deer doe fawn

making moves

2011-11-21T08:35:00.001-08:00

will update my portfolio-esque material here: laurenmodonnell.tumblr.com

and inspiration/reference/whatever the hell I feel like posting here: lo-ok.tumblr.com

october

2011-10-27T14:34:00.000-07:00

CA

2011-09-26T11:24:00.000-07:00

MA

2011-09-22T17:14:00.000-07:00

RI

2011-09-19T12:28:00.000-07:00

CT part II

2011-09-12T08:40:00.000-07:00

CT

2011-09-06T19:40:00.000-07:00

polysemous

2011-08-16T07:08:00.000-07:00

2011-07-31T20:10:00.000-07:00

mood lighting

2011-07-24T12:14:00.000-07:00

the modern world

2011-07-19T20:51:00.000-07:00

7/20

2011-07-18T21:05:00.000-07:00

no name

2011-07-17T18:40:00.000-07:00

the beautiful people

2011-07-11T17:15:00.000-07:00

06/24

2011-06-21T18:45:00.000-07:00

06/13

2011-06-13T06:06:00.000-07:00

cannot sleep

2011-06-07T22:02:00.000-07:00

late night manhattan skyline

june

2011-06-06T10:52:00.000-07:00

overcast

2011-05-23T07:33:00.000-07:00

mid month

2011-05-15T06:43:00.000-07:00

one at a time

2011-05-11T19:39:00.000-07:00

goodbye green

2011-05-10T20:55:00.000-07:00

off the graham stop

2011-05-04T17:22:00.000-07:00

manhattan inn

2011-05-02T18:19:00.000-07:00

this is what fun (and drinking until 6am) looks like

2011-05-02T16:49:00.001-07:00

developed

2011-04-22T17:10:00.000-07:00

sick day

2011-04-13T19:01:00.000-07:00

dreamer

2011-04-07T19:09:00.000-07:00

assortment

2011-03-28T08:17:00.000-07:00

even though this is pretty much the way it's always been, this space is going to be solely for my own creations; photos, drawings, etc.

go here to keep up w/ the life & times, ridiculousness, inspiration, of me & my partners in crime.

my monday

2011-03-21T20:27:00.000-07:00

my morning, my mini jurassic park, my mug, my pooch, my windowsill.

sunday funday

2011-03-17T17:41:00.000-07:00

last weekend spent pretending as though we were roommates. sleepovers and communal wardrobes, coffee dates, strolls across the brooklyn bridge, brunch, movie viewings, and then dinner. just how sundays are meant to be spent.

the "b's"

2011-03-09T18:16:00.000-08:00

brooklyn, benders, brooks bros blazers, bad behavior, boogie nights, booze, babes...

a typical saturday night. "get wild"

american classics

2011-03-08T19:23:00.000-08:00

holden caulfield, i'm done with your teenage angst, and i very much enjoyed it.

the literary theme for the year is 20th century american classics that i never read, but probably should have. almost done with slapstick by vonnegut, and after that i'm thinking a little fitzgerald will take the lead in the queue.

oui oui

2011-03-07T20:29:00.000-08:00

saw this today, Heartbeats. Xaiver Dolan, french canadian babe/wonder child, literally child, i think he's a mere 20 or 21 year old, whom i've mentioned before. really loved almost everything about this film; it was banal, beautiful, and real. at times maybe too real. the lighting, the color, the slo-mo, the sheer beauty of the actors, to the usage of the knife/fever ray, it was all very, for lack of a better word, cinematic. highly recommended.

contrast

2011-02-28T20:54:00.000-08:00

my two neighborhood parks. winter & early spring, just one week apart.

thank you brooklyn

2011-02-21T13:21:00.000-08:00

if you dare. the kelly/lauren/mccall collaboration, in digital internet format.

thank you brooklyn

read it, follow it, love it... you know you want to.

playlist, n. 8th winter

2011-02-16T19:40:00.001-08:00

you stopped making sense / the radio dept.
all die young / smith westerns
i see a darkness / bonnie "prince" billy
a day in the life / beatles
the killing moon / echo & the bunnymen
tattoo / wye oak
stitches / the morning benders
wolf & i / oh land
here sometimes / blonde redhead
sailing by night / department of eagles

strangers / the kinks

11 tunes. some old, some new. they're all ones that make for a more pleasant walk through the snowy streets.

to all the lovers

2011-02-14T12:00:00.000-08:00

on occasion of valentines day, the four disciples John, Paul, George, & Ringo once said:

"and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make"

we may not have it all together, but together we have it all

2011-02-07T20:18:00.000-08:00

see: tags

a mini digi tour

2011-02-01T18:30:00.000-08:00

making great strides; here's the new abode. humble, cozy, and treating me perfectly. love my roomies, love my view, love my 4 min. walk to the subway, love being dangerously close to my favorite haunts, love loving brooklyn. apparently i'm an optimist.

how could i forget?

