INNOCENT

THOUGH THIS VIDEO MAKES ME WANT TO LIVE IN A LOFT APARTMENT MORE AND RUN AROUND IN A FIELD COVERED IN PAINT WITH MY FRIENDS, IT'S TRYING A LITTLE TOO HARD. BUT...I AM OBSESSED WITH THE SONG.

ANNA SUN//INNOCENT

kid cudi

Back in Action: Britney Spears

britney dons a sparkly, tight red body suit and makes another futuristic music video with lots of sweaty bodies rubbing up against one another. this may be a mashup of her past but it sure isn't bad.

moving out and taking it all with me

I AM MOVING OUT AND I LOVE MY APARTMENT. I LOVE THE ELABORATE WALL ART I'VE MADE OUT OF FREE POSTCARDS, I LOVE ALL MY FILM FESTIVAL POSTERS, I LOVE MY CURTAINS, AND I LOVE MY WINDOWS. HOW WILL I EVER BE ABLE TO TAKE IT ALL WITH ME AND REPLICATE IT IN A NEW (MOST LIKELY MUCH TINIER) APARTMENT?? I FEAR I WON'T!

SO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT MINIMALISM. THE TRANSIENT LIFE MUST BE THE MINIMALISTIC ONE, RIGHT? ANY GOOD VAGABOND HAS TAUGHT US THAT. SO I'VE STARTED MAKING A LIST: ONE GREEN NALGENE, ONE BEN & JERRYS THERMOS, ONE MOLESKIN, TWO PRECISE V5 PENS, TWO BLACK DRESSES, ETC. BUT THEN I CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE ABOUT PRODUCTION DESIGNER FORD WHEELER IN THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE - AND HE'S GIVEN ME NEW FAITH!

HE IS THE MOST ELEGANT, ECLECTIC, AND FASHIONABLE OF PACK RATS. HE'S KEPT EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND HAS MADE HIS NYC LOFT INTO A MUSEUM OF SORTS FOR HIS COLLECTION. HIS ROOMS ARE COLORFUL, CRAZY, AND SIMPLY INSPIRATIONAL.

NEW GAME PLAN: KEEP IT ALL.

HEY, GRANDMA - CAN I STORE IT IN YOUR GARAGE??

CHOCOLATE REFLECTIONS

I RECENTLY HAD AN INTENSE SWEETS CRAVING AND DUG INTO THE LAST PIECE OF CHOCOLATE I WAS GIVEN AS A SOUVENIR FROM SOME LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. I GRABBED A CHUNK OF MILK CHOCOLATE AND NOSHED ON ITS CORNER. SAVORING THE BITE, I LOOKED AT THE SQUARE. THE WORD "REFLECT" STARED BACK AT ME.

AT FIRST I WAS ANNOYED. I WAS ONLY LOOKING TO QUELL MY SWEET TOOTH, BUT WAS INSTEAD GETTING SOME SORT OF HEAVY LESSON, A REMINDER. THEN I STARTED TO FOLLOW ITS INSTRUCTIONS AND BEGAN RECALLING THE MINUTIA THAT HAS MADE UP THE BLISS OF MY LAST FOUR YEARS. I SMILED COMFORTABLY IN THESE MEMORIES AS THE SWEETNESS MELTED ON MY TONGUE.

THIS IS ALL TO SAY:

EAT MORE CHOCOLATE, IT CAN ONLY LEAD TO GREAT REMEMBERING.

this week on my radio

this is a final push week before the mayhem of april spring really begins. a head cold, elusive astronaut helmet, and finance work has me running a temperature, but here are some tunes i'm listening to to try and keep zen.

SAFE AND SOUND --- CAPITAL CITIES

HOMECOMING --- THE TEENAGERS

CALIFORNIA SUNRISE --- DIRTY GOLD*

ET --- KANYE WEST, FT. KATY PERRY

LITTLE TALKS --- OF MONSTERS AND MEN

PLAGE --- CRYSTAL FIGHTERS*

S&M --- RHIANNA

* sure to be repeats all the way into summer

come again, please

I DON'T OFTEN LOVE RE-WATCHING MOVIES,

BUT I AM REALLY ITCHING TO RE-WATCH SUBMARINE.