Let me come undone.

Feeling pretty blessed...

2010-11-12T17:08:00.000-08:00

I am so close to being done with my senior thesis, it's ridiculous. I'm getting that antsy, bouncing toes feeling because I present in about 2 1/2 weeks! So much has been happening and changing and I am very excited for it all :D

I will present my thesis the last week of November.
School officially ends December 17.
I fly out to Japan on December 18th.
I arrive back to Portland on January 5th.
Pack my belongings, have a farewell party, and move out of Portland by January 20th.
Settle into my new Seattle home over the course of a week; I fly home for about a month.
Fly back to Seattle in February and then yeah!

Gets me every time...

2010-10-24T22:05:00.001-07:00

Fate.

2010-05-02T17:23:00.001-07:00

I now FULLY believe that things happen for a reason! More elaboration after this week has passed!

Philly + NYC

2010-03-25T19:03:00.001-07:00

I am officially overwhelmed in thee BEST possible way.

As some of you know I am in the first half of my thesis. I was contemplating on not going to the annual printmaking conference because I was planning on studying abroad for a month in Italy. I ended up choosing to not go to Italy because of the cost and chose to go to the printmaking conference instead. I think it was one of the better choices I’ve made this year so far.

SGC, Southern Graphics Conference, is an annual conference they hold every year in a different city than the last. This year it took place in Philadelphia. It was such an inexpensive trip since PNCA pretty much gave me $600 to use towards anything regarding the conference. That amount is covering my plane ticket, registration fees, hotel stay, and spending money. Ridiculous, I know! I am incredibly grateful for the printmaking department and student council for shelling out all of this money to each and every student who attended.

Anywho, I left Portland for Philly early on Monday. I had a delayed layover in Denver because of rain in Philly. Silly to me since I usually only hear about delays from snow or technical problems. I ended up getting to Philly 2 hours later than usual. Met up with my friend at 30^th street station and crashed at his humble abode for the night. The next morning I caught the Bolt Bus to NYC and met up with Diana and Leah, from school, and Pemi cause I was staying at her cute apartment.

Day 1 of gallivanting in NYC consisted of seeing the city. Day 2 of gallivanting in NYC consisted of seeing ART! Day 2 also consisted of Cherish slowly killing her feet by walking about 5 miles in a short amount of time. Leah, Diana, and I hung out at the MET and then went to the Chelsea district to look at the art galleries. Leah and I went to a show curated by Shaquille O’Neil. It was my first exhibit that I have EVER gotten excited over. It was an exhibit that dealt with size. The artists there had sculptures of all large things, small things, and stretched things. A few of my favvie artists were there, but I can’t recall their names off the top of my head. All I can say is that if you are in NYC GO TO THAT SHOW WHILE YOU CAN!!! It was seriously amazing.

After day 2 of NYC Leah, Diana, and I caught a bus back to Philly and checked into our hotel. I ended up at three print demos that were very useful and knowledgeable. The first demo I attended was on papermaking and incorporating it into your prints. Very easy to do and helpful! The second demo was about large format woodcut printing (spooning) and it made me want to change my thesis all over again. The instructor was great and I loved that his tools were very innovative and his wood block was just plain ol’ pine! Sooo cheap and plenny. The third demo was on drum leaf bookbinding. I will most likely use this technique for my takeaways for my thesis. Chee!

I am gonna get ready now and head on over to see one of my teacher’s gallery shows. More posts to ensue about my trip!

NYC, Philly, & Vegas

2010-03-17T16:23:00.000-07:00

I will be traveling a lot in the next 3 weeks. I will be heading to Philadelphia and the Big Apple next week. I will be attending the annual Southern Graphics Conference (HUGE printmaking get together) and also hanging around NYC for a couple of days. Soon after I return from that trip, I will be heading out with my love to Vegas to celebrate my mom and dad's 15th? anniversary with my parents and my brother and brother's gf. I can't wait and shall take pics!

Other news...there's a chance I may be moving to Massachusetts next year. Haiasi got offered a full time concept job position there and he may be inclined to take it since almost no game art students who just graduate get offered positions like this at major studios. We shall where we will be this time next year. I'm excited and nervous and stressed, but I am looking forward to it all.

Oh.

2010-01-21T03:16:00.000-08:00

I just realized that I am officially a senior in college. Starting to do pre-thesis research. Looking for inspiration and techniques to help my work.

Still got a lot to think about.

My boyfriend is thee greatest :)
This new year has been exciting so far.

By the way...I cut my hair :)

Homebound.

2009-12-14T22:30:00.001-08:00

I get back home on the 17th.
Artmo. You better come hang out with me.....OR ELSE!!!!

Chop chop chop!

2009-10-30T12:37:00.000-07:00

I am chopping off my long hair. When I was in Hawaii in August, my hair was insanely long. It was down midway my butt. It was LONG, jet black, and HEAVY AS EFF!!!!! I had my cousin (and my haircutter) chop off enough hair to reach my boobs. That was still too long. Since then my hair has grown to new lengths and is now more than halfway down my back, and still jet black.

I found a new hairstyle I like and will be heading to Rudy's Barbershop on 13th and Couch. I will be cutting off so much hair, I will be able to feel wind on my neck yet again and I won't be able to put my hair up into the ponytails I have grown accustomed to. I'll post up before and after pics :D

BEFORE!!

AFTER!!!!

New Items!

2009-10-27T15:53:00.000-07:00

I just posted another item on my etsy account. Check it out and tell your friends!
http://jiwajiwaprints.etsy.com

http://jiwajiwaprints.etsy.com

Jya ne!
-Lady

I am.

2009-10-20T15:34:00.000-07:00

SOOOOOO CONTENT.

I have Tuesdays off this semester while Haiasi has school from 8am - 4:30pm. I woke up at a reasonable time and looked at my list of things to do. Usually on days like this when I feel glum and whatevs, I throw on some feel good clothes. Boots, brown leggings, black dress, and light brown bomber jacket. Hair is a mess, but I don't mind cause I feel like a million. Katie taught me to do this. I miss her and Kate a bunch. Yucky mood + fabulous clothes = a much happier Cherish.

I went to the library, deposited my work check on 6th and Jefferson, and caught the streetcar to Powell's. I really enjoy walking about by myself in the city. Because I already know the area, it's nice to focus on the people surrounding myself. I take the Central Library for granted as well as Powell's. I forget at times how fascinated I am with books. I'm not a "literaturist," but I do enjoy those DIY books that I wish I could buy and Haruki Murakami's selection. I need to ask David Clark what he recommends me read next. I picked up those little square gift boxes that contained a tiny how to book and a mini mortar and pestle, the annotated version of Nabokov's Lolita and an Emma Magenta book that I will be giving to my sister. katie bought me my first Magenta book that helped me get through a very tough time in my life. I passed my version down to a friend in a similar situation, and now I will be giving one to my sister because she's an angsty teen who could use the book.

