This movie was absolutely adorable, and also very crafty. Lots of the scenes included things made out of paper, plastic, cloth, etc. Despite its overwhelming cuteness, I really enjoyed it. My favourite parts were definitely the scenes involving the imaginary TV show, and also the scene featuring the stuffed telephone and typewriter.




We watched An Inconvenient Truth at school yesterday, and while it is perhaps the complete opposite of The Science Of Sleep, I still loved it. I thought the way the information was presented was very effective and mater-of-fact. Also, like Rafaela, I was (pleasantly) surprised at how seriously my classmates took it.




I meant to stay up and watch This American Life last night, but I changed my mind because I thought (for some reason) that it was an hour and a half long. Instead, I watched it today after school, with my mom. My vote is: splendid. I could never prefer it to the radio show, but I enjoyed it. I thought it translated well to television, and unlike Boaz Frankel and his worst interview ever, I didn't find it weird seeing Ira Glass actually present on film. "An Animal They Loved" = sad. I wish the show was longer than half an hour, though.

A sad story

While cleaning my room this weekend, I discovered this hip, cool Keith Haring colouring book, which I recieved for my sixth birthday.

Strangely, this is the only page that I filled out:

This is funny considering that when I was little, I LOVED stickers. But I also find it funny that I recieved a colouring book with lots of pages to fill out, like "Things I found in New York City" and "Things I would like to put in a blue purse," and the only page I used was the sticker page.

Click directly on the play symbol, and it won't open a new window.

New photograph

Happy birthday to Marlowe

We celebrated Marlowe's birthday in New York, at Plump Dumpling. We sang "Older" and "O Death," as well as "Happy Birthday" in French.

Rabbit, rabbit

Did I remember? No, I did not. I never do, because I am now woken up every morning at 6:30. This is not my natural schedule.
Here are a few things on my mind:


They're cute and vegan. These shoes cost $118. Let's get 'em!


I am in the progress of working on a long-term project for school, which is becoming increasingly stressful. Most people are doing a short skit, but I have chosen to think about the assignment extremely abstractly and am instead creating a multi-media presentation on Andy Warhol's Factory.


I'm about halfway through this book and I am really enjoying it. It's the really funny blend of hilarious stories and dense history.


I have been listening to the Decemberists a lot lately, too. I love them. I think it's really wonderful how most of the songs are stories, and it keeps them really interesting. I also love the language they use. There is something very intellectual about the Decemberists, I think.


I love Marcel Dzama, too. This is one of my favourite pieces.

A quick note

Sorry about the lack of photographs below. Either my phone or my blog has been working incorrectly, I'm not sure which, because my usual method of e-mailing photos to my blog is not working. A pity.

Back to New York

Sorry, I didn't document this vacation nearly as well as the last one, however, here are a few photographs illustrating the highlights:

The Chinatown bus arrived in New York at 1:30, at which time we met David at a vegetarian dim sum restaurant. My vote is: unremarkable. It was pretty good, but Home On 8th is better, in my opinion. My favourites were the steamed buns with "pork." I took a picture of this meal, but alas, I accidentally deleted it. Here's David at the restaurant:

Next, while Dad dropped off our bags at Lawrence's apartment, David took Ezra and me to a delightful place called "Cake Shop." Here is the most amazing vegan peanut butter cake EVER:

And an earl grey tea:

It's really extremely cool. It's sort of a combination cafe and record store with a bar in the basement.

We took a lovely walk in the East Village and ended up in this park, where we played catch with a water bottle and discussed various methods of torture.

Later, we met up with our awesome friends Leander and Marlowe, and took them to our favourite spot for bubble tea: St's Alp Teahouse. Leander thinks: terrific. Marlowe: not sure.

Other highlights include 9th Street Espresso for breakfast:

...and hanging out at Lawrence's apartment in Brooklyn:

I am so sad to be back.

Video project

Despite the fact that I am currently in French 1, I am making an approximately 10-minute-long film for school. It is entirely in French and stars Ezra as Guy, Marlowe as Philippe, Leander as Andre, and Miss Gliss as Oncle Olivier. I happen to not know how to use a camera or editing software, but I still think it should come out well. We filmed all weekend.



Highlights of filming include Miss Gliss's mustache (drawn on with black pen,) Ezra and Leander's version of "That's How It Is," several fight scenes, and the line "Notre vie et bon! Nous avons notre PlayStation, des hamburgers, et rap... et les planches a roulettes," (which no one could say quite like Leander.)

Sort of a recipe, but not really.

Too bad food doesn't photograph well, because this after-school snack I prepared myself was delicious and beautiful: ginger noodles with sesame seeds and seaweed flakes. If you would like to make it, here's how:

thin rice noodles
soy sauce
orange juice
maple syrup
sesame oil or olive oil
extra-firm tofu
cashews
finely chopped fresh ginger
white pepper
dried ginger
seaweed gomasio (you can find it at Wild Oats)

First, put water into a big pot and bring it to a boil. If you use dried rice noodles in a box, then they are coiled up like brains into two coils. Remove them and separate the coils. Cook half of them noodles for about five minutes, until they are soft. You can use some of the cooked noodles and save the rest for later. Meanwhile, mix soy sauce with orange juice and maple syrup. Add a little bit of juice and syrup at a time and taste it to make sure it doesn't get too sweet. Put a little sesame or olive oil into a big frying pan and chop the tofu into thick slices, maybe two inches long. You can use as much or as little as you like. The stove should be on medium heat. Cook them until they are golden, then flip them over. When the tofu is pretty well-cooked, turn the stove down to low-medium heat and add the noodles, sauce, cashews, fresh and dried ginger, pepper, and a lot of gomasio. You can really use as much of any of these ingredients as you like. I haven't tried it, but it would be really good to add some tahini to the soy sauce mixture, to make it more sesame-y.