Craigslist in Lawrence, Kansas is Officially the Best

THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT

When people ask me, "Hey, Liana, what do you think society could use more of?" More often than not, I reply with, "Children's guillotines."

I wonder which lucky child got this for Christmas?

Hair Animals...

Me being bored one day, I was creeping on the blogs of random people that I do not know and I came across a particular blog that was basically just full of creepy/disturbing furniture and other oddities. At the very bottom was an entire section on these "hair hats" by a woman who works as a Music Video and TV Commercial Director from Tokyo. I could go on with all of the other cool and cooky things she has done, but this by far was the most interesting to me. She makes these hats that depict animals made out of hair. Even creepier are the expressions on the faces of the models because they seem perfectly content with the fact that they have an animal on their head. I guess you can have your pet forever immortalized as a creature nesting in your hair. I could not decide if this would interest Rebecca or Rachel more : )

Here is a link to her website: http://www.naginoda.com/top_en.html

-Caira Lee-

WHY?

Let me taste you...

"im 26 years old from the southside of the chi or chicago

for those who didnt know,but anyway, im very outgoing,

very ambitious person. im all about positivity, achieving

a higher plateau, and bettering myself as a person.

i feel like the world is yours, you just need to realize that

and make your dreams reality, because anything worth having

is worth working for. i feel like (in my own opinion) if you dont

have a dream might as well be dead! so if you want to be a stripper

be the best stripper you can be."

-#141481

"i think this is sad.."

-tobi.

From the Austin American Statesman

I love how the birds are referred to as "sweet babies."

I am too close.

"The poet's greatest lament is lost, or at least, unrequited, love. This state, apparently, best stirs the passions of those who wield words like a sword, and are as often impaled on their prose as saved by it. I love it. This site [Craigslist.com] is the modern equivalent of screaming into the void; the cold echo of your own searching the only sound returning to your ears. But search we do, and manifest our hope and resilience with every word. I hope there are some successes. I also hope that the natural human condition is maintained: the fruitless search that delivers to us the wound that is real life and ultimately keeps us more alive."

Yikes.

BLOGROLL

Miriam
Soojin
Aisha
Caira
Rachel
Bianca
Sydnee
Kiah
Ryan
Rebecca
Liana
Trey
Chris

Little Red Riding Hood Remixed

I came across this recently and thought it was kind of appropos in light of our remixing things like fairy tales, literary references, etc. next week. Apparently this video came out of an art-school assignment to reinterpret Little Red Riding Hood, in fact. See what you think:



To compound matters, I just came across this interesting essay on artists working with Little Red Riding Hood imagery and ideas to get at other things: Red Riding Hood in Contemporary Art.