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mind crushingly awesome.

Dogs V. Cats

A very affectionate and adorable cat has taken up residence at my mother's house. If you know me, you know that I am NOT a cat person, I have always been seriously allergic and just not altogether smitten with the cold-hearted nature of many of the cats I've come across. Minou (that's French for "kitty-cat") however, has won my heart. The only problem is, as much as Minou loves to play and be fed and petted- she won't come inside the goddamn house. It's starting to freeze here on the Beast coast, and I'm afraid lil Minou will not survive the winter outside. Her stubbornness only confirms what this article I saw in the UK Telegraph says: that dogs are smarter than cats (sowwy Sawah!). Oxford scientists confirmed that the more social an animal instinctively is, the more brain growth that animal will exhibit. Dogs, who are descendants of the extremely clannish wolves, show more social/ family oriented behavior, which makes them smarter. If anyone has tips on how I can get my small brained, but very sweet lil Minou inside the house for winter, please share!

Happy Friday

I'd sure like to try some of this chartreuse soft serve found on the fun blog Oh Joy!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

A Man's Motivations

My brother, Nick Bakshi, is a writer- a really good one in fact. Sometimes he'll send me drafts of whatever he's working on and then we'll bounce ideas off of each other. After reading the last draft of a novel he just started, I called him and said,"Brohemian, I need to understand your motivation, I need to know what's behind all this in order to talk about it further." A few days later he sent me this- the key to understanding why men do the things they do, make the art they make, and apparently even why Facebook was created...it's all about the bi*ches.

I want the world...

or at least this awesome chandelier of it.

Found on black eiffel

LE LOVE

 le love.

The Books

Last night, Bock and I saw the ingenious sound/video group, The Books, at Carnegie Hall. The duo, plus guest Gene Back, play gorgeous intricate string arrangements over found sound samples, accompanied by pitch perfect spliced video segments. The result was an endearing display of human truisms. A little boy on a talkboy tape recorder threatening his little sister, found video clips of people golfing mixed with sound and video from '80s inspirational self help videos... their art is inspired by people in all of their ridiculous, hilarious, and beautiful splendor.

Ps. Check out this crazy spoonbox contraption that Nick Zammutto (guitars & vocals) made. It's for sale and I want one!

Miraculous Neon Trees!

Avatar may have been set in the future, but people, glowing trees are real on planet Earth and may one day replace streetlights everywhere! Apparently when Taiwanese researchers put gold nanoparticles into Bacopa Caroliniana plants, the chlorophyll in the plants produced neon light! The combo also caused photosynthesis to happen more rapidly aka more carbon was consumed from the atmosphere and air was purified faster. Wowie zowie.

Read more on Gizmodo!
Photo by Romana Klee.
Thanks to Rex for sharing!

Fink

Tammy came over for dinner two nights ago and I told her to DJ while I made us some kale and pasta with chicken sausage (one of my favorite meals of all time). I asked for something soothing and chill. She played me Fink, which I loved. His whole album, Distance and Time was perfecto for relaxing with a friend and un verre de vin rouge.

Slow Fall

I've been feeling pretty sappy the past few days. Autumn almost always makes me really nostalgic and reflective, which can be positive in a lot of ways, but it's also bittersweet. A year out of college I still mark the new year by the school calendar, so I suppose that has something to do with it. When I think back on the past year, I realize absolutely EVERYTHING in my life has changed. The one steady thing, my rock, has been dancing, and I've been lucky enough to able to work with two really amazing companies this year, Douglas Dunn and Dancers, as well as the Matthew Westerby Company. Next week I'm going on tour with the Matthew Westerby Company and we've all been spending a lot of time in the studio preparing. When I went in yesterday, I was feeling kind of blue, but after a few minutes talking with Matthew and the dancers and I felt instantly lighter. No matter how tired I am, no matter what I'm going through-- going into the studio and rehearsing with these companies never fails to bring me so much joy and fulfillment. In gratitude to my job and all of the wonderful people I get to work with, I am posting this video of Matthew's gorgeous and heartbreaking duet "Slow Fall".

BK Safari

Last fall, my instinct to create a nest was so strong that I actually brought beautiful branches in from outside, ordered these sheets and hung a pretty mid century painting of an owl on the wall. This fall, I started to feel a bit cluttered and decided it was time for a change. I wanted cleaner lines and black and white accents to contrast with my saffron/ burnt orange wall. I ditched the branches and within a few hours, had transformed my room into a mini modern safari lodge. I just found these fantastic animal busts at anthropologie, made of repurposed cement and old pages from French books- I can't wait to get one to complete my wild little room!