8 posts tagged “palaver”
<-- palaver zine 005, $3. available now in my etsy shop ! for some reason today i have so much paranoia with the economy. i feel like it's the end of my sales or something. it's scary. i love buying and selling awesome things on etsy. i don't know why i keep feeling like my fun is coming to an end. it makes me sad. i just want stability and security again. not that bush's government was ever the most stable, but at least it wasn't to the point where everyone thought we were back in the late 1920s again. this was a short entry. i just wanted to get my feelings out.
i love when people say 'this song makes me feel like home.' it means a lot to me. there have been so many different songs in my life that have truly made a difference for me, whether for their positive or negative messages or tones. i distinctly remember i point in time where i was obsessed with 'freelove' by depeche mode. that was in the era of my obsession with finding someone. i don't need someone right now, as much as i wouldn't mind. i have so much on my mind, so many things to love.. maybe it's best i just don't think about anything else. anyway, so about music, i also remember a distinct point in time in ninth grade, in love with sir mosleh and too afraid to let him know how i felt, even though i told him and later told him i didn't feel that way while i still did. it was during my electronica michael alig phase. and the song of choice after ruining myself was 'chemistry of a car crash' by shiny toy guns. i can't listen to that song anymore, by the way. i don't know why, since i'm completely over it, but i guess it brings back those old feelings and thoughts such as, why did you do that? why did you ruin that? not that there was anything there really. to me there was, but not much i guess. i didn't really notice how he was feeling i guess. but anyway, that was years ago. fuck i'm getting old. anyway, so now, while in the midst of my new book, fabulously entitled 'love is a mixtape: life and loss one song at a time'
[not that i'm looking to lose someone] i noticed how much i neglected preserving my music taste throughout the years in some form. i have the memories, but how long will they last? i have no idea what i'm going to do, but i think i need to start laying out my life. i think i'll need to begin in this month's palaver. events i remember that defined some part of my life, or are just such great memories i have to keep them. speaking of which, i have so much work left to do on the new palaver. i haven't even finished the featured artist section or made the etsy style section. hopefully it'll be out by saturday. i'll make that the due date for myself right now, hehe. and so, to finally wrap this long rambling up, here are the songs that currently, for me, make anywhere feel like home.
-the weight she fell under by the parenthetical girls
-chicago x 12 by rogue wave
-is there a ghost by band of horses
-all i need by radiohead
-reckoner by radiohead
-videotape by radiohead
-glosoli by sigur ros
-the weight she fell under by the parenthetical girls
-chicago x 12 by rogue wave
-is there a ghost by band of horses
-all i need by radiohead
-reckoner by radiohead
-videotape by radiohead
-glosoli by sigur ros
<-- palaver zine 003, $3. available now at my etsy shop. [if you dig my blog, you'll almost definitely dig my zine !]
i love who i am sometimes. this week has been strange to say the least. i've had sudden bursts of 'i love me !' not in a cocky way though, more in a i'm a strong person with a creative mind kind of way.
i fall for people i relate to, quite easily in fact. i don't mean to, but it happens when i don't realize. i get scared of it too, and that's when things fall apart. i almost fell yesterday.. but when the person is taken it's hard.sometimes i just find myself in need of sharing things with someone i could speak to on an intimate type of level. things i couldn't tell a close friend, acquaintance or even my fish. i end up holding them inside. i guess i unleashed all that 'inside' last week. i feel so free now, but things were looking sort of complicated at moments this week, but they seem to be going up again, so that's good. (: i guess sometimes i just need to look at myself in the mirror and remember i'm a good and strong person. look back on my life and smile. i don't know where i got all this confidence from almost. all i can think of is when we were working on my short film and my crew was treating me like i was some kind of genius, especially our TA (teaching assistant, who is usually in their 20s and just helps you along). and no, it's not a pedophilia thing, i think i would've been disgusted and would've noticed if it was. but it just struck me so much the way their faces were so in agreement and in awe. they would always say 'i like that,' and i'd take their advice too. but i just remember being in the editing room and the TA kept coming over to me asking me how far i was and stuff, and once i was done he kept saying 'that's dope,' and one of the girls in my crew was asking him to see her film and she said 'it's not as good as that.' it just made me feel so confident and great. it made me really happy. i think i'm at a major turning point in my life, just because last week made it for me. i want to maintain this, i want to maintain this. it's all i can think about.
if you want to see the short film i made, convo me on etsy. it's on a dvd and i can probably make copies, but i don't know how to rip it from the dvd to the computer. if you know how to do that comment here, but otherwise, i'd be happy to try to send copies. i'll also send a note that you should read prior so you can 'get it.' it's hard to understand if i don't explain it first.
