NOGOODFORME.COM: Snapshot: Listening, Watching, Reading, Wearing, Wanting

Listening: Bjork, Debut (mostly for "The Anchor Song," which may just be one of my favorite songs of all time); Neil Young, Mirrorball; Flying Saucer Attack, Distance; Calla, Scavengers; lots of Boris
Watching: Maxed Out, that really kinda scary documentary about debt and the credit card industry; episodes of "Weeds"; the assembly edit of my non-thesis film again and again and again...kind of like a recurring, looping nightmare!
Reading: I re-read Francesca Lia Block's Echo after doing our interview with her; Slouching Towards Bethlehem and Miami by my literary obsession Joan Didion, plus these Paris Review interviews with her; and The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman. I also finished Mary McCarthy's The Company She Keeps and the verdict is awesome. It's very different from The Group, which LJ wrote about so eloquently, but it is equally astonishing in its own way and perhaps even a bit more satisfying since it revolves around a central character, the cynical bohemian intellectual Margaret Sargent. McCarthy is so smart and bitter and dark and yet jaunty at the same time. Read it!
Wearing: I'm either wearing Old Navy racerback tanks with my old Earl jeans or the brightest, hippie-est dresses in my wardrobe. There is no compromise.
Wanting: Can someone please remind me that next time I book a flight I should never get one that leaves early in the morning? Why do I do this to myself? Argh!

Listening: The Raconteurs; Notorious B.I.G.; Catcall; Fleet Foxes; Suede; Modest Mouse, Good News for People Who Love Bad News; lots of songs from the soundtrack to Valley Girl, which I saw at Hollywood Forever Cemetery last Sunday and it was truly dazzling (of course).
Watching: The Wackness, which compelled me to re-watch Igby Goes Down (that whole angsty/lost boy in New York City thing, I guess). I feel like I'm the only person in the world who really likes Igby Goes Down. Also, I heart Kieran Culkin with all my love, and I find Jeff Goldblum and Amanda Peet to make an irksomely attractive pair.
Reading: that Wired cover story on Julia Allison, the new Vogue and Elle. And I'm rereading bits and pieces of Drugs Are Nice by Lisa Crystal Carver. And I'm still not through with Up Through the Water by Darcey Steinke.
Wearing: The most Snapshot-worthy thing I'm wearing right now is Acquarella's non-toxic, water-based nail polish in "Mahalo" (i.e., blue), which I acquired via a manicure at an EcoStiletto party on Tuesday. I love! And it maybe kinda goes with the blue satin dress I keep wearing all the time (which is from a Bad Place but not the Worst Place).
Wanting: for it to be 10 o'clock tonight so I can be watching The Dark Knight already! Hot damn!

Listening: Harry Nilsson, Pandemonium Shadow Show, Skidoo, and The Point; the Fiery Furnaces and the Beatles, which you can always assume is true of me, because it is.
Watching: I watched a couple installments of The Beatles Anthology last weekend because I was bored and depressed, and watching The Beatles Anthology is the only known cure for that; No Age and High Places at the Horseshoe, which was beyond fantastic. I danced alone for most of the night and felt really punk rock for it.
Reading: A really pointless and boring book called The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark which I don't recommend to anybody; Modern Guilt; this thing that nobody in the Universe cares about except for me; The Idiot's Guide to Bartending
Wearing: The same-old same-old; a pink ribbed tank advertising the Miami Seaquarium that I have been wearing on a semi-regular basis since I was approximately six years old; new track shorts from American Eagle Awesome
Wanting: To exist in a permanent state of "being at a No Age concert"; for the impulse to bite off all my nails to disappear (I fell off the wagon that day I watched The Beatles Anthology)

Bjork singing "Anchor Song" in Icelandic (Iceland is the next country where I'd like to go):

(Liz showing off her manicure/gigantic hands, indicating how many minutes we got to save the world. Also shown: overworn blue satin dress, magical nail polish.)

COMMENTS!!

laura, if you move to l.a and hang out with me a lot, you actually can exist in a permanent state of 'being at a no age concert.' or if not 'permanent,' then at least 'near-constant.'

By Liz on July 18, 2008 11:46 AM

I effin' LOVE Igby Goes Down! Everyone I've ever met hates it as well but I think it's absolutely awesome. I can't believe Salinger let them get away with it.

By G on July 19, 2008 9:19 AM

Say something so insightful and witty, it will blow us away. (No pressure.)

