weekend

I certainly had a lovely weekend. How about you?

Friday - Pravda Freshmen Awards.
I had gotten there so early that I almost died out of boredom.
No wonder people start drinking too much just out of dullnes, apathy and boredom.
Finally several acquaintance arrived and I actually had someone to talk to which was rather lovely. Without them the evening would have been quite horrible. It ended really early though - at like 12.30 and I left pretty soon after.

I was really pleased with performers and some of them there just so amazing. Be sure to check out Migloko who I totally adore, Nauji Lektuvai, Gon and Suicide DJs.

myspace.com/miglai
myspace.com/newairplanes
myspace.com/6on
myspace.com/suicidedjslt



Saturday
Somehow I managed to get up early and decided to go to the book fair. Fortunately it wasn't so crowded at noon.


My purchases:

Claudio Zucchelli, Dag Kirsebom - Hard landing: the fairy tale of rise and fall of estonian economy
Ian Jeffrey - Photography. A Concise History.
Orhan Pamuk - The Black Book
Algis Mickunas, Arvydas Sliogeris - Filosofijos likimas
Jean Genet - Journal du voleur (Diary of a Thief)
Romain Gary - Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable (Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid)
David Ogilvy - Confessions of an Advertising Man

I'm pretty much satisfied with every purchase as I got quite a few bargains. But by the time I had finished my shopping, it got so crowded I could barely walk. And everyone is just so impolite - someone blatantly crashes into you and doesn't even care to apologise. How awful is that?

Later I had to go to In Vino where I had been invited for a birthday party. While it isn't such a cozy place it didn't really matter this time. There was lots of wine which was pretty good and we certainly had a great time.

It reminded me that my own birthday is pretty soon. How should I celebrate it?

voyage voyage

Last week I did a small photoshoot with Karolina.
Have I already told you about it?

The major theme was supposed to be some sort of retro soviet kitsch, but we soon discarded the idea. So we met up at like 6pm and shortly after went to Naujininkai which is not such a lovely or/and safe place to be at night or day. Once we had entered the building we encountered several aggressive looking and blatantly drunk men. Me and Karolina quickly got into the elevator and luckily got away.

The flat itself was pretty...horrible, icky and dark. We used some of the clothing we found there for some shots as it was pretty retro. So I quickly did her make up and we started at probably 7pm and shot until about 11pm. It was my first photoshoot, so while the results are not all that great, I did enjoy it and I certainly like some photos, but of course there's always space for improvement.













Some other photos can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosetribe/

Constructivism Robots '60s Minimalism

Mary Katrantzou

Mary Katrantzou is a London based, Greek designer
who has just graduated from CSM in February and
her first commercial collection is already on sale in Spring.

Her ultra bright, minimalist, pop art influenced and block colored
dresses with oversized and heavy jewellerly prints are
certainly something to look out for.

Un homme et une femme

Yesterday I watched Un homme et une famme directed by Claude Lelouch. Although I loved the music and Anouk Aimee who had acted in Fellini's La Dolce Vita several years ago, I was a bit let down. It was too natural and simple and happy, I guess. I might change my mind after some time, though.

Have you seen it?

There's a Light That Never Goes Out

I have just started making a dress a couple of days ago.
I was just so bored and tired from everything that I just had to start doing something creative.
It's going to be such a wonderful little dress. Well, not really little as next week I'm probably attaching lots and lots of black chiffon to make it look a lot puffier. The dress is basically going
to be used just for a photoshoot,so I don't worry too much about the exact and absolutely accurate measurements. I guess I should, though.


On the other note...
it's NYE tommorow, so what are everybody's plans?
As for now, I don't really know what to do...
And I've been pretty depressed lately. I should put on my best dress, make up and go to a fabulous party, but...there just aren't any here. What do you do when you're depressed?


I checked out Erland Oye DJ KICKS album and one particular song struck me as completely beautiful - Erland Oye - There's a Light That Never Goes Out. It's originally by The Smiths, but I don't like them so much and Oye's version is so much better.



Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people and i
Want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh, please dont drop me home
Because its not my home, its their
Home, and Im welcome no more

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine