tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40088592024-03-05T03:57:52.759-08:00indigo schmindigoa high tolerance for repetitionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger523125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-17770157201436543502011-12-19T20:42:00.000-08:002012-02-20T20:42:52.684-08:00<p>This blog is not moving in the usual sense; archives will all stay right here. But if you want to see new posts, please go to <a href="http://indigosom.blogspot.com/">indigosom.blogspot.com</a>, where I continue to blog.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-74401106200575247242011-12-18T10:25:00.000-08:002011-12-18T10:25:37.906-08:00<p>We have come to the end of this blog. Like writing the last sentence in a journal, putting it on the shelf, & opening up a fresh new blank book. </p>
<p>This blog started as the Chinese Restaurant Project blog & then followed me through changes I never could have anticipated. It didn’t lead to blogging fame & fortune—no glamorous book deal or money in my pocket—nor even more than a handful of readers (unless you count all the crowds who come just to ogle <a href="http://schmindigo.blogspot.com/2007/11/please-indulge-me-as-i-jump-on.html">one pair of cowboy boots</a>), but it wasn’t supposed to. I believe—quite strongly—in the value of a shy, quiet blog that just keeps trundling along its little path. </p>
<p>So, a hug & a kiss for this old thing—& on to <a href="http://indigosom.blogspot.com/">the new one!</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-26773714980381414762011-12-09T11:57:00.001-08:002011-12-09T11:59:00.457-08:00<p>Ah, the photogenic popovers in winter sunshine, with narcissus shadows… </p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmindigo/6483176579/" title="PC021162blog by indigo!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6483176579_639707d9ba.jpg" width="425" alt="PC021162blog"></a></p><p>This winter is <em>so</em> much nicer than the last two.</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmindigo/6483176797/" title="PC021167blog by indigo!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6483176797_c86dac280e.jpg" width="425" alt="PC021167blog"></a></p><p>Remember all that unrelenting gray rain?!</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmindigo/6483176991/" title="PC021173blog by indigo!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6483176991_a2edd35cea.jpg" width="425" alt="PC021173blog"></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-30792000444379733562011-12-04T20:07:00.001-08:002011-12-04T20:10:25.177-08:00<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmindigo/6457477751/" title="PC021241web by indigo!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6457477751_3337ac3123.jpg" width="425" alt="PC021241web"></a></p> <p>Don’t worry. I’m not riding again. Not that I’ve ruled it out. I’m having more fun with my camera right now.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-38335287329294828832011-10-30T22:57:00.000-07:002011-10-30T22:57:22.148-07:00<p>Pulling out the summer garden…</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmindigo/6297370199/" title="PA300977edit by indigo!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6224/6297370199_96e56c9f38.jpg" width="425" alt="PA300977edit"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmindigo/6297370761/" title="PA300974edit by indigo!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6232/6297370761_5d066d70a0.jpg" width="425" alt="PA300974edit"></a></p><p>...& getting ready to put in the winter veggies.</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmindigo/6297899968/" title="PA300978edit by indigo!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6297899968_e304339447.jpg" width="425" alt="PA300978edit"></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-76775270831659216242011-10-03T10:56:00.000-07:002011-10-03T10:56:44.703-07:00<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmindigo/6207854363/" title="IMG_1286web by indigo!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/6207854363_a7b68b13e0_z.jpg" width="425" alt="IMG_1286web"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmindigo/6207795713/" title="IMG_1290web by indigo!