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	Thursday , July 24, 2008 Snapshot: Listening, Watching, Reading, Wearing, Wanting + Kat Listening: Bjork, Debut (mostly for "The Anchor Song," which may just be one of my favorite songs of all time); Neil Young, Mirrorball; Flying Saucer Attack, Distance; Calla, Scavengers; lots of Boris Watching: Maxed Out, that really kinda scary documentary about debt and the credit card industry; episodes of "Weeds"; the assembly edit of my non-thesis film again and again and again...kind of like a recurring, looping nightmare! Reading: I re-read Francesca Lia Block's Echo after doing our interview with her; Slouching Towards Bethlehem and Miami by my literary obsession Joan Didion, plus these Paris Review interviews with her; and The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman. I also finished Mary McCarthy's The Company She Keeps and the verdict is awesome. It's very different from The Group, which LJ wrote about so eloquently, but it is equally astonishing in its own way and perhaps even a bit more satisfying since it revolves around a central character, the cynical bohemian intellectual Margaret Sargent. McCarthy is so smart and bitter and dark and yet jaunty at the same time. Read it! Wearing: I'm either wearing Old Navy racerback tanks with my old Earl jeans or the brightest, hippie-est dresses in my wardrobe. There is no compromise. Wanting: Can someone please remind me that next time I book a flight I should never get one that leaves early in the morning? Why do I do this to myself? Argh! P.S. - This weekend I'll be at Pitchfork Music Festival, so if you find me, say hello! + Liz Listening: The Raconteurs; Notorious B.I.G.; Catcall; Fleet Foxes; Suede; Modest Mouse, Good News for People Who Love Bad News; lots of songs from the soundtrack to Valley Girl, which I saw at Hollywood Forever Cemetery last Sunday and it was truly dazzling (of course). Watching: The Wackness, which compelled me to re-watch Igby Goes Down (that whole angsty/lost boy in New York City thing, I guess). I feel like I'm the only person in the world who really likes Igby Goes Down. Also, I heart Kieran Culkin with all my love, and I find Jeff Goldblum and Amanda Peet to make an irksomely attractive pair. Reading: that Wired cover story on Julia Allison, the new Vogue and Elle. And I'm rereading bits and pieces of Drugs Are Nice by Lisa Crystal Carver. And I'm still not through with Up Through the Water by Darcey Steinke. Wearing: The most Snapshot-worthy thing I'm wearing right now is Acquarella's non-toxic, water-based nail polish in "Mahalo" (i.e., blue), which I acquired via a manicure at an EcoStiletto party on Tuesday. I love! And it maybe kinda goes with the blue satin dress I keep wearing all the time (which is from a Bad Place but not the Worst Place). Wanting: for it to be 10 o'clock tonight so I can be watching The Dark Knight already! Hot damn! + Laura Jane Listening: Harry Nilsson, Pandemonium Shadow Show, Skidoo, and The Point; the Fiery Furnaces and the Beatles, which you can always assume is true of me, because it is. Watching: I watched a couple installments of The Beatles Anthology last weekend because I was bored and depressed, and watching The Beatles Anthology is the only known cure for that; No Age and High Places at the Horseshoe, which was beyond fantastic. I danced alone for most of the night and felt really punk rock for it. Reading: A really pointless and boring book called The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark which I don't recommend to anybody; Modern Guilt; this thing that nobody in the Universe cares about except for me; The Idiot's Guide to Bartending Wearing: The same-old same-old; a pink ribbed tank advertising the Miami Seaquarium that I have been wearing on a semi-regular basis since I was approximately six years old; new track shorts from American Eagle Awesome Wanting: To exist in a permanent state of "being at a No Age concert"; for the impulse to bite off all my nails to disappear (I fell off the wagon that day I watched The Beatles Anthology) Bjork singing "Anchor Song" in Icelandic (Iceland is the next country where I'd like to go): (Liz showing off her manicure/gigantic hands, indicating how many minutes we got to save the world. Also shown: overworn blue satin dress, magical nail polish.) LJ's Miami Seaquarium tank and A.E. Awesome trackies: Also: Laura's new favorite ginger-haired scamp performing "1941" on the BBC: Tags: American Eagle Awesome, Batman, EcoStiletto, having the hots for Jeff Goldblum, High Places, Laura loves Matthew Friedberger, Laura loves The Beatles, Lisa Crystal Carver, No Age Posted by Kat in Snapshot Permalink \| Stumble This! \| Digg This! \| \| Leave a comment \| Comments (2) + Contact Us + HOME COMMENTS!! laura, if you move to l.a and hang out with me a lot, you actually can exist in a permanent state of 'being at a no age concert.' or if not 'permanent,' then at least 'near-constant.' By Liz on July 18, 2008 11:46 AM I effin' LOVE Igby Goes Down! Everyone I've ever met hates it as well but I think it's absolutely awesome. I can't believe Salinger let them get away with it. By G on July 19, 2008 9:19 AM Say something so insightful and witty, it will blow us away. (No pressure.) Got something to say? We'd love to hear it! 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