on being electric, fluid, and a ninja

I'm not letting the cables sleep. I am not letting currents pulse below the surface. I am not made of wires and circuits. I am not a robot.

I've been thinking in song lyrics again. I always do when these things happen.300 pound punk rock chicks with a Cyndi Lauper snarl can express my emotions better than I ever will. That's why she's on stage and I am not. Though I should be.

I convinced Sandra to come to abs class with us at the gym today. She did and afterwards we "walked." I love the walking dates still. Orlando even asked me across the shirtless men changing in the locker-room today "how was your walk?" It was quite revealing.

Sandra's reading a book about sex. Sexual Fluidity. She says "Intimacy is having the feeling of wanting to be with a person all the time, finding yourself missing them when not together, making a connection that goes deeper than desire, it’s a longing to be with that person since they bring something out in you that no one else does. An attraction like no other – not gender based." Hmmpf.

I was supposed to see Up on Saturday night. With Matty and Andrew and Darlene. But we screwed up and did not get tickets and ended up eating Chinese and Billy's and watching Paris is Burning. Jesse stopped me on 24th Street and hugged me, as we walked to Matthew's house, telling me it was just so obvious how happy I was. It was a moment that really touched me. That what I felt inside was just so visible on the outside.

Paris is Burning is sad and happy. It is inspirational and troubling. And it is a gay lesson of life. Most younger gays don't get it. And that is OK. We even made Shay watch it. And Matty and I ran around and kikied. We quoted and reminiscenced. Jesse sat entranced. And Shay and Andrew. They were polite. But not obsessed.

If you shoot an arrow and it goes real high, then hooray for you. I've shot a few up there so far in my lifetime.

Georgi arrived after the show ended. Boo. But I took Matthew's dvd and vowed to show Georgi. To educate the youth. I had no intention of watching it the next day. But we did after walking the Highline and Georgi, like Jesse, was entranced. And that sealed the deal. He may be young, but he gets that. He gets it. He gets me. So much so that as I laid down on the floor this AM, arms and legs stretched, Georgi on one side and Sandra on the other, sandwiched between two of my four best friends (what I would do to have Mom and Eric in abs class too), and while cursing the abs instructor, I made Georgi laugh when I mimed a voguer. Sweaty in Nikes I channeled Willie Ninja for a hot second.

Not understanding Paris is Burning. Not, at the very least, appreciating it is a deal breaker. I am not exaggerating.

Eric Riley wrote me this morning. Saying it's quite lovely to watch.

It's even better to feel. Electric. Awake. In love.

haiku for bulgarians

June 12, 2009

I

big brown eyes break walls
this charming man melts away
into happiness

II

laughter comes easy
whenever you are around
pirate smiles abound

III

i am your captain
sailing on a ship of fools
walk the plank with me

on seeking, fire island, and the gods

It was not your typical Saturday on Fire Island. At least not for me. The times I've spent there over the past decade or so have usually been booze-fueled and loud and ridiculous. Not this time. After having spent a relaxing day poolside and after having concocted the most amazing meal (fresh pico and guacamole, pickled cabbage and onions, grilled chicken tacos, crudités, etc) I found myself at tea, sober. And it was loud and fun still. I sipped a beer and I danced a little to a set list that included Kelly Clarkson, Gloria Gaynor, and that Dive in the Pool song. Really. And I danced rather than turning my nose up. And I saw some friends and watched as they, obviously, had fun.

There was a voguer there. A good one. White guy, 50s, and he walked as this guy I see at the gym stood, shirtless, watching. We all watched. It was good fun.

And then we left. Georgi and I, leaving at the peek hour, the moment all these grown men either began to really feel the alcohol. Or the music. Or drugs. We left, escaped, that wildness.

Newly dark, the paths were silent, dark, and motionless. They were not, however. scary. The moon was huge overhead. The light was intense. Unlike most moons. It lit our faces. And we walked on our way to dinner with Georgi's friend and mentor.

The food was amazing. The conversation, ranging from banking to ex boyfriends to Broadway shows, was perfect. We drank water.

Georgi's friend, Marty, and I discussed our tattoos. The bird on his chest was beautiful. Why hadn't I thought about using yellow ink? And then he showed us another tattoo, written in another language, which escapes me now. It translated to "The Gods guide us to those we have been seeking."