The future seems bright. Really. Haiasi will be applying for Blizzard's internship and I have high hopes of him getting it. He'll be in Cali for the summer and then he graduates in September. If all goes well, I graduate in December 2010, if Haiasi is in Seattle or Cali I'll be moving down with him. I can then FINALLY set up my print studio and find a job to pay for rent. I know it sounds so simple and unglamorous, but if you know me, then you know how I get with my little crafts and paper related items. I simply cannot wait :)

Haiasi and I will be making 2 years in November, but Halloween marks our first conversations :) It excites me when I read our past convo's on.....DON'T TEASE!!!.......MySpace >___< For our anniversary I will be handprinting those messages and framing it. That kid can surely drive me up the walls, but he completely completes me :) We make a good team in so many ways and I can't even begin to explain how generous and patient he is with my stubborn ways. He's a keeper!!

I found out last night that when our lease is up, Colin will be moving out. I'll still be here till March so I'm looking for a roomie. Preferably someone I know. If not, then I will have a room to store my crafts in till the big move. I have rambled on for a bit and now I am off to clean, organize, and sort through my cluttered house.

=UPDATE=
My boots and knit dress have been shipped! I'm excited cause I have not gone shopping for myself in a VERRRY long time :P

Jya ne!
-Lady

A Realization

2009-09-18T02:19:00.000-07:00

When I came back from Hawaii this summer I brought back some fresh fish, halalu to be exact, to eat while I was in Portland. They are skinny 3-5 inch fish that are good for frying. I usually dip the halalu in a shoyu + chili pepper vinegar sauce I make and then eat it alongside my version of chazuke (hot rice with piping fresh genmaicha poured over it). I cooked this dish for the first time for Haiasi and I to eat and it came out fabulous. This is the third homemade recipe I have cooked in the past week and so far Haiasi has eagerly eaten every morsel of them all.

I came to a realization later on in the night when Haiasi and I were getting comfy in bed. It was half past 1am on September 18th officially and I whispered to Hai-kun, "Happy one and ten," with a soft smile on my face. He didn't get it until I told him that it meant happy one year and 10 months. He smiled back warmly. I thought for awhile and then told him that no matter how stupid or unbelievably dumb I feel in my theory classes, or the lack of my ability to form sound sentences, or my doubtful thinking of my present work, I know two things for sure. He asked what they were and I replied," I know for certain that I love you and my family undoubtedly." I teared up a little cause it reminded me of how far I was from my family, but he smiled a certain smile that made me feel incredibly lucky to have someone who day in and day out deals with my stubbornness and semi self-destructive ways. Unconditionally too without ever making a fuss. We make 2 years soon and I have a little present I am concocting in my little brain. When I am complete with it I shall post a picture up.

It feels nice to write this all out. Or maybe just nice to write something other than my reading responses for my insane lit class. I'll try to update this more...for my sake and sanity.

New Friends

2009-07-19T02:53:00.000-07:00

Another update in over a month :P

I just successfully threw a Harry Potter movie marathon party tonight at my housey. More to come when I'm more awake! Cooking Mama is preoccupying my thoughts right now.

Gary, if you are reading this, MOVE TO PORTLAND!

:D

2009-06-11T00:53:00.000-07:00

I just bought a Richeson Baby Press Package from Utrecht and I am VERY happy with my purchase :D It's a baby press so it prints 7inches across. Perfect for my card making :D I can put some woodblock prints through it and get the look I need and then add some silkscreen touches to it later. I can't believe it was so cheap. $199 for this press. It was originally $695ish. I feel like a lot of good things are pulling through for me after the shitty past 2 months dealing with crappy WAMU. I closed that account by the way yesterday, and opened up my credit union account today. I feel pretty great :D

I am alive...i think.

2009-04-29T09:33:00.000-07:00

Hello hello.

I have not written a new blog entry for quite some time. I have been absent from life, sadly. I had my wallet stolen in the beginning of April from my bag at school while I was merely less than a foot away. In the midst of silk screening or washing out my screen, my goods got stolen and used profusely. I had about $800 taken from my 2 bank accounts and credit card. Washington Mutual still feels the need to NOT reimburse me. They actually expect me to pay for what that conniving thief stole from me as well as its 5 overdraft fees relating to the incident. Hopefully a letter from my teacher and the official police report will make them believe that I am a victim of thievery.

Because of that incident my life and funds were put on hold because I had no money, no paid rent, and no supplies for my upcoming installation and 2 print projects. Luckily I have a kind and generous boyfriend who bought and paid for everything I needed and then some. BUT all of my projects were very close to being late or incomplete. Now I'm just trying to get things done for school since the semester's done in about 2 weeks.

Focus week is this week and the seniors I did go see did marvelous jobs. I saw a collaborative interpretive fashion show of my internship lady's niece. You can check out her work at AidanKoch.com. I believe that she will actually do something amazing with her art degree :)

I have a bunch of projects I want to post, but I'll get to that later :P Oooh I also signed up for summer school (2 courses) and I am continuing with my fashion intership with Heather Treadway. I've been working with her for almost a little over a month and she is such an amazing and inspiring person, it's ridiculous. I've learned a bunch already from her and the fact that she works independantly is so great. I hope I can have a successful little company like hers one day for my little card/print shop :D Camara (Heather's other awesome intern) and I went to Heather's yesterday and were filmed and semi interviewed while going about our business when we were at her house. This company called OlioUnited is filming her as one of their designers in the Portland area. I'll be seen online sometime soon cutting away patterns with my shaky nervous hands while Billy the cat is in the background looking like her majesty! :D Hahaha...

I feel like so many great artists are coming out of this area that it makes me never want to leave. I'll be graduating next December, so beginning next year will be my leap into senior year. I am nervous, excited, and scared shitless. I'll be fine I think :) Look out for new prints and cards cause this sumemr I'll be pulling a bunch of prints and cards.

Summer To Do List:

Pass my 2 summer courses!
Sew a successful light summer dress.
Make at least 2 editioned prints and 2 new cards.
Sew curtains for my bedroom.
Have a fun time with my Grandma, Aunty, cousins, and friends from home.
Get my butt back into working out!

Oh and by the way, I'm into zombies so you should buy me the zombie plush pull apart doll ;D You know, if you love me lots and want to feed into my zombie addiction! ThinkGeek.com!

Jya Ne!
-Cherish

P.S. HOLY CRAP I wrote a long entry XD I am making up for the lack of entries!

Signs.

2009-03-28T16:11:00.001-07:00

A favorite :)

Domo Cards

2009-03-07T20:23:00.000-08:00

I had some extra paper in my cubby so I decided to print some simple thank you cards on the letter press. I have them up for sale on my etsy account, so check it out! If they are a success, I will be making more of them on different colored paper and with different colored inks :D

New Print!

2009-02-21T15:55:00.000-08:00

I just posted a new letter pressed print on my etsy account. I had printed a note that my boyfriend had written to me last year in October when we were having some financial struggles. It brought tears to my eyes when I found it on my desk because I was so stressed out with money. I decided to print it as some flat cards and folded cards for those who enjoy the message printed on it.

