Okay. Taxes. What? I filled in the amount I made and that I was a dependant of someones. I didn't qualify for a lot because I was a dependant and based on the amount I made for some reason I owe $111. That doesn't seem right at all. I don't have any withholding according to my W2s. I tried to find something on the Internet to help me but I got confused because I am filing as a Washington resident but I live and work in Oregon. I shouldn't owe a hundred and eleven dollars. That is one tenth of what I made.
FAFSA was a locked away thing as well. The PIN expires every year I think but then I can't get a new one because it says it is already activated. Argh, what?? I hate forms.
Diana and Robin were having a Valentines making party. Katie came over as well and we went crazy with the glitter. I made Luna a card. We had hot cocoa. Some of the glitter was really fine and it really stuck well to everything.
Later on, Phil and Andy knocked on my door and asked if I wanted to go to a 7am breakfast Sunday morning. I didn't quite accept or reject. I was bewildered a little bit.
Gabe made nigiri sushi for dinner. We all watched Spaced. Mmmm. Fun times.
hi
Saturday, February 7, 2009
support Laika!
I wrote up an outline and a synopsis of my comic. Now that I have that, I have a clear place to go and it is more sure how it will turn out. That will be done tomorrow. As well as probably my taxes and FAFSA. I'm behind and soon mom will start yelling at me about it.
Around five, J called me and said she and Karen were meeting at the Annex for drinks and that I should join them. So I did. The Annex is a place that is located on Burnside and where a street diagonals into Burnside and vanishes. It is a triangular and narrow establishment. Pretty nice and has some great decoration. J and Karen were dining outside as I approached. I ordered a Long Island Iced Tea. Simple and easy. We hung out for an hour and then it was time to go see Coraline!
J messaged the manager (she used to work there) to see if it was really busy and the manager said that she could get Jen and us in for free if we were sneaky enough. Apparently the main manager is a jerk. Free movie! Madeline gave me a Regal gift card for my birthday so I used it to get popcorn and a drink. A Diet Coke because I knew I'd be sharing with my girls and that is all that they drink.
Coraline was wonderful. The animation was flawless and the music was phenomenal. The story wasn't so different from what I remember so I wasn't like, "Oh man I can't believe they changed that!!" It was a little scary but nothing more than Harry Potter. Very creepy and the voices fit. Wonderful, beautiful little creation. I hope it does well because the studio, Laika, does great work and I wish the best for them. Support Portland's Laika!
We went to another bar after the movie. It was like a bar/club. It was called the Red Hat or the Red Legion or the Red Something. A J sort of place (if you know what I mean). It was rather empty so we just grabbed a spot at the bar and chatted. I didn't know what to order to I asked the bartender to make me something sweet and he did. The next drink (which was a long while after the first, I'm not a fast drinker by any means and I see that as a good thing) was called an Otter Pop. It was blue and big and lovely. It was a really fun night overall. We chilled as the place filled and talked and joked and I got all cozy and relaxed. We got a late meal from Roxy's and grabbed the streetcar to our part of town. Karen and I walked back to the Goose from our stop and J continued on past PSU.
The rest of the night was spent with a glass of water, a blanket, and the Internet. It was fun. I liked going out with Karen and J. They are good persons.
Go see Coraline. It has French & Saunders and Ian McShane voices a cat.
Around five, J called me and said she and Karen were meeting at the Annex for drinks and that I should join them. So I did. The Annex is a place that is located on Burnside and where a street diagonals into Burnside and vanishes. It is a triangular and narrow establishment. Pretty nice and has some great decoration. J and Karen were dining outside as I approached. I ordered a Long Island Iced Tea. Simple and easy. We hung out for an hour and then it was time to go see Coraline!
J messaged the manager (she used to work there) to see if it was really busy and the manager said that she could get Jen and us in for free if we were sneaky enough. Apparently the main manager is a jerk. Free movie! Madeline gave me a Regal gift card for my birthday so I used it to get popcorn and a drink. A Diet Coke because I knew I'd be sharing with my girls and that is all that they drink.
Coraline was wonderful. The animation was flawless and the music was phenomenal. The story wasn't so different from what I remember so I wasn't like, "Oh man I can't believe they changed that!!" It was a little scary but nothing more than Harry Potter. Very creepy and the voices fit. Wonderful, beautiful little creation. I hope it does well because the studio, Laika, does great work and I wish the best for them. Support Portland's Laika!
