tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39475922011-09-14T09:57:43.925-04:00Leontine May GreenbergToo Many ThoughtsLeontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-32115205188520748892010-07-08T21:55:00.000-04:002010-07-08T21:56:06.970-04:00For new news about me and my awe-inspiring art career, please check out leontinegreenberg.tumblr.com. It features links to many other wonderful things, including show announcements, my bio and CV, my flickr stream, and my other tumblr blog which is chock full of inspirational images and burlesque figure drawings.That's leontinegreenberg.tumblr.com. Over and out.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-5160813095731890912009-03-27T09:19:00.003-04:002009-03-27T09:26:07.535-04:00Here's a sneak peek of my work for the New Moon show at myplasticheart in SoHo. If you're in the New York area, please stop by and check it out. 25 artists are going to be interpreting the chinese zodiac, and I can't wait to see what they all come up with! The sneak peeks I've seen look fantastic. I'll be at the opening on April 10th from 6-9 p.m.myplasticheart210 Forsyth St.New York, Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-32454913875222573192008-11-29T16:47:00.000-05:002008-11-29T16:48:35.850-05:00InterviewA charming Belgian named Geert interviewed me last month for the third issue of his online magazine Gizmag (no relation to the gadget reviewing blog). You can download the magazine as a .pdf here, or in .jpg form here.(The cover art for the issue is by Camilla D'Errico)It might seem not-so-modest to say so, but Geert has great taste in art and design. So I highly recommend checking outLeontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-16378190258363658402008-10-10T19:54:00.001-04:002008-10-10T19:54:47.241-04:00I really loved some of the other pieces in the Cover Band show, and I thought it would be cool to blog them with the original artwork so you can see exactly what the artists did. Oh, and click on their names to check out more of each person's art!Andrew Hem (Abbey Road)Brooke Reidt (Siamese Dream)Alex Pardee (She's So Unusual)Ben Wilson (Bridge Over Troubled Water)Benji Williams (Stardust)Ben Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-25397422499593388782008-09-28T11:42:00.002-04:002008-09-28T13:20:07.308-04:00I'm posting some work in my etsy shop this weekend, including three new jack-o-lantern themed pieces for halloween. If you're in the LA area this month, don't forget to check out the Cover Band show at Gallery 1988 (it opens on October 7th). I have a piece in this show, as do some of my favorite artists, including Krista Huot and the always-amazing Allison SommeLeontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-5015685816013580112008-09-01T10:32:00.008-04:002008-09-01T13:39:58.434-04:00I'm packing up one of my favorite things I've ever done: this Tom Waits-inspired piece for the upcoming Cover Band show at Gallery 1988.The title of the piece is "Burn your mansion to the ground". I started out listening to "The house where nobody lives", and then "Come on up to the house" and finally "Hold on". There's a lot of singing about houses in this album; it's interesting."Well the Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-90591616524771610822008-08-24T20:18:00.001-04:002008-08-24T20:21:45.265-04:00Manifest Hope: August 24-28, Denver, COHere's the official invitation for the Manifest Hope show, which opens tomorrow to coincide with the Democratic National Convention. It looks like it is going to be fairly amazing. So if you are there and don't have anything better to do (like giving a speech or caucusing and whatever else they are doing out there) you should check it out!Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-20669733106756671612008-08-14T14:11:00.003-04:002008-08-14T14:12:45.323-04:00New work on flickr! (click here for my entire photostream)Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-77331499635291277352008-08-06T12:56:00.006-04:002008-08-06T13:12:08.817-04:00Mark your calendars: 8/24/08MoveOn has teamed up with artist Shepard Fairey to produce a show of new work at the DNC in support of Barack Obama and social change. It's also a contest, so if you're interested in submitting a piece for the show, check out www.manifesthope.comClick below for a good look at my piece for the show.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-40659804489801391092008-08-01T09:35:00.002-04:002008-08-01T09:46:37.075-04:00Mark your calendars: 8/22/08Click above for more information about the show and below to get a better look at my two pieces. Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-37222612061901644262008-08-01T09:30:00.002-04:002008-08-01T09:49:34.024-04:00My good-looking and super-famous brother in law has a new movie coming out this month. Click here to check out the trailer. If you don't know Noah, he's the one ordering the veggie burger.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-9520507053404238302007-12-30T10:25:00.001-05:002008-07-26T13:19:02.465-04:00I am in the process of removing most of the old entries from this blog. If you are looking for something that you remember but can't find, just drop me a line or comment here, and if I have the file, I'll send it to you.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-49136575663029828742007-12-30T10:11:00.000-05:002007-12-30T10:12:43.808-05:00Look! I have a new website.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-45113133977587766722007-12-01T18:52:00.000-05:002007-12-01T19:02:44.227-05:00Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-84107747271459950442007-07-07T11:39:00.000-04:002007-07-07T23:05:13.648-04:00There is a ton of new work by me, Leontine, on my flickr page.These are all for sale on etsy too! Go buy one. Or two. Or more.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1155072805062497612006-08-08T17:32:00.000-04:002006-08-08T17:33:25.090-04:00Please check out my Threadless t-shirt design, and score it. Why? Because baby needs a new pair of shoes!Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1152535715272888942006-07-10T08:45:00.001-04:002008-07-26T13:11:50.239-04:00A logo for Slings in the City:Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1147048710350294152006-05-07T20:37:00.000-04:002006-05-07T20:38:30.360-04:00Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1140301680353357262006-02-18T17:27:00.001-05:002008-07-26T13:20:24.399-04:00I made a baby! I grew her in my belly, and she emerged unharmed on February 14, 2006. Her name is Nina-Rose.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1126623815664396022005-09-13T10:48:00.000-04:002005-09-13T11:20:30.493-04:00Three music videos with really cool animation that I saw on New York Noise. NYC TV is the best use of my tax dollars ever.Joanna Newsome: Sprout and the Bean. This song is so very very cute, and I really like the way the animation fits into the live action. Directed by Terri TimelyDevendra Banhart: A Ribbon. The music is kind of boring to be honest, but I love the video. Directed by known Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1114053416665126862005-04-20T23:07:00.000-04:002005-04-21T14:01:24.796-04:00Your Harvard Sentence for today, Wednesday, April 20th:They sliced the sausage thin, with a knife.(The Harvard sentences are a collection of phonetically balanced sentences that measure a large range of different qualities in the human voice. They were originally published in 1969 and are used by analysts like my beloved Sascha to test sound quality whenever and wherever sound quality needs to beLeontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1105024528690275052005-01-06T10:10:00.000-05:002005-01-06T12:36:47.016-05:00We were more generous when we were less rich, many of the rich countries. And it is beyond me, why are we so stingy, really ... Even Christmas time should remind many Western countries at least how rich we have become.
That's what Jan Engeland actually said about the stinginess of wealthy nations. I'm posting it here because it was shockingly hard to find the actual quote. What is WRONG with Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1104960871646781362005-01-05T16:08:00.000-05:002005-01-23T11:55:34.836-05:00From the Financial Times, Excess Tsunami Donations Pose Challenge to UN
What happened in South Asia is devastating. But if any good can comes out of the wretched situation, it will be the awareness that there is a whole big world out there, and a lot of people who need help. So please oh please take a minute and read the article above and if you want to donate money, consider doing it to help Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1102713502951826092004-12-10T16:15:00.000-05:002004-12-10T16:24:09.833-05:00I am working in SoHo today, and on my lunch break, I came across a set of paintings called "Harold's End" by Cherry Hood (you can see the paintings on her website, but I couldn't link directly to the right page). I don't know if you can tell how great these are from the website; the thing is that each painting is AS TALL AS ME. Some areas are incredibly detailed and others are these almost Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1096149829410672772004-09-25T17:59:00.000-04:002004-09-25T18:03:49.410-04:00I wrote this last month when I was feeling kind of blah about life. Then I cut my hair and quit my job and now I feel quite good, although with a touch of the PMS this afternoon. So, grr. Stay away.
In other news, I am now 30.
