independence hall, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
on Friday i went to Philly for the first time in six months. the reason i was going, an interview at an art center, was derailed almost immediately by the realization of my misunderstanding (and most likely wishful thinking) that they were hiring for the summer, when in fact […]
west center city somewhere, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
Yeah, I’m from the illest part of the Western Hemisphere
So if you into sight seein don’t visit there
It’s somewhere between Jersey and Delaware
Philly never scared and them niggaz ain’t timid there
Them young triggers lose lives by the minute there
It might start but the fight never finish there
They […]
fabulous skunk lawn ornament, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
this past weekend i joined my parents in their trip to Ithaca to visit my Uncle Bill and Lisa. on the way up, we stopped at my grandmother’s house in Scranton.
part of any trip to her house entails enduring almost non-stop attempts to foist various things upon […]
so anyone else having problems with commenting on posts here? Stella is having problem posting to my comments. okay, web people who are smarter than me, i have a question: does one need to be logged into Wordpress to leave a comment? is there a way i can turn it off? i’d rather have anyone […]
polaroids in centralia, 2000, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
when i was thirteen, i was stone cold obsessed with A Chorus Line. “Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love” made it onto every mixed tape i made from about 1993 to 1995 (i call this era PTA: pre-Tori Amos), much to the consternation of all my friends […]
Nums., originally uploaded by m. ravian.
whenever someone asks me what celebrities or public figures i think are attractive (cause believe me, this happens A LOT - maybe once a day), i always have a hard time thinking of who i think is hot. the one that immediately springs to mind is Shakira, but then, she […]
yes, that is a raccoon on a leash., originally uploaded by m. ravian.
…for reminding me i am from the trashiest town north of the Mason Dixon Line.
the photograph above should give you a pretty good idea of what goes on at the local flea market: crappy stuff, bad fried food and yes, a wild animal […]
beautiful cracks, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
i am sitting here, sipping a white russian (”the dude abides…”) and contemplating the utter shit my summer has already turned into.
bad grammar notwithstanding, i lost the job i was supposed to have this summer. lost may actually be the wrong word, because apparently it was never mine to […]
when i read about artists like Yazmany Arboleta, part of me thinks “what a fucking idiot” and other part of me is angry that i didn’t think of this first.
This morning, a Boston-born performance artist, Yazmany Arboleda, tried to set up a provocative art exhibition in a vacant storefront on West 40th Street in Midtown […]
i wrote this on July 31st, 2004:
“i had read an article on Barack Obama in the Times a couple days before his Tuesday night speech. the twist of events that will lead to his almost inevitable win in the Senate was fascinating, as was his background: son of a white American mother and a […]