A Brie Grows in Brooklyn

“If you have beautiful things to use, it changes the kind of person you are.” —Betty Woodman

This weekend, I found so time to further Brie-ify my new apartment, which meant that I installed my Tord Boontje garland light on a random wall. I think my 22-year-old self was much more enamored by it than my 29-year-old self, but I have to say, lit up in low light, it looks pretty gorgeous.

If you too want to make your apartment look like a Victorian fairy painting, you can buy the garland at the MoMA store.

July 23, 2012 Fairies Garland Light Tord Boontje my life

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I Am Not A F—king Fairy

Caleb and I have been going through the growing pains phase of our relationship, the part where you get deported from la-la land for being too happy, and are forced to confront the smoldering ashes of real life. Or something equally reminiscent of the scene in the 3rd season of True Blood when Sookie Stackhouse refuses to eat a fairy apple, or some shit, and ends up destroying their fairy fantasy world, revealing something that is reminiscent of the burned landscape in The Land Before Time.

Only our world is in Brooklyn, and our deportation is less traumatic, more of a soap bubble popping than a demon losing its shit. It’s not that we’re not still in love, it’s just that we’ve been confronted with some difficult realities—Caleb is moving, which is stressful for anyone, and I ran out of my medication for two days—that have tested our commitment to one another.

We’ve passed the test, but we’ve learned some new things about each other on the way.

December 6, 2011 Breaking Up Fairies Fighting With Boyfriend Love Mezcal True Blood my life

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