so i’m back from my little vacation to nyc.. i guess it wasn’t really so much a vacation. rather.. an investment on my future. but i just wanted to say.. hmm.. i got my internship offer.. my ticket towards the job that dreams are made of..
BUT.. as good as that news might deceivingly sound.. i have to say i wish i’d have been rejected... why you ask? well.. because even before i got home from the trip.. actually, even before i walked into that interview.. i knew i wasn’t going to take the offer. and isn’t it just much easier making a decision like this if you don’t have any choice at all, any offer? but as much as i think i’d love being paid to be surrounded by clothing and accessories, women... and of course gay men, all day at a fashion mag.. i’d much rather be close to home. yes.. here in WA. near my family... friends... and all the other crap that i’ve grown so used to i cant bear to be apart from now. haha. so i guess for me.. home is where the heart is? and since there seems to be no kind of job market for this sort of thing here in the NW.. i guess its a different route for me. unfortunate you say? well.. maybe not. let me enlighten you dear reader...
while interviewing with the panel of high end, snooty fashionistas, label whores and one uncommonly bitchy flaming homosexual man (he defn scared me the most)... i was uncomfortably questioning whether or not this might be the end of my great romance w/ ’fashion’ and all other prettiness that comes along w/ it. perhaps its not always the best idea to pursue a career doing what you love. no matter how great something might be there’s always those certain people that can ruin the one thing you thought could never be ruined. think about it, if you became a professional icecream taster, would you really be able enjoy it again when you know that you’ll be eating that shit everyday for the rest of your goddamn life?? nope. Didn’t think so. Hence.. all I have to say, is.. its good to be home. Well.. kinda but not really. U feel me right sujin? We went thru this..

anyways.. thanks Jane Magazine for the offer.. hope all I’ll be missing out on are fun filled days organizing the senior fashion editors contact list or some other bullshit task like it. ^_^

well.. here’s a little tour of nyc.. at least all the great art that you missed out on..

p.s. I got homesick on the very first day of the trip..

birds eye-view of the picturesque mt. ranier


best lodging ever. ^_^  W Tuscany..


out to dinner at a much overrated Tao.. (due to lost luggage davie’s still in sweats.. there is no way I would have ever let him out in that attire under any normal circumstances, of course.. hehe)


doin a little sightseeing around the city on day 1.. New York Public Library..


ever so breathtaking, Times Square…


"Dreamin of Juicy"..





the Met… a grownups toystore.. <3 this is defn. the way to spend a perfect day in NY.. stay until late evening and get away from the horrid crowds..


the largest collection of Egyptian art outside of Cairo..


Temple of Dendur 15 B.C. re-assembled


random candid shot of davie.. shutter went off by accident.. don’t you love when this happens? Pure glee on his face.. (he can thank the good company… )


checkin out the sculptures..


Botticelli…




another Botticelli as we make our way into the Robert Lehman Collection. "the Annunciation"


4 hours in and still savoring every minute of it…


Modigliani..


my favorite.. Klimt


Picasso..


Self portrait..


they have so many Picasso’s.. you kinda have to wonder how many pieces he actually crammed in throughout his lifetime..


seriously.. a lot..



davie’s fav.. Dali.. he is pretty damn amazing tho right? "the Accomodations of Desire"

Hopper.. not as great as "Nighthawks" but as the artist behind my favorite piece, just had to snap one..


"Gertrude Stein"


Tony Oursler exhibition.. "Climaxed".. I have to say.. this one kinda freaked me out a little..

Sigmund Freud..


Warhol..


Lichtenstein.. "Stepping Out". love his stuff.. see?.. some modern art can be good.. haha.


Van Gogh..


Gauguin.. "La Orana Maria"..


Renoir.. "Madame Marguerite Louise Lemonni"..


Degas.. snuck a picture in the no camera zone.. just couldn’t help myself.


Monet.. seriously.. there isn’t a great artist not featured here..


Gustave Moreau’s "Oedipus and the Sphinx"..


Tiepolo’s "Allegory of the Planets and Continents".. photographs really don’t do it justice..


Carle Vernet..


Raphael’s "Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints"..


this was one of my favorites by Velazquez.. isn’t the Holy One portrayed handsomely?? how often do you see that??


the last shot taken during our 8 hour tour of the museum… "Washington Crossing the Delaware".. yup, it’s the real thing.. (Emanuel Leutze)


MoMa- Day 3.. Matisse..


Matta..


Seurat.. "the Channel at Gravelines, Evening".. pretty amazing eh?


Van Gogh’s "Joseph Etienne Roulin".


again.. Klimt. "Hope II"..


another amazing Klimt.. "The Park"


"Starry Night" the one and only. my most starstruck moment in nyc..


Giorgio De Chirico.. "The Great Metaphysical Interior"..


Caught browsin through the exhibits..


Picasso.. "Girl with the Mandolin"..


their Picasso collection was huge as well.. "Seated Bather"

Severini.. "Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin"


Monet.. this one was kinda great..


David w/ his "Dali"..




Murakami. all you label whores better appreciate his brilliance if you wanna tote around his stuff. LV makes art appreciation easy..


Day 4.. The Natural History Museum of New York.. that humpback was enormous..


I told him to do a fun underwater pose..


me joining in on the fun.. J


"The Star of India".. looks much cooler in person..


back home.. <3