Walking home, music blaring from that same dance floor we'd escaped from hours earlier, I felt great peace and with complete faith in the God's plans for me, too. They've not disappointed in their guidance yet.

what wig? (or a story about life and love and change upon leaving the desert)

In the destruction of my life as I knew it. In the sadness that could consume even the strongest soul. I stood up and found my friends. I lost my partner. My best friend. My lover. But I found a lot too.

Embracing newness and change. It is exciting. But after, that excitement wanes. After the initial rush of altering your life's course. There, in the burnout, the afterglow fades, and it gets dark again. And alone.

Thank God for my loves.

And I am blessed. I am blessed by the grace that consumes my life. I am blessed to have a new best friend. I am blessed to have my old friends: from MD, DC, SF, LA, NYC.

My 33rd year alive was a rollercoaster.

I left a job I loved, a family there, and took on a new role with inspiring, yet unknown, people. Embracing change.

I saw the first black man elected president and I cried with joy that things can get better in this world. Embracing change.

I ended a relationship with a beautiful partner who I had truly grown up alongside. We're figuring out our next chapter. Embracing change.

I moved to my own apartment. And struggled (am struggling) with making ends meet and paying rent and mortgages simultaneously. Embracing change.

I dedicated hours upon hours to fitness. Ran many miles. Cycled like a madman. Ate fruits and vegetables and lean meats. Lost pounds and inches. Embracing change.

I fell in love again. Felt seventeen. Flirted with possibilities. Embracing change.

And on a trip that was supposed to be a bachelor party, and altered, to become, a sorta pre-birthday party, I arrived in the desert of Palm Springs. where I was showered with gifts, jewels, shows, friends, new and old, family, love. brotherhood, friendship. Love burning hot in 100 degrees. I am golden faced and golden hearted.

And today. I wake and smile. Giggle and sweat. Run and walk. Hear my mother's voice and swans from across the country and I sit smiling reading all these facebook messages and texts, blowing up my iPhone.

Hello world. Hello loves. Hello life. You're a pigsty. You're a definite mess.

But even in the filth. Even in the chaos, one thing remains: the unmistakable strength of love. It makes the world go round and it will save us from ourselves.

hearts, broken & blue

May 13, 2009

Janos, my cleaning guy, broke my heart yesterday. Seriously, he broke my Peruvian ceramic heart while he deep-cleaned my new apt. The apt. was filthy. I bought the heart at the New Museum, with Sandra, the day we viewed the Younger Than Jesus exhibit while Susan Sarandon did the same. Sandra got one and then I bought the 2nd one. It had a slight chip. I bought it because I, at the time, and even, a little, still now, had a broken heart. The fact that it's now cracked makes me like it even more. I am going to glue it together and place it on my Saarinen coffee table. A memento, a reminder, of my the time my heart was most cracked.

The new apartment is tiny and crammed and I go between loving a hating it. The Gemini in me, you know. But I am not going to be there much this summer. So small is good. It will keep me from accumulating more shoes. And clothes. And chairs. And books. And art.

I have enough. Really, I do.

Besides, I am working a lot and intend to spend all my free time at the beach this summer. Sunbathing. Relaxing. Catching up. Reading. And writing a book. Yes, you heard me, I am going to start writing a book.

I do find myself happy to be alone in my place. Even more now that the grime of the disgusting previous resident has been wiped away. Now I just need to paint and edit and I will be set. The loudness of Christopher street below, the sloping crooked floors, the 3 flight walk-up, the thin walls and tiny stove and lost dishwasher. All these things are the trade off for freedom. Alone time. Space(mental). It is worth it.

I walked outside today. Crisp and 70 degrees. Gingham and polka dots and yellow suede Bally loafers. I walked the West Village. I passed bakeries. And Rebel Rebel. And tree-lined streets. And I smiled at where I live now. Happy and sad. Cramped and free. Awake and in flux.

And happy.

I'm not alone. I feel loved. And I have a second heart. Solid and blue. Carved from stone. Unbreakable. It too is on display on that Saarinen table. It's mate is out there in the world. Reminders of both Bradfords: broken and strong.

Only love can leave such a mark. Magnificent, you too.

me & madonna

April 15, 2009

I cursed myself as I stepped from the cab last night. I put on my favorite Cole Haan loafers (yes, I am a Cole Haan fanatic, people are surprised by my love of them) and they got speckled with rain. I did not realize it was raining and I was too lazy to head back up to the apt. to change.