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Sometimes you're walking around feeling kind of alone and sad and as you step onto the train platform, a man across the tracks starts playing a sad song on the Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1087092756147335572004-06-12T22:02:00.000-04:002004-06-12T22:12:36.146-04:00Greenwich, CT is so Stepford that they even sell Stepford toys.
Happily for us, they also sell a Lego set of Han Solo frozen in carbonite! Not a life size Han Solo frozen in carbonite, but quite cool, nonetheless.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1086726958823045902004-06-08T16:31:00.001-04:002004-06-08T16:35:58.823-04:00Dear octopus lovers,
This very charming letter was on Salon.com, regarding the plural of "octopus". I think I want a pet octopus to take on walks, although I'm not sure how well it would get along with the cats.
Yours truly,
Leontine
Dear Wallace Shawn lovers,
Apparently Wallace Shawn has been doing some writing for The Nation.
Sincerely,
LeontineLeontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1086726694989692062004-06-08T16:31:00.000-04:002004-06-08T16:31:34.990-04:00Oh how I wish I'd written this:
"Apparently, Neil Gaiman is working on a screenplay for Nicholson Baker's The Fermata. Somewhere, in a dark room, James Spader waits patiently by the phone."Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1085682173698733792004-05-27T14:21:00.001-04:002004-05-27T14:22:53.700-04:00Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1085493626270358122004-05-25T09:51:00.000-04:002004-05-25T10:03:53.026-04:00Well, forget about the treehouse, I don't need it, because Doc and I will soon be moving to the coolest place on Earth. Althought it is true that "A voyage to the Gunkanjima-island is prohibited
currently," it won't be if, as Doc suggested, we BUY it. I think we might have to have a bake sale or something, but I have faith that we will soon be ensconced in our island stronghold with our cats Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1084892353886582352004-05-18T10:58:00.000-04:002004-05-18T10:59:13.886-04:00I just got a spam from "Whalebone Jungly". Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1084479540937826842004-05-13T16:17:00.000-04:002004-05-13T16:19:00.963-04:00I have wanted to move to Oregon for quite some time, but now I think that I would like to move to Oregon and live in a treehouse. This treehouse. The most beautiful treehouse I have ever seen.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1084466007898243062004-05-13T12:27:00.000-04:002004-05-13T15:57:46.880-04:00Last night I was feeling sorry for myself because when I was little I wanted to play soccer and my mom wouldn't let me. I would have looked so damn cute in those little socks. Also, I couldn't be a girl scout because my school day ended late, and I never got a strawberry scented strawberry shortcake doll. Although I have one now, so that's okay.
Anyway, I think I might feel a little bit Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1084457955239456282004-05-13T10:16:00.000-04:002004-05-13T10:19:15.240-04:00I think I've posted about the subway poem before, but now you can see it!
Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1084378748588438122004-05-12T12:14:00.000-04:002004-05-12T12:19:08.590-04:00I've had a cameraphone for quite a while now, but I only just figured out that I can have a cameraphone blog!
I found this drawing of a robot on 47th Street, and I think it is really charming. The colors behind it are nice too.
Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1083777797668099432004-05-05T13:23:00.000-04:002004-05-05T13:30:45.263-04:00I've always wanted an overhead projector, and now I -really- do. I could probably even do something cool in my house with a regular slide projector. Both are pretty cheap on eBay and would be useful in my future teaching career. I think kids like it when it's dark in the room and there is something bright for them to look at. I mean, that's what we do in theaters and when we watch movies, so Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1083349181046019772004-04-30T14:19:00.000-04:002004-04-30T14:26:21.060-04:00Look here: http://www.ocdexhibition.com/. I LOVE the work by Morgan Phalen. You have to zoom in for it to make sense.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1083098127858893252004-04-27T16:35:00.000-04:002004-04-27T16:39:36.153-04:00I am very happy that the Lee Bontecou retrospective is coming to MoMA in July. I love her work, and I think she looks like the nicest person, which is unusual for an artist. Click here to see some more pictures of her work.
I like the way she uses velvet to make an infinitely black space.
If you'd rather see something two-dimensional, that is funny and well-designed, look at this.
