trillobite

progressing bit by bit

2012-02-01T01:56:00.000-08:00

Tidied up my website a bit. Worked on my photo set up and took some pictures. Some sort of decent pictures. I think tomorrow I'll go to Office Max, or the equivalent, and look into the scanners they have on hand. Would be easier, but need to see how much it costs.

Ma was off at work. Didn't have to keep the fire stoked.

Toasted my sandwich today. It was good. Very good. MMmm.

Had ice cream and cucumber open face sandwiches for dinner.

Glee had some great routines with fun dancing and nice singing. Some plot, but no one really cares about the plot anymore. Hahah. During the break, Ma and I watched music videos. Raising Hope was nice and silly. Just as we like it.

ho hum

2012-01-30T23:22:00.000-08:00

Mom had a tea lunch thing with her friend. I mellowed at home and ate some oatmeal and tea.

Proof read some of Ma's legal document stuff. Gave her feedback. We watched Galaxy Quest and ate ice cream.

Hmmm. Odd to write a daily blog when not much happens in my daily life these days. Need to change that. Simply must change that.

Flora Book and Friends

2012-01-29T22:58:00.000-08:00

Today was an outing day! Had some toast and tea and then off Ma and I went to Tacoma. I drove today. Gotta get used to all the long distance driving I'll eventually be doing.

It was tempestuous. Rainy. Stormy. Really not good to drive in, but I did it!

It was a free day at the Tacoma Art Museum. Hurray! The Mexican Folk Art exhibit had a lot of various items, but it didn't have a lot of breadth within the different art themes. A couple skeleton sculptures, some milagro, some jugs, some puppets. Really cool stuff, I just wish there were more. Lots more.

There was a little Flora Book, among others, jewelry exhibit. That was lovely. Really dynamic silver pieces.

And then there was the At Home Across America: Scenes from the 1930s to 1950s in Print exhibit. And oh how it was beautiful. Detailed, varied, intense prints. Etching, lithography, engraving, wood carving. Emotional and sweet. Just really great art work. Really various. Ahh. I got so close to them to see the work. Albert Winslow Barker, Thomas Hart Benton, A. Hugh Fisher, Karl Max Schultheiss, Otto Wackernagel, Peggy Bacon, Henry Pitz, Doris Lee, Gene Kloss, Reynold Weidenaar, and Douglas Warner Gorsline among others. So damn good.

Then mother and I walked into the final exhibit. The biennial. The goddamn inevitable contemporary art exhibit. Guuhh. There were some...interesting pieces. But neither of us were really intrigued. We just love illustrative art too much.

After the museum we went to Two Koi for dinner. Sushi for both of us, tempura for mom, tempura udon for me. The sushi and tempura filled me up, so I couldn't finish the udon like a good udon eater would. Without Dad to finish our leavings, we have to adjust how much we order at places.

Annnnd back to Seabeck we went. I drove, and did a good job of it. Go me!

We watched the first two episodes of The Mitchell and Webb Look. As always, there are some great skits and some sort of awkward ones.

Mom is planning various things for us to do. Museum trips. Plays. Stuff like that. S'all good.

but Holly loves me

2012-01-28T22:28:00.000-08:00

Watched the American version of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...and I'm going to be one of those "I liked the original" types. Sure it was good, but it was sort of..by the books good. Exactly the type of film making you'd expect from Fincher. Well shot, good actors, tense scenes. I think Rapace was the better Lisbeth Salander. Mara played her a little too vulnerable. Also I think it was a little bit kinder than the Swedish original. Less brutal, if one would think that is possible.

Had tea and doughnut while I waited for mom to come home. We watched a very weird episode of Portlandia. It does have some good scenes, but it is a bit stretching for the humor in this second season.

Did my nails. Kept the fire warm. Mom went to see One For the Money with Celia. I stayed home.

Another sad sack day. Guhh. How does time just go on like this? Totally bizarre.

have a doodle

2012-01-27T20:09:00.000-08:00

Tried to work more on the lighting set up, but it just isn't take photos like it ought! I have put out the call to my photo friends for tips and advice. Slept in again. Need to get back on the before noon ball. Ma watched Mr. Popper's Penguins. I watched other stuff. Kept the fire stoked and toasty. It is only 8pm, but it feels much later. Day sort of drifted by me. Every now and again I look back at some of my during college posts, and I wrote so much more about the goings ons, even the mediocre and little things.

bang!

2012-01-27T01:16:00.000-08:00

Ended up not fiddling with the lighting set up. Slept in a bit more than usual. Had my toast and tea.

When ma came down from meditating, she made me a grilled cheese sandwich. What an awesome mother! The weather has warmed up just a bit and it has been raining, so almost all the snow is gone. Just a few packs here and there, but it is safe to drive. We still took the old Prius when we went in to town though. It has a tape deck, so I can use my adapter to play things from my MP3 player. Eventually I will leave and ma will have no choice but to drive the new Prius. Put some miles on it.

We ran some errands in Silverdale, then off we went to the Historic Lynwood Theater on Bainbridge Island. Haven't been there in a good four, five years. I saw Pan's Labyrinth there, and Kinsey, and Half Nelson. All sorts of great movies. Absolutely wonderful little one screen place. Seventy five years old now, too! Appropriate to go to such an old theater to see a movie like The Artist. A modern movie, but a silent one. Mostly silent, except for a few fleeting moments. Just sound track and great actors. Who needs a heavy script when we all know the lines. Just beautiful. Well shot, great actors and characters, talented dog too. All around fun.

Afterwards we went to the Treehouse Cafe, next to the theater. We shared a That peanut chicken pizza and it was absolutely fantastic. Perfect blend of textures and flavors. Highly recommend it, if you are ever at that restaurant. We had dessert too, though neither of us could finish ours due to being properly full.

I drove home and we listened to The Unbelievable Truth. Funny show, many laughs were had on the drive.

Back home it was time to retire in a relatively cold house.

the show had a character named Oregon, though it wasn't her real name

2012-01-26T00:56:00.000-08:00

Worked on the lighting set up. Dad rigged an old door to rest at a diagonal, so it would catch the light, but not lay flat in such a manner that the camera shadow would show up in the photos. Anyway, worked on taking pictures and stuff, but I need to do it when the lighting is better, and not so late in the afternoon.

Did my laundry. Put my laundry away, instead of leaving it in the basket. Well I put most of it away. Slowly tidying things up. Need to do more tidying. My rooms a bit of a mess.

It is a good thing that British shows have so few episodes. Really easy to watch whole seasons and not feel like you've lost that much time to them. Been enjoying Fresh Meat. Though now I've watched it all. Time to get cracking on other stuff then. Yup.

here are some cute photos

2012-01-24T23:50:00.000-08:00

Today wasn't all that eventful. Lots of rain. Kept the fire stoked. Ma and I watched Mary Poppins. I need to start making goals for myself.

movies with ma

2012-01-24T00:52:00.000-08:00

I just realized that mom will be gone for most of tomorrow. Aww. All alone in Seabeck. Oh well.

Got up. Had some toast and tea.

It was just ice outside. Guh. Melted and then froze all over. That sucks.

