the sea, the woods, ruff n' tuff-ness, the mysterious tale of the floating cowboy, jumpin' baby goats, petting zoos, universal universe, chic old ladies, bird's eggs and nests, slightly strange stuffed animals, cinnamon toast jelly beans, cinnamon life cereal, my dad's old hippy ring, fire flies and ladybugs, crystal saturation, elaborate time-travel fantasies, seeing christmas trees tied to the tops of cars, "joyce, my beads! my beads, joyce!", an imaginary post-apocalyptic berlin underground, magic frosting, magic locket, kids who carry around a ton of stuff in their pockets, spontaneously choreographed dance moves, the hidden town beneath Lake Berryessa, Finn Family Moomintroll, acorns, hedgehogs, gettin' so crazed that you can't stop gigglin', glimmer twins, stripes and polka-dots, sneaky walking, documentary film, boys and the things they do (like spittin' and jumpin' over fences and stuff like that), exploitative comic books from the 1960s, nearly everything to come out of the 1960s for that matter, best friend memerobilia, the fact that when I was writing "best friend memerobilia" I accidently added an "a" making it "beast friend memerobilia", the sea ranch chapel, ))<>((, candy as a chemical art, tiny tiny monsters, the black sperm of my vengence, temperature regulation, hella fuckin' pizza, "i gotta the pizza in the ear", replacin' the "g" in present tense verbs with an apostraphe, taxidermy, Sally Mann, fog, gypsy caravans, escaped zoo animals, going to a restaurant and ordering "the usual" and having the waiter actually know what you're talking about, using math and/or science to create art, home decor influenced by outerspace and/or the forest, watching cats fall down and then act all nonchalant about it, staying in bed and growing my hair, gum, casting pretend movies, bee beards, making lists, whaling, the incomperable beauty of Disneyland, photobooths, dressing up like an indian, other people dressed up like indians, dressing up like a gypsy, dressing up in general, the word "gnarly" in all possible contexts, dada-ism, X's for eyes, laika: first dog in space, riding trains and boats, fake banana flavor, dia de los muertos altars, non-magic mushrooms, baking people cakes for no reason, singing with friends in cars with the windows rolled down at night time, treasure, doing the frug, doing the twist, doing the swim, doing the watusi, wishing i could do the mashed potatoes, huge herds of sheep and goats used as an organic means of hedge control, selkie girl myths, the museum of jurassic technology, fancy cheeses, dreaming of commune life, taking pictures, taking pictures, taking pictures, taking pictures more than almost anything (go to www.carlafrancesphotography.com), hatching schemes with alexa, being a teenage boy from 1982, Henry Darger, over-sized props, fires at ice-cream factories, cute stuff in general and in specific, jumpin' on the bed, obese animals, schadenfreud, papparazzi, naivete, famous people with bad skin, famous people with weird teeth, the "dj baby clothes" dream, songs with unusual methods of percussion, finding money in my pockets, post-apocalyptic fashion statements, when the monkees do things that are so stereotypical of their characters, photos of my parents when they were young, baby name books, cafe wha?, inflatable slamson, scribble drawings, third-wave feminism, banned cartoons and children's books, shrinking cute people and keeping them in jars with holes punched in the top and making tiny clothes for them to wear, whipping my hair around when I dance, backlit afros, 11, P, silver green and brown, space helmets, the "who would you do" game, weird or gross kinds of candy, "let's go get sushi and NOT PAY.", christmas and birthdays, the beauty in ugly things and the ugliness in beautiful things, participatory art, the absolutely fucking amazing man who asked me to marry him, peace! and love! and harmony!