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6103/6207795713_cba7943fd2_z.jpg" width="425" alt="IMG_1290web"></a></p><p>Perfect, sweet Bay Area fall weather for <a href="http://strictlybluegrass.com/">Hardly Strictly</a>... as usual, there is no possible way to see everything: when informed via text about <a href="http://www.gillianwelch.com/">Gillian & Dave</a> joining <a href="http://www.robynhitchcock.com/">Robyn Hitchcock</a> on <a href="http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/candy.html">Candyman</a>, I thought, arg, another one gets away! Until last night at the Fillmore when I got to see it from the second row. Bliss! Gillian wore a beautiful new pair of caramel-colored boots with her name in cream mirror-image script. (Image pinched from the <a href="http://www.idsnews.com/news/multimedia/media.aspx?id=40545&type=M">Indiana Daily Student</a>)</p><p><img src="http://www.idsnews.com/news/mfiles/photos/0000-we1728487013.jpg" alt="" width="425" /></p><p>Happy Birthday Gillian! Thank you Warren!</p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-69676923315013162112011-09-24T12:55:00.000-07:002011-09-24T12:55:49.804-07:00<p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6163/6174043774_455b3c9107_z.jpg" alt="" width="425" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-21208575523247164352011-09-13T21:50:00.000-07:002011-09-13T21:51:50.829-07:00<p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6146332582_0250586fdf_o.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="319" /></p><p>Every September I take a picture like this, but this year we have something new: peacotums! That’s peach + apricot + plum, the latest in the explosion of pluots, plumcots & apriums that we’ve been enjoying for the past decade or so. <a href="http://www.blossombluff.com/">Blossom Bluff</a> has been working on these babies for a few years & this is the first season they’ve brought them to market. Instantly addictive, like an extra-sweet pluot, & beautiful to boot. They’re the ones on the river rocks in the middle & lower right. The upper right rock has Flavor Grenade pluots on it.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-51452891836323272522011-08-24T23:36:00.000-07:002011-08-25T19:59:21.714-07:00<p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/6079077760_36b42ef39c_o.jpg" alt="" width="425" /></p>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-42265450943073754122011-08-14T20:57:00.000-07:002011-08-14T21:17:58.872-07:00<p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6066/6044585264_84918a6d99.jpg" alt="" width="425" /></p><p>Today I pulled out the dried-up old sweetpeas & planted sunflower seedlings. The padrón pepper plant is finally giving me a few peppers at a time. Purple string beans are going strong & the cherry tomato is gangbusters. This afternoon I found a sneaky overgrown squash. </p><p>Then I picked blackberries & made a pie.</p><p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/6044083535_a705c20325_o.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="319" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-58132779136516979252011-07-25T20:38:00.000-07:002011-07-25T20:48:38.178-07:00<p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5976010141_08f4b3a183.jpg" alt="" width="425" /></p><p>Been a while since we had a nice salad. This one comes to you courtesy of a fierce cilantro jones that seized me last week. First I found this yummy <a href="http://norecipes.com/blog/2008/05/20/chicken-biryani/">chicken biryani recipe</a> via <a href="http://www.gojee.com/">gojee</a> & was “as faithful as can be—for me”* to the recipe, which meant I used mild peppers instead of hot, & about twice, maybe thrice, as much as cilantro. That jones, you know.</p><p>I liked the raita so much that I wanted to put it on everything. Salad dressing? Of course. Blueberries & cilantro are a cool-as-a-cucumber match made in summer heaven, so there you go:</p><p><strong>Cilantro Loves Blueberries Salad</strong><br />feeds 2 serious salad-eaters, 4 normal folks<br />Little gems &/or other mild green lettuces, a few large handfuls<br />Blueberries, a large handful<br />A small splash of olive oil<br />Avocado slices</p><p>Raita (adapted from the biryani recipe above):<br />1 C cucumber peeled, seeded and finely chopped<br />1/2 C plain yogurt<br />2–3 T cilantro minced<br />2 T mint minced<br />1/2 t cumin seeds<br />1/2 t salt<br />fresh ground black pepper to taste<br />(You will have a lot of leftover raita!)</p><p>Wash & dry the lettuces & blueberries & throw em in a bowl. Dollop a couple of generous spoonfuls of raita on top, followed by a small bloop of olive oil. Toss well. Plate with sliced avocados on the side. </p><p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5976010139_fe3b86668e.jpg" alt="" width="425" /></p><br /><p>*I’ve always loved this song. You notice they never actually resolve the problem? Heh. Quote is at 0:39.