Had some cucumber in rice vinegar. Made popcorn. Ma and I watched Beginners. Absolutely lovely movie, through and through. Nice sets, well acted, just all around wonderful film. It never got too melodramatic, or twee.

Another unmagic day. Need to write a list of goals and the order in which to do them.

snow 2: go away!!

2012-01-22T22:00:00.000-08:00

Dad escaped to Houston and then more snow came in. Mom got a Costco trip out of the way and got home just in time. The new snow stuck in a slushy inconvenient way. Sort of trapped us, but tomorrow Mother shall break free.

Had some tea and a sandwich for a lateish breakfast. Mellowed around the house.

Watched this fanmade version of Star Wars where people reenacted all the scenes in 15 second increments. Different people. It was amazing, though a bit visually overwhelming.

Ma and I listened to some Unbelievable Truth. Ate last nights chicken and cake for dinner. Talked to Nathan.

Read some Petrograd. Yup.

twenty fooour

2012-01-21T22:47:00.000-08:00

The difference between today and yesterday, and today and what tomorrow will likely by, is that today I got cake and presents! A very relaxed and quiet day. Opened presents slowly through the day.

First up, before I showered, I opened the thing that seemed like a shirt. And it WAAAS! The Kate Beaton Sherlock Holmes shirt! Love it. Showered. Put it on. Opened the present that seemed like a mug. And it WAS! The Kate Beaton Glam Breakfast mug! Ohhh yeah. Things are good.

Dad's Dalek cake was awesome. I posted it on the Internet and bragged heartily about it. Took us all day to work up the nerve to cut into it.

The first book I opened was the Sterling Hundley art book. Really well designed. He is such a phenomenal artist. Then the Scott C. Amazing Everything art book. I love his work because everyone is smiling in it.

We three took a walk to the valley to take a gander at the stream. I took lots of pictures. Having a fancy camera is nice. One can take many pictures and play with settings to make the pictures look even nicer. Mmmhmm! I probably take too many photos, but I like having more instead of less when it comes to documentation.

Dinner was salad, then chicken, then steak for the steak eaters. We watched Portlandia and Red Dwarf. Then a bit later we cut into the cake. Yum! So good. I look forward to all the cake I'll be eating in this coming week.

OH! I also called summoned for jury duty...a month from now. A month to get everything in order. Once my duty is served, I'm out of here! I have a dead line. Lets doooo this thing. First up: document my art. Though right now I shall enjoy what remains of a lack luster birthday day.

My Dalek Cake!

2012-01-21T12:13:00.001-08:00

Thanks pa!

good bye 23

2012-01-21T00:49:00.000-08:00

Last day as a twenty three year old! 2012. 24. BRING IT!

Got up at around 11. Typing from my bed, instead of the computer desk in the other room, makes me doze off at earlier hours. And if I go to bed at 1, then I getup at 11. Only 10 hours of sleep! Hahah.

Toast and tea for breakfast. Lounged for a few hours. The weather was warmer and rainy, so the snow is fast turning to melted slush. So we made a break for it!

Hopped in the old Prius and off we went to Silverdale. Went to the recycling center and deposited our recycling in the proper receptacles. Snow won't stop us from recycling!! Swung by the bank and made some deposits. I forgot my ID, so I couldn't cash my savings bonds. But I will soon! Then we went to Grocery Outlet and did some shopping. Baking stuff. Vegetables. Meat. Stuffed clams. The selection was spotty, but the prices were cheap. Yup. And then, cabin fever eleviated, we went back to the house and made a multi course dinner. Clams! Broccoli! Chinese salad noodle stuff! Apple juice! We were thinking about having steak but we were quite full up.

Watched Fringe. I'm not liking this season change so much, because now all the characters are slightly different thanks to it being an alternate ALTERNATE universe. It was really on a roll, but now things are different. But hey, like seeing Jared Harris back as a villain. That is cool.

Tomorrow. There shall be cake.

promoting some pals

2012-01-19T23:49:00.000-08:00

More snow! Lovely snow. Well, now it is a bit crunchy due to melting, a bit of rain, and then freezing. But then we got a nice extra layer of snow on top of that, so everything was lovely looking again.

But hopefully it melts soon, because I think everybody is getting cabin fever. Especially mom. She is almost done with her big book! I keep telling her to read more of A Song of Ice and Fire. But no go on that.

We walked doggy. We sledded copiously. I went off into the ditch on the sled. Got covered in snow. But all such fun.

My friends Lacey, Asha, and Heather are all doing projects in 2012. Lacey is teaching herself how to write cursive with her non dominant hand. Her project can be found HERE. Asha is typing out her thoughts every night, her project can be found HERE. And Heather is doing a quilt a month. Her project can be found HERE. The regular project stuff is spreading! Yay!

I should do a thing a month once I eventually get settled in my new life. Whenever that happens. It will happen though! Promise!

first real good snow in a long while

2012-01-18T22:48:00.000-08:00

Snow! It snowed! Six inches! It came down softly in the night and it was lovely perfect snow. Had a poached egg on toast with melted cheese. Frolicked. Sledded a bit. I pulled Holly into the sled, and went down a run but had to bail her out. She didn't seem to be too effected by the whole situation. What a lovely doggie. We also took a hot tub bath. 30 degrees doesn't feel so bad when the hot tub is 103! Hahaha. Sometimes living with your parent pays off.

Took many photos with ma and pa's lovely new camera. It is a fancy one, but dang if it don't work like a charm. Need to play with it more to figure out just how awesome it truly is.

I ate salmon loaf for dinner. It was good. Had some roasted almonds as well, with some three buck Chuck.

We played some board games. I watched some Sherlock Holmes (the one with Brett and Hardwicke). It was a good, relaxing day. Hard to feel motivated when the weather is so...snowy. Tomorrow I plan to sled more. Take more pictures. Eat more. All that good stuff. If I am going to be legitimately trapped, I shall enjoy it!

no Darkplace for the parents, only happy place

2012-01-17T23:59:00.000-08:00

Ma took the Prius with the snow tires, so I remained at home.

Kept the fire warm. Kept myself warm. Kept myself fed and entertained.

But didn't keep myself productive.

Need to figure out how to do a lighting set up for my artwork, so I can redocument it, so that it will look nice and proper on a website AND in a portfolio. Mom's new camera will be perfect for this. I just need to think what would be the best set up to rig. Hmmn.

Dinner was Chinese chicken salad. It was very good. Glee is slowly drifting back to being just....sort of awkward and crummy. Raising Hope was hilarious, as always. Tried to get mom and dad to watch Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, but to no success.

Last night I went to bed at midnight, and tossed and turned for ages trying to get to sleep. Gah. When I try to be good and get on good sleeping schedules, my body resists! Still, got up today before noon, so that is an improvement.

I think I'll take a bath tomorrow. That would be nice.

T, J, J, M, & E

2012-01-16T22:09:00.000-08:00

Set my alarm, but woke up at 11:30ish aware that I promised to call Jared at 11. There was snow outside, but not much. We agreed that, when his Grandma visited for a bit, she would relay the road conditions and then I would go if the roads were good. They were!

