ALISON ZULLO CAN DO THINGS

i can finish what i start

2011-11-22T10:38:00.000-08:00

here is the final installation:

i can still make a model

2011-11-15T20:58:00.000-08:00

an in-progress model of our next lobby installation:

i need a thimble.

i can make magic

2011-09-05T22:41:00.000-07:00

friend: what are you doing?
me: sewing human hair onto a dead rat.

my life is never boring.

i mentioned RADicorns in a previous post. over the long weekend i finally had a chance to make my dream a reality. not too bad for my first go at it, but you know what they say...practice makes perfect. hopefully by christmas i'll be good enough to give them as gifts. because honestly, who wouldn't want one? they're so PRECIOUS.

i can make up the past

2011-08-01T14:56:00.000-07:00

me and alfie started a new blog.

real art. fake history.

read it here: STUPID ART HISTORY

i can conquer the south

2011-07-29T11:42:00.000-07:00

greetings from our annual family reunion in north carolina! once again reaffirming the fact that no matter how hard i try, i'll always be a city girl. and a career woman. i don't know how people can just sit around all day. BORING.

but i love my family, so that makes it all okay.

i can survive in the wilderness

2011-07-18T12:43:00.000-07:00

i'm so happy that i just want to scream.

i can make lemonade

2011-06-20T21:45:00.000-07:00

so, i tried my hand at taxidermy again. this time with a larger bird. i currently have a freezer full of pheasants that my cousins gave me to practice on. i started with the small ugly one first. i kind of botched the job, but mostly because i still don't have all the right tools. but now i know. so pretty much the only part i could keep was the head.

the only logical thing to do was turn it into a dagger and give it to my lovely dad for father's day:

i can start my own business

2011-06-07T15:34:00.001-07:00

GET READY.

RADICORNS.com

i can still like this, right?

2011-05-23T12:44:00.001-07:00

these beautiful photos were taken by the US Marshal's office. if you're interested in purchasing any of the items, they'll be sold in an online auction starting wednesday. more can be found here.

oh, and everything pictured above belonged to the Unabomber.

i can help a friend

2011-05-10T17:59:00.000-07:00

I've been lucky enough to never have been directly affected by any of the 'please help yada yada do blah bitty blah' on facebook. my time, however, has come.

my friend cavin (one of the first people i met when moving to brooklyn a million years ago) has been in a serious accident and is in critical condition. like me, he has no health insurance. any donation will help and if you can't donate, please send some positivity his way.

i need my friend back in one piece.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

thank you <3

i can walk in circles

2011-04-28T08:24:00.001-07:00

does anyone want to go to the guggenheim soon to see Umberto Boccioni's "Will Smith in a Man-Rage"?

my boyfriend, Kazimir Malevich also has a few pieces in the show. so you should totally go.

i can look at this all day

2011-04-18T21:29:00.000-07:00

i can haz one of each?

2011-03-30T05:56:00.000-07:00

in honor of my lovely sister, who is now officially a vet tech!

ZOOBORNS.com

"do i sing like a bird?" I CAN IF YOU WANT

2011-03-26T08:23:00.001-07:00

side note: strangers with candy is the most hilarious show.

here is the new spring lobby installation at my job.

the poem says:
"my shoe is off.
my foot is cold.
i have a bird
i like to hold."
-dr. seuss

i can look at the stars

2011-03-26T08:15:00.000-07:00

i got a car, so i drove upstate to my hometown with some friends to look at SUPERMOON. it was pretty big.

mccabe loves to fetch and no pond is gonna slow him down.

i can bounce back

2011-03-26T08:07:00.001-07:00

pardon my lack of updates, but following a short stint of unemployment (during which i did nothing but eat baby carrots and hang out with my dog and play world of warcraft) i have managed to round up THREE jobs. and now im super busy. obv.

here is a quick recap of what i've been doing:

oh, and prettying the internet:
gypsylab.com
youknowdamnrite.com

i can never have children

2011-02-20T23:48:00.001-08:00

i nearly broke my ankle this weekend at my nephew Monster Truck's first birthday party. that's what i get for pretending to get shot down while running. NO ONE CAN DEFEAT OPTIMUS PRIME I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.

anyway, kids are disgusting but these guys are pretty cool. ryan took all of these. he is only 3.

i can mourn the death of OB

2011-02-18T11:17:00.000-08:00

i don't know if anyone else noticed, but my favorite tampons have vanished from the shelves. at first i thought it was just a drought my hood but then after some internet research i realized that this was a global catastrophe. but i think i've gotten to the root of the problem: JOANA VASCONCELOS

how could you do this to me?

i can see where i get it from....