2011-01-31T07:46:00.000-08:00

the 2006 greatness that is kino by the knife

dance dance (from the night that went down in the books) bowery hotel debauchery.

hibernate

2011-01-24T08:20:00.000-08:00

what needs to happen.

more of this (drawing)

less of this (boozing)

thought catalog

2011-01-21T20:34:00.000-08:00

some of my favorite pieces from the unbelievably talented dream boat-babe that is, Ryan O'Connell, a now permanent fixture for Thought Catalog.

En-fucking-joy.

How to be a 20-Something

How to Live in New York City

Three Bands Everyone Pretends to Like More Than They Actually Do

How to Be A Funny Person

and because it's just too real...

The Williamsturd: A Post-Post Feminist Phenomenon

nesting sounds

2011-01-17T12:13:00.000-08:00

the current record on repeat at north 8th

tender & cruel

2011-01-17T07:16:00.000-08:00

add it to the winter loop salt in the wound by delta spirit

quiet times

2011-01-15T07:29:00.000-08:00

winter as a song Tornado by Jonsi

this bitch

2011-01-12T18:21:00.000-08:00

the woman that haunted me for a week, is now covered like an old renaissance fresco. a gallon of white paint lies between her and i, she is never to see the light of day again.

photos of us together is not for sentimental reasons, oh but the contrary, it is just to give you a sense of scale.

MMXI

2011-01-10T11:16:00.000-08:00

this is how to kick off a new year, hell, a new decade. with your lovers, in the borough that you love, dancing to the music you crave, and smudging one another's lipstick by means of sweet kisses, all topped off with a cozy sleepover.

the boss

2011-01-03T19:16:00.000-08:00

Nebraska (thank you for the reminder Ryan)

once State Trooper came and went, i remembered when i saw Arcade Fire cover it, in concert circa 2007. so good in my ears.

the 'burbs

2011-01-03T13:01:00.000-08:00

LA to SD to LA to SD to SLO to SD to LA.

red wine, feasting, and a terrifyingly large, and really just terrifying salmon mousse mold. the delights of the suburban life.

youth

2010-12-31T13:24:00.000-08:00

siblings, 2010. a new drawing.

the life, i'll return soon.

2010-12-24T09:59:00.000-08:00

this is how all holidays should be spent; with your curated orphan family. drinking champagne out of milkshake bottles, dancing while cooking, trekking through brooklyn in the rain, to wine and dine with your babe-a-licious friends.

fuck the 'burbs, brooklyn i can't wait to be back.

"I got an understanding of how terrible love can be. You wish you hated those people, your wife and children, because you know the things the world will do to them, because you have done some of those things yourself. It's crazy-making, yet you cling to them with everything and close your eyes against the rest of it."

semi-recent

2010-12-12T20:12:00.000-08:00

hello winter

2010-12-06T19:12:00.000-08:00

in honor of the first snow of the season.

i'm ready of another adventure.

oh deer

2010-12-02T19:36:00.000-08:00

audrey, bridget, frida + deer. a little bit o' filler.

revisited

2010-11-22T16:45:00.000-08:00

the shuffle bringing early fiona back into my ears. which, of course, made me think of the video- the video that i saw when i was probably around 10 years old, so inappropriate. it freaked me out, yet intrigued me at the same time. i couldn't look away. it's so over the top, and so fantastic. in a creepy, anorexic, dramatic, sexy, 70's nostalgia, sort of way.

i'd could live in that house, with more adequate and natural lighting for daytime. but come every nightfall you know i would do my best to recreate such scenes of debauchery.

new mexico

2010-11-21T07:39:00.000-08:00

finally got back all the pics from the various adventures over the past few months. this is roswell and its surrounding land. dreaming of a nomadic life.

jumbled

2010-11-16T18:08:00.000-08:00

the shuffle got it right today:

grizzly bear on a neck, on a spit, interpol stella was a diver and she was always down, lcd soundsystem new york, i love you but you're bringing me down, john lennon mind games, the books take time, radiohead there there (the boney king of nowhere), simon and garfunkel the sound of silence

photos via backyard bill, and misc. blogs i can't recall.