I walked into Minetta Tavern, ahead of my friend Paul. He had suggested the new restaurant, which is actually not new, but newly reinvigorated by the folks who bring you Pastis and Schiller's. The room was abuzz. Pretty people. Rich people. Gays peppered throughout.

Paul arrived and we had a drink and sat down in the 2nd best seat in the house, pivoted in a corner of a triangular restaurant. We had a view.

Paul excused himself to use the little boy's room. As he did a woman, head down and in hat, whisked by. I thought to myself that she must be famous.

And she was. She took her hat off and then I saw her. Madonna. Sitting directly in front of us, a few tables away, occupying another of the room's corners. Occupying the best seat in the house. She let down her pigtail-knots and her long blonde hair glowed. She gossiped with two guys, one of which Paul spotted as the photographer Steven Klein. She seemed happy and pulled and everyone stared, whispered, not in an obvious way, but God, she has something special.

I have met a million celebrities. Worked with some in the shops. I dined by Sissy Spacek and helped Linda Evangelista decorate her nanny's room. They're at the gym. On the street. At the restaurants I dine in. I was side-by-side with Susan Sarandon just this Friday at the New Museum.

But nothing was like watching Madonna for 3 hours eat, laugh, talk.

She too is recently out of a relationship. And she's fine. Glowing.

After a week in which I was saddened by financial burdens, uncertainty, and the thought of being alone, I am now comforted. In the kindness of new friends (one of which gave me a pair of Etro slacks, just because). In the fact that it looks like I will be moving into a great apartment soon. And by Madonna's symbolic appearance in my life.

A symbol of freedom, fun, and life beyond heartbreak. She's not an angel. She's a real person. But God, it was that classic NYC experience. The reasons why I live here and eat here and laugh here. Where we're all the same. Just sacks of blood and bone, made up of stars, getting through life. The clouds fill the sky. But my day is oh so bright.

atonement

April 12, 2009

I first saw the motion picture Atonement on an airplane, two vodkas in, flying above the country. It gripped me. I cried on the flight, alone.

I watched it again last night and in the space I currently reside, a place of hopeful happiness and sadness over a closed chapter, the film was even more influential.

It is a beautiful film too. Costumes and sets are colorful, clear, detailed. There is a scene on a French beach in which there are no cuts and the scene moves along, weaving in and out, with color and actors and noises and horses and it is like poetry. It flows and moves and changes and returns and it is beautiful.

The use of sound is also amazing. Water splashes in a fountain in one scene and connects to the next when water splashes in a bath tub. Clicking typewriter keys turn into footsteps. It has a rhythm.

It is a song lover's film. It is a poet's film. It is a visual artist's film. For it embodies those arts.

And it is gut wrenching. Never before have I seen two actors on film appear to be so in love. You see the fight in their eyes. You see it when they realize it and when they say it the first time. I love you. It is also devastating. It rips at your stomach at the end.

Life and love can be sad and difficult and sometimes, hopefully only sometimes, unbearable. But there is a light. It never goes out. It burns bright and flickers low. But it is always there. When you're alone or in the arms of someone. It is there.

And truth is powerful. And I realize this more than ever. The power and importance and wonder and freedom of honesty. I will, going forward, never, ever abandon that. For myself. For my friends. For my lovers.

"Write it all down. Just the truth. No rhymes, no embellishments, no adjectives."

Yes, sir.

grayheart

When rain pours
thoughts soar
away
where happy little bluebirds fly

My heart sits in a box
while my eyes remain
gazing
at the horizon

The phone rings
and sometimes
I pick up the receiver
others I don't
I can't
I won't

Gray
depressingly neutral hued
cloudbusting pops of gray
throughout the day
push smiles away
the color of sadness

This week my Mom told me that she thought my eyes might be gray
not blue
as driver's licenses
and past online dating profiles
have suggested.

I know that heart needs to come back out
maybe by week's end
maybe when the fear of it breaking
breaks away

It must be
Lego-made?
Soapstone?
Crumpled balloon?
Paper thin?
Bloody and bruised?

There's all types in that box
smashed and pressed and entangled between
deep
very deep thoughts
of you

on costumes, beautiful people, and a million dollars

Donny Miller's book Beautiful People With Beautiful Feelings is the world's greatest book. I've said this since the day I received it as a gift from Zach Augustine. It captures human emotion, its ridiculousness, and tragedy, in campy, colorful, cartoons. I want to live within the pages.

