WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

So yeah I've been MIA for quite some time. To make a long story short, the end of February and most of March has been one big shit fest. Ranging from admin. and records at SSU trying to screw with my graduation, personal/family issues and a massive mandala project that I turned in and presented this last Tuesday.

But alas, amidst all the stress I have made it out alive. And although parts of it were really low and painful, some beautiful things blossomed. That being said, I really want to share with everyone my mandala project.

Honey Bees/Transition


Garden of Eden


Cosmic Universe


Virgin Mary


Dream Owl


An Altered Consciousness


Death


Black Hole


Ava


Spiritual Unison


Im really proud of what I was able to accomplish with those :) They all mean something different to me, and there are some aspects to them that I do not yet understand. Some day!

So a while back I also said that I would post some of my recent art workings, but turns out my scanner wants to be a pooper and not connect to my computer!! So here's a few more things:







The next four represent the four alchemical states of transformation highlighted by one color for each stage.





(my faaaaav)




So yeah, all that is Caitlin and what she does.

So what else is new? Dunno, lots of musics.

Lykke Li is so damn hot. I wish a was as ballsy as she is. Her latest album "Wounded Rhymes" is fabulous.

Umm does her outfit come adorned with little claws on her woman parts? FIERCE!!!!

DFA 1979 is back together! I forgot how amazingly loud they are. This takes me waaaay back. Here's a video of their recent reunion show at SXSW because lame ass youtube as disabled embedding on the official video which you can still find here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wnl9PpnTXI


I know Im kind of late on catchin on to Fever Ray, but Cosmo introduced me to these tunes and I've been obsessivley listening to her ever since.


This song makes me feel gross everywhere, sort of like Im covered in my own puke. But I like it! Its like a trip through a funky junk yard!


And last, BUT NOT LEAST, THOM FUCKING YORKE. LOOK. LOOK AT HIM DANCE.

Say what you want about his moves, he's still more boss than you'll ever be. Oh yeah and he's wearing an awesome hat.

Anyway. Thats been my life for the past month or so. I've been sort of under the radar on some respects, on the fringe. At times I felt my existence to be a bit like this:


But as I expressed in my Garden of Eden mandala, sometimes stuff happens thats beyond control. And in times like those sometimes paradise has to be lost in order for it to be found again. To everyone who knows whats been going on and who helped me through my rough patch, thank you.

xoxo Caitlin

Don't Taze Me, Bro

So within the past two days I have heard too many weird and random things in the news to not talk about it. Its been like a plethera of awesome.

Okay, first off, last night my co worker and I were talking about camel racing in Dubai. Why were we talking about camel racing in Dubai, you ask? Because sometimes our job is so slow and boring in the evenings, things like camel racing in Dubai come up. More specifically, there have been some blurbs in the news lately involving the ethics around the popular sport in the Arabian Gulf.



So as you might notice, the jockey isn't a real person, rather a robot. This is because some years ago children used to be the camel jockeys. However, wide spread allegations of child abuse caused the sport to switch over to robotic jockeys.

Or they could have just stopped abusing the kids. I don't know thats just my two cents.

I mean, here in the states we have real jockeys for our most famous horses and we do just fine. Seabiscuit? Secretariat? You get my drift here?

Anyway...



These robots are controled on the side lines by adults. The robots have the ability to pull on the reins, can use a motorized whip, and can kick the camel. They also have a walkie talkie attached to them so that the guys on the sidelines can yell orders at the camels.



But it gets better(worse). Police were tipped off to two men who apparently had enabled the robotic jockeys to be able to taze the camels to make them go faster. NOT COOL ARAB CAMEL ABUSERS, NOT COOL.

You can't make this shit up.

So second random news story,

apparenly off the coast of Miami, Florida a grand piano appeared on one of the sandbars. No one knows how it got there, or who left it there. The piano itself is too big for someone to have just taken a personal boat out there to abandon it. Environmental officlas say it is not their job to remove the piano, as it poses no threat to the natural life around it.