2011-02-14T23:27:00.000-08:00

this is a card my father made for my mother for their first valentine's day.

it might be the most hilarious thing i have ever seen for a few reasons:

-my dad is a mechanic, hence the underlined 'brake' not 'break'
-the cover illustration? the blood is a great touch
-this was written before my dad had fully mastered english as his second language
-PURE ROMANCE. i like your all or nothing attitude dad. WELL DONE.

i can live in a motel room for 4 weeks

2011-02-11T10:34:00.000-08:00

i've decided to move to montana for 4 weeks this summer to go to taxidermy school. when i get back, i will have:
-2 fish
-2 birds
-1 live sized mammal
-1 rug
-1 wall mount
as well as everything i'll need to start my own tannery. i'm gonna make so much leather.

I am going to try to sell these items to help cover the cost of my tuition. the student housing is a motel 6. in the middle of montana. basically someone is probably going to taxidermy me. I'm dead as day.

additionally, i've stumbled across this artist Claire Morgan, who now i am basically obsessed with. she has an amazing fly sculpture that looks eerily similar to the one i was planning with my fly collection that someone THREW IN THE GARBAGE. who would throw out a box of flies!? obviously someone was saving them.

see more of her work here!

i can still eat ridiculous food

2011-01-23T20:51:00.000-08:00

(that is actually suzy's body)

soooo the JETS are not going to the super bowl, but i won't let that stop me. i will eat deliciously disgusting food in their honor every sunday for the rest of my life or until i die of a heart attack. i will also increase my wing consumption exponentially each week.

i was saving my pepperoni/jalapeno pizza with pizza roll crust for the super bowl, but i suppose now i'll eat it during the puppy bowl instead. or maybe for breakfast tomorrow. (i'm an emotional eater and this is a trying time for me. GET OFF MY BACK.)

i still love you baby:

because you're so metal:

i can geek out

2011-01-06T20:24:00.000-08:00

i can't help but think that my recent obsession with a certain text based RPG is somehow slightly related to a new groundbreaking MMORPG/TV show that will be launched really soon. OH MY GOD WHAT AM I EVEN TALKING ABOUT. NO ONE WILL MARRY ME NOW. NOT ONE PERSON.

but seriously. every post for the next 4 days is going to be about CES.

at least Pegasus still loves me..even if he only drinks MILK at the inn...LOSER

i can marry a dentist

2011-01-04T19:41:00.000-08:00

that would help. i just pulled a mess of broken fake tooth from my pants pocket.

GIMME A BREAK.

only one thing left to do: REPLACE IT WITH GOLD.

i can defeat the red dragon

2011-01-02T22:38:00.001-08:00

actually...i probably can't. but i'm gonna try. i can't believe i'm addicted to this game.

i can make resolutions

2011-01-02T13:01:00.001-08:00

i mean, no one ever sticks with them, so my new years resolution is to find a husband on the internet.
i would like to be married by the end of the year.

also, i would like to try to stop picking my nose.

i suppose the success of one depends on the success of the other.

additionally, i think i should start wearing more fake hair.

i can build a snow fort

2010-12-28T11:01:00.000-08:00

i'm sure by now you've heard about the great blizzard of 2010. lucky me had the day off and kept our summer tradition of fort building alive by slaving away all day on the most amazing snow fort ever. complete with fire pit and hobbit hole.

yeah. we're cooking hot dogs.

i can holiday recap

2010-12-26T20:40:00.000-08:00

my family is so embarrassingly awesome

i can dream of a white christmas

2010-12-24T07:37:00.000-08:00

one last thing before i head upstate to eat cookies with my family

merry christmas!

