turkey a go go

thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. it probably has a lot to do with the food, but there is something else that just makes it the best day in my book. we went to martha's vineyard for a few years. something about the cold ocean smells and the grey days just made everything absolutely wonderful and cozy. there was the year in chicago, where josh and i cooked a turkey we named stella for mostly a vegetarian crowd. it was my first attempt at fried cauliflower also. the vegetarians loved the cauliflower. my mother still makes it better than i do though. she is the master and i only the apprentice. i remember spending a thanksgiving in florida with my aunt and uncle, and that was slightly disastrous and the stuffing was frankly gross. fourth form thanksgiving was spent at the ole miss mississippi state football game- we ate beforehand and bounced on a trampoline- full of green beans and cornbread stuffing. my last two thanksgivings were spent in santa cruz, where time stands still a bit, and the smell of the ocean just reaches you in the morning. where friends really do become family and where having at least 10 pies is not extravagant but necessary. i am missing my santa cruz family, my california family today. because being in california meant not only time with molly and her family, but with my brother and sister and nick's aunt and uncle.

today would have been the day to arrive, to drink some wine and cuddle up by the outdoor fire. nick and i are sad to miss the friends and the feasts. but we have our own 15 pound turkey that is brining as i type and new friends to share our modest feast with this year. it is sort of my first offical grown up thanksgiving. but next year, i believe it will be back to the commune we go. its just too hard to stay away.

all we ever wanted was everything

tonight, i think we are going to play pool with our friend drew.
tomorrow night, i am shopping for my thanksgiving party. or going to uchiko. i haven't decided yet.
wednesday night, i want to go to the gingerman and have some beers because we haven't been yet.
wednesday morning, i want to go to boggy creek farms, to find other delicious things to eat.
thursday is thanksgiving and i am cooking.
friday will be movie day- harry potter again.
saturday, brunch and walter cronkite at the lbj library.
sunday i will gear up for monday. football will be involved. and other things too i am sure.

sigh no more

sayre gomez

set you free

my new obsession. kind of feeling like i need it everyday all the time.

she couldn't rock and roll with me and i couldn't avant-garde with her.

the image from whence the title of this blog post came, via vork.
it's quite possibly on of my most favorite titles i have come across lately, and as i am thinking about titles for things, it will hopefully continue to inspire me. i think i have a great one for my summer exhibition, but it will have to wait to be unveiled to the world.

home is something i carry with me

i am simultaneously working on a few different exhibitions in my head and it is amazing. i feel great and my heart is soaring, no joke. artists making work that i just want to swallow up hole! seriously, so stoked on life right now.

fortunate son

facundo arganaraz