illusions.

yesterday, me and some friends of mine had our fourth episode of the food experience. since i haven't mentioned it here in detail, here is the basic idea: some friends gather around at each of their homes and one after another cooks their favourite meal. we started it in april and every month someone else had the chance to indulge the others with their favourite yummies. yesterday my friends bernd and yoko were hosting the event and they added the idea that every guest should bring a favourite movie to watch and we were drawing lots to define in what order to watch them. bernd documented the lottery with his camera:

the lots

breathless by jean-luc godard

the fall by tarsem singh

fido by andrew currie

i had to draw the first lot which was tills choice: breathless (à bout de souffle) by jean-luc godard.
then till drew my choice, the fall by tarsem singh. and then we had some more breath left for another movie so laura drew another lot which turned out to be her own choice, fido by andrew currie. after having watched three movies, a classic, a surrealistic one and a zombie comedy we were pretty exhausted so bernds and yokos movies will have to wait for another movie night.

cosmo.

everyone please watch this terrific movie.

borealis.

as promised, here are the results of the dyeing experiment. the scarf actually turned out to be the best result, when it actually looked crappy while it was still wet.

afterwards i found out, i would've needed to put a wet fabric into the colorbucket (instead of a dry one, like it did. stupid me, never reading the instructions thoroughly) this would probably have brought the gradient coloring. meh. i still like the result, though, but i'll probably start a 2nd attempt soon with some dark blue or lavender color.

for anyone who would like to try it on their own, i link you to a very good tutorial.

fangtastic.

warning: hilarious gigglish teengirl content.



bite me, dr. skarsgård!

caligula.

can't wait for the upcoming new M83 record!!

M83: Midnight City from Mike Kalinin on Vimeo.

corresponding to the colorful video i had a colorful day, today. yes i finally made it. the dip-dyeing. thanks to ricardas support i dyed some clothes today, no photos from the results, yet, cause the clothes are still drying. at first i was like: meh...not really satisfied, cause i couldn't see any nuances or gradients but the more the clothes dry, the better the result looks! i try to make some pictures during this week.

midnight city.

the last couple of weeks i got a little bit obsessed with pinterest. it's an invite-only website with a similar concept like stumble upon or tumblr. the idea is to create boards and pin interesting inspiring stuff to it and share it to your friends. since there are yet only a few people i know using the website,
i decided to share some interesting stuff from time to time here on this blog. the first share is going
to be from the category "products i love".

1) pencils made out of recycled newspaper. not only environmental friendly but also looking really nice. they can be purchased via abesmarket.com

2) an incredibly comfy looking blanket made out of the thickest yarn i have ever seen. image the needles you would need to knit this kind of yarn. unfortunately i wasn't able to find out the original source of that one.

3) tea cups made out of paper mache. i'd really like to serve my guests some tea in those. here is a brief tutorial on how to make them on your own.

4) a lamp made out of paper houses. i'd love to replace my lamps with one of these. more of those great ideas can be found in this blog.



additionally: my pinterest account is linked in this blog on the right side in the section "me elsewhere".
if you like an invite just contact me.

diamonite.

another musician i stumbled upon last week.





during the summertime i almost exclusively seem to enjoy electronic artists. i have the feeling that the sound is kind of refreshing against the summer heat, which is actually not really present, this year.
speaking of summers: i fear in some years summer will only be a myth we tell us about, judging from the current climate changes.

catacombs.

discovery of the day. sooo damn good.





thanks to vivien.

moana.

currently i am very much into the dipdye trend. whether it's hair or clothing. unfortunately my hair isn't as long as this seen on the pictures below, so i won't even try to do it with my head.

but i am very excited about trying to dye some of my clothes. i already bought batic color (teal green) this week and i only need a vessel in which i can store the dying liquid. i most certainly will share the results with you unless i don't ruin it!

sources from the pictures can be found here.