Went to this show last night. It was a lot of fun. I've never been to a gallery where I actually knew the artist ;)... Click on the pic to see more from that evening!
Super Phat
September 12 - 29, 2007 Reception: Tuesday, September 18, 6 - 8pm
School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York City, and the SVA Japan Alumni Association present "Super Phat," a multimedia exhibition that highlights the work of Japanese alumni and alumni living in Japan. Working in a variety of media, more than 40 established and emerging artists explore how their exposure to Japanese and American cultures has informed their work.
The word "phat"--an American slang word for "cool"--in the exhibition title, plays off the word "fat," referring to work that has adopted, absorbed, taken in, eaten and digested culture and has grown, extended and expanded because of that absorption.
Tonight I saw a brilliant movie. I decided to try out a local theater that plays a lot of international and indie films. I'm not REALLY into either, but I've heard raves about the movies shown at the Montgomery Cinema's in NJ, so I thought what the hell, I could use a night out by myself, why not catch a movie.
I saw "2 Days in Paris" It was so funny but so real. I've never seen a movie quite like it actually. There are few subtitles, b/c the setting is Paris, France. If you don't like subtitles, you'll still like this movie, the subtitles are funny! The acting was brilliant. It was almost like observing life, in it's true form, not acting.
I'm starting to sound a little corny and not making much sense, just go see it if you can!
If you can't, below is a preview ;)
When I got there, there is no line, there is actually no customers at all at this theater. Interesting. But Alas, I walk into the theater, medium popcorn and cup of coke in hand and I'm greated by 10 old couple head turns. YAY! I hope I made the right choice here.
Anyway, the movies goin and there's this part where a girl is in a towel and this old man behind me starts running off at the mouth, "Pussy, show us some Pussy!!"... and his gal pal is trying to shush him, and he says, "No, I want to see some Pussy!". Okay, I'm sorry, but I really don't like that word, and really I don't know if it's even going to allow my site to be accessible from offices now with that lingo on there. Eck...
It was a little awkward, b/c I was sitting all by myself in the row in front of him and I had no one to rant to about this vulgar man. And honestly, I felt a little violated by him even though we couldn't really see each other. ECK.
It was an odd experience, but the movie made up for it!
I'm really feeling the joy of all that is Fibromyalgia tonight.
I don't understand, I have yet to figure out a pattern to the pains I get.
I used to keep a log. What day it was, what time, what the weather was like, what part of my body was hurting, how long it hurt etc...
No pattern.
Sometimes I would ache a day before a storm, and some days I wouldn't. Sometimes I wouldn't get any aches until after a storm, and sometimes I wouldn't get any pain at all. Sometimes when it's a beautiful perfect day, I ache.
I believe it has something to do with a change in barometric pressure, for better or for worse. Whenever theres a big change (i.e. bad weather to good or vice versa).
For years I thought I had RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis)...and so I was told by ppl for so long. But after many blood tests, the RA factor was low. There was no test actually proving to me that I had it. Finally, my wonderful, out of the box thinking doctor referred me to a Rheumatologist. Seems like common sense, but I had no clue what was wrong with me.
I had this tender points test given to me, and I was tender in 15 of the 18 points. It was really strange, b/c when the doc would push on those points it hurt really bad. Like someone digging their finger into a pressure point on your body. After lifting his hand from the tender point I would have a lingering feeling as if he was poking a bruise. I thought this was normal and that everyone felt those pains. I was wrong.
Anyway. I have learned to manage and deal with the pain. It can be debilitating at times, but I take pain meds (such as Tylenol etc...) to help and heat always works really well for me.
When it's really bad, I prefer to sleep through the pain so I don't have to deal with it, so I pop some Tylenol PM or Flexiril and out I go.
My fibromyalgia keeps me up most nights. I never really get a good nights sleep. I am out for at least 8 hrs each time. But according to a sleep test I took, I get less than 30mins of TOTAL cummulative REM sleep. Ah well - I'm alive and still kickin'.
I can deal.
I think the whole point of writing this was to express how happy I am that Tylenol PM was invented. I just popped a few and can't wait to get to sleep.
Last night we held a Board Game night at our place. It was fun.
The night started out a bit slow, people trickling in between 7:30-8:30. Sitting around munching on snacks/chips and some pizza.
We started out playing a game of ye ole Scrabble.
Then moved on to Cranium Pop 5 or something. It took longer than expected to actually figure out how to play, but once it was underway, it was pretty interesting. It's funny watching what people will do to try and earn their team some points.
We wound up only making it to one last game for the rest of the evening. And that game was Apples to Apples. By far one of the easiest and most fun games I've ever played.
The only pieces in the game are cards, Green ones and Red Ones. SOOO FUNNY.
We wound up playing from about 10pm-3am in the morning. Literally...There is no exaggeration there.
We wound up playing all the cards provided in the game. INSANE really.
It was quite hillarious.
It was the first time any of us had played the game, so WOO HOO, it is a keeper.
Mike & I were planning on painting all the doors in our house (some 17 or so) today, b/c they are still primer colored, but I just don't think that is going to happen, considering I woke up around 3pm today.
