Click image for 596 x 881 size. Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 20s".
Friday, December 31, 2010
Weekend Reflection: Waipu
The beautiful Waipu beach.
Steve and Lynn Peeters, this photo was taken on a farewell party for us at Gary's place in 1990. We were leaving for Singapore.
The little Northland Township holds a special place in my heart.
Twenty one years ago, when my baby Andrew died, I was miserable with empty arms and grieving. My friend Steve Peeters invited me to his mother Nelly's kiwi fruit farm near the beach in Waipu. There I found solace as I sat by the little jetty looking at flounders lie on the shallow creek. Steve's dad had just passed away, and Nelly told me that life had to go on. She had to, because she had a big kiwi farm to run.
We came back to Auckland, and I found inspiration to live on.
Recently a friend quoted this: “Let your dreams be greater than your memories.” I want to marry the two, a dream based on memories. I hope to succeed and have a reunion of all my friends who helped me during that very difficult time.
http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Parents march taggers to police
5:30 AM Saturday Jan 1, 2011
A northern resort town blighted by a graffiti attack has got its own back on the vandals after they were marched to police by their parents to confess.
Three young men owned up to defacing 27 of Waipu's shops and commercial buildings on Sunday night and Monday morning.
The trio - aged 14, 18 and 20 - were taken to the Waipu police station by their parents, who were ashamed to learn their boys were responsible for tagging the buildings and scratching shop windows.
On Thursday, all three were removing or painting over graffiti on shops in Waipu's main street and apologising to occupants of buildings they had tagged. Relatives kept them hard at work and made sure they paid attention when older Waipu residents sternly rebuked them for the tagging. "They got heaps of stick," a businessman said.
The mood of people in Waipu yesterday was far lighter than the anger and resentment expressed on Monday morning after the discovery of the destructive tagging, which had been expected to cost thousands of dollars to remove. Waipu Business Association chairwoman Judy Guy said: "It's wonderful they have owned up and their fathers have brought them down to repair the damage. What more can you ask?"
It also means Waipu will be able to show a newly scrubbed face when the 140th annual Caledonian Games get under way today.
Steve and Lynn Peeters, this photo was taken on a farewell party for us at Gary's place in 1990. We were leaving for Singapore.
The little Northland Township holds a special place in my heart.
Twenty one years ago, when my baby Andrew died, I was miserable with empty arms and grieving. My friend Steve Peeters invited me to his mother Nelly's kiwi fruit farm near the beach in Waipu. There I found solace as I sat by the little jetty looking at flounders lie on the shallow creek. Steve's dad had just passed away, and Nelly told me that life had to go on. She had to, because she had a big kiwi farm to run.
We came back to Auckland, and I found inspiration to live on.
Recently a friend quoted this: “Let your dreams be greater than your memories.” I want to marry the two, a dream based on memories. I hope to succeed and have a reunion of all my friends who helped me during that very difficult time.
http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Parents march taggers to police
5:30 AM Saturday Jan 1, 2011
A northern resort town blighted by a graffiti attack has got its own back on the vandals after they were marched to police by their parents to confess.
Three young men owned up to defacing 27 of Waipu's shops and commercial buildings on Sunday night and Monday morning.
The trio - aged 14, 18 and 20 - were taken to the Waipu police station by their parents, who were ashamed to learn their boys were responsible for tagging the buildings and scratching shop windows.
On Thursday, all three were removing or painting over graffiti on shops in Waipu's main street and apologising to occupants of buildings they had tagged. Relatives kept them hard at work and made sure they paid attention when older Waipu residents sternly rebuked them for the tagging. "They got heaps of stick," a businessman said.
The mood of people in Waipu yesterday was far lighter than the anger and resentment expressed on Monday morning after the discovery of the destructive tagging, which had been expected to cost thousands of dollars to remove. Waipu Business Association chairwoman Judy Guy said: "It's wonderful they have owned up and their fathers have brought them down to repair the damage. What more can you ask?"
It also means Waipu will be able to show a newly scrubbed face when the 140th annual Caledonian Games get under way today.
Happy New Year fellow fiends!
As 2010 comes to a close, I would like to take this time to wish all the people who have supported to the FSF movement a safe, happy and propserous New Year!!! Thanks for riding with us and Don't Sleep!
pic: Psd Graphics
Claw Money's Blowout sale
Got crappy gifts for Christmas? Treat yourself to some Claw Money gear! 50% off sitewide
*except for Vans,special items,pillows, and signed books Get your shop on at www.clawmoney.com
AMIGOS/AS, HAPPY 2011, AND THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 2010!