I must now get ready for a dinner with my lovely German friend. Have a great weekend :D

Coraline.

2009-02-09T11:30:00.000-08:00

This weekend was pretty fun and busy at the same time. I need to start using my weekends as homework/project days, but I can't seem to fall back into my school rhythm (this is bad cause it's already week 4!!).

Friday: I walked to school after going to the doctor's and saw that someone was using the letterpress I signed up for (ARGH!!) so I sat around and hung out with Sandra for awhile in the printmaking studio. We picked up Haiasi after and walked down to Henry's for some happy hour yums and drinks, but come to find out it was waaaaayy too packed to wait around for an empty table. We headed to Denny's and regretted even thinking about eating there. Sandra and I ate some crappy greasy food that made our stomach's soo sore that we had to lie down immediately when we got home. A shitty way to spend $9 for a small plate of hash browns, 4 decrepit looking sausage links, and a cup of coke. NEVER AGAIN.

Saturday: My friend from high school drove down from Olympia, WA to spend the day with me. We ended up eating some dim sum and pho at Jin Wah (they have the best salt pepper squid EVER.) He then left to hang with another friend while Haiasi and I went with Sandra to IKEA and browsed around for a bed frame. We were going to grab a futon frame, but it was so low to the ground that it wouldn't have made much of a difference to what we were already doing (sleeping on the ground.) We ended up finding a cute black wood frame that felt pretty sturdy and solid. Our first bought furniture piece! I have to say, my lover has some good taste. The night ended with some giggles and Patch Adams watching.

Sunday: Woke up in a hurry and caught a ride down with David and Gabby to Lloyd Center Theaters to watch Coraline in 3D. Arrived too early and got frustrated at the fact that AI bought all the 2:35 showings for Coraline and the 5:10 had quickly sold out. Junko arrived shortly after. After some questionable talking with the AI guy with the tickets, Haiasi worked his magic and got me and Junko free tickets (saved $10). Watched Coraline and loved every single second of it. It was great having it in 3D and I will mosdef be buying the DVD :D Go watch it if you can. Not so much of a kiddy movie so it was enjoyable.

That was my jam packed weekend. This week I have a Theory + Practice project due. I am printing out a huge buddha that will be completely covered in glitter and hung in a huge frame. I tried to do an anaglyph buddha (where you need to wear the red and blue glasses to see it pop out) but I failed horribly and scratched that idea. Glitter Buddha it is! I shall update later...

Jiwa Jiwa

2009-02-03T19:13:00.000-08:00

I am starting to work on my print shop. It's called Jiwa Jiwa Prints. Jiwa jiwa in Nihongo (Japenese) means slowly, but steadily. I am selling little printed things like cookbook cards, birthday cards, envelopes, owl pins :P Look out for my stuff on etsy under jiwajiwaprints.etsy.com :D Nothing's up right now though....

Cute sites:
http://www.purlbee.com
http://creaturecomforts.typepad.com/my_weblog

Head Over Heels.

2009-01-28T15:50:00.000-08:00

I don't know if I mentioned, but I am mostly friends with people that are 20 years of age or younger. Only a few acquaintences I know of around town are actually over 21, but we don't hang out or see each other often. My first close friend up here, Sandra, turned 21 this past weekend before school started and I wanted to post a pic up of her special night. It was a pretty crazy night with lots of shots being taken. Haiasi and I ended up being the most wasted that night while Sandra woke up the next morning hangover free. I'm glad I actually have someone to go out to the bars with me, other than Haiasi :P Btw, Haiasi REFUSES to smile in any picture. The ones I do have up with him smiling are ridiculous cause it's all forced >:{

I was walking home the other day and it just hit me that I have a lovely boyfriend who lives with me. The realization was more on the part of my boyfriend living with me. Strange how it's been almost a year of him sharing a bed with me and it just hit me the other day.

I am almost through my first full week of 6 classes and I have to say that it is EXHAUSTING. I noticed also that since I am in school from 7:30ish in the morning till 5ish at night, I drink a lot of tea. Its nice to be drinking some damn good mixed green teas, but bothersome cause of the 10 bajillion bathroom breaks I take during one class period. Blegh.

My Papa James' anniversary is coming up within a couple of weeks. I want to finish converting a VHS tape of him before his anniversary so I can send the DVD copy to my family. After my Papa passed away when I was in 8th grade, I have come to notice that I have a bad fixation on close family and friends dying. It scares me to the point of crazy worrying and I wish I could stop. I am seriously thinking of seeing someone about it. It doesn't help either since I am so far away from my family. I can't just drive home and feel better :(

I have a new love for Moleskine writing journals. I always buy them with their natural bindings and either lined or not lined regular journals in sets of 3. They are a bit pricey, but they are so great for class and collecting my thoughts.

This weekend shall be fun. I have a birthday party to attend this Friday. Saturday is fight night :D I booked a table for 4 at a sports bar/restaurant to watch the BJ Penn and Georges St. Pierre fight (YAY!) and Sunday will either be a beach day or a homework day. I am excited and really glad I have a ton of things to look forward to this weekend. I'll write again soon, if I don't get too swamped.

New Semester

2009-01-22T09:42:00.000-08:00

I started school yesterday and surprisingly, I woke up on time for my 8am class. My first early morning class since 2005. My first class of the day was Time Arts and it was actually fun after we got through the typical syllabus talk. We created slide images for our first project. I will work on them later on this weekend. That class meets up twice a week, Monday and Wednesday. Yay for 8am classes! (but not really...)

Second class was my art history 300 elective class which I chose to take History of Photography. I have it with a few of my friends at PNCA so I was pretty stoked on that and only that. The class dragged on and on and on and on, but it doesn't seem like it will be a burden when it comes closer to finals.

Second day of classes and I have one at 11am till 5pm for Theory + Practice: Art and Religion. I hope I have some people in there that I know cause I know it will be a long and tedious lecture. I will end it here because I need to get ready for it and make me a sandwhich for lunch. Bye!

My Second Home Away From Home

2009-01-15T08:40:00.000-08:00

I made it back to Portland just fine. I arrived Tuesday night to a late lover and cold toes! Taking sleeping pills right before you board your plane is such a good idea. It worked for me, prolly one of the best long naps on a plane. I woke up without having a cramped body and restless sleep. I think mostly because the pills numbed me a bit :P Tylenol PM does me good :P

I got back home at about 11pm and was happy to see that my digital pics from Walmart had arrived. I ordered pics from Haiasi and my Hawaii trip during the summer. I asked Haiasi if he wanted to help me put together a photo album of us and he agreed so I was glad to see my 2 stacks on my desk :)

I had a lot of stuff from the winter workshop I taught at so I mailed the supplies home instead of carrying it with me on the plane. 4 flat rate boxes and 1 big box of old family VHS tapes and Haiasi's Christmas presents :P Oh and kinako powder for all the mochi I made and brought back too! Grandma and I made about 5 lbs. worth of mochi for me to freeze and eat whenever. I know gary wishes he was hanging out with me and eating that sugary yumminess. Sooo good!

