one side/infinate sides

Whooo!! Dorothy gave me a righteous and totally sweet mobius scarf. She knitted it herself! How cool is that?

So yeah, went to Seattle today. Hopped on the good ol' Bainbridge Ferry. Rainy and gray day but thankfully we were driving around so all was good. We went to Archie McPhee's to pick up some birthday stuff and other things. They don't really have a nice set up there; more of a place for people to get what they know they want as opposed to browsing. We went to an electric bike shop next, not for me but for mom and dad. They want fancy new bikes that do the work for them.

After a little bit of tiffage we went to get some fish & chips. After that it was a Danish bakery and then to Jeanette & co.'s.

Their house was very cute. Liam is definitely a young boy now. Exchanged some gifts (got the new Michael Chabon novel, sweeet!) and I showed off my drawing portfolio. Dan and Dorothy showed up and we went through my portfolio again. Really happy with the work that I did in that class. Have to do something nice with the choice pieces. It was a wonderful visit; seeing all the people. Ate some tasty cake and drank some tasty tea. We bid adieu and went to catch a ferry.

Listened to Jack Flanders and dozed off. Now I am watching Eastern Promises. It is okay thus far. Not really mom and dads thing but seems all right.

snow, ice, rain, wind and darkness

The power went out last night. It only was out for about forty-five minutes but for some reason my computer was unable to connect to the Internet when it returned.

Yesterday I left the house again (amazing! I know!). Dad and I went to the Verizon store to see about upgrading my phone but there wasn't a free upgrade. I don't need a fancy phone but even the less fancy phones were still pricey. Don't know why they don't have better deals but then again most people probably buy the fancy phones because they think they need them. Consumerism blah blah blah.

After Verizon we went to the mall to see about a haircut for dad. The wait was exceedingly long so we walked to Walden's and looked around their shelves a bit. After that we got some hot dogs from a new place in the mall and I proceeded to bite a chunk out of my cheek as well as the hot dog. Ouch.

We then met up with mom to go swimming and the Club. Well, we spent more time in the hot tub than in the pool. I am really out of swimming shape. Well, I haven't really broken out in a sweat since I arrived here. After that we went home.

Dad and I stretched some canvas across some frames that he built. I made some more peanut brittle and then we watched Wilde. As the name gives it away it is indeed a biopic about Oscar Wilde. Stephen Fry was quite awesome in the role, as was Jude Law. We haven't watched the last 15 minutes of the movie because that is when the power cut out.

it better be a stage name...

Stay up late.
Sleep in late.
Spend about ten hours lounging about watching TV and movies.
Go to bed.
Try to sleep.
Repeat.

I will be going home a little earlier than I originally thought. I don't think I can spend another week doing nothing up here. It is time to return to Portland.

Celia came over for a lovely visit. We ate some spaghetti and watched an episode of QI on youtube. Then we watched a few minutes of Nip/Tuck and then decided to watch some of Celia's Netflix movies.

First up was the Devil Wears Prada. Not really my type of movie and I only sort of payed attention to it out of the corner of my eye. Better than I expected it to be but still pretty much what I thought it would be. Some really cute outfits. As the credits went by Celia gasped and started saying my name. I looked up and she was pointing out that my name was RIGHT THERE in the credits!! Trillian! Head Seamstress! Blimey!

It wasn't all that late when we finished that one so we watched another movie. This choice was Gia, an HBO biopic with Angelina Jolie as the model who died from AIDS. Yeah. It was depressing. The actress who plays Juliet on Lost was in it and she was awesome. Jolie is talented at playing crazy people. She is also purdy.

Now to relax, sip some tea, watch Zoolander and eventually go to bed.

return by date

Had a nice sleep in today. Better enjoy it while I can. I'm returning to Portland in about a week (next Thursday I think).

Went to the movies with parents today. We say the new National Treasure movie. It was pretty much exactly like the first one just with a different goal and some more characters. Not really gripping-the-seat tense action but after you have seen No Country for Old Men nothing is really quite as nail biting. It was okay I guess.

We did some quick shopping and went home. Ate some steak, mashed potatoes and peas and chilled out for the night.

Tomorrow I will be hanging out with Auntie Celia. 18 days left in my vacation.

hang out (verb)

The last time I was in Seattle was for the MFA trip and that time I managed to see Llyw. This Seattle trip was no exception; minus the art museums.

Took a little effort to get my car out of the icy driveway but the main roads were peachy. Parked and payed at Bainbridge Island. Nine bucks for all day parking. NINE BUCKS! That is almost ten.

Read some of Mourning Star on the quick ride over and Llyw was there about a minute after I got off the ferry.

With no real plans we set out towards Uwajimaya. The walk took less time than I remember it taking (maybe he knew a quicker route). Didn't spend much time there; picked up some snackums and that was pretty much it. There were no movies to be seen so we just headed to his place to hang out. I brought along my external hard drive and put some various things from his computer onto it. Sweet thing to have.

