m.taylor

fin.

2008-12-11T14:32:00.000-08:00

there is a finale to this quarter, finally. i cannot wait for christmas. i will be venturing to san francisco to shop (with the little money i have) and take some wonderful photos, probably. i would also like to start learning german, so maybe i will. although i think that learning a language all by yourself with no teacher might be hard. maybe ill get one of those tapes.

my.life

2008-11-26T00:27:00.000-08:00

"make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen."

robert brenson

inspiration.

2008-11-20T14:58:00.001-08:00

i've been in a funk lately. it sucks. i think i need a lot of inspiration and go out and do what things i love to do. i always think of this quote, i dont know where it came from - "Ask yourself if you are spending enough of your time and energy on the things that mean to the most to you" - and i havent, so i am going to make some changes.

i went and saw annie leibovitz lecture and read excerpts from her new book last night. it was very inspiring and insightful. she is an amazing woman.

images from keri smith, wishjar

hi my name is betty.

2008-11-19T22:56:00.000-08:00

i have been falling in love with betty from le blog de betty. this girl has great style, and is absolutely gorgeous! her photographs are almost professional looking - here are some of my favorites.

this leather jacket is amazing! what a great find.

she really makes me want to go to france, and also get a haircut.

we just witnessed history...

2008-11-05T14:32:00.000-08:00

"a new dawn of american leadership is at hand"

there are no words to describe my excitement. his victory speech gave me goose-bumps.

2008-11-03T15:56:00.000-08:00

zooey deschanel is one of my top girl crushes. she was on last months issue of nylon, and i was so ecstatic! she is so low key and indie, and it is totally fitting for her to be on nylon. i love that magazine! her style is so fabulous, and i love her incredible blue eyes and raven hair. i wish i could be just like her. my other top girl crush is of course the gorgeous french actress clemence poesy.

i am so taking more photos starting now. unless the sun isnt out, which may be a lot, because in that case, my film cameras wont expose right. i just fixed my lomo lc-a though and am so excited to use it! a few rolls came out blank before and so, hopefully it will all work out now. i also really want to use my lubitel and holga more. these days everything is digital, and i myself have a dslr and i love it, but i really want to use film, and maybe someday it will have a comeback :) i just wish i had some subjects to shoot!

me.

2008-10-30T11:51:00.000-07:00

i have really not been myself at all lately. and lately means like, the last 5 months. and im guessing its been because the weather has been getting shitty. but i just havent gone out and done anything. i used to go out and take photos like it was my job and i just havent lately. i think i have been engrossed by the bloging world and spend a lot of my time reading them, and drooling over wonderful photography. i just wish i had some friends who were into photography who could inspire and help me. i think i need to meet some new people. my artistic capabilities are drowning with the economic crisis....

on a happier note, i will share some photos i really like.

all from lina scheynius

just me.

2008-10-16T14:03:00.000-07:00

okay so i need a job. i've been looking at all these fabulous blogs and all this gorgeous fall fashion, and i have no money to go out and buy any of it! i will report back once i have some money :)

anyway, here are some wonderful photos that are saved to my desktop. no connections or whatnot, i love them.

source: unknown

source: boooooom tobias faldt

sorry about not having photo sources. i simply forget...

life.

2008-10-10T17:41:00.000-07:00

life leaves you out sometimes, and you dont know where you are going anymore. but life is always beautiful.

goodbye summer. hello fall.

2008-10-07T16:59:00.000-07:00

gorgeous.

from fotodecadent

school time.

2008-09-24T17:55:00.000-07:00

school has started and its wonderful. my only regret is that summer is fading and we are heading into autumn. and baseball season is ending. i dearly hope that the twins make it into the playoffs.

i am in love with these outfits. they are old from a vogue (i think). I used to subscribe and i just remember these both. I love natalie's gown. vera wang does amazing things.

i am the iceman

2008-09-06T11:49:00.000-07:00

sleepy town ain't got the guts to budge

baby this emptiness has already been judged

i wanna go out tonight, i wanna find out what i got

you're a strange part of me you're a preachers girl

and i dont want no piece of this mechanical world

got my arms open wide and my blood is running hot.

[photo by theres-no-end]
lyrics from 'the iceman' by bruce springsteen

2008-09-05T14:58:00.000-07:00

i cant wait to start school again. my school has one of the latest start dates, i am sure of it. once school starts i will have so much more going on in my life. i really can't wait. this is my year, i can tell. the mountains can only do it for me for so long, and i'm starting to go crazy for some city life. i really need a night out on the town with my girlfriends who i havent seen in a while. i feel alone right now, but also i am in my zone lately. since i have so much free time i have been doing things that i have wanted to for a long time, but just always put off. and i love it, and i will continue to do it.