When I was young I loved to dress up. And wear make-up. And achieved severe looks. High-concept outfits. Getting a rise. Asking for trouble. Looking for other creatures like myself.

Like a colorful bird attracting mates. Neon-hued plumage ruffled and puffed, I played dress-up to find those others who got a kick, and a boner, from acting a fool. I still do.

In college I smeared lipstick all over my friend Britt Hart and snapped pictures. Denise Garcia and I planned our club outfits for a week, shopping, painting, hot-gluing. Blue eye-shadow is always appropriate. The Jacobys and I went to a bar in Annapolis and never once took off scary wrestling masks. This Halloween, Matthew, Hanno and I painted blue stripes across our eyes. I gave an equally compelling performance of the Joker too, worthy also of an Academy nod. Just last week we dressed as fighter pilots. All these looks (and oh so many more) are available for viewing on Facebook. Thank you very much.

Praying at the Church of Warhol. Divine. Liza. McQueen. Waters. Bowery. La Beija.

I love a costume and a photograph. Sue me. Donny's book states "Self-Importance is all I have." I know the feeling, doll.

I bet John Waters used to sit around the house, start drinking at 9AM, and by day's end have over 1500 photographs taken in as many themes and outfits.

If Warhol can call it art, so can I.

Our Upstate house has become a place where people, New Yorkers, bankers and designers, alike, expect to play dress-up. Ask Jon. Pam. Georgi. David & Matthew. Darlene. It is the norm here in a house home to paper dolls and underwear hanging on the wall, fur rugs covering the floors, stripes battling polka dots battling Tiffany blue and blood orange. Halston and Liza nod, knowingly, needle pointed. Jesus looks in from the hallway. So does Lina Cavalieri.

I have a way convincing those unwilling to don a costume. Jesse Cozart said it is my costumes that bring people into my world. I countered it was my heart. Spirit. Eyes. Soul. Tattoos. Smile. But he is right, it is the costume,

Many would frown upon 6 grown men drinking all day long and taking pictures of themselves. Repeatedly. In masks. Dresses. Sunglass. Shirtless. Green. Blue. Striped. Hats. Gloves.

Costumes.

And they're a little right. But there is nothing more fun than playing dress-up (remember Mom's closet?). Nothing more hilarious than stepping out of your comfort zone. Nothing more fun than throwing caution to the wind. Crossing your legs like a woman (it is freeing to break from gender roles). Posing for the camera. Ask my houseguests from this weekend: Matty K, Tan-Tan, Ty-Ty, Orlaaando, and Mr. Fudge.

The secret is you just got to laugh. At your friends. At your outfits. At spilling your drink. At running around in your underwear. At the power a costume can have on your soul. You don't need Halloween.

Donny hilariously writes "That picture you took of me ruined my self-esteem. Forever"

That may happen to some. But to me and my friends that picture made us feel like the prettiest girls at the party. Like Miss America. Like the Supermodel of the World. Like a million bucks.

And who doesn't want to feel pretty?

holding back the years

March 19, 2009

I've been ruminating on age often lately. There have been a series of events that have caused these thoughts. Music, however, is the major impetus.

I traveled to Radio City Music Hall last week twice. The first time was to see Bill Maher debate the devil, I mean, Anne Coulter. Georgi had invited me as his guest and it was a fascinating spectacle. But I am not talking about all that right now. Back to the thoughts on age.

Prior to the debate, Radio City flashed screens announcing upcoming shows. And whattya know, right there in front of me, an announcement for a show for Simply Red. My heart skipped a beat. Something got me started.

I started to speak to Georgi about Simply Red and surprisingly he actually knew them. Not bad for a 26 year old who loves Beyonce. But he knew only two songs. Sigh.

When home, excitedly, I told Ben. And though he is only 2 years younger, he too, knew only a handful of songs. And I suddenly felt old.

I came of age (which means realized I was gay while sitting with headphones on escaping into music) in the years 1988-1992. These were magical music years: Caught bands like The Smiths and Depeche Mode at their prime. Discovered dance music and its sometimes ridiculousness (Army of Lovers and Deee-Lite on MTV? Would not happen today). RuPaul? Erasure? Madonna at her gayest peak (Vogue). Robert Smith in lipstick and Neil Tennant Going West. The college radio scene, music for the art fags, was actually popular then. I peaked with this gay pop. And those who also did can reminisce with me for hours. Days. Weeks. Joe D'Espinosa. Alireza. Dow. Eric Riley. It is in our blood.

