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.

Frame of Reference 2011

Open publication - Free publishing - More 2011

While I Was Gone: Catalina Island, CA

SPRING BREAK 2011.

in honor of Wounded Rhymes

Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone from Lykke Li on Vimeo.

smatterings

I CLICKED 'NEW POST' BECAUSE I FELT NEGLECTFUL. BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT I REALLY HAVE ANYTHING NOTEWORTHY TO...NOTE. WILL RANDOM THOUGHTS SUFFICE?

I THINK JOHN DONNE WAS WRONG, EVERY MAN IS AN ISLAND. SIMON & GARFUNKEL WERE RIGHT - I AM A ROCK, I AM AN ISLAND. I DO NOT LIKE WHEN GROWN ADULTS (18+) SPEAK LIKE CHILDREN. I WISH I WAS NOT READING ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT FINANCE AND AT SXSW INSTEAD. YOUNG, WILD, AND FREE BYWIZ KHALIFA AND SNOOP DOG IS REALLY GOOD. FRESH GINGER IS A NEW FAVORITE. IT IS ALSO OFFICIAL, I AM ADDICTED TO CAYENNE PEPPER, AND ONLY A YEAR AGO SPICE TERRIFIED ME - BRING IT ON. TECHNOLOGY IS/CAN BE OBNOXIOUS. I HATE COMMUNICATING AND DECIPHERING TEXT MESSAGES/TWEETS/POKES/LIKES/ ETC. CAN WE NOT COMMUNICATE LIKE NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS? [NO] WE ARE ALL MEDIOCRE, AND NOW MY FRIEND WILL TEACH YOU ALL ABOUT HER PERSONAL MEDIOCRITY HERE. THIS WAS A LAME POST, BUT AT LEAST I DON'T FEEL GUILTY ABOUT NOT POSTING FOR MY 5 FOLLOWERS WHO NEED A DISTRACTION DURING MIDTERMS. HERE, LOOK AT A PRETTY PICTURE:

Japan

MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO EVERYONE IN JAPAN AND THOSE AFFECTED BY THE TSUNAMI.

Come Together Right Now Over Me

This is what WALRUS GUMBOOT is about.

Incase you were wondering,

or didn't know.

From Scratch: Makeshift Tapenade

Recently I've been extremely experimental in the kitchen. I'll look up a recipe, figure out (loosely) what ingredients I need then take it from there on my own. Usually I have good results, but not always. But that's experimentation, right? After a day trip to Georgetown, DC, I was set on recreating the delicious tapenade that Paolo's Ristorante served us when we sat down. Our waitress had told me it was a tapenade of chickpeas, olives, garlic, roasted eggplant and red pepper, olive oil, and lemon. So naturally I thought, "I can do that!"

What I made was definitely not the same as Paolo's. Maybe because I didn't have roasted eggplant or because I really didn't have much idea of how to make tapenade. I put roasted red pepper, kalamata olives, canned chickpeas, garlic, lemon, and olive oil together in a food processor and hoped for the best. When the consistency wasn't completely right I added a bit of chickpea juice (from the can) that I had reserved and some salt & pepper. I don't know if I made tapenade, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The consistency wasn't quite smooth enough to really eat with carrot sticks (above), but would be great on small pieces of rye bread.

Might have been a wee bit bootleg, but I'm still all about experimenting.

Fitzsimmons Treats

MARCH

© Carey Kirkella

February is always deceiving because it's so short. But also means many good things will be happening sooner.

GRADUATION IN THREE MONTHS.

SPRING FAIR IN TWO MONTHS.

SPRING WEATHER IN ONE MONTH.

SPRING BREAK APPROX. TWO WEEKS.

Hurry up March, I just want SPRING!