At 1pm I headed off to Indianola, Washington. Just past Kingston. It was a good drive in the Prius. It doesn't have the vroom like my Contour, but its a peppy little car. And I can't help but feel a bit special in it.

Anyhoo! I had Japanese class with Jared, years ago. Back in 2004. Haven't seen him since around 2005. Since then he has gotten married to a lovely lady named Jamie and had a son Marlowe and a new wee daughter Eleanor. And I met them all! Jamie is super nice. The wee babe is cute. Marlowe is spirited and ticklish. I have no idea how to relate to children, but I tried. It wasn't the longest of visits, as I wanted to head out before it got too dark and cold. But it was a good visit. We talked Rubik's cubes and what they symbolically represent. We talked about fur and fashion. Art, school, life. All these things. It was nice. If he always comes to this neighborhood during the holidays, I'll probably see them again next year. That would be a great tradition!

Got some milk on the way home.

Chilled on the laptop. Ate a salad and some McVities. I'm typing from bed, even though its just 10pm. I'm getting tired at reasonable hours once again. So that is good.

the fall

2012-01-15T23:56:00.001-08:00

Got up early. Got my toast and tea, and then waffles. Got my livestream of Sherlock. The finale episode of this three episode season. I can't believe it is over already. Damn amazing finale. The livestream cut out though, near the end. Just about had a heart attack. I found a working one, but the ending was still boggled for me, and I had to wait a while to properly finish it. STILL. DANG. AMAZING. What a show. So well made through and through. It doesn't waste a single minute.

The day got icy and it snowed where my friend Jared is, so we delayed our plans till tomorrow. Hopefully it doesn't snow over night, and it warms up enough where Jared is. Talked to my friend Darren a bit as well. Going to hang with him on Tuesday, provided it doesn't snow and trap me in Seabeck then.

Ma and I went into town for shopping. Bird seed and Trader Joe's and candy for my cake. Wheeee!

Drove the old Prius. My Prius. Tough I can't call it mine. Mom is still having separation anxiety about the whole thing.

Dinner was a stir fry and wine. And we watched the new Sherlock episode. Second time today for me. I'll probably plan a whole marathon, when I feel like I won't feel guilty for doing so. Hahha. But yeah, I'd feel guilty if I did that now. I have stuff I need to achieve. Need to get on with getting on.

DO STUFF TRILLIAN! DO IT! DO IT!

feeling better this day around

2012-01-14T23:27:00.000-08:00

Got up at 9am to watch Doctor Who online with some other people across the globe. What an exciting life I lead. But hey, it got me out of bed bright and early!

Ma and pa were gone, so I just had tea and toast and then ramen with egg and juice and biscuits and stuff and sat and watched telly and thought about my life. Felt less morose than I did yesterday, about it all.

Had a really nice bath. A piping hot one. With fizzies! Such a hot bath.

I kept warm till ma and pa returned. Pa made a fire and some grilled cheese. We watched Portlandia. A bit of it hit a little too close to home, but oh well.

Now it is nearing midnight, but it feels much later. Tomorrow I shall get up and watch Sherlock. And then go hang with my friend Jared, his wife Jamie, and their kids Marlowe and Eleanor. A plan! A something to be done! Love it!

nothing again

2012-01-13T23:33:00.000-08:00

I'm getting into such a mood. Buhhg.

Got up noonish. Didn't get up to much, even though I should.

We went out to dinner at the ale place in the Silverdale mall. My mac and cheese was okay.

We played a game of tetris. Tomorrow Ma and Pa will be gone doing something.

uh huh

2012-01-13T01:55:00.000-08:00

Another day lacking accomplishment.

Did my internet thing downstairs in the green chair. Ate some cookies. And quesedilla for dinner. And poached egg on toast with melted cheese for breakfast. Did my laundry. Folded my laundry.

Yup.

slack bad trill

2012-01-12T03:02:00.000-08:00

Still getting used to the idea that I can move my laptop from place to place much easier than I could before.

Helped dad with wood. Kept the fire stoked. Planned to do stuff...but ended up not doing it. I'm having a motivation problem. A major one. Not sure if I'll be able to get down to California for my birthday.

It is getting cold.

Dad made awesome burgers.

Watched Portlandia and Sherlock with mom.

gotsa start

2012-01-11T03:12:00.000-08:00

Brought my car into the dealer. Traded it in. Now I am a Prius driver. There was a blue Prius 2 at the dealer. Apparently Ma and Pa wanted a 2, but went up to a 3 because they didn't know the former would be in. And blue is special. Oh well. Nate has a 2. Parents have to have the fancier car. It is a rule.

Another lazy day across the board in respect to other things. Watched some Doctor Who earlier on. Watched some other stuff later on. Need to draw. Need to work on my resume. Need to get it together.

Kinda scared to begin this life thing. Once I pack up, then it gets real.

something old, something new, nothing borrowed but its BLUE!

2012-01-10T00:49:00.000-08:00

Ma and pa were gone all day, but they came back with a shiny new Prius! A blue one. A discontinued color. So it will draw lots of attention. Woo! They were gone, so I just relaxed at home. Didn't do much else. Did a couple doodles.

Dinner was fish and taters and broccoli. Yum.

Ma and I watched Downton Abbey. Now she is all caught up.

Damn, I need to get on the ball.

up earlier and out and about

2012-01-09T00:30:00.000-08:00

Managed to get up earlier, because I stuck a note on my phone saying "Sherlock @ 12:30". If you know how to do it, one can watch television shows as they air live in foreign countries. Which is what I did. Got up, had some toast and tea. Got the video playing, and got into a wee chatroom with some awesome fellow Sherlock nerds. OH what an episode. The quality wasn't the best, but the company I had while watching it was tops.

After that, ma, pa and myself went to town! We went to Heartland Toyota and looked at Priuses. The plan seems to be to trade in my old Contour. I'll get our old Prius. Works for me. We didn't get the Prius just yet. After that we went to the Lions Park and walked about. Did we do something between that? I forget. From there we went to Best Buy, where Ma got a quite swish camera. I ran into my friend Jared, who I met in Japanese class at Olympic College way back when I was 16. Nearly eight years ago. Damn. But yeah, that was cool! He is in town for a bit. His wife gave birth to his daughter Eleanor. Lovely name, if I do say so.

We parted ways, and we went to McDonald's for a quick lazy dinner. Then we saw War Horse. It had some really good moments, some lovely cinematography, great casting, some really sad moments, but it also dragged at times. Still, another long Spielberg war epic. But he knows what he is doing.

Got back 9:40ish. It was nice to be out and about, even if I was just tagging along with Ma and Pa. So tomorrow is Monday, eh? I'll do something with it.

uno mas?

2012-01-07T22:19:00.000-08:00

Downton Abbey is playing on the external monitor. Ma has twice said "one more episode?" How can I deny her? It is a darn good season.

Slept in. Had some tea and oatmeal. Felt a bit odd all day. Need more veggies. Had rice and seaweed for lunch. Dinner was chicken and green bean casserole. Watched Russian Sherlock Holmes. Laid back day. Worked on a list of things to achieve and things to pack. Talked to Beth a bit.

