flimsy? Yes, this thing has really nice paper, it’s a glossy with a brushed heavy stock outer cover and it’s 5 bucks a pop since the subscription is 20 bucks a year and you only get 4!

BUT! It has grown on me. I read a little about them, I visited the website, I read the blog and I got a better understanding that it was a magazine started by this married Korean couple who started out as designers and they had good intentions, whatever that means. Anyway, I see it as the Giant Robot magazine of New York. The articles are pretty interesting since they do cover a wide array of subjects. What’s interesting is that their headquarters (office) is near all those street wear boutiques (Alife, Staple, etc.) so I feel like they’re definitely influenced by them (it always has a fashion photography editorial section and a whole section for recommendations of things you should buy).

Oh, anyway, they cover a lot of stuff in various Asian countries, though they do lean towards design and art related matters. It’s not limited to topics outside of the US either, it has a bunch of interesting essays about Asian-Americana, all types of art stuff, fashion, interviews, and great photography, etc. Like Blackbook Magazine, they’ve got a theme for every issue. OH! I get it…. Their latest issue is titled “Inside the Private Journals of…” There’s an article about James Jean. He did the cover.

The wonderful thing about this magazine is the tone. The writers are very respectable and feels genuine. It doesn’t feel like that ‘in your face I’ll do whatever I want’ voice that seems to have gotten so popular the last 10 years. I think the magazine is going on that upmarket route and trying to be very limited edition or uppity cause if you look at their site, they’ll even say they’re very selective of their advertisers. Their clients include Adobe, PF Flyers, Scion and Natural American Spirit Native American cigarette (haha).

It’s a good magazine and I enjoy it enough. It feels somewhat trendy and is meant for leisure reading. See for yourself, they’ve got articles (though not all of them) on their site.

Giant Robot: It’s an Asian culture magazine that’s based in San Francisco. There’s a whole different style with this thing compared with Theme. They’re definitely more ‘I don’t give a shit’ than Theme though they’re not exactly in your face either.

Continue reading ‘Super Magazines: Theme, Giant Robot and The Royal Magazine!’

I changed my mind. It has grown on me. I liked it. I’m not going to be such a dick about it.

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It was last week, I went to this art show in Williamsburg. Funny thing, I’ve never been to that area before even though I’ve lived in New York City for most of my life, even though it’s the part of Brooklyn that’s been gentrified with a bunch of “artists.”

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Look at this place that I went to eat. It’s called Ma-Jing-Ga Snack Shop. LOOK AT IT! I thought it was going to be a robot-themed restaurant. I thought men in robot costumes were going to serve me! I was just saying the other day, that all you gotta do is put some sorta robot in front of the store and you’ll see me running towards that direction with two handfuls of money.

Other than that 3 feet figurine and the pictures on the walls that they probably took from the internet!!!, there’s nothing robot about the place at all. I was tricked!!!

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These are giant anime heads. Look at the video. This gallery was near a bunch of other galleries. The artist’s name is “Mr.” That’s pretty cool, maybe pretentious, I’ve never met him.

Is this art? Is this novelty? I’m tired. I don’t care. I’m going to change the subject.

I own so much garbage. I hate owning things sometimes. I got all these books, maybe you know what I’m talking about, but I’ve got all these books that I bought a while back that I told myself I would read but have not yet read. Some of these books are many years old. Owning books you want to read is stressful. I hate it.

I’ve been enlightened before. There were times in my life where I tried to get rid of as much as I could. I felt lighter/more free immediately. Years ago, I read this “list of things that are cool” in this magazine called Giant Robot. It listed what was cool and what was not cool. One of the things that I remember it saying was NOT COOL was getting rid of everything you own, going through some sorta punk rebellious stage. I’m tired of owning things.

Continue reading ‘Lehman Maupin gallery, Mr. 6.9.07!’

What the fuck is this!? Sometimes I give a shit and sometimes I don’t. I just got outta work so maybe I just don’t give a shit right now.

Is this the next step in art?

Okay, let’s do a quick timeline, and I don’t think this is at all accurate so don’t fuckin’ bother me about it, BUT! Art used to be all beautiful paintings of scenery and rich people, and then (I’m skipping a lot of shit here) it expanded into different mediums like tv, design, sound, interpretative, abstract, and then there was anti-art (actually anti-art as art happened ALL the fuckin’ time and the assholes who thought anti-culture/anti-art - dada? - thought themselves to be so unique and creative were/are just a bunch of dickwads). Now, just label EVERYTHING as art - just give me money.

I’m not going to praise this but I won’t bad-mouth it a lot either. It’s a small “store,” at the above-shown location that has all this expensive shit inside that you either can buy or can’t buy. I don’t fucking know. You should read the article and tell me because I am not that interested. I was interested enough to go see the goddamned thing but I don’t want to know more about it. My personal opinion is that it’s for either dumb rich people or just dumb people.

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