I have a little less than a week before school starts. I think I mentioned it, but I'm taking a full load consisting of 6 classes. I know I'm crazy, but I am doing it for 2 semesters to graduate on time. I hope I don't get too stressed out and have a mental breakdown though :P That would not be pleasant. AND they are pretty much all 8am classes....I haven't had 8am classes since highschool. Blehh. But at least I have a few things to look forward to. Haiasi and I will be eating at Cheesecake Factory tonight to celebrate our anniversary :D And then this weekend I shall have several drinks with Sandra in celebration of her FINALLY turning 21. And then to start mys school year, Obama's Inauguration :D I hope 2009 will go smoothly and I am ready for this brand new year. 2008 was fabulous for me since I got close again with my childhood friends and I found a wonderful boy that makes me happy :) This was waaay too long, but I needed to share and make up for the lack of posts. Oh, and I wish Emi the best with the rest of her wedding planning :)

P.S. I loooooove strawberry shortcake. Especially when they are in cupcake form! Oishii!!

Leaving on a jet plane...

2009-01-09T20:59:00.001-08:00

I am leaving Hawaii nei this coming Tuesday. I am excited and dreading it at the same time. I have enjoyed my time back at home and look forward to the next time I am home (which may be next December again) and my love will be coming home with me again for New Years :D It shall be fun and different for him since New Years isn't a huge thing for him.

It sucked for the first 1.5 week of break cause I got horribly sick and am only recovering now. I have been away from Haiasi for a good 2.75 weeks and miss him terribly! I shall update later though cause friends want me to play Left 4 Dead!

Power outages and such.

2008-12-27T13:03:00.001-08:00

I had my little get together last night with the girls I have grown up with since 3rd grade. Rose, Toot, Bri, and Gen stopped by to eat and talk story and exchange gifts. I've been off and on sick so I managed well. Half an hour into them visiting the power went out as we were putting food on our plates. It freaked us all out cause there was crazy lightning and thunder right before the power went out. My Dad later told me that lightning hit the island's main transformer so that was why there was an all island power outage. Sadly, the power did not go back on till early this morning. Strange how dark and scary the outside world can look when all of the lights on the island just goes out.

I will be heading to the beach today :D I'll edit this a little later :P

Delays and vanilla latte.

2008-12-24T06:45:00.000-08:00

I have not slept yet. The past 18+ hours has been very long, stressful, and sleepy. I shall recap cause I can't sleep right now. The caffeine is kicking in.

-Woke up at about 1pm. Packed up my belongings from Haiasi's parents house in Washington.

-Drove down to a little family diner called Stuffy's to eat breakfast with Haiasi and his older brother. Got a huge country fried steak platter and shared it with my lover.

-Drove down back to Portland and got stuck in the snow right in front of my apartment. Dug Haiasi's brother's car out of the snow for a good 45 minutes while people just stared at us.

-Said my goodbyes to Haiasi and then took a long warm bath, cleaned up the house, packed everything into 1 suitcase (iunno how it all fit), then played Left 4 Dead for about 3 hours. During this time, I had my momma and grandma calling me every half hour saying that my flight might be canceled and delayed till Dec. 26th morning. I wanted to cry.

-Ate a piece of toast and called Radio Cab cause I didn't trust the MAX and the buses.

-Arrived at the airport, sat in line for an hour, talk story with some other people in line, grabbed a vanilla latte, and set up my post in the lonely D10 gate. I have barricaded myself in by the nearest electrical outlet for my handicap G4 and am waiting for the caffeine to wear down so I can fall asleep till the loudspeaker guy shouts my flight.

It is now 7:01am. 4 more hours till I supposedly depart for Kahalui. I think I will be arriving home in the early evening. If for some odd reason my flight is cancelled or delayed till tomorrow morning, I will cry. I do NOT want to spend Christmas in a freakin' airport. Pray for the flights so everyone can go home to their families!

P.S. My cab driver looked and sounded like Francis from Left 4 Dead. Yeah yeah yeah, I'm addicted. I kept playing out hideout spots for myself if there was a zombie apocalypse right now in the PDX airport :P

More snow!

2008-12-20T11:42:00.000-08:00

Last night I ran some errands. Haiasi and I walked down to the post office to mail out my woodblock supplies home and then headed down to PNCA to see if my final portfolio was returned yet (it wasn't finished being graded yet.) Then we walked down to Safeway to buy some Dead Guy Ale, but Safeway didn't carry much Rogue products. I left Haiasi and walked down to Little Urbanites to buy some cute kiddy stuff for Chason. As I was walking home I decided to pick up some hot cocoa mix and as I was walking back to my house it started to snow a little. This is the most snow I have seen Portland hold since I have moved here. It's been pretty consistent with snowing here for the past week.

Haiasi and I will be heading back to Washington today. I still need to finish up my Art History exam and email it to my teacher. Shall do that tonight...

Oh my. As I am writing this blog, some guy is deciding to pee on the building across from my apartment. I can almost see...everything. Sheesh. Anywh, it doesn't look like the snow will be letting up anytime soon. I want to eat crispy hashbrowns for some reason. Drenched in salt and ketchup :D MMMMMM. Ok I need to go eat now. Bye!

New stuffs

2008-12-15T02:27:00.000-08:00

I am drugged up on sleepy meds so this might sound a bit wonky.

I finished putting my flat book together of my woodblock and screen relief prints just now. Scanned them all in, turned them in online to my teacher, and updated all my blogs/deviants/stuffs of the new work. I'm not entirely proud of them since they are heavily flawed, but I'll show them anyway :P

These are the last two projects for my printmaking class this semester. They are both silk screened assignments, one with in-direct stencils, the other with direct photo stencils. I was supposed to have at least one in-direct layer on the lungs print, but I got too overwhelmed and said fuck it. Enjoy!

School is not cancelled tomorrow either for the 11am finals, which kinda sucks, but kinda good cause I made my mini gorgonzola, cherry tomato, pizzettes for my fellow classmates. If they decide to cancel all finals tomorrow, I will get to sleep in which will be nice since I think I am getting a horrendous cold that makes me feel like throwing up at times. Could be from stress though.

Oh the weather outside is frightful..