I'm sorry Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1082848968117785212004-04-24T19:21:00.000-04:002004-04-24T19:28:32.623-04:00A couple of phrases have come out of my mouth recently that I think would make a neat title for a graduate thesis, art installation or first album from an avant garde rock band:
Philosophical Objections to Seduction
The Pros and Cons of Fucking
Anyone?Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1082738315636266792004-04-23T12:38:00.000-04:002004-04-23T12:43:34.983-04:00Here's a news story you'll like...
Gay Lovers Climb Tree, Then Have Sex
Make sure you look at the picture.
Sascha heard the following from a passerby quoted on 1010WINS...
"I thought it was some kind of environmental statement, you know, for Earth Day. But it was just transvestites."Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1081868857046782042004-04-13T11:07:00.000-04:002004-04-13T11:12:29.716-04:00I Love My Office, Part 1
Sign on the 6th floor ladies room: "Due to strong odors (from recent flooding), please use the facilities on the 7th floor."
Sign on the 7th floor ladies room: "Out of order."
I Love My Office, Part 2
--Instant Messaging transcript (names have been changed to protect the innocent)--
DK says:
i nearly said "C" as in "cunt"
LG says:
What?
DK says:
you are starting to Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1081780562130305402004-04-12T10:36:00.000-04:002004-04-12T11:20:20.153-04:00I'm sitting at my desk coughing and blowing my nose every ten seconds because my head is full of snot and all I can do is make little apologetic sounds though my clogged up nose at my coworkers (because after all, they should not have to listen to my disgusting germ-ridden phlegm-noises all day). One of them just turned to me sweetly and said "don't die, Little Nell".
I know he meant Little Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1080833761025264592004-04-01T10:36:00.000-05:002004-04-01T10:44:09.390-05:00"Circuit bending" sounds like the funnest kind of geek art project! I really want to go to the circuit bending festival that is apparently going on next week.
I think that Sascha and I saw a very highbrow example of this at the Armory Show...Kelly Heaton's scary Tickle Me Elmo coat.
And then there is the Barbie Liberation Organization.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1080666752662011902004-03-30T12:12:00.000-05:002004-03-30T12:17:04.436-05:00The 13-year-old in me thinks this would look great in my room. These pictures are particularly pretty.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1080664788330235002004-03-30T11:39:00.000-05:002004-04-12T10:55:40.983-04:00I really don't know what to write about anymore. If I had a baby I could write about all the cute, disgusting and funny things that it would do. Amy Brown's blog is good like that, and especially charming because she knows that chimpanzees are not monkeys. They are apes.
The best baby blog by a person who I have never met is the baby blog belonging to Dooce. This girl is smart, talented and Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1079631090973469542004-03-18T12:31:00.000-05:002004-03-18T12:36:41.890-05:00I wish I could go to London right now and see this installation by Olafur Eliasson at the Tate Modern. Warning though...the web page is awfully yellow.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1079021653127767612004-03-11T11:14:00.000-05:002004-03-11T11:17:34.450-05:00Someone asked me recently what kind of things make me feel a sense of awe.
I used to have to walk about a mile through the suburbs to get to work, and when I first started doing it, it was extremely boring and horrible. But I happened to be reading a lot about meditation and Buddhism and stuff at the time, and so I started trying to use that time to experiment with meditating and emptying all Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1078776249443619442004-03-08T15:04:00.000-05:002004-03-08T15:07:11.623-05:00I can't decide which headline I like more:
Curtains for Martha
or
Goose Cooked!Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1078517542988926912004-03-05T15:12:00.000-05:002004-03-05T15:15:21.030-05:00I wish I was spending my free time making pretty little things like these. I could definitely make one of these necklaces, and they are just adorable.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1078412233060978142004-03-04T09:57:00.000-05:002004-03-04T10:00:21.090-05:00This morning, Sascha got a spam with the following subject line: "its your life bohemia delusive."
