liz just finished reading ayn rand's ANTHEM (1938); a striking & damning reaction to the emergence of the nation state. like 1984 but short, precise and uncomplicated. finishes with an overarticulation and obsession with the individual self.
......anthem is written as the diary of equality 7-2521, a young man living in a future in which people have lost all knowledge of individualism, to the point of not even knowing words like "i" or "mine." everyone lives and works in collective groups, with all aspects of daily life dictated by "councils" -- the council of cocations, the council of scholars, etc. his curiosity leads him to forbidden discoveries and eventually to exile.....
"and now we look upon the earth and sky. this spread of naked rock and peaks and moonlight is like a world ready to be born, a world that waits."
10.11.2007
10.07.2007
weekend arcade
fun october weekend that felt like summer. saw wes anderson's quirky darjeeling limited (liz says: 2.5 stars because random for the sake of being random is not profound, seth says: 4 stars for the hilarious slap stick) about three brothers train travels across india. see the trailer @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcFBOsfoWxU
saturday we begged punks for money for pih at the arcade fire show at randall's island - which turned out to be an amazing show by the way, even if the opening bands made us feel like 80's punk rockers. then at midnight, two bottles of wine on the east side with ian and dara.
on the way, liz snapped this hot shot of the 4,5,6 subway:
sunday, bougie and indulgent serve yourself brunch at the city bakery (www.thecitybakery.com). from now on we pledge to keep it simple with their $1.60 never-ending mug of coffee and their caramelized french toast - eggy sweet & perfect. seth was eyeing the $25 chocolate buddhas covered in edible gold, and they said that it's the cupcakes that's making manhattan feel yuppyfied? rire
saturday we begged punks for money for pih at the arcade fire show at randall's island - which turned out to be an amazing show by the way, even if the opening bands made us feel like 80's punk rockers. then at midnight, two bottles of wine on the east side with ian and dara.
on the way, liz snapped this hot shot of the 4,5,6 subway:
sunday, bougie and indulgent serve yourself brunch at the city bakery (www.thecitybakery.com). from now on we pledge to keep it simple with their $1.60 never-ending mug of coffee and their caramelized french toast - eggy sweet & perfect. seth was eyeing the $25 chocolate buddhas covered in edible gold, and they said that it's the cupcakes that's making manhattan feel yuppyfied? rire
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