vignette.
in Uncategorized
as classier, date, deposit, Excuse, gaze, hard time, idea, leather stitching, mom, packing tape, purse, random things, store, stranger, strap, tape, vignette, vintage store
So I have this purse.
Yeah, this one.
And it’s very old.
It’s falling-apart-old.
It was old when I got it in a vintage store in LA.
The strap has already broken off, so I replaced it with a strap from another purse that I love.
But that doesn’t help the fact that the leather stitching is undone in many places.
And since I was tired of having random things fall out of my purse, despite the fact that it wasn’t open, I safety pinned it.
See?
But before I came up with that classy idea, my mom taped it for me.
With, um, packing tape.
Even classier, I think.
Is that even possible?
Anyway, one of my favorite exchanges with a stranger in NYC to date happened at the bank and involved this purse.
I was slowly walking out of the bank, having just made a deposit, and wasn’t quite looking where I was going, so almost ran into someone.
I looked up, said excuse me, and saw the man focused on my purse.
My taped together, jerry-rigged mismatched strap purse.
He looked at the purse a little longer, looked to me briefly, then back at the purse before he said:
“You have a hard time letting go, don’t you?”
I followed his gaze to my purse and couldn’t do anything but agree.
And, gosh, who needs therapy when one runs into strangers like that?
life today.
in Funny Stuff, Performance, there are pictures here, Thoughts and Feelings
as blind date, demonic spirits, google, google search, ivy league schools, layman, life, life today, makeup, mom, online, scandal, second date, sex, stage, story, today, type situation, wazoo
Um, I’m exhausted.
It’s hard work being that girl in the picture. Seven shows a week now, starting tonight.
Well, tonight was our first preview, anyway. And I have to admit that while I was putting on my makeup, I was pretty excited. To dance and sing and act and be on a stage again.
Okay, I was really excited.
There’s just something beautiful about bringing a story to life. Yes, even a story about murder and intrigue and sex and scandal. Even that. Because there’s satire and humor mixed all up in it and if you can see it, then you realize how ridiculous we all can be and it aides in giving us what’s called a reality check.
Oh, and here’s Ian. Well, and me. We dance together in All That Jazz. He’s fabulous; I’m lucky.
And also, I have a friend who tells me that he has a friend he wants me to meet. Yeah, like, meet meet. “Sure, I’ll meet him,” I said, “But, I’ll probably be, like, really weird when I do.”
“You are really weird, Jess,” so that’s perfect. Just be yourself,” he reassured me.
Ha, okay.
And because the internet allows us all to be layman stalkers, I found my friend’s friend’s (confusing enough for you?) resume online. It’s eleven pages. He’s brilliant. Like, PHD’s out the wazoo from ivy league schools brilliant.
“Mom, what am I even gonna say to this guy?” I asked while I, you know, just happened upon his resume after I may or may not have been conducting a google search that included his name.
“Well, he can’t know about everything…” she mused, though an eleven page resume would indicate otherwise. “Like, he probably doesn’t know much about deliverances.”
That’s the kind of advice you get when your mother’s a minister, I guess. To go on a blind date-type situation with a bonafide genius and talk to him about demonic spirits getting cast out of people. Awesome. Can I hear SECOND DATE?
Yeah, probably not.
“Or…dance, mom. He probably doesn’t know a lot about dancing.”
Which, let’s face it, is probably a bit safer of a subject than real-life Exorcist scenarios.
dear college: I am not Amish, etc.
in Funny Stuff, I Lift My Eyes Up, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as admirer, Amish, boom box, caps, college, dear mom, dreads, gosh, kind, lime green, link, mom, pennsylvania countryside, sneakers, swank, technology, television, tenori on, thai restaurant, WANT
Dear Mom. And Jesus. And Santa. (that’s quite a line-up) I KNOW JUST WHAT I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS! It’s called a tenori-on (I linked it again, in case you didn’t catch the link the first time around. Nothing says subtle like ALL CAPS, is what I’ve learned). You can use it to make fat and [...]
love and s***.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings
as aisle five, contrast, curse words, dad, depravity, home, life, love, lunch, mess, mom, pain, redemption, salad, someone, something, spill, transcendence, ugliness, waste
I’ve been writing a lot lately, but not necessarily on here. It’s interesting, my life is no longer an open book. I have a few secrets again. It’s nice to no longer be the spill in aisle five; the box that was broken open, its contents poured out for all to see. It’s nice to [...]
absolute, relative, and random.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings
as anxiety, date, dogs, dough, flux, instructor, kind, kneading dough, life, love, measuring stick, mom, personalities, perspective, random conversation, self, sleep, spirit, stick, way, while, yoga instructor
I just spent a while looking at the classifieds. Yes, folks, I’m gonna get myself some kind of job. The kind that pays money. It’ll be nice. I got all teary-eyed at the end of yoga tonight. My teacher is so kind and I love listening to what he says. Tonight he was reminding us [...]
go for the gold jewelry!
in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings
as being catholic, brother jase, Catholic, date, favorite quote, gold jewelry, horror, Jase, jewelry, life, little heart, logic, mom, nephew, Ollie, Perfect, reason, style, theory, time
I spent about an hour talking to my brother Jase and nephew Ollie on facetime tonight. It was pretty hilarious. Ollie and I have very similar hair right now. Both in color and style. Neither of us mind this, I think. Doesn’t get much cooler than my nephew. Also, Jase always likes to talk to [...]
white dress.
in MP3, Performance
as aisle, band, clouds, colors, dress, fly, friend jacob, garage, garage band, home, jacob, mom, rain, simple, song, storm, talented friends, today, voila, way, while, white dress
I wrote this song today: white dress (with jacob on guitar) And my friend Jacob accompanied me on the guitar, which was very very nice of him. It’s awesome to have such talented friends. And even better when they are kind. He learned it and then we pressed record on garage band and voila!, there [...]
that just happened.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as cheese, date, grilled cheese, jazz club, jazz clubs, jumper, jumpers, kind, ledge, life, mom, nice guy, purpose, quite some time, store, today, tomato, tomato soup, walking in the rain, way, what the heck, while
I think I might have just gone on a date. Or something. It was not on purpose. I’m gonna be honest, I was down today. Really down tonight. Walking in the rain down. Okay, that doesn’t actually always mean I’m down, cause I like to walk in the rain–but I was down while I was [...]
pictures. not yet edited.
in photography
as blood, creepy, defense, editing, haha, Jess, mom, nice things, nobody, nothing, photography, pop, response, shhhhhh, Stuff, Sugar
*all of these were shot by dirty sugar photography and shhhhhh! I’m not quite supposed to show them yet, cause nothing has been done to them in terms of editing and stuff. but, anyway. thoughts? faves? opinions? these are just a few of them I have to choose from…so feel free to help me out. [...]
oh, snap.
in Loved Ones, Performance, photography, Thoughts and Feelings
as aisles, boots, dishtowels, dresses, kind, life, many things, mom, moon, plastic, plastic toys, show, snap, snow, sweater, sweater tights, Target, those girls, yellow
Today I went to the mall. I do not particularly like the mall. There is too much stuff in the world; I find it overwhelming. I walk through the aisles of places like Target and I wonder how it is that so many things like dishtowels and plastic toys populate an earth that is otherwise [...]
