Love and Joy Come to You

Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a-wand'ring
So fair to be seen.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.

We are not daily beggers
That beg from door to door,
But we are neighbors' children
Whom you have seen before
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.

Good master and good mistress,
As you sit beside the fire,
Pray think of us poor children
Who wander in the mire.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.

We have a little purse
Made of ratching leather skin;
We want some of your small change
To line it well within.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.

Bring us out a table
And spread it with a cloth;
Bring us out a cheese,
And of your Christmas loaf.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.

God bless the master of this house,
Likewise the mistress too;
And all the little children
That round the table go.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year

A Yearly Fort?

I want to start a tradition. Around the holidays, every year, I will build a fort with whomever wishes to help me. A Holi-fort, if you will. When I was a kid, my sister and I and our friends loved making forts during sleep overs with unzipped, Disney character sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, and chairs from the kitchen table. This year, when I was home for Thanksgiving I was thinking back on those times and remembered it's magic. When I found out that my roommate Julia wanted in on wanting to build a fort with me...it was ON! When I got back to our little apartment for the last three weeks of school before winter break, the first thing we did....BAMMM! FORT! (Actually, that's a lie...the first thing we did was go to the 99cent store to buy holiday decorations. 10 decorations, $10. Yes please!)

Can I do it? Can I make this a tradition? I think yes. I also think it's something everyone can enjoy and helps bring people together.

So therefore, game on.

Photographic evidence of the 1st annual Fort:

Artist Statement and First Juried Show at LMU- Bellarmine Forum

I am in love with the art of photographing another human. I see it as a chance not only to get to know someone better, but also to learn something new about that person. It is something that could only be learned from spending time composing them inside the camera's viewfinder. I know for a fact that I have learned something new about every person I have taken a portrait of. It is a certain look in their eyes or a certain posture they posses in front of the camera that usually gives me a huge hint to what is going on inside their heads. People always act differently when they are in front of a camera and there is a certain vulnerability that comes with being the subject of a photograph. However, this is what makes a photograph interesting. To take a good portrait or just a photograph of any kind of a person is to see into their personality, but most importantly to see into their soul. We are all connected as humans, so there is no better way to share that connection than to photograph, to be photographed and to share those photographs with the world. It is important to see the similarities and discover the differences of people around the world. This is what I love most about portraiture.

(photograph from the Bellarmine Forum Juried Student Art Show-Theme: Vulnerability-Loyola Marymount University, Thomas P. Kelly, Jr.- Student Art Gallery-October 26-31, 2009)

Drifting

Even in the cold basement in the summer

I cover myself with mountains of comforters

so there is no light

I close my eyes

and drift...

Amazing music videos:

Sigur Ros- Hoppipolla

You know you love this one. Don't lie.

Ace of Base: The Sign

Not a music video, but a song worth giving a listen to:

Snow Patrol: An Olive Grove Facing The Sea

Simply awesome... I hope I have this kind of spunk when I'm 82.

Ben Kweller : Penny On The Train Track

Once again, not a music video, but a couple amazing songs by my favorite. The Shins.

Know Your Onion!

Split Needles

Cyndi Lauper- Love her.

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Edith Piaf has the coolest voice. She makes me so proud of the small part of French blood that I have in me. And she is so adorable when she speaks English.

The Little Sparrow sings: Milord

Sufjan Stevens is incredible and so cute ;) That is all there is to say about that. I might even put up two music videos:

For The Windows in Paradise, For The Fatherless in Ypsilanti

Not the real music video for this song, but the song is lovely:

Dress Looks Nice On You

Thanks to a friend I found out about Alice in Chains and this song in particular. Speaking of voices, his was sad but beautiful.

Nutshell

Rilo Kiley- Jenny Lewis is another one of my favorites.

Silver Lining

I love these songs/music videos because they have so much soul, unlike a lot of songs you hear these days.

That is all for now,

Meg