http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/ Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:28:01 -0800 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:28:01 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6132/buddyicons/41894185605@N01.jpg?1313205738#41894185605@N01 http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/8160288275/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/8160288275/" title="Before Andy and I were dating proper, we would give each other books and then argue about them endlessly. When we finally got together it was just before my birthday and this was his inscription to me in Helen Garner's 'True Stories.'"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8160288275_05bc607c16_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Before Andy and I were dating proper, we would give each other books and then argue about them endlessly. When we finally got together it was just before my birthday and this was his inscription to me in Helen Garner's 'True Stories.'" /></a></p> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:28:01 -0800 2012-11-06T17:28:01-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8160288275 Before Andy and I were dating proper, we would give each other books and then argue about them endlessly. When we finally got together it was just before my birthday and this was his inscription to me in Helen Garner's 'True Stories.' Elmo Keep square squareformat 1977 iphoneography instagramapp uploaded:by=instagram http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6873442177/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6873442177/" title="Country Living"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/6873442177_bca7562fcd_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Country Living" /></a></p> <p>Please appreciate how close I had to get to this spider to take this photo.</p> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:26:26 -0800 2012-02-14T14:26:26-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6873442177 Country Living <p>Please appreciate how close I had to get to this spider to take this photo.</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6867090371/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6867090371/" title="Tweetdeck"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/6867090371_eaa5082e2f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Tweetdeck" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://storify.com/elmo_keep/how-to-internet-mayan-death-year-field-guide-by-el" rel="nofollow">How To Internet</a>.</p> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:10:29 -0800 2012-02-13T14:20:24-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6867090371 Tweetdeck <p><a href="http://storify.com/elmo_keep/how-to-internet-mayan-death-year-field-guide-by-el" rel="nofollow">How To Internet</a>.</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6866930627/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6866930627/" title="Privacy"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7059/6866930627_4f66ff9cfb_m.jpg" width="240" height="142" alt="Privacy" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://storify.com/elmo_keep/how-to-internet-mayan-death-year-field-guide-by-el" rel="nofollow">How To Internet</a>.</p> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:39:16 -0800 2012-02-13T13:47:46-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6866930627 Privacy <p><a href="http://storify.com/elmo_keep/how-to-internet-mayan-death-year-field-guide-by-el" rel="nofollow">How To Internet</a>.</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6866930355/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6866930355/" title="Hide From"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/6866930355_449b0e312d_m.jpg" width="240" height="163" alt="Hide From" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://storify.com/elmo_keep/how-to-internet-mayan-death-year-field-guide-by-el" rel="nofollow">How To Internet</a>.</p> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:39:12 -0800 2012-02-13T13:47:13-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6866930355 Hide From <p><a href="http://storify.com/elmo_keep/how-to-internet-mayan-death-year-field-guide-by-el" rel="nofollow">How To Internet</a>.</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6866930083/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6866930083/" title="Ben"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7044/6866930083_284874188a_m.jpg" width="240" height="195" alt="Ben" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://storify.com/elmo_keep/how-to-internet-mayan-death-year-field-guide-by-el" rel="nofollow">How To Internet</a>.</p> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:39:09 -0800 2012-02-13T13:46:50-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6866930083 Ben <p><a href="http://storify.com/elmo_keep/how-to-internet-mayan-death-year-field-guide-by-el" rel="nofollow">How To Internet</a>.</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819952915/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819952915/" title="Miami. "><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6819952915_328e996201_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Miami. " /></a></p> <p>October 2011.</p> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:51:12 -0800 2012-02-05T11:51:12-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6819952915 Miami. <p>October 2011.</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819951005/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819951005/" title="Winterhaven Hotel, Southbeach Miami."><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6819951005_15fec02a4e_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Winterhaven Hotel, Southbeach Miami." /></a></p> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:50:43 -0800 2012-02-05T11:50:43-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6819951005 Winterhaven Hotel, Southbeach Miami. Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819906037/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819906037/" title="Pool with legs"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6819906037_80364d8825_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Pool with legs" /></a></p> <p>Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort &amp; Spa</p> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:37 -0800 2012-02-05T11:39:37-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6819906037 Pool with legs <p>Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort &amp; Spa</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819905527/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819905527/" title="Magical room "><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6819905527_c57049fb55_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Magical room " /></a></p> <p>Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort &amp; Spa</p> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:28 -0800 2012-02-05T11:39:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6819905527 Magical room <p>Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort &amp; Spa</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819905203/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819905203/" title="Room with a view"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6819905203_3459619fc6_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Room with a view" /></a></p> <p>Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort &amp; Spa</p> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:23 -0800 2012-02-05T11:39:23-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6819905203 Room with a view <p>Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort &amp; Spa</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819904901/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819904901/" title="Jungle right outside the door"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6819904901_3311eea80b_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Jungle right outside the door" /></a></p> <p>Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort &amp; Spa</p> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:19 -0800 2012-02-05T11:39:19-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6819904901 Jungle right outside the door <p>Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort &amp; Spa</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819904591/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819904591/" title="Infinity pool with mountains "><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6819904591_4ec7e38b7f_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Infinity pool with mountains " /></a></p> <p>Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort &amp; Spa</p> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:13 -0800 2012-02-05T11:39:13-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6819904591 Infinity pool with mountains <p>Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort &amp; Spa</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819904285/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819904285/" title="Photo of a photo of me with a monkey"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6819904285_632b9e0b0f_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Photo of a photo of me with a monkey" /></a></p> <p>Koh Samui, Thailand</p> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:09 -0800 2012-02-05T11:39:09-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6819904285 Photo of a photo of me with a monkey <p>Koh Samui, Thailand</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819904053/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819904053/" title="Take me home"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6819904053_c00f74df5e_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Take me home" /></a></p> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:05 -0800 2012-02-05T11:39:05-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6819904053 Take me home Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819903769/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6819903769/" title="Packing list"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6819903769_367a776152_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Packing list" /></a></p> <p>WHY do I slog this with me everywhere in an effort to finish it?</p> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:00 -0800 2012-02-05T11:39:00-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6819903769 Packing list <p>WHY do I slog this with me everywhere in an effort to finish it?</p> Elmo Keep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6542131723/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6542131723/" title="Year's End"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6542131723_5171973ae3_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Year's End" /></a></p> <p><br /> The year began when I had a nervous breakdown. <br /> <br /> Therapy, drugs, an understanding boss and the world's most patient, supportive, loving boyfriend saw me through to the other side. It started in a heatwave last summer when I couldn't get any sleep. In the house the temperature was 45 degrees, at night. After three days and nights of staying awake, I cracked. They call it sleep-deprivation psychosis. I was lucky it only took about four months for my circadian rhythm to get back to normal. For some people a severe knock to their body clock like that can leave them out of whack for seven years. <br /> <br /> In lots of ways I was lucky. <br /> <br /> Work finished on the show after two years and three seasons and it felt like we'd done some pretty good work by the end. It was more about the people I met there, they were the lasting impression, they were to borrow a phrase, &quot;the take away&quot; from the experiment. For me. Some of them headed off to incredible positions overseas. I turned 30 and packed up everything I knew and we moved to the country. <br /> <br /> In Thailand I married my very oldest friends at an incandescent ceremony even though I'm not really a minister but the Church of the Subgenius said it was totally within my powers, so it was fine. It was incredible. It was so beautiful but I went there alone because we were always broke. I was a contractor and Andy hated his job and it was not really adding up to much so we decided it was time to leave Sydney. <br /> <br /> In New York I held my friend's new baby when he wasn't even twelve hours old. I lay in Central Park one afternoon in the sun and tapped out a letter to someone