I'm pretty sure that Bohemia Delusive is the youngest daughter of Typhoid V. Socialistic. She wears too much eyeliner, takes too much cocaine, and is married to a much older man. But hey, whatever, it's her life.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1078286779384980952004-03-02T23:05:00.000-05:002004-03-02T23:09:13.950-05:00Watch this ad, and pass it on.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1078263299925450422004-03-02T16:34:00.000-05:002004-03-02T16:37:53.826-05:00I am really liking the work of Amy Cutler, especially the way she draws those people of hers on a white background with extremely interesting negative space.
And I'm happy to report that Will Cotton has done a painting of flan.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1078180267677320982004-03-01T17:31:00.000-05:002004-03-02T23:10:57.436-05:00This is the only article I've read that is as disgusted as I was by the way the female characters were treated in Mystic River.
I know that one of the rules of noir is that it's all her fault, but the Coen Brothers are living proof that you can be dark and gritty without being a total sexist jerk. Really, in Mystic River, no female characters would have been an improvement. Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1077643868301364142004-02-24T12:31:00.000-05:002004-02-24T12:35:12.123-05:00Because I am having a dull day at work, Jessica sent me the following email:
"since you are bored, would you mind explaining to me the evolutionary rationale for poisonous mushrooms co-opting the looks of edible ones? thanks."
I am much to lazy to really look into this, however I have some thoughts.
1. Perhaps the non-poisonous mushrooms evolved into the poisonous ones, and since they were Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1077297220339551652004-02-20T12:13:00.000-05:002004-02-20T12:19:31.873-05:00They've posted the 5,201 entries from the WTC Memorial competition online at last. I think it's so cool. Really, it's the best memorial the victims could have -- that many people taking the time to think about how best to remember them. Also, the proposals are really interesting to look at.
I still think that these two pieces are very beautiful, and it's a shame they were taken down.
Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1077035605564407382004-02-17T11:33:00.000-05:002004-02-17T11:36:00.606-05:00I cut this picture out of the New Yorker a couple of weeks ago, and just found out that the artist, Loretta Lux, is having a show right now in Chelsea. She really captures a kind of stillness that I try to get in my paintings; it's hard to believe that these are photographs. I must make time to go see them. Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1076988317645194092004-02-16T22:25:00.000-05:002004-02-16T22:30:24.826-05:00I am so touched by this week's news stories about gay couples rushing to San Francisco and standing in line for hours to be married. I just heard a piece about it on BBC News, and my favorite line was this one, when they asked one of the recently married men what he and his husband will do if the court rules against them:
"Then we sue. And we sue and we sue and we sue and we sue until we are Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1076453519429093822004-02-10T17:51:00.000-05:002004-02-10T17:55:09.716-05:00Dear friends. Thank you so much for your ongoing insistence that the picture of Sascha and I that ran in the New York Times last year was really quite cute. I'm afraid, however that the truth is out. And this asshole will be more than happy to set you straight.
Sigh.
I am having a bad day. Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1076121002131796392004-02-06T21:30:00.000-05:002004-02-06T21:37:12.966-05:00Fans of ironic pop cultural appreciation, look no further...Marc Thompson is your new god. Just click here.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1075996143585026542004-02-05T10:49:00.000-05:002004-02-05T10:53:58.013-05:00Sascha and I went to the opening of the new Time Warner center on Columbus Circle last night. Apparently we rubbed elbows with celebrities, but since I am congenitally unable to recognize celebrities when I see them in real life, I can't really tell you much about it. It's sad, because I would quite like to ogle celebrities, but I just always see them and think "that guy looks familiar...didn'tLeontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1074890943750694942004-01-23T15:49:00.000-05:002004-01-23T15:52:44.983-05:00I am in love with www.answerology.com.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1074803315729911932004-01-22T15:28:00.000-05:002004-01-22T15:30:36.670-05:00I'm feeling a little overwhelmed and claustrophobic at the number of things Sascha and I own. I think it's because we've been trying to clean the house for nearly a week now, and there hasn't been much visible improvement. And we've been spending a lot of time with Jamie who owns only a stick and a bowl.
At the same time I want to buy more things. For example, I would like to have 8 sets Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1074276258040933902004-01-16T13:04:00.000-05:002004-03-04T10:02:07.450-05:00Sascha and I are very taken by this new spammer-trend of including certain words and phrases that it is hoped will elude the spam filters on our email accounts.
