muerto de risa

beautiful losers

i love the feeling of empowerment that comes from being alone in a crowd.  in ny, when i got to an event alone it brings a rush of energy and happiness.  i'm finding it harder to achieve that feeling in a smaller city where more folks know each other.  The anonymous feeling i love sometimes turns into something more similar to loneliness than independence.

still

i am glad i went to see the movie beautiful losers last night.  there was a special screening at the mayan, a beautiful old art deco aztec-themed theater, followed by a q&a with director aaron rose.  it's not often that i get to sit and watch a movie about some of my favorite artists.  and this movie really is about the people.  aaron talked about how they conducted interviews with a bunch of high profile critics and in the end those interviews couldn't be included in the movie because they ruined the spirit of it.  the current version provides viewers with insight into the real lives of 12 creative souls.

i cried when the movie reached the point in time when margaret kilgallen got sick and ended up dying only a couple of weeks after giving birth to her daughter, asha.  and i loved hearing about how painfully shy barry mcgee is and how he had to be tricked into providing an interview. (harmony korine is endearingly odd!  and a little scary.) i adore this movie.

if you get a chance, go see this movie.  i'm already looking forward to seeing it again.

hodge-podge monday

the collage above is a sneak preview for my last peruvian teacher-themed post which i will write later this week.  the collage was made by me, but the hummingbird was embroidered by my machine embroidery teacher, simona.  and it took her about 2 seconds to make.

 

and the photos above are from our turkey dinner on saturday.  everyone loved my vintage apron from ellia.  sebas loved it so much that he had to try it on.

i watched breakfast on pluto yesterday and tried to find a photo of patrick/patricia´s school sweater embellished with buttons because it is really cute and i want to make one like it.  alas, i can´t find any images of it online, so if you´re curious you´ll just have to watch the movie. 

pig massages and force fed ice cream

I am so very excited for our trip to NY!  I'm starting to make plans and am sooooo excited to see all my friends and family.  This is the longest I've ever been away.  I'm also very excited to visit our friend, Claudia, who recently arrived in Ecuador as a Peace Corps volunteer and is staying in Cayambe, a city not too far north of Quito.  And Tuesday we are going to the hot springs in Papallacta for our anniversary and then Saturday to Puerto Lopez (we think) for some whale watching and beach scrabble.  Not a bad life, eh?

A little piggy clip and booby card I made recently:

 

 

Also...Are you familiar with the director, Wong Kar-Wai?  If not, you should be!  Chunking Express (right) has long been one of my favorite movies, but for some reason I never thought to check out any of his other films until Friday when we saw Fallen Angels (below) at the local indie cinema.  I loved this one too!  Such a great combination of sketchy underworld sexy and silly hilariousness!  It is amazing how Wong creates characters whom partake in such sleazy business yet are so lovable at the same time.  One character breaks into stores at night and then forces people to be his customer.  Sounds horrible, but it is actually quite funny and charming, especially when he gives a future ham a back massage or forces one guy to eat tons of ice cream cones from his abducted ice cream truck.  Not only can you empathize with them, but you even want to bring them home to meet your mom.