Breakdown of Memory
Portraits of my family
Link to Album on Flickr
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Oh Danny Boy
My Grandpa would sing all the time, but this was his favorite song. I had to brush up on the lyrics, since we sang it TWICE: first at the wake and then at the reception after the funeral the next day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_XJFp5JXpk
And the Blessing for an Irish funeral:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_XJFp5JXpk
And the Blessing for an Irish funeral:
My Dunny
Dr. Thomas Joseph Donovan
My mother's father
July, 1923 - April, 2011
This is my favorite old picture of them, my Grandpa and his siblings--they look so happy! Dunny on the left. He looks just like my Mom.
Ken Kitano
http://www.ourface.com/english/
I really like his work. Both aesthetically beautiful and a strong message behind it, as well. I tend to see it in a positive light--we are not so different, we are unified, etc. I suppose one could twist it into an ominous point of view on a lack of individuality, we are part of the machine, the masses smother the individual, and so on. But I don't see that in his work, personally.
I really like his work. Both aesthetically beautiful and a strong message behind it, as well. I tend to see it in a positive light--we are not so different, we are unified, etc. I suppose one could twist it into an ominous point of view on a lack of individuality, we are part of the machine, the masses smother the individual, and so on. But I don't see that in his work, personally.
My mom sent me this picture
Apparently my dog sleeps on my bed now "because she misses me." Or she's just happy there's no one else on it to take up space...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Walk/Ride/Bike Assignment
Last Friday I wandered around Philly a bit with a couple friends. We went to Fairmount and walked around this train tunnel, a really dark, creepy, cool place. We also ran into some people walking a couple of just gorgeous dogs (brindle pitbulls! I love those). From there we walked around the outside of the PMA, above the river/giant ice flow. Then I had to get some supplies for my 3D class this week, so later that day we drove down to Lowe's in South Philly to pick up some stuff.
But that's not all.
Our new suite mate isn't too familiar with the city yet, so the next day we took her to South Street to go thrifting and such. It's always refreshing to look at a familiar place through the eyes of someone new. It is not, however, refreshing to walk around in sub-freezing weather. That was less than ideal. So we basically ran from place to place, picked up a couple cool (aka cheap) things, and grabbed lunch at Johnny Rockets. Note: their veggie burger is surprisingly good. Really good vegetarian patties are less common than you'd think, for whatever reason, and although these guys made one rookie mistake—that of smothering the burger in mustard, I assume to make up for the animal flesh-flavor that us poor vegetarians are missing—it was an easy fix (Napkin, please...).
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