For example, the email I just received from "Typhoid V. Socialistic". At first I thought that "Typhoid V. Socialistic" was a person's name. And I spent some time building up an image of Typhoid; that big, blonde, middle aged private Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1074181397584879242004-01-15T10:43:00.000-05:002004-01-15T10:47:39.936-05:00I hate when people write in their blogs about how sorry they are that they haven't written in their blogs. However, I do deeply regret not having written for the last two weeks, and I'd like to extend my most sincere apologies. I've been very distracted.
All I can offer my devoted readers is this. A few of the amusing search engine results which led people to my blog over the last few days.
Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1072899644443221912003-12-31T14:40:00.000-05:002003-12-31T14:46:28.746-05:00Everyone is ending the year by making lists of the Top Ten Films Of 2003. Well, I really don't have that kind of energy and insight this year, so instead I give you...
The Top Three Music Videos We Saw On TV When Sascha Was Home With The Flu.
3. Electric Six, Danger! High Voltage! I mean, really. Light-up boobies. And penises. Including a moose penis! But who is that frightening blond Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1072199588237972602003-12-23T12:13:00.000-05:002003-12-23T12:14:29.640-05:00I saw The Return of the King last night, and it was, indeed, amazing. I am not going to harp on the strangeness of the softcore gay laughing orgy that followed Sam and Frodo's terribly romantic moment on the rock in the middle of the flowing lava and explosions and whatnot. And I'm not going to complain too much about Sam's pathetic attempt to assert his heterosexuality by marrying some floozy Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1071593680281614862003-12-16T11:54:00.000-05:002003-12-16T11:55:51.826-05:00Things you should know about being married
You will start fighting almost immediately upon your return to normal life. Other married people will tell you, "Oh yes, we fought for the first X years too!" The value of X will range from 1 to 16. I mentioned this to one of my coworkers, and the next time I saw him, he winked and made a shooting motion with his finger and said "oh yeah, one to Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1070546545181252402003-12-04T09:01:00.000-05:002003-12-04T09:03:21.496-05:00(That's my sister Rory, not Rory Gilmore. Yes, that's confusing. I am very sorry.)Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1070509136217516972003-12-03T22:38:00.000-05:002003-12-03T22:39:51.606-05:00Hey, Rory has a blog!Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1070508918871676712003-12-03T22:34:00.000-05:002003-12-03T22:36:45.576-05:00The five most upsetting words in the English language:
Nobody's
Fault
But
Your
OwnLeontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1070297469778250222003-12-01T11:51:00.000-05:002003-12-01T11:52:01.670-05:00Oh Mike Toole...
You dissed my dear friend Rebecca, yet your blog charms and intrigues me so. I'm sorry that your uncle Hank is a racist, and I'm delighted by your asthmatic doctor's quick-talking ways. Why can't we all just get along?Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1069964198030107102003-11-27T15:15:00.000-05:002003-11-27T15:22:18.293-05:00Oh my god, Lorelai and Digger's date was so damn hot, I think I'll watch it again. I love TiVo.
Oh, and did I mention Paris tongue-kissing Michael York? This show just got ten times more awesome. But I will not feel complete until Rory and Paris realize their forbidden love.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1069603027520233602003-11-23T10:51:00.000-05:002003-11-23T11:04:01.000-05:00I accidentally left my husband in Spain. So now there is nothing I can do but mope around jetlagged and sad in our apartment (and sometimes in Jamie's apartment, where there is some really amazing composing going on, and also there is tea and a high tolerance for other people's sulky wives hanging around the place).
But even though he is in Spain, my husband is the best ever. Here is the love Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1069367083537809282003-11-21T09:11:00.000-05:002003-11-21T10:34:34.450-05:00Some things that we love about Barcelona
Bread that is toasted and rubbed with olive oil, garlic and tomato.
Small sandwiches and tiny cups of coffee, especially the ones served at Central Cafe, where you sit at a long counter with your back to the street.
Parc Guell. My favorite place in the world.
