carving party!

cutest pumpkin
Originally uploaded by megasoul.

a bunch of folks joined GAS for a little pumpkin carving party. check out some of the creations on my flickr page.

weekend

besides feeling rather low the last week (apologies for lack of posts, but i was in a serious funk), i was able to get out a few times and managed to have some fun. good old mark frosty mcneil breezed through town on thursday night. he was on tour with devendra banhart. got to check out the show at webster hall which was pretty great. good music, fun performances. it bugged me out a little though... the whole band had a total frosty vibe... they all had the same hair and danced like mark. must be spending all that time together on a tour bus or something.

we also hit up my favorite bar in town, milk and honey (only go on special occassions). delicious beverages, fantastic atmosphere, impecable service. love.

friday night was the opening of the pony project. no, i was never a collector of my little ponies but i still loved the idea behind the project. they gave different arists a blank canvas (a big white hasbro pony) to see what they could come up with. fun idea. i was worried the scene would be ultra hipster annoyance, but i was pleasantly surprised to find interesting ny arty characters. and plenty of children which added to the merriment of the show. check out some of my pics of my favorite ponies in the show here.

saturday night was a friend's band playing at a local spot by my house. i was in total home mode that day, but decided since it was around the corner it would be good to get out. the show was amusing, fun performances and a bit of dancing afterwards. but the after party was out of control. one of the band members had a studio across the street and invited almost the whole crowd over. picture a tiny music studio full of equipment and a group of about 30 people standing all around squished together holding cups of champagne. i wasn't quite sure what they were celebrating, but they kept popping bottles open and passing blunts. it was a bit uncomfortable in there and i wasn't sure how long i would last in such a strange environment. but all of a sudden, the dj friend stepped up to the turntables and busted out the funky flavors and that tiny room became a sweaty dance party. various people were getting up to the mike, mcing, beat boxing, rapping. then rod stewart's "do you think i'm sexy" comes on and the place goes nuts. don't think i ever got down that hard to that track before. hilarious! and so so random. it was like we were seriously partying with a "real band" but they were just some local dudes. gotta love brooklyn sometimes.

and sunday was a making amends day. i re-established a friendship with a certain someone who had been causing me plenty of heartache the week before. we were able to lay all of our crap out on the table and actually moved forward. even hung out for a while and it was good. a little weird, but good. i think we're on the right track to being friends again, so that felt nice and i'm already getting past the despression cloud that i was trapped in last week. nice. amazing what a little communication can do.

lean on me

amy was here this last week and it was awesome. love my amy. i had some high points and some super low points while she was here and thank god she was here for those low ones. i would have been a wallowing mess. she got me out of the house and out and about and after a couple days the lows went away.
my new favorite cure for the blues: a great night of hard dancing. i went out tuesday night, still feeling a bit sad but after the music by my old favorite dj was played, i was over the blues. i think i sweat out all my anger and confusion and sadness right on to the dancefloor. i woke up the next day feeling rather sore but happy and seemingly stress-free. which also made my meeting with the person who was making me feel sad go better than expected. all was sorted out and i'm back to being my old self. even all this rain can't get me down.
too much to recap the past few weeks...
perhaps the pics can tell the story.

friends a-coming

miss amy french will be here tomorrow. yay! i'm excited to have her here and show her around my brooklyn. last time she was here, i was not. and the time before that, i was living on mulberry street in the city when i didn't know the 6 subway train from the Q. now i know most of the trains and where they go.

so this time will be a little different. we've already got some plans sorted out. meeting of the friends, dinners, outings, etc. i'm stoked for her to meet the new peeps, see the work space, my newly rearranged apartment, show her around my cool hood. it always makes you appreciate where you are and what you've got when people come to town. and i could use a little of that right now.

i've been quite the confused girl lately. about life, love, my career, this city, where i want to be, where i want to go, what i want to do. the usual life questions. i'm guessing it has to do with the new season... almost everyone i know has been going through the same thoughts and have been rather depressed (feeling like they aren't where they should be). the blahs. i'm plugging along though. have been more present to getting healthier... i'm swimming almost every day now, i'm trying to cook at home and eat better and get more sleep. and i feel better for it most days. now if i could just drum up some work, i'd be all set. i know it's just a low point. goes with the freelance lifestyle. it'll get better. i'm sure of it.

and new creative projects on the horizon. more on that when those ideas come to fruition.