Ben just missed it. Georgi had by a 1/2 decade. So I felt two things: distance from them but also sadness that they did not witness this moment in time. It was magical.

Back to Simply Red. Joe and John joined us. Ben agreed to go. Mick Hucknall looked old. As old as someone, who at around 50, had spent decades prior boozing and sexing and singing. He looked a little like The Wizard of Oz's Scarecrow. But his voice. Angelic. Gripping. A nuanced performance. An overload of soul. Music that had passion, spark, intelligence, beauty, even. It comes too few and far in between these days.

The next day I saw Morrissey in a small venue with Aaron and Alireza. He too looked old. And bloated. And tired even, at times. But he sounded clear. Crisp. Sexy. In control. Ben opted to skip Morrissey, as he often does. And I want so desperately to convert him, but then I think, it is just not possible. It is in my blood. Not his. And that's ok. It makes it special.

So I got Depeche Mode tickets this week. As I spoke to AMEX at the gym's cafe, instructing them on what rows I wanted them to procure, Dave Gahan walked in, bought a bottle of water, and stood by me. No lie. He works out there. It was weird. He looks old too.

Ben is going to Depeche Mode. He is not as obsessed as me. But he goes along for the ride. That is sweet of him. I am now the age that Morrissey, Mick, and Dave were in the late 80s. Their peak. Mine too, I guess.

I just miss being a kid sometimes. That's all I am saying.

fitter. happier.

March 15, 2009

Brazil really had an impact on me. Or it was a catalyst that jumpstarted a new fascination. I sit typing, reinvented. Fitter. Happier. More Productive. Comfortable. Not drinking too much.

I've been waking up and exercising extensively. Hitting weights 5 times a week. And doing cardio (at least) another five. I have been at the gym every day (except weekends) since our return by 6:30AM. Crazy, huh? This past Friday I woke at 5:30AM. Without an alarm clock. Without a hangover. Happy.

There is this high attached to exercise that cannot be bottled or synthesized. I know this. There is nothing like running 6 miles. It is the perfect hour to tune out. Focus in. Sweat. Smile. Pant. Better than cocaine. Really.

My new friend Georgi has been whooping my ass in the gym. It has been nice to have another person to feel a responsibility towards. It makes getting up and heading to the gym easier. Friendships. On Georgi's off days I have my beloved Sandra. We walk the treadmill for an hour and then relax at breakfast afterwards. Every Tuesday and Thursday like clockwork. It is our special time. It makes me smile. Happier. More productive.

I've often escaped to the gym and for that reason it is a place I have "me" time. So I never really work out with Ben there. But he and I went to yoga yesterday and I think I may want to go back. Shhh. Don't tell. I've often ridiculed yoga enthusiasts. Too hokey. Too spiritual. But it kicked my ass. Hard. It was harder than running and biking and lifting. I almost fell asleep (passed out) as the class ended. Watching Ben do yoga was sexy. He looked strong and in control. I want to go back.

So this new obsession with fitness is good. And I am not drinking hardly at all. And my skin is glowing. And there is a lightness to my step. And I think I am going to run another marathon. And I am at my desired weight.

And more importantly, I feel great.

Obrigado!

February 24, 2009

I wanted Buenos AIres. Or Tokyo. Or Seoul. A big city. Fast walking. Boutiques and fancy restaurants. The things in life I like. You know?

But in the cold upstate kitchen, with Miss Cozart and Miss Currie sitting around the dining table, we discussed Brazil. Brazil? Unsafe? Dangerous? Food, eh? Not sure if it was for me. But we booked it.

And thank God we did.

Rio was remarkable in every way. Its cityscape is lush and green. Crystal blue beaches stretch to Christ Almighty, high atop the city. Sprawling. Hot. The light is intense and white and skin glows. There is photographic proof. Brazilians are friendly folk. Laughing. Drinking. Dancing. One, a near perfect Brazilian specimen, walked to me in broad daylight and said I was "pretty." Thank you, sir.

I sat from afar watching young couples make out. In front of restaurants. On the beach. In the middle of the day. Young love. Sex was in the air. Hard bodies everywhere. I cannot with the English language describe how many perfect people wearing next to nothing walked the streets. Ran the beaches. Cruised the bars. After a while my eyes went numb. Jesse, not so much.

We discovered a glorious little Italian cafe, Alessandro & Frederico, and ate there every day. Had all three meals there. Felt like a regular.

