We are preparing to move a few blocks closer to the PATH at Grove Street.
Jersey City is our home. It will be our home for the next several years.
We are excited to move closer to some friends who will become neighbors,
and sad to move away from our current ones (who are pretty darn cool).
On May 4th I photographed an art opening for Mark Finne, a local painter who likes to layer paints so that when viewed through 3D glasses, appear to float and move toward you. Rory was blown away.
Drawing Club also took place and we had a nice time wearing party hats, and enjoying the company of friends. We met this really nice man I can’t remember his name, but he drew portraits. Does the one at the center (above) look a bit like moi?
Damarys and Kate, both jewelers from the Jersey City Craft Mafia, were in attendance… and another Craft Mafia Maven, artist Megan Gulick, was behind the bar (making oh-so-silly faces, as per usual).
Makeup artist Kathleen Brown, and sculptor / painter Vincent M were in attendance, dressed to the 9′s. Vincent had a show at LITM earlier this year, and Kathleen conducted the most amazing display of makeup to suit the costumed folks who attended Megan Gulick’s family circus, also at LITM.
Just got this stuck in my head after a brief chat with a coworker. I know there are a few girls in my circle who write songs about running away, and focus on childhood themes. I wonder how many of us have thought about this episode as a possible influence on that.
I had a dream at one point of putting together a choir of friends who want to sing along to songs and play simple guitar chords, but then I realize I should just find a church, which would be better for my spiritual well being. Anyone in Jersey City have a lovely church you can recommend? Also, I am in the market for a tambourine.
Rory was burning data off of all these old laptops, 3.5" floppy disks, and CDs we had been hanging on to. (He's sending all this technology to GreenDisk, which is a company that recycles technology.) I can't believe he found photos I had no idea existed.
I'm a pretty sentimental person and I hang on to everything (literally, metaphorically). I tend to hang on to relationships, cassette tapes, piles of writing that is neither useful nor enjoyable to read, you name it. Being such an aesthetically-motivated person, I also usuallly remember a great deal of images. So, I was surprised to find I didn't remember these photos at all and it took me a long time to try and remember when and how they came about.
These were from college, I guess, but at the very end. This was that last semester when I was working a full-time job, taking a poetry class, and finishing my thesis project on Bob Dylan while going slightly crazy. This is when I was writing zines, interviewing bands a lot, hosting shows in my parents' backyard, and trying to keep my head above water. After the job at the law school, but before the job on Wall Street. Yep. There you have it.
I thought I wasn't going to do a self-portrait post this week, but the universe went ahead and practically did this for me. I'm feeling so emo now.
Ruby is queen of all that surrounds. I'm sitting next to her, transcribing cassette tapes into digital format and there is a ton of snow outside. For anyone planning to go to the life drawing workshop at the Jersey City Museum, it has been canceled due to weather conditions. Now to figure out where and how to host audio other than on Myspace. To be continued.
The annual WFMU pledge drive is ON, man. If you are a local Jersey City resident then you must already be listening. However, if you are a blog reader from way over yonder elsewhere, then you are going to want to start listening online. And when you do, you will see how wonderful free form radio really is. These guys host so much content streaming off their site, its unbelievable. Heroes, all. Ever since the fall of the old WHTG FM106.3, WFMU has been my only hope. And it has never disappointed.
As part of the pledge drive, you can adopt a WFMU DJ. However, via their flickr page I have found you this guy to adopt instead. He is a silent co-host and we are in love. So, do your part and click away! You'll get great swag and good karma in the process.
More information on adopting Bosco:
"Bosco" is the furry co-host of Meghan's Underwater Theme Park. He is a silent co-host, but he tries to help out as much as he can! Help him out too by adopting him!
If you would like to adopt Bosco, please make a paid-in-fullpledge of $180 or more to WFMU's 2010 Marathon by 11:59pm on March 7th, 2010, and then send an email via this page to stake your claim. Make sure that you specify in the email that you'd like Bosco!
In February, ex-pat Jersey City Craft Mafia member Jaden Rogers opened his show at LITM, traveling in from Philly with a crew of friends and good times. Photos by emily august for LITM.
Admit it: You desperately want to post photos of yourself, but you’re afraid to look vain.... Today, Tumblr users rock the self-portrait with Gratuitous Picture of Yourself Wednesday (GPOYW). GPOWY is an internet-wide wave for self-portraits... It’s okay to post a picture of yourself. On Wednesdays.
Why these me's? Neither of these photos is retouched, and both were taken on Mac Photobooth. I guess its kind of a weightloss theme this week, via my Flickr archives. Visible are both my comfy workout gear, and my sort of awkward arm band I wear to track my exertion levels and calories spent... its great, and I forget I'm wearing it, plus it looks like I am in some sort of anarchist movement sometimes if all you see is the black elastic. March onward into March, we'll see you next week!
Admit it: You desperately want to post photos of yourself, but you’re afraid to look vain.... Today, Tumblr users rock the self-portrait with Gratuitous Picture of Yourself Wednesday (GPOYW). GPOWY is an internet-wide wave for self-portraits... It’s okay to post a picture of yourself. On Wednesdays.
Why these me's? Neither of these photos was taken with a proper camera, but an old cell phone and a Mac Photobooth application, and both are focused on the eyes. Both retouched using the Picnik app on Flickr.
Thank you to Jet Blue for letting me fly down to Florida yesterday for very little money. I love their little secret fare sales, and I especially love their leg room. Most of all I adore the fact that I am not in NYC's below-30-degree weather, and am instead participating in the adorable lives of my family in Florida.
What I love about these photos is the fact that once you give kids some simple instructions, such as how to make the camera on a MacBook work, they can pretty much take over, make their own artistic choices and surprise you with their own expressions.
Lucy and Helen were in the drivers seat for these Photobooth shots. I could spend a century playing with kids, asking them questions, and listening to them get so excited when they see what they can do. Its one of the reasons I love having the chance to shoot for the Willie Mae Rock and Roll Camp for Girls, too! Girls are so wonderful. I hope to have some of my own someday soon.
snapshots of our glad tidings: enjoying time with family during an otherwise difficult time. grateful for the people i was born unto, and grateful for recent personal discoveries that could lead to new beginnings. thankful of course for pets, which you will see play a large part in our happiness. oh, and foods!
especially proud of this little cat who came down the turnpike with me and is allowing people to pet her and showing a great amount of personal growth from whence she was born unto the snow blower in my sisters' summer garage. go rubes!
also keeping this old magical mare comfortable during her last days. this is hard on the family but she is so loved. tomorrow is naomi's 15th birthday. yesterday she got up and was very excited by rory's visit. it was very sweet.
Posted in videos on December 21st, 2009 by emily – 1 Comment
Just a few nights ago, the northeast experienced a magical weekend of snow falling and making everything quiet and clean. I had to save some of the memories for later (when it gets terribly grimy and we are angry Father Christmas bestowed us with such a gift). Enjoy.
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