May 23, 2014
May 22, 2014
fInally!
Ok ,so I told you I wanted to share the Story of Our Cover Shoot with Elfie Semotan. I'LL really do that very very soon, the only thing is that this takes time- which I don't have that much lately. But: as a little something I thought I might share the drawing Mr.O did for me after I told him what I wanted and how it should lOOk like. Of course everything turned out completely different. But still. I love them. and I think they are really funny.
And I was really (actually I still am!) very serious about them. very.
serious.
alsO. Elfie totally agreed on doing all this. i really lOved that, tOO.
sO: there you go.
EXPLICIT! EXQUISITE!
<3
the long hair was really important. I ordered a wig. it never arrived.
And I was really (actually I still am!) very serious about them. very.
serious.
alsO. Elfie totally agreed on doing all this. i really lOved that, tOO.
sO: there you go.
EXPLICIT! EXQUISITE!
<3
May 21, 2014
jOke
on sunday I saw a guy. he was wearing a TShirt. It had a cheering face on it. The face said "I pooped today".
OK. maybe that's not funny.
still:cracked me up!
<3
ME
OK. maybe that's not funny.
still:cracked me up!
<3
ME
May 20, 2014
dId I tell yOu..
..that Our 1st ever Video is finished? It is It is It is! and it turned Out better than One could have imagined. thanks to: www.bernhardrappold.at.
sO. this is really exciting. Otherwise: a lazy day with two hOurs for myself. felt weird!!!
and nOw.
good Nighters
<3
ME.
sO. this is really exciting. Otherwise: a lazy day with two hOurs for myself. felt weird!!!
and nOw.
good Nighters
<3
ME.
May 19, 2014
May 18, 2014
I knOw!
I made a promise. this was: to post on here every day. from then on (like what? 2 weeks ago?) Ok. But: in my mind, when I wrote that promise, I also wrote "for the next month" or maybe even "for the next week". Alright. It didn't show up in the pOst. and that means: I made a promise to write On here (in here, out of here) every single day for the next decade (or longer). BUT: yesterday I forgot. and I am really and terribly sOrry for that. but I have a great excuse. I guess.
So: I might forget again. I hope not. I am sorry. I am not a promisebreakeress.
And: thank you for writing me sweet messages, and coming here, and checking out my stuff and wanting to hear more. I'm SO wOrking On it. I guess "stay tuned" is the thing tO say right nOw. and be prepared!
thank you thank you.
gOOD night
<3
ME
So: I might forget again. I hope not. I am sorry. I am not a promisebreakeress.
And: thank you for writing me sweet messages, and coming here, and checking out my stuff and wanting to hear more. I'm SO wOrking On it. I guess "stay tuned" is the thing tO say right nOw. and be prepared!
thank you thank you.
gOOD night
<3
ME
May 16, 2014
May 15, 2014
I am A
Shy.
I'm so shy.
Changed my ways
many times.
Tried to walk ahead of you.
Tried to kiss you all night through.
Tried to inhale you.
I always tried to inhale you.
There was no reason to
not to trust in you.
I'm dragging my wishes
Through deep steps in my mind.
My name is yours now.
Never to escape.
Ok. here are some lyrics. This feels weird. the very last track I wrote for Messiah. Just before the last day of recording.
<3
ME.
I'm so shy.
Changed my ways
many times.
Tried to walk ahead of you.
Tried to kiss you all night through.
Tried to inhale you.
I always tried to inhale you.
There was no reason to
not to trust in you.
I'm dragging my wishes
Through deep steps in my mind.
My name is yours now.
Never to escape.
Ok. here are some lyrics. This feels weird. the very last track I wrote for Messiah. Just before the last day of recording.
<3
ME.
May 14, 2014
..
sometimes it's better to say nothing. i guess.
and. people who know me also know that this is really hard for me.
but: i did aerial yoga today (hanging in/on/under ropes, try to do yoga, breathe deeply, and also trying not to make a complete idiot out of myself.)
my ooommm at the end was the loudest. and longest. and lowest. wonder where this is coming from.
stop.
life is gOOd!