oh ! and i might be opening another etsy shop with my friend. (: yes, i'll be running two if it happens. jamieleto.etsy.com shall never die, but a new shop may be on the rise. we want to save up for radiohead tickets for the next time they come around, as well as various fun things on etsy. (: we're going to make radiohead themed things and it's going to be fun ! or at least it sounds as though it will be. i guess we shall see. ;D but i'll keep you posted.
i love who i am sometimes. this week has been strange to say the least. i've had sudden bursts of 'i love me !' not in a cocky way though, more in a i'm a strong person with a creative mind kind of way.
i fall for people i relate to, quite easily in fact. i don't mean to, but it happens when i don't realize. i get scared of it too, and that's when things fall apart. i almost fell yesterday.. but when the person is taken it's hard.sometimes i just find myself in need of sharing things with someone i could speak to on an intimate type of level. things i couldn't tell a close friend, acquaintance or even my fish. i end up holding them inside. i guess i unleashed all that 'inside' last week. i feel so free now, but things were looking sort of complicated at moments this week, but they seem to be going up again, so that's good. (: i guess sometimes i just need to look at myself in the mirror and remember i'm a good and strong person. look back on my life and smile. i don't know where i got all this confidence from almost. all i can think of is when we were working on my short film and my crew was treating me like i was some kind of genius, especially our TA (teaching assistant, who is usually in their 20s and just helps you along). and no, it's not a pedophilia thing, i think i would've been disgusted and would've noticed if it was. but it just struck me so much the way their faces were so in agreement and in awe. they would always say 'i like that,' and i'd take their advice too. but i just remember being in the editing room and the TA kept coming over to me asking me how far i was and stuff, and once i was done he kept saying 'that's dope,' and one of the girls in my crew was asking him to see her film and she said 'it's not as good as that.' it just made me feel so confident and great. it made me really happy. i think i'm at a major turning point in my life, just because last week made it for me. i want to maintain this, i want to maintain this. it's all i can think about.
if you want to see the short film i made, convo me on etsy. it's on a dvd and i can probably make copies, but i don't know how to rip it from the dvd to the computer. if you know how to do that comment here, but otherwise, i'd be happy to try to send copies. i'll also send a note that you should read prior so you can 'get it.' it's hard to understand if i don't explain it first.
oh ! and i might be opening another etsy shop with my friend. (: yes, i'll be running two if it happens. jamieleto.etsy.com shall never die, but a new shop may be on the rise. we want to save up for radiohead tickets for the next time they come around, as well as various fun things on etsy. (: we're going to make radiohead themed things and it's going to be fun ! or at least it sounds as though it will be. i guess we shall see. ;D but i'll keep you posted.
<-- palaver zine 002, $3. listed today in my etsy shop ! yes ! the second issue of my zine is here ! the first issue is also available in my etsy shop. palaver zine is a zine made by me, almost completely by hand. i cut, i paste, i collage, i write, i ask, i read and it all comes together in this zine ! the first issue was a mere 14 pages, but this month, i've grown it into 18 pages ! get the while you can ! they sell rather quickly.
i'm so tired. i haven't written here in a while, so i figured, i need to get back where i was ! hehe. so the past week was, somewhat eventful i suppose. saturday was busy. i had to go to the orthodontist [because i'm a loser who still has braces. -____- i've had them on for five years !] and then after the orthodontist, i went to the metropolitan museum of art, just to kill time, because later i had to go to the bon jovi concert ! the free one in central park for the all star game. it was a true new york city event that no one should've missed... but i guess you can't fit everyone on the great lawn. the concert was a lot of fun, even though i was one of the only ones really dancing. the age range was so wide since it was a free concert and all, so there were little kids, grandparents, parents, you name it ! it was really great though. we got there 6 hours ahead, even though many people had already gotten there. some people waited the night... too bad i had an orthodontist appointment. but i've had an attachment to the bon ever since i was in 3rd grade and heard 'it's my life.' i always take pride in saying i was a super cool 3rd grader who liked bon jovi and the red hot chili peppers, and even got both cds for my birthday ! but then my alternative rock phase ended until 5th grade. i was raised on the backstreet boys, nsync, the spice girls, the works. alternative rock was never really my oldest sister's thing in her teenage years, so i experienced the pop of the 90s rather than the grunge that i discovered once i was in 7th grade. since my tastes have changed so many times, i have such wide music knowledge. i love that. but anyway, bon jovi was really great ! and i went completely insane [not that i don't at every other concert i go to, i'm the obnoxious one in the crowd. music makes me an extrovert, like alcohol for some people].
