can't help myself.

these are from my birthday.

at first i thought i hated them; they seemed a bit sloppy or something.

but now they've grown on me (especially this one).

the other one

that finch on my right foot was trying to take off with my shoelace.

momentous

this was relatively recently; not this wednesday just passed but the one before that.

wilton's.

pete!

the birds at the barbican! you weren't meant to take photos but i couldn't pass up this opportunity. the exhibition/installation was a room set up with amplified guitars, basses and cymbals full of these nesting zebra finches. my feet were covered in them at one point. we figured it was the coffee grounds they were after.

birthday

spring baby.

very green lunch at rochelle canteen.

irises and lilies from aggy.

self portrait at 24.

exploring

another one of ky's from yesterday. and dad, well played!

birds

hanging with ky at the barbican; seeing the birds (i'll explain later), taking some pictures, eating bananas.

trying to cram in as much quality time before he goes back to new york.

more again

phase three. tom took off about another inch. hearing his plans for me, it's beginning to sound like one day he's just going to take it all off again. i stole this photo from ky.

non-linear

some remnants from recent days. tate modern.

they've been dredging the canal.

v&a museum of childhood.

london wall/barbican.

steve earle

just hanging at the barbican again, eating my improvised dinner from waitrose (sushi and cashew nuts, delicious) and waiting for the show to start. i'll admit it, the only song i recognized was 'can't remember if we said goodbye' (the first song he wrote sober, did you know that?). i've loved that song for a good long while now and the rest just made me want to get home and raid dad's collection. soon.

halloween

i felt incredibly grown-up going to the symphony on saturday night. well, not really. i was going to see the london symphony orchestra yes, but they were accompanying grizzly bear.

and to my absolute delight, and complete surprise (i nearly wet myself i was so excited), st vincent was opening. i listened to her album 'marry me' for about six months straight at the end of 2007 and her latest, 'actor' is equally good.

a very pretty stage set-up. i had a bunch of review-y things to say about it but because the concert was generally absolutely enchanting, all negative comments have fallen by the wayside. also, the few tracks when the orchestra was unnecessary, the conductor did a little dance. it was fantastic.

as an end note i feel the need to show gratitude to all the wonderful music i've witnessed this year. my big three (beck [circa '96], neil young, erykah badu) have yet to be seen but there's still hope (except for the time travel thing). i'm seeing steve earle on wednesday (thanks dad!) which is pretty damn exciting too.

lagging behind

recently :

happy hannah...

and poor lisa! a rollercoaster of emotions at bistroteque brunch.

friends.

my first sony at the v&a!!!

i hoofed over to tate britain to see the richard long exhibition. totally worth it.

autumn, pretending to be winter.

house, pretending to be miro.

somewhere on the way to the barbican.

intermission

some fun days around and about in london.

our sometimes cat, yo.

saturday evening on broadway.

jamie at the free sunday barbeque at the stag's head. such a sweet deal, trying to keep it quiet though.

hannah and i went wandering through the City the other day. it dawned on us just how little of the city we've seen. this is smithfield meat market.

st paul's.

guildhall.

88 london wall, by richard rogers. didn't even need to look it up it's so similar in styling to le pompie.

london wall is the weirdest place!

idyllic barbican.

god, i would do anything to live here.

this little hut is set up in the courtyard as part of the 'radical nature' exhibition on at the moment.

you can have a little cup of berry tea. also, hannah cut all her hair off while i was away!