Gaudi´s buildings and pretty much every other building too.
Taking a siesta evey day from Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1069274771595283792003-11-19T15:48:00.000-05:002003-11-19T15:49:28.280-05:00Tonight we had the first non-delicious meal we´ve had since we got to Barcelona. If you are ever here, and you are tempted by a restaurant called "origens," with really sexy graphic design and an intriguing menu claiming that some of its recipes date back to the 13th century invention of Catalonian cuisine, just say no. It´s all very fascinating to read about, but when the food arrives, you´ll Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1069184091168356082003-11-18T14:34:00.000-05:002003-11-18T14:46:48.686-05:00I never answered the questions that people had about the Spencer Tunick shoot, and I promised that I would. So here we go.
What did you do after the photo shoot?
We could have stayed at the station and talked with Mr. Tunick, but we were very tired and hungry. So we took a taxi to a 24-hour diner and had a big breakfast. Bee found a very fancy purse in the taxi, which apparently belonged (Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1069074215369219002003-11-17T07:59:00.000-05:002003-11-17T08:12:28.500-05:00Jessica wrote something very nice about my wedding. I mean, Sascha´s and my wedding. Our wedding. The wedding on Sunday, which was beautiful.
(Rebecca had a good time too!)
Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1067917726056761892003-11-03T22:47:00.000-05:002003-11-03T22:52:12.030-05:00Yes, I am getting married in less than a week!
On Saturday, Sascha and I tried on our rings, and I really didn't want to take mine off. And now I miss it. I think that is a very good sign!Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1067439603640268652003-10-29T10:00:00.000-05:002003-10-29T10:00:30.263-05:00So many people are coming to my blog looking for info about the photo shoot. Email me or post a comment if you have questions, and I'll be happy to write more about it. Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1067274039096985882003-10-27T12:00:00.000-05:002003-10-27T12:00:44.780-05:00In the Naked City...
This weekend, Bee and Rebecca and I went to Grand Central Station at 2 a.m., took off all our clothes and got photographed by Spencer Tunick. This may have been the strangest experience of my life, especially when we all ran naked in a big crowd down the hallway that I walk down every day on my way home from work.
People who saw us naked:
447 other naked women
SpencerLeontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1066836802048273612003-10-22T11:31:00.000-04:002003-10-22T11:33:46.170-04:00If you found my page by searching for "Scarlet Johannson", you may find it helpful to know that she actually spells it with two "t"s, one "n" and two "s"s. Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1066786093779305702003-10-21T21:16:00.000-04:002003-10-21T21:30:08.200-04:00There is a picture in the New York Times Magazine that I can't stop looking at. It is of a "mass game" in North Korea, a choreographed performance put on for Kim Jong Il's 60th birthday. There are hundreds of girls holding up red pom poms in a darkened stadium, and behind them, a crowd is holding up colored placards to make an enormous picture of mountains and clouds. There is a gigantic pieceLeontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1066252880238461442003-10-15T17:16:00.000-04:002003-10-15T17:21:55.873-04:00And then after I paint a matrushka doll and make a sock monkey, I will draw some imaginary maps. Or maybe I'll just buy this awesome-looking book.
Erica has a good link to these ladies who paint customized old-looking maps.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1066147894882485992003-10-14T12:07:00.000-04:002003-10-14T12:11:34.976-04:00Kind of want to make some sock creatures too. At least a monkey!Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1066146672696659642003-10-14T11:49:00.000-04:002003-10-14T11:52:19.036-04:00Good art of the day: these artist's matryoshka dolls.
I know you can buy the unpainted dolls. Now I really want to get some and paint 'em up!Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1065821013098216002003-10-10T17:23:00.000-04:002003-10-10T17:25:56.126-04:00I think Bee and I are going to do this. I am a little scared, but I can't wait.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1065814594396356862003-10-10T15:31:00.000-04:002003-10-10T15:37:07.693-04:00These are some things I want to see:
The Paper Sculpture Show
"Twenty-nine artists have been asked to design a paper sculpture to be cut out and assembled using very basic materials. Visitors will be encouraged to 'complete the artworks' by cutting out and assembling the sculptures of their choice."