Downton Abbey is a darn good show. Love the second season. It is quite the good one.

AHh without the portrait project, I haven't drawn in a day or so. Tomorrow is the new Sherlock episode!

time with ma

2012-01-06T22:19:00.000-08:00

Got up at around noonish. Had some cheerios and tea. Brought my laptop down, because now I am no longer tethered to the monitor, nor am I restricted by the lack of charge my laptop battery holds. Whoo! At 2:30ish, Mom and I ran some errands and listened to Cabin Pressure. Went into Silverdale and got hot tub salt. Got some prescriptions filled in Poulsbo and then ate some crepe. Got some food at Trader Joe's and then back home! Soaked in the hot tub. I had some rice and seaweed for a late dinner.

Oh and got my piece for the magazine signed off as all done, so hurray! My first real artist job and it turned out awesome! Whooo! Can't wait to see it in print now.

Hmmm. Time to get cracking with deciding what to do next.

bring on the blue

2012-01-05T22:45:00.000-08:00

Went to bed quite late, or rather early, and got up at my usual time, however begrudgingly. Slowly got up to speed at around 4pm, and worked on till 8ish, when I finished my piece for the magazine. I can't tell if I like it or not though. It seems a bit messy, but thats also because I'm looking at it in super big resolution. AHh. Yeah.

Had some toast and nutella for breakfast. And tea. Had some pasta and salad for dinner. Mmm vegetables. Now I have some more tea, but sleepy time tea. I think I'll try getting to bed at a decenter hour. Next week: time to make a game plan for the Bay Area. Ohheee!!

Oh, I also transferred everything over to my new computer. Right now I have a kickin' dual monitor set up, with whatever I plan to watch (right now: Sherlock) on the big screen and this screen for Facebook and Reddit and Blogger and whatever else. It is pretty awesome. I adjusted the settings on the big monitor a bit, because I noticed it was dim and yellowish compared to this screen. Huzzah!

Sad to put aside my old computer, though I'll keep it around. It still works and could serve a role of backup computer/stay at home/dvd player. I could have it run tasks so that it isn't all happening on this computer. Of course I'll have to get an external monitor, but I think Nate was planning on getting a new one anyway. Hmmn.

Okay, time to relax!

goodbye Heart of Gold, hello Bistromath

2012-01-04T22:20:00.000-08:00

My new computer arrived! A little blue HP, not quite as pretty as my silver and white Dell, but considerably more powerful, with more space and youth to its hardware. Gots to replace computers before they implode and you lose everything. Not that I was in danger of that, just wanted to avoid that situation. Plus my old laptop's screen is black. Plus I'll be moving, so new start needs some new technology.

It is taking hours to transfer files over. It goes much faster from the external drives to the new computer. Just getting stuff off the old computer onto the drives, uhg. I have pictures transferred, working on some written things and audiobooks now. Photos can be a real doozy, now that digital resolution tends to be so high. AHh, oh well. Since I have this laptop to work off of while waiting, it's all good. Though I need to work on my magazine piece.

Had a good chat with art director this morning. Then went back to bed. AHh. So warm.

Mellowed out. My computer arrived so the rest of the evening was spent with that. I think after this last batch of transferring, I'll work on my piece. I need to figure out if our scanner goes up to 300dpi. If it doesn't, I'll need to go in to an Office Max type place and get it scanned there. Guuh. Gotta do what ya gotta do.

it is a Tuesday, what more do you want?

2012-01-04T01:13:00.000-08:00

I figured that if I set the alarm volume on my phone to a higher volume, it wakes me up more. Got up around noon instead of 1-2ish. Whee.

Had some cheerios and tea. Drew a bit. Chilled a bit. Got an email about the sketches I sent for this assignment I'm working on. Edited and redid the text as per the suggestions. Emailed the new look of the thing. Tomorrow I will have a quick call and then everything should be finalized and painted and sent off, ohh la la!

Watched some Star Trek and Twilight Zone and some Mission Impossible 3. A lot of sitting around. Tomorrow I shall finish my assignment for ze magazine, and when it is available for purchase, I'll tell y'all to go buy it! And then the next thing to do is to get on with my life.

sketchy

2012-01-03T01:35:00.000-08:00

Oh it is weird to not post what portrait I did. It is like some void. But since I feel like drawing, I shall draw more.

I spent a really sluggishly productive day. I drew a bit. Watched a bit. Drew some more. Thought about sketching. Listened to music. Drank tea. Ate soup. Ate caramels. Got my sketch and text done. I could be done with this piece by tomorrow night, provided the feedback is good. Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Mock the Week was my queue for the day. Didn't watch Sherlock again. Tomorrow I'll likely do that.

It was rainy and sucky. Power flickered but didn't go fully out.

Been in a weird funk all day. But I got stuff done.

new years! 2012 begins!

2012-01-01T23:00:00.000-08:00

The last portrait is a self portrait. Last verse, same as the very first.

December 31st:

Slept in till 1pmish. Ah. It was nice. The house was a bit chilly. I got my tights on, my dress on, put my hair in hot rollers, and got all my stuff together. Planned to catch the 5:30 into Seattle. Ate a late breakfast. My hot rollered hair didn't last once I started trying scarf and jacket combos. Styling hair just ain't worth the bother. Put on a big dramatic coat and off I went to the ferry.

On the ferry ride over, I traded a drawing for a palm reading. The palm reader was from Montreal and was very attractive. A smooth operator. My palms say that I am intuitive, artistic, either very emotional or emotionless, and some other stuff. Palm reading is a good way to hit on ladies. Very very effective. Hahaha. Ah. Yeah.

Also, Marcus was on the ferry ride over, but with a crew of friends. We only ran into each other getting on and off the boat.

Anyway, Chris was waiting in the terminal. We headed to the Queen Ann (??) area of Seattle and got some pub food and a couple brewskis and chatted about portraits and life and what we have been up to. Then we went over to his friend Spencer's house party (well apartment party). It was packed full of my kind of nerd. Elin. Nancy. Kevin. Alex. A bunch of people. We talked many things and the party had the most stocked liquor assortment I have ever seen at a shindig of this nature. It was impressive and I thought I was good about my consumption levels. Unfortunately I was not so good at remembering to drink water. Don't worry! Nothing bad happened. I didn't throw up on a cat, or fall down, or punch anyone. Anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself. At around 11:50, everyone in the party walked up the hill a bit to see the fireworks. It wasn't the best view for the display, but saw them we did. I went WHOOO a bunch. Then we wandered back to the apartment, cranked up the music, and dance dance danced. But then it became apparent that I was quickly approaching sleepy time, so Chris and I got a cab to his apartment, I curled up on the extremely comfy couch, and before I knew it, it was 10am the next day. Ha. Very fun, too bad I didn't drink enough water because then I might have lasted a bit more through the evening. Ah, oh well. Bye bye 2011, hello 2012!

January 1st:

Drank lots of water upon waking. Ate about half a slice of toast. At 1:30ish, we headed downtown. Tried to find a coffee shop but found all but the one in the terminal closed. Coffee for Chris, Citrus Odwalla for me. Yum! Said my farewell to my old friend Chris, and hopped on the ferry. Luckily, my boss Michael was on the same ferry ride over! So we talked and caught up some more.