then my life became uneventful until yesterday when i chilled with two of my good friends. i brought over amelie [the french film] and they seemed to like it. i usually bring weird movies for them to watch, but i tried not to make it too weird this time. i actually thought about it i guess. but i love amelie so much. it's so near and dear to my heart. the story, the visuals, the sound. i just love it so much. it's the type of film where the effort is shown. it's like a pan's labyrinth or lord of the rings of sorts. you can always tell when a filmmaker has tried his [or her] best on a particular film. it's just like, this extra blast of special spice. it's spicy. it's like... paprika or something. i love films like that. you can tell the work was put in and they cared so deeply about the film and its point. moments like that are the best kind.
i'm so tired. i haven't written here in a while, so i figured, i need to get back where i was ! hehe. so the past week was, somewhat eventful i suppose. saturday was busy. i had to go to the orthodontist [because i'm a loser who still has braces. -____- i've had them on for five years !] and then after the orthodontist, i went to the metropolitan museum of art, just to kill time, because later i had to go to the bon jovi concert ! the free one in central park for the all star game. it was a true new york city event that no one should've missed... but i guess you can't fit everyone on the great lawn. the concert was a lot of fun, even though i was one of the only ones really dancing. the age range was so wide since it was a free concert and all, so there were little kids, grandparents, parents, you name it ! it was really great though. we got there 6 hours ahead, even though many people had already gotten there. some people waited the night... too bad i had an orthodontist appointment. but i've had an attachment to the bon ever since i was in 3rd grade and heard 'it's my life.' i always take pride in saying i was a super cool 3rd grader who liked bon jovi and the red hot chili peppers, and even got both cds for my birthday ! but then my alternative rock phase ended until 5th grade. i was raised on the backstreet boys, nsync, the spice girls, the works. alternative rock was never really my oldest sister's thing in her teenage years, so i experienced the pop of the 90s rather than the grunge that i discovered once i was in 7th grade. since my tastes have changed so many times, i have such wide music knowledge. i love that. but anyway, bon jovi was really great ! and i went completely insane [not that i don't at every other concert i go to, i'm the obnoxious one in the crowd. music makes me an extrovert, like alcohol for some people].
then my life became uneventful until yesterday when i chilled with two of my good friends. i brought over amelie [the french film] and they seemed to like it. i usually bring weird movies for them to watch, but i tried not to make it too weird this time. i actually thought about it i guess. but i love amelie so much. it's so near and dear to my heart. the story, the visuals, the sound. i just love it so much. it's the type of film where the effort is shown. it's like a pan's labyrinth or lord of the rings of sorts. you can always tell when a filmmaker has tried his [or her] best on a particular film. it's just like, this extra blast of special spice. it's spicy. it's like... paprika or something. i love films like that. you can tell the work was put in and they cared so deeply about the film and its point. moments like that are the best kind.
<-- reporter style eco journal by heatherlea. THIS ITEM IS NOT MADE BY ME. i just thought maybe i should switch it up sometimes. show off some other cool things around etsy, and who doesn't like some free publicity. i think heatherlea's recycled paper notebooks and journals are so cool ! recycled paper is just so unique looking, and i sometimes prefer it to regular. (: hehe. but anyway, check her out at heatherlea.etsy.com !
i'm only 6 small sales away from being halfway to 100 ! i know i'll probably achieve that by the end of the year, but maybe not by the end of the summer. ): it's the unfortunate truth, but i really don't mind. i've been feeling a lot better about everything today. i made plans with friends next week and tomorrow i'm going to go see bon jovi in central park. :D and maybe attempt to semi- fix things with my dad, even though i might end up being too stubborn in the end. i have flaws, and i'm aware of them. i guess maybe sometimes i need to be the bigger person more often, but i did get my sister a present for her baby... and on etsy of course ! i got her this cute onesie by ellembee. she has a lot of cute ones but i got the elliott the giraffe one. (: hopefully my new nephew will like it. too bad it will fit him in three months rather than now, but who knows, he might be pretty big. i wish i knew, but i'm planning on going to visit them in august, whether they want it or not. since i'll be in town, why not? hehe.