ME
and. people who know me also know that this is really hard for me.
but: i did aerial yoga today (hanging in/on/under ropes, try to do yoga, breathe deeply, and also trying not to make a complete idiot out of myself.)
my ooommm at the end was the loudest. and longest. and lowest. wonder where this is coming from.
stop.
life is gOOd!
ME
May 13, 2014
dear yOu
yOu dear,
i know I got a little lazy these last days. posting mainly photos on here. not telling you much more about everything else. sO i thought i might do this soon. like tomorrow. or ..sOOn. but today: Sigmar Polke at MOMA. if you are in new york please go there. or come here to go there. it's worth it. then: Balthazar for Oysters and Champagne. (well, no Oysters for me, I don't want to recite the last time i had Oysters at grill royale in Berlin. it involved Sven Regener, Rammstein, Oysters, Taxis, throwing up. O! and me.). then: pick up Mini Me, trying to hide the champagne-mOOd. thIs is hOw we dO it.
sO: i'll be better. sOON!
<3
ME
i know I got a little lazy these last days. posting mainly photos on here. not telling you much more about everything else. sO i thought i might do this soon. like tomorrow. or ..sOOn. but today: Sigmar Polke at MOMA. if you are in new york please go there. or come here to go there. it's worth it. then: Balthazar for Oysters and Champagne. (well, no Oysters for me, I don't want to recite the last time i had Oysters at grill royale in Berlin. it involved Sven Regener, Rammstein, Oysters, Taxis, throwing up. O! and me.). then: pick up Mini Me, trying to hide the champagne-mOOd. thIs is hOw we dO it.
sO: i'll be better. sOON!
<3
ME
May 12, 2014
sO. Ok.
we all know that I was there, and we all know (by now) what I wore. It's mostly Petar Petrov, also some Vintage. and Falke socks. But, since I just recieved this: the last. alsO because trying to look cool worked a little better here. and because I like the New York Magazine.
and: this is a prOmise: no more streetstyle pictures for ..some time now.
Happy mOthersday you dearest mothers, mothers to be, grandmOthers and almOst like a mother(s) out there. you rule. we do!
lOve.
and: this is a prOmise: no more streetstyle pictures for ..some time now.
Happy mOthersday you dearest mothers, mothers to be, grandmOthers and almOst like a mother(s) out there. you rule. we do!
lOve.
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| picture via http://nymag.com |
May 11, 2014
May 10, 2014
strEEtstyle part2
pre-Opening at Frieze. trying to lOOk cool. didn't work i guess.
more here.
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Photo by Kyle Ericksen via WWD.com
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May 9, 2014
May 8, 2014
O! Streetstyle!
there are days when you just dOn't feel comfortable. at all.
in general. or with something specific.
chances to be photographed by a streetstyle photographer on these days: high.
here are some examples.
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| photo: Mangue Banzima via Quistyle.com |
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| photo: Angela Pham for Refinery 29 |
and here
sO seriOusly yours:
ME
May 7, 2014
cOvershOOt
I was sO pregnant. it was sO hot.
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| Photo: Elfie Semotan |
also in the picture: Christoph Pirnbacher <3
May 6, 2014
O!
I almost forgOt! Almost!
But then, since I am such a reliable person (yes! Indeed! Indeed!)
I jumped Out Of bed.
To write you this:
GOOd night. Sweet everything.
YOurs
O
But then, since I am such a reliable person (yes! Indeed! Indeed!)
I jumped Out Of bed.
To write you this:
GOOd night. Sweet everything.
YOurs
O
May 5, 2014
May 4, 2014
fOrgot
to tell you a secret:
I got complimented in my nailbeds the other day (these things that hold the nail on your fingers and surround them, in case you never thaught about nailbeds before).
it went like this: "your nailbeds are so beautiful. I wish my nailbeds would look like this"
I was quite embarressed. Don't know why.
I got complimented in my nailbeds the other day (these things that hold the nail on your fingers and surround them, in case you never thaught about nailbeds before).
it went like this: "your nailbeds are so beautiful. I wish my nailbeds would look like this"
I was quite embarressed. Don't know why.
May 3, 2014
May 2, 2014
hOw tO..behave
sO. again.