We went to another bar after the movie. It was like a bar/club. It was called the Red Hat or the Red Legion or the Red Something. A J sort of place (if you know what I mean). It was rather empty so we just grabbed a spot at the bar and chatted. I didn't know what to order to I asked the bartender to make me something sweet and he did. The next drink (which was a long while after the first, I'm not a fast drinker by any means and I see that as a good thing) was called an Otter Pop. It was blue and big and lovely. It was a really fun night overall. We chilled as the place filled and talked and joked and I got all cozy and relaxed. We got a late meal from Roxy's and grabbed the streetcar to our part of town. Karen and I walked back to the Goose from our stop and J continued on past PSU.
The rest of the night was spent with a glass of water, a blanket, and the Internet. It was fun. I liked going out with Karen and J. They are good persons.
Go see Coraline. It has French & Saunders and Ian McShane voices a cat.
Friday, February 6, 2009
VOLUME FIVE!!!
Math! Venn diagrams! I totally get them. Yeah. The teacher is really good at explaining stuff in artists terms. We also did tree examples for finding probabilities. Not quite as fun but I got it. I told my two math jokes when there was a lull in his lecture. The class was silent and then there was laughter at just how bad they were. The teacher was rather stunned.
After class I ate the remnants of a burrito and sat with Karen.
Illustration Drawing Club had its first meeting! It is something that J is starting. We are going out into the urban landscape and drawing from life. We decided on meeting schedules and where we could potentially go. Daniel, J, Karen, Diana, August, and Amanda showed up and one of the lowest level Illustration students, Ebony, joined it. It was real awesome. We ate pizza. I didn't eat that much because the burrito left me very full.
There was more chilling in the library. I did the first page and a third of my math homework. It is a three page printout. It wasn't fun to work on it for two hours straight on Monday night so I'm getting a jump on it.
Digital Tools was filled with a discussion of our ideas for digital assignments. Then we practiced colouring in old lineart. Our assignment is to do whatever we want! I think I will do some Illustrations of Jez and Mark from Peep Show.
We got out early and with some pouting, I convinced Karen to join me in a journey to Floating World Comics. We overshot it a little but we arrived before the main rush. I GOT SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 5!! It was the release party of sorts. The guy who does it is in New York but this was the Oni comics (the people who publish it) party. I got a great deal on a teeshirt and I got the comic and my other comics. Whoo!! I love my shop. So many great things there. Karen even found a comic that she enjoyed.
We rode the Max home and a nice man helped me hoist my bike up into a secure position. They have bike hooks but I am really weak so it is hard for me to do.
I curled up with a blanket and read Scott Pilgrim in one sitting. OH MY GOD! AMAZING! INTENSE! WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR FOR ANOTHER VOLUME??? I love this series. It is so silly but the characters are good and the art is consistent.
Robin came over to discuss apartment agreements but Katie had gone to let in her friend Tom. Instead we ended up going through photo albums and year books and looked at young photos of us and giggling. It was a nice little time. Tom and Katie went out to Karaoke and Robin left and I went up to Karen's to trade Scott Pilgrim (and loan Adam the volumes) for the comic she got. We ate cupcakes and talked and had a good time.
Tomorrow a few of us are planning to see Coraline. Whoo! I think I'll reread that tomorrow afternoon.
After class I ate the remnants of a burrito and sat with Karen.
Illustration Drawing Club had its first meeting! It is something that J is starting. We are going out into the urban landscape and drawing from life. We decided on meeting schedules and where we could potentially go. Daniel, J, Karen, Diana, August, and Amanda showed up and one of the lowest level Illustration students, Ebony, joined it. It was real awesome. We ate pizza. I didn't eat that much because the burrito left me very full.
There was more chilling in the library. I did the first page and a third of my math homework. It is a three page printout. It wasn't fun to work on it for two hours straight on Monday night so I'm getting a jump on it.
Digital Tools was filled with a discussion of our ideas for digital assignments. Then we practiced colouring in old lineart. Our assignment is to do whatever we want! I think I will do some Illustrations of Jez and Mark from Peep Show.