2008-12-14T12:55:00.000-08:00

Not really though, but it puts me in a christmas mood :)

I woke up and looked briefly out my window and got sad cause I thought it didn't snow. Oh I was soo wrong though :P It was like a kid waking up on christmas day for me :P I woke Haiasi up and jumped up and down on the bed. It looks so pretty! Haven't seen snow in Portland since Kate still lived with me. It didn't snow as bad as 2 years ago, but it makes me all fuzzy inside :)

I am almost done with all of my final projects. I gave up on my plaster replica of catal hoyuk so instead I am making a paper version of it. It looks pretty good so far :D

Enjoy the snow kiddies cause it prolly won't last tille tomorrow :(

Mr. GoodMorning

2008-12-11T14:25:00.000-08:00

Haiasi and I invested some money into a couple giftcards to give to the homeless guy by my house. I named him Mr. GoodMorning. He is probably the nicest homeless man I've ever met. He always says hi to me and Haiasi when we walk to school. I have never once have I ever seen him sad, mad, or whatever and he always greets us with the warmest hello's. I've been trying to make him waffles for the past 3 months, but everytime I would make them for him and look for him, he would be gone from his little post he stays at near my house. I gave up on giving him waffles, so I bought him som Fred Meyer and Starbucks giftcards for Christmas. I hope he enjoys them :)

On a much needed update, I have finished my composition lightbox for school. I had made a wooden rectangular lightbox for my final in my composition class. I built it entirely myself with the help of the wood tools at school, thread and some hot glue gun power. It came out quite great actually. I have a little peephole at the bottom of the box that you look into (this box would be mounted to the wall like a shelf) and it has a little miniature scenary of hot air balloons flying into watercolored skies. It's very cute! If you ever come to my house you can experience it for yourself :) I did quite well, Modou liked it as well as most of my class. I feel very proud and accomplished for getting it done on time. I still have 2 print projects to do, a plaster sculpture of catalhoyuk, an exam, and paper. I shall be done with this semester next week Thursday. Yay!!

I can't wait to get home. I have been homesick for awhile and I miss my friends. I can't wait :D

It's my party and I cry if I want to...

2008-12-07T14:04:00.000-08:00

I had my belated birthday celebration last night at my apartment. I slaved away for a good 4.75 hours making 3 dishes :P I made mini pizzas topped with pizza sauce, Gorgonzola cheese crumbs, a half of a cherry tomato, oregano, and EVOO. I also made these sticky sandwhiches, which I will go heat up as son as I'm done with this post, from a recipe I got from one of Haiasi's friends. You pretty much just get some french rolls, insert lotsa ham and swiss cheese, stick it in a pan and drizzle this yummmmmy buttery sweet yet tangy mixture over all the sandwhiches, and then you bake them. They came out soo delish and the smell could be smelled on at least my floor and the stairwell. The last thing I made was yummy cupcakes from scratch. I found a recipe called pink lady cake. It had pureed strawberries in them. I think next time I'll kick it up a notch and add another ingrediant to make it sweeter. Note to self though, BUY A HAND MIXER.

I cleaned the apartment, Haiasi vaccuumed, and after me and Colin were slaving away in our kitchen, we set all the food down on my little Japanese tables and waited for people to arrive. A good chunk of people showed up (kinda wearing pink :P) with lots of other food (spring rolls, chicken, spanish salad, dessert, and uncooked rice :P) so we pretty much pigged out the entire night and drank to our heart's content. I had half a bottle of my moscato d'asti to myself and felt good after about 2 cups worth. It was soooo good :) And I didn't get raging drunk so YAY! for me.

We ended the night playing The Simpson's Clue, watching Ali G shows, and explaining how to play Left 4 Dead. It was a great belated birthday for me and I enjoyed a bunch :) Next time when everyone is actually 21 we shall go out to a nice place or go bowling :D

Ooooh, I also thought I gained a bunch of weight from Thanksgiving AND my birthday last night, but surprisingly I lost 3 lbs. during the holiday break and maintained it last night. I am so surprised, but enjoying the fact that maybe I am actually doing something right for once with my health. Hopefully that lasts throughout my time in Hawaii XD

Mata ne! I'll post pics once I get off Left 4 Dead :D

Left 4 Dead

2008-12-03T04:12:00.001-08:00

I am addicted. I am coming clean and announcing it. I am addicted to playing Left 4 Dead. Damn you Haiasi-kun XD

I have been trying to manage final projects and playing L4D at night. This has been making me sleep at 4ish in the morning. If you aren't a huge gamer, this game is a zombie killing type of game. You play in a 4 person team and go around killing zombies. That's the simplest way to put it. it's freakin' awesome. I enjoyed it so much, I bought my own copy, installed Windows (this is huge since I hate PC's) and downloaded Steam so I could play it with friends. I am so consumed with it, it's insane. I may have to install it onto my mom's computer back at home just so I could play it smore :P

If you play L4D, add me on Steam and play a game with me! My username is ladycake.

Gobble gobble!

2008-11-29T00:13:00.000-08:00

I made sushi for Haiasi's family for Thanksgiving. The rice got so hard :( It was still yummy, but next time I shall make it at their house. We left for Haiasi's family's house on Wednesday night. Class got canceled so I got to stay home and clean up instead of leaving the house a mess. It definitely feels different having Thanksgiving dinner without my family. It was really nice to spend it with Haiasi's family though since they're so nice. I'd like to have my family come up one year for Thanksgiving though. I think it would be really nice :)

I left all my final projects at home. I decided against bringing my plaster project up here cause I didn't want to make a mess. I was planning on working on all of my papers, but I haven't got around to them yet....I want to just relax!!

I did have a nice long chat with Haiasi's mom. Talked about a lot of things. It felt nice to talk to her since I miss my momma so much. I was crying a little on Thanksgiving morning cause I've been feeling so homesick for my family. I can't wait to go home and spend some time with them. I told my mom that I wanna spend most of my time with them and with my girls. I wanna see how big Chason got and hang out with Rose since she'll be home again too. It's nice hanging out with the girls you grew up with since elementary school. I think this is the closest we've been to one another since highschool. It's a nice feeling :)

I am going to rpocrastinate more and then start fixing my print paper :P Maybe....Oh and happy birthday to me!

My Continuous Journey

2008-11-20T13:16:00.000-08:00

Since November 8th of my first corrective eating post, I have stuck to working out on the weekdays, resting on the weekends, and eating smaller portions of food, and trying to not eat things with high fructose syrup. I have lost about ~6, give or take the fluctuation. I am really proud of myself and I am happy with the slow results :) I never thought I could do this since I've always had such a hard time maintaining my weight, that I don't want to give up.

The repetitiveness of me working out every night at about 7pm makes me feel like when I don't workout I'm losing out! I've grown accustomed to going to the gym before my favorite shows are playing so I watch whatever is on the tv's and just bike, run, and do some light weight training. I hope that by the time I go back home, I lose another 2 lbs. When I get home I'll start walking the dogs with my mom them since they started taking long walks everyday.

I hope everyone who has school still does well on their finals, it's creeping up pretty fast. I have 3 huge projects that I need to work on, 2 of which are miniatures and 1 silkscreen project. I have yet to find out what the final is for my Theory + Practice class is XD I will most likely be living at school for the next 3 weeks.

Jya!

I'd like to be...

2008-11-16T23:48:00.000-08:00

I finally scanned in my last woodbock print from my printmaking class. I only scanned the white paper versions of this varied edition; the other papers were cream colored and black. The registration is off, but this was basically how they came out looking. I grouped them for easier viewing pleasures.

