Saturday, morning und orange

Samstag, was kommt auf den Tisch?



& this morning orangy
[$2.99 endures]
closer too

Friday, orangy night

the end of the week
a sunset came by
i walked to the market
this little new flower crossed my path
a $2.99 chance of happiness
or at least of an orange smile



the newest guest
tomorrow to plant
and lazy distracted
a noisy orange feeling
and i grab
a big orange book
tonight

my imaginary life

Helvetica

last night i watched this rather interesting documentary
about the typeface Helvetica



the films introduces a lot graphic design and typography talk
but also a lot of interesting points on global visual culture
and how we recycle the visuals presented to us every day

the documentary balances between beautiful photography
of New York City, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zürich, London
and Münchenstein, Switzerland, where Helvetica was born
and dynamic urban shots presenting the stellar Helvetica



all structured in between interviews
with an endless list of graphic designers, typographists,
and other graphic gurus

one thing that i think keeps this films so alive
is that is a little controversial
the filmmaker Gary Hustwit
interviews both
Helvetica advocates and Helvetica adversaries
Helvetica users and Helvetica haters

yes! a typography can have enemies
but then you'll have to watch the documentary
don't want to spoil it for you
just recommend it
ah! cool music too

a bright new day for Americans

USA has a new elected president

and today it feels and breaths around here
like the long-asleep American dream
has resurrected again!

election day (part II)

so here waiting for the results of this rainy election day



after about 6 months of dryness in San Diego
today finally rained
not very helpful for Elections day
but great for our city

it was encouraging to see people
running to the polling place even under the rain
and to see NO on Prop 8 supporters holding
banners under colorful umbrellas

also praise to the supporters of
YES on Prop 2
against animal cruelty

here the latest results


and those always interesting numbers



and good idea of Starbucks to give
free coffee away to voters!
of course i had to get mine

election day

it's a little over 7am
so the polls are officially open
and i am getting ready
to vote too

this will be my 2nd time voting
for president of this big country
[i am mexican but born american]

and i am thrilled to participate
in what people are already calling
the most important election on
the history of this country

just hope that peace
reigns over the decisions
made on this country today

and my vote again goes for
Obama and a soundly
NO on Prop 8

good luck USA!

Halloween 08

Halloween came again
days of pumpkins
horror films
and sugary treats



a quiet evening for me
a little warm here in hell
but look!
another pumpkin here
the '4734'



next to the 4734 is an little artifact made out of a pumpkin too
an Argentinian Yerba Mate drinking cup
the 'straw' is made out of metal (silver, i think?)
talking about art made out of pumpkins
as for misses 4734
once opened showed was no cooking material
it was a little old for that so, so...



so a 'modernist' mini Jack-O-Lantern became


my carved pumpkin, Jack-O-Lantern - day 1

and Turner Classic Movies selections for the night
Horror films based on books by H.P. Lovecraft
a long time preferred author of mine

The Shuttered Room (from 1967)



Die, Monster, Die! (from 1965)
(the original name of the book
was "The color of out of space"
a delightfully creepy reading



so with devilish horns
and an old dried Jack-O-Pumpkin
after a couple of days


my carved pumpkin, Jack-O-Lantern - day 3 (premature aging?)

i spent a sugary scary night
have a good Halloween too
and let the witches and ghosts
go merry around you

tomorrow and Sunday
will be for me to celebrate the mexican
Día De Muertos

& those elections coming so close...

the California general election
and gotta read all these propositions
i have brief ideas about some
but...



thankfully for presidential election
i have my mind fixed
i am with

Barack Obama





i think these Obama's poster
series by Obey Giant taste
dunno, transcendental?

Die schöne Melancholie des Sonntag

since a was young girl
i remember feeling this little
empty space in my stomach
every Sunday night
the idea that the fun part of the week
was coming to an end, i guess

and since then i've found little cures for this

Die schöne Melancholie des Sonntag
the beautiful Sunday's melancholy
la hermosa melancolía de Domingo



i've been to movies to forget or
when there's a new Simpsons on Sunday
that's my breaking point
but also a good early evening walk
will suffice for the mini-closing of the weekend
celebrating my own way of saying to this week
curtains downs
and welcome a new week ahead

and here what i saw
around 17.15 Uhr

Friday, Ikea

as my 8" analon non-stick skillet
is almost never big enough
for a decent stir-fry
i went to Ikea last night
[ah, always pleasant there]



to buy the planned 11" wok with lid
here he is



already used twice this morning
steaming sweet potatoes
and the ah! long-awaited stir-fry which i just
munched now accompanied of some crunchy brown rice

but as always i end up with
some extra unplanned product
so this time the
extra-not-on-the-shopping-list-completely-unnecessary
product is



the BUSIG tray

but i just couldn't resist the elephants
and the colors, or the idea of elephants
with flowers and patterns on their bodies
or the little elephants
dunno, but it reminded me of a Beatles song
one of the silly ones they made (wink)
and oh well
it's an Ikea weakness heh heh