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Chapter 52

 

My name is Andrea

I am a proud graduate of the inaugural Documentary Media Studies program at The New School

I live with my dog in New York City

I have a NEW companion tumblelog, inner sanctum. Please come see it!

send me an email! andrea.nugent@gmail

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Oct
24th
Sat
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Greetings from Vienna

So, I have taken so many pictures, and I want to make pretty slide sets and tell you, my tumblr firends, all the deep thoughts I’ve been having about my childhood experiences here and how the Vienna of the 1960’s influenced my aesthetic sense and so forth. However, my mother#s ancient laptop is running Windows 98, and it has no idea what my memory card is or what it holds (my photos!) and at the top of the screen tumblr is telling me

Your browser is outdated :-(

and the European keyboard has a bunch of letters worn off and looks like this:

Q W E R _ Z U _ _ P Ü
_S D F G _ J K _ Ö Ä
Y X C V _ _ _

But soon, I promise. Soon.

Oct
21st
Wed
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Yes! An empty seat next to me. Perfect. Good night!

Yes! An empty seat next to me. Perfect. Good night!

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At JFK. Headed to Austria for the first time in two years.

At JFK. Headed to Austria for the first time in two years.

Oct
20th
Tue
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supernice: Oh man so there’s a hell of a lot of catching up to do, mainly because of this double-plus-capital-M Major big project - our new apartment. Yes, oh, yes, we are officially Noo Yawkers now - 1600 sq ft of our ownsome. I know, it’s ridiculous, and I can’t believe it either, but it’s So. Freaking. Exciting. These are the befores. Can’t wait to share the afters. Seeing an empty space like this has always given me a funny little feeling of pleasure in my midsection. There it is, just waiting for your hand. So excited right along with you.

supernice:

Oh man so there’s a hell of a lot of catching up to do, mainly because of this double-plus-capital-M Major big project - our new apartment. Yes, oh, yes, we are officially Noo Yawkers now - 1600 sq ft of our ownsome.

I know, it’s ridiculous, and I can’t believe it either, but it’s So. Freaking. Exciting.

These are the befores. Can’t wait to share the afters.

Seeing an empty space like this has always given me a funny little feeling of pleasure in my midsection. There it is, just waiting for your hand. So excited right along with you.

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supernice: My Own Private Museum (left to right): the wind-up goldfish (broken mechanism), Sydney, 199?; the painted glass Ikea frame (glass: broken; heart: not so much), New Jersey, 2004; the orange 5 ball (stolen, Beach Road Hotel, Bondi, very late one night in oh I’d say 1996 - this pool bar has moved with me 7 times). Is it so ridiculous that these are the things I can’t live without? Nope, not ridiculous. Lots of people don’t even know what they can’t live without.

supernice:

My Own Private Museum (left to right): the wind-up goldfish (broken mechanism), Sydney, 199?; the painted glass Ikea frame (glass: broken; heart: not so much), New Jersey, 2004; the orange 5 ball (stolen, Beach Road Hotel, Bondi, very late one night in oh I’d say 1996 - this pool bar has moved with me 7 times). Is it so ridiculous that these are the things I can’t live without?

Nope, not ridiculous. Lots of people don’t even know what they can’t live without.

Oct
19th
Mon
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The light in my rooms is a narrative all day long. This morning’s story: THE SUN! I was so freaking glad to finally see it that I bounced around my place, taking pictures of that gorgeous, bright yellow light. I swear, I need it like I need air.

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oh boy, oh boy

hosvaldemarochsofia:

we´re going to the world´s largest ikea today!

A girl after my own heart.

Oct
17th
Sat
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suitep: More than ready to go. Yikes, he looks like he’s plotting his revenge! He has just gotten so big. Look at those long legs.

suitep:

More than ready to go.

Yikes, he looks like he’s plotting his revenge!

He has just gotten so big. Look at those long legs.

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Recent thrift shop finds

1. Vintage purse with removable cover; Japanese scarf

2. Early 60’s vase by Naaman of Israel

3. Iconic 50’s Skotch Kooler designed by Petra Cabot

4. Orange lacquer Nicaraguan cigar box

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suitep: Not to mention the corner doors… (via suitep) I love how neat and orderly this place is, how carefully the trim has been painted. Fine Foods, indeed. Now, when are you coming back here??

suitep:

Not to mention the corner doors…

(via suitep)

I love how neat and orderly this place is, how carefully the trim has been painted. Fine Foods, indeed.

Now, when are you coming back here??

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Jeffrey Campbell Contest

annalodwick:

Everyone that has Lookbook.nu, please hype my look for the Jeffrey Campbell contest! Thanks!

http://lookbook.nu/look/266529-Past-and-Present-Perfect

Even if you’re not a Lookbook member, you should check out her look, which includes  vintage pieces handed down from each of her parents, and something designed/made by her!

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mrcookieface: suitep: jordychristine: Please reblog this to help strike a blow against pediatric cancer. I will post on Sunday exactly how much I’ve raised by doing this!

mrcookieface:

suitep:

jordychristine:

Please reblog this to help strike a blow against pediatric cancer. I will post on Sunday exactly how much I’ve raised by doing this!

Oct
15th
Thu
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suitep: (via) How can something so gorgeous, dark, and sultry be whimsical at the same time?? It’s the Pinkham magic.

suitep:

(via)

How can something so gorgeous, dark, and sultry be whimsical at the same time?? It’s the Pinkham magic.

Oct
14th
Wed
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madmenfootnotes: “Then there is the miraculous Hamm, playing the lead character, Don Draper. Here is an actor who at once projects sexual mastery and ironic intelligence, poise and vulnerability. That alchemy has created the greatest male stars, from Gable to Grant to Bogart to McQueen to Clooney, because it wins for them both the desire of women and the fondness of men. So the show’s white-hotness was all but predetermined.” You MUST read this. It is by far my favorite thing ever written about the show. I love reading scholarly articles about popular culture, and I really liked this one. But truth be told, I’ll read pretty much anything I can get my hands on if it’s Mad Men-related.

madmenfootnotes:

“Then there is the miraculous Hamm, playing the lead character, Don Draper. Here is an actor who at once projects sexual mastery and ironic intelligence, poise and vulnerability. That alchemy has created the greatest male stars, from Gable to Grant to Bogart to McQueen to Clooney, because it wins for them both the desire of women and the fondness of men. So the show’s white-hotness was all but predetermined.”

You MUST read this. It is by far my favorite thing ever written about the show.

I love reading scholarly articles about popular culture, and I really liked this one. But truth be told, I’ll read pretty much anything I can get my hands on if it’s Mad Men-related.

Oct
11th
Sun
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jendunlap: The Berlin Reunion - The Big Picture - Boston.com] This literally made me cry. So stunning, touching, powerful. Read the whole thing. Wow. Gorgeous and moving, and there’s video here.

jendunlap:

The Berlin Reunion - The Big Picture - Boston.com]

This literally made me cry. So stunning, touching, powerful. Read the whole thing.

Wow. Gorgeous and moving, and there’s video here.