wishin i could just read and write and take photos all day.

october thirtieth, vermont day 1

2010-11-15T13:56:00.000-08:00

a trip that consisted of sleeping in, leisurely brunches, frolicking with horses, frolicking in graveyards, apple cider, apple cider donuts, excessive amounts of photos, rustic garments, lace up boots, costume changes, hay lofts with impeccable lighting, sound of music reenacting, wooded walks, and lots red wine (to be expected). life on the back 40, how enchanting.

october outing

2010-11-02T18:55:00.000-07:00

yes, the song i have on repeat just so happens share a super-cheesy-super-literal title to correlate to the photos. "yachting" in autumn in central park, with a central coast red wine, and a french school girl ensemble for the occasion.

on the water (thanks kyle w. for yet another grand recommendation)

bonnie & clyde, part one of two

2010-10-25T19:20:00.000-07:00

tardy snapshots from a cross country adventure.

anecdotes & film documentation to make an appearance, sooner rather than later, optimistically speaking

arizona

new mexico. the storm that guided us the night before, it's lightning giving us hints to the surrounding landscape

seafoam green & electric blue; inn of the mountain gods too much caffeine and penny slots

rain accompanied by the arcade fire & the national

roswell

texas truck stop

flatland sunset, a combination of TX & OK

arkansas

graceland. memphis, tennessee

these days

2010-10-24T19:23:00.000-07:00

view from my desk, the isolation chamber

a weekend in the vermont countryside is approaching. the change of scenery to be embraced wholly, as this white cube is beginning to suffocate me.

inarticulate

2010-10-14T10:31:00.000-07:00

"judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers" - voltaire

borrowing words for the time being, a nothing post for a nothing day

straightforward

2010-10-09T14:49:00.000-07:00

simply put.

via yvan rodic

i was there

2010-10-07T17:45:00.000-07:00

i'm losing my edge.

i was there, drinking vodka sodas, with mccall, who was avoiding people she works with but never really talks to

i was there, in an old church, on the lower east, at a private lcd soundsystem concert, on a wednesday in 2010

he was there. he was the first guy playing Daft Punk to the rock kids. he played it at CBGB's. everybody thought he was crazy. but he's losing his edge.

and his brother was there. (i don't know if that's true, but he looked like he could be)

but, i was there. dancing next to nick zinner. our sweaty limbs grazing each others, his sweet warm breath beating on my left shoulder, as we rocked to the beat.

you all know, i was there, taking pictures that resemble cathedral paintings by monet.

that james murphy he's never been wrong. he knows what we really want.

squares & rectangles

2010-10-04T10:05:00.000-07:00

19th street chelsea, and kent street where the lines between williamsburg and greenpoint are vague. misc. dilapidated structures. one in blocks of color, and one dull and deserted in an art deco theme.

au revoir (sept.)

2010-09-30T17:02:00.000-07:00

put on that sweater, lace up those boots, lets stake our claim below that umbrella.

daydreaming i am, thank you for this

awaiting face time

2010-09-29T13:10:00.000-07:00

i cannot wait to get my paws on you, and feast my eyes upon your sordid, shrewd, & savory pages.

turn back time

2010-09-27T17:00:00.000-07:00

i don't know if my dear mother looks at this, or even know it exists. if so she'd probably think it was strange that i post old photos of her, semi-regularly. however, they are just some of the best film i have around.

music chosen accordingly. the mamas & the papas, monday, monday, a track from my early autumn playlist. working on building up a catalogue of tunes from the 60's. oh i dream of a record player.

for fall

2010-09-25T08:14:00.000-07:00

some old paintings, in autumnal hues.

current listen, as per a recommendation a long time gone from mr. kyle wilhelm. the cotton jones album circa 2009, paranoid cocoon.
the perfect listen for a partly cloudy, somewhat lazy, mildly breezy early fall afternoon walk through a transitional brooklyn park, some strange rain

this is what summer looks like (a roundup)

2010-09-21T18:58:00.000-07:00

alternating between brooklyn birthday backyards, george washington bridge vantage points, recommended reading (not that i embarked on the moral compass, but it probably wouldn't be such a bad idea), photogenic felines and charismatic canines is how i wrap up the sweltering season.