Yesterday we were invited by our friend Clarine (Merci, Clarine!) to an Intimate Dinner. Sure, I thought, I love intimate dinners! So we went to Park Avenue, took the elevator to the Penthouse and ended up..at the Appartment of the Swiss Consul General and his lovely friend Michel. I brought flowers because I am polite, handed them over to the maid (because maids are what you have when you live on Park Avenue..!). and off we went into the kitche.
..to learn how to cook lebanese. and: we did!!! Hummus, Baba Ganoush, Taboule. It was soo good!
Oh, and Mini Me was there, too. He arrived late, had no gift for the hosts, wanted to have dessert first and didn't feel like sitting at the table. Instead he watched cartoons in the kitchen with the charming chef and two maids who took care of him and fell in love with him. He ate everything they offerd him, even eggplant wich I know he doesn't like at all. So in his way he was very polite, too.
And after he had a lot (a lot!) of ice-cream, blew out all the candels, jumped on the sofa and knocked over a chandlier we thought it was time so say good bye.
Oh, and don't worry. This is not going to be a "my family and me" blog from now on. Just every once in a while.
Yesterday we were invited by our friend Clarine (Merci, Clarine!) to an Intimate Dinner. Sure, I thought, I love intimate dinners! So we went to Park Avenue, took the elevator to the Penthouse and ended up..at the Appartment of the Swiss Consul General and his lovely friend Michel. I brought flowers because I am polite, handed them over to the maid (because maids are what you have when you live on Park Avenue..!). and off we went into the kitche.
..to learn how to cook lebanese. and: we did!!! Hummus, Baba Ganoush, Taboule. It was soo good!
Oh, and Mini Me was there, too. He arrived late, had no gift for the hosts, wanted to have dessert first and didn't feel like sitting at the table. Instead he watched cartoons in the kitchen with the charming chef and two maids who took care of him and fell in love with him. He ate everything they offerd him, even eggplant wich I know he doesn't like at all. So in his way he was very polite, too.
And after he had a lot (a lot!) of ice-cream, blew out all the candels, jumped on the sofa and knocked over a chandlier we thought it was time so say good bye.
Oh, and don't worry. This is not going to be a "my family and me" blog from now on. Just every once in a while.
May 1, 2014
learned
how to cook lebanese. at the swiss embassy. yep. i'll tell you about it tomorrow.
and: 7 degrees and rain all day. hey spring!
and: 7 degrees and rain all day. hey spring!
Apr 30, 2014
what I did today?
not much really. just hung out with James Murphy at the West 4th Street Subway station. yOu?
Apr 29, 2014
On: what to make Of stuff
I think I've mentioned before that I really like New York- for various reasons:
the energy, Central Park, the feeling that there is always something new to explore, the architecture,the boat rides, the sea and now I found something new that I love: the people here!
I have to admit that I never really paid too much attention to the people that surrounded me on my various previous visits to the city. Maybe because I was too distracted by everything else that I just paid attention not to bump into anybody then to look in their face. Maybe because it's just different when you are here for longer and (slowly) have the feeling that you live here. With a kid.
BUT: I really like the people here! They are friendly, they pay attention to each other, they help each other. They look funny, sometimes weird. And they don't care. Also: they are very open and just talk to you if they feel like. Just to let you go when you've finished your conversation about..anything.
Ok. And they compliment you on things they like. Your coat. Your shoes. Your son (of course: my son. yepp!). Your pants. Your shirt. Your hair. And: your eyebrows!
True story. The other day a young dude walk past me, and said "I like your eyebrows". I still can't believe it. Really can't.
O, and you know that I have this little thing going on about eyebrows (just look left. or right). Still.."I like your eyebrows"?
Made me laugh.
Well yes.
sincereliest yours,
as always!
ME
ps: trying to think of a final Tracklist for the Album. Sooo hard! thaught this would be easy. it's not it's not it's not!!!
the energy, Central Park, the feeling that there is always something new to explore, the architecture,the boat rides, the sea and now I found something new that I love: the people here!
I have to admit that I never really paid too much attention to the people that surrounded me on my various previous visits to the city. Maybe because I was too distracted by everything else that I just paid attention not to bump into anybody then to look in their face. Maybe because it's just different when you are here for longer and (slowly) have the feeling that you live here. With a kid.