We descended upon Foxton, a surf-wear shop, and I bought adorable clothes. No polo horse embroidered here. A guitar in the horsey's place on my breast. Vintage Chinese globes. Skateboards on legs turned into dressing room stools.

Ben and I dined at Fasano for our Valentine's meal. Suckling pig. Suckling perfection.

Carrot juice. Beet juice. Watermelon juice. Caparina. Passion Fruit. Cocos. More Cocos. Agua sin gas. I drank so much. Never got drunk. Was always just right.

I slept. And laughed. Ate. Smiled. Sunned. Relaxed. I relaxed! A wonderland of nature. A major world city. The best of all elements. It was perfect. Like that pig.

I left my computer and cell phone in New York that week. And my heart, shaded still, steadily beating, sits in Rio, miles away.

the morrissey effect

January 24, 2009

To my best friends and, sometimes, inappropriately at drunken dinner parties, I will declare that as a high-school boy I masturbated while looking at a poster of Morrissey above my bed. TMI, Mom? Lo siento.

I was too young to have experienced The Smiths. I became aware of him around Viva Hate. And the affair lasted years and albums and then he lost me a bit. I met live boys. They occupied my thoughts.

He returned about 5 years ago. I saw him sing his life at the Greek Theater, with Eric Lee by my side, and he looked older. Fatter. In a cardigan. No longer shirtless, exposed, draped in the Union Jack. But still a poetic genius. The lyricist who knew my inner turmoil. And even if my life was never as bad as his and my love life never as sad as his I still listened. He made my sorrows seem junior varsity. I could never hurt like him.

And now he's made a 3rd consecutive solid record, Years of Refusal. And I am again transported back, some 18 years, fantasizing, enraptured, mesmerized, inspired, His stage show last year in NYC was the stuff legends are made. He rocked hard. Waxed lyrically. And his new album continues that brilliance. His voice has never been clearer and his outlook has never been drearier. "In the absence of human touch. I have decided I am throwing my arms around Paris because only stone and steal accept my love," he declares. And I know the feeling. San Francisco, 2000.

Morrissey is on tour again. And I feel like a teenager once more.

minneapolis in blu



When standing in the Guthrie Theater I ran from window to window, excited as I was on Christmas mornings as a child, awaiting the view each window offered of Minneapolis.

I have a newfound connection to this place. The company I joined a few weeks back, the design and manufacturing firm Blu Dot, is based here. And so I came to immerse myself in the city and the brand and I was pleasantly surprised. My best girlfriend, Sandra Hansel, who was once my boss (and mentor) at Design Within Reach, is from Minneapolis. So obviously I'd like it. And then there is that Prince thing. So I arrived excited.

It was cold. And snow covered. And this lent to my sudden obsession with the cityscape. Modernist structures (Jean Nouvel's Guthrie, Herzog & de Meuron's Walker Art Center) nestle into a skyline of beautiful (and industrial) bridges over the MIssissippi. Neon signs (like the beloved Domino Sugar sign in Baltimore harbor) light the sky. Churches protrude. Electrical structures crisscross. Mill factories stand erect and converted. There is a little bit of everything here to see. I think it's as pretty as San Francisco.

I had some great meals. Foie Gras meatballs at 112 Eatery. A burger at the bar of the Monte Carlo, which sits across the street from Sexworld. Again, more neon signs.

I had more than one drink bought for me by strangers here. If only that happened in NYC. And Blu Dot. What about that? A true treat.

I adore the brand and their ability to laugh at themselves. At DWR I had the ear of the CEO and the executive team and I gambled losing that sense of belonging when I joined the Blu Dot team. After this week I was so thrilled with my choice. The Blu Dot people are down-to-earth and excited about design. In their quest to bring good, modern design to a broader consumer group they've really created something very unique. Blu Dot's point of view reflects Minnesota's charm and quirkiness. It honors the Eames' belief system. And it embraces color! In a product assortment meeting I witnessed how an idea will become a product, quickly. It was really exciting.

I am very happy right now on this plane. Minnesota charmed my pants off. My Blu Dot comrades made me proud to be among them.

if i could change the way i live my life today

December 29, 2008

This blog is changing. More on that when I have a second.

I leave DWR this week. Very sad.

I start working for Blu Dot this week. So excited.

Enjoy this picture from the 4th grade while I figure out what to do with this space. I'm heading back to the ruminations I wrote 8 years ago. Bye daily journal!

 
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