I haven't seen in ages. I went down to Zuccotti Park, an editor sent me there &quot;It could be Tahir Square, please send me something,&quot; so I did. I went to Miami where I was a little afraid for my life at one point, wandering South Beach at night looking for dinner and bolting back to my hotel after refusing an offer of crack cocaine. <br /> <br /> In Los Angeles streets sprawled away forever and a friend from high school who lives there now, is married, took me everywhere. One night at the Chateau Marmont we looked at each other like, &quot;This is so weird,&quot; and it was because the last time we spoke was sometime in the 90s. She took me to a tattoo parlour where I got an 'A' for you like you wanted on my wrist. We rode roller coasters and ate salt water taffy and at Knott's Berry Farm I was nearly scared to death. <br /> <br /> I wrote some things that were okay, some things that were not. I produced some good pieces, I read my work at readings and on the radio. Some things I wrote made people laugh and they enjoyed them and another thing made people very sad and they emailed about it and that was when it felt like it was maybe working, maybe. <br /> <br /> I don't know sometimes, if it will or not. Perhaps.</p> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:12:17 -0800 2011-12-20T17:12:17-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6542131723 Year's End <p><br /> The year began when I had a nervous breakdown. <br /> <br /> Therapy, drugs, an understanding boss and the world's most patient, supportive, loving boyfriend saw me through to the other side. It started in a heatwave last summer when I couldn't get any sleep. In the house the temperature was 45 degrees, at night. After three days and nights of staying awake, I cracked. They call it sleep-deprivation psychosis. I was lucky it only took about four months for my circadian rhythm to get back to normal. For some people a severe knock to their body clock like that can leave them out of whack for seven years. <br /> <br /> In lots of ways I was lucky. <br /> <br /> Work finished on the show after two years and three seasons and it felt like we'd done some pretty good work by the end. It was more about the people I met there, they were the lasting impression, they were to borrow a phrase, &quot;the take away&quot; from the experiment. For me. Some of them headed off to incredible positions overseas. I turned 30 and packed up everything I knew and we moved to the country. <br /> <br /> In Thailand I married my very oldest friends at an incandescent ceremony even though I'm not really a minister but the Church of the Subgenius said it was totally within my powers, so it was fine. It was incredible. It was so beautiful but I went there alone because we were always broke. I was a contractor and Andy hated his job and it was not really adding up to much so we decided it was time to leave Sydney. <br /> <br /> In New York I held my friend's new baby when he wasn't even twelve hours old. I lay in Central Park one afternoon in the sun and tapped out a letter to someone I haven't seen in ages. I went down to Zuccotti Park, an editor sent me there &quot;It could be Tahir Square, please send me something,&quot; so I did. I went to Miami where I was a little afraid for my life at one point, wandering South Beach at night looking for dinner and bolting back to my hotel after refusing an offer of crack cocaine. <br /> <br /> In Los Angeles streets sprawled away forever and a friend from high school who lives there now, is married, took me everywhere. One night at the Chateau Marmont we looked at each other like, &quot;This is so weird,&quot; and it was because the last time we spoke was sometime in the 90s. She took me to a tattoo parlour where I got an 'A' for you like you wanted on my wrist. We rode roller coasters and ate salt water taffy and at Knott's Berry Farm I was nearly scared to death. <br /> <br /> I wrote some things that were okay, some things that were not. I produced some good pieces, I read my work at readings and on the radio. Some things I wrote made people laugh and they enjoyed them and another thing made people very sad and they emailed about it and that was when it felt like it was maybe working, maybe. <br /> <br /> I don't know sometimes, if it will or not. Perhaps.</p> Elmo Keep http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6429478109/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6429478109/" title="Record Store, Brooklyn, with cat "><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6429478109_31291e8ab2_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Record Store, Brooklyn, with cat " /></a></p> <p>An important photo of me outside a record store, and cat inside ignoring me.</p> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:56:10 -0800 2011-11-30T17:56:10-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6429478109 Record Store, Brooklyn, with cat <p>An important photo of me outside a record store, and cat inside ignoring me.</p> Elmo Keep new york city newyorkcity teamusa october2011 http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6429477805/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6429477805/" title="East River Ferry"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6429477805_b77fbfb41e_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="East River Ferry" /></a></p> <p>Photo by Daniel Boud.</p> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:56:04 -0800 2011-10-24T16:02:05-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6429477805 East River Ferry <p>Photo by Daniel Boud.</p> Elmo Keep newyorkcity teamusa october2011 http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6429476541/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elmo/">Elmo Keep</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmo/6429476541/" title="Rockerfeller Centre Ice Rink "><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6429476541_70b47dcedc_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Rockerfeller Centre Ice Rink " /></a></p> <p>Last day in the city.</p> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:55:38 -0800 2011-11-30T17:55:38-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Elmo Keep) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6429476541 Rockerfeller Centre Ice Rink <p>Last day in the city.</p> Elmo Keep newyorkcity teamusa october2011