(sabo-)Kitty

-2 Degrees Farenheit

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:36:14 GMT

"MEN WANTED: FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES. BITTER COLD. LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS. CONSTANT DANGER. SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOR & RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS." - Ernest Shackleton

Great title or the greatest title

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:00:17 GMT

While doing research for a project loosely about liminal bodies and technology I've stumbled upon an article with a truly amazing title. I must truly praise Eric Dietrich for coming up with “Some Strangeness in the Proportion, or How to stop worrying and learn to love the Mechanistic Forces of Darkness."

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:47:15 GMT

What the hell is up with the Chicago police that they send plain clothes officers to buildings at 2:30 in the morning to ring the first doorbell they find (mine) to report that someone (who is out of town, I don't know well, and doesn't live in my apartment) had their stolen scooter (which nobody told me was stolen) found. Needless to say I did not believe that they were real cops (despite the fact that they were big white dudes who were clearly out of place in my neighborhood) and have done very little to ingratiate myself to the local authorities (Quote: "Next time you need help call the federal police"), I did eventually let them in because they were being a major nuisance and my upstairs neighbor told them that she wasn't here and they left. 10 minutes later a uniformed cop drove by shining lights into the the buildings next door, honking his sirens and asking for my buildings address, he was here for the same call and I ran out and said that she's not in and we've already been told about it, he was older more polite and left.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:57:26 GMT

Tonight I was told that Sadie Benning is going to be guest faculty next semester. I hope she presents/talks about her work.

In addition Jesus is my Health Insurance (but allah has better premiums):

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:57:50 GMT

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/18/god.vs.doctors.ap/index.html

Starfish: Nazis of the Sea

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:36:54 GMT

Jesus is My Energy Policy

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:13:12 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7566566.stm

Living.

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:28:57 GMT

I've been in Chicago for a little over a week and have finally gotten the internet in my house and my bicycle. I've been more or less a shut in this last week partially because all of my friends are either busy, sick, stressed out, in love, or some dreadful combination and partially from my lack of internet access and being not able to find out cool goings on (and how to get there). The result of this is that I've been doing a lot of drawing and sketching out ideas for new projects (look forward to accounts of edible emotions, ghost cities populated by spies and transvestites and transvestite spies, and an assinatrix sleeper cell consisting of Little Debbie and the Morton Salt Girl). I've also been watching endless Twilight Zone episodes with Lily (and drinking a fair amount of wine).

My room and apartment are nice. My room is modern and catches the afternoon/evening sun really well. Our living room is a bit cluttered with boxes but our salon/screening room is pretty brilliant and once we get a couch should be perfect. The apartment is located in Humbolt Park, the buildings on either side of us are filled with families and a few blocks away is a decent bar and a cafe. Apart from this, it is relatively isolated (which is fine) and the arrival of my bike has opened things up considerably for me (I'm about a 45 minute walk from any super market and the buses are unreliable, but it's only a 5 minute bike ride).

I'll post my new contact information later this week in a filtered post (or series of e-mails).

Best,
Tess

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:09:15 GMT

Hamster on the Run

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:07:14 GMT

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:36:37 GMT

The new Bruce LaBruce film is fantastic, I think it's his smartest work in a long time and is much prettier than Raspberry Reich or Skin Flick.

Dead Folk

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:18:00 GMT

I'm going to see the new Bruce LaBruce film at Frameline next Friday with Isaiah. Here's the trailer, it's gay Zombie porn and may not be safe for work:

Pre Summer Fun

Sat, 17 May 2008 17:32:07 GMT

It's way too hot in SF right now (though I've heard it's supposed to cool down this weekend) and on thursday as I walked home from work, I saw a perfectly normal looking middle aged woman attempting to seduce a pigeon, eventually demanding that it open its beak and let her kiss it (the pigeon just continued to walk away), the woman soon gave up threw her hands in the air and declared "I REALLY like pigeons!"

For the past 2 months or so I've been working for an agency that gives community support for developmentally disabled adults and this week they've commissioned me to make a short documentary for them for an upcoming conference. The main job I have for the agency involves leading groups of three or four adults on daily activities. It feels somewhat weird to me because it's the first time I've really been put in the position of an authority figure and all the people to whom I'm supposed to be an authority are considerably older than me. Also the job requires me to spend a lot more time outside and interacting with people than I'm used to, but I'm getting better at it and have acquired a little bit of a tan.

