So! I finished the tshirt design for the perks on my funding project!
It’ll be available in various sizes and styles in high quality tshirts. Because I don’t do no scratchy tshirts.
Hi, I'm Amaya-- and my life is full of costuming, fashion, and general silliness that probably means nothing but is hella important anyway. Why? Because clearly, I've miscalculated somewhere.
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After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,
Please come to the gate immediately.
Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there.
An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress,
Just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly.
Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her
Problem? we told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she
Did this.
I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly.
Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick,
Sho bit se-wee?
The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—
She stopped crying.
She thought our flight had been canceled entirely.
She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the
Following day. I said no, no, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just late,
Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him.
We called her son and I spoke with him in English.
I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and
Would ride next to her—Southwest.
She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it.
Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and
Found out of course they had ten shared friends.
Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian
Poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours.
She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering
Questions.
She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered
Sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—
And was offering them to all the women at the gate.
To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a
Sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California,
The lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same
Powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies.
And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—
Non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African
American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice
And lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too.
And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands—
Had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing,
With green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always
Carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.
And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought,
This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.
Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped
—has seemed apprehensive about any other person.
They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.
This can still happen anywhere.
Not everything is lost.
"- Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” I think this poem may be making the rounds, this week, but that’s as it should be. (via awelltraveledwoman)
(via uncannibal)
1 month ago
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1 month ago
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Jk, have another psych post!
That was likely one of the best done episodes I’ve seen of psych yet. The silly was there and it made it more poignant, it was strained humor too— because shawn was trying really, really hard to make it through. and yea— we all want him to say the perfect thing. He could do it, right? He’s lived the lie of being a psychic forever now.
But if it was easy to continue, or to smooth things up with smooth words, then it wouldn’t be so obviously killing him. He’s emotional and afraid and because of it he doesn’t know what to say or do.
and the cinematography? The filters on the film and the differences in their interations and their costumes— and chief being all nice and understanding because really? She gets Shawn. She may not know directly but I think she damn well knows that Shawn was never really psychic.
This is totally why this show is really the only thing that I have a huge crazy amount of fan-ness for… and it was totally all because this is exactly how I’d imagine Jamie Madrox from Xfactor being.
/fan feels
1 month ago
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Have another status about psych.
OH MY GOD. last week was bad. This was just like.. whole episode was full of up and down and that ending. THAT ENDING.
My hearts can’t take it.
1 month ago
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Betta Fish designs— now with more mens! This is relavent to thefacelessmage, as he’ll be rockin’ the black and blue.
and, for those of you sharing my intial post— THANK YOU. it means so much. Those of you contributing to the collection— ALSO THANK YOU. You guys mean the world to me for forever.
http://www.gofundme.com/jessethaxton
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As angry as some of the fans are about this whole thing, I seriously loved tonight’s episode. It summed up the show. Silly, happy, all the bromance and then a punctuation of real emotion and relationships that jerks you to love theshow even more. Though..i am going to have to go back to watch shules-centric episodes to stem the feels while this goes down.
But those screaming ‘RUINED THE SHOW’ pleeease. They’re so not going to stay apart. Give it a few episodes and Jules’ll will calm down. It’s so clear that she’ll cave just like she did in Canada. They’ll be stronger! It’ll be another person in on the secret! Henry and Gus’ll talk to her, and life will be beautiful again in the land of psych.
1 month ago
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feet have never been my forte— but Here you go! illustration 1 of the masquarade collection. Thanks to all of you for your support— I’ve now purchased the wigs, shoes, hat supplies, and a bulk of the fabric. A little more to go, and it’s smooth sailing!
your support has meant the world. Seriously— I loveyou guys and appreciate every bit.
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http://www.gofundme.com/jessethaxton
FUND ME MAKING A COLLECTION OF CRAZY OPULENT MASQUERADE DRESSES AND (GASP) MEN’S CLOTHING.
These are the things I’ve done with my own limited budget of part time work and clothing sales. It’s hard— it’s lots of ramen, rarely venturing out beyond business trips, and generally scrimping and saving. I’d change none of that for the world but to make this next stage happen, I could -really- use some help. You see, I know I could design crazy over the top gowns and menswear and it could be nuts pretty— this isn’t a cocky satement it’s a knowing what I can do. I know how to block custom top hats, make crazy crinolines and generally create insane things that you’d see on Haute Couture runways. But those things take money. Lots of money.
But I”m never the one to ask for everything without giving something in return, so I’ve offered a great deal many things for those who help. So— thank you all for your forever support as I live my dreams, and if you can help with this (or even just share with your social networks) it’d mean SO muchto me. Like crazy amounts.
http://www.gofundme.com/jessethaxton
Credits:
1: Clothing and model, myself. Photograher: dugfinn
2: Clothing and model: Myself. Photographer: far sight imaging
3: clothing and model: Myself. Photographer: ALP photography
4: Clothing: myself Photographer: Fotomatters. Model: Madison Hart
5: clothing: Myself Photographer: Fotomatters. Model: Courtney Stewart
6: clothing: myself Accessories: Evil Pastry Studios. Model :Hope Smith photographer: Julia Elizabeth
As always, I love you guys.
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