We got out early and with some pouting, I convinced Karen to join me in a journey to Floating World Comics. We overshot it a little but we arrived before the main rush. I GOT SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 5!! It was the release party of sorts. The guy who does it is in New York but this was the Oni comics (the people who publish it) party. I got a great deal on a teeshirt and I got the comic and my other comics. Whoo!! I love my shop. So many great things there. Karen even found a comic that she enjoyed.
We rode the Max home and a nice man helped me hoist my bike up into a secure position. They have bike hooks but I am really weak so it is hard for me to do.
I curled up with a blanket and read Scott Pilgrim in one sitting. OH MY GOD! AMAZING! INTENSE! WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR FOR ANOTHER VOLUME??? I love this series. It is so silly but the characters are good and the art is consistent.
Robin came over to discuss apartment agreements but Katie had gone to let in her friend Tom. Instead we ended up going through photo albums and year books and looked at young photos of us and giggling. It was a nice little time. Tom and Katie went out to Karaoke and Robin left and I went up to Karen's to trade Scott Pilgrim (and loan Adam the volumes) for the comic she got. We ate cupcakes and talked and had a good time.
Tomorrow a few of us are planning to see Coraline. Whoo! I think I'll reread that tomorrow afternoon.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
fire! food! firefood!
The comic meeting was most fruitful. I think we should meet a little earlier than only having 45 minutes to discuss but oh well. Lacey is all thumbnailed, August has clear designs, and Maddison seems on the right track. I didn't have as much to show as I would have liked but I have many characters to design and I'm starting from scratch. Everyone else had something in place.
I went to the library to get one of Mamet's books that Daniel suggested. The other book, City of Glass, was nowhere to be seen. It must have been misplaced or improperly checked out.
Printmaking was long long long. Yoshi went over some process things and we went to check out a printmaking show at a gallery. There were some cool litho prints of TV show character housing schematics. One was Frasier's apartment, that puppy is huge. Yoshi and Tom's class combined for the walk to the gallery so I chatted with Madeline. Some of the prints just oozed people well received because of the makers name. We also got to look at a few Picasso's.
We broke for lunch. Madeline and I went to Tea Zone. I had my standard iced Purple Mountain's Majesty and panini. She only had a little sweety thing. It was a nice lunch but I should have gone to Quizno's. I got really hungry not soon after.
After lunch was the critique. Hours and hours repeating some of the same stuff about texture and quibbling over if something does and doesn't work. There were some nice pieces and some okay pieces. A nice little variety. It went by slowly. Can't believe it took almost 2 hours to get through about 10 prints. I nodded off during Yoshi's lecture but I snapped to it when he told me to wake up. He introduced the next project, which is a 2 color print with a solid color in the background and an image over it.
After class, I took a substantial nap in the library. Phil sat on the couch that I was curled up on and he nicely tapped me when it was 6:20, time for yoga!
Oh man, Yoga was tough. We didn't do child's pose at all so by the end I was shaking and unable to hold anything. I wonder why I'm so good at bridge though, seems like the only thing that I can do.
Gabe made fried chicken and mashed potatoes and collared greens! The stove caught fire when he was cooking! We tossed baking soda on it and it went out! But all the smoke! Took us forever to fan it out and get the alarm to shut up! The chicken and potatoes were lovely but the collared greens were not my thing. A little slimy.
Oh my, did you guys watch the new Lost?? I really like this season.
I went to the library to get one of Mamet's books that Daniel suggested. The other book, City of Glass, was nowhere to be seen. It must have been misplaced or improperly checked out.
Printmaking was long long long. Yoshi went over some process things and we went to check out a printmaking show at a gallery. There were some cool litho prints of TV show character housing schematics. One was Frasier's apartment, that puppy is huge. Yoshi and Tom's class combined for the walk to the gallery so I chatted with Madeline. Some of the prints just oozed people well received because of the makers name. We also got to look at a few Picasso's.
We broke for lunch. Madeline and I went to Tea Zone. I had my standard iced Purple Mountain's Majesty and panini. She only had a little sweety thing. It was a nice lunch but I should have gone to Quizno's. I got really hungry not soon after.
