for better or for worse, I'm Melanie Flood...

July 1
A great video of my dear friend Phil Toledano’s studio, an interview and a sneak peak of his new project.
June 28
Texting While Driving: How Dangerous is it? - Car And Driver I’m totally guilty of talking on the phone while driving, and also reading emails if stopped at a red light. But texting, is more dangerous than driving drunk?
June 26
Leave it to DWR to design Tiffins and sell them for $85. Tiffin Lunch Box Set> - Design Within Reach

Leave it to DWR to design Tiffins and sell them for $85.

Tiffin Lunch Box Set> - Design Within Reach

June 17
swissmiss | MoMA Line of People Project I’m heading here tomorrow with my brightest dress on- see you there!

swissmiss | MoMA Line of People Project

I’m heading here tomorrow with my brightest dress on- see you there!

June 15
Me, in a taxi. Photograph by the lovely Grace Kim
Me, in a taxi.
Photograph by the lovely Grace Kim
June 13
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For JP
You Are a Runner and I am My Father’s Son
Wolf Parade
June 11
Surprise Box Number One Send an email (Subject: Surprise Box Number One) to MsFlood@gmail.com with your name and postal address. If you are the first to respond after the posting, you will receive a Surprise Box in the mail. The Surprise Box may or may not include a used Holga and an expired roll of 120 film. This box is no longer available.

Surprise Box Number One

Send an email (Subject: Surprise Box Number One) to MsFlood@gmail.com with your name and postal address.

If you are the first to respond after the posting, you will receive a Surprise Box in the mail.

The Surprise Box may or may not include a used Holga and an expired roll of 120 film.

This box is no longer available.

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The Peoples Portraitist Jason Polan in the New York Observer.
Congrats!
June 10
Two Shot at Holocaust Museum in D.C., Police Say - NYTimes.com What the hell is this maniac thinking?!
I’ve been feeling very disconnected from the human race lately.
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Good God this is awesome.

I was a Lover
From TV On The Radio’s 2006 release ‘Return To Cookie Mountain’

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My Girls, Animal Collective

I love this goddamn song.
Thanks to Kelsey for putting it on my India Music Sampler.

June 5
Abe’s Penny: A Micro-Magazine If you are the first person to email your name and address with the subject line Abe’s Penny to msflood@gmail.com you will receive my volume of photographs with poetry by Sam Witt. Abe’s Penny is a monthly volume of four postcards ($48 for six months) that subscribers receive one by one, every week. Each volume features a pairing of two artists, a series of images on the face coupled with a developing story on the reverse. This offer is no longer available.

Abe’s Penny: A Micro-Magazine

If you are the first person to email your name and address with the subject line Abe’s Penny to msflood@gmail.com you will receive my volume of photographs with poetry by Sam Witt.

Abe’s Penny is a monthly volume of four postcards ($48 for six months) that subscribers receive one by one, every week. Each volume features a pairing of two artists, a series of images on the face coupled with a developing story on the reverse.

This offer is no longer available.

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Photograph # Thirteen Send an email (Subject: Photograph Number Thirteen) to MsFlood@gmail.com with your name and postal address. If you are the first to respond after the posting, you will receive this print in the mail. This photograph is no longer available.

Photograph # Thirteen

Send an email (Subject: Photograph Number Thirteen) to MsFlood@gmail.com with your name and postal address.

If you are the first to respond after the posting, you will receive this print in the mail.

This photograph is no longer available.

May 31
style rookie Thank you to Elizabeth for sharing this gem. And, yes I wish I were this freaking cool at twelve.
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Abe's Penny A great project. Check it out.