Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
acne does bikes
its not really news, its been known for a while, but i want a bicycle come spring. still, it probably wont be this one though. i reckon i`ll have much better luck searching the thrift shop and market in my home town.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
lorick spring 09
the lorick spring 09 lookbook is up on their website (maybe it has been for a while) - i am personally not a fan of this collection, but this one outfit is pretty cool.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
the unbearable lightness of being
i bought the unbearable lightness of being on dvd some time ago, but i havn`t watched it yet, as i usually find that great books do not translate into great films. i am hoping this will be an exception, but if not - here is my favourite passage:
We all need someone to look at us. We can be divided into four categories according to the kind of look we wish to live under.
The first category longs for the look of an infinite number of anonymous eyes, in other words, for the look of the public. That is the case with the German Singer, the American actress, and even the tall, stooped editor with the big chin. He was accustomed to his readers, and when one day the Russians banned his newspaper, he had the feeling that the atmosphere was suddenly a hundred times thinner. Nothing could replace the look of unknown eyes. He thought he would suffocate. Then one day he realized that he was being followed, bugged and surreptitiously photographed in the street. Suddenly he had anonymous eyes on him and he could breath again! He began making theatrical speeches to microphones in his wall. In the police, he had found his lost public.
The second category is made up of people who have a vital need to be looked at by many known eyes. They are the tireless hosts of cocktail parties and dinners. They are happier than the people in the first category, who, when they lose their public, have the feeling that the lights have gone out in the room of their lives. Yet his happens to nearly all of them sooner or later. People in the second category, on the other hand, can always come up with the eyes they need. Marie-Claude and her daughter belong in the second category.
Then there is the third category, the category of people who need to be constantly before the eyes of the person they love. Their situation is as dangerous as the situation of people in the first category. One day the eyes of their beloved will close, and the room will go dark. Tereza and Tomas belong in the third category.
And finally there is the fourth category, the rarest, the category of people who live in the imaginary eyes of those who are not present. They are the dreamers. Franz, for example. He travelled to the borders of Cambodia only for Sabina. As the bus bumped along the Thai road, he could feel her eyes fixed on him in a long stare.
…
Milan Kundera, pp. 262-263
We all need someone to look at us. We can be divided into four categories according to the kind of look we wish to live under.
The first category longs for the look of an infinite number of anonymous eyes, in other words, for the look of the public. That is the case with the German Singer, the American actress, and even the tall, stooped editor with the big chin. He was accustomed to his readers, and when one day the Russians banned his newspaper, he had the feeling that the atmosphere was suddenly a hundred times thinner. Nothing could replace the look of unknown eyes. He thought he would suffocate. Then one day he realized that he was being followed, bugged and surreptitiously photographed in the street. Suddenly he had anonymous eyes on him and he could breath again! He began making theatrical speeches to microphones in his wall. In the police, he had found his lost public.
The second category is made up of people who have a vital need to be looked at by many known eyes. They are the tireless hosts of cocktail parties and dinners. They are happier than the people in the first category, who, when they lose their public, have the feeling that the lights have gone out in the room of their lives. Yet his happens to nearly all of them sooner or later. People in the second category, on the other hand, can always come up with the eyes they need. Marie-Claude and her daughter belong in the second category.
Then there is the third category, the category of people who need to be constantly before the eyes of the person they love. Their situation is as dangerous as the situation of people in the first category. One day the eyes of their beloved will close, and the room will go dark. Tereza and Tomas belong in the third category.
And finally there is the fourth category, the rarest, the category of people who live in the imaginary eyes of those who are not present. They are the dreamers. Franz, for example. He travelled to the borders of Cambodia only for Sabina. As the bus bumped along the Thai road, he could feel her eyes fixed on him in a long stare.
…
Milan Kundera, pp. 262-263
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
big jumps!
emiliana torrini`s fisherman`s woman, from 2005, is one of those records that in its own right define a certain period of my life, and i still play sunny road play on high rotation. : but i reckon this one is a pretty sweet catchy pop tune too! i hope she playes in Olso this year, because she blew me away with her witty commentary at her 2006 Rotterdam (hotel mozaique) gig. a pretty girl with a pretty voice and sharper than sharp tongue - right up my ally.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Asus u6v bamboo
i am currently on the lookout for a new laptop and this one from asus would be a serious contender, if not for the pricetag...
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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