Hopped in my car, and off I went home. Got the new Sherlock episode a downloading and then showered. Dinner was pasta and salad. Kudos to mom for her awesome salads. Once it downloaded, Mom and I watched it. OH SO GOOD! So so good. Exciting and multifaceted. Well worth the long wait. I'll be watching it again tomorrow for sure. And many more times. Ahhh.

Man, so weird to not list the day's portrait. Now I have to get down to real business.

STARTING MY LIFE! MOVING OUT! GETTING A JOB! STUFF!

third times the charm, still late

2011-12-31T04:22:00.000-08:00

Where did the time go? It is way late and I got up way early today!

Alarm went off at 6:40am. Got up at 7:10. Dad made some toast and off I went to my doctor's appointment! Hurray. The first place I went to was just off Salmon. Well actually I went into an optometrist that had the same name as the place I thought I was going, and they directed me to the place I thought I had to go. So I went there, wasn't found in the system, called mom, turned out it was a different doctor's system all together. So I drove up the hill, went to the clinic. They told me the doctor that I had to go to was actually in the hospital further up the hill. Gaaah. So I was about fifteen minutes late. Checked in. The next hour and a half dragged. I think my nice doctor was tending to a different patient or other things. It was nice that they still saw me and didn't force me to reschedule. I was nice and polite about being late and didn't make a fuss about the time it took her to see me for various things.

It was a good visit. Got home at around 11ish. Had a sandwich and some soda and spent the day drawing and watching stuff. The India Top Gear special was gimmicky and disappointing. Boo.

I am holding down the fort for ma and pa.

I am going to Seattle for New Year's. Fun fun!

Todays Portrait Is: Sarah Millican.

everyone likes Pegg

2011-12-30T01:45:00.000-08:00

Got right up, had some cheerios and tea and whipped out a cute portrait. Then at 3:30, Ma, Pa, and myself went to see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. It was fun! Brad Bird is a good action director. Simon Pegg was adorable. Good fun action movie. Can't go wrong with gadgets. It was a rainy day through and through. Ma took holly for a grooming, so now she is quite pretty and cuddle-able.

Dinner was pasta. I watched stuff and painted and didn't progress any further with my life.

Todays Portrait Is: Phia Jones.

ze magazine

2011-12-28T22:05:00.000-08:00

Heard Dad loading up wood, so I got out of bed, showered, and went to help him haul wood up to the stacks by the house. Then had some tea and...chocolate for breakfast. Not very healthy. Snacked on some turkey. Worked on my magazine assignment. Talked to zee Art Director for my current assignment. Sketched thumbnails for ze assignment. Scanned and emailed them to Art Director. Now I'm relaxing and all that. Trying to figure out what to do with the rest of 2011. Movie tomorrow, maybe a movie the day after. Seattle after that.

Should make a list of things to accomplish.

Todays Portrait Is: Brian Cox.

yay chocolate

2011-12-28T04:01:00.000-08:00

Ohhh back to late night/sleep ins already. Bad habits.

Ma was off doing something, Dad was looking at the shiny new Prius models. I did a portrait and I liked the way it turned out. Checked up on this thingy I'm doing. Watched some stuff. Did my nails. Dinner was pasta and shrimp. Yum!

My tomorrow plans have changed, so I think I'll spend some time really buckling down on the things I have to do.

Mmm can't stop eating chocolate. I should stop though.

Todays Portrait Is: Matthew Macfadyen.

bye bye natey!

2011-12-27T02:57:00.000-08:00

Went to bed at around midnight, and got out of bed at around noon. Boy was that a doze. A nice one. Okay I woke up at around 9ish, but spent time just lounging about all warm and thoughtful.

Dad made some french toast and the bunch of us chatted and Nathan packed. At 2:30ish, we headed off to Silverdale. We mailed Nathan's presents out of UPS and hugged him goodbye.

The house is all quiet now. I had some snacks and chocolate and popcorn. Watched That Mitchell and Webb Look and relaxed and wondered how the rest of 2011 will unfold. Also did some portraits.

Wednesday I am going to hang with my friend Jared, who I haven't seen in years. Going to meet his wife and son! Also, his wife is pregnant and about to pop any day now, and they say the name of their soon to be daughter is Eleanor!

Today's Portraits Are: Craig Parkinson & Joseph Mazzello.

christmas 2011

2011-12-25T21:26:00.000-08:00

I was up so late and then got up at 8:30amish. I am tired.

Got up, showered, and headed downstairs and claimed my sport in front of the fire. Emptied my stocking and assembled my lego. Whee. Had some tea and it was lovely.

I got an awesome chain-esque scarf from Nate, which is good because I can't find my usual mobious strip scarf. Got a regular Rubik's cube, which is awesome because I want to relearn how to solve them and now I have the start of a collection. Got lots of candy and some nerf and Playmobil and more lego and more candy and more candy. They know what I like, and what I like is candy. Also pajamas, which is exactly what I asked more. Also got an awesome mug from Madeline. The major gift is that ma and pa are helping with the funding of a new computer!!! YAAAYY! And I found a super good deal on a new HP laptop, which has tons of memory and a good hard drive and I'll more than be able to pay for my half. My current computer still works, but some of the hardware is just, failing. It is aging. With some work, I will reconfigure it to an external hard drive of sorts. Just back it up, reformat it, and put files on it. A nice little Christmas.

Nathan is feeling better.

At noonish, we headed off to Mats Mats for a grandma and grandpa Christmas! We didn't have a sit down dinner, but that was nice because then we didn't have to struggle with a ham and cooking. Just clams, shrimp, cheese, crackers, drinks, and company! Auntie Joyce left some presents behind, and she gave me a handmade snug shrug thing. It draped on my shoulders and was so warm and good. Love it!

We headed back at around five, because we had to put Holly out. There was a hot tub soak. There was pie. Nate heads back tomorrow.

No portrait today, sorry!

Ave! Ink! Yay!

2011-12-25T02:17:00.000-08:00

I've been drawing since 7pm. My hand is totally shot. Hopefully I'll manage to unwrap presents tomorrow!

Got up at around 10. Nathan has the flu. Poor Natey! He was laid out on the couch with saltines and fizzy Sprite at his disposal, if he needed it. Dad made me some bacon and eggs, and it was good.

At noonish, Ma, Pa and myself went to Brynne and Dan's for the Christmas Eve party that was held in celebration of Averie. Lovely Averie is back from Africa for a while! And it was great to see her. Josh, Dave, Hans, Jenie, and an assortment of other people were there as well. It was a great shindig, with plenty of food and beverages. Dan even bought some Lagavulin single malt. It is like drinking a delicious peat bog. Mmmm. Gifts were exchanged. I drew a picture of Nietzche for Averie's roommate. Brynne gave me a bag of lovely hand me downs. More of them!

We left at around 5, because we had to get back to Natey to make sure he hadn't died and Holly had consumed his leg for sustenance. I dozed on the way back. Had some left over turkey and gravy and potatoes for dinner, and then I sat my bum down, put on Cabin Pressure and got to painting.