but anyway, i'm going to cut it short because i want to get back to the july palaver. :D and by the way, i'm so depressed that i ran out of episodes of the office to watch ! i guess i need to move on to the british version. (;
i'm only 6 small sales away from being halfway to 100 ! i know i'll probably achieve that by the end of the year, but maybe not by the end of the summer. ): it's the unfortunate truth, but i really don't mind. i've been feeling a lot better about everything today. i made plans with friends next week and tomorrow i'm going to go see bon jovi in central park. :D and maybe attempt to semi- fix things with my dad, even though i might end up being too stubborn in the end. i have flaws, and i'm aware of them. i guess maybe sometimes i need to be the bigger person more often, but i did get my sister a present for her baby... and on etsy of course ! i got her this cute onesie by ellembee. she has a lot of cute ones but i got the elliott the giraffe one. (: hopefully my new nephew will like it. too bad it will fit him in three months rather than now, but who knows, he might be pretty big. i wish i knew, but i'm planning on going to visit them in august, whether they want it or not. since i'll be in town, why not? hehe.
but anyway, i'm going to cut it short because i want to get back to the july palaver. :D and by the way, i'm so depressed that i ran out of episodes of the office to watch ! i guess i need to move on to the british version. (;
<-- octopus recycled paper greeting card, $2. just posted to my etsy shop ! big buy for me today, but i just got paid for my sort of summer job. i bought a ton of 100% recycled printing paper from staples and some coverstock that is 10% recycled [because i couldn't find my 100% recycled]. i have enough for a few months worth of palaver zines hopefully ! i'm printing out reissues of the june zine. if any readers are interested let me know !
palaver zine is a zine i started last month. it's basically filled with thoughts and randomness and etsy ! every month i make a playlist and feature some etsy artists. there is currently a waiting list for it, if you want to be added to it, comment here. the next slot is in january 2009 ! ahh, creepy. i like thinking about the future though. it's exciting. it's like little footsteps and a countdown to get out of here and live on my own by my rules. it makes me excited. in the june issue i featured 6 artists, but now i've limited myself to 3. also, every month i have a space called 'etsy style' in which i pick an item from my shop and match it with a bunch of items from all over etsy that match it somehow. it's one of my favorites to do. (:other than that it's all writing, art and thoughts.
for july i've been newly inspired by vintage books. it features a lot of dictionary exerpts and funky, cool pictures from a biology review book from the 1980s. this month i'm featuring the etsy sellers 'sistersofthemoon,' 'indiscretion' and 'deadthingsgrrl.' if you want to reserve a copy post a comment here.
palaver zine is a zine i started last month. it's basically filled with thoughts and randomness and etsy ! every month i make a playlist and feature some etsy artists. there is currently a waiting list for it, if you want to be added to it, comment here. the next slot is in january 2009 ! ahh, creepy. i like thinking about the future though. it's exciting. it's like little footsteps and a countdown to get out of here and live on my own by my rules. it makes me excited. in the june issue i featured 6 artists, but now i've limited myself to 3. also, every month i have a space called 'etsy style' in which i pick an item from my shop and match it with a bunch of items from all over etsy that match it somehow. it's one of my favorites to do. (:other than that it's all writing, art and thoughts.
for july i've been newly inspired by vintage books. it features a lot of dictionary exerpts and funky, cool pictures from a biology review book from the 1980s. this month i'm featuring the etsy sellers 'sistersofthemoon,' 'indiscretion' and 'deadthingsgrrl.' if you want to reserve a copy post a comment here.
the picture today is of my fish, pablo diablo ! i love him so much, he's so orange and beautiful. i like how he eats. hehe. when i was taking this photo my mom walked in the room and was like 'what are you doing?' and i replied 'taking pictures of my fish, he's very photogenic.' because he is ! hahah. look at his fabulousness ! he's fierce ! hehe. i was thinking about what it would be like if i got another fish. i was thinking i'd name it diablo cody and if i got a third fish i'd name it cody martin and if i got a fourth fish i'd name it martin scorsese ! hahaha, i know, i'm weird, but i guess it's cute. (: i need more pets now that my sister is gone. i want to get rid of as much as i can and make my room as empty as possible. i guess that'll get rid of the 'get rid of stuff and keep what matters' goal for this year. that'll be hard because i'm the type that hangs on to pretty much everything. i never want to let things go. i just want to keep everything, but i really need to start fresh and new next year. i'm even updating my wardrobe ! haha, not. i wish. i'm probably not going to make enough money over the summer to do that. unless my goal comes true and i have 100 etsy sales this summer ! that'd be, the bomb !
i think i've sang coldplay's song 'viva la vida' at least 20 times within the past two days. out loud too ! i sang in the shower yesterday. i really need to get some new blank cds so i can make more mix cds for my showers, and maybe i can send the mix cd with my palavers this time. speaking of which, i need to get a print cartridge desperately or i won't be able to put out any more of my june palaver before it comes time for the july issue ! hehe. i'm planning for the july one to be really kick-ass, so watch for it !
today while on the internet, i was doing a sort of shallow thing. it was more like a self- esteem thing i suppose. i was looking for blemishes and flaws in pictures of natalie portman, hahah, but what i found out was, even though i found some, it didn't really make me feel any better about anything. it was just noticing she was human i guess, but i guess we fail to see that when these people are portrayed to be like deities on earth. as if they have no flaws in the world, besides within their love lives. but i also found a new like for keira knightley. she's so down to earth. in one of her quotes on a website she was talking about how for pirates of the caribbean they had to paint her cleavage in everyday ! hahah. things like that make me happy. i hate how in hollywood they portray everything to be so far from reality and people strive to be that false reality when it is really unachievable. that's one thing i don't want in my films.
i think i've sang coldplay's song 'viva la vida' at least 20 times within the past two days. out loud too ! i sang in the shower yesterday. i really need to get some new blank cds so i can make more mix cds for my showers, and maybe i can send the mix cd with my palavers this time. speaking of which, i need to get a print cartridge desperately or i won't be able to put out any more of my june palaver before it comes time for the july issue ! hehe. i'm planning for the july one to be really kick-ass, so watch for it !
today while on the internet, i was doing a sort of shallow thing. it was more like a self- esteem thing i suppose. i was looking for blemishes and flaws in pictures of natalie portman, hahah, but what i found out was, even though i found some, it didn't really make me feel any better about anything. it was just noticing she was human i guess, but i guess we fail to see that when these people are portrayed to be like deities on earth. as if they have no flaws in the world, besides within their love lives. but i also found a new like for keira knightley. she's so down to earth. in one of her quotes on a website she was talking about how for pirates of the caribbean they had to paint her cleavage in everyday ! hahah. things like that make me happy. i hate how in hollywood they portray everything to be so far from reality and people strive to be that false reality when it is really unachievable. that's one thing i don't want in my films.
i went for a long walk today. i walked to the post office to send a package, walked to shop rite to finally get that reusable water bottle i've been wanting and then walked to mcdonald's to buy some lunch for my brother and sister. while i was walking i was listening to music and thinking, as always. earlier this week i came across a few etsy shops with zines in them, then i was thinking, what do these zines encompass? people buy them, but what's inside? i decided to look at people's etsy shops who sold zines, and i basically found that most of them were people who sold pins and zines. this discouraged me cos it made me think, maybe i shouldn't, but then today while i was walking i was thinking how much fun it could be. i cut out things out of magazines constantly. i have a box full of pictures i've cut out in the past. i've always been sort of artistically inclined, and since i write here almost everyday, having a monthly zine would be fun ! i was thinking of names. one i came up with was 'pantomime' cos i was trying to think of my favorite words. it made sense, but i don't think it would catch people's attention as easily, so i decided to consult my good friend, the thesaurus ! i came across the word 'palaver' which means a long parley or discussion, usually between people of different cultures or levels of sophistication. this word, palaver, made sense to me. whoever bought and read my zine would have a completely separate and different life than mine. it would be a link between cultures.
i started thinking about what i could put in it. among my thoughts came photos, my favorite blog entries of the month, playlists, recipes, and then i came up with and idea that has yet to be used in zines.. advertising. i'm planning on having two pages a zine, an interview with an etsy seller next to a collage of items that match one of mine, like an outfit or collection of items that would compliment my own. that would be my way of spicing up the world of zines, and something that would set my zine apart from the rest. i liked the idea, so now i'm pretty sure i'm doing it. (: but with my small amount of doubts, there are doubts, so i started a thread on the diyscene forum about zines. hopefully soon i'll get results, but for now, i'm going to start working on one. it'll be my june one, but i'm pretty excited !
i started thinking about what i could put in it. among my thoughts came photos, my favorite blog entries of the month, playlists, recipes, and then i came up with and idea that has yet to be used in zines.. advertising. i'm planning on having two pages a zine, an interview with an etsy seller next to a collage of items that match one of mine, like an outfit or collection of items that would compliment my own. that would be my way of spicing up the world of zines, and something that would set my zine apart from the rest. i liked the idea, so now i'm pretty sure i'm doing it. (: but with my small amount of doubts, there are doubts, so i started a thread on the diyscene forum about zines. hopefully soon i'll get results, but for now, i'm going to start working on one. it'll be my june one, but i'm pretty excited !
