I'll ride upon a field mouse...

New pastures.

2008-04-20T13:02:24Z

Hey gang,

As I'm sure many of you already noticed (due to the fact that my last post was almost a year ago) I'm no longer utilizing this journal.

I've started a new blog, centered around fashion, art, mac-luv and design: all the wonderful things. You can find it here:

I will be keeping this account open to check on the status of all my buddies from time to time.

Take care! :)

Frustrations and fixations

2007-05-15T01:14:15Z

Life would be very boring without realizations.

However, usually realizations only come from turmoil. So, I suppose we must take the good with the bad.

This weekend, I was involved in a mural project. I have been looking forward to making a mural for some time: it is even one of my goals on my yearly birthday list this year. So, when I recieved word that a local art group was looking for artists to participate in a special mural project, I jumped at the opportunity.

The group requested sketch submissions of projects: I submitted mine and was accepted. I was delighted. And, because I have never created a mural before, I spent the next 2 weeks asking numerous questions to the head of the art group, asking about what I would need, dimensions, etc.

Throughout all these discussions, this gentleman never bothered to tell me the following important facts:

2. Being in the middle of nowhere, the mural location is a mile and a half from anywhere you can park your car.

3. The six foot wall was actually a four foot wall for the majority of its length.

I arrived at the location after a twenty minute walk. I can only describe the experience as walking to meet someone somewhere where no one would find the body. When I arrived, I discovered that everyone else familiar with the area had brought spray paint. Meanwhile, I had 8 GALLONS of paint in my car, a mile and a half away. Almost all of the 6 foot + locations were already claimed, and everyone else had to settle for the 4 foot high sections that made up the majority of the wall.

Confused and rather perterbed, I set about trying to find the gentleman who I'd been in contact with. When I found him, I addressed my surprise regarding the information he had failed to tell me. I told him how if he would have told me that the wall was not as tall, I would have spent a great deal less money on paint, and that if he told me the difficulty in reaching the location, I would have brought spray paint. I told him I didn't know how I was going to get my paint out there.

He said, "Well, I can't help you." And then he walked away.

Words can't even express my anger and dissapointment. I looked around dejectedly at the other people, happily painting. I couldn't believe that this person had given me such innacurate information. I had spent a majority of the night before and that morning preparing for this event, spent a great deal of money getting materials together, only to discover that there was no way I was going to be able to paint. Depressed, I started to make my way back to my car.

But a very nice man pushing a stroller stopped me. He asked me if I was going to be painting. I explained my situation. He then offered to help me get my paint. I looked at him, I looked at the stroller he was pushing. I declined, saying I didn't want to bother anyone, and besides, there was more than he and I could carry. But he was persistant, moreso than me. "We can find some people to help, and I can fit some paint in the stroller.

For every bad turn, I guess there's a good one waiting around the corner. True to his word, this guy grabbed up one of the other guys, and the four of us (three grown-ups, one baby) made our way back to my car, got the paint, and brought it back to the spot. It took a good 45 minutes the whole way. I assumed that this guy must have worked for the art group, but when I asked him I found out he was just a local who wanted to help. I couldn't believe how kind he was.

In the end, the gentleman came over and apologized about not helping me. Of course, he did all this AFTER all the paint made it to the site. Later in the day, he took a look at my progress, and said "It's beautiful -- how do you feel knowing it'll probably be painted over in a week?"

I just looked at him. What else could I do?

But here, my friends is the kicker: in our emails, I mentioned how previously at an art show, someone from his art group had appraoched me and asked if I might be interested in displaying my work at a local yoga studio/gallery. I had mentioned to the gentleman my interest in pursuing this idea, and he had told me that we could discuss it more on the day of the mural-painting.

At the end of the day, as the gentleman helped me bring some paint back to my car (which I had to move to an illegal spot, to bring the majority of the paint back by myself) I inquired about the possible gallery space. He then informs me that there is no gallery space - his group only shows outdoors these days. I suppose this piece of information could not be shared over the internet.

I am still very upset over the situation. I felt incredibly hurt and decieved. In hindsight, I don't actually believe the gentleman set out to decieve me, so much as he was just inexperienced and unqualified. This information should have been clear and at the forefront of this project.