</p><p><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jVz5K63iYDs?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-21782982375752588992011-07-22T21:49:00.000-07:002011-07-22T21:59:04.180-07:00<p>Bay Area blackberry lovers, listen up!</p><p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/5965603041_9ec07bea9e.jpg" alt="" width="432"/></p><p>The blackberry season may be late this year, but it promises to be the most slammin bumper crop I ever did anticipate. The blossoms are so big, they’re bouquet-worthy. In June they covered the brambles in pinkish white masses. </p><p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5966159712_7170a1c94f.jpg" alt="" width="432" /></p><p>The bees have been on them like nobody’s business.</p><p>If you only go blackberry picking once in your life, let this be the summer. Put it on the calendar for 3 or 4 weeks from now. </p><p>That’s all I gotta say.</p><p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/5965602841_d654c85af5.jpg" alt="" width="432" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-87378078913820773372011-05-23T19:45:00.000-07:002011-06-03T11:33:48.489-07:00<p>Lately…</p><p>Listening: <a href="http://mashupbreakdown.com/">Girl Talk</a>. I just wish this spiffy visual breakdown included dates for all the sources, because I strongly suspect I’m getting a remedial crash course on all that happened in pop music for the past quarter century while I was busy listening to the likes of <a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=cachao&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=10799300542247934108&sa=X&ei=CBLbTarCG-bPiAKKwrAF&ved=0CDsQ8gIwAQ">Cachao</a> & <a href="http://www.gillianwelch.com/">Gillian Welch</a>.</p><p>Reading: <a href="http://nyupress.org/books/book-details.aspx?bookId=1152">Ingratitude: The Debt-Bound Daughter in Asian American Literature</a> by erin Khuê Ninh. Everybody should read this. (Especially if you’re suffering any form of <a href="http://jenkwok.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/tiger-mom-rap/">Tiger Mom</a> Fatigue. Don’t know about you, but the Fatigue hit me pretty much the first moment I heard of her.)</p><p>Drinking: variations on carrot juice</p><p>Eating: Peas! Peas! Peas! How about a simple recipe?</p><p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3508/5794335524_8af7411779.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="362" /></p><p><strong>Cheesy Peasy</strong><br />(serves 1)<br />2 slices <a href="http://www.alvaradostreetbakery.com/product_detail.php?id=33">Alvarado</a> bread<br />medium sharp cheddar<br />about 2 pods’ worth of English (shelling) peas</p><p>Cover one slice of bread with cheese. Dot peas all over. Put the other slice of bread on top & hold it together carefully (no escaping peas!) as you place the sandwich in a sandwich grill or press of your choice (we use a <a href="http://www.georgeforemancooking.com/c-2-small-grills.aspx">George</a> we found on the street). Grill til cheese is melty. Yay, cheesy peasy!</p><p>(Edited to add picture)</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-4937847694195810082011-04-28T14:30:00.000-07:002011-04-28T14:32:16.086-07:00<p>I hardly ever go to Richmond, & as far as I remember have never been in the particular neighborhood between Kaiser & the BART station. Since <a href="http://picturesofindigo.blogspot.com/2011/04/richmond-bart.html">I was there this morning</a> with time on my hands, I walked around looking for the Chinese restaurant. The neighborhood felt so very much like some of the faded Midwestern towns I remember (the ones with consistently inspiring Chinese restaurants) that I felt sure of striking gold. </p><p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5666289866_07b10c18a5.jpg" alt="" width="276" height="500" /></p><p>Aha! Nothing to look at on the outside, but it was open already (since 7:30 am), so I went in to ask for a menu. I don’t know what I expected, but I was surprised to see the place more than half full, with mostly African American seniors chowing down on breakfast.</p><p>A glance at the menu told the tale: Chicken & Waffles breakfast special, $4.95! You get 3 waffles, 2 eggs, & your choice of 4 fried chicken wings or 4 sausages or 4 bacon. Try & beat that. If that’s too much food for you, how about Hot Oatmeal with milk for $1.85, or 2 eggs any style with toast & hash or grits for $2.95? “Popular Prices” indeed! I want to go back & eat there.