This project took me a long time to complete. Looks pretty simple right? SOOOO WRONG. This was my first reduction print, which basically means that I only use one piece of wood for the entire edition. I did 12 of them which started off with me making one cut into the wood, then printing all 12 of them, making another cut into the wood, printing that mark onto the same 12 pieces of paper, and then so on until you are done. I procrastinated on the printing so it ended up with me printing all within one night for about 7 hours straight. I was soooo exhausted. Maybe that is why I have been putting off my scans for this assignment. It may look like a simple piece, and it was for the first 3 cuts and prints, but when it got down to the text, I had to cut away all the wood around the text so that the text was the only thing raised and then printed it. That alone took me an hour to cut away (record time for me.) I don't think I will EVER again do a reduction print, unless I was for sure gonna sell them all for about $500 bucks a pop.

When I get some scans in of my first silkscreen project I'll post the up as well :) Enjoy!

Cheeeee hoo!!

2008-11-16T13:23:00.000-08:00

This weekend has been pretty hectic. Our fridge broke so my landlord had to come up and install a new one, which is much bigger and nicer looking than our last! So Isaiah and I had to take out all our food and go through what needed to be tossed and then reorganized everything.

The next day I went to school and printed my first screen. I came across so many problems trying to get it to print correctly that I ended up just having 6 shitty prints, but at this point I don't care! I also calculated my project wrong with its colors. I thought that we had to do 12, but I only had 6 pieces of paper and then I realized that I was making more work for myself -____-

After printing for what seemed like forever, I rode my bike home, did some homework and then went to Fox Tower and watched Changeling. I must say, I thought it would good, but I ended up REALLY REALLY liking it. It made me sad, mad, revengeful, and happy and I don't usually get like that with most movies. I thought Angelina Jolie did a great job on this film, although Isaiah couldn't even recognize that it was her. I would recommend anyone who likes a more serious film to go see this one. I mean, my boyfriend eve liked it a bunch so that's gotta mean something :P

I am off to school now. I shall update with some new work I've done when I stop being lazy. Jya!

Day 4

2008-11-11T21:13:00.000-08:00

Day 4 is not going so well. I was on a steady losing streak of .2 lbs. everyday for the past 3 days (which might not seem like much, but it is huge to me!) and then I wake up, weigh myself this morning and find myself to have gained 1.5 lbs. WTF!? It kind of put me back into depressed mode, but I know my weight won't miraculously change overnight. Meh.

Aside from that, I signed up for my Spring 2009 classes. I think I have gone crazy. I am taking...drum roll please...6 classes. Not 4, not 5, but 6 classes. Time arts, T+P: Art and Religion, History of Photography, Intermediate Silkscreen and Woodblock, Special Topics: Letterpress, and English. WHOO. I already know I will prolly put Haiasi through hell and my social life will become non-existent (like it matters anyway...) but hopefully this will let me graduate a semester and then some sooner. And if I wasn't crazy enough, I will be doing this for the entire year of 2009. For summer school I will try to take as many classes as I can at PNCA and do the rest at PCC I suppose. Doing 2 terms of 6 classes and 2 classes or more for summer will hopefully have me graduating by Spring 2010. If I don't do the 6 class extreme, I will be graduating in Fall 2010, waiting a whole semester to fly by with me taking no classes, and then walking in Spring 2011. Yeah I don't want that. I need to get out of school already. I don't know what I'd do after college, but at least I could start paying off my damn loans.

That was an awesome venting session acompanied by tears. I don't feel good. I am going to go play Wario's Woods.

Day 1 Sucked.

2008-11-09T15:41:00.000-08:00

>_____<

Day 1 of my corrective eating habits SUCKED SO BAD. Being a bit more nocturnal has made it very hard for me to not eat before bed. I took my fat picture polaroids and posted them by my scale and desk. I recorded what I ate down yesterday and cooked a damn good dinner of Lemon Chicken Penne Pasta with Capers. I should've taken a picture, it was so DELISH! I will prolly make smore tonight so I can take it to school tomorrow for lunch. I'll try to remember to take a pic cause it was really really yummy.

After the horrible and painstakingly task of not snacking on some foods while doing my Grotesque paper, I knocked out and then woke up to the same weight, which is good cause it means for my first day of corrective eating I did not gain anymore weight and if I had lost a bunch of weight I would have a weight rebound later on. I am going to try my hardest to stick to this corrective eating plan. I really need to work on my sleep schedule though. I have been sleeping at ~5am for the past few nights. I have class tomorrow at 11am so I need to take my good ol' Tylenol PM!

Off to work out now!

I am going to admit something.

2008-11-08T01:17:00.001-08:00

I am on a permanent weight loss plan. Or at least I am attempting it.

I have been consistently gaining weight since last summer and now I have been gaining like crazy for several legitimate reasons. I am writing about this even though it is embarrassing because I feel that I need to vent about it to better myself and help me seriously lose the extra weight I've been gaining.

I know I should feel secure about the way I look, or at least be comfortable about how I look, but it is very hard >___< I have come to terms that I will never have a very skinny body cause my momma gave me curves (and thunder thighs), but being healthier for myself and keeping things up would be overall beneficial. Aside from losing some weight and exercising more, I need to correct my sleeping. I am going to be taking before and after pictures and setting up a log for myself. Hopefully I can setup a meal plan thing for the week so I can calculate my intake of food and such. Phew, lotsa hard work XD If any of you who read my blog is tryna lose weight as well and need some moral support, you should contact me XD Then we can hold each other accountable. I am now gonna go take my before pictures and start my log. I feel good about this. I think writing about and the fact that I am physically declaring myself to work harder for my health is helpful. Ok that is all. Jya!!

Here are some links I found helpful :P These will be my reading motivations.
Weight Loss Tips
CalorieKing

Yummy potatoes, tea, and necklaces galore.

2008-11-06T21:19:00.000-08:00

Today is my relax day after my Art History class. Got home early and pretty much bummed around the house till Haiasi left. Ryan and Colin came home and talked for a bit while finishing up my Pushing Daisies episode I missed this week. I started cooking dinner and I am almost done. Spaghetti, garlic bread, and badass potatoes :) YUM!

I have my very first jewelry customer!! After several months no progress and now I have someone interested in buying one of my necklaces :D You can check my jewelry out on my etsy page if you like or view my images I have on the right hand side :P

I am in a good mood and I like it like that.

All I have to say is...

2008-11-05T13:00:00.000-08:00

FUCK YES!!

I screamed and cried when Obama won and I am still in shock from last night's election.

I got bored.

2008-11-02T03:06:00.000-08:00

While thinking about my next composition piece for Modou, I freaked out cause it's due on Tuesday (btw, I don't even know if I'm going to class because of elections...) and then started to draw and do some watercolors. I am getting into the habit of studying other artists' work to get a feel of what I am comfortable with and what I am not comfortable with within my own work. I have come to realize that I have a thing for miniatures, gestural and well planned out drawings, and things that are not carefully made in a clean cut way (a.k.a. I dig sloppy looking work.)