This actually made me reevaluate the shows I have been participating in. I have discovered that more and more, the amatuer arena has been leaving me frustrated and angry. However, I have been too afraid of rejection to try to get into more professional shows. But this event actually made me reconsider whether painting was worth it, which made me feel horrible. I would much rather feel rejection, than the anger and embarrassment I felt this weekend. From this point on, I will be much more critical on the art projects I elect to work with.

I am writing this less as a means to vent, and more because I hope that my experience might be informative to other artists out there. Aim high, or don't be surprised when you end up in the middle of nowhere.

The sketch of the mural:

I love this....

2007-03-24T14:48:09Z

Print question & bunny hats

2007-03-14T00:31:05Z

hello all:

i am putting my feelers out for a good place to get prints from, glicee and/or standard. i will be starting with just standard, but in the future i may start getting glicee.

i'm a sucker for quality, so i am looking for a place that is affordable, makes good prints and uses good paper, without spending a mint, since i would ideally like to be selling for no more than $15-$20.

anyway, any reccomendations (or warnings of places to avoid) would be most appreciated.

and just so this post isn't strictly text, an old illustration of mine...

((cross-posted to illustrators))

can-can kitty claws

2007-03-14T00:05:14Z

john is in the shower, washing the excess hair off of him from his new cut.

it is supposed to be in the 70's tomorrow -- spring came like a surprise party, trailing light and long days like streamers.

things are good. work is amazing -- my new job is busy, and gives me the opportunity to really make great things.

i will be in another art show in April:

BIG ART SHOW BROOKLYN #13
Saturday April 14th - Supreme Trading - 213 N 8th st

Music:
Jame Apollo
The Ambitious Orchestra
Contramano
Mossyrock

if you can make it out, it would be divine. i like meeting people.

for my sister, who is in Japan, and whom i miss greatly, a picture of my cat sweet cat, Haiku:

goodbye lovelies~

My new site is online!

2006-11-08T19:14:41Z

After much coding and cursing, I am pleased to present the new CynthiaSilvestri.com, formerly part of Pie-eyed Design. Pie-eyed was my first real web creation several years ago. As much as I have enjoyed the website, it was created so long ago that I feel that it really no longer suits my present tastes, aesthetically or technically. CynthiaSilvestri.com has been a glimmer in the back of my mind for quite some time now, and I am delighted that it is finally complete. For those that have grown accustomed to visiting my old site, fear not -- I will be keeping the site active for a short while longer, before I have it redirect here permanently. All the content that existed from Pie-Eyed will still be available on this site, plus much more, in what I feel is a much cleaner navigational system.

Look for many, many new things in the next few weeks.

*P.S. This site would never have come together as well as it has without the help of an amazing designer and very good friend, John Hutch. Hutch has been a font of knowledge and know-how as I have braved the world of CSS Design, putting up with my incessant questions with the patience of a modern-day, programming Job. He earns my most heart-felt thanks, and a dinner prepared by yours truly.

testy

2006-10-26T18:17:02Z

ENTJ - Commandant

You scored 54% I to E, 15% N to S, 71% F to T, and 21% J to P!

The single word to describe your type is fieldmarshal or commandant. You also belong to the larger group called rationals. You love to organize others in matters of logic. Even as a child, you likely naturally assumed the role of leader in groups. You share your personality type with 2% of the population. When you lead, you are more concerned with policy and goals than rules and regulations. You have a tendency to become a workaholic. You are impatient with repetition of error. You are friendly and outgoing, though. You don't mince words and willingly share your many strong opinions.

As a romantic partner, you are inspiring, but also somewhat challenging. You have a strong desire to be in charge and your clear need for an organized life and home can be overwelming to a partner. You like to confront conflict directly, discuss problems unflinchingly, solve them, then put them behind you. However, you can be too impatient or unwilling to take the time to listen to your partner and give them a chance to express themselves fully so that they also have a sense of closure. You are generally uncomfortable dealing with emotions, so you are apt to dismiss your partner's emotions as illogical. You feel most appreciated when your partner asks for your opinions, takes your adivce, and relies on you to get a job done right.