Music
Adam Green, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink, The B-52s, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Brian Eno, The Buzzcocks, The Cars, Cheif Briggum (yaaa Teddy!), CoCoRosie, Courtney Love, The Cramps, David Bowie, Dead Kennedys, Dead Milkmen, Dead Western, seemingly a lot of bands that start with the word "dead", Donovan, ELO, Gravy Train!!!!, Guns N Roses, Hole, The Hollywood Argyles, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Joanna Newsom, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Kate Bush, Kim Fowley, Kimya Dawson (!!!), The Kinks, Le Tigre, Lou Reed, The Mamas and The Papas, Mercury Rev, The Moldy Peaches, The Monkees (oh my lord), Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, Nuggets (everyone on 'em), Oasis, ODB, Patti Smith, The Pixies, Queen, ? and The Mysterians, The Replacements, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, The Slits, The Small Faces, Sonic Youth, The Spice Girls (forever), The Strokes, Styx, T-Rex, Talking Heads, Television, Travis Morrison, The Velvet Underground, The White Stripes, X-Ray Spex, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Zombies, Any punk band comprised of boys under the age of 17, old cowboy and sailor songs,
"BOOGIE IN YOUR BUTT" BY EDDIE MURPHY
Movies
Disney's Robin Hood, Romeo + Juliet, Velvet Goldmine, Clueless, Dogma, The Party, Beyond The Valley of The Dolls, Repo Man, Natural Born Killers, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Troop Beverly Hills, Hedwig + The Angry Inch, I Love You Alice B. Toklas!, Mondo Teeth, 28 Days Later, Ma Vie En Rose, The Bad News Bears, Grey Gardens, The Believer, Defending Your Life, Heathers, The NeverEnding Story, Transamerica, West Side Story, Zachariah, Wassup Rockers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, HEAD, The Outsiders, You and Me and Everyone We Know, The Cockettes, Dear Wendy, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Hook, All of Sofia Coppola's work, All of Wes Anderson's work, All of Noah Baumbach's work, All of the Beatle's movies, Igby Goes Down, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Du Ere Ikke Alene, My Neighbor Totoro, The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, Badlands, To Die For, F. Est Un Salaud, Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?, Time's Square, Ever Since The World Ended
Television
Pee-Wee's Playhouse, The Monkees, Sifl and Olly, Freaks and Geeks, Mr. Show, Project Runway, Flight of The Concords, Tokyo Pig, The Office (British and American, both), I get great amount of pleasure out of terrible reality TV shows
Books
Jeffery Eugenides, Kurt Vonnegut, Oliver Sacks, Douglas Coupland, Lynda Barry!, David Sedaris, Margaret Atwood, Michael Chabon, Legs McNeil, Roald Dahl, Arthur Rimbaud, Malcolm Gladwell, All right I will admit that I am deeply charmed by Chuck Klosterman, Jonathan Lethem, William Shakespeare, Edward Gorey, Ann M. Martin, Anne Sexton sometimes but NEVER Sylvia Plath
I am starting out in the photography business. I can do portfolio work, portraits, band stuff, fashion, art, whatever you want me to do. Ask me. I want to work.
About me:
My name is Carla and my favorite adjectives are fancy, tuff, spooky, gross and sneaky.
www.carlafrancesphoto.com
A lot of the time I can't sleep because I hear the ocean calling to me.
"I was stolen by the gypsies. My parents stole me right back. Then the gypsies stole me again. This went on for some time. One minute I was in the caravan, suckling the dark tit of my new mother, the next I sat at a long dining room table, eating my breakfast with a silver spoon. It was the first day of spring. One of my fathers was singing in the bathtub; the other one was painting a live sparrow the colors of a tropical bird."
-Charles Simic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/violentvisionsofsettingsail
Who I'd like to meet: People who wrongly think they can beat me at Boggle or Trivial Pursuit- Pop Culture Edition
People who want to start a commune with me
Lucy, Ramona, and Sunset Sam
Fallen teen-idols of all kinds
Anyone who has the patience to teach me how to play guitar
Babies babies and more babies. If you are a baby, I want to meet you
Punk rock ghosts, little rebels, angels with dirty faces, lawless tribes of boys, satyrs (or centaurs, in a pinch)
Please no requests unless I actually know you. That includes bands.
hey dude, your art show's coming up sat. april 11th. do you want to make a flier? and do you want anyone special to play? it's starting at 6pm, goes till 8, let me know what you think! thanks, niki
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