Real Quick

sylvan \SIL-vuhn\, adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to woods or forest regions.
2. Living or located in a wood or forest.
3. Abounding in forests or trees; wooded.

noun:
1. A fabled deity or spirit of the woods.
2. One that lives in or frequents the woods or forest; a rustic.


that is what i would like to be described as one day.

Pictures of Wonderful Old Men

My mom just wrote to me yesterday to tell me that they are having a memorial ceremony for my Papou this weekend at the Greek church. My grandfather was an incredible man, and I wish I had tons of pictures of him to post so I could have my own little blog memorial to him. Oh wait! I can:





My Papou was one of the finest gentlemen I have ever known. I used to take for granted how strong he was. I thought he would outlive us all. I know now that it was just his legend.




I've actually been thinking about him quite a bit recently, and I wasn't exactly sure why. I think I had a dream the other night that I sent mom and email about how much I missed him. Weird. She wrote me just last night to say they were having a service. I guess it has been a whole year.
wow.

Well, on a brighter note, I found out Wes Anderson is doing a new film which is an animated feature by the studios who did the movie Robots and Ice Age: Meltdown. It is called The Fantastic Mr. Fox. and it is a screenplay he wrote based on the book by Roald Dahl. Well, you can imagine my excitement. I've been coming to the conclusion recently that Roald Dahl is one of my favorite writers of all time. I mean just in terms of the short story, he is a master of not only storytelling, but every general sense of wry. That man is a pastrami on wry. I want to read my children all of his books out loud. I also was thinking about how fun it would be when Justin gets back if we took Jenny (or also Reagan) on a trip and were able to read one of his books out loud in the car, or the tent, or the hotel or whatever. I just love reading aloud, and I love that little grilled cheese on wry. By the way, do you remember what he looks like?


oh wait, i mean:




but what about:

i think we have a winner.

no, but seriously guys, he used to be young just like everyone else, and he was quite a handsome man:


Anyway, the point of all this is that I need to figure out how to get myself involved in this film. Voice work, intern work, dusting mics, baking cupcakes, i don't know, but there's got to be something i can do. I mean the studio is in White Plains! I would go out there daily.


So, i'll leave you all with one final thought for today. A self portrait by Mr. BLT Hold the Mayo on Wry:

favorite flickr funnies part 3!

oh god. this is a picture that i favorited on flickr before i ever met this incredible dog:

these are so good. they make your heart laugh!





this one is not as funny as it is beautiful.

it is the proportions in this one:



he really gets away with it. i think it's because he's rob. (aside from the fact that he's just clearly pulling it off) there's a great shape to that head.

Today marks the end of my three week work-week. tomorrow is my day off. nothing better than brunch and cleaning the house. mom, i love you. i got your package today and i am so pleased with every part of it. especially the notecards. oh gosh, do you read this thing? i guess i should call you. yes, i will definitely call you. and alexis. i need to call her too. oh i love you both.

i have an audition-ish thing at studio center, or tonic studios this monday. i think it is just a demo or something. the girl i talked to on the phone was so nice. we'll see how that goes. i have a suspicion that my desire to do voice work seriously outweighs my voice talent. well, maybe i could get a part time job in the studio later on or something. i like production a lot. then i wouldn't have to work at catering jobs where super rich white people don't know what asparagus is. actually, there are also some super rich black people that don't know what asparagus is either. what is wrong with this country?

ok. well sorry about that.

tragedy!

oh dear. they found Heath Ledgers' body in Mary-Kate Olsen's apartment. a masseuse came to give him a massage or something and when they came in to tell him he was lying on the floor unresponsive. apparently there was a bottle of pills near his body.
not only was he so beautfiul and actually talented, but he was a daddy. i bet Michelle Williams is having the hardest time right now. i feel for her.
Heath Ledger, i did not know you, but i'm sorry you died. i am actually so sorry. here's to your last screen performance:



i will miss you. at least watching you at your profession.

i have to correct my mistake:
apparently mary kate olsen does not own property at the SoHo apartment building he was found in. which makes me feel a little better. although the masseuse thing is real. and i don't know how that makes me feel.

favorite flickr funnies part 2!

okay, these are great hilarious closeups:
















i know you like that last one of kyler. every time i see it i explode with laughter.

these are crude, but still funny:






these are just awesome:







these last two are just plain ballin':




well, i hoped you all laughed. don't worry. i have another installment coming tomorrow.

who would have thought?

well, i was on flickr looking around at my stats (which is a great idea if you are a flickr member and if you haven't gotten your stats activated yet, i would strongly suggest it) and i thought i should go ahead and post the number one viewed picture on my flickr account of all time.