Your group summary: rationals (NT)

Your type summary: ENTJ

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 54% on I to E
You scored higher than 10% on N to S
You scored higher than 88% on F to T
You scored higher than 12% on J to P

Link: The LONG Scientific Personality Test written by unpretentious2 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

from lee-lee

2006-10-24T14:19:51Z

What type of Fae are you?

I'm in 2 art shows this September...

2006-08-30T21:47:28Z

if you're in the area, i'd love to see some friendly faces!

BIG ART SHOW BROOKLYN #8 (BIG ART BQ!)

Saturday, September 9th
@ Laila Lounge
113 N-7 (Williamsburg)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Doors @ 6pm ~ $5 ~ 21 and up
((it's a BBQ -- bring food, or come and eat it!))

...........

The Arts in the Park
September 17th, 11-4pm
Raritan Ave,
Highland Park, NJ
4 block juried art show

............

feel free to come if you aren't doing anything!

"Amore" Reloaded

2006-07-25T18:12:32Z

last night i had a few hours to kill, so i took a digital crack at the watercolor i posted last week. i am fairly pleased with the results:

i should have painted her a hanky...

my belly is all rumbly...i think i have heartburn? i had rice for lunch - what the heck causes heartburn?

"Amore"

2006-07-13T21:26:46Z

New painting time. Look and be amazed! I am not dead after all!

"Amore", watercolor

I am getting there. I am back to work. I am on a mission. Hopefully I will post more than once every two months, but I'm really not at the point at which I am going to make promises to you clowns.

dirtycloud @ 2006-07-12T20:04:00

2006-07-13T00:03:22Z

“For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what then she may discover”

Edwin A. Robinson

i'm impressed

2006-04-25T23:56:25Z

yup, that's me. sleeping.

Find your own pose!

i haven't updated. the world has been insane, but slowly settling. full crazy update very soon.

luv ya

dirtycloud @ 2006-03-30T11:10:00

2006-03-30T16:08:44Z

Harry Potter Meme of All Memes by Osaku
Name/Username
Age
Gender
House	Gryffindor
Wand	Elm, 11", Dragon Heartstring
Best Course	Charms
Worst Course	Transfiguration
Pet	Siamese cat
Patronus	Unicorn
Quidditch Job	Keeper
Wizard Candy	Bertie Botts every Flavour Beans (Mmm! Grass!)
Profession After School	Hogwarts Professor

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changing

2006-02-21T00:43:48Z

so much to write down i'm really not sure where to start. to begin with, i'm moving to Jersey City next week, and starting a new job in Manhattan next month. i'm still trying to get that to register. i would be amazed at how quickly all of this is happening if experience hadn't already taught me this much; life either eeks the changes by so slowly they are completely imperceptable, or sends them in great, bold, daring leaps of motion so quick it boggles the mind. i've also learned it is ridiculous to try to fight against that flow. sometimes you just need to take a deep breath and ride the tide life sets you on, secure in the knowledge we all have to hit land eventually.

it is time. that is what i keep telling myself. i try to follow my heart in all things, and for some time now my heart has been kicking me in the ass to get moving again. either grow or stagnate, either experience or repeat. i am young, and need to continue to fill my cup with great new adventures while i still can.

i am also very excited about having my own place again. it's something i relish, one of the nicest feelings, and one i have missed desperately. it's like a big beautiful pet you get to live in. at some point i became a very solitary person; i guess in some ways it was demanded of me. a part of me still marvels about that, considering i spent so much of my life desperately coveting social interaction, literally feeling panic if i didn't spend my every waking moment surrounded by people -- but life has been very good at taking the people i care about away from me; almost as if it was telling me "learn to live with yourself." and i did. and i liked it a great deal. and i still do. i've reached a beautiful point today -- the time i spend with myself makes the time i spend around others all the more valuable, and vice versa. and without a personal space to center me, i can often feel overwhelmed. it'll be nice to have that meditative place again. my own little domain. no more brother complaining the music is too loud. no more sneaking friends into my room like i'm six. no more having to clean because someone else has asked me to. i look forward to warm rooms and several windows and peace. moving will also force me to pare down my life again, a task that always delights me. it's amazing how much shit accumulates when you stay somewhere too long. time to pull my necessities from the pile. determine what stays and what comes with me.