[from Pratt + Paper & Ralph Pucci]

i can get used to this

2010-12-22T23:51:00.000-08:00

i just got back to nyc after spending 5 relaxing days in denver with some of my favorite people.
i really really love it there.

yesterday felt like an epic date montage.
i could eat ducks and drink scotch forever.
go see my art at MCA DENVER.

i can eat cookies in an igloo in midtown

2010-12-16T18:06:00.000-08:00

this is the winter lobby for my office. (we change it up every 3 months)

no one thought we'd be able to transform a ton of milk jugs into an igloo, but we did because we're awesome.
i love it in there (and not just because there is a never-ending supply of chocolate chip cookies).

those 'eames' rockers are SO COMFORTABLE. i want one.

i can get in the christmas spirit

2010-12-02T17:30:00.000-08:00

yesterday we had our annual christmas tree decorating party. good friends, spiced wine, and lots of felt. oh, and bedazzles...can't forget the bedazzles. (thanks mom!)

this year, however, we traded in our old lil' wayne tree topper (a cut out printed piece of paper with holes for light to shine through for the bling) for a new one. it looks exactly like lil' wayne. it even has tattooed eye lids.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

i can sit on a porch swing

2010-11-29T20:03:00.000-08:00

i designed the lobby for my job when i first started there. if you recall me talking about drawing squirrels in illustrator, this is what became of that:

totally awkward going in for a job interview and the only place to sit and wait is a bright orange swing. especially awkward when you're not the only person waiting.

i am currently working on the new winter lobby. unfortunately a polar bear skin rug did not fit into the budget. BUMMERRR!

i can talk on the phone

2010-11-27T23:16:00.000-08:00

i'm not even going to make up excuses for my lack of updating. i'm a busy woman. and i hate logging out of gmail to log into the account associated with this blog. i also hate checking my voice mail. i just wont do it.

ANYWAY! recently Sam Schachter of the SamHasFriends blog interviewed me.

you can hear it at the link below. i would like to say that i don't sound like a mouse in a toilet bowl in real life, but i guess i do.

CLICK HERE! ! !!! SamHasFriends

i can freak out a little bit...

2010-10-19T23:22:00.001-07:00

i got word this morning that the package of letter pressed covers for FakeOrange4 had arrived from portland, via the wonderful Britt Madden.

so after nearly a full day of taunting and teasing (see picture texts below) from my co workers at only hearts (i had them shipped there to defend against bushwick hooligans) i went to pick them up.

THEY ARE AMAZING. i've added one to the prototype of the zine and. oh my god. it doesnt even look like i made it. it looks like something you buy from a publisher. we've really outdone ourselves this time. and now that the covers are here we're gonna fast track them into your hands.

i can become a millionaire

2010-10-15T20:08:00.000-07:00

so, i think i've done it.
invented the clever thing that everyone will want to buy. no no, its not the strapkin™. that's another BRILLIANT idea.

i haven't built a piece of furniture with my own hands in over 2 years. oh wait, that's a lie. me and jeremy built benches for the backyard this summer. but those were crude, made of wood found in the neighborhood.

this is going to be one of my favorite things to build, and i'm gonna love having it floating around the house.

i won't tell you what it is exactly, but once it's done, you will see in all it's glory.

tonight i made a quarter scale model of it out of chipboard and it is magnificent.

i can glitter anything

2010-09-24T16:15:00.000-07:00

I've been working extra at only hearts in preparation for the 10th anniversary of the mott street store.

someone noticed my excellent typography, (the kerning between the R and the T is bad...i know, i know...) thank you very much.

do you know how hard it is to x-acto perfect letters out of chipboard with hot glue blisters and all over your fingers and blood everywhere? PRETTY HARD.

(i stole these pictures from here: zimbio)

i can love unconditionally

2010-09-12T12:37:00.000-07:00

"Generally, people don't like each other very much. And that goes for friends, too. Sometimes I lie in bed trying to decide which of my friends I truly care about, and I always come to the same conclusion: none of them. I thought these were just my starter friends and the real ones would come along later. But no. These are my real friends."
-Miranda July

"Friends are like that. They aren't pretty."
-Tatyana Tolstaya

I CAN DO THINGS

2010-09-11T00:18:00.001-07:00

new job! i love it!

new job offer! i love it too!

i want to love them both at the same time!

i've gone so long without WORKING that i feel like it serves me right to work 2 full time jobs plus one part time job.

plus travel to CANADA for BUSINESS.

MIDTOWN+BIZ CASH=ME
ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M A WOMAN.
attending 'fashion week' events.

am i out of my league?

NOPE.

i can get organized

2010-08-29T11:09:00.000-07:00

THINGS ARE HAPPENING!

i can be the fun, gross aunt

2010-08-22T19:54:00.000-07:00

thank god my sister didn't have girls:

i can miss ryan manning

2010-08-18T18:27:00.001-07:00

i was just looking for my birth certificate in my email archives and i stumbled across this interview between me and ryan manning for thunk.

there is no record of our love on the internet.