After lunch was the critique. Hours and hours repeating some of the same stuff about texture and quibbling over if something does and doesn't work. There were some nice pieces and some okay pieces. A nice little variety. It went by slowly. Can't believe it took almost 2 hours to get through about 10 prints. I nodded off during Yoshi's lecture but I snapped to it when he told me to wake up. He introduced the next project, which is a 2 color print with a solid color in the background and an image over it.
After class, I took a substantial nap in the library. Phil sat on the couch that I was curled up on and he nicely tapped me when it was 6:20, time for yoga!
Oh man, Yoga was tough. We didn't do child's pose at all so by the end I was shaking and unable to hold anything. I wonder why I'm so good at bridge though, seems like the only thing that I can do.
Gabe made fried chicken and mashed potatoes and collared greens! The stove caught fire when he was cooking! We tossed baking soda on it and it went out! But all the smoke! Took us forever to fan it out and get the alarm to shut up! The chicken and potatoes were lovely but the collared greens were not my thing. A little slimy.
Oh my, did you guys watch the new Lost?? I really like this season.
pop your eyes out
I actually did fairly well on the math homework. The dice problems tripped a lot of other people up. We moved on to Venn Diagrams and conditional probability. This time I grabbed a seat on the side of the table that actually faces the white board.
Then it was just a matter of killing time till Student Council. I accidentally photocopied way more comic club posters than I really needed. J followed me around while I canvased the school with them. And I followed her while she put up the Illustration Drawing Club posters. Hers are much nicer than mine. Oh well. I ate half a bagel while practicing my little speech.
The election was interesting. I gave my speech and was very nervous. I can't remember half of what I said. Jeremy gave his. We both were running with very different methods. He ended up being asked a lot more specific questions than I and I think he felt he was being ganged up on. I can see how that was. His tone came across as passionate yet negative while mine was positive. We stepped outside and chatted for a bit about Japan and tattoos. We came back in and it was a tie. 12 to 12 with 5 abstaining. He withdrew, deciding he didn't want to be a part of it. I'm the Student Clubs Coordinator. We got more yoga mats! And a piano!
Afterwards I talked to Rachel about my position. I hung out in the print studio a bit with Robin and then Karen and I retired to a lab to work on our digital projects. Mine are slightly scribbly messes but still cool. The critique about them went on for about an hour and a half. Sometimes he gave a demo with the pieces. Not with mine though. Actually I think mine was one of about two that he didn't demo with. Hmmn. After our little break we played around in Corel and he introduced the new assignment (which is to send in ideas for assignments).
Gabe made spicy chicken and rice and fauxconut milk sauce curry stuff. It was really good and the spice cleared my sinus right up. And I had a tall, cool glass of milk with it. I did some sketches of Gabe and Katie playing Mario Kart. Outside of that I spent the night working on my comic and trying to get as much stuff as possible written out. It still isn't enough. I have no clue how to write or even start thinking about writing.
I really wish this was the proper Graphic Novel course.
Then it was just a matter of killing time till Student Council. I accidentally photocopied way more comic club posters than I really needed. J followed me around while I canvased the school with them. And I followed her while she put up the Illustration Drawing Club posters. Hers are much nicer than mine. Oh well. I ate half a bagel while practicing my little speech.
The election was interesting. I gave my speech and was very nervous. I can't remember half of what I said. Jeremy gave his. We both were running with very different methods. He ended up being asked a lot more specific questions than I and I think he felt he was being ganged up on. I can see how that was. His tone came across as passionate yet negative while mine was positive. We stepped outside and chatted for a bit about Japan and tattoos. We came back in and it was a tie. 12 to 12 with 5 abstaining. He withdrew, deciding he didn't want to be a part of it. I'm the Student Clubs Coordinator. We got more yoga mats! And a piano!
Afterwards I talked to Rachel about my position. I hung out in the print studio a bit with Robin and then Karen and I retired to a lab to work on our digital projects. Mine are slightly scribbly messes but still cool. The critique about them went on for about an hour and a half. Sometimes he gave a demo with the pieces. Not with mine though. Actually I think mine was one of about two that he didn't demo with. Hmmn. After our little break we played around in Corel and he introduced the new assignment (which is to send in ideas for assignments).
