Forename Alexander

self absored baby blog

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:50:00 +0000

i stumbled onto this last night:

http://maxandfriends.tumblr.com/

ah... youth.

My face, my studio, and some gams from Alabama (courtesy of Ms. Jackie Sullivan M.D., Esq.)

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:49:00 +0000

Mare E. Ex-Mus

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:33:00 +0000

Merry Christmas in 56 minutes

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:04:00 +0000

Home for the Holidays

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:47:00 +0000

Bijou trying to figure out the snow.

Jerry Springer & Stockings

South Philly Christmas Sheik

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:39:00 +0000

SNOW DAY VENTURING OUT!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:54:00 +0000

SYMiHC

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:34:00 +0000

If you've never listened to the "Stuff You Missed in History Class" podcast then you should. I'm totally obsessed with it. You can download the podcasts here:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class.rss

or subscribe through iTunes. It is awesome!

Advent Calendar to Day 9

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:47:00 +0000

New Article

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:41:00 +0000

I wrote an article on this great painter I met in Canada for ComeIntoLand:

http://www.comeintoland.com/interviews/thrushholmes/

P.S. Sorry my updates have been few and far between, but I've been busy dammit.

awww, sad.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:00 +0000

Finished Product

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:18:00 +0000

Title: "The Danger in Nature (Watching Growth, The Broken Umbrella, Hanging in There)"
Size: Triptych, Each Panel: 4' Tall x 3' Wide, Overall: 4' Tall x 9' Wide
Medium: Cyanotypes on Canvas

It's great being in the same town as E-Train!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Toronto, Finally

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:35:00 +0000

An image from Robert Hengeveld's installation at the UpArt Exhibition, which was housed in the old Gladstone Hotel in the hip west end of Toronto's downtown:

Images from The Leona Drive Project, which was an amazing installation out in the suburbs of Toronto:

Shots from the Toronto Art Fair, which had some really neat art, as well as some decorative shit. Oh well, they occupy different places on the spectrum of making and I guess the latter has a valid purpose:

Above is Allison Schulnik's painting from Mike Weiss gallery^. I love her work.

This is our waitress from a great pub, called the "Imperial Pub". This is the only place I've had 'poutine' (french fries covered with brown gravy and cheese curds) and it is amazing. Also, the bar dog named "MoMo":

Some shots on the go:

Zombies congregating in a park before Toronto's annual Zombie Walk^. It's hard to see, but this zombie's jacket said "Punk is Dead" on the back.

This is looking up at the Ontario College of Art^. It was an amazing building.

A little jazz club we found^.

One & Other Video

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:54:00 +0000

Here's a link to a video of highlights from Antony Gormley's One & Other "exhibition" in London this past summer. Really great:

http://www.skyarts.co.uk/video/video-one-other-summer-2009/

Tra La La Dee Da

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:07:00 +0000

ComeIntoLand.com recently asked me to be a contributing writer for there website content and my first article on Tania Leshkina's photography is now online:

http://www.comeintoland.com/landlovers/tanialeshkina/

I've thrown some of her photos up on my blog before. If you get a chance, take a read.

Eh, Don'chya'know!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:50:00 +0000

Toronto is great. Lots of running around. Thank gosh for this vacay. Pictures to come when I'm back and settled in the states.

winter's a comin'!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:08:00 +0000

first day with full long-johns on.

tijuana moods

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:16:00 +0000

turns me into jelly fo'real.

excerpt: http://alexanderconner.com/ytd.mp3
huge file, but worth the load.

kitchen experiment

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:53:00 +0000

Adapted from: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lentil-sausage-soup-recipe/index.html

Black Bean and Sausage Goulash

Ingredients

* 1 pound dried black beans
* ¾ cup olive oil
* 4 cups diced yellow onions (3 large)
* 4 cups chopped leeks, white and light green parts only (2 leeks)
* 1 tablespoon minced garlic (2 large cloves)
* 1 tablespoon kosher salt
* 1 ½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
* 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves
* 1 teaspoon ground cumin
* 3 cups medium diced celery (8 stalks)
* 3 cups medium diced carrots (4 to 6 carrots)
* 48oz Chicken Stock
* ¼ cup tomato paste
* 1 pound sausage (sliced into 1 inch pieces)
* ½ bottle beer

Directions

In a large bowl, cover the beans with boiling water and allow to sit for 15 minutes. Drain.

In a large stockpot over medium heat, heat ½ cup olive oil (reserve ¼ cup) and sauté the onions, leeks, garlic, salt, pepper, thyme, and cumin for 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are translucent and tender. Add the celery and carrots and sauté for another 10 minutes. Add 40oz chicken stock (reserve 8oz.), tomato paste, and drained beans, cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. In another pan cook sausage in the ¼ cup reserved olive oil, until browned, then turn off stove. Check beans and add reserved 8oz chicken stock and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes. Check the seasonings. Add the sausage (meat, oil, & drippings) and beer, cover pot, and simmer for another 3 minutes. Turn off stove, and let pot sit with top on for 30 minutes and then eat!

AWESOME!!!

the sun is in my eyes.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:16:00 +0000

Joan walking in the front yard the sun is in my eyes.

Found photo mailed to me by Ms. Sullivan. Reciprocity required.

st(r)uck

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:18:00 +0000

bloody nose

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:02:00 +0000

an appetizer or aperitif?

to try to contain oneself.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:58:00 +0000

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were famous, your heart was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music."

A message in a g-chat bottle from SK

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander Conner) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:39:00 +0000

LNY and I talked for an hour tonight and he wanted me to send his thug love to everyone.

If you don't understand who LNY is or why he'd send thug love, then don't worry about it.