i swear, at least i hope, that someday i will grow out of my persistent penchant for alliteration (ah, you see! i bring it upon myself, it rears it's ugly head directly from my fingertips and into the caption)

virgo

2010-09-17T20:02:00.000-07:00

how is september almost gone?

yes, i know i'm tardy to this, cocorosie hopscotch

in dire need of some new tunes (whether the tunes are youthful or not makes no difference, simply as long as they're new to me) suggestions welcome.

with gratitude

2010-09-12T18:01:00.000-07:00

thank you dear friends for helping me ring in twenty-four. maybe for twenty-five i'll switch out the cutoffs/canadian tuxedo and wear something as lovely as these classy broads.

meow

2010-09-06T19:52:00.000-07:00

princess sam, photo by kelly
i adore everything about this; the yellow and gold hues, the grain (almost fooled me into thinking it was dug up from the 70's), the stillness, the lack of eye-contact, etc. but mostly the simultaneous strangeness and normality of the photo is what pleases me so.

...not to mention it provides a segue for sharing this (as you know how i love my vegetarian themed reading)

1 year today

2010-09-01T21:51:00.000-07:00

i don't know who this sassy gal is (via google images- i hope putting her up here doesn't grant me pedo points), but she's summing it all up, and kind of like a smaller version of me- the bangs, the big eyes, awkward stance. but mainly the "hearting" of new york is what deems this photo most appropriate.
september 2nd is the one year mark; i think i'll call it home.

summer looks like this (misc. NY edition)

2010-08-28T08:15:00.000-07:00

an assortment of summer happenings- macro views, warm weather (old) drawings, red hook bar hopping, junk yard guard cats, late morning urban gardening, and poorly executed synchronized swimming

summer looks like this (prospect park edition)

2010-08-23T20:56:00.000-07:00

an night of perfectly chilled white wine, the new york philharmonic, and a plethora of snacks to feast upon for a few hours, all while lounging on a don quixote blanket.

riding bikes and listening to the national, a perfect thursday evening

summer how i've loved you, oh fall how i anticipate your arrival

intermission

2010-08-12T18:27:00.001-07:00

photos by miss jackie g

currently on summer holiday (CA up first, then TX and the states that lie between there and NYC). in the meantime, a classic summertime favorite that is quintessentially new york, and the essence of summer, to hold you over until my glorious return.

summer looks like this (williamsburg edition)

2010-08-03T17:29:00.000-07:00

my littlest one, my darling cassie, hopped on her lucky star and graced the state of new york with her presence. catching up over pitchers of white sangria, palm in palm walks through williamsburg, and delectable nibbles are how old friends connect. not to mention that her shape compliments mine perfectly, tall and small, to provide the warmest of embraces.
this one's for you (fitting for her, and for sangria)

2010-07-28T10:58:00.000-07:00

what's putting that spring in my step? summer nights and sweet tunes- the new arcade fire of course. it's quite a feeling really; to be walking or biking, burning up from the heat of the sun, and even though it's scorching out, the layers, beauty, and sensitivity of their sound- it gives me goosebumps.

these are the two that i am initially drawn to "rococo" & "we used to wait"
"they seem wild but they are so uptight" - "now our lives are changing fast" - get full album here, the suburbs

yes, that happened

2010-07-26T19:18:00.000-07:00

last night, music hall of williamsburg, die antwoord. really no words can describe, i mean it really is some "next level shit," and they're definitely bringing it. yes, the pink floyd boxers did make a live appearance. photos via brooklyn vegan

bad photos of old drawings: part one

2010-07-24T16:47:00.000-07:00

new panda bear tomboy & slow motion

+ + +

2010-07-23T12:10:00.000-07:00

it is hard to read, but the equation to a beautiful brooklyn life lies within a mathematical chalkboard path, composed of an eclectic assortment of activities, people, places, and things; many of which are still to be determined. here's a sampling:
babes + bikes + babes on bikes + general creepiness + CT + NL + obscure blogs + pizza connections + drinking connections + connections in general + connections that lead to other connections, specifically eating, drinking, and listening connections + ∞

sulle biciclette

2010-07-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

last weekend: 2 girls, 2 bikes, 2 crop tops, 1 downpour, 1 pair of bike shorts
"i brought three things for our slumber party weekend- a toothbrush, a pair of underwear, and bike shorts"

this past weekend: vinegar hill house, blue bottle coffee (which is so delicious AND makes one feel drunk), gowanus yacht club, 3 way slumber parties (complete with bill compton menu readings), buttermilk channel, botanica in red hook, rooftop gatherings, all made possible in part by "babes on bikes"

it's unfortunate that i feel the need to stop having such amazing weekends cruising around brooklyn, because it makes the monday blues the darkest of hues.

no plan

2010-07-17T07:41:00.000-07:00

bushwick bike pile
beauty bar for birthday
night swimming
apparently i've got the look he wants
lower east side->tribeca->bushwick, for dancing->fort tilden, for sunrise swimming->juniors, for breakfast because we won't sleep. this is path we chose to take, and ended up being one of the best new york nights to date.

