here’s a pre v day special photo for you. every time i’ve been back in ipoh, the shop window is still mashed full of soft toys. never changes. the pink bears up top look the most uncomfortable of all.
current list of preoccupations:
i only just discovered important things with demetri martin, although it is now into its second season. the show hits that indie kid note pretty well, with its awkward jokes, segue ways and songs, and if you’re demetri, even at thirty-six (!!!) that never gets old…
looking at elle magazine’s lit life blog. sorta book eye candy (including readers) and a tiny bit of spit and polish. a little bit smarter than the usual “hey, read this chick lit!” that turns up in women’s magazines, but not trying to be too smart either.
the 20×200 artwork collection – i recently ordered the william wegman limited editions and another of a detroit “feral house” as taken by james griffioen. i don’t have a lot of wallspace, but i love art, so what the heck. i’ve even had a dream where visited houses which had lines of framed artworks sitting on the floor, resting against their walls. if that’s not preoccupied…
i had my first sip of assam tea at a teahouse by the river. it could have been the huge sugarcube dropped into it, but assam is a whole load of other flavour to my earl grey tired taste buds. i was hoping twinings carried it in their range of teas for easy supermarket availability, but i may have to go to the specialty tea store in london court for it. how do i describe it? somewhat sweet and malty, best drunk with milk. the way i like it.
i started making videos with my digital harinezumi camera again. is there such thing as lo-fi digital charm? i have a lot of things i’ve shot on that camera, bits from malaysia, walks in the park, but never tried to edit them together. now’s a good time as any, right?
playing this cheer chen song over and over, which i realise has lyrics along the lines of this. i’m not really the persona who likes the soft toys pictured above, and hence descends into the soppy, but sometimes she really does write sad songs.
tomorrow is both valentine’s day and chinese new year, the strangest combination. good or bad, i’m looking forward to eating CHINESE NEW YEAR GOODIES. the cupboard is full of them, still sealed, only to be opened on the correct date…