Mies Cruising Pavilion Montjuic, an unauthorised exhibition at the Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Pavilion
October 2010
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, Yucatan and Elsewhere... at CCE, Guatemala
May 2010
Cerith Wyn Evans at Casa Barragan, Mexico City
April 2010
The Next Documenta Should be in Brasilia
ongoing
Tristes Tropiques at The Barber Shop in Lisboa
March 2010
Novo Museo Tropical in Madrid
February 2010
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, CircaLabs, San Juan, Puerto Rico
February 2010
Selfportraits at Airports
2003-ongoing
SneakHerBox Top 10 GS releases of 2010
Check out SneakHerBox's top 10 GS releases of 2010. The list I'm sure you fiends will agree with! :)
Words and Pictures: Nicholas Ray pt 1
"The celluloid strip is not made in the writer's studio"to be continued...http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/04/real-dialogue-versus-cartoon-writer.html
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina, Nº 4, August 1939
Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina, Nº 4, Agosto 1939, Curso de Graduadas, originally uploaded by Gatochy.
Click image for 828 x 2040 size. Scanned from the book "Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina" by Irene Flunser Pimentel, published by A Esfera dos Livros, 2007.
Young girls learn how to cook, so they can be good house-wives.
The Racket - Great Story, Dialogue, Acting, Direction
Here is a clip from one of my favorite movies, directed by John Cromwell and Nicholas Ray. "The Racket" along with other Robert Ryan movies was the inspiration for my web series "Weekend Pussy Hunt".This movie works on almost every level. It has a good story, great dialogue, brilliant direction and what I look for most of all in movies- wonderful interaction between rich personalities portrayed
Thursday Theme Song: Route 66
hootin--anni has a new meme.
IT'S ALL ABOUT MY NEW MEME THAT I HOPE SOME WILL FEEL LIKE JOINING IN ON THE CHALLENGE AND THE FUN [at least I hope the weekly challenge will be fun!]. It's loosely based on song lyrics [recorded songs since the beginning of time to today] and associating them with photos of yours...as I've done in the past...If you click on the link above, it'll take you to the Meme's Homepage for rules and buttons. There will be a Mr. Linky Widget for each individual week also. Do consider joining me sometime. Hope to see it flourish in time.
My friend gave me a Tee Shirt which says Route 66, and everytime, my husband wore it, people asked if he went to USA. When I saw this big American car, I thought of route 66. I also thought of Patti.
http://hootin--anni.blogspot.com/
Nat King Cole: Route 66 Lyrics
word & lyrics by bobby troup)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole
If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way, take the highway that is best.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.
It winds from chicago to la,
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.
Now you go through saint looey
Joplin, missouri,
And oklahoma city is mighty pretty.
You see amarillo,
Gallup, new mexico,
Flagstaff, arizona.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
watery wednesday: Control tower
http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/
I was surprised to see a control tower at this Half Moon Bay mariner. I think this is for sea planes. The tower was where the beach was, and not far away I saw a wind sock.
Addition:
I think Windsmoke is right. While this is a small marina compared to melbourne, there is a ferry service. Half Moon Bay Marina has operated one of the South Pacific's most comprehensive and advanced haulout facilities for boats up to 35 tonne displacement since 1970.
I asked my husband, the water engineer who designed part of the mariner and a shelter. The Tower controls all sorts of traffic like the ones in airport does. Usually a big mariner would have one. We joked yesterday while we were there, that while he designed mariners, he was too poor to be a sea dog. It is just as well, I get sick sea, otherwise I would nag him to get a boat.
The haulout facility at Half Moon Bay Marina employs a dedicated team utilizing the latest technology in boat handling equipment and procedures ensuring your vessel is lifted from the water with great care, high pressure washed, transported and supported on the hardstand with the minimum of fuss.
Once your boat is safely positioned on our sealed yard, fresh water and power is at your disposal close to hand.
The hardstand at Half Moon Bay Marina can accommodate over 100 boats at any one time and during the busy season (August-December) Travelift bookings through our Customer Service office are essential.
Gertrude Abercrombie, White Cat, 1935-38
Click image for 1172 x 1400 size. Via Still Life, Quick Heart.
Gertrude Abercrombie, American, (1909-1977).
a toast to my new me resolution!
i am starting a diet today.
i am not going to starve
but i am going to eat less. drink less. smoke less.
i am going to work my body into shape
and a sexual frenzy.
i'm gonna want to take my shirt off
and show people my guns, abs
and probably my unfortunately shrunken boobies.
i am going to have energy.
i am going to feel good.
inside and out
and in front of a mirror.
i love food
and i love curves
but it's time i made a change
and showed my body the respect it deserves
it demands my utmost attention
and i'm gonna give it
just us wait and see!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
ABC Wednesday: X for eXtreme Sports
http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com/
I chose to take my son to an eXtreme sports rather than to motor sports. This is because I believe there can be fun without the zoom! zoom! vroom! vroom! Got over to my other stories site to know why.
Rusty Caricatures
Well sometimes they just come out boring. I apologize.The best reason for animators to do caricatures is to help us break from formula animation shapes, features and expressions. It's a long road though.
Favorite movies of 2010
Check out this video of all of the movies that came out this year.