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-16590385955097987052011-04-24T13:01:00.000-07:002011-04-24T13:02:52.313-07:00<p>Last chance for <a href="http://stephaniesyjuco.com/shadowshop/shadowshop.html">Shadowshop</a>, y’all. May Day is the last day, so go grab your <a href="http://schmindigo.blogspot.com/2011/01/family-is-driving-me-crazy-pencils-are.html">pencils</a>, your <a href="http://schmindigo.blogspot.com/2011/02/coming-to-shadowshop-soon-early-next.html">pop lyric diagrams</a>, your <a href="http://shadowshopper.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/indigo-som-chinese-restaurant-project-mini-prints/">Chinese restaurant mini-prints</a> & other goodies while you can!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-60346050359093313572011-04-10T22:04:00.000-07:002011-04-24T12:49:09.265-07:00<p>Woops! Where did March go? I think <a href="http://www.picturesofindigo.blogspot.com/">Camera Shy</a> may be distracting me a bit.</p><p>I am quite smitten with the arugula flowers. </p><p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5609002038_e6cc1f8f60.jpg" alt="" width="325" height="432" /></p><p>Did you know you can eat them? I didn’t. I like them. Hard to describe the taste without sounding weird, but… they make me think of fresh wood. No, not like eating wood chips. Nothing like that. Much nicer. </p><p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5609001852_fde11312e7.jpg" alt="" width="406" height="432" /></p><p>I like throwing them on top of everything, just like I was throwing the leaves on everything all winter long. Makes sense, to go from winter to spring, leaf to flower.</p><p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5608419371_d2ea4f46cb.jpg" alt="" width="337" height="432" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-23722451913032746202011-02-27T20:41:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:42:46.831-08:00<p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5011/5484754634_cbb25ae864.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="389" /></p><p>What is that strange & wonderful thing?</p><p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5220/5484754638_9e5d7db99d.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="324" /></p><p>Why, it’s <a href="http://www.theanticraft.com/archive/beltane08/baconhenge.htm">Baconhenge</a>! Of course.</p><p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5484754642_038fcb53ac.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="382" /></p><p>We (the 3 o’clock girls—always a good time!) could not resist populating it.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-24006216896863910462011-02-24T18:24:00.000-08:002011-02-24T18:44:35.734-08:00<p>Been meaning to mention this little project I have going on… I was doing it kinda stealth for a while, because I believe in different sizes of audience for different projects, at different times. (I have one art project that is for an audience of one: just me. It’s very satisfying; in fact I recommend this for all artists.) </p><p>This one started out with an audience of about 20 friends. I think it’s ready for another dozen people or so, which is about how many people read this blog, so here you go: </p><p><a href="http://picturesofindigo.blogspot.com/">Camera Shy</a> </p><p>I recommend you go back & read from the beginning to understand what the hell it’s about. Then after a while if you get tired of the text, why then just look at the pictures! Or vice versa. (I have art friends who want it to be just pictures. I have writer friends who like the text best. As with all things, YMMV.)</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-8774024488714668552011-02-17T17:48:00.000-08:002011-02-17T17:50:17.520-08:00<p>Coming to <a href="http://stephaniesyjuco.com/shadowshop/index.html">Shadowshop</a> soon (early next week, I guesstimate): grammatical sentence diagrams of pop lyrics!</p><p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5172/5454990998_398f4b4052.jpg" alt="" width="389" height="500" /></p><p>Long-time readers of this blog may recall me as Dr. Diagram, diagramming lyrics to order at the <a href="http://www.oaklandmuseumofcalifornia.com/press/press_air_10_03.html">Art Health Fair at the Oakland Museum</a> in 2003, or <a href="http://schmindigo.blogspot.com/2004/04/cheers-to-claudia-tennyson-for.html">Roadside Elixir at the Headlands</a> in 2004. Well, if you missed those opportunities, you can still truck on down to SFMOMA & get yer rock & roll mitts on a hand-drawn diagram—for just $12! Choose from classics like “Freebird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (pictured above), “Last Dance” by Donna Summer or “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin!</p><p>I couldn’t resist sneaking a Dead tune in there too…</p><p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5131/5454378907_3e2f355c2d.jpg" alt="" width="386" height="500" /></p><p>Following is the little blurb that’s tucked in with each diagram, except here, you get links with that:</p><p>Mere days into 6th grade, I found myself sitting on the gym floor in a circle of girls, who began passing around a <a href="http://www.google.com/images?q=david+cassidy+album+cover&hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1&ei=685dTf6cNo30tgPOi_XACA&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18">David Cassidy</a> LP so that each of us could kiss his picture on the cover. I was the new girl in this school; no way could I afford not to kiss it with as much enthusiasm as I could fake (not much at all—I was soon relegated to the nerd clique, if you could call it that). So began my adolescent crash-course in pop music, which gave me my generational & cultural identity (just as it has done & continues to do for decades of 6th-grade girls). Around the same time I also learned how to diagram sentences; this methodical, visual organization of language so elegantly revealed grammar’s structure that I loved it even then. (How’s <em>that</em> for nerd cred?!) </p><p>As an artist, I’m always looking at the under-the-radar stuff of culture, the things that we know without knowing that we know them—what is given, hidden in plain sight. The grammatical structure of our language is of course all-pervasive, yet usually invisible. Pop music can function similarly, as a library of cultural fragments that we accumulate, consciously or subconsciously, throughout our lives. I started diagramming lyrics around 2000; later I diagrammed collaboratively in public, asking participants to recall lyrics from songs that were formative or meaningful to them. Sometimes people misremembered lyrics, so these diagrams may reflect the inaccuracy of pop memory. I also can’t guarantee grammatical correctness, although I tried my best with much help from <em>A Workbook of Sentence Diagramming,</em> self-published by <a href="http://www.german-latin-english.com/diagrams.htm">Eugene R. Moutoux</a>, 2002; & my brother’s old copy of <em>Prentice-Hall Grammar and Composition: Level 6,</em> 1982.</p><p>Thanks also to: Donna Ozawa, for inviting me to diagram at the Oakland Museum Art Health Fair (2003); Claudia Tennyson, for inviting me to diagram at the Headlands open house (2004); Becky Pringle, my 6th grade English teacher; & <a href="http://dl.lib.brown.edu/koetting/kleeman.html">Janice Kleeman</a>, for teaching me the history of rock & roll & the aesthetics of pop.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-44884610972534626872011-02-15T21:33:00.000-08:002011-02-15T21:49:54.857-08:00<p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/5449555395_52469f87d9.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="324" /></p><p>So, I had made & eaten this killer savory bread pudding, & I was so pleased & proud that I was gonna tell you all about it… but then we got hit with that lovely warm spell, during which I only wanted to pretend it was May, or even June. Which means no bread pudding—that’s a winter food!</p><p>Now that it’s pouring cats & dogs again, I thought you might be ready to hear it. This is an adaptation of an <a href="http://www.turntablekitchen.com/2010/11/savory-bread-pudding-thanksgiving-inspiration/">adaptation</a> of a <a href="http://www.tartinebakery.com/">Tartine</a> recipe. So easy & so good!</p><p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5057/5449555215_29f54ca84b.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="315" /></p><p>GOAT-CHARD SAVORY BREAD PUDDING</p><p>1 lb. loaf of day-old bread, preferably <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Bread_Company">Acme</a> Levain, cut into 1.5” cubes*<br />1 small yellow onion<br />3 spring onions, red**<br />10 large eggs<br />1 quart whole goat milk<br />3/4 tsp. salt<br />freshly ground pepper<br />pinch nutmeg<br />a little fresh thyme or other herbs<br />1 bunch (approx. 3 cups) rainbow chard, chopped<br />2 cups grated goat cheddar<br />extra virgin olive oil</p><p>Oven at 350°</p><p>In a skillet, cook onions in olive oil until tender. Set aside.</p><p>In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt, nutmeg & pepper. </p><p>Throw into the egg mixture: bread cubes, chard, 1 cup of the cheese, herbs & onions. Mix well.