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Oct. 23rd, 2009 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holliUh, sorry I disappeared for like a month! New job has been fairly exhausting, what with the complete overhaul of my sleep schedule (I get up early like a grown-up now. It sucks!) and actually being really hard and draining the last couple of weeks. So, so things of interest:
This comic gave me the giggles. Triumphant synth music! David Bowie! The rescued Cedric Diggory, played by Michael J. Fox!
This blog is posting the work of a mid-century street photographer named Vivian Maier, whose work was discovered when a guy bought her negatives at an auction. She seems really talented, the sort of artist who worked for herself and never expected her work to be seen-- but now it is, and it's great. Lots of really good slice-of-life stuff, beautifully composed.
I have a mild obsession with old photos, actually. I bought a suitcase containing about 700 family snapshots at a yard sale a few years ago (most of them are scanned and posted here) and I'm always drawn to photos when I see them at flea markets and things. Victorian and Edwardian photography is really interesting, too-- I especially love autochromes, because the color is so unexpected and lovely.
In other news, have snapped up and read Unseen Academicals, the latest Discworld, and have many, many thinky thoughts. I enjoyed it tremendously, though I thought the pace was a little rushed, and if anyone else has read it I'd love to pick their brain.
Last but certainly not least: clothes. I got my first, pleasantly large paycheck from my new job, and feel that I have earned some unwise purchases. Should I get this skirt? Or this dress? Or something from my Etsy favorites?
This comic gave me the giggles. Triumphant synth music! David Bowie! The rescued Cedric Diggory, played by Michael J. Fox!
This blog is posting the work of a mid-century street photographer named Vivian Maier, whose work was discovered when a guy bought her negatives at an auction. She seems really talented, the sort of artist who worked for herself and never expected her work to be seen-- but now it is, and it's great. Lots of really good slice-of-life stuff, beautifully composed.
I have a mild obsession with old photos, actually. I bought a suitcase containing about 700 family snapshots at a yard sale a few years ago (most of them are scanned and posted here) and I'm always drawn to photos when I see them at flea markets and things. Victorian and Edwardian photography is really interesting, too-- I especially love autochromes, because the color is so unexpected and lovely.
In other news, have snapped up and read Unseen Academicals, the latest Discworld, and have many, many thinky thoughts. I enjoyed it tremendously, though I thought the pace was a little rushed, and if anyone else has read it I'd love to pick their brain.
Last but certainly not least: clothes. I got my first, pleasantly large paycheck from my new job, and feel that I have earned some unwise purchases. Should I get this skirt? Or this dress? Or something from my Etsy favorites?
