I’m putting together a photography show for a new venue (excited!) and whenever I do this, I inevitably end up finding some really funny old photos, such as this photo I took with a cameraphone in a craft store in North Palm Beach, Florida.
Richard sends mad love to the laydeeez, 2007
Richard is like, “The honies [...]
Richard recently mentioned what he believed to be a Chinese blessing, “May you live in interesting times”. Turns out this phrase was actually a (probably misattributed) Chinese curse. Hilarious.
Summer has been interesting so far. I can’t say that interesting is always pleasant, but… at least I’m finding things interesting in the first [...]
I don’t know what’s been going on in my head lately. It’s been so hard to decode myself. I have not felt peaceful this past week, but I don’t know why. I remind myself of an abused dog who lashes out insensibly at every startling thing around it.
I had a strange experience [...]
I finally got around to reading A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, by Amy Bloom. I read Come to Me last year, and loved it. I felt shocked when I read those stories, and stunned by their beauty and truth. (It’s strange– what I perceive as beauty [...]
From: uwalert@washington.edu
Subject: UW Alert
Date: July 2, 2009 5:01:58 PM PDT
To: [me]
Dear Jessie Hirsch,
Armed robbery on Brooklyn and 50th. Two armed suspects heading south to
Campus Parkway. Stay alert
I’m still on the mailing list for the University of Washington alert service. This is a recent innovation– I think it was implemented last year, but [...]
You should probably buy this photograph! It is awesome!
I just got the 20×200 update in my inbox and saw this and thought… well, I don’t have the time to put what I actually thought into words, but this photo basically sums up Independence Day for me.
I would also like to know how [...]