tell me... how far did you go

so on my last night on the blue roof farm in Wisconsin I find myself alone and updating my blog and drinking new glarus... I've been here since mid May planting and making some art. No new pix- sorry i am not good at taking pix. I have been making a lot of things though.

Tomorrow I will be in Chicago installing a show with two other artists- Katie and Alexis at Fill in the Blank Gallery.

Then I'll be in Saint Louis and Chapel Hill and DC and New York and Iowa City. If any of you are in any of these places I want to see you.

And then in late August I'll start school at UNC. I'll be MFAing and TAing for a sculpture class. I'm terribly scared and terribly excited.

also i just made sweet potato crepes- they are soo good.

also some reviews of some books I've read or listened to

northanger abbey- this is a great book for those who love abbeys

the family that couldn't sleep- this is a great book for those who love knowing about prion diseases

my antonia- this is a great book for those who want to read highschool literature books outside of highschool. also it's pretty ok

in a sunburnt country- this is a great book for those who check audio books out of the hillsboro WI library

bossy pants- this is a great book for those who like to read books written by tina fey

ALSO: for watching- the 7 up series (unrelated to the soda pop) AND Water (of the element trilogy by Deepa Mehta)

ALSO:for listening- the Tune-yards.

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new little post- I am not in the same state as my scanner and my scanner is broken. so these are cell phone pictures

yes.

Oberlin? Commencement week? May? Roadtrips? Sunburns? Gins and Lemonades? Etc?

Also: Why is Saint Louis a frozen tundra? I want to be in the sun and go swimming and talk to animals.

I just made this- nothing new except for some illustrative stuff. I'll put more on it later. I just thought it would be nice to have an easier to navigate online portfolio:

http://juliagootzeit.carbonmade.com/

t-r-a-p-s-t-ar

more old stuff- rescanned/arranged.

a picture that Terrence took at wormfarm of the cows eating and trampling and hanging around my piece on the hill.

wormfarm kitchen. terrence and katie s.

first flowers of last spring by the house. makes my heart ache.

Etsyyy

I have an etsy now..

http://www.etsy.com/shop/thingsforthechildren

buy shit!

A lot of the things I'm selling are the 3"x5" drawings that i've stuck up here from time to time.

but I know that you won't so be kind and just don't go away.

lost kids move to mars.

review of crazy and the brains: i like listening to them. check sexy magazines

review of wild sheep chase: this book is awesome. it is maybe my second favorite murakami

review of tiny titans: this comic is o.k. I like that they say aw yeah titans a lot

christmas chickens

traditional christmas chicken cookies. Review: they are all eaten now...

cause i'm sure it's gunna happen then

picture from the children's book i illustrated at wormfarm. story by Katie G. it's about vegetables.

review of sleepwalk with me by mike birbiglia: nice. i like hearing him tell stories better than reading them though. i feel that way about david sedaris too.

I broke your glasses but it broke the ice

hey blog and children.

sorry i have not updated you.

new pic of old piece. expect more stuff, but not for a bit while i figure out the next few months.

stress stress.

oh a music review: mostly i've been listening to modest mouse and madvillan. cause i'm booooring.

oooo a review of chinese telephones:fun

a review of dear landlord: fun

those reviews are already old news though. time keeps marching forward.

cookies

hi cookies... i mean blog... these cookies occurred because of the large amount of procrastinating i'm doing before getting on with life.

review of the cookies= they taste like leaves. just kidding-they taste like cookies

i'm going nowhere but i'm guaranteed to be late

hey there.

review of Norwegian Wood:

so i started off not really liking it but then i really liked it.

just can't get over his books.

also

a review of my gary becker impersonation: spot on!

just keep hope that it will be better in a year

More pictures of what i did at wormfarm.

Structure

Details of large drawing set

review of jackeyed: I have listened to this song several times today.

weird post

This is just a post to upload a video of the robot pandas in the Asakusa Hanayashiki Amusement Park in Tokyo. The best part is the beeping when they back up.

Will I know you better in a year

Some not particularly good pictures of stuff i embroidered.

Quick Review of some movies i liked a lot in high school:

velvet goldmine

gormenghast (which is a bbc series i guess not a movie)

empire records

run lola run

xtra bonus review of new(ish) joanna newsom: god it's good

we thought we lost you

hi blog.

hi everyone.

so I completed my residency at Wormfarm and i'm sorry i wasn't really in contact with people but i got a lot of stuff done and vegetables picked and galleries painted (only one gallery got painted). it was cool.

my current base is saint louis where i am now doing things like washing clothes and researching graduate programs.

here's sum shit:

also- coming up:

i'm planning to visit oberlin nov 6ish for a few days- so if you are in oberlin i'll be around. i really hope that some Pleasant people come that weekend too?!?! cause i miss you guys.

annnnd the weekend after thanksgiving i'll be selling some wares at the rock n' roll craft show in Saint Louis.

more updates later. also let me know if

(1) you know of a cool graduate art program

(2) you know if a job that i can have

but i hope to keep updating on an at least semi-regular basis.

edit: i forgot the review.

the review of "it's kind of a funny story", the last movie that i saw:

the amenities charge was mysterious but it was fun to eat an apple in the theater. also the movie was entertaining but at the same time it made me really angry.

freefall.

I can't believe I'm not going back to school! I found some photos from last year that i forgot about. This is the day that everyone was wearing plaid whilst being on our porch. Everyone looks funny in different ways.

Last day in saint louis for a while. I've been living out of my backpack this whole summer (As I've not been anywhere longer than three weeks) so it will be nice to unpack and stay a while somewhere. I'm doing a two month residency at the wormfarm institute, which seems like it will be really nice.

I'll try and update with what I'm doing there. I'm led to believe that it will be a combination of doing art and hanging out with veggies.

Also: remember when I said I'd try and have a real website up. Well I don't think that will happen for a while, but it should happen eventually.

Oh, I should have Skype while I'm away. My name is Jgootzeit. Let's talk!

ok japan

tanuki, as seen in pom poko

a garden gave us tea with gold leaf.

miniature replica of a famous zen rock garden. I like small replicas of famous rock gardens.

Kyoto- view from wandering around in the woods.

Ok: stamps from the temple we (me and Leta) stayed at. Stamps are big now. They seem to be some sort of fad. You get a little stamp pamphlet where you pay your admission fee for the temple or garden and there are stations to stamp your pamphlet.

These we found in our room. i think say the name of the temple. they're really cool and handcarved! Stamped into my sketchbook

Other stuff: Japan was fucking great! so good.

review of japan: fucking great.

Also things eaten:

Ramen

Udon

Soba

okonomoyaki (oka mama mommies)

takoyaki

curry

sushi

sonoran hotdogs

etc.etc.

everybody wants to go to japan.

(everybody except for sam).

ok.

sorry for the lack of updates. my life is scattered.

will be in tucson japan tucson for the next three (3) weeks.

so no updates. the two center weeks i will not have a phone etc.

what i've been mostly working on is making a real website which should be up maybe a week after i get back (i hope)

ok. ok. ok.

p.s. i miss all of you

remember when they stole this stuff off the porch? remember how all the official residents got charged 9 (nine) dollars for the tag on the door?

OK see you soon!

of the winter

review of brunch: the brunchiest

review of how hot it is in this room: flippin hot