I am gonna pick up some wood tomorrow at Ace Hardware then head to Ai to steal paper from them, and then work on my project. I feel a bit overwhelmed with the work I am getting in class. I also have a proposal on what I will do for my war project and I am drawing a huge EFFn blank. I just want to get this semester over with. I want to push myself to draw more to hone in my crappy skills so I can portray whats in my head onto my canvas. Bleh.

I also have all these 1.5 inch circle drawings of little girls heads and nothing to do with them. Any ideas?

Along came.

2008-10-30T14:10:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in a few days. Life has been an endless cycle of doing time consuming projects and not having any time for anything else in my life. I started doing these cute little drawings of girls heads (in a non creepy beheaded way) and I am trying to get a plan together for starting my card side business. Nothing beats cute little handmade cards :) Hopefully they'll sell a little better than my jewelry. Even if I don't make much money off my paper goods, I can always have some bad ass cards for my fellow lovers and friends for their special occasions :)

I also got my business cards for my jewelry line and my design company. They look great, so if you see me, you should demand one :) You know you want one!

I also bought my bike pump and tire patch fixer-upper. My bike has not been used for the past week or so. This of course has made me very sad, so as soon as I get some time, I shall patch it up and ride to my heart's content! Man I am so cheesy right now....

I bought coffee today from Starbucks. I am not proud for supporting them, but I was in dire need of some caffeine, especially since I have been sleeping for only about 3 - 4 hours a night. I seriously considered missing my midterm today because of my lack of zzz's. I wish they would make a little Dutch Bros. stand near my house instead of over the bridge. I would put all my money into those yummy snicker bar blends. Sooooo yummy! And a great deal cheaper than starbucks.

I hope everyone has a good halloween! Isaiah and I and some friends will be going to a haunted house out in Gresham. Live nudity, gore, violence, flesh suspension, etc. Fun!

Updated...

2008-10-24T21:34:00.001-07:00

I updated my online portfolio. You should check it out if you have time. I'm off to Backspace.

Lady Brigade Designs

Ok bye.

Hoot hoot!

2008-10-18T02:04:00.000-07:00

This picture made me laugh XD

I started drawing. I don't think I am comfortable drawing still, even though I have some sort of formal training. I have come to terms with myself that until I am comfortable with drawing or sketching I will not be able to do human figures in naturalistic ways. Soooo instead, I draw kooky little things or people with longer than usual necks and lumpy arms. I guess they will do for now along with my owls :)

I ate at Jin Wah today with Isaiah. We had pho, those yummy spring rolls, and salt pepper squid. SOOOO oishii!! We caught the MAX to the restaurant and then came home before we went to the gym. So far this weekend has been pleasant and relaxed :) I will be going to cut my hair for sure tomorrow. I told Isaiah that if I don't get my hair cut, I'll sleep out in the living room till I do :P Because I can't sleep away from him, I will cut it tomorrow! Pics will be posted too :)

Fun picture to end this post. I saw it on threadless :)

Well it woulda been, coulda been worse than you would ever know.

2008-10-16T01:50:00.000-07:00

My week is almost up. I am GLAD. Shit hit the fan for me emotionally. I think being broke is wearing on me right now. I need to start making more websites...

I am craving some new ink. I wish I had enough dough to put some tones on my body. I miss feeling that slick ooze you get after you've had a long sesh. Ohh how I wish. It shall have to wait.

BTW, I am getting legs of steel yet again. I have not seen these legs since when I used to skateboard. Damn. Biking up hill on a one speed bike is not mah thang. At all. I guess even if my school week is coming to a close I will be at the printmaking studio for the most of my weekend. Fun. You know where to find me.

Also...my boyfriend is thee sweetest. I like finding his little notes for me in my little spaces :)

Space is the place.

2008-10-14T18:37:00.000-07:00

I had my composition class today and it went okay. We didn't really get to critique what I had put together, but my teacher assigned me and another girl from class to collab together for next week's class. It shall be interesting.

I' home alone right now and I am about to get ready to go to the gym for a couple hours. I need to catch up on a lot of reading for my Heroes, Gods + Monsters class. It seems like school is overwhelming me again, mostly due to having a bigger print project due soon. Reduction prints are not my friend right now :(

Updates later I suppose...
Oh, and check out Buddy Ross. He has a lot of new stuff I dig a ton. I suggest listening to it when you get the chance if you're into mixed music :)

Drawn to the ground.

2008-10-13T14:28:00.000-07:00

I did, pretty much, absolutely nothing this weekend. Homework wise that is. I am currently in the computer lab at school doing what seems like retarded computations of how to do this reduction woodblock print. If I was a famous artist that sold my woodblock prints, this print would sell for a good $500+. This is so time consuming. I can't figure this crap out. I feel stupid trying to figure this out. Bleh.

I am still not done with Modou's 4ft. x 5ft. project; due tomorrow btw. I bought the supplies at Scrap and have the materials lying about my living room/kitchen floor. I will most likely be spending a huge amount of time trying to finalize it so I can turn it in. The critique will most likely be horrible because I totally pulled this project out of my ass. We'll see how it goes...

The picture featured in today's post is my image digg of the day that made me chuckle :)

Have fun this week kiddies. I may very well have a breakdown sometime soon because of the overload of assignments.

And you say, and you say....

2008-10-09T18:32:00.000-07:00

Au Revoir Simone. I likey.

Blehh I broke my one blog a day rule again. I think that I am doomed to not keep up certain commitments aside from the commitment I have made to my Haiasi. Sadly I am going to retract my proposal of writing 1 blog a day for a year to me writing a blog whenever I damn well feel like it. My week of school is finally done, but I feel crappy. I am so freakin' poor. It's sad. I am seriously considering selling drugs to stay afloat in this money ridden world. I need to buy a 4ft. x 5 ft. piece of canvas for composition class and I have zero monies for that.

I think I need to bundle up and head to schol to print tonight. It'll take the edge off of me for a bit I hope. Ok byee.

Meh...

2008-10-07T13:17:00.000-07:00

Body.......sore................must.........rest.

For once since I started working out again my body has gotten sore the day after going to the gym. YAY! and NAY!! I could barely get outta bed this morning. No working out today cause Haiasi starts school. I shall be in the printmaking studio till 9ish after my 3pm class ends :P

Whew.

2008-10-06T18:28:00.000-07:00

I walked back and forth to school at least 3 times today. I forgot my bento pack at home that I made last night so I walked home to pick it up and eat it. On the way to get my bento, my credit card company called and said that someone was making fraudulent charges on my card which racked up to more than +$100 of stuff. Luckily they caught it in time and I'll be reimbursed fully.

On another note...I bought my bike today! It's a sooper simple bike, but it was just what I needed. Yay for me! As soon as I get some lights and a lock I will be riding around town :D

It is almost midterm for PNCA. Surprisingly I am not freaking out. I think I just need to focus on passing my art history midterm and then I'll be set. Boo to midterms!

EDIT!!