There won't be a portrait tomorrow. My hand hurts.

Todays Portrait Is: Matthew McNulty.

I won! By way of unintentional cheating.

2011-12-23T23:40:00.000-08:00

It was warm, so I stayed in bed. Had some tea. Did my portrait.

At 4ish, I sat in front of the fire while the other people of the house prepared dinner. I worked some more on my holiday presents with aid from dad. Then dinner! Turkey! Mashed potatoes! Beans! Gravy! It was very good. I ate my share and when all the places were cleared, we played a game that Nathan got us: Space Truckers.

It took some understanding, but we managed to get through a game. I won but I didn't quite understand some of the rules so I had a major advantage in the last round. Still, it was a good game. Thanks Natey!

Now I am working on some presents and watching stuff with Nathan. Soon I shall part from Nate, and work on another present for a while.

Todays Portrait Is: Joseph Gilgun.

deadlines can be a real....

2011-12-23T00:59:00.000-08:00

Just met my Friday deadline. Supposed to be early Friday, and you don't get much earlier than 1am! Booyah!

Got up around noon, and had tea for breakfast because Mom made a non Me friendly breakfast. Boo!

Dad fixed my headphones. Yay!

I worked on a portrait and at around 4:30ish I drove into Silverdale to do some Christmas shopping. Got a couple things easily, but had to go to dreaded Wal Mart to get one thing. Uhhg. That place puts me in a panic. Do not like it one bit. At least I had Cabin Pressure to listen to.

For dinner there was cous cous and salad and I ate some rice crackers with hummus and I worked on achieving my deadline early. I'm fairly pleased with how much I managed to fit into the scheme of the image. Go me! I can't show it to you, not till, like, June 2012. But I'll tell you when to look it up, yeah?

Todays Portrait Is: Eli Roth.

nate's back

2011-12-22T00:13:00.000-08:00

I'll go in reverse order, because that is more exciting! Had a late night hot tub with Nathan. It was frosty out, but none of us slipped. The tub was at a cool 99 degrees, which is NOT ACCEPTABLE. Boo!

Previous to that, Nathan showed me some of his games. Like Star Wars The Old Republic. That was neat.

Ma, Pa, Nate, and I went to see Tintin. It was fantastic! I was apprehensive about it because I'm not a big fan of motion capture, but it worked out really well! And some of the scenery was jaw dropping. Really fun film, and a good adaptation. Lots of fun. I was smiling throughout.

I had a bread and sausage late lunch/early breakfast. Played Skyrim while waiting for the movie and all that.

Ma came home from work, Dad and Nate came home earlier. I got out of bed a few hours earlier than usual, but not early enough because I missed everyone. Ah oh well.

I have a busy day tomorrow. Shopping, drawing, more drawing.

Today's Portraits Are: Paul Gross & Mark McKinney.

the hobbit looks really good

2011-12-21T01:46:00.000-08:00

Working on a painting, so that I can finish that and then work on some paid work. Whoo.

Slept further in. I think I've just given up on getting up at a respectable hour. Maybe when Nate is here, I'll get up earlier. Maaaybe.

Ma was off doing ma things. Pa was off doing pa things. I did my Trillian thing.

Dinner was tacos! Yay taco night! Then we watched Midnight in Paris. That was a good film. Really enjoyed it. Fun, lots of good performances and things.

Not that complex a day.

Today's Portraits Are: Caroline Dhavernas and Tyron Leitso.
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noomi is awesome

2011-12-20T03:13:00.000-08:00

Another crawl out of bed morning. I did wake up earlier, but didn't get out. Oh well.

Had some tea and oatmeal, and then we decided to catch the 4:30 showing of Sherlock Holmes. So I rushed a portrait and got it up and off we went to the theater!

It was a fun movie. Good filming, good actors. Nice to see more Moran and Moriarty baddie ness. A solid sequel.

We swung by Joanne's and picked up some of my art that mom had framed. Way too nice of a frame job for the pieces. Really way too nice. I've only won one award as as Illustrator! Wait till I get those Society of Illustrator awards.

Back at home I did some portraits. Gotta get ahead of the game so I can work on other pieces.

I don't have any real presents for Ma and Pa this year. Boo being poor and living in Seabeck. OHH CRAP I DIDN'T ORDER THAT THING THAT MOM ASKED FOR. ERRr....uhhh. Maybe I shouldn't type that.

Todays Portrait Is: Callum Blue.

rather lack luster, sorry

2011-12-18T23:17:00.000-08:00

Uhh. I'm so rubbish at waking up early. Or rather, getting out of bed early. Oh well.

Slept in. Got to portrait drawing. Got the portrait up late. Got to working on this one other piece late. Let it dry and all that. Tried some of the wine that Brian gave us in thanks. It is good wine.

Not much happened today. Dad worked on his Christmas present. Ma went to a play.

Some of my videos work, some don't. It is frustrating. I wish I knew why some videos works and why others didn't.

Need to make a list of things I have to get done before Christmas. Yup yup.

Todays Portrait Is: Ellen Muth.

present packed but not shipped

2011-12-18T03:39:00.000-08:00

Aww man. I want to draw but I should go to bed instead. At least I have the initiative of having portraits to do to get up and stuff.

Slept in. Then had a rushed poached egg on toast with melted cheese and off we went to Pulali! We turned the heat on and the house warmed up right quick. So unlike our house. Celia and Corrine came over and we gave auntie her birthday presents.

Brian Quist, a family friend, is staying at the Pulali cabin for a week to work on his writing. So he came over and we showed him about. Dad showed him how to shuck oysters. Everyone ate pie, I ate ice cream.

We bid adieu and we three went to the Geoduck Tavern. I wasn't so impressed with my french dip. It was an okay meal, though not worthy of the write ups it has apparently received.

Back at home we hot tubbed. It was great. I'm amazed at how much time can vanish.

Today's Portrait Are: Lee Pace & Anna Friel.

jeeze ma, leaving me out in the cold like that!

2011-12-17T00:15:00.000-08:00

My blog is still trapped in html edit only, so I still can't link to portraits. So remember to go to Portraitoday!

I was in bed for about 12 hours. Ha. It was a good rest. Got up, found that no one was around, so I had my little breakfast and did the computer thing.

For many hours.

Had some bread and cheese and cucumbers for lunch. Ate some chicken and chocolate for a late dinner. Finished one present. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I could have done better I suppose. It isn't Nate's present though. Need to start that. I'll do that tomorrow.

Ma and Pa watched Despicable Me, and I worked in the Girl Cave. Mom locked the door, thinking I was in the house. But I wasn't, so I had to knock and grill her about locking the door and being unaware of where her daughter was. Some mother she is!

I've watched so much Mock the Week. It is all blending together. I think some stuff is happening tomorrow. Yay!

Todays Portrait Is: Simon Amstell.

Support Terry and Kimball!

2011-12-16T23:35:00.001-08:00

My friends are doing another Kickstarter project, and if you have some moneys, you should support them with it! I did.

no sleep, all work

2011-12-15T22:55:00.000-08:00

Anyway. Ended up not going to sleep last night. At 4:30am, I figured that if I went to bed, I wouldn't roll out of bed till 3pm and that is no good. So I stayed up. I drew and drew and drew. And it was AWESOME. All though the work I did in the 6-8am time range wasn't so good.

