He takes my picture a lot.

I am dating a photographer, and sometimes my life feels like this:

Photo credit: Justin Hackworth
http://justinhackworth.com

Even though I'm woefully camera shy, he still manages to make great pictures of me.

I'm going to try to blog for all of June. I'm also going to write a poem today. Did you know I have 48 subscribers? Thank you, Google. Thank you, subscribers. You are nice.

Summer Bucket List, Second Edition.

1. Watch movies: Good-bye Lenin, Baraka, The Royal Tenenbaums.

2. Visit the petting zoo.

3. All My Friends Are Monsters.

4. Record more Love City Covers.

5. Turn 20.

Any suggestions?

Sarah took my picture.

My sweet friend Sarah Strobel took these pictures of me and my great-grandmother's shirt (one of the best things in my closet).

Girl knows what she's doing.

Also, you should listen to Cody's mix, because he's cool and has great taste in music.

Time Machine.

These photos (and others) were taken by Albert Kahn in the late 1920s using autochrome plates, which were used to create the first color photography. Aren't they intriguing? 

(photos: citynoise.org)

Psyche Knot

Lately I have been thinking about Victorian hairstyles, and while researching them, I found these pictures from Girl's Own Paper and Women's Magazine in 1911. This woman is demonstrating how to tie a psyche knot, a hairstyle that was immensely popular in the late Victorian period.

This is so lovely. I'm excited to experiment.