...

2008-09-02T15:29:00.001-07:00

photos from lia saile

autumn is on its way

2008-08-25T21:46:00.000-07:00

1] bee-line

2] untitled

3] sunday afternoon in paris

4] left alone

hot fun in the summa time

2008-08-22T18:23:00.000-07:00

so the summer is coming to an end, although i still have almost a month until i resume classes again. just a few things that i've been browsing--

1] the necklaces at mctega are fun and fabulous. a collaboration between two former students (one pre-med, one microbiology). the result is a start of a wonderful jewelry line. i looooove organic chemistry and i would die for one of their carbon chain necklaces...view them here.

2] this strange lamp screams my name and i desperately want it in my apartment. from the design blog.

3] severin koller -- some fabulous street photography. there is so much to look at, he has a wonderful eye for everything.

4] i'm in love with william hundley [here.]

i am new to the blogging sphere and think that the people out there have such great style. as i am a student, i have yet had the experiences that i wish i had, and i am completely unorganized, with about 200 gb of unedited photos just waiting for me. i am also indecisive, so when i get to editing these photos, i change them over and over and end up with 5 copies of the same photo saved in 5 different spaces on my computer. i also save every picture i find on the internet that i like, which is a dilemma after a while with hundreds of photos and having no idea where i got them. one of my goals right now is to get organized and settled.

fm banier

2008-08-13T22:01:00.000-07:00

i have been a fan of francois-marie banier for a while and have recently ran into his advertising campaign with diane von furstenburg and model natalia vodianova. his work is stunning. you can find his artwork here, and his advertisements in magazines like vanity fair and also here.

trippin'

2008-08-13T21:41:00.000-07:00

here are a few things i ran across the last few days. i have trouble organizing my photos, so they're random...

my friend is visiting and we made a few trips. one to port townsend, wa. one of my favorite towns in the pacific northwest--so far at least. we will be heading to portland, which i am excited for. lots of photo ops coming.

a little bit of this

2008-08-10T23:04:00.000-07:00

these are some really cute pics of michelle williams from the nylon magazine website. her outfits are particularly adorable, as is she.

there are more fabulous pics on their webpage here.

i desperately want these frye paige cuff boots from urban outfitters...

more later...it's late.

happy

2008-08-04T18:07:00.000-07:00

i love this song. i have forever. and i just found the video to it. it is exactly what i would want to do with that as the soundtrack.

And this video and song are also on my fav list right now. so strange, but i love her and him. or rather she & him.

i am reading pride & prejudice right now. i love the most recent movie so i finally thought i should read it. plus, its jane austen...

the house

2008-08-03T16:04:00.001-07:00

so right now im stuck in the mountains, with no friends nearby and trees all around me. i really love it out here but being out here for this long is making me long for the city, and dislike it out here more and more everyday. and i dont want that to happen. so i've made it my duty to find all the beautiful things that i love, and that no one else notices. here is one of my favorite photos from this adventure so far.

the woman

2008-08-02T20:55:00.001-07:00

Shes beautiful, modern and not quite like anyone else.

There's an inner knowing and ease about her. A

Confidence. A comfort. She calms the chaos and
invigorates the mundane. She sparkles when she

talks, when she listens. Maybe shes in love, maybe

shes just happy. Shes the new classic woman, sensual

and ever so in love with life.

life

2008-08-02T19:11:00.001-07:00

"life is about the choices we make, the relationships we have, the time we spend and how we spend it. life has many opportunities to feel, both love and loss, to feel hatred and sorrow as well as compassion and happiness. life is about what we want and what we need. to make a difference, good or bad, to someday leave this world having made your mark. 'all the worlds a stage and the men and women are merely players, they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his life will play many parts.'"

foto friday

2008-08-01T11:16:00.001-07:00

2008-07-31T22:47:00.000-07:00

so i have a giant list of books to read and i want to try to get through some of them this summer, since i have nothing else to do. i find that although i seem to have all the time in the world, with crappy weather and no friends, there is actually a lot of nothing to do. the internet these days allows you to do everything while doing nothing. and with the way that i collect websites and names and random things, i could spend the whole day online. but i am going to not do that anymore. this will be hard since i am trying to go through all my things and most of those things are websites or online shopping i want to do. lots and lots of things i cant afford. bummer. so i will read, and satisfy my mind with words. haha, cheesy i know but i love reading.

