The Inverted Forest

"He doesn't love you Corinne"
"What?" Corinne said, though she heard Waner perfectly.
"He doesn't love you." Waner courageously repeated. "He isn't even considering loving you."
"Shut up." Corinne said.
"All right."
There was a long pause. But Waner's voice came back in again. It sounded quite far off.
"Corinne, I remember a long time ago kissing you in a cab. When you first got back from Europe. It was sort of an unfair, Scotch-and-soda kiss- maybe you remember. I bumped your hat." Waner cleared his throat again. But he put the whole thing through: "There was something about the way you raised your arms to straighten your hat, and the way your face looking in the mirror over the driver's photograph. I don't know. The way you looked and all. You're the greatest hat-straightener that ever lived."
Corinne broke in coldly. "What's the point?" Nevertheless, Waner had touched her, probably deeply.
"None, I guess." Then: "Yes, there is a point. Of course there's a point. I'm trying to tell you that Ford's long past noticing that you're the greatest hat straightener that ever lived. I mean a man just cant reach the kind of poetry Ford's reaching and still keep intact the normal male ability to spot a fine hat-straightener-"

-j. d. salinger

better late than never.

follow you until you love me

this kid is nuts. I dont even like Lady Gaga.

Look at those girls' faces in the background

soul bearing x 100

seriously.

There arent many cool things about sitting in an area with a bunch of other people on laptops.

Except snooping on other peoples' iTunes library.

I like to try and guess who has all seven Harry Potter audio books. Or that Rick Astley song. Or the entire discography of Aqua (which if you are sitting in my network is probably me, by the way). It's weirdly personal.

Anyway I have been sick this week, and I decided to compile my top 102 songs (I couldnt knock off any 2 to break an even hundred. i couldnt.) of all time up to this point. It felt good.


surprises:
-there are more Sublime songs than Johnny Cash
-two of the songs are called "Jolene"
-Joe Jackson.

Golden

As of 3 days ago we are officially Californian once more.

Oregon was a fun adventure. We will miss <3

Finale:















To commemorate the move, I made a new card for our friends...

It's on the etsy page if you are interested in your own.


golden.

REALISM

also...

Check out my friend Jessica Schmidt's new painting in the Cover Show tonight...



woooOOOOOAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

the Coffee Quest.

Like... nothing to do with photography. Except that photos happened.

Today was my day off! and with three weeks and counting to go in Portland I realized I have a lot of catching up to do in terms of really taking advantage of the Coffee-Mecca that is the Northwest. It might be too late to make the rounds up in Seattle, but Portland... ohhhh Portland.

today I went on a Coffee Quest.

Here's the list:



I made it to five. My left eye hurts. My mouth tastes like warm salad. But I did it. I did it.

First stop: BARISTA! Serra Do Bonè by Coava Roasters

Thanks Brian!

WATER AVENUE COFFEE CO.! "El Toro"

Thanks Tom and Drew!

EXTRACTO! "Eleven"

my team! Thanks Matt!

THE ALBINA PRESS! "Hairbender" by Stumptown Roasters

Thanks bummed out barista!

STERLING COFFEE ROASTERS! Yemen

Thanks awesome guys whos' names I couldn't hear above the buzzing in my head!

...and as the sun is once again smothered by storm clouds, and my heart rate starts to return to normal, so ends today's coffee quest.

I dont feel pretentious enough to list all the characteristics of each of the espressos... but I will say Sterling definitely impressed me quite a bit today. A+ experience, vest-friends!

I have a lot more to get off that list in the next 21 days. Maybe less than 5 in one day next time.
I dont feel good...

Funday!