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A long stretch without a blog entry. It was much easier when I was working in an office and could steal away moments to write, not that I would want to go back to that. But to speak of things I want to go back to…I just got back from Omega and am not sure how I feel right now. An outsider? I feel like I’ve changed. I’m sure I’ve changed. One thing is certain, I perceive things through a much different lens. However, I feel like I’ve changed so much people should be seeing it, feeling it, mentioning it. The casual interfacing and silence on the subject cause me to question if the change is at all apparent. I was on fire when I was at Omega. It’s funny when you open yourself to something that clicks, you think that it should then click for everyone. How naive. I think I have some searching to do in the City. There is a missing wavelength that I’m looking to fill and hoping the only place to tune in isn’t solely in Rhinebeck, NY.

Christmas List '08

Schmincke Horadam Watercolor Set
48 Horadam Watercolor Half Pans
Totally expensive, but I need it for school next semester.

Books:
Any of the "Patterns of Fashion" by Janet Arnold
"Drawing Fashion" by Susan Mulcahy
"Dressed for the Photographer" by Joan Severa
"Ingress in Fashion" by Aileen Ribeiro
"Vanity Fair Portraits" by Graydon Carter
"Looking through the Lens" National Geographic book... any National Geographic book with people in it.
Any book, really.

Black opaque tights

Lotion- body

Lotion-face (with SPF and something that prevents wrinkles.)

SET hair product

Personality Quiz- Just like the old teen magazines...

	Your Major and Minor Personality Types
	Characteristics of all four personality types can be found within each of us, but there is almost always one personality type that is dominant. We call this the major personality type. The Chemistry Profile also identifies your minor or secondary personality type. You exhibit some aspects of this personality type, though not to the same degree as with your major type. Your major personality type = Explorer Your minor personality type = Negotiator You are an EXPLORER/negotiator You are a highly spontaneous person who always likes to try new things. Novel and unpredictable situations don't bother you; instead you find them challenging and exciting. You tend to be focused and resourceful and you are able to juggle a lot of projects at the same time; as a result you are sometimes a whirlwind of activity. You have a firm grip on reality and enjoy living in the present tense. But you have a keen imagination that enables you to lift off from time and space to be remarkably creative. You are humorous. You are able to laugh at yourself, and you like entertaining others. You have a deep sense of compassion. You can show genuine insight into the needs of others; you are good at listening and talking; and you express a genuine desire to be helpful. Yet you are easy-going. Your tolerance for others and their beliefs, your lack of prejudice, your ability to compromise and your occasional antics make you popular with others and a great companion.

How your personality breaks out:

Explorer - 32% of your personality

Known for high energy, high creativity and spontaneity. Seeks novelty, risk and pleasure. Intellectually curious and not easily swayed by opinion.

Builder - 14% of your personality

Usually very popular. Deep attachment to home and family. Calm demeanor and low anxiety. Often consistent, loyal and protective.

Negotiator - 28% of your personality

Excels at seeing the big picture, long-term planning and consensus building. An intuitive thinker who is flexible, verbal and socially skilled. Imaginative, empathetic and nurturing.

Director - 24% of your personality

Daring, original, direct and inventive. A non-conformist. Skilled at abstract thinking and short-term planning. Often assertive and quite competitive. Tough-minded and efficient.

Love, Love, Love

“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”

- Walt Whitman

I had a dream this summer:

I am the audience/narrator and see a man literally falling through the gaping hole of his life- his memories, his experiences, his seasons, his time. He smacked and thumped and ricocheted off these experiences as if they were tree branches on his way from the heavens. He was a victim, falling through without control. He came to a splat at the end of his vertical, gaping timeline and suddenly his consciousness joined mine, the narrator, the audience. The vision paned into a long shot and suddenly the audience/narrator could see all lives, all timelines, not just of people but the universe as a whole. We, the collective, were the powerful and all knowing.

This vision influenced the duration of my summer. I went to Nantucket with Kevin, Mel, Claire, and Jason. It was truly an amazing time. Not only was it a beautiful, want-for-nothing experience, but we also were all on the same wavelength and were very much a unified family. Knowing that I can have this unification with people, with the collective, is now something I try to seek out as much as possible. I have new thoughts on being in love and what it is to be married to someone (to be tapped into the same wavelength, to become the same person.)

It’s an interesting new outlook, and I feel it palpably in the air. Change, the 1960s the 1860s, Walt Whitman, Hair in the Park- it’s here as it always has been.

The Public Theater's "Hair"-playing this summer in Central Park.

In other related news, I will be in a (gasp) nude reading of Walt Whitman's “Songs of Myself” this coming weekend. I was inspired; I'm in grad school. It all goes.

I want the gloves, I want the glory

I desperatly want to join a bell choir... though it seems surpisingly difficult if you do not belong to a church. Is there a non-church New York City hangbell choir?

Truer Words...

Alison: Erin, you can’t call someone, say you have gossip, and then have it be about yourself. That’s not gossip; that’s a confession.

Cops on Segways

As of this summer, Minneapolis cops use a few T3s to patrol the downtown area. This is ridiculous and rad at the same time aka I'm in love with it. This video is amazing- two cops showing off their skills... sirens and all.