blindness (currently cracked open on my night stand)

pride and prejudice (along with some other jane austen)

the last lecture

the twilight series

the wings of the dove

the historian (reread...one of my favorites)

out stealing horses

those are just some that are more recent. i have been collecting a list of books to read for some time now and think that it would take my whole life to read them all. but thos are some currently on my mind. i just finished pete hamills forever, which was really good once you get into it. its a hefty 600 pages but once past about pg. 80, you're hooked.

obama for your mama

2008-07-31T19:31:00.001-07:00

this is an op-ed i read this winter. although most people vote without knowing anything i think a gut feeling with substance is good enough. from the seattle times 28 january 2008: "the times recommends obama for the democrats"

________________________

After seven years of George Bush's failed presidency, after five years of unnecessary war in Iraq, America is ready to write a new narrative. All candidates favor the now-bromidic slogan: change. Only one candidate truly embraces the yearnings this word represents.

The Seattle Times endorses Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president. He has the grasp, temperament and skills to right our standing in the world. He has broad insight and specific ideas to assuage our own hardworking citizens' fears of an economy turning sour. Obama has thoughtful plans to help citizens with everyday problems: middle-class tax breaks; elimination of income tax for seniors earning less than $50,000; health care for minors.

Critics ask a fair question about Obama's experience. He has been a U. S.

senator for three years, Illinois state senator for eight, lawyer, lecturer, community organizer — a résumé some say is not executive enough for a president.

American voters tend to select governors rather than senators for president, President Bush being a recent example. Bush fit the mold — governor of Texas six years — but his résumé proved to be a failed indicator. Judgment is more important. Bush's decision to invade Iraq was the most-wrongheaded decision of our time.

Voters this time have reason to focus on other qualities, such as the courage to tell people things they might not want to hear. Obama, for example, took his pitch for higher fuel-efficiency standards to the most-challenging audience, Detroit.

And in October 2002, when our country was horribly bruised by Sept. 11, he came out against the war in Iraq: "I don't oppose all wars. ... What I am opposed to is a dumb war. ... What I am opposed to is a rash war." Such statements might sound unpatriotic — unless, of course, the speaker turns out to be correct. In an Obama administration, American troops have a chance to start coming home.

Americans have not selected a candidate for president directly from the Senate since 1960, when they elected Sen. John Kennedy, who offered similar charisma and hope.

Obama, more than other candidates, is gut-level inspiring. All candidates speak in platitudes that make us feel good. Sometimes their words actually move us.

"We want a politics that reflects our best values," Obama said early in the campaign. "We want a politics that reflects our core decency, a politics that is based on a simple premise that we stand and fall together." We need that after the divisiveness of Bush-Cheney. Obama would rather talk

to world leaders than rattle sabers at them.

That approach is likely to appeal to moderates and independents if they participate in Washington's Feb. 9 caucuses and Feb. 19 primary. Obama's personal story offers progress in the ongoing struggle to be a more comfortable, racially diverse country. The son of a white mother from Kansas and an absent father from Kenya, he doesn't need to say much about diversity. He moves the issue forward just by waking up in the morning. Obama would be the first African-American president. But in his way of transcending the harshness of typical racial politics, he makes that almost a side point.

Obama has realistic ideas about education: performance pay and universal prekindergarten that is not mandatory; after-school and summer programs. Obama would mandate health-insurance coverage for children, but not for adults. His approach to expanding coverage and stemming escalating costs is pragmatic enough to gain legislative traction.

Obama speaks eloquently about media issues. His positions encourage a public worried about a consolidated media. He supports network neutrality and laments media consolidation. He co-sponsored a bill to stop recent changes to the cross-ownership rule adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. Obama says he would appoint FCC commissioners who will work in the public's interest and against media concentration.

Obama has the smarts, the plans and, yes, the charisma to capably lead and transform a nation that aches for a new direction.

polaroids of the past and future

2008-07-30T22:33:00.000-07:00

so polaroid has removed itself from the instant image market. im upset because digital photography is taking over classic film and polaroid. i love polaroids and now i have to stock up on the already expensive film. but now there is the polaroid pogo, which is a genius way of making us spend more money for some new gadget. its a small printer that hooks up to your cameras and allows you to print small 2x3 borderless pictures. they are complete with a peel of sticky back. thats all nice but what i love is that the film/paper is so much cheaper. about $10 for 30 prints. and even cooler is that it doesnt use ink. the paper is some weird cool new chemical technology that doesnt need ink. what will they come up with next?

2008-07-30T19:55:00.000-07:00

this is my blog. i will blog about whatever i want. things i like and things i want, things that inspire me and things that i want to keep on record. things that are too expensive fore me to buy and things i want to do in my life.