Gabe made spicy chicken and rice and fauxconut milk sauce curry stuff. It was really good and the spice cleared my sinus right up. And I had a tall, cool glass of milk with it. I did some sketches of Gabe and Katie playing Mario Kart. Outside of that I spent the night working on my comic and trying to get as much stuff as possible written out. It still isn't enough. I have no clue how to write or even start thinking about writing.
I really wish this was the proper Graphic Novel course.
Monday, February 2, 2009
very awesome
Yesterday (and a little bit of the day before):
Picked up Llyw without a hitch. Well, the train came in a little late but I had the Nintendo to keep me company. This time he remembered to bring a scarf. The Blue Line took us to City Center and then told us that a train was having trouble so we walked back to my place from there. Not a bad walk. It was nice and brisk. One time when he visited it was raining as we went back. I made a big batch of popcorn and we watched SLC Punk.
In the morning he made cheesy toasted bagels with not really all that runny yolk fried eggs. They were delicious. I made Earl Grey tea. A very lovely and filling way to start the day. Many hours were spent rummaging Powell's. He found a Sulamith Wulfing art book, I found a great riddle book and bought some light weight Moleskins to use as sketchbooks. My gift certificate from Averie is not quite used up. There was a post that the new Scott Pilgrim volume will be out in a few days. I can't wait!
A perfect day for walking, we went up to 21st and enjoyed some root beer floats at Coffee Time. I made some sketches and he browsed through his new book. Coffee Time has wonderful artwork on the walls and sky light. It is a warm, earthy little place. With good root beer floats. A quick jaunt into Trader Joe's for butter and we headed back to my place. The two of us put our feet up and relaxed. Llyw worked on finishing the fourth Scott Pilgrim volume. I worked on my riddles.
Layers were added and we headed out to catch the Max to take us into downtown. We got off on third and went in search of the pedestrian path on the Morrison Bridge. It was found easy enough and we began the trek to the other side of the river. It was a really beautiful clear night. The river glimmered and the bridge hummed as the cars went by. The warehouse district is too empty to be really scary, still it was suspiciously empty. We located Montage no problem. The place is naturally dim but sadly this day it was actually dark and shut down. Probably because of the Super Bowl. Didn't think I needed to call ahead. Big bummer but it wasn't such a horrible walk across. The way back was very pleasant but I needed a rest half way across the bridge. I'm just not a walker. Llyw played with his laser pointer, testing to see if it really was visible from a mile away (it was).
I don't know any places to eat so we took the easy way out and went to Chipotle. I wolfed down my burrito and then felt ill because I had eaten an entire burrito. Llyw was wise to save some. The max bore us home and it took me a while to recover from all that eating. Gabe and Katie went out and we stayed in and watched Night Watch while enjoying a lovely Shiraz Cabernet. I don't know how well Russian Horror and Red Wine are supposed to go together but they fit nicely.
Today:
Morning was just simple toast. Nothing fried or melted. I gathered what I needed, Llyw packed his things and we were off. Class started before his train left. I took some reference pictures of street corners for class. It was a bright, lovely day. We hung out till I went through the red door, through which is the illustration room. I got to introduce him briefly to a couple people that I ran into while trying to get my pictures from my camera to one of the iMacs (didn't work at all). A brief hug was exchanged and it was time for class.
Robin didn't save me a seat so I was forfeit to the front of the room. The first little project was to do portraits of one another so that Joe can put names to faces. I drew Josh and he drew me. His portrait ended up with eyeliner. The technical difficulties resolved, Joe explained perspective (honestly, how do you get to late in your sophomore year without knowing one and two point perspective?) and gave a quick little slide show of Golden Age illustrators. Lunch was an onion bagel and some tea. I sat with Robin, Josh, and Janessa and we solved riddles.
The second part was followed with more lecture, some on location perspective drawing (20 minutes outside, 20 minutes in the commons, and 20 minutes in the classroom) and an introduction to the new assignment. We are assigned, in one week, to combine a real street corner reference and to add our own people to it and have them blend together. Learning how to draw figures in space and all that.
We were let out early but I lingered to talk to the teacher. We chatted about comics and movies and just how good or bad the Watchmen movie is. I missed the streetcar so I walked half of the distance home and then sat and drew people while the streetcar caught up to me.
I had some mini tacos for dinner.
Math homework took me about an hour and a half. I feel like I get most of it, but it still feels like a trick. If it comes to easy there is the chance I am doing some part of it wrong.
