so in response to your remark about the gift swap, it hasn’t arrived yet. I think the mail is just really slow sometimes, like sometimes I’ve sent things and it’s taken forever to get to the person and maybe it also has to do with how long it takes for something from where you live to get here, too. idk. but I’ll look out for it. sorry that I haven’t gotten it yet. hopefully it’ll come soon though! :)
Ecstasy!
not the drug, but rather the feeling of
utter joy
of electricity under your skin.
You can’t stop laughing
can’t stop dancing
in slippery socks to your favorite song.
The night sky is more welcoming
the week holds promise,
you don’t feel half asleep anymore;
instead, your eyes are wide open.
It’s that feeling that you’re alive
more alive than you’ve ever felt before
even little things make you smile
you feel proud
that it’s worth it.
I didn’t want to forget to reply later on, so I replied :)
no need to rush; take your time!
I enjoyed your e-mail by the way
as I mention in my reply, your name is lovely and not bland at all in my opinion!
Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shalt not return, ‘cause “the West is the best.” And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. The climactic battle to kill the false being within and victoriously conclude the spiritual pilgrimage. Ten days and nights of freight trains and hitchhiking bring him to the Great White North. No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild.
-Alexander Supertramp, May 1992
they’re such beautiful photographs of memories
I love them so much
the soft blurs you use, the light leaks, the candid and geninune feeling they have
thank you for taking photos :)
-tara
I won a gold keys award in the scholastic contest which is the top selection of prizes in the region (there are also silver keys and honorable mentions) and OHMYGOSHHHHH
andy warhol and richard avedon and other famous artists won the gold key awards when they were teenagers and the people who won gold key awards get their work shown in this gallery in pasadena and go on to compete nationally and oh my gosh I am literally jumping for joy
and after my internet went back and forth between spazzing and cutting out every minute and connecting, it’s downloaded fully and I’m listening to it
I love it so far!
I do know and love Leonard Cohen but thanks for the suggestion still :)
even more bands I enjoy so that you get an idea…
The Kinks, Pink Floyd, Nat King Cole, Radiohead, Cat Stevens, Metric, Elliott Smith, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, Jimi Hendrix, The Velvet Underground, Cat Power, Fleetwood Mac, La Roux, and the list keeps going. obvious point= no matter how much I lovelovelovelove classic rock I need to look into more contemporary music
suggest some bands you like that you think I might not know (maybe certain albums or songs too if you want)
my music taste is big but here are just some of my favorite bands so that you get an idea (in no order of preference)
Florence & The Machine, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bright Eyes, Death Cab for Cutie, Seabear, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Elliott Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, The Decemberists, Beirut, David Bowie, Sigur Ros, Iron & Wine, Johnny Cash, Belle & Sebastian, Andrew Bird
please, any suggestions?
obviously I can’t give the stickers to everyone who replied since 14 people did, but if you were serious about getting something in the mail from me, whether it be a little letter with a drawing or something small but lovely, feel free to e-mail (taraviolet9@gmail.com) me my address
and I think I’m going to get a lot of the music that I put onto my dad’s computer’s itunes (because my ipod uses his computer) onto this computer so I can burn some mix cds for people who want them :)
ps. if you really really want a letter or something and didn’t even answer that question you can still e-mail me your address. I just can’t make a bazillion packages because then I’d probably be broke ahaha but if letters suffice, go right ahead