The Colors of Berlin
"The practice of continually turning an attentive, even meditative eye to Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1065800671141415832003-10-10T11:42:00.000-04:002003-10-10T11:46:42.850-04:00I am madly in love with Pat Kiernan. I'm so glad he's getting the appreciation he deserves.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1065112028215846892003-10-02T12:26:00.000-04:002003-10-02T12:27:08.140-04:00Would it be wrong of me to spend $35 on these toys? I do love them so.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1064502772143314092003-09-25T11:09:00.000-04:002003-09-25T11:12:52.156-04:00I noticed the following poem this morning, spelled out in red decal letters on a tiled crossbeam in the 51st Street subway station.
the shadows creep
deep beneath the buildings feet
trains thunder speaks
leaking over beats
beneath these streetsLeontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1064369766542038682003-09-23T22:13:00.001-04:002003-09-23T22:19:53.336-04:00Oh my god. It really is Suntory time.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1064348699940024042003-09-23T16:24:00.000-04:002003-09-23T16:30:14.963-04:00I can't quite believe that the Galileo spacecraft is gone.
My dad started working on the project around the time I was born, so I don't remember ever not hearing about it. He's still working on it now, but the spacecraft has now been reduced to it's component atoms. I like what Jessica wrote about it, and that these people have written an opera from Galileo's point of view.
September 21st Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1064106425383444552003-09-20T20:54:00.000-04:002003-09-22T08:19:59.690-04:00I like movies where nothing much happens. I also like cinematography, sardonic humor and Japan.
If you like any or all of these things, then Lost in Translation is the movie for you.
Also:
1. There is not nearly as much sexual tension as you might think. In fact, there is almost none. That's really unusual in a movie that is only about two people, isn't it?
2. Scarlet Johannson's lips. Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1063992042538056512003-09-19T13:20:00.000-04:002003-09-19T13:20:42.373-04:00Why didn't anybody tell me my shirt was on inside out?Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1063250825597176912003-09-10T23:17:00.000-04:002003-09-10T23:43:10.860-04:00Well, I have bitching for weeks about how lame it is to say that flash mobs are over just because the media knows about them. As though you are somehow so very "authentic" and so much more "interesting" if you do something amusing and the media doesn't find out about it.
(Especially irritating when said by people who work in media about an event made up almost entirely of other people who Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1062778157057351522003-09-05T12:09:00.000-04:002003-09-05T12:09:37.380-04:00The berry key. Of course, it's a sex thing.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1062699348739092592003-09-04T14:15:00.000-04:002003-09-04T14:16:07.120-04:00I got into the class I need to take towards my teaching certificate, but the restaurant I was going to have my wedding reception at just canceled. I can't handle this much good and bad stuff all at once.Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1062697251936783312003-09-04T13:40:00.000-04:002003-09-04T13:40:51.853-04:00I wish they would post the submissions for the World Trade Center memorial on the internet. I'm really curious about them. My idea (which I didn't submit) was to suspend a missing persons flyer for each victim in a huge block of lucite, to kind of evoke the storm of paper that fell out of the building and carpeted downtown and Brooklyn after the disaster. The block would be at least twenty Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1062557342001056302003-09-02T22:49:00.000-04:002003-09-03T11:38:17.670-04:00Here are the answers to four questions that were emailed to me by this guy. I don't know who he is...he just emailed me them to me on friendster.
1. The fence between me and the strawberries is only about waist height, but it's a little hard to climb over because the slats are pointy at the top. On the other hand, I can reach some of the strawberries without having to climb over.
2. I can Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947592.post-1062360755183268332003-08-31T16:12:00.000-04:002003-08-31T16:13:59.466-04:00Today Sascha and I watched Kirikou. It is just as cute as I had remembered.
It's been a busy weekend. On Friday I had an upsetting conversation with the head of my department at work (although I've decided we were both kind of justified, if not logically, at least emotionally, in giving each other a hard time. So I'm trying not to obsess about it and about what I could have done differently.)Leontinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795800503614124769noreply@blogger.com0