BUT: I really like the people here! They are friendly, they pay attention to each other, they help each other. They look funny, sometimes weird. And they don't care. Also: they are very open and just talk to you if they feel like. Just to let you go when you've finished your conversation about..anything.
Ok. And they compliment you on things they like. Your coat. Your shoes. Your son (of course: my son. yepp!). Your pants. Your shirt. Your hair. And: your eyebrows!
True story. The other day a young dude walk past me, and said "I like your eyebrows". I still can't believe it. Really can't.
O, and you know that I have this little thing going on about eyebrows (just look left. or right). Still.."I like your eyebrows"?
Made me laugh.
Well yes.
sincereliest yours,
as always!
ME
ps: trying to think of a final Tracklist for the Album. Sooo hard! thaught this would be easy. it's not it's not it's not!!!
Apr 28, 2014
Mini O Me..
..explained to us yesterday that he likes it a lot in New York, and that he actually never wants to leave. Just all of his friends and family should move here, too.
and: Got my shoes dirty in mud. Met a horse called Marshmallow.
and: Got my shoes dirty in mud. Met a horse called Marshmallow.
Apr 27, 2014
o. well.
you know what?
I miss my friends.
I miss my family.
I miss my Band.
You.
Sometimes. a lot.
today is one of these days. and i don't feel inspired at all to write a very witty, and very funny blog post (like all my others are. i guess that was funny now. excues me, please)
and then, out of nothing, this comes up:
i guess that's what you call a room with a view.
and you know what: i love being here.
day number one: check.
O
I miss my friends.
I miss my family.
I miss my Band.
You.
Sometimes. a lot.
today is one of these days. and i don't feel inspired at all to write a very witty, and very funny blog post (like all my others are. i guess that was funny now. excues me, please)
and then, out of nothing, this comes up:
and you know what: i love being here.
day number one: check.
O
Apr 25, 2014
Challenge. O!
Dearest Darlings!
I LOVE CHALLENGEs! Well, not always and not concerning every part of life. I have to admit.
But generally: I'm mostly up for challenges that come across
(Sometimes it takes a while to identify "problems" as "challenges", but that's ok. I guess that's a challenge, too.) Yes, OK.
So.
I'm challenging myself. From this day on I promise I will post on here every day. Yep! Every day.
Why I do this? TO SHARE STUF WITH YOU!!! YAY!!!
So:
Be prepared while I prepare myself. And take lots of pictures. And remember everything. most of all: remember to write on here.
Exciting! Again!
And: I saw the first preview of our VIDEO! LOVE IT! And: I still owe you the story (and maybe some non-spoiling preview pictures) of my Album-Cover-Shoot with Elfie!
And: went for birthday dinner. to set the stage for what's about to come we went here:
Sincerely yours, as always.
ME.
and:
<3
facebook.com/thisissoO
I LOVE CHALLENGEs! Well, not always and not concerning every part of life. I have to admit.
But generally: I'm mostly up for challenges that come across
(Sometimes it takes a while to identify "problems" as "challenges", but that's ok. I guess that's a challenge, too.) Yes, OK.
So.
I'm challenging myself. From this day on I promise I will post on here every day. Yep! Every day.
Why I do this? TO SHARE STUF WITH YOU!!! YAY!!!
So:
Be prepared while I prepare myself. And take lots of pictures. And remember everything. most of all: remember to write on here.
Exciting! Again!
And: I saw the first preview of our VIDEO! LOVE IT! And: I still owe you the story (and maybe some non-spoiling preview pictures) of my Album-Cover-Shoot with Elfie!
And: went for birthday dinner. to set the stage for what's about to come we went here:
Sincerely yours, as always.
ME.
and:
<3
facebook.com/thisissoO
Apr 8, 2014
Apr 1, 2014
VIDEO! STIllS!
sO. the dearest friend Bernhard Rappold (www.bernhardrappold.at) came up with this Idea for a Video. 2 days before we left for NYC. BUT: WHY NOT? so we took a camera, some wine, a hat and a bunch of tulips and shot Our first VIDEO! want to see what it lOOKs like? you'll have to wait a little more for that BUT: here are some stills I can show you already. SOOOO EXCITED! hurra.
also: hellO from finally sunny New York. Winter is over. PLEASE!
also: hellO from finally sunny New York. Winter is over. PLEASE!