Ta Da! believe me, i am as stunned as you are. then i looked at where all the views were coming from, and i was directed to a website that has been referring the entire contents of my "boys will be girls" photo set on their website for cross-dressing, tranny, photos. how weird. i now am wondering whether to make these photos private. i guess i could leave it up to justin. although i do think it is hilarious that THAT picture is the one most people go for.

on another note, i want to post some of my flickr favorites. i was looking at them yesterday and laughing so hard. i also realized that most of my favorite photos are of people. my friends, namely, and there are so many hilarious ones. especially of luci. oh boy. get ready. without further ado:




































oh, poop. now i'm sad because blogger is acting up and i can't seem to upload any more right now. i'll have to create part two. get excited!! anyway, this was a good start. and justin, congrats for being my number one!

you take the good, you take the bad

you take the rest and then you make cookies. and then you take a nap. that's what i want.

the good news is i saw blonde redhead last night and it was amazing. i had alot of fun with kiersten. we got to see the show from a nice view, and this lovely lady next to us smelled like carlyn all night and i was intoxicated by her delicious nostalgic scent. the bad news is that literally seconds ago while searching for pictures from last night's show i found out that the mars volta played at the same (incredible) venu LAST MONDAY. how's that for kicking myself? january 14th the mars volta played down the street and i didn't even know about it. great. i felt really good about myself. almost as good as i felt about this picture from that show:



anyway i can't find any pictures from last night's performance, but there isn't much i could post at this point to trump that picture of cedric with that wicked snake backdrop. kazu had the cutest little white swiss/german looking dress on and her little knobby knees were poking out all night long. and my man on guitar was thrashing hard. at one point he threw himself to the ground like a little boy having a temper tantrum so he could thrash harder. i loved it. also, he had some nice moments with kazu. i've only seen the band one other time; it was at the norva when they opened for interpol, and they were nothing like they were last night. there was more jamming and dancing than i had previously seen and i was so happy about it. also the show was sold out and the crowd was huge and fun to look down on (cause kiersten and i were way higher(better) than everyone. just kidding, but we were on the third floor. yay for live music. it always makes me wish that i was playing live music. ever.

oh dip ya'll

i went to my job at the hotel today and they gave me my weekly check. except this time there was not one but three! i was like, three? i wonder why i have three checks, and i opened them and almost flew through the roof of the restaurant. there was a check from before christmas that i never picked up that was from when i was working almost every day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think i'm going to be able to pay my rent this month, and i didn't even expect it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you have no idea, well, i'm sure you have some idea how ecstatic i was. today was actually wonderful. i love you all.

I'M GOING TO NEPAL!

have you ever loved your boss? i'm not sure i have before now, but suddenly i think i am going to cry. i sent my boss' associate (also my boss) an email last night asking his advice about what i should do about planning my trip to nepal in april and if it was smart to leave for as long a a month. then in the next paragraph i made it very clear how much i love being their intern and every day i wish i did more for them. and i am totally serious. anyway, he emailed me back like almost right away and basically gushed to me about how much they love my at the office. and that we should certainly try to figure out a plan for working around my trip to nepal. i was very happy.
then this morning, actually just minutes ago, my Boss (the big cheese) came in and said to me, "i think you should go to nepal. just do it. and if you come back here or we get you get a different job we'll just wait until you get back. i mean, that's what i think. i don't know, i could be wrong."

and i almost died. they love me and i love them an truthfully it's all professional but hey, who's counting. i am. i guess.

i was so happy i felt like this:


or maybe this:


this is my first experience with not hating going to a job every day. i actually love it. and i get excited about it. now, if only i was making any money...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!

happy birthday justin. these are some wonderful photos of us:
i have to give a big great shout out to charlotte for unknowingly allowing me to raid her flickr account. i love you!!













this one is particularly beautiful:












OH MY GOD, HOW DID THAT ONE GET IN THERE?! I AM SO EMBARASSED.






i like that one.




ok, so i know that last one is not of you, but i thought it was worth it, since it is your birthday. and who else would you really want to see?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVEY! I KNOW IT'S NOT QUITE YOUR BIRTHDAY HERE, BUT IT'S ABOUT 5 AM IN NEPAL RIGHT NOW, SO HAVE A GREAT DAY!