Pieces of What - One Year Strong

It's officially been a year since the beginning of me publicly humilating myself on the interweb. And let me tell you it has been a great fucking run. So to mark the celebrations we'll take a walk down memory lane and revisit all the guys I lushed over but of course never managed to have it work out because they are "not the dating type". There something about me that screams "do me dirty".

HERE'S TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR!!

PS - Keep in my mind I did NOT sleep with all guys pictured. Not my style. If you feel like you belong in the collage shoot me an e-mail so I can add you in it, or at least find a photo of me and you on fbook to complete this masterpiece. If you feel like you don't belong in the collage, just shoot me an e-mail so I can call the wah-bulance. Cheers.

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I headed the cinemas today. Paranormal Activity scared the shit out of me. That ending almost give me a heart attack I started to cry. I'm sleeping with ma tonight. I was so shitting my pants, that I just had to see Where the Wild Things Are. Here is my wannabe critique which will read more like an analysis.

Jonze really played around with levels and with vast spaces and cramped spaces. For example you were either looking at Max in a vast body of water, forest, or desert. Or you were looking at Max always in between the wild things, or inside. I just read that off as him dealing with these emotions, and trying to get away from them in a weird way. Still with me there. The majority of the colors were neutral so when you did see a bright color (i.e. flowers) they would pop off the screen. I also feel like they made the colors so bland/neutral so it wouldn't over saturate the film - since it's already visually stimulating. And it's pretty obvious that Max's foil was Carol, and K.W. was his mom, and all the other wild things were just the emotions he was going through having to deal with mom's new boyfriend.

I think Jonze did a pretty good job bringing the book life - keep in mind the book if you read it is comprised of 10 sentences - and making the film relative to everyone (some themes I picked up are understanding, comprising, & forgiveness) even if Max's tantrum is a bit out there.

What's weird is that one of the sequences in the film reminded of this sequence. Can you guess which one?

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CMJ schedule for Tuesday - try and find me in the crowd.

Tuesday, October 20

5:00pm

- 7:00pm

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CMJ Media Meet-n-Greet Presented By LimeWire

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116 attendees

LimeWire Space

45 Howard Street, New York, NY 10013

7:30pm

- 8:25pm

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Blondes

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26 attendees

Cake Shop

152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY

7:40pm

- 8:45pm

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The Walter Schreifels Band

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36 attendees

Music Hall of Williamsburg

66 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent), Brooklyn, NY

8:45pm

- 9:30pm

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The Unsacred Hearts

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20 attendees

Pianos

158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY

8:55pm

- 9:25pm

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Rioux

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11 attendees

Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, NYU Kimmel Center, NYU Kimmel Center

60 Washington Sq. South, New York, NY

9:00pm

- 10:00pm

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Mon Khmer

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14 attendees

Cameo Gallery

93 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Berry), Brooklyn, NY

9:30pm

- 10:10pm

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Laura Marling

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75 attendees

Music Hall of Williamsburg

66 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent), Brooklyn, NY

10:00pm

- 11:00pm

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Harlem

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39 attendees

Santos Party House

96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY

10:00pm

- 11:00pm

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Sean Bones

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30 attendees

Glasslands Gallery

289 Kent Ave. (near S. 1st St.), New York, NY

10:00pm

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The Naked Hearts

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23 attendees

Cameo Gallery

93 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Berry), Brooklyn, NY

10:00pm

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CMJ Film Festival Opening Night Party

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35 attendees

Norwood

241 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10011

10:15pm

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freshkills

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15 attendees

Lit Lounge

93 2nd Ave. (btwn 5th & 6th St.), New York, NY

10:30pm

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Cold Cave

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73 attendees

The Studio @ Webster Hall

125 E. 11th St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.), New York, NY

11:00pm

- 12:00am

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Fanfarlo

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120 attendees

Music Hall of Williamsburg

66 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent), Brooklyn, NY

11:30pm

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Ringo Deathstarr

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35 attendees

Fontana's

105 Eldridge St. (btwn Broome and Grand), New York, NY

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CHANGES ARE BEING MADE!!!

Another intervention leads to changes. Not because I want to change, but because these interventions make me feel lower than a crack head. AND my boss man apparently thinks I'm a fool for liking fools. That really stung, so changes ARE being made:

1. I will admit to me wanting to be in relationship, no bullshit, but only with the right person.

2. I will not go about it in a "dick" way aka I will be honest. And just to let everyone know, that will backfire.

3. I will listen to advice/input of close friends.

4. I will not pursue guys who tell me they are not into dating or girlfriends. It hasn't worked this year and I doubt it will work again for the upcoming year, or so thy friends tell me.

5. I will stop selling myself short and will start to understand my full worth does not equal 2.5 PBRs and awkward mornings. AND realize just because a guy can make me laugh is never a good excuse for anything in general.

Dayumn these are pretty strict changes. But I'm honestly tired of people assuming I'm dating Arv and making me feel bad for being single (assholes). Wait... I forgot another change.

6. To stop making crude sexual jokes like a man in front a man. Apparently those jokes make me sound slutatiocious, and we don't want that.

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Don't forget to check out Cut & Paste. The motions division was crazy good! Hopefully the stuff from Friday will be up super soon.

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Sleep Over

"Did I really love Big, or was I addicted to the pain, the exquisite pain, of wanting someone so unattainable." - Carrie Bradshaw

How would you feel when your besties (of both sexes and straight) try and do an intervention on you. What's wrong with them making me feel like an addict and all. I mean he must be right "bitches be crazy". I am crazy, and I have no idea why I do this on a constant basis. Literally, the guys I talk up aren't even from this state... let alone country. Ah, fuck them, I haven't been going up to homeboys and spurting "we should be together" nonsense. And in my defense no one besides one guy (rhymes with Iams & who has no approval from the band of brothers) has been "I don't wanna fuck other brooklyn babes I just wanna fuck you". I just tend to like mysterious guys that treat me with an indifference. Either way my boys from Texas and whose band (Ringo Deathstar) are here for CMJ. And in my final defense: a lot of the things I've done I would have never be able to do/experience if I had a jealous insecure but well endowed hamster-heart-face.

Jesus why can't I just live!?!!?!?!?!? LET ME LIVE!!!

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Watching Where the Wild Things Are tomorrow alone. Honestly I would still go alone. Spike Jonze may be hella commercial but he is hella good (and has a huge ass budget for the flick).

And when I mention that I'm dutch (?), I mean that most of my friends are not into paying 12$ to see a flick.

Yeah, I'm one of those go at 11 am scribble in a notebook and look creepy because I'm sitting in the best center seats and with no company.

I'm excited to see how he turned this 16 page book into an hour and some feature. Other than that I really need to find a movie partner who will actually go to the theaters with me. I'm missing out on Paranormal Activity -and others- because of this wackness.

Upcoming Specials

So what've you been up to Aileen?

Upcoming shoot for Nasiya G. Reid

Upcoming shoot for ALIOMI.com

Upcoming video work for Sam Clagnaz

Besides my personal video editing I do in with my spare time I'm (always) trying to think of something witty to wit about on streetcarnage.com. So far the thinking isn't doing any help.

Thinking about taking some photography classes when time starts to free up. Time may never free up which causes great pains in making this happen.