While those things were loading we went out for lunch for some delicious fast food. I have never had Jack-In-The-Box before, and if I had it has been years and years. It was pretty tasty stuff. After lunch we settled down into watching DVD's via way of his awesome projector. The main selection for the rest of the day was Wonderfalls (with one episode of Spaced thrown in). Great show, I can see why it got cancelled as it was an hour long show before the slightly surreal hour long shows achieved the larger audience. It has notoriety now.

After we finished the first disc we sat about and talked and chatted and even conversed a little. Time flew by while the time to catch the bus downtown crept up on us.

I missed my bus to take me to the 9:00 ferry so Caleb gave me a lift to the dock to catch the 9:45 (Llyw tagged along on the ride).

Goodbyes and hugs were exchanged and I went up to the near deserted terminal, bought my ticket, and waited for the ferry to come in. Read a little more Mourning Star. The drive home went really well; the roads were hardly iced over and traffic was minimal. Even the driveway ice seems to be melting.

Super fun day. It is great to get out of the house and to see old friends. But now I am really feeling the want to return to Portland.

start with a tune and a delayed bang

2008 is upon us! Whoo! Two-oh-oh-eight. I will be Twenty. Out of my teens. Out of adolescence, childhood, and all that other stuff. I will be in my TWENTIES this year. YEE-HAW! And I will be starting my Illustration program at PNCA so that is awesome.

The fireworks at the Space Needle on TV might have been more impressive if they had synced up to the music instead of having "computer glitches" and not go off for minutes at a time. Still nice. We lit some crackers, bottle rockets and sparklers. We used up our good fireworks last Fourth of July.

I was trying to pull an all-nighter so that I could readjust my sleep schedule (I've been staying up past 2am and sleeping in till past noon) but at 6:30 am I fell asleep and woke up a little before 2. Oh well.

Went into town with the parents to do some shopping. I picked out my major (and most likely only) birthday present: a 320 GB external hard drive. Now my laptop won't be all full up! Before I had 7.25 GB free and now I have 57.7 free. Huzzah! My hard drive is a thing of beauty. At Best Buy I ran into Chris and we chatted briefly. Oh I also got some Pixi Stix. Yumm!

After some late lunch and grocery shopping we went home. I moved my computer files around and finished binding my book. It looks a little clumsy and shoddy but I am going to say that it makes it have "character". The paper I used for the cover turned out nice. Can't wait to see it tomorrow after it has finished drying in the press.

Going to Seattle tomorrow. Anti-hermit activities.

Happy New Year Everybody! Here is to another year of art, new friendships, scrubbed bathrooms, frustrations, and achievements.

how much worse could it get

I. hate. the. ice. Hate it hate it hate it. The snow has moved into that stage of never melting ice that coats the roads and makes it a real pain to drive through and on. Bugger! Made it back safely from Chris' but that was only a couple miles away; normally a 5 minute drive. It took me easily fifteen minutes to get home. Real slow driving and a wee bit dangerous. I felt less in control on the main road than on the iced over driveways.

Hung out with Chris today. He has been my friend for years and years. We always hang out when we get the chance. We sat about and surfed the net on our adjacent laptops. Talked at great length about school and people and whats going on (Cheryl Christy is engaged? what?). General catching up really. I miss having a friend about that I am totally comfortable with and don't have to worry about what they will think of me; someone I have that bond with. Portland is a fresh start but it is also a start from square one pretty much (with the exception of Sean who I knew before).

After watching some Wild Zero clips we decided to watch Tideland. That movie was horrible. Not a bad movie just really sad. Combining her imagination in the simple childlike way and not utilizing it as a coping mechanism it just amplified the sorrow. Horrible thing after horrible thing kept happening to the poor little girl (and her accent was all over the place). In the end we just wished she would die so she could be in a happier place. Damn you Terry Gilliam and your ability to make horror out of reality.

Left from Chris' very late but I think even if I had left earlier it would have still been a bother to drive and there might have been more people on the road.

Before I left for his place I halfway bound a book while watching Twin Peaks. Now that they have "solved" it and know what Bob "is", the story is going to get more intense and weird. Wooooah!

Leonard Baskin Study

Leonard Baskin study made during a class trip to the Portland Art Museum.

I'm a whole town!

Slept in till 1pm.

I helped dad make the frame I need for book binding. While we were working in the garage it started to snow again. It didn't really stick but still...more snow. After helping him in the garage that was pretty much it for the days activities.

I have no will or energy to do anything. Haven't started on any of my vacation goals. Well...it has just been a week since I've been off. I haven't had a break longer than two weeks in well over a year.

Time to watch another episode of Twin Peaks and go to bed. Plan to meet up with Chris tomorrow and I have another rendezvous later in the week. So that should be fun (gets me out of the house at least).