From the UW Archives: Couples Skate

Kate Whitney, UW class of 1917, and Forest Anderson circa 1917.

Of Course I've Had It in the Ear Before

Last night, sitting through football with my folks, I heard Morrissey's Every Day Is Like Sunday as retooled by the NFL. Blew my mind. I can't decide whether it's more or less confusing than Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' use of Lust for Life. Come, Armageddon! Come!

Best Word

a terrible game (compare the score with this), but a delightful best word, no?

Cassie:

photo by bradford

Survival Kit

Is brownie cake? Is fudgy brownie cake?

Xmas Wrapping 2008

Designed to emphasize thrift in honor of the US's recent economic strife and to foreground the inescapable drama of the holidays.

True/False, Fake/Real

In response to Ms. Tooknap's suggestion that I wrote some answers to the recently posted meme, I re-conducted the exercise, this time selecting the answers from songs on my mp3 player rather than shuffling the answers. This (a much longer process than I initially intended) was all done in fun, not in furious reaction to Ms. Tooknap, who would be hardpressed to incite furious reaction from me who only wishes I interacted more with her.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" WHAT DO YOU SAY?
- Unpack Your Adjectives (Blossom Dearie)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
- Oh, It Hurts! (The Karols)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
- Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne (Suicide)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
- What We Do Is Secret (The Germs)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
- Rub Out (Jeff Britton)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
- Tuff Gnarl (Sonic Youth)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
- TV Party (Black Flag)

WHAT IS 2+2?
- Out of Vogue (The Middle Class)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
- You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Sylvester)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
- Inside and Out (Feist)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
- My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died (Roger Miller)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
- Lexicon Devil (The Germs)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
- Total Eclipse (Klaus Nomi)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
- Afraid (Nico)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
- Wildwood Flower (The Carter Family)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
The Dress Looks Nice On You - (Sufjan Stevens)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
- Words (Missing Persons)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
- Long-haired Redneck (David Allen Coe)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
- We Need More Power (Geza X)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
- Eighth Grade (Kenneth Burns covers Screamin’ Cyn Cyn and the Pons)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
- That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore (The Smiths)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
- The Last Thing On My Mind (Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
- I Slept in an Arcade (Black Randy)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall (Jane Ohringer)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
- Quizas, Quizas, Quizas (The Peanuts)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
- The Perfect Me (Deerhoof)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
- Stop It (Pylon)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
- Angst in my Pants (Sparks)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
- I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts (X)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
- True/False, Fake/Real (Hercules & Love Affair)

For Suzanne

rabbits in the snows along my walk home.

For Bradford on his Birthday

Spot Sequence - Extended Update

12. 8. 2008

12. 2. 2008

11. 20. 2008

11. 18. 2008

11. 17. 2008

10. 30. 2008

10. 29. 2008

10. 27. 2008

10. 22. 2008

Dumb Blonde

1. Put your ZUNE/iPod/MP3 Player/etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. If you want, tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing this, as well as the person you got it from. I don't tag nobody, but if this sounds appealing, please consider yourself tagged

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" WHAT DO YOU SAY?
- Chick Habit (Mucca Pazza) "Hang up the chick habit/ Hang it up, daddy..."

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
- Let’s Go to Bed (The Cure)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
- Pochahontas (Neil Young)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
- Waltzing Me All the Way Home (The 6ths)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
- I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You (Black Kids)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
- Cemetery Gates (The Smiths)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
- Free Man in Paris (Joni Mitchell)

WHAT IS 2+2?
- He Keeps Me Alive (Sally Shapiro)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
- Bloodless Pharaoh (The Bloodless Pharaoh)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
- Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse (Of Montreal)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
- Like a Hurricane (Neil Young)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
- Summer in Your Savage Eyes (Chrysalis)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
- We’re Desperate (X)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
- Un Dernier Verre (Pour la Route) (Beirut)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
- The Day the World Turned Day-Glo (X-Ray Spex)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
- Wild Horses (Old and in the Way)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
- Alala (CSS)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
- Blue Turning Grey Over You (Maxine Sullivan)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
- You’re No Good (ESG)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
- Eighth Grade (Kenneth Burns covers Screamin’ Cyn Cyn and the Pons)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
- Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
- 96 Tears (Suicide)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
- Vacation (The Go-Go’s)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
- The Life of a Camel, WWII (Feller Quentin)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
- Are U That Somebody (The Gossip)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
- Christopher Columbus (Maxine Sullivan)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
- Nod to Magoo (Mucca Pazza)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Slits)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
- Monotonous (Eartha Kitt)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
- Dumb Blonde (Dolly Parton)

I Heart

Since lexulous.com was (I assume) forced to alter the configuration of their game board, I've taken to playing Hearts during lunch or to help calm my mind when shifting from office work to scholarship.

Best score of my life, I suspect. And in the last hand, I shot the moon. What a thrill!

Kenneth's newly fashioned accordion studio.

It's in the basement, not far from the prayercloset.

He has a new ceramic heater and a heating pad for his feet.

New Titles

new to my shelflife, that is.

Apple Cake with Caramel Frosting

Cleaning out my email, I discovered this

gorgeous picture taken by Bradford.
There's so much momentum here.
I strive to regain this level of forward momentum or anything comparable.

From the UW Archives: Park St. @ Langdon St.

circa 1950's

Drawing

baking sheets on thermal paper (12/08)

I can't decide if Vogue is in decline or if I am. Either way, I think I may let my subscription expire. Maybe I'll take W again for a change.

11/28-29/08

Bradford requested-- in advance-- pictures from our Thanksgiving trip to Chicago. I'm afraid I wasn't very vigilant about recording the weekend. Nonetheless...

Mom, how did you manage in the rural south
to teach me the privilege and adventure of public transport,
and to feel the clean energy of negotiating snowy hush and whiteout?

Behind this door, Kenneth is practicing accordion.

This sentence:

"'The remainder of that dreadful night when Isidora disappeared, had been passed almost in despair by Donna Clara, who, amid all her rigor and chilling mediocrity, had still the feelings of a mother-- and by Fra Jose, who, with all his selfish luxury and love of domination, had a heart where distress never knocked for admittance, that she did not find pity ready to open the door.'"

-Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer

Drawing

hot pan on thermal paper (11/08)

Dear Bruce

"A cigarette load was slipped into Mrs. Warner's Virginia Slim as part of the festivities."
-knnth

In Search of The Old Maid

Other rivals the winner. Delightful.

Rereturn of the reregular