RM: what is your ethnicity?
AZ: i'm half italian and half german.

R: what do you aspire to?
A: being able to support myself by doing something i love and having that positively affect the lives of other people.
i would also like to be famous enough to have an intern who is willing to transcribe everything i say because most of the time i'm really funny and i have a bad memory.

R: what is your ultimate fantasy?
A: if we're speaking non-sexually, it would be great if my love for the internet was not unrequited. i mean, the internet has already been living with me in my apartment for almost 6 years and i'm ready to take our relationship to the next level. i would like to bring the internet home to my parents and introduce it as my boyfriend.
if we are speaking sexually, i would say, without going far into details, that at the end of my fantasy i will have at least one black eye, ligature marks, and light to severe bruising on my neck and body.

R: under what circumstances would you tell a lie?
A: well, since i'm what you might call a "compulsive liar", pretty much any circumstances will do. In fact, I'm lying right now. I'm not a compulsive liar.

R: what qualities attract you to someone?
A: strong forearms and a good sense of humor. i'm also attracted to the smell of men's armpits but i think that has to do more with science than personal preference.

R: when you were growing up what did you want to be?
A: i always wanted to be an interior designer and then i became an interior designer and i realized i actually didn't want to be an interior designer. now i want to be a math teacher but i don't think that will happen.

R: what is your political affiliation?
A: i'm registered as a democrat but i believe in socialism.

R: has anyone ever said something about you to you that shocked you?
A: i think that i'm pretty self aware...i get shocked anytime someone compliments me. once someone told me my writing was good and i thought that was shocking since i don't consider myself a writer.

R: do you like talking on the phone?
A: i'd rather talk on the phone than check my voice mail.

R: did either of your parents ever talk to you about sex when you were growing up?
A: i don't think so. but my mother called me last month and asked me if i was on birth control and i told her i wasn't because i didn't want to pay for it. she told me if i wanted to be on birth control she could get it for free and then suggested i accept her offer so i did. that's the most sex talk we've ever had.

R: what do you think happens to us after we die?
A: our tissues break down into simpler forms of matter?

R: do you like where you live?
A: very much...there are 5 people, 1 cat, and 1 dog and the walls are made of metal studs and cardboard. its like a circus fort for adults.

R: what sort of things would cause you to lose your temper?
A: i get kind of angry when people on the subway are playing music out loud on their cell phones or babies are crying. i think there are many other things that cause me to lose my temper based on the number of times i'm told to "calm down", but i can't think of what they are right now.

R: if you could be anywhere in the world doing anything you wanted right now, where would you be and what would you be doing?
A: i would be in germany eating some schnitzel and bratworst and a drinking beer with banana juice in it.

R: if you were to choose between the power of invisibility and the power of flight, which would you choose and why?
A: i would choose invisibility for two reasons:
1. i'm a creep/stalker and invisibility would prove beneficial in my stealthy activities, and
2. i wouldn't want to have to explain to anyone the reason i could fly. i don't really like talking to people that much.

R: what do you want your last meal to be?
A: maybe the biggest burrito ever, heavy on the guac.

R: you have three wishes. what are they?
A: 1. my family and friends stay healthy and happy.
2. FakeOrange becomes something more than a project we do for fun, but always stays a project we do for fun.
3. the internet falls in love with me.

R: how do you feel about this interview?
A: i like it because it made me feel good about myself. thanks for that.

i can go for round four

2010-08-05T14:09:00.000-07:00

FakeOrange 4 is well on it's way to becoming a real thing.

over 50 submissions from all over the country ( maybe even THE WORLD )

this one is gonna be good!

i can move on, if i have to

2010-08-05T14:07:00.000-07:00

i can keep my cool..

2010-07-20T09:07:00.001-07:00

BUT THIS HEAT WAVE IS REALLY PUSHING ME TO MY LIMIT.

oh
AND SO IS SHE:

i can summer in a penthouse apartment in the adobe creative suite

2010-07-13T05:51:00.000-07:00

man. thank god no one looks at this blog. im the worst blogger ever. only asian robots look at it. and thats ok with me.

