I am alive...i think.

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.

A favorite :)

Domo Cards

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!

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.

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

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.

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.