Mar 30, 2014
Mar 11, 2014
O! just A!
..quick update! hellO! you dears! time is so rare at the mOment that I just had nO TIME to write on here and to talk to you!!! Oh nO! Oh nO! Oh NOO!
but: I'm alive! so, Schnelldurchlauf: we recorded for one month. we mixed for another month (and a half). finally finished Messiah, had a quick Vodka Shot on an early friday afternoon. felt weird. really really did.
packed our stuff (for 3 hours). got on the plane (for 9 hours). got out of the plane, got a ride to our new appartment. hOme! and this is it. we finally arrived. hellO!
it's exciting and exciting and lovely and huge and inspiring. and weird to be here. hello you lovely city!!! (although i don't really know if lovely doesn't rather apply for, let's see, maybe Florence, or Nice.., but i can't think of a better word right now and: it is lovely!!).
we tried to figure out the simplest stuff (i.e. where to buy food) and a little more complicated stuff (how do you explain to a 2 year old that it just will take some time to understand these people talking so strangely..?).
we went to Central Park Zoo (twice), to the Children's mUseum of Art (more than that), to Kindergarten, we walked through Central Park from North to South and East to West.
Mini Me figured out that waving back to people is nice so he does it all the time, tries new words like "ewuaibadi" (everybody..not so easy!!) and likes french fries.
and: I worked on the ALBUM-COVER last night, and I'm thinking of doing it myself. did I ever tell you the story of taking the cover-pictures with the incredible Elfie Semotan? 9 months pregnant? naked? this will be a post of its own. has to be!!!
OH! and we started shooting Our first video just a few days before I took off. sO excited about it!!!
hOpe that I will have more time for all this stuff soon. sO SOOOON! but i'm O-ptimisitc about that ;-)
sO. it's spring! and live is GOOD!
and: my dad is now major of the little village he lives in. COngrats, pop! ;-)
sincereliest yours, as always:
ME
facebook.com/thisissoO
but: I'm alive! so, Schnelldurchlauf: we recorded for one month. we mixed for another month (and a half). finally finished Messiah, had a quick Vodka Shot on an early friday afternoon. felt weird. really really did.
packed our stuff (for 3 hours). got on the plane (for 9 hours). got out of the plane, got a ride to our new appartment. hOme! and this is it. we finally arrived. hellO!
it's exciting and exciting and lovely and huge and inspiring. and weird to be here. hello you lovely city!!! (although i don't really know if lovely doesn't rather apply for, let's see, maybe Florence, or Nice.., but i can't think of a better word right now and: it is lovely!!).
we tried to figure out the simplest stuff (i.e. where to buy food) and a little more complicated stuff (how do you explain to a 2 year old that it just will take some time to understand these people talking so strangely..?).
we went to Central Park Zoo (twice), to the Children's mUseum of Art (more than that), to Kindergarten, we walked through Central Park from North to South and East to West.
Mini Me figured out that waving back to people is nice so he does it all the time, tries new words like "ewuaibadi" (everybody..not so easy!!) and likes french fries.
and: I worked on the ALBUM-COVER last night, and I'm thinking of doing it myself. did I ever tell you the story of taking the cover-pictures with the incredible Elfie Semotan? 9 months pregnant? naked? this will be a post of its own. has to be!!!