These are my favorite, in no particular order.
These are my favorite, in no particular order.
Monday, December 27, 2010
It Is Possible
to be good looking and still have distinct features. I can tell these two guys apart.And all the rest of these fellows.On top of their looks they all have extremely distinct voices, personalities and mannerisms. That's why they called them "stars".
Duke Starts To Morph
Everybody changes as they age but nobody did it better than the Duke.He turned into a completely different design.And everyone loved him even more.His personality is as distinct as his head."Distinct" is the thing that to me is most missing from entertainment today and especially animation.From some of the comments I can see that many people are actually repulsed by anything that isn't
Mellow Yellow Monday: Electrician at Work.
http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com/
When you are celebrating your Christmas Holidays, just hope that you don't have a blackout. Be thankful that there are people like this electrician at work.
I was taking a photo of his van with his yellow ladder when I decided to take his photo too. He flashed his smile and asked, " You are taking me too." This was taken on Boxing day, we went on a long walk to burn off all the calories we had consumed over the festive days.
Here's a family anecdote. That was the early days before people had Christmas trees and lights in Borneo. I was about six, my older brother Charles was eight. Dad bought a chain of lights and lined it at the eaves of the balcony, but they were not the flashing blinking type. Charles told us the lights could go blink blink blink and went to the switch and went on off on off until my Dad caught him. This would be the second best story after the one when the tree fell.
addition:In December, the North East Monsoon blows and bring in a lot of rain.
The first tree we had was a fake tree and didn't have many leaves and branches. Dad was a civil servant and didn't have a lot of money. He bought about six baubles and we were the only house in the neighborhood with a tree.
It was about 4 pm when the wind blew, and mum rushed to close the window and at the same time telling us to do it. We rushed to the lounge just in time to see the tree fall. Some of the baubles broke into smithereens some were less broken. Mum was in tears. We tried to savage them, but mum said no, we were too proud to use broken baubles.
When I went to Canada years later, my Canadian friend strung popcorn to hang on the tree. I came home and told Mum we could do this cheaply. Mum said it won't work. In Borneo, the ants would come.
Favorite songs of 2010
Check out DJ Earworm's mashup of the top 25 songs of the year.
These are my favorite songs of the year, in no particular order.
Lady Gaga - Telephone
Just a second it's my favorite song they're gonna play
And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh
Just a second it's my favorite song they're gonna play
And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
You felt the coming wave, told me we’d all be brave, you said you wouldn’t flinch
But in the years that passed since I saw you last, you haven’t moved an inch
Miley Cyrus - Can’t Be Tamed
I’m like a puzzle but all of my pieces are jagged
If you can understand this, we can make some magic
I’m on like that
If you can understand this, we can make some magic
I’m on like that
Pixie Lott - Here We Go Again
I don't care about tomorrow, here we go again here we go again
I'll be the last one on the dance floor when this party ends when this party ends
I don't care about tomorrow, here we go again here we go again
I'll be the last one on the dance floor when this party ends when this party ends
Taylor Swift - Back to December
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night
And I go back to December all the time
Far East Movement - Like a G6
Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzard
When we drink we do it right, gettin slizzard
Sippin sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6
Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6
These songs weren't from 2010, but I discovered them this year and fell in love.
The Cary Brothers - If You Were Here
If you were here I could deceive you
And if you were here you would believe
Scala Choir - Creep
I don't care if it hurts I want to have control
I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice when I'm not around
You're so fucking special, I wish I was special
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Scenic Sunday:Paneton from Peru
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http://scenicsunday.blogspot.com/
My ESOL student Felistas from Peru gave me this Paneton she received from Peru. It was greeted with interest when I served it to an International group of New Zealanders, Malaysiam, Indian and Taiwanese. We had not seen it before, but the day before I Christmas day, I saw a new product in our local supermarket, the Paneton they were selling were not as high as the Peruvian.
While chatting with Gattina, she too featured on this. You will notice by the time the Italian Panettone has travelled across the Atlantic ocean to South American, they had dropped a letter t and letter E. I am not sure if they dropped some ingredients and added others.
As for the taste, the proof is in the eating. My New Zealand friend says it is a bit like the German Strudel. My husband says it is good because it is not fatty.
Honestly, I didn't eat much, I only lament my Mum's best butter cake, baked over a charcoal fire. Nobody can beat that.
Panettone (pronounced /pænəˈtoʊni/) is a type of sweet bread loaf originally from Milan (in Milanese it is called panaton),[1] usually prepared and enjoyed for Christmas and New Year in Italy, Malta, Brazil and Switzerland, and one of the symbols of the city of Milan. Maltese nationals are also traditionally associated with this sweet loaf. In Latin America, especially in Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Peru, it is a Christmas dinner staple and in some places replaces roscón de reyes (King cake).
It has a cupola shape, which extends from a cylindrical base and is usually about 12-15 cm high for a panettone weighing 1 kg.
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