Midnight Requisition

Wishing everyone a wonderful 2014!

Genius line John Hughes. Genius.

Usually, I am pretty much all about Kim Deal.  I heard this song on the radio yesterday which reminded me there was a time that I was super into this album.  So ok, Frank Black, you get some credit too.

Ok, so I haven't quite kept up with my movie a week plan.  I think we've hit a bit of a dry spell with new releases.  I am pretty excited to see Dallas Buyers Club  so I will be reporting back on that soon. In the meantime, I have decided to watch the first three Die Hard movies after catching a bit of Die Hard 2: Die Harder the other day on TV.  I am happy to spend some time with ol'Bruce and William Atherton .

I got a chance to crash my good friend Julia 's art residency at Centrum in Port Townsend last week.  I am calling it my two day art residency.  My wonderful blog readers know I am a fan of Port Townsend and this second visit did not disappoint.  Photos of the new work to come soon.

I recently saw Gala Bent's show at G. Gibson gallery and loved this new work, specifically this piece, so I was thrilled she received the City Arts Art Walk award  along with two other ladies who I greatly admire.  More on Gala's work here . Go Gala!

Click here for more info on a great letterpress project by my friend Lyndsey encouraging people to "write more letters."

I saw Gravity in 3D last night and kinda loved it.  There were certainly some cheeseball moments but it was a stunning film. And why the Captain EO video?  Well, you'll need to draw your own conclusion on that one but I am happy to jump at the chance to reference this little marvel whenever possible.

After a rather annoying day I would like to take a moment to reflect on something fun.  I recently tried this method of washing my hair with baking soda and apple cider vinegar from the How to Hair Girl website .  It's pretty genius, cheep, and low effort.  If you check out the site there are lots of good braiding tips too.

I went to see Enough Said last night.  James Gandolfini was really good. Understated, funny, sweet...all those things.  The movie itself was really charming too. Part of what I enjoyed about the movie was the shots of Los Angeles. There is not much I like better than watching a good movie filmed in L.A. while I'm up in Seattle.  Growing up in Phoenix I visited L.A. almost once year and spent much time in Burbank, Hollywood, and on Catalina Island.  Enough Said was the Los Angeles I know and love. BTW- This is awesome map is from here .  Thank you Wikipedia.

Breach from Alicia on Vimeo . My intro to dance class (which is not pictured above) had live music last night by Daniel Mullikin.  We were in the middle of a ballet unit and the music was beautiful.  Could I have a situation with live music accompaniment everyday please??  

This fall/winter I am going to try to see one movie in the theaters each week.  Ideally they will all be good, written or directed by a woman, and have a strong female lead (I'll also settle for two out of three).  So far I've seen Blue Jasmine , 20 Feet From Stardom , In A World , and last night I saw Drinking Buddies .  I'm going to try to highlight something on Midnight Requisition about each movie. Drinking Buddies exceeded my expectations.  Olivia Wilde was a great, complex character and it had a scene with this song by Sybille Baier which was great because it reminded me how my I like her music. Please send any suggestions you have my way.  I'm hoping to see Enough Said next week.

Trowbridge knocks it out of the park at Blindfold Gallery this month.  I am in love with this show and the textiles are a great addition to her paintings and installations.

My first cat video.

More on Yiadom-Boakye here .

These are all photos from my recent trip to Port Townsend, also known as my new favorite place in Washington state.  We stayed here  and I loved it!  

More on Jubelin here .

And a video studio visit with Thomas here .

This is what I'm watching tonight, so good!!!

Here are some photos from my trip to Portland last weekend.  This was my best trip to the rose garden yet!

More on Lopez and her work here .

I found this on the ground this morning, on a day which also happens to be Father's Day.  My dad is really wonderful and I am thankful to have a dad who is so encouraging, kind, and supportive.  I also got to thinking today about all my friends who are or are about to become dads and I hope that they also feel equally celebrated. Happy Father's Day y'all!

There is so much that is good about this.

Here's a panorama from a recent trip to Smoke Farm with my fellow weaving collaborators (it looks tiny but click on it for a better view).   Here's a link to event tickets.  Get them while you can!

I went clamming with Ian and friends this weekend and watched Blow Out , which was ridiculously good.  Brian De Palma wasn't messing around with that one.

The top pieces are for some work I'm creating for a show at Prism curated by the multi-talented Serrah Russell and the bottom piece is a Bon Jovi commission (well...not for Bon Jovi but you get the idea).

Have any readers seen this movie?  Judging by this sequence I would say it must be the best movie ever.

I've started to work with text again, a little bit.  This is from 2012 but more text is on it's way in 2013.

More on Andrews here .

I am teaching a free embroidery workshop at Velouria in Ballard from 6-8 on Wednesday, May 15th.  Come on by!  Supplies and snacks will be provided. Photo credit: Velouria

I just started my first dance class tonight at Velocity . I think repeat viewings of this MJ Thriller video really influenced my interest in dance, or at least choreography, so it only seems natural to link the two together.  For the most part I am happy to be a dance spectator but it is surprising how fun it is actually to give dancing a shot.

I took this photo yesterday on a hike outside of Yakima.  About ten minutes later we saw a small, yet very intimidating rattlesnake on the trail.  He was very pissed but eventually grew bored of us and retreated back into the desert.