OH! and we started shooting Our first video just a few days before I took off. sO excited about it!!!
hOpe that I will have more time for all this stuff soon. sO SOOOON! but i'm O-ptimisitc about that ;-)
sO. it's spring! and live is GOOD!
and: my dad is now major of the little village he lives in. COngrats, pop! ;-)
sincereliest yours, as always:
ME
facebook.com/thisissoO
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| ME (out of mine me's perspective) |
Jan 20, 2014
it's dOOOne!!! (almost)..
so to explain what i did with my time instead of writing on here (in here?). here. : i finished an album. (almost). celebrated christmas (exhausting: visiting parents living hundreds of kilometers apart from each other. made about 1000km in one week. hooray. did i mention that we don't own a car..??) celebrated new years eve: with friends who mostly hate new years eve. so it was a very nice and quiet dinner- everybody pretended that it wasn't new years eve. then we still were a little excited when the new year arrived. happy 2014!!! and went to bed. yes yes yes. and: finished an album (almost): that means: weeks of recording: choir, bass, slide-guitar, e-bass, pauken, glockenspiel, keyboards, synths, orgeln, vocals, drums...to mention a few. and not to mention the guitar- stuff wolfgang möstl provided.
well yes.
then: mixing. really easy with some tracks. really hard with others. this is how it goes. we tried to do one track a day, and almost got through with it. until the last track. that's one i wrote just a couple of weeks ago which means that we didn't play it live yet- which means that i still don't know him (the track) that well. so we couldn't finish off - i have to re-write the lyrics. from: there you go and i am here, you wanted what? i did not.) to something different. i don't know yet. working in the studio with patrick pulsinger was exciting (and exciting and exciting.) and very relaxed. and very concentrated. and very enthusiastic. and inspiring. sometimes frightening. but then the "musik mit dem erhobenen zeigefinger" (P.P.) striked back. hell yeah. ha.ha.
so, ladies and gentlemen: we're almost done. i know i shouldn't say that too often because it wears out. still: almost.
and: i can't wait to play this little baby to you and you and you. but before that: we're moving to new york in about 3 weeks (actually it's less than that). feels good. and exciting (i use that word a lot when i try to describe my feelings. that's good, though..better than boring i guess). and scary. mini me tells everybody that they will cry when he leaves, i try to not freak out my parents (it's so cold there right now. it's too loud. it's too crowded. it's too far away). and besides that i try to prepare myself, try to find quiet moments so i can focus. pretty hard. but as it always was in my live so far: i'll think about it on my way there, and when i'm there it will be ok (this not only works for physical situations..).
so: hello solo-debut. hello new york. sweet. SWEET!!!
lovliest yours, (sure!)
ME
O! we'll be playing at POSTHOF LINZ on 24/01/2014 (this upcoming friday- togehter with CAGED ANIMALS from BROOKLYN/NY). and because i am a nice person and because we are an awesome band we will give away 2 guestlist "tickets": write why you want to come. o@thisiso.net
well yes.
then: mixing. really easy with some tracks. really hard with others. this is how it goes. we tried to do one track a day, and almost got through with it. until the last track. that's one i wrote just a couple of weeks ago which means that we didn't play it live yet- which means that i still don't know him (the track) that well. so we couldn't finish off - i have to re-write the lyrics. from: there you go and i am here, you wanted what? i did not.) to something different. i don't know yet. working in the studio with patrick pulsinger was exciting (and exciting and exciting.) and very relaxed. and very concentrated. and very enthusiastic. and inspiring. sometimes frightening. but then the "musik mit dem erhobenen zeigefinger" (P.P.) striked back. hell yeah. ha.ha.
so, ladies and gentlemen: we're almost done. i know i shouldn't say that too often because it wears out. still: almost.
and: i can't wait to play this little baby to you and you and you. but before that: we're moving to new york in about 3 weeks (actually it's less than that). feels good. and exciting (i use that word a lot when i try to describe my feelings. that's good, though..better than boring i guess). and scary. mini me tells everybody that they will cry when he leaves, i try to not freak out my parents (it's so cold there right now. it's too loud. it's too crowded. it's too far away). and besides that i try to prepare myself, try to find quiet moments so i can focus. pretty hard. but as it always was in my live so far: i'll think about it on my way there, and when i'm there it will be ok (this not only works for physical situations..).
so: hello solo-debut. hello new york. sweet. SWEET!!!
lovliest yours, (sure!)
ME
O! we'll be playing at POSTHOF LINZ on 24/01/2014 (this upcoming friday- togehter with CAGED ANIMALS from BROOKLYN/NY). and because i am a nice person and because we are an awesome band we will give away 2 guestlist "tickets": write why you want to come. o@thisiso.net
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