Anyway, I got a lot done today! Dad made pancakes. They were good. At 11am, I went with mom to her wetlands study. I napped in the car on the way there. We went to the various markers and took note of the plants that surrounded us. I was pretty tired, but I eventually got my energy at around 2pm, aka the time my body clock is used to waking up at.

Mom made me a sandwich. Yum. We went into town for some quick errands. Paper, candy, shoes, etc.

Back at home, I worked on a project that I shant name. Then dinner with an episode of Red Dwarf. Yum chicken. Now I'm watching telly and drawing MORE. And it is 11pm and I feel I could go on foreevevvvver. I don't want to stop.

Todays Portrait Is: Deanna Bredthauer.

nib practice

2011-12-15T02:17:00.000-08:00

Something is weird with Blogger and I can't edit in a certain format. So when I get the hyperlink function back, I'll link to the portraits at the bottom of this post. Till then, go to: portraitoday.blogspot.com

Slept further in. No dad or mum. So I sat and drew and watched Nevermind the Buzzcocks and Mock the Week some more. Started a thing. Started a different thing. The reason I'm being vague is because of presents and Christmas.

I'm on a roll with this drawing, so I don't want to go to sleep. But I should.

Dinner was soup. Yay soup.

Dad and I worked in the garage a bit.

It is so cold. Bleh. And all the good TV is ending.

Tomorrow I'll work on something really neat. Hopefully it turns out.

Today's Portrait Are: David Burke and Martin Freeman (Revisit).

Stefon from Saturday Night Live

2011-12-14T15:31:00.000-08:00

Stefon
6" x 5"
Pencil and ink

New York's hottest club is spiiicyy

2011-12-14T02:51:00.000-08:00

Another cold morning sleep in. Had my tea and oatmeal. Did my internet routine.

Went into town. I should have left a little bit earlier, because I got caught up in school bus traffic. Still, got to town all right. Deposited my Odd Owl check. Went to Artist's Edge and got a pen holder and nib and a new brush. Then went to Michael's and got some supplies for Christmas presents. Whoo!

Got home right before mom did. Dinner was last nights delicious clam chowder. Glee was meh. Raising Hope was silly. Spent the rest of the night watching Nevermind the Buzzcocks and Mock the Week and working on a portrait of the Stefon character from Saturday Night Live. It is a bit scary, but I like it. I'll scan and post it tomorrow. Trying to add a little oompf to my portraits. It isn't an official Portraitoday portrait.

My sleep schedule is all wonky. Tomorrow I shall figure out how to drill a hole in something that may or may not be for the purpose of presents. Also I shall try to make something for Madeline.

Today's Portrait Are: Jeremy Brett and Benedict Cumberbatch (revisit).

blankets are my friend

2011-12-13T00:46:00.000-08:00

Today's going into town plans were nixed when Dad borrowed my car. Ma was gone all day with work. So I plopped myself down in front of the computer, dug out some of my art supplies, and got to wasting another cold day in Seabeck.

Was wrapped in a blanket all day long. Had a scarf on for some chunks of it as well. Guh. Can't wait to move to California! Just a little bit more warmth would be welcome.

I like returning to ink and brush for drawing, with pencil preliminaries. Interesting to see how ones hand has changed after being in one medium for so long. Still trying to figure out a style, but that will come to me I suppose.

I wish it wasn't so cold. Makes me really not want to do anything.

I need to put away my books. And go through my stuff in the cabin.

Tomorrow to do:

Go to bank and deposit check
Go to art store and buy paper and nibs
Go to Michael's and get jewelry fastenings
???

Todays Portrait Is: Blake Harrison.

hair by mariel

2011-12-12T00:24:00.000-08:00

To counter yesterday's early wakeup, I slept way in today. Ha. Need to set my alarm earlier.

Dad made me a poached egg on toast with melted cheese, because dad is awesome like that.

I didn't really get up to much today. Just mellowed around the house and kept warm.

I picked Mariel up at the Chevron at 6ish. I went to high school with Mariel and we've kept it touch because that is what modern technology easily allows. Brought her back to the house, where she cut and blow dried my hair. It is an AWESOME haircut. Best I've had in a while. The layers are fabulous, the bangs are blunt. Now I'm set for a while. Just let my hair groooow. For years and years. In high school, she had the long hair and I the short. Now it is reversed.

Mariel also cut and styled moms hair. It looks so cute! Very darling.

Got Mariel to the ferry right on time. Huzzah!

Now I'm watching Sunday television (Misfits, Homeland, Dexter) and wearing a face mask to tend to my skin. Tomorrow I shall deposit a check and get some supplies for Christmas presents.

Todays Portrait Is: James Buckley.

Shame in Seattle

2011-12-11T00:07:00.000-08:00

Got up nice and early! Like...7:40amish! Insane! Showered and hopped in the car with a bowl of Cheerios to munch on. Got some gas on the way into town. Today I was to meet up with Marcus and go to Seattle to see the Steve McQueen (different McQueen) movie Shame. Turns out there wasn't a showing till 3, when we originally thought there would be one at 11 or so. Oh well. We decided to go in early anyway.

It was a nice ride over, full of conversation about movies and Duchamp and artistic context. We got our tickets first and then I got a smoothie and he got a burger and we sat and chatted. And walked down to Pike's and chatted. I found one of those great "omg love Jesus" illustrated pamphlets. This one was about how by thinking we have a choice, we've already picked Satan. Wandered down into Pike's Place Market. Went into various shops. Walked back up to the theater.

We were first in and got prime seats.

Ahhh what a tragic, sad, well shot, well acted, well made movie. One of those "I'm going to feel really bad emotionally after this, but that just means it was a good artistic experience" type films. It delivered! Well worth the extensive journey. We caught the 5:30 back.

I managed to stoke the fire back into action upon my return. Watching Russian Sherlock Holmes and trying to think what to do with the rest of my life.

Todays Portrait Is: Joe Thomas.

bored

2011-12-09T22:19:00.000-08:00

Slept in. It was lovely. Ma and Pa were gone when I got up, and were only back for a little bit before heading off to a party. I kept the fire stoked. I raked the leaves. I put Holly out. Let her in. Watched Would I Lie To You. Drew four portraits. Got them queued up. Huzzah!

Ate junk food. Ate real food.

Tomorrow I'll have a bit of an adventure. So that will be nice.

My James Tiptree Jr. book arrived! Whee.

Rather lack luster Friday.

Todays Portrait Is: Simon Bird.

getting up early, what?

2011-12-08T23:55:00.000-08:00

Set my alarm for 7 something, and got up at 9 something! Go me!

Went to Mats Mats with the parents and spent some time with Grandma and Grandpa. And by "spent some time" I mean I napped on the couch because I got up at 9am, instead of my usual noon. Watched some westerns and ate half a sandwich. It was nice to get out of the house and do something different.

Spent most of the day in a tired haze, because I am trying to reset my body block.

Watched Community with ma. Wasted time on the internet. My Friday plans got switched to Saturday. I'll do some house chores instead. Yup yup.

