I think we're good here.

17 days into the new year. Those 17 days have been so productive, successful, exciting, fun...I could go on. Hopefully, this continues throughout the rest of 2011. I like to think I possess strong willpower- let's make this happen.
MOTIVATION ASIDE....
Went to the beach today- not alone! Imagine that. Sometimes...I am able to interact with people...tis possible. We were talking about phases people go through. Some people are phase people others not so much. I am a phase person. I have a tendency to get obsessed with things- movies, people, bands, decades etc...for about a couple months then I move on.
For example,
 1. The 60s.
a couple summers ago I became obsessed with the 60s and specifically The Who. Keith Moon, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and yes, my love Pete Townshend. I remember watching the VH1 documentary "The Drug Years" and becoming obsessed with everything 60s. I even remember turning all the lights off in my room, lighting candles, and playing "The End" by The Doors- it was kind of a vigil. Moving. Indeed.

who do you think you are? Mr. Keith Moon.

2. Ernest Hemingway. As I have posted before, I have a love for Hemingway. Traveled to his birthplace, home in Key West, and gravesite. Read his books. His masculinity is something I secretly and twistedly aspire to achieve. He was such a strong personality and knew what he wanted and how to get it. Sure- he was kind of misogynistic. Noted. and overlooked.

Hem's house in Key West

3. Jackson Pollock. Pollock was my favorite artist for probably 10 years of my life. I recreated his action painting style in my own work, I read countless books about him and received many from friends and family, watched the movie with (another love) Ed Harris, and I still get excited whenever his name is mentioned. I've moved on...kind of.

JP. Painter/bamf

4. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Ok, so every teenager goes through a RHCP phase. mine was freshman year. I went to their concert, worshiped Anthony Kiedis, read Scar Tissue, started playing bass because of Flea and as I write I am looking at my framed vinyl copy of Freaky Styley which I ordered on Ebay.

6. Presidential History. I love reading and learning about the Presidents. I can spout out countless random unnecessary facts about any President from Fillmore to Tyler to Ford. Who was the first to use a telephone in office? Rutherford B. Hayes. Who died because of rotten cherries? That would be Zachary Taylor. This knowledge will come in handy when I make it on Jeopardy.

Current obsessions:
Patti Smith, Siqueiros, the 90s, 70s babydoll dresses, Bill Withers.

Patti Smith & Robert Mappelthorpe