i find i work better when there's a lot of work to be done, and though this job will be more demanding of my time, i am confident it will actually increase the amount i accomplish, as i will have less time to squander. i like to be active -- i live for deadlines, plotting the best way to tackle what needs to be done. i cannot do nothing, it simply isn't in my nature. even television is too passive for me. the moment i get a free hour i start to rack my brain for the things that need doing. give me a light to install or a bookshelf to organize. a canvas to color or a poem to play with. at times i have even used this need negatively; both my sister and i have a habit of hiding from our feelings under work. the same night i had my heart first broken i wrote a fifteen page paper -- that's just the way we are. we work. it's part of our shared madness. could be worse, will probably kill us some day, but at least a lot of shit will be done in our wake. nothing feels more satisfying than ending the day with a great deal done, and i can't wait to get myself busy with this brand new career path.

anyway. i really don't know where i'm going with this. my room is a mess. i have so much to do, and i love it. and i love all of it. things are good right now, and i'm grateful.

la bocca del lupo...

the beast is loose

2006-02-01T00:31:04Z

where have i been?

why don't i post more?

the answer my friends, is this...

"Hearthounds" 30 X 30, oil on canvas

This is my piece to be exhibited in the DIRTY SHOW SEVEN, February 10-14 in Detroit, Michigan. This damn painting has owned my ass for the past month, but at least i got it finished on time! wee! i just hope it's dry when it gets there!

let this be a lesson in procrastination to all of you.

In other news, my other show in NYC is swiftly approaching. It will be me and about 40 more artists -- should be a swell time. If you're in the area, come on out!

BIG ART SHOW
February 11, 2006
Sputnik
262 Taaffe St.
Brooklyn, NY 11205
8pm?

come say hi! i am friendly and amusing! especially if you buy me drinks!

movie test

2006-01-16T21:05:57Z

001.pick ten of your favorite movies and choose one still from each movie
002.post those stills in your journal
003.have your friends guess what the movies are!

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big frickin book meme

2006-01-12T21:44:03Z

i stealed this from mrawr

BOOKS!
bold the ones you've read
italicize the ones you haven't finished
add one that hasn't been listed