I am still being consistent on working out in my free time and also blogging everyday since I messed up. YAY! I also found some new good music. Which is always nice, in my opinion, since I barely ever have anything new and good to listen to. I also stole the string quartet versions of Coldplay's song from Haiasi-kun's computard. YAY for pirating!

I made chicken curry (japanese style) tonight. I think I am getting waaaay better at making it. Faster too. The very first time I made curry it came out good, but it took me like an hour and a half to make it. Now it only takes me about 30 mins. I want to learn to cook chap jae (sp?) sometime soon. It is soooo yummy. The one I had in Seattle was so ono, it made me want to eat it everyday. It was delish. I need to learn how to make it cause it's really healthy too. Good noodles with veggies, a little bit of meat and tasty sauce. I'm getting hungry again. Ok I shall end it here. BYE!

Toooooo tireed.

2008-10-06T00:49:00.000-07:00

I woke up at 5pm today. I am so fucked. I took sleepy meds and now I feel like my eyelids are a thousand pounds. Night all. Short post.

Puyo Tummies and Bikes.

2008-10-05T00:35:00.000-07:00

I am EXHAUSTED. I was going to work out tonight after printing, but I fucked up my prints and had to do them over, thus making me stay at school from 4pm - 10pm. My feet hurt from standing for almost 6 hours :(

I have a puyo tummy starting to accumulate. To my knowledge, puyo means "soft and round." I have puyo arms and a puyo tummy. Work out tomorrow so I should be fine. I think I need to take Katie's (my old roomie) advice about appearance. Even if I feel fat I should dress up nice so that I feel good about myself. Usually I just throw a white tee on and my black jeans :P I need to work on my confidence I suppose. I'm not sure I should be writing this all out in my blog, but this is my means of venting to everyone and no one at the same time :P

Speaking of bikes in my title...I finally found a bike on craigslist (see pic!!) for $100 and it looks pretty damn good. I don't know much about bikes, just how to ride them. Hopefully I can check it out soon and snatch it up!

I stumbled upon these images of Mika Nakashima. She acted in the manga/anime/movie character role of Nana (she was the hardcore looking Nana.) I found a bunch of photoshoot pics of her online and I just thought it was so amazing. I liked how it looked so I thought I'd post some of them. I'm not sure who the photographer was, but big thumbs up from me to her/him :D She is so gorgeous...

I feel like dancing. If you haven't noticed, I write a bit ADDish. I write papers like this too which is really bad, but I can't help it. Speaking of papers, I need to start on my 5-10 page paper on the grotesque. Due first week of November O_O I need to get a move on that.

Okay I think I need to sleep. I am tired and it's affecting my thinking abilities :P Night all.
Jyaaaaaaaaaaaa Ne.

ARGH!

2008-10-04T15:59:00.000-07:00

I already failed at my 1 blog a day commitment :( This did not go well. I guess being busy with a bajillion school projects does not help it. I am going to try again....my last attempt to stick to this.

I got really frustrated last night with my composition assignment. I am yet again going to be spending a bunch of money on supplies. Bleh. I had a financial breakdown last night too. I wish I was out of school already, but not. I can't handle this unstable money stuff. It freaks me out. Plus it's no fun staying in for the weekend forcefully.

I also was distracted last night by looking rain boots and messenger bags which then led me to look at all the regular boots I want, but can not have :( I liked these from my little search last night. Too bad I don't have an extra $400 laying around that doesn't need to be to bills.

I am off to school soon. I'll be in the printmaking studio or wood shop if you wanna keep me company :)

Sure, play another song. I've got nothing better to do.

2008-10-01T22:42:00.001-07:00

I was very productive today with getting the house stuff done. I washed 3 loads of clothes, cleaned the kitchen and took out the trash! I need to do homework now, but I kind of don't want to. I shall get around to it in the next hour...or so.

I have been listening to a lot of Beirut, Sea Wolf, and Radiohead. A good combo in my opinion. I have not been on a heavy search for new music. I am still looking for some good ol stuff like Billie Holiday. I have been craving for some soft blues and something to soothe me. I guess I go through phases with my music.

I worked out today too. Isaiah and I thought that we had the system beat for getting in for free, but we got tricked today and had to pay for membership. Since I paid for it today, I will be heading there often to get my money's worth. Hopefully in 6 weeks I see some progression of weight loss. Especially in my thigh areas. Hahahahahhh how I love being pear shaped.

If you like good beats and something pretty mellow I suggest you check out Buddy Ross on Myspace. I like it a bunch and he's pretty good at winning beat comps too ;]

Night all.

One post, one day.

2008-10-01T02:55:00.000-07:00

I have decided that I am going to try to commit to making one post a day for a whole year. That is a lot of blogging. I feel that I can do it. I know that some fellow students I have classes with have committed to doing a drawing a day for a year so I wanted to do something similar and blogging came to mind. This will be my way of unleashing. I suppose.

I had my dreaded critique today in class. it went surprisingly well. No tears or heavy hearts. I will prolly freak out next week when I have to turn in my weight and gravity assignment though...Meh.

On another note, Haiasi shaved off all of his facial hair cause I dared him to. He did. I regret it terribly. Hopefully it will grow back fast cause his face is going to give me rug burn if i keep making out with him XD

Okay I am sleepy now. I will throw a movie in and doze off. Tomorrow I am going on an adventure to look for some yummy dim sum of pho :D

Print Exchange in Chicago

2008-09-29T21:58:00.000-07:00

I went to a printmaking meeting today in the central studio and ate yummy pizza and salad. We talked about the printmakers exchange that occurs every year in a different city. The next one in March 2009 is going to be in Chicago. I think I am qualified to go so if I can afford it, I want to sign up for it. I think it's about 2 days of actual printmaking stuff along with demos and topic talks and such. I am looking forward to it :]

Aside from that exciting news, my pointer, middle, and pinky fingers are blistering/bruised from the intense woodblock cutting I did today in class for about 5 hours. I even duct taped my fingers up, but they still got all nasty. I think I'ma go bug Haiasi now for a back massage :D

Jyaaaaa Ne.

Of Interest.

2008-09-28T02:22:00.000-07:00

I can't help but notice the way that I have been thinking lately. I feel as if I am losing my mind being put into a semi fine arts school.

With every passing week, I grow tired and bothersome with the material we debate upon. It's pure madness I feel at times. I feel too simple-minded when I walk into discussions about shit I really don't care about.

I feel pressured slightly to conform to the typical art school student who is enriched in thought about de Kooning and the thousands of other artists I have no idea about. I just want to learn about printmaking and get a degree out of it. That's it. I don't want to do galleries and exhibits and print out catalogs that represent my "art." I just want to learn techniques for myself so that I can use it later on in my design work.

Maybe I am getting scared because I feel discouraged. I know that I will be most likely doing a commercial job or futting around in my own studio printing and sewing and making jewelry just for the fun of doing it because I love it. Is that so hard to comprehend? I feel like it is.

I am wondering a lot right now. I think I need sleep. Or food. Food more so I think. My brain hurts.