Miwa Matreyek

It takes a lot to hold my attention. This day and age, if you're not on your iPhone browsing the internet, while your mp3 player soundtracks your walk to work, and doing a crossword puzzle than you are just being a lazy. Everyone seems to have self inflicted ADD and I am no different. Which is why I was caught off guard by Miwa Matreyek's exhibit at Space 1026 in Chinatown Sunday evening. It completely hypnotized me.

Don't think for a second I was without my distractions either. Between the weighty smell of BO, female armpit hair, and the surrounding exhibits there was plenty to distract me. Miwa, who hails from Los Angeles, California, and her animated first person interactive sideshow have been touring the country for a while now. Miwa animates all of her pieces and composes the music as well. And if that's not enough, she hogs the spotlight, snagging the lead role in every work so far.

But there really aren't enough words to do her justice so watch this and check her out next time she's in town.



Miwa Matreyek, check.

Play Lotto

Consider this my resignation from Thomas Try Outs. Come tomorrow night when they read 26, 35, 48, 51, 57 for the Powerball drawing I will no longer have the time to tell you poor people what an interesting, socialite like myself will be doing anymore. Of course I will still be trying new things, but they will be in foreign lands, exploring in expensive vehicles, while laughing the haughtiest of laughs.

I never played the lottery before because I'm not an idiot who likes to throw away money unless it's on beer and food. Nor did I ever like dreaming about what I would do if I ever hit the jackpot. It always ends in the realization that you will in fact never win and when you rejoin reality, are still drunk at 3 in the afternoon, hungover at McDonald's.

Needless to say it would be nice to get a large sum of money for doing absolutely nothing...kinda like stupid poor people and spoiled rich people.

Play Lotto, check.