SO its been over a month. and in that time i've been mostly trying to get a tan. and doing bikram everything. bikram eating, bikram sleeping, bikram fetch, bikram tv watching

but i've also been bikram working. and we're kind of in the final push for submissions for the next fakeorange and im glad to get that going again.

although i think i might need a brief InDesign break once this whole annual report thing is over.

robbie and i have decided to finally join forces officially and start our own design studio and im REALLY EXCITED about it. i've been doing design on my own for too long...it will be nice to have someone to design-talk to.

here are some things i did:

i can blog from 35,072 feet

2010-06-06T10:03:00.000-07:00

this might be closest i'll ever get to blogging from space.
my body is moving at a speed of 616 mph.
i am 35,072 feet above iowa.
it is -55 degrees outside.
in 1,061 miles i will be back in brooklyn
where i belong.

my watch is stuck in LA time, but i had fun:

i can start a collection

2010-05-28T21:22:00.000-07:00

i've been finding and saving dead flies at work. i have about 8 of them at this point so i'm pretty sure it now classifies as a collection.

i'm not sure what i'm going to do with them yet, but i bet it will be amazingly weird.

i can ride a bicycle

2010-05-26T07:20:00.000-07:00

i can support my friends

2010-05-22T09:28:00.000-07:00

last night i went to the greenpoint gallery to see a group show featuring alfie and megan. i am proud of them.
music was so much sexier in the past.

i can reminisce

2010-05-17T09:18:00.000-07:00

i really miss these girls. i can't believe its been a year since we all graduated.

i can relinquish control

2010-05-11T09:35:00.000-07:00

i can, i swear. eh...only time will tell.
you're confused. let me explain.

if you haven't already heard, we've begun collecting submissions for the 4th edition of FakeOrange Zine.
if you would like to submit [writing, illustration, painting, photography, etc]
please email me: alisonzullo@gmail.com

USUALLY i am responsible for the look and feel of FakeOrange. THIS TIME, however, we have a special guest designer, Nick Pizzolato.
i'm still gonna make a million lists.

view the first three editions online at fakeorange.com

i can sell fancy lingerie

2010-05-09T15:32:00.000-07:00

i can procrastinate really well

2010-05-07T12:27:00.000-07:00

turn up your sound. click this. you won't be disappointed.

i can live the quiet life

2010-05-04T09:40:00.000-07:00

i have a job again! at least for a few weeks...i forgot about my love/hate relationship with InDesign. right now i kind of love it, but im sure in a week i'm going to want to pull my hair out.

i've been spending some quality time with my roommates and mccabe. it feels nice to come home from work at a reasonable hour, make dinner, and sit on the couch with the boys watching american pickers.

i can LOL

2010-05-02T11:07:00.000-07:00

USELESS FLIERS

i can move on

2010-04-30T21:52:00.001-07:00

today was one of my last days at only hearts for a while...i'm gonna miss gimme coffee and working with steph a million hours a week:

i can do without the kids

2010-04-30T10:49:00.000-07:00

winter time in bushwick is so quiet but as soon as the weather starts to get warmer all the youngins come out of hiding.

UGH
if i never have to hear a 5 year old yell through my window asking for snacks again...let's just say it wouldn't be the end of the world.

BRYAN: king of the block

happy birthday ben

2010-04-27T12:24:00.000-07:00

thanks for taking my shoes off last night.

i can hang out in the country

2010-04-26T11:46:00.000-07:00

me and my dad went on a new hampshire road trip this weekend to visit my aunts and cousins:

i can tame a wild beast

2010-04-22T15:04:00.000-07:00

this is my dog McCabe. if you know him, you know what a feat this truly is.

music: Europe-The Final Countdown

i can take a hint

2010-04-22T10:16:00.000-07:00

silhouette masterpiece theater

i can go to the club

2010-04-10T15:14:00.000-07:00

sort of.

this 'summer' so far has been incredible. the only thing missing is alfie.

i can bake

2010-04-09T19:26:00.000-07:00

me and jeremy made wu-tang chip cookies to try to cheer up our roommate ben.
i hope it worked.
wu-tang cookies ain't nothing to fuck wit.