Todays Portrait Is: JP Obley.

beauty rest

2011-12-07T23:27:00.000-08:00

Sooo hard to get up. Ended up not going out to do stuff with Marcus and Rufus. Went into town with Ma around 3ish and made a tag for Holly's collar, and then picked up dad from the airporter. Ma dropped us off and then she went to meet her friend for a spa day. Dad and I went out for an early dinner at the Camp Union Saloon. The burger I ordered was quite good. Dad suggested that I use a knife and fork to eat it, I responded, "what, am I British?" to that suggestion. Utensils are for chumps. It was a good meal. No steak on the menu though. Boo.

The fire was stoked, Dad responded to some emails and went to sleep. I'm going to try to get to bed early tonight. Spending more daytime in bed and more night time awake.

Today's Portrait are: Paz De La Huerta and Jade Sheldon (Revisit).

time flies when you are sitting and not looking out the window

2011-12-07T05:07:00.000-08:00

Slept in even more. Bad, bad Trillian. It doesn't take much. Had some oatmeal and tea. Showered.

Ma and I originally planned to go to the movies after Mom ran her errands, but when she got back from errands, that idea was nixed. So I worked on portraits and watched telly. Glee was good. Raising Hope was awesome. We watched a bit of Tommy and Tuppence. Ma went to bed at 10:30. I am going to bed at 5am. I really don't know how that happened. Just started watching and drawing and WHOOPS look at the hour, eh? But I like these portraits. Returning to color, albeit monochromatic color. Enough with the gray washes. Oh and also doing pencil sketches. Gotta change up the style to keep things fresh. I'm also revisiting past portraits, to example how I've changed and grown and all that. So when I have time, there will be revisited portraits. Yup.

I might get out of the house tomorrow, but no promises.

Today's Portrait are: Michael K. Williams and Tabitha Knight (Revisited).

zzz, already?

2011-12-06T02:30:00.000-08:00

For a second I thought today was a do nothing day, and then I remembered my final! Ha. Feels like a do nothing day when I sleep in. Got up at around noon. Showered. Had some toast and orange juice.

Went off to class. Listened to the last program of Museum of Curiosity. Neil Gaiman was on it! Have to listen to it again with mom.

In class, we had our final exam and it was tricky. On the last two, I only missed a couple, on this one I missed 12...so not so good. But it wasn't 12 out of 13. There were many questions. Anyway. Done is done.

Talked to the art director for this project I'm working on. It is looking really exciting now! Huzzah.

Then relaxed. Ma wasn't home, so I just chilled and ate cheese and apples and stoked the fire.

When ma came home, we watched some Downton Abbey. I fell asleep during the next episode, don't know why though. Random nap?

Today is a double portrait! Whee!

Today's Portraits Are: Greg Davies & Chris Addison.

three deeee

2011-12-05T01:38:00.000-08:00

Slept waaay in. Scanned and put the portrait in the queue. Went downstairs and had tea and breakfast and did my internet thing on mom's computer. We decided to go see Hugo Cabret in the afternoon.

That was a lovely, beautiful movie. The 3D really did bring it to this whole 'nother level of image fidelity. Ma said it was just as good the second time around. Really nicely done film. A bit long but very good.

Afterwards we swung by Home Depot and Trader Joe's for goodies. And we got tons of goodies! Yum!

Back at home I worked some more on a deadline and ate a salad and watched stuff. Tomorrow I have my Film Directing final. Just a wee exam and then I am FREE FOR THE HOLIDAYS! Woop woop.

My skin is all icky. Boo. No fun.

Todays Portrait Is: John Finnemore.

late and drawing

2011-12-04T03:57:00.000-08:00

Gaah. It is late, and I'm trying to do a portrait, but it is a challenging one. I think I'm satisfied with it though.

Slept in. Uploaded a portrait. Ate a breakfast that dad made more me. Bacon and eggs! Then we went and got a tree. Ma didn't get the tree that she wanted, but we got a nice one. One of the biggest yet, even though ma wanted to go small. We listened to Museum of Curiosity while putting on ornaments and tinsel. We watched X Men First Class after dinner.

Dad is off to work for a few weeks. Boo.

Todays Portrait Is: Miranda Hart.

mello yello trillo

2011-12-03T01:22:00.000-08:00

Ahhh lovely sleep. Sleepy sleepy sleep. I set the alarm, but I still relaxed in bed.

Got up. Had some oatmeal. Talked with the art director for the thingy I'm working on. Watched Miranda. Watched Work of Art and Project Accessory. Worked on portraits. Helped haul wood up. A nice Friday.

Tomorrow we get a Christmas tree!

Todays Portrait Is: Tom Hiddleston.

moist plinth

2011-12-02T02:40:00.000-08:00

Last day! Well not really the last. My final exam for Film Directing is on Monday. But done with classes and stuff. Ma made me a poached egg on toast with melted cheese.

In class, we got through about half the scene presentations. I sat in the back and drew and didn't present. Some people really needed to learn how to be succinct. Some talked too much about this and that. Probably nerves. After class I put my class files onto a thumb drive and went home.

At 8pm I managed to meet a deadline. Whoo! I'll have my first business type call tomorrow. That is exciting! I'm not sure how much I can talk about what I am doing, so I'll err on the side of caution and keep it mum.

Watched Miranda as a reward. Damn it is late. I ate a bunch of candy as well.

I'm done with schooooool. Pretty much done. Time to chill.

Also COMMUNITY WAS HILARIOUS!

Todays Portrait Is: Tilda Swinton.

Miranda is so Hilarious, Ma you need to watch this

2011-12-01T02:39:00.000-08:00

Hurray! The last day of Flash class. Boo the last day of the good Illustrator class. Got up and all that. Showed ma and pa some videos on youtube and was almost late to class. But not late. Right on time. Go me.

In Illustrator we went over our projects and showed what we did with this and that. Lots of good projects and some cluttered ones. But it is hard to fit all the requirements into one piece. Had some time left over, so I doodled about on the Internet. In Flash, we had a delayed start while everyone got their stuff in. It was more important for the teacher to see that we hit all the bases than to get a critique of what we did in the class. Just as well, didn't want to hang around that long for it all. Everything went well. I tried to find the film people but had no luck, so I went home.

Worked on my film stuff. Ate some food and watched Miranda and Lost Girl. And then worked some more. And took another break. And finished up! It isn't that large of a scene, but it took a lot of work anyhoo.

Yay I get to sleep in tomorrow a bit. Then work hard on a deadline. Then this weekend I'll tidy stuff up probably.

Todays Portrait Is: Tom Lenk.

museum of curiosity is funny

2011-11-29T23:53:00.000-08:00

Sleep in day! I slept in! All the air outside of the warmth of my bed was cold. Makes it not fun to go through. But soon I'll be able to sleep sleep sleep.

Did my internet rounds real quick like. Grabbed some cheerios and tea.

Ohhh there was chocolate on the stairs when I woke up!! Yaaay for California goodies.

Back in my car, but that isn't so bad. It goes vroom a lot better than the Prius. Soon I won't have to drive at all. Actually, I think I