this week rocks
1. all the actors we have offers out for are rolling in confirmed. yay, we’re getting what/who we want for my short film!
2. i shoot another commercial tomorrow. yay, ka-ching!
3. in this final week of pre-production, my exec producer and i are still warm and loving towards each other. yay, this project isn’t destroying any friendships!
4. just got word today that i’ll be shooting a guest star on shonda rhimes’ new show, scandal, this friday. yay, substantial work!
5. even with all this going on, i haven’t had a meltdown in six days! yay, learning-to-better-take-care-of-myself!
This is a Maggie Smith appreciation post.
1930s dresses via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
please to place in my closet, please. to be worn on a sunny afternoon.
Slow Club, “Two Cousins”. Beautiful video, awesome song.
Found via this fascinating discussion of the Lindy-Hop, which originated in the African American community, but is a black art form that has been largely taken over by white Americans these days.
Lisa Wade asks,
How do white people, especially when they’re more or less on their racial own, honor art forms invented by oppressed racial groups without “stealing” them from those that invented them, misrepresenting them, or honoring them in ways that reproduce racism? You tell me… ’cause I’d like to know.
this video just made love to me.
>>L.A. Library Cardholders Can Download Sony Music For Free
The County of Los Angeles Public Library and the Los Angeles Public Library have partnered with Library Ideas, a network of public library websites that “offer access to hundreds of thousands of songs from Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists,” to allow library cardholders free and legal music downloads beginning in July.
did i ever show you the shonuff figure i made? yep. that’s how much i love this movie.
tonight involves getting drunk and watching “the last dragon”
a more perfect night could not be had.
ETA: i have always wanted (and still want) laura charles’ blue & silver dress. when i get it (make it? steal it?) yes, there will be a total reenactment of her singing including the crazy-eyed “neva say neva/at heaven’s elevator door…”
i made this and am quite proud of it. so, i unleash it! go forth and spread joy, little video!
How You Shop When You Are Poor
people who need to read this:
- those who judge poor people for their eating habits
- those who are poor/broke and feel like they’re “doing it wrong”
- also: everyone
and the small part about beans? holy smokes, do i agree. i served them at all my pity parties.
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
miles, genius series, mathew barnes (prints here!)
another bowland: the artist (2010)
