The Diary of Antoine Roquentin

tempus fugit

Month: December, 2009

gingerbread hoopla + ichat pigmentgasm

Gingerbread house is mostly done, just without the tower (I ran out of frosting, got to pick some up at the Michael’s in the upper west side tomorrow. Also, I pretty much finished this painting I’d been working on for a while. I need to wait for it to dry and paint in the white [...]

xmas antics

Today my cousins and I decorated gingerbread men and I put together the sides of the gingerbread house: It’s 6 a.m. and I still can’t sleep, even after lying in bed for hours. I may go and walk around Manhattan in the wee hours of the morning. But probably not, since it’s bitter cold. Also, [...]

xmas, insomnia, web design, and new friends

The most amazing store in the Village: A few nights ago, I stayed up all night with Marvin. We did French Roast, drinks on Bedford Ave., then a freezing ride on the ferry, and back to French Roast for breakfast. Last night my mom and made a gingerbread house. I built the design out of [...]

Top 10 Albums of 2009

With so many shitty “Best of ’09″ lists floating around the web, heavy with bands that don’t make what human beings consider music *cough* AnCo *cough* I thought I’d roll my own. Sound off in the comments. This is based on when I added them to iTunes, regardless of release date. 1. Peaches – I [...]

looking everywhere, and I see nothing but people

You know you’re in a bad place in life when you find the songs that most resonate with you are from Black Cherry. Especially when “Tiptoe” becomes an impromptu anthem (especially 1:35-ish). I’ve been feeling uneasy about the declining ability of music to make me feel better during these dark winter months. Today started out [...]