Last night I received a letter from the Art Institute notifying me that the F/V/NM faculty has selected me for a major scholarship which will pay for 20% of my tuition for my duration as an MFA student (in addition to the gift aid I've already received from the office of financial aid). This will put me into substantially less debt by the end of things and has quited the nagging voice in the back of my head warning me of MFA induced financial ruin.

Also, I just found out this week that Nestworks has been accepted into MUFF: The Mission Underground Film Festival which I shall post more information about as soon as it becomes available.

Chicago

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:31:02 GMT

I just found out I've been accepted into SAIC's MFA Film/Video/New Media/Time Based Arts program. I'm really excited and need to buy a parka.

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:14:15 GMT

I had a dream last night that SAIC and the Military sent me a kit that revealed that all of my art work was part of an elaborate mass mind control machine and that my services have been requested to experiment with and develop new mind control techniques and that somehow I didn't have much choice in the matter.

The Future is North!

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:38:50 GMT

I must thank the infamous J9 Fleri for sending this on.

Repotting Orchids

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:47:22 GMT

I need to re-pot and change the medium of my orchid tomorrow. Does anybody have any advice on this matter.

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:46:31 GMT

Flip Books - How Much?

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:20:18 GMT

How much do you think people would pay for intricately hand-drawn flip books (80 pages each, 2.9"x4.1")?

Nostalgia/Fuck/Nostalgia

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:45:50 GMT

Nerd-out

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:18:36 GMT

My friend Caleb turned me on to www.goodreads.com, it's like myspace/friendster but with books.

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:42:25 GMT

I finished and mailed out my portfolio on New Years Eve and I should know of my MFA acceptance/rejection in Early March.

I am looking for a second job (either part-time or on-call). The peak event season is over so lighting gigs are going to be few and far between. I am also beginning work on a new installation proposal and will organize a new screening at some point in the next few months.

New Years eve/day was good. Usual drunken escapades at Isaiah's and a lot of folk I only see once or twice a year. I also watched Weeds for the first time which was fantastic. My resolutions are to be generally more friendly and open to people I don't know, put more time into networking/communication, and to be a better advocate for myself and my artwork.

Best Wishes,
TS.

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:42:11 GMT

Today I will finish my application essays (and indeed all portions of my graduate school applications that are not my portfolio - which I am determined to have finished within the next two weeks, so that I can apply myself on new projects and finally setup my web-site).

I'm also feeling the end of November really intensely, a shallower sun means that a lot of the light in my room varies from ruddy to a cold blue depending on cloud cover. I really want to go to the Arboretum before it gets too cold and the hand full of deciduous trees finish loosing their leaves. I need to go before the solstice.

I think I'm going to see Faun Fables tomorrow night at Cafe Du Nord with Levon and Rachel. Which should be a good end of November show.

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:04:48 GMT

I got the job at the lighting company and I love working for them. All of the people who work there are really nice and it's definitely the most queer friendly place I've worked in ages. The hours are a bit weird, being mostly on weekends and consisting mostly of nights (and often late nights), however it seems like these shifts work infinitely better for me than many of the other jobs I've had lately.

Trannyfest worked out really well, a ton of people attended and there were a pretty wide variety of films, though mostly short documentaries and personal essay films. The crowed favorite was definitely this documentary called "Trannimals Go To Court" about a Trans-man's efforts to get into the Men's Baking Group, which told its story via cute drawings and various trans genitalia dressed up with googly-eyes and sparkles who argued to the Judge that the shape and size of genitals is of no relevance to anyone's baking ability. My favorite film in the show was called "By the Beautiful Sea," which was an experimental narrative about working class trannies and queers in a small town and their sex/fantasy lives, which I thought had some really awesome moments of poetry in it. Also, the first film in the program was "New York Story," the last film (to my knowledge) depicting the entity known as Breyer P-Orridge before the recent death of Lady Jane; I had seen it before projected behind PTV3 when they were playing in San Francisco, but it was good to be able to give it my full focus.

See my video at Trannyfest this Friday

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:19:11 GMT

I am very excited to announce that my latest video, Nestworks, will be screened this Friday (11/9) in the TransShorts program of Trannyfest 2007 in San Francisco at the LGBT Community Center.

When: Friday, November 9th at 7PM
Where: LGBT Community Center Rainbow Room (1800 Market 2nd Floor)
Tickets: Admission: $7 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds).
Screening is 18+

More information at:
www.trannyfest.com
and
freshmeatproductions.org