It's not such a mystery

2006-04-26T00:01:00.000-05:00

a sparse smattering of pictures from last weekend before the elbow show: a day spent with sushi and maura and then bill showed up for the concert. during which: the lead singer looked directly at me for "switching off" and handed the mic to bill to sing a line of the chorus on another song.

the following sunday night was the yeah yeah yeahs at first ave. maura and I left our friends to spend a solid sweaty hour dancing/ being crushed to death. conclusion: karen O is a total hottie and my new hero.

then i found $20.

i mean, then on thursday night bily calls from fargo and shows up at carleton 4 hours later. trees were hugged. bad ideas were had (ice cream on a rainy day). questionably good plots were hatched (hitchhiking to tennesee anyone?) battle of the bands was judged and enjoyed. skittles were eaten and tossed into the crowd below. the end <3

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wandering around after the show

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the ascott room of quest club - full of sad old hipsters.
conclusion: growing up is hard to do

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skepticism outside espresso royale

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weird face.

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i went over 100 mph on a motorcycle yesterday.

and this morning I found out for sure that i'll be in australia/ new zealand next winter.

and later in the afternoon, was asked to be a judge of battle of the bands.

life is absolutely brilliant.

2006-04-05T00:28:00.000-05:00

oh em effin' g. I updated.

"anthems for a seventeen year old girl" is killing me right now. You can get in moods sometimes where a truly delicious song will want to make you explode. Spring is pretty much here, despite what those used to warmer climates might argue. So it's pretty muddy and the worms are drowning on the sidewalks. But its effin' fantastic because I can run outside and not suffer with hat hair and on some mornings the local malt-o-meal company makes the whole town smell like imitation cocoa puffs. Actually, you can't even tell its not the real thing.

Ben just left after a weekend chilling in Minnesota. The usual tours were given of carleton and the cities, and we spent some quality time with Maura on her birthday as well. I can never remember to charge my camera so he probably has all the good pictures, but better things are to come when I get all these rolls of film developed.

Happy spring. walk barefoot. wallow in mud. run naked, or some other such hippie sht. :D

<3 Mimi

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strategically composed photo

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casey and I decided eating twigonometry would be good since they're taking it down anyways. my lighter was empty otherwise we could have made several lovely bonfires of them.

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mmmm twigonometry. delicious.

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hide and seek

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casey and her two mismatched mittens. sitting in the newspaper stand of course

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ben and kenley waiting for cookies at dacie moses

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look better, feel better

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sick bill hanging out on the sidewalk as iris takes his picture

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gandha is molesting rafiq this time, in broad daylight on central ave.

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maura wearing chris's extreme cold face mask

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mike, shannon, and max in a fake phone booth outside the pub in winnipeg

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maura and gandha are everyday people

2006-01-12T20:27:00.000-06:00

tunneling and stealthiness. yeahhh.

2005-12-23T17:31:00.000-06:00

Here are some more pictures of parties and other miscellaneous activities over the past week or so. Yow. Just a little over a week more left of break and then it's back to Carrrleton. Everyone will be back by next week, though, so it should be fun.

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thumbs up from josh

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getting cozy and wearing moccasins

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eeeeahhhhhh

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evil concoction

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fun with dry ice

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free parking

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getting a new christmas tree. perfectly legal I'm sure.

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lillard. chilling out.

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standing in circles

2005-12-13T16:44:00.000-06:00

I've started to take pictures again. Gradually.

Kevin had a barbeque at his house on friday night. (un)fortunately, the electricity was out in that neighborhood, so everything was lit by candlelight. I cut a dinosaur shape out of the cake that berto made and arthur kicked a head of lettuce, which exploded with a pretty satisfying sound, and kevin's dog gadget ate some of it. Downstairs we lit a fire and let candlewax drip on our hands and coke can holders.

Saturday night pete threw his birthday party, which was a lot of fun and provided some hilarious pictures. Finished out the night at bw3's and the hookah bar.

In other news, I am open to commissions for paintings/ drawings, in case anyone wanted one as a christmas gift. email: mimiosity@gmail.com

Good luck with finals kids (unless you're on the superior trimester system) :)

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The lights are up on high street

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3am wings

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the scenery

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ohmy.

