12/18 Led Zepplein moment

After days of ick torrential rain, today the sky opened to the most beautiful blue,
just in time for
My first flying lesson at the Santa Monica Airport! with Louis at American Flyers,
and after a basic chalkboard tutorial about flight physics that I coasted through, we went out to the little cessna 172, spent a little time checking around (no water in the blue colored gas),
going over controls,
climbed in,
put a headset on, got my call name and number,
steered the plane out to the runway with my feet, waited for the big boys to land, and then wow reeved the engine, and took off! banked over the Penmar golf course and then out over rose to the pacific.....

after coasting up to Malibu and Point Dume,
Louis taught me more about banking. I jerked the plane and almost threw up.
I laughed, I cried, I circled around to fly over the Getty, then down the 405 till we landed back at the airport and into the sunset.

Louis later confessed that he has only crashed one plane before and that was months ago.....

L O V E D IT

12/15 Rainy day with the ghost of Chaplin

12/14 the day we wished was still a night

our party-overs were hiding out at the downtown standard rooftop



James woke up from his nap as a disco ball

and Ian brought back-up

Horsemeat! James likes to turn us on/ turn us over with his jams


and James directs me in a silent ballet with sparklers across the rooftop dancefloor

as the re-group is in denial that it might all be over


Sunday's plans of 2 birthday parties (Gemma and Jen) and a happy holidays/ I thought you were Jewish party by Sascha were excruciatingly sabotaged as the donuts/ DFA crew and I roamed Los Angeles from the rooftop of the downtown standard in the midst of weird weather, too little sleep, and fits of music and dancing.
It was all really a slow-dive at fun.
I lit the giant sparklers and did a dance, until Bucky pointed out that it was a lot like the scene from burning man last summer. which of course was the most sobering thing I had ever heard.
heartbreak.
Eventually everyone was on their way, and we-decamped cold and hungry looking for a promised best-homemade-tofu restaurant ever.
which was closed.
We finally ended up at green leaves, where my hangover climaxed in a vegan chicken burger and a lot of embarrassing stories recounted and retold.
goodnight.

12/13 Special Disco Version Holiday Hurricane

Kateri Bucky and Kat



Horsemeat! Disco James and Donuts!AC



Lovefingers and the dancefloor

James



Kateri and I love Alison's visuals

James escapes

So this is how it starts.
I had a studio morning, helium pick-up, and impulse buying spree on giant sparklers (which figured later in the weekend story)
a quick holiday visit with Kristin Ess extraordinaire,
then a costume change and it was off to start the night early with Matt and Lynelle in the hills.
We had a cocktail and then charged into Regen projects early to see the Pettibon show before it got crazy. We took a temporary break from the bar and roamed around the room looking at baseball players, bombers, a dog and a fish.
I am reminded to read trout fishing in america.
Then we tramped across the street to the palm for a fantastic dinner with Adrianna.
After dinner and dropping them off, I raced downtown to help AC and Kat get the party party ready. I was very unhelpful with the balloons, so left to hunt them down some food.
which brought me to Leslie's holiday party a few blocks away.
A small re-union (Seamus!), some pictures, and cuddling with a vodka cranberry lead to a slightly panicked escort and exit and back to the party I had left starting.
It had blown up, started a light show, busted its go-go dancers, snapped in drama and moved into the basement..
James and James were great, my camera was still drunk and took some crazy pictures.
and I might have called some people sluts.
sorry
the night was winding down.
I had to pull it together and drive lovefingers to the airport and then finally, finally, a sunrise later Kateri and I ended back at my house safe with a piece of toast no jam.

12/12 almost christmas California

Charles and Jess

Jed and Bari

Jen Bird, Charles and Robert

Robert, Brett and I

the night before the marathon!

KISS OF DEAF!

"The kiss reduced the pressure in the mouth, pulled the eardrum out and caused the breakdown of the ear."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7772902.stm

12/7 San Diego with Ash

Ash!
more than 5 months pregnant with Nacho, 5 months old....

a cloudy day we spent looking for colors.
and hot chocolate.

Art Basel Miami

Dec 3-7 2008
Art Nova w/ Art:Concept @ Art Basel Miami

http://www.artinfo.com/news/photos/1359/14059/

12/1 (genius)

N I K O L A
T E S L A

http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2008/11/28

(thanks eamonn)

T H A N K S giving at the Wagners

Charles, Dillinger, Babyface, and Marc



Charles, Molly, and Adrianna by the pool for the pre-game coctails



Sid, Jon, Sleezy Eddie, and Vick
Sid is all class.



The Wagners!
best hosts ever.
and Lynelle, best solo dance performance of the evening.



Suzan and Steve
(99% of the time)



Eddie and lil Eddie


Mary and Catherine



Charles and Al


Dear Marc.
red is our color.
x
w

11/26 Paris suivant

The Arcadia show

11/25 (map-ping)

LA: a rare cloudy day in and outside.

11/24 (back to back and forward)

fantastic to be back home in Los Angeles in a sun coma.
only to wake up and realize my dearest friend, my rock, my guru
Robert Olsen
is moving to New York.
long pause.

why do all the good ones leave?
and why do they all migrate back east?
why does New York have this magnetic charm over everyone I love?
AND
who is going to explain the chemistry behind rapid dry medium to me over and over?
who is going to wow me with big bopper karoake jams and nature trivia?
who am i going to call at 3 am to pick me up from some unspoken of sunset strip hotel becasue I dont know anyone else's phone number by heart?


and what will happen to http://laartopenings.com/laartopenings.php?
Suddenly sad.
He's out of my clutches and into a new metropolis that I get lost in too easily.

11/21 Louie-landia

My dearest Louie and ducky



Louie watches me run around and pack.
He remains calm but is obviously upset

11/19 Gallagher Boys

my uncle Bill Shea


his best friend for 40 years, Bobby Belt

Their new friend Brian.
Brian loves performing in front of the mirror.


my new boyfriend Richard.

Mason and Richard.

I went to visit my uncle Shea in his new Gallagher group home.
His new friends and roomates were very happy to see me and very happy to have ambrosia salad for dinner.

11/19 (INTENSIVE MISSING)

Fil et Nadege


Intensive missing from MMM headquarters.
It comes back to us like a sad hurricane. the weekend is over.

11/17 (finale)

Tunde, Nadege, et Annemarie

Nadege and her belt tricks.
Annemarie and Ingrid have seen it all before

Ingrid and Per

Flavien councils Michi on his fashion

farewell dinner at il vitelloni

missing in view was Alex,Thomas, Gemma, Ariane, and later Daniel