(at minimum) five days a week

2010-07-13T20:44:00.000-07:00

my ladies, my cohorts, my tall brunette twins. just a few thin walls away. erin & poppy

if only it were that obvious

2010-07-05T10:26:00.000-07:00

(these two via jackie)

if there is one thing that you take away from this post, it won't be the fact that i got my bike shipped out to brooklyn (and therefore my life is even more dreamy), that the williamsburg waterfront at sunset may be one of the best spots this side of the east river- especially when basking in the sweet melodies of grizzly bear, that olea's sangria in fort greene is the best i've had outside of spain, that going to a free dan deacon concert in red hook is the closest you can get to joining a cult, that rooftop dinner parties in the warm summer night are the perfect way to spend an evening, or that picklebacks generally lead to picking noses, but you will be mindful of the simple lessons in body language, as explained by a second hand book:

"the sexual signals are clear as they lean towards each other. his legs are wide apart, exposing his genital area. her back is arched and her bottom is pushed out - it is a perfect example of primate sexual posturing"

but when can we rendezvous?

2010-06-26T07:35:00.000-07:00

i would like to see you, seemingly beautiful film, preferably on a hot muggy day, when the refuge of a theatre is as sweet as the sticky new york air.

xavier dolan, director/writer/actor of said film, and a babe with a great head of hair. i'm thinking this could be my new summer look...

the start of something great

2010-06-24T19:49:00.000-07:00

a brooklyn summer. beach house concert (that alex scally is a dream), the national semi-secret show at other music (thanks justin for that areal shot, oh, and not to mention the escort service), the dr. dog show, nights out on the town, sunsets on roofs, warm air on the skin, and most importantly the best company to share it with. this sweet sweet burrough is going to bring the heat.

recite

2010-06-19T07:05:00.000-07:00

"the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "awww!"

jack kerouac, on the road

(thank you aaron for bringing this to my attention not so long ago)

draw

2010-06-14T18:16:00.000-07:00

artwork by the talented trevor lloyd, hopefully someday i will see you in berlin

my feet will take me there

2010-06-09T17:02:00.000-07:00

second stop. double americano + bagel & schmear
rooftop view
permanent spring, a silk flower garden, my lorimer st. neighbors
5 leaves, the southern belle. (sweet tea vodka, fresh squeezed lemon juice, simple syrup, fresh mint & sparkling white wine) perfection on a warm summer evening, after an afternoon in the adjacent park, preferable paired with truffle fries.
the rabbithole. where the eats are good, and the fellow patrons delicious.
jmz hewes stop
il castello di south williamsburg
kent street park
a portion of my williamsburg stomping grounds, with more to come, and to bind to my mental rolodex.
because i have stayed home and have learned a little more about my neighborhood, which is important // live in a lemonworld // fall asleep in your branches // he's lookin' so cute // it is happening again

desert the island for a deserted island

2010-06-03T18:39:00.000-07:00

a journey through 3 of the 5 boroughs for a midnight romp on the beach.
photographic documentation a collaboration between mr. justin anderson, ms. mccall marshall, and your favorite fawn.

a vampire

2010-06-01T17:50:00.000-07:00

i will eat you alive, and dance while doing so.
lcd soundsystem after party

your city's a sucker my city's in heat

2010-05-29T09:39:00.000-07:00

a barrage of concerts made up the month of may... lcd soundsystem being the most recent and highlight. and the highlights within the highlight were all my friends & i'm losing my edge to pick the top two.

speaking of the month of may the new arcade fire releases? have you heard? yes please! the suburbs

overhaul

2010-05-27T18:37:00.000-07:00

some say size doesn't matter. but i believe, especially in regards to photographs & the height of men, bigger is better.

(fyi, for my 5.7 voyeurs out there, now that the internet is up and running again in my apartment, you can expect a lot more round these parts. stay tuned.)