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art and josh doing push ups as pete and micah look on. strange?

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coping with the blackout/ holding a friendly seance

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grilling in the snow

2005-12-06T17:41:00.000-06:00

Here are a couple of my metalsmithing projects from last term. I basically got to feel real hard-core juggling two torches, sawing sheets of metal (and sometimes my finger), and pounding at copper making loud noises. Certainly something I'd like to pursue further.

Photos from the trip to boston/RI are pretty self explanatory. The rest are from the last few days of school. I have recently been avoiding taking photographs in an effort to participate more than I observe. The results for you may be tragic but I'm enjoying it so far.

Back in Morgantown for a longer spell now. I've been painting and reading and partying a little bit. Free time <3

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raising project - copper

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sterling/fine silver, glass, photo (of the building across from the moose)

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Nostalgia bracelet - sterling/fine silver, glass, photos. The backs have corresponding words/phrases.

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"party ring" - sterling silver and copper (heat patina or reticulated)

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riveting project - copper with feather texture

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Some crazy MIT architecture

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Flower shop around Harvard Square

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Jennifer! and Ben and I having some chocolate-y desserts. My visit was supposed to be a surprise but when we went to pick her up at her dorm she was already looking for me in the bushes. :\

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Playing in and around some abandoned highway construction equipment during our walk through the sketchier parts of Providence.

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Darien is utilizing his stealthy ninja skills again.

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awesome

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ohmigod he grew something fuzzy on his chin.

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At the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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MIT artwork..

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on the roof of the frat house on Thanksgiving.

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impressive fireworks being set off by drunk guys on bell field last night of school. surprisingly, no arms/heads were blown off.

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Ghanda and I on the roof of Laird

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5th watson reunion party. indian food and champagne. Pretty much everyone showed up, and we made fun of those who didn't. :D

2005-12-01T20:45:00.000-06:00

After spending my first week of break travelling around New England, I have finally arrived home for a substantial amount of time. Ben, that sneak, commandeered most of my photos during the trip so I suppose you could visit his site for that stuff. But I have a few from the end of Fall term at Carleton, as well as some choice pictures that were overlooked.

A wonderful adventure, to say the least. But I'll leave most of the storytelling to others.

badum cha

2005-11-13T10:54:00.000-06:00

uh oh. look what she's gone and done.

2005-11-10T19:12:00.000-06:00

I still haven't gotten a hang of this blog layout business. It's so very verticle, I dont know. I'll make an empty promise to fix up my actual website over winter break.
Good news is I retrieved many of the photos from the end of summer. Since blogs are not hot enough to handle a bunch of pictures at once, I will post them a little bit at a time, all sneaky, like ninjas. kind of.

HELP!

The rest of the pictures are from the past few weeks. Took the bus to the cities to hang out and see a concert at the walker art gallery and wandered around the mall after the stores had closed one weekend. Also things from the broken social scene show and halloween.

I have the best costume ever planned for next year. dont tell.

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Very amazing Broken Social Scene concert.

yes. incredible. Please see them if you have the chance.

2005-11-10T18:49:00.000-06:00

a fight over Schiller esclalated and moved outside.

End result?
A broken Schiller and a needless number of police cars, drawing Carls like moths to streetlights. "OMG OMG what happened!?!?" "WELL, I heard..."

2005-11-10T18:47:00.000-06:00

Halloween concert. The first picture is of our President, Oden, dressed up as napoleon dynamite, saying something about your mom.
also, GLO-STICKS. weeeeeee

2005-11-10T18:43:00.000-06:00

carleton has this extensive tunnel system, which was closed because of liabilities/assaults/toxic gasses/rumor rumor rumor/etc. But I got a tour because I am sneaky and awesome.

2005-11-10T18:38:00.000-06:00

the mall of america is really disgusting when its open.

but, since they apparantly dont lock it at night, its kind of wonderful after it closes.

2005-11-10T18:31:00.000-06:00

minneapolis sculpture garden: very large cherry on a spoon.
a blurry picture of sam prekop and archer prewitt. the concert was in a very nice art gallery, so I had to be very stealthy to get this photo.

