Sleep to Dream

I got the job. I'm going to be writing/designing for a local art gallery, one that has an amazing lineup of shows in store for the next year. It will be quite the learning experience, but I'm excited, and I like the fact that I'll have an important say in the future of the company, including being a part of a major re-design for their website. My first day is this Friday. Hopefully the book will be launched that day as well, so I can have a few things to look forward to going into the long weekend.

With that said, I've been so engrossly absorbed in watching Fiona Apple videos all day on youtube that the actual news has yet to sink in. It started because I rented the Mark Romanek Director's Series DVD last night (which was great), and Fiona's video "Criminal" - the one that looks like a Nan Goldin photoshoot, was discussed at length, including her initial impression versus what she now thinks of it, and I don't know, she just sounded so cute. Anyway, the next thing you know I'm searching the internet for news and photos etc., and found lots of work I hadn't seen before, including the following live performance/interview on The Late, Late show last winter, where she comes across as ridiculously adorable. I realize this is kind of pathetic, this obsession with a superstar, but I've had a crush on her for the longest time, and her work is quite inspiring for me, and I think it was good to rethink a few things about my own projects, and the people I choose to hang out with.