(jeremy fashioned the cookie cutter out of a piece old metal track we had lurking around in the basement)
i have a feeling our cookies are gonna start getting a little out of control.

i can be your lover, not just be your friend

2010-04-09T07:27:00.000-07:00

la bionda-i wanna be your lover

i can try to make the ugliest face ever

2010-04-08T16:31:00.000-07:00

ryan pfluger took most of these but i think they're amazing.
i didn't realize how much i missed sitting outside drinking iced coffee.

i can get a little creeped out sometimes

2010-04-08T08:48:00.000-07:00

i saw this while soaking up the sun in maria hernandez park yesterday. neighborhood kid says "look at dat clown" and i thought he was making fun of someone. NOPE.

clown on a cell phone.

i can read russian

2010-04-06T09:01:00.000-07:00

i guess if someone asked me what i want to be when i grow up, my current answer would be "russian"

for some reason i'm obsessed. it might have started when i was working on my undergraduate thesis at pratt and did a lot of research on the russian suprematists.

anyway, i've been reading a collection of short stories by tatyana tolstaya and i don't ever want them to end. i wish i could actually read russian so i could read them exactly as she wrote them. alas.

let's go to russia because it seems like the most magical place on earth. according to carson ellis:

i can love the beautiful and the grotesque

2010-04-05T07:09:00.000-07:00

myles karr is a new friend and amazing artist.
i want my body covered in his work.
check out his website and his blog

i can keep a secret (most of the time)

2010-04-05T07:05:00.000-07:00

See more illustrations by Justin Gabbard

i can nostalgia on a sunny day

2010-04-03T13:42:00.000-07:00

sitting in my living room with my pup listening to kind of like spitting and wondering how most of the people i love ended up in the far reaches of the earth and not here with me where they belong.

We Got As Far As Minnesota, KOLS

In the desert we get sunburned. Tally up our losses by a broken down car. We're surprised we got this far. What will your parents think? You gave up everything for teenage love, and you're 23. Gave up everything for heartbreak and sweet cake for second looks and make out sessions under the stars.

And when they look at our dirty hands we get followed in supermarkets. You especially with your backpack with patches, you're not even that punk anymore, they don't know the difference like I do. You gave up everything for a 1983 ideology, romantic novels in your back pocket. I'm sitting on my ass at the gas station smoking cigarettes, my feet are drenched with rain, I'm throwing in the towel.

here are pictures from my road trip to california with dave mangels. we also video blogged the whole thing and you can see that here: Best Friends Road Trip 09

i can taxidermy birds

2010-03-30T23:39:00.000-07:00

“In the suffocating undergrowths of Persian red lilac, the cat mauls sparrows. We found a sparrow like that. Someone had scalped its toy head. A naked fragile skull like a gooseberry. A martyred sparrow face. We made it a cap of lace scraps, made it a white shroud, and buried it in a chocolate box. Life is eternal. Only birds die.”
-Tatyana Tolstaya

i can love the internet and ben folds

2010-03-22T23:20:00.000-07:00

i want to marry ben folds. i feel like he'd be a good husband.
ben folds, you should marry me. will you?
if not, hopefully i'll see you on chatroulette one day.

i can rush the season

2010-03-21T14:28:00.000-07:00

i think im going crazy

2010-03-15T21:27:00.000-07:00

it sounds like
there is a train heading right for my bedroom
it doesn't sound like a plane or a truck
definitely a train. like a steam engine.
how can this be?

i can appreciate the beauty in industry

2010-03-14T10:21:00.000-07:00

undisclosed top secret location

i can disappear for a while.

2010-03-04T14:43:00.000-08:00

but i'll always come back.

i've been in a weird depressed funk due to not having the job of my dreams yet. it's really hard to stay motivated with no one around to motivate you. i'm suffering from school PPD or something. we have a love/hate relationship.

i've been working on some new things in COMPLETE SECRECY after the heinz ketchup packet incident.

but lets just say..my new surger is getting put to good use and people's bikes and bellies will be happy.

i am obsessed with Antony Gormley all of a sudden:

here is his website

i can go to the opening for the first show i've ever designed...

2009-09-16T20:06:00.000-07:00

tonight was amazing.
alfie met me at the AIGA gallery for the opening of 365.
i've been working on this show with my professor/boss matthew moore since i graduated FIT.
many hours spent lovingly/hatingly with InDesign and many near disasters later the show opened and seemed to be a hit? who knows really.

it opens to the public on friday.
AIGA 5th ave between 21st and 22nd...free always.

stefan sagmeister was there for a nano-second disappeared before i could work up the courage to talk to him...maybe next time, but still highlight of my design life.

i think i'm gonna make it

fakeorange 3.0AK

2009-08-11T20:38:00.000-07:00

my first art show!

