Soundtrack: "Statue Pt. 2"  - Times New Viking
I'm starting to like new music again, but only because it
all sounds like stuff I liked 10 years ago. Full circle much?
(Crap, I know I called a moratorium on "much?" but I just
can't let go! There is just nothing else to replace it!
You guys, give me an alternative to "much?" please!)

 

 



Speaking of 10 years ago, I had a momentous reunion
with my old friend Justin who I thought had fallen off the
planet. Turns out he was just in LA. I went on a couple of
road trips with him years ago that rank very high on the top
10 most fun things I've ever done in my life list. It was so
nice to see him again. I almost cried it brought back such
nostalgia.

Chris Nieratko's book party at KCDC. I walked in and "Institutionalized" was blaring

while kids skateboarded on a "half pipe" or whatever it's called. I've never felt so old.
I felt like the bad guy at the end of Indiana Jones who drinks from the fake holy grail
and ages like 100 years in 10 seconds and then disintegrates into dust. And in this
scenario I'm the aging guy AND the Nazi girl whose shoulders he's grabbing on to
while he's dying and she's screaming at the top of her lungs. So yeah, I felt weird there.

 

Chris was supposed to do a reading from his book but just talked about boobs instead.

 

 

 

 

 "Night Moves" is a really good song. (PS: I'm at work and we're listening to Patrick's
iPod and right while I was writing this, "Night Moves" came on!! Wow! And then Jesse
said there's no such thing as coincidence but I can't figure out what the significance
of this would be.)

 

 

 I always loved this mural on a school near my house. I wondered how long before

graffiti ruined it and the answer is now.

 

 Snacky's trend report: flower-patterned dresses. I'm calling it.



Melon balls.
 

 

 Speaking of melon balls! (Hahaha, I don't know what that means.) Me and a bunch of
Burning Angel porn girls interviewed Nieratko for VBS.

 

 Burning Angel girls hangin' out in Suroosh's apartment.

 

 A-ron organized a photo shoot at the Guggenheim. "Creative community 2007." It's
supposed to be an updated version of this one from 2003:




We'll see about that!


 

 It was hard to get rowdy on a weekday afternoon at the Guggenheim.

 

I guess it'll be running in i-D mag at some point. 



Meredith had an art opening. She was being swarmed the whole time so I barely even

got to congratulate her. Congratulations Meredith!

 

 More people should dress up for art openings, don't you think? Make a smidge of effort.

 

Amy and Patterson, friends from pre-blog days. Can you imagine!


Hi Meredith! Great show, Meredith!



I looked over next to me and 3 people who will remain nameless were snorting
ecstasy off the bar. Ecstasy! Right under the noses of a hundred art people all
crammed in to a tiny bar and NO ONE NOTICED! I guess that's how self-absorbed
art people are, haha.





I don't know.