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials Trilogy, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. 1984, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corellis Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Susskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnights Children, Salman Rushdie
101. Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome
102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
103. The Beach, Alex Garland
104. Dracula, Bram Stoker
105. Point Blanc, Anthony Horowitz
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
107. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz
108. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson
111. Jude The Obscure, Thomas Hardy
112. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 1/2, Sue Townsend
113. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat
114. Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
116. The Dare Game, Jacqueline Wilson
117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson
118. The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
125. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
127. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt
130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
131. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
132. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl
133. East Of Eden, John Steinbeck
134. George's Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
136. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
137. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
138. The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
139. Girls In Tears, Jacqueline Wilson
140. Sleepovers, Jacqueline Wilson
141. All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
142. Behind The Scenes At The Museum, Kate Atkinson
143. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
144. It, Stephen King
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
146. The Green Mile, Stephen King
147. Papillon, Henri Charriere
148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
149. Master And Commander, Patrick Obrian
150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz
151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
154. Atonement, Ian McEwan
155. Secrets, Jacqueline Wilson
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
157. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Ken Kesey
158. Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling
160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
161. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
162. River God, Wilbur Smith
163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
164. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx
165. The World According To Garp, John Irving
166. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore
167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson
168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye
169. The Witches, Roald Dahl
170. Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
171. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
172. They Used To Play On Grass, Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
173. The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway
174. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco
175. Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder
176. Dustbin Baby, Jacqueline Wilson
177. Fantastic Mr. Fox, Roald Dahl
178. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
179. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
181. The Suitcase Kid, Jacqueline Wilson
182. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
183. The Power Of One, Bryce Courtenay
184. Silas Marner, George Eliot
185. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
186. The Diary Of A Nobody, George and Weedon Gross-mith
187. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine (it's not like i read the whole series or anything.. man those books were dumb, even when i was nine)
189. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
190. Sons And Lovers, D. H. Lawrence
191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
192. Man And Boy, Tony Parsons
193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
194. The War Of The Worlds, H. G. Wells
195. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans
196. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
197. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett
198. The Once And Future King, T. H. White
199. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
200. Flowers In The Attic, Virginia Andrews
201. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
202. The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan
203. The Great Hunt, Robert Jordan
204. The Dragon Reborn, Robert Jordan
205. Fires of Heaven, Robert Jordan
206. Lord of Chaos, Robert Jordan
207. A Crown of Swords, Robert Jordan
208. Winters Heart, Robert Jordan
209. Crossroads of Twilight, Robert Jordan
210. A Path of Daggers, Robert Jordan
211. As Nature Made Him, John Colapinto
212. Microserfs, Douglas Coupland
213. The Married Man, Edmund White
214. Winter's Tale, Mark Helprin
215. The History of Sexuality, Michel Foucault
216. Cry to Heaven, Anne Rice
217. Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe, John Boswell
218. Equus, Peter Shaffer
219. The Man Who Ate Everything, Jeffrey Steingarten
220. Letters To A Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
221. Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn
222. The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice
223. Anthem, Ayn Rand
224. The Bridge To Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
225. Tartuffe, Moliere
226. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
227. The Crucible, Arthur Miller
228. The Trial, Franz Kafka
229. Oedipus Rex, Sophocles
230. Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles
231. Death Be Not Proud, John Gunther
232. A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen
233. Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen
234. Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton
235. A Raisin In The Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
236. ALIVE!, Piers Paul Read
237. Grapefruit, Yoko Ono
238. Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde
239. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
240. Chronicles of Thomas Convenant, Unbeliever, Stephen Donaldson
241. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
242. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
243. Summerland, Michael Chabon
244. A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
245. Candide, Voltaire
246. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, Roald Dahl
247. Ringworld, Larry Niven
248. The King Must Die, Mary Renault
249. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein
250. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle
251. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde
252. The House Of The Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne
253. The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
254. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
255. The Great Gilly Hopkins, Katherine Paterson
256. Chocolate Fever, Robert Kimmel Smith
265. Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingles Wilder
267. Where The Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls
268. Griffin & Sabine, Nick Bantock
269. Witch of Blackbird Pond, Joyce Friedland
270. Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of NIMH, Robert C. O'Brien
271. Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt
272. The Cay, Theodore Taylor
273. From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg
274. The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
275. The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
276. The Kitchen God's Wife, Amy Tan
277. The Bone Setter's Daughter, Amy Tan
278. Relic, Duglas Preston & Lincolon Child
279. Wicked, Gregory Maguire
280. American Gods, Neil Gaiman
281. Misty of Chincoteague, Marguerite Henry
282. The Girl Next Door, Jack Ketchum
283. Haunted, Judith St. George
284. Singularity, William Sleator
285. A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
286. Different Seasons, Stephen King
287. Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
288. About a Boy, Nick Hornby
289. The Bookman's Wake, John Dunning
290. The Church of Dead Girls, Stephen Dobyns
291. Illusions, Richard Bach
292. Magic's Pawn, Mercedes Lackey
293. Magic's Promise, Mercedes Lackey
294. Magic's Price, Mercedes Lackey
295. The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Gary Zukav
296. Spirits of Flux and Anchor, Jack L. Chalker
297. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
298. The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices, Brenda Love
299. Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace
300. The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
301. The Cider House Rules, John Irving
302. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
303. Girlfriend in a Coma, Douglas Coupland
304. The Lion's Game, Nelson Demille
305. The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars, Stephen Brust
306. Cyteen, C. J. Cherryh
307. Foucaults Pendulum, Umberto Eco
308. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
309. Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahniuk
310. Camber of Culdi, Kathryn Kurtz
311. The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
312. War and Rememberance, Herman Wouk
313. The Art of War, Sun Tzu
314. The Giver, Lois Lowry
315. The Telling, Ursula Le Guin
316. Xenogenesis (or Liliths Brood), Octavia Butler
317. A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold
318. The Curse of Chalion, Lois McMaster Bujold
319. The Aeneid, Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil)
320. Hanta Yo, Ruth Beebe Hill
321. The Princess Bride, S. Morganstern (or William Goldman)
322. Beowulf, Anonymous
323. The Sparrow, Maria Doria Russell
324. Deerskin, Robin McKinley
325. Dragonsong, Anne McCaffrey
326. Passage, Connie Willis
327. Otherland, Tad Williams
328. Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay
329. Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
330. Beloved, Toni Morrison
331. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore
332. The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon, I mean Noel, Ellen Raskin
333. Summer Sisters, Judy Blume
334. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
335. The Island on Bird Street, URI Orlev
336. Midnight in the Dollhouse, Marjorie Filley Stover
337. The Miracle Worker, William Gibson
338. The Genesis Code, John Case
339. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
340. Paradise Lost, John Milton
341. Phantom, Susan Kay
342. The Mummy or Ramses the Damned, Anne Rice
343. Anno Dracula, Kim Newman
344: The Dresden Files: Grave Peril, Jim Butcher
345: Tokyo Suckerpunch, Issac Adamson
346: The Winter of Magics Return, Pamela Service
347: The Oddkins, Dean R. Koontz
348. My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok
349. The Last Goodbye, Raymond Chandler
350. At Swim, Two Boys, Jaime ONeill
351. Othello, by William Shakespeare
352. The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas
353. The Collected Poems of William Butler Yeats
354. Sati, Christopher Pike
355. The Inferno, Dante
356. The Apology, Plato
357. The Small Rain, Madeline L'Engle
358. The Man Who Tasted Shapes, Richard E Cytowick
359. 5 Novels, Daniel Pinkwater (i read way a lot of his stuff back in the day. his middle name is manus!)
360. The Sevenwaters Trilogy, Juliet Marillier
361. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
362. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
363. Our Town, Thorton Wilder
364. Green Grass Running Water, Thomas King
335. The Interpreter, Suzanne Glass
336. The Moor's Last Sigh, Salman Rushdie
337. The Mother Tongue, Bill Bryson
338. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
339. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
340. The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux
341. Pages for You, Sylvia Brownrigg
342. The Changeover, Margaret Mahy
343. Howl's Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones
344. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
345. Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo
346. Shosha, Isaac Bashevis Singer
347. Travels With Charley, John Steinbeck
348. The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
349. The Lunatic at Large by J. Storer Clouston
350. Time for Bed by David Baddiel
351. Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
352. Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre
353. The Bloody Sun by Marion Zimmer Bradley
354. Sewer, Gas, and Eletric by Matt Ruff
355. Jhereg by Steven Brust
356. So You Want To Be A Wizard by Diane Duane
357. Perdido Street Station, China Mieville
358. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte
359. Road-side Dog, Czeslaw Milosz
360. The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje
361. Neuromancer, William Gibson
362. The Epistemology of the Closet, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
363. A Canticle for Liebowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr
364. The Mask of Apollo, Mary Renault
365. The Gunslinger, Stephen King
366. Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
367. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
368. Season of Mists, Neil Gaiman
369. Ivanhoe, Walter Scott
370. The God Boy, Ian Cross
371. The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Laurie R. King
372. Finn Family Moomintroll, Tove Jansson
373. Misery, Stephen King
374. Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters
375. Hood, Emma Donoghue
376. The Land of Spices, Kate O'Brien
377. The Diary of Anne Frank
378. Regeneration, Pat Barker
379. Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald
380. Dreaming in Cuban, Cristina Garcia
381. A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
382. The View from Saturday, E.L. Konigsburg
383. Dealing with Dragons, Patricia Wrede
384. Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss
385. A Severed Wasp - Madeleine L'Eengle
386. Here Be Dragons - Sharon Kay Penman
387. The Mabinogion (Ancient Welsh Tales) - translated by Lady Charlotte E. Guest
388. The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
389. Desire of the Everlasting Hills - Thomas Cahill
390. The Cloister Walk - Kathleen Norris
391. The Things We Carried, Tim O'Brien
392. I Know This Much Is True, Wally Lamb
393. Choke, Chuck Palahniuk
394. Ender's Shadow, Orson Scott Card
395. The Memory of Earth, Orson Scott Card
396. The Iron Tower, Dennis L. McKiernen
397. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
398. A Ring of Endless Light, Madeline L'Engle
399. Lords of Discipline, Pat Conroy
400. Hyperion, Dan Simmons
401. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, Jon McGregor
402. The Bridge, Iain Banks
403. How to Be Good, Nick Hornby
404. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields
405. A Map of the World, Jane Hamilton
406. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
407. A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
408. Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk
409. Veronika Decides to Die, Paulo Coelho
410. White Oleander, Janet Fitch
411. The Land of Laughs, Jonathan Carroll
412. Forrest Gump, Winston Groom
413. Roots, Alex Haley
414. Kleopatra, Karen Essex
415. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Gregory Maguire
416. The Psycho-Ex Game, Merrill Markoe, Andy Prieboy
417. Digital Fortress, Dan Brown
418. Deception Point, Dan Brown
419. Bookends, Jane Green
420. Little Men, Louisa May Alcott
421. Vectors, Michael P. Kube-Mcdowell
422. Redwall, Brian Jacques
423. Millennium, Felipe Fernàndez-Armesto
424. Disgrace, J.M.Coetzee
425. Shardik, Richard Adams
426. Tehanu, Ursula Le Guin
427. Z - A Love Story, Vigdis Grimsdottir
428. Diary, Chuck Palahniuk
429. Don Quixote I, Cervantes
430. Season in hell, Arthur Rimbaud
431. Collected poems, Anna Akhmatova
432. Breath, eyes, memory, Edwidge Danticat
433. The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie
434. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, José Saramago
435. Not Before Sundown (or Troll - A Love Story), Johanna Sinisalo
436. Hannibal, Thomas Harris
437. The Iron Dragon's Daughter, Michael Swanwick
438. A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin
439. The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Oscar Wilde
440. The Universe in a Nutshell, Stephen Hawking
441. Complicity, Iain Banks
442. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
443. The Bane Of The Black Sword, Micheal Moorcock
444. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
445. Delta Of Venus, Anais Nin
446. Lost souls, Poppy Z Brite
447. Belle de jour diary of a london call girl
448. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
449. City, Alessandro Baricco
450. Hippopotamus, Stephen Fry
451. Thank you, Jeeves, PG Wodehouse
452. Tout à l'Ego (Everything for Ego), Tonino Benacquista
453. Betty Blue, Philippe Djian
454. Naive.Super, Erlend Loe
455. Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
456. Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
457. Krabat, Otfried Preußler
458. Lieutenant Hornblower, C. S. Forester
459. The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
460. Drawing Blood, Poppy Z. Brite
461. Lady Chatterley's Lover, D. H. Lawrence
462. The Bounty, Caroline Alexander
463. The Matarese Circle, by Robert Ludlum
464. Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
465. Searching for Dragons, Patricia C Wrede
466. The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, Douglas Adams
467. The Flanders Panel Arturo Pérez-Reverte
468. This Alien Shore, C. S. Friedman
469. Beauty , Robin McKinley
470. The Eight, Katherine Neville
471. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
472. In this House of Brede, Rumer Godden
473. The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis
474. Reginald, H.H. Munro (Saki)
475. Queen Lucia, E.F. Benson
476. A Shadow On The Glass, Ian Irvine
477. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
478. Obernewtyn, Isobelle Carmody
479. The Ancient Future, Traci Harding
480. The Surgeon, Tess Gerritsen
481. Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
482. King Lear, William Shakespeare
483. A Widow For One Year, John Irving
484. Growing Up, Russel Baker
485. Helter Skelter, Vincent Bugliosi
486. White Noise, Don DeLillo
487. Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov

jesus, that hurt my eyes.

strange habits

2006-01-12T20:48:56Z

Ground Rules: The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "5 weird habits of yours" and people who get tagged need to write an LJ entry about their 5 quirky habits as well as state this rule clearly.

...

i'm not a tagger, but here goes...

1. I need to sit in certain spots. i don't know why, the only accurate explanation i can give is that my blood feels like it's flowing funny if i don't sit in a specific seat or direction. i must sit in the inner seats of restaurant tables and booths, especially if it's a four-seat table with me and another person. sitting at the end of tables is usually unthinkable, unless a place is crowded; the more people around the less this bothers me.

2. I will almost never tell anyone about my real plans. if i am working on something really important to me, the less i am willing to talk about it, and will go to great lengths to keep my plans quiet. i feel sure that the more you talk about something, the less you'll do it, and the less likely it is to happen.

3. My eating habits are totally insane. i usually want dinner for breakfast and sweets for dinner. it didn't really strike as strange until i moved out, and people began to comment on my tendency to eat nothing but ice cream for a week, or tuna fish sandwiches at 9AM in the morning. i also adore sardines, bitter cheese, anything salty, strong or creamy. i guess i have a rather european palate.

4. i am a list maniac. i love keeping them, i love scratching things off of them, i love writing new ones. i make at least one a day, and i can't get a thing done without writing it on a list first. if you search around my possessions enough you will find lists for virtually everything you can make a list for -- and i dream of one day completing a list of every single book i have ever read.

5. if i get a glass out of the lazy susan in my parent's kitchen, i NEED to spin it before i shut the cabinet door. now, i don't need to do this with ANY OTHER lazy susan but the one in my parents house, which really makes no frickin sense. alas...

nabbed from lightonwater

2005-12-27T23:54:13Z

Your Birthdate: August 20

You are a virtual roller coaster of emotions, and most people enjoy the ride.

Your mood tends to set the tone of the room, and when you're happy, this is a good thing.

When you get in a dark mood, watch out - it's very hard to get you out of it.

It's sometimes hard for you to cheer up, and your gloom can be contagious.

Your strength: Your warm heart

Your weakness: Trouble controlling your emotions

Your power color: Black

Your power symbol: Musical note

Your power month: February

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

scrito...

2005-12-13T13:53:14Z

The results of your analysis say:

You plan ahead, and are interested in beauty, design, outward appearance, and symmetry.
You are a shy, idealistic person who does not find it easy to have relationships, especially intimate ones.
You are affectionate, passionate, expressive, and future-oriented.
You are not very reserved, impatient, self-confident and fond of action.
You enjoy life in your own way and do not depend on the opinions of others.

What does your handwriting say about YOU?

my ride...

2005-12-13T04:57:17Z

I want to marry the pony please.

My cousin Nicholas' birthday party last month was a blast -- for everyone but Nicholas. Poor little buddy was sick as a dog, and scared to death of the pony. He ran circles around the pony with his little stick pony instead, while my cousin and her husband took turns slamming their heads into the nearest wall.

In other news, my work has been featured this month in Phirebrush mag. You can check it out here:

Bare Foot Story

In other other news, I will be in another art show this coming February:

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11
@ Sputnik
262 Taaffe Place
BROOKLYN, NY 11205

2 floors of BIG ART SHOW LOVE! MUSIC! FUN!

ok. that's it. i need to sleep and dream...

i'm a witty bastard

2005-11-28T16:00:54Z

the Wit

(71% dark, 26% spontaneous, 15% vulgar)

your humor style:
CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARK

You like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you're probably an intellectual, but don't take that to mean pretentious. You realize 'dumb' can be witty--after all isn't that the Simpsons' philosophy?--but rudeness for its own sake, 'gross-out' humor and most other things found in a fraternity leave you totally flat.

I guess you just have a more cerebral approach than most. You have the perfect mindset for a joke writer or staff writer.

Your sense of humor takes the most thought to appreciate, but it's also the best, in my opinion.

You probably loved the Office. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check it out here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/.

PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Jon Stewart - Woody Allen - Ricky Gervais

The 3-Variable Funny Test!
- it rules -

If you're interested, try my latest: The Terrorism Test

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 91% on darkness

You scored higher than 6% on spontaneity

You scored higher than 4% on vulgarity

Link: The 3 Variable Funny Test written by jason_bateman on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

god bless drinky crow

2005-11-21T15:33:42Z

"You've got to give kids really beautiful children's books in order to turn them into revolutionaries. Because if they see these beautiful things when they're young, when they grow up, they'll see the real world and say, 'Why is the world so ugly?! I remember when the world was beautiful.' And then they'll fight, and they'll have a revolution. They'll fight against all of our corruption in the world, they'll fight to try to make the world more beautiful. That's the job of a good children's-book illustrator."

— Tony Millionaire

in paperback now

2005-11-16T00:19:56Z

Apparently Pat gets frustrated when i can't talk to him on AIM. He just sent me this little gem:

i wonder if that's available on Amazon?