Did I mention that Dorothy passed on some of her old wood carving tools to me? No? Well she did and they are awesome and she is awesome.
Picked up Llyw without a hitch. Well, the train came in a little late but I had the Nintendo to keep me company. This time he remembered to bring a scarf. The Blue Line took us to City Center and then told us that a train was having trouble so we walked back to my place from there. Not a bad walk. It was nice and brisk. One time when he visited it was raining as we went back. I made a big batch of popcorn and we watched SLC Punk.
In the morning he made cheesy toasted bagels with not really all that runny yolk fried eggs. They were delicious. I made Earl Grey tea. A very lovely and filling way to start the day. Many hours were spent rummaging Powell's. He found a Sulamith Wulfing art book, I found a great riddle book and bought some light weight Moleskins to use as sketchbooks. My gift certificate from Averie is not quite used up. There was a post that the new Scott Pilgrim volume will be out in a few days. I can't wait!
A perfect day for walking, we went up to 21st and enjoyed some root beer floats at Coffee Time. I made some sketches and he browsed through his new book. Coffee Time has wonderful artwork on the walls and sky light. It is a warm, earthy little place. With good root beer floats. A quick jaunt into Trader Joe's for butter and we headed back to my place. The two of us put our feet up and relaxed. Llyw worked on finishing the fourth Scott Pilgrim volume. I worked on my riddles.
Layers were added and we headed out to catch the Max to take us into downtown. We got off on third and went in search of the pedestrian path on the Morrison Bridge. It was found easy enough and we began the trek to the other side of the river. It was a really beautiful clear night. The river glimmered and the bridge hummed as the cars went by. The warehouse district is too empty to be really scary, still it was suspiciously empty. We located Montage no problem. The place is naturally dim but sadly this day it was actually dark and shut down. Probably because of the Super Bowl. Didn't think I needed to call ahead. Big bummer but it wasn't such a horrible walk across. The way back was very pleasant but I needed a rest half way across the bridge. I'm just not a walker. Llyw played with his laser pointer, testing to see if it really was visible from a mile away (it was).
I don't know any places to eat so we took the easy way out and went to Chipotle. I wolfed down my burrito and then felt ill because I had eaten an entire burrito. Llyw was wise to save some. The max bore us home and it took me a while to recover from all that eating. Gabe and Katie went out and we stayed in and watched Night Watch while enjoying a lovely Shiraz Cabernet. I don't know how well Russian Horror and Red Wine are supposed to go together but they fit nicely.
Today:
Morning was just simple toast. Nothing fried or melted. I gathered what I needed, Llyw packed his things and we were off. Class started before his train left. I took some reference pictures of street corners for class. It was a bright, lovely day. We hung out till I went through the red door, through which is the illustration room. I got to introduce him briefly to a couple people that I ran into while trying to get my pictures from my camera to one of the iMacs (didn't work at all). A brief hug was exchanged and it was time for class.
Robin didn't save me a seat so I was forfeit to the front of the room. The first little project was to do portraits of one another so that Joe can put names to faces. I drew Josh and he drew me. His portrait ended up with eyeliner. The technical difficulties resolved, Joe explained perspective (honestly, how do you get to late in your sophomore year without knowing one and two point perspective?) and gave a quick little slide show of Golden Age illustrators. Lunch was an onion bagel and some tea. I sat with Robin, Josh, and Janessa and we solved riddles.
The second part was followed with more lecture, some on location perspective drawing (20 minutes outside, 20 minutes in the commons, and 20 minutes in the classroom) and an introduction to the new assignment. We are assigned, in one week, to combine a real street corner reference and to add our own people to it and have them blend together. Learning how to draw figures in space and all that.
We were let out early but I lingered to talk to the teacher. We chatted about comics and movies and just how good or bad the Watchmen movie is. I missed the streetcar so I walked half of the distance home and then sat and drew people while the streetcar caught up to me.
I had some mini tacos for dinner.
Math homework took me about an hour and a half. I feel like I get most of it, but it still feels like a trick. If it comes to easy there is the chance I am doing some part of it wrong.
Did I mention that Dorothy passed on some of her old wood carving tools to me? No? Well she did and they are awesome and she is awesome.
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