</p><p>Butter or oil a 9×13 baking dish. Pour the stuff in, sprinkle evenly with the remaining cup of cheese & a bit of pepper.</p><p>Bake for about an hour, until it passes the toothpick test.</p><p>You can serve this on its own, or for a more balanced meal, swath it in arugula leaves. Yum!</p><p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/5449555315_a64b094a7b.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="274" /></p><p>* I think my cubes were a bit smaller & quite uneven. You could even cut thick slices & then tear them up into chunks. (What, you would use your Tartine loaf this way after going through all that trouble to get it? Not unless you happen to live walking distance or something….)</p><p>** If you can’t get spring onions, you can use leeks or just another onion.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-77944872678669441092011-01-31T19:53:00.000-08:002011-01-31T19:58:48.247-08:00<p>Folklore geeks, rejoice! Used to be you had to drag your folkloric ass to the library to access the hallowed tomes that contained the Aarne-Thompson taletype index & Stith Thompson’s motif index. It’s been a few years since I last googled, & hey, here they are! As the interwebs continue to expand & develop in ever more wonderful & horrible ways, count these among the wonderful:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne–Thompson_classification_system">Aarne-Thompson on Wikipedia</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ruthenia.ru/folklore/thompson/index.htm">Thompson motif index</a>. If the messed-up characters in the online version bug you, download the document for your very own, although you’ll miss out on the handy sidebar index. </p><p>I like all the variations on T11.4. <em>Love through sight of something belonging to unknown princess,</em> including: <br />Love through sight of hair of unknown princess.<br />Love through sight of hair of unknown hero. <br />Love through sight of slipper of unknown princess. <br />Love through finding lady‘s wreath. <br />Love through seeing bouquet. <br />Love through seeing marks of lady’s teeth in fruit which she has bitten(!!)<br />Love through finding lady‘s handkerchief.<br />Love through finding lady’s ornament (ring, comb, etc.). </p><p>Yeah, this is how I spend my time when I’m supposed to be cleaning house in preparation for the Year of the Rabbit….</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-71418964203353389942011-01-29T16:06:00.000-08:002011-01-29T16:10:32.010-08:00<p>OMG! Another shoo-in for the wish-I’d-thought-of-that annals: <a href="http://freshribbon.blogspot.com/2010/07/list-making-as-art.html">List-making as art</a>. Fucking brilliant.</p><p>Also on the typewriter theme, is this not an amazing object of lust?!</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD7h0D2FT5KnTV_lmm3EIC8QFOtDHbpU6xEfUpH266fRs1q6C3LTwILpSTQiBUtl80qSOwiHIDRzGUu_7NGNtLpT8dvAvsfY7_uRoS94h58yigHyBIqBHFlXu72SGR42qSoqh/s1600/PA244331.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD7h0D2FT5KnTV_lmm3EIC8QFOtDHbpU6xEfUpH266fRs1q6C3LTwILpSTQiBUtl80qSOwiHIDRzGUu_7NGNtLpT8dvAvsfY7_uRoS94h58yigHyBIqBHFlXu72SGR42qSoqh/s320/PA244331.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567763755724593266" /></a><br /><p>(From the <a href="http://www.vintagetypewritershoppe.com/catalog/item/3807439/7347935.htm">Vintage Typewriter Shoppe</a>, where else?)</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-30617767436795882032011-01-21T19:12:00.000-08:002011-01-21T19:18:26.475-08:00<p>“MY FAMILY IS DRIVING ME CRAZY” pencils are back in stock at <a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/events/series/1337">Shadowshop</a>! Is your family driving you crazy? If not you, then someone you know needs these pencils. Am I right? </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-11921784346666168152011-01-13T23:47:00.000-08:002011-01-13T23:48:04.458-08:00<p>Sorry to report the pencils have not arrived yet. I will post when they are back in stock!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008859.post-12583126327726728552010-12-30T22:12:00.000-08:002010-12-30T22:13:14.810-08:00<p>I am laughing more than bragging, but yeah, I’m bragging too: 360 pencils imprinted with the simple sentiment “MY FAMILY IS DRIVING ME CRAZY” have sold out in the first 6 weeks of <a href="http://stephaniesyjuco.com/shadowshop/index.html">Shadowshop</a>. </p><p>A bunch more are on the way, so if you want any, they should be <a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/417">there</a> in a week or two. Not just for the holidays!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0