Thats a really lame picture and I was hoping for a better one but I think this story is kinda cool. Reminds me of that awesome movie "The Piano". Here is a clip as well as the amazingly beautiful theme song from the film

If you havent seen this movie yet, get to it.

In other unrelated things....

I was browsing the web circut and found this awesome collection of photos from the 1960's. The photos were taken at a popular night club in Cape Town, South Africa by a bouncer. Who says people your parent's age dont know how to party????



























Not so different from now a days huh?

We can learn two things from these pictures. One, people of our parent's generations aren't as lame as we tend to think they are. Second, when people of prior generations get on us kids about how immoral and sexually rampant we are, LOOK TO YOUR OWN SINS GRANDMA!

Ciao

Babushka Baby

AREN'T THESE SO COOL???

Babushkups!!!!



(Get it? Babushka + cups)



Picked up these guys at Borders today with the gift card that Sean gave me. I looove them, they're so adorable.

I was also able to get a photo album to use for when I get my Diana film developed. Hopefully I can get to that this coming week! So excited!

Man, it has been so sunny and nice lately. It doesn't quite feel like spring to me, but rather more like a late summer appearing in January. Kind of hazy. Makes me sooo addicted to this song as of late:


Weird video, dog grooming and graphic female nudity (yeah, I bet that made you watch it) But...the song is awesome.

Speaking of music, today on my way to Windsor to visit my parents, I decided to stop by The Last Record Store in Santa Rosa to see if I could find anything interesting. It was a nice visit, but kind of pointless since I dont have a ton of extra money right now. Anyhoo, this homeless guy outside asked me if I had any money to spare. I did not, I felt bad but I wasn't carrying any cash on me. He replied "Oh, thats alright, I understand, dont worry, dont worry, I love you! I love you!"

If only everyone was so nice. I felt like a bitch though. No cash to give the poor guy.

So I basically just have one more week of winter break, then its back to school! Im actually pretty excited to begin. My classes are going to be good I think :) Plus, I got my big application in to CIIS (my grad school of choice), so now everything is out of my hands and I just have to breathe, wait and be patient to see how things turn out. But for now, I'll work on my last semester, and spend some good time discussing dreams with my buddy Sigmund.


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Hahahahahahahaha psychology humor.

Life is good.

Ciao

I Do Not Care For the Winter Sun

Hey peoples,

sorry for the delay, I really wasn't expecting it. And I really don't have any excuses for not posting lately, so lets just get to it!

The holidays had their ups and downs, Christmas eve was very intense. I dont know what was up with everyone but people just seemed to be so stressed out! We tried to play a round of Pictionary but it turned into a screaming match. But I suppose thats bound to happen when you try to play a game with about 25 people.....

Also, I sprained my neck really bad. So much so I wasnt able to look to the right or downward so I looked kind of gimpy. Then Christmas morning I woke up with a nasty cold that made less enthusiastic than usual about opening presents. I KNOW! Crazy.

But Christmas Day I went with Sean to go see Black Swan. Which if you havent seen it yet, you most definitely should.



For those of you guys reading that don't think you want to see a ballet movie, there is a steamy girl on girl scene. Take that. But ASIDE from that, awesome movie, go seeeee

So I tend to be attracted to the odd and things that are a little strange. So I found this set of tableware and decor by artist Ronit Baranga and thought it was pretty nifty and unique. How would you like to find these every morning on your kitchen table?



























I personally would like one of those bowls with the fingers on the bottom.

So thats all for now. My boyfriend got me a lomography camera (a Diana F+) for Chrsitmas like I wanted! So once I get some film developed I'll be uploading those. Also I've been working on some different art pieces so you can look out for those too!

Until then, here's a music video for a kid who I think has some serious potential. I fell in love with this song because I think it fit in so well with the foggy, dreary morning that I first heard it. Can you believe he's only 16?



Happy days :)