Foto Friday: almost...

its been a while. most images via tumblr and fffound. last image from niotillfem, one of my favorite Swedish blogs.

This Is England

Stephen Graham should really be in more films. He was funny as Baby Face Nelson...please, appear on the screen more! And Thomas Turgoose, i wish there were more kids his age.

a couple of things

I tuned in to watch the first season 3 episode of Mad Men. Honestly, i wasn't all that excited or impressed. I found it kind of predictable and uneventful. I still love the series, its the only one like it on the boob tube right now.

Also, matt and i went to meet with our printer for our 3rd volume of Throttle Merchants Mag. It'll for sure be out by the beginning of September and we're selling all three volumes and a few tshirt styles @ Primer Nationals. We've really been trying hard to come up with different angles and shy away from the same old compilation of photos we've been doing for the past year now. The next issue is less about the names and more about the photos. There's a hefty amount of images from shows and what not, but the issue still sticks to the same form as Vol 1 and 2. I really want to see this project take off. I'm getting antsy holding in a whole bunch of ideas and not taking them to the camera or desk. Its also difficult to suppress creativity when I see a lot of cool art/photography around nowadays.

I held off on fall semester at college to take an Adobe Dreamweaver course at a regional occupational center. 8 weeks for 4 hrs a day (mon-thurs). I'm hoping to actually come out of the scenario with confidence and get clients.... so that i could (hopefully) quit my part-time job sitting at a fuckin cubicle all day and answering phonecalls from stupid medical offices and crybaby retirees. I really love web design and its hard to try to create what i see in my head without enough knowledge or practice. I hope this decision benefits me. I'm planning on taking a Media Arts course, too. God bless me.

p.s. i'm extremely anxious and nervous about my choices. i'll be honest and say that i really do sometimes care what other people think of me and say about me. i need a career but i seriously hate school. that explains 3 years on and off at a ghetto-ass junior college, right? fuck.

Devoted Apparel is just a cool idea right now. I've got the website up, but its completely empty. Because of this whole tshirt line, I've had a reason to actually get some artwork done and its made me realize that I enjoy it- sketchpad, canvas or computer. I hope to make a living off of it one day.

I've been holding back on the blogging. I actually take more interest in reading other blogs than writing or posting my own shit. Theres so much of the same crap on the internet, everything I post could easily be found somewhere else. Of course, i've been inclined to stay away from posting about my own life- in pictures or words. Truth be told, my life is the same as anyone else's. But less exciting. I'm too boring of a person to upkeep this blogspot.

Still, I want to get my art/ photo blog up. Its obvious that I'd need to network if I wanted to get my artwork going at all. I need a portfolio. I need to try to do all of these things wholeheartedly.

I've also been a hermit. I'm either napping, eating, or working on magazine/screenprinting projects. I like keeping busy and its been hard to keep in touch with any friends at all. Kind of fed up with petty talk and feeling inadequate around people. I am no social butterfly and thats for sure. seriously. but, whatever. cest la vie.

-aileen

Will Sanders

Death of a Salesman

Been busy this past week and got a bug two nights ago that kept me in bed all day on Friday. Anyhow, above are some photos of Marilyn & Arthur Miller @ home...

Ina Garten

So, I just finished watching an afternoon episode of Barefoot Contessa. I think I watch this show on the daily and can even watch reruns 2 or 3 times over. Its just the type of show that you can have on mute, or turned down low while sitting around the house reading magazines. Although, on the other hand, its probably the only show on Food Network that I get excited for on Saturdays (you know, when the episodes are new!). Well, this last episode just heightened my love for this show and surely, Ina Garten.

Featured on this episode was Rob Marshall. Of course, he wasn't there to help Ina cook in the kitchen- no, this is not Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee!- Marshall (director of Chicago & Memoirs of a Geisha) was just houses down editing his upcoming film, Nine. The episode consisted of Ina making a hearty soup and grilled sandwiches for both Marshall and John DeLuca as they took a break from the editing room. A quick minute before the program ended, Marshall and DeLuca traded the treat of an Ina Garten lunch for a sneak peak of the film. I'm jealous! Ina seems to have a great social life and I love the culture that's portrayed in every short 30 minute episode.

(also, mentioned here.)

Need I say more? Barefoot Contessa has every good aspect a Food Network show can have. A great host, chef and enticing/inspiring recipes. The best set ever- the spacious kitchen & gorgeous garden of Ina Garten's Hampton's home. Guest appearances from interesting people and the ability to show viewers how it may be to live, shop, relax and party in the Hamptons- what more could I ask for?

(watch the Nine movie trailer)

And while on the topic of Mrs. Garten, it would only be suitable of me to mention the Chefography episode Food Network did on Ina some time ago. The t.v. biography revealed her history and lifestyle. Remembering this intrigued me to write a little about her- no huge biographies or anything, just a quick list of facts.

interesting facts about Ina:

full name: Ina Rosenberg Garten

met her husband, Jeffrey Garten at 15 (while visiting her brother @ Dartmouth)

during the time of the Vietnam War, she acquired her pilot's license

was the budget analyst for the White House/ wrote the nuclear energy budget during Ford & Carter's terms as President

left her government job in '78 to pursue a more creative career

bought the food store, Barefoot Contessa in Westhampton Bch

earned her MBA @ George Washington University

attended Syracuse to study fashion design and later, economics

for some time, flipped houses in Washington DC

has no professional culinary background

her father was a surgeon

married Jeffrey in '68

spent four months with her husband in Paris, France (after the war)

she has no children

after gaining much attention from the show, Barefoot Contessa, Ina turned down many endorsement opportunities

writes a column in House Beautiful called, "Ask The Barefoot Contessa"

born in Brooklyn in '48

has an apartment in Paris, France

Jewish by birth

I've seen chocolate cake mix and brownie mix from Barefoot Contessa @ Crate and Barrel...but, I've never seen Ina's coconut macaroon mix. excited!

Sultry Songstress

Two of my favorite musical performances from Miss Rita Hayworth. I love her soft, sultry voice in Put The Blame On Mame.

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Part 2: Movie Title Stills

Part 1: Movie Title Stills

Mad Men Yourself

i'm aware i look nothing like this, but its fun!

Under The Boardwalk

Seriously, I think I've died and gone to heaven [circa the 1930s]...which I would strangely love more than anything. Since a young age I've longed to be sent to all of my favorite eras in a quick time warp. weird. but, I'd love it. Sometimes film, music & photos etc. aren't enough, ya know? The Chanel Cruise 2010: Merchants of Venice seriously had me drooling and google-eyed. I'm so diggin' the permed Clara Bow hair bobs and slouchy, elongating garments. Not to mention the prints! The art deco patterns... like Rachel Zoe would say, "I DIE!" A heaven sent show- I can't believe how good fashion is nowadays.

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