RSVP here

ryan manning is a genius

2009-07-22T12:59:00.000-07:00

another one of our conversations. this is amazing:

2009-06-25T15:59:00.001-07:00

i can not recognize my face

2009-06-19T12:38:00.001-07:00

it seems that my body has forsaken me.

bones growing more bones, just not where or when i need them
the space between my nose and upper lip is getting bigger
i can see through the skin on my hands
except for the parts where there are scars

i can come clean.

2009-05-21T23:33:00.001-07:00

today in class (which i have, even though i've graduated...just doesn't make sense) we had to go around the room in typical first day fashion, introduce ourselves, say where we're from what we've done blah blah blah. but this time we had to say a fact about ourselves that our classmates did not know. we've been together for a while now, and i'm pretty sure most people in the class know more about me that i know about them or they know about each other (im pretty open/honest)

so when thinking about my thing to tell, instead of talking about how i took ice skating lessons when i was younger, or how i pushed my little sister down the stairs on halloween when she was dressed like jasmine from aladdin, or that i pick my nose and put my boogers in the cuff of my pants, i decided to tell something that i felt was important for them all to know.

when i applied to FIT to get my master of the arts degree in exhibition design, i had not one drop of intention of being an exhibition designer. the only reason i applied was because i got laid off from my dream job, couldnt find anything that compared, and had an opportunity to teach at parsons if only i had a masters in SOMETHING. and then well well well. one year, SUNY prices, master degree plopped in my lap. so i applied and got in and figured it couldnt be THAT bad. and if it was, well it was only for a year.

BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED. i realized that i actually LIKED exhibition design. in fact, I LOVED IT. and for the first time ever, i could see myself doing this ONE thing for (if not the rest of my life) a long time.

and now i've found myself on a pretty decent path to 'establishing' myself to some degree in the field. thats a lie. but i'd say i'm in a way better position than i was when i finished up at pratt and im WAAAAAAAAY happier.

i guess what i'm trying to say is that everything is gonna be okay.

its crazy how the world works.

i can not even believe this:

2009-05-18T15:08:00.000-07:00

GUTEN TOUCH from Multitouch Barcelona on Vimeo.

this studio (and website) is amazing.
Multitouch Barcelona

and also watch this video
hi.

i can haz 'nother degree?

2009-05-16T08:07:00.000-07:00

i keep having dreams in which i am creating things by processes i know nothing about. maybe they dont exist yet or maybe they do and im just ignorant to their existence.

at any rate, all of these dreams obviously seem to be pointing me towards a degree in science. it is something i've always wanted to pursue, as i find it interesting and i think it will help fill this weird void i have in my relationship with design.

last night in my sleep i created pieces of industrial design through a chemical reaction between two metals, one liquid and one solid. the process/end result sort of resembled a failed souffle.

i need to marry a scientist.

i can NOT stop watching these videos.

2009-05-14T17:06:00.001-07:00

Lawson Klein bottle - transparent from Daniel Piker on Vimeo.

i also want to do this for the rest of my life:

Deployable/Transformable Structures from Daniel Piker on Vimeo.

Daniel Piker

i can hardly recognize lil' kim

2009-05-14T16:50:00.000-07:00

but she loves the internet too!

only girl for me

i can try to promote my work and that of others...

2009-05-03T07:28:00.001-07:00

this is kind of old news, but fakeorange 2.0 is ready for purchase!

you can get your hands on a copy on our etsy site

i made this stupid video to show how hard we worked, but also to humiliate alfie:

also, the first edition of fakeorange is officially out of print, but you can view it online here...

featuring the work of Ellen Frances, Julian Gilbert, Alfie, Ryan Pfluger, Brad Walsh, AND MORE!

i can defeat the evil grad school

2009-05-03T07:22:00.000-07:00

at least i hope so. here is another one of those amazing conversations with ryan manning.

you can see more here:

i can finally be the science nerd i've always wanted to be

2009-04-24T12:51:00.000-07:00

i got an internship designing exhibitions at Liberty Science Center! the commute is terrible, but i'm so excited about the project i'll be working on that i'm going to overlook it. i went there yesterday for the first time since maybe '94..it was way more awesome than i remember. i cant wait to go back. everyday. for 6 weeks starting in june. yay!

laptops are the best invention ever..im working on my thesis, eating an egg salad sandwich, hanging with the dog AND basking in the sun! all at the same time! can you believe it?! me either.

i can love a vampire

2009-04-13T20:07:00.001-07:00

i can write 'poetry'

2009-04-09T15:55:00.000-07:00

a poem for ryan manning:

i'm supposed to go to a show
with this girl michelle
but it's in park slope
and that's kind of far

i can do this...

