Bathing-ape’s Neighborhood

Go forth and fill your libraries with media.

Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.

~daisy

I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.

I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.

Cheers,

daisy

Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.

We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.

I will keep you posted.

Thank you for being so patient.

~daisy

There's a war going on for your mind -

Media mavens mount surgical strikes from trapper keeper collages and online magazine racks
Cover girl cutouts throw up pop-up ads
Infecting victims with silicone shrapnel
Worldwide passenger pigeons deploy paratroopers
Now it's raining pornography
Lovers take shelter
Post-production debutantes pursue you in nascar chariots
They construct ransom letters from biblical passages and bleed mascara into holy water supplies

There's a war going on for your mind
Industry insiders slang test tube babies to corporate crackheads
They flash logos and blast ghettos
Their embroidered neckties say "stop snitchin'"
Conscious rappers and 'whistleblowers' get stitches made of acupuncture needles and marionette strings

There is a war going on for your mind
Professional wrestlers and vice presidents want you to believe them
The desert sky is their bluescreen
They superimpose explosions
They shout at you
"pay no attention to the men behind the barbed curtain
Nor the craters beneath the draped flags
Those hoods are there for your protection
And meteors these days are the size of corpses

There's a war going on for your mind
We are the insurgents

Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.

This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!

Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.

Can't wait to read your posts!

~ daisy

The world is neither fair nor unfair;
The idea is just a way for us to understand

But the world is neither fair nor unfair;
So one survives
The others die

And you always want a reason why

But the world is neither just nor unjust;
It's just us trying to feel that there's some sense in it

No, the world is neither just nor unjust;
And though going young

So much undone,
Is a tragedy for everyone

It doesn't speak a plan or any secret thing
No unseen sign or untold truth in anything...
But living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
You want everything
Another world where the sun always shines
And the birds always sing
Always sing...

The world is neither fair nor unfair;
The idea is just a way for us to understand
No the world is neither fair nor unfair;
So some survive
And others die
And you always want a reason why

But the world is neither just nor unjust
It's just us trying to feel that there's some sense in it
No, the world is neither just nor unjust
And though going young
So much undone
Is a tragedy for everyone

It doesn't mean there has to be a way of things
No special sense that hidden hands are pulling strings
But living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
And it never is
You always want so much more than this...

An endless sense of soul and an eternity of love
A sweet mother down below and a just father above
For living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
You want everything
Another world
Where the birds always sing
Another world
Where the sun always shines
Another world
Where nothing ever dies...

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I want these. So much!! If I sell my Freddie Mercury painting, I am seriously buying them. It's funny how I'm still mourning the loss of my wonderous shoe collection which I stupidly piled into a garbage bag in order to move, and of course they were overlooked or thrown out or whatever. Doesn't help that a 50 year old hippie helped me move in his old hippie van and we stopped at his condo and got drunk on homemade red wine looking at pictures of his trip to Japan until 3:30 in the morning. Goddamnit.

Work soon, must leave, one day I will be rich, it's in my name, love love,

Cash

It's cathartic to release my demonic visions to art and be praised for it; the generation of capital is alright as well. I just stocked up on hella paints, the colours that I remembered Jay Senetchko taught me about, I painted my first oil portrait with his guidance, www.jaysenetchko.ca, please go there and worship his mad skill, totally the most radical person, I was in love with him and his downtown Vancouver converted factory space loft apartment. So much so that I drank a lot of wine one night with my other oil painting classmates and played a song for him on guitar. Which never happens. Such a rad dude. Paying like 17 grand for tuition at that film school was almost worth meeting all of those cool people. Yay for debt! At least it's not as taboo anymore. When I get paid, its basically like I get paid only a few hundred, enough to eat and maybe buy a new pair of underwear. HA. It's kinda fun. I don't mind being hella in the negatives. I still have tangible positives. Like my art room!!! Which is actually Matt's and my office, but we haven't a desk in there yet. So right now it is home to our posters and drawings and my easels and paints and knitting and fabric scraps and jewelry making stuff. There is a god damn life size cardboard cutout of Don Cherry in there pointing, and every time I walk in there I jump out of my skin. It's invigorating. Anyway, time to go paint with my Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Cobalt Blue, Aquamarine Blue, Yellow Ocher, Alizerin Crimson, and Raw Sienna. And Titanium White. Going to finally try my hand at a Freddie Mercury portrait. I want to host a life drawing class. We need someone who's willing to get naked!! I could be a good instructor. Looking At Naked People 101.

Luvs and other indoor sporting activities,

Chel