2005-10-30T18:55:00.000-06:00

Dear friends,

I will soon leave school for a time in order to form the elite team of crime-fighting ninja spies I have always dreamed of. This will entail arduous training at spiritual locations atop bamboo forested mountains in Asia, recruiting someone independently wealthy, and buying some black ninja suits. Also, when not traveling silently on foot, preferred mode of transportation will be unfathomably sexy motorcycles.

thank you.

2005-10-21T12:33:00.000-05:00

lcd soundsystem (!!!)

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Waiting at a Borders before the show, and a picture of the venue, First Ave.

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I'll let you guess what happens next..

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in the orchard

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leaf fight the next day, before apple-picking

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gwen jumping into some leeeaves

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bonfire at mai fete.

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sunset before the bonfire

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A "photo shoot" suggested by iris, to help pass the long weekend. ridiculous :D

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my floormate, sam, all dressed up for "glam jam"

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enjoying the sunny autumn saturday

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at the radio station

2005-10-20T11:32:00.000-05:00

Hello! Busy as always, but everything's going well. They held an interest meeting on the australia/new zealand off campus art program last night, with slides of giant ferns and centuries old trees, coral reefs, volcanos, and the beaches that would be our backyard. . . ahhh

What else what else. Going to the walker art gallery to see a brazilian singer, juana molina, and two guys from the sea and cake perform. Since no convenient ride is provided this time, I'll have to take the bus down in the afternoon to the mall first. meaning: I might see the new wallace and gromit movie, which will be, of course, deliciously endearing and wonderful.

2005-10-15T21:26:00.000-05:00

oh no.

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this is the instrument library, where I work. Meaning, I sit at this desk and listen to music and do homework. for 9$/hr. <333

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hippie party in the fly honey warehouse

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we can be happy underground!

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henna tattoos

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sunny afternoon at farm house

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drum and bass

harvest fest

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the last sunny weeks

2005-10-15T00:50:00.000-05:00

Listening to haiti, a song you could swim in, getting ready for bed. My roommate likes to keep the main flourescent lights off, so we have lamps and christmas lights and my new hard drive which glows blue and blinks when it is thinking.
Some pictures from last weekend. Yellow bike club doing their thing to keep campus supplied with communal transportation. Later that afternoon was harvest fest at farm house. A lazy lazy sun drenched thing with smiling people, live singingless music, made-from-scratch organic pumpkin pie, tree swings, and a kissing booth. Late later that night was a party, with inky black and red dance in the basement which I photographed a little of, but spend most of the time on a couch upstairs talking and drumming and watching.
And a few from the middle of the week up until just about this moment. More sun. Thursday night, of midterms and everything, I went to the cave and saw a pretty good act. No one else was there, which turned out okay because they still put on a good show and I got a special goodbye and good luck wishes on my tests as I left.
And today! Friday. Afternoons in front of sayles they hand out "the clap," and say it in an appropriately suggestive way: "hey can I give you the clap?" This week it was done in a chicken suit. Very interesting because its also parents weekend.
Before going to my econ test I picked up the paper. Ohno. I took a picture of that for you too. Also this evening was an acapella concert, which seemed very long because we have a lot of those, and really I can only stand so much of it, but it was good to see my fellow students have some talent. Later in the evening was the cujokra/harriers show, two short-form and long-form improv groups. These are always great and again, lots of parents, and behind me this 13 year old was explaining to maybe a 9 year old what spooning was. But they were funny funny and ahh there were scenes I kept crying and people who know me know I cry so so hard when I laugh.

Thats mostly it for now. If I've ever told you we never have in-between breaks here I lied. We get this one monday off...looong weekend. Which I will have to spend working, probably, because: LCD soundsystem show on wednesday night, and sam prekop/archer prewitt from the sea & cake, with juana molina next saturday.

ahh

have a great weekend

2005-10-07T01:52:00.000-05:00

I guess that means autumn.
halloween.
pie

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Former President Masire fielding questions

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flap flap flap. I fly better than you.

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candid picture wars

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evan and the pool of squirrel doom