2009-03-31T09:08:00.000-07:00

there are 6 weeks left of graduate school.
next week is spring break.
i would like to be mostly done with my thesis
by the time spring break is over.

there are many things i need to do
in the next 6 weeks.
i'm kind of freaking out.

there are many college students outside my classroom and i want to be there too.

i have a crush on a boy i've never met.
i dont even really know what he looks like.
but i think about him all the time and
last night i had a sex dream about him and
i dont usually have sex dreams.

i can answer questions

2009-03-27T22:32:00.001-07:00

ryan manning interviewed me for his blog 'thunk'.

check it out here:
ryan manning v alison zullo

also, check out his other blog here:
gus-van-sant

his poem in FakeOrange 2.0 is one of my favorites. you would agree if you bought it here:
Love, The Internet

i can participate in genius conferences

2009-03-21T16:42:00.001-07:00

thanks nick and matt for helping us bang out the zines this weekend...it was way more fun than i could have imagined.

here are some pictures from the process and the party:

i can...uh...

2009-03-19T17:54:00.001-07:00

alfie: hi

me: hey

alfie: im invisible

me: i can see that

i can meet deadlines...

2009-03-19T10:25:00.000-07:00

fake orange 2.0 (Love, The Internet) is printing RIGHT NOW. i cant wait to get back to the clubhouse to pull an all-nighter cutting and folding and silk screening and stapling. the prototypes look really good! im excited to show it to everyone tomorrow and to see all of these brilliant people in the same room (thanks to ellen frances)

yaaaay!

i can die happy...

2009-03-11T21:53:00.000-07:00

me and ian went to see cursive the other night and it was the best show i've been to in a VERY long time. i got that feeling..you know...when you know that everything is going to be okay and it all finally makes sense. i don't know.

i've decided that i love the new album and this song in particular:

What Have I Done?

A year now and nothing much has changed
Holed up in a motel in El Paso
This was meant to be my great escape
I got lost along the way
Amongst free HBO and take out

I'm gonna write my Moby Dick
More like scratching lyrics on paper plates
I spent the best years of my life
Waiting on the best years of my life
So what's there to write about?

What have I done?
What have I done?

So is this my destiny?
From starlight into eternity
The gods must be laughing down at me
Ha ha ha

A traveling salesman at twenty years old
Stranded in Ann Arbor with a flat tire
I watched the sun sadly set
Any younger I may have wept
Much older I wouldn't have noticed
But I was out there in the world
And the world it passed me by
I was telling everyone back home
That I was taking it by storm
Instead I watched it from the roadside

What have I done?
What have I done?

Are these the best tales I can spin?
A boy waiting to begin
A man of no memoirs
What have I done?
What have I done?

And you're young and you're gonna be someone
And you're old and you're ashamed of what you've become
Well take a look around you
You're preaching to the choir

Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!

Tell me darling, what have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?

i can look homeless even if im not

2009-02-24T08:49:00.000-08:00

the other day i was on huddled on the corner of 5th and 21st with my hobo gloves on making a peanut butter sandwich on my backpack. with my dirty jeans and five dollar sneakers, not to mention my lack of a coat and the fact that i hadnt showered in almost a week i'm kind of shocked that no one offered me money.

similarly, alfie was sitting on the stoop last week smoking a cigarette and a boy offered her a bacon egg and cheese.

how did this happen?

i can be an exhibition designer

2009-02-12T18:21:00.001-08:00

in the past two days i've been to two different design offices: ESI and the museum of natural history.

and i kind of want to work at both. throughout this whole program i didnt think i wanted to be an exhibition designer, but after seeing the offices and meeting with people in the field and experiencing the work...i think this is something i could do and enjoy and be really good at.

i hope i get a job when im done with school, im kind of freaking out.

i'd be content making plastic leaves for AMNH for some months....you know i love that tedious work

i can get a weave from my roommate...

2009-02-02T19:34:00.000-08:00

today me and dana decided it would be a good idea to go down to graham ave and buy some human hair to attach to my head.

so we did.
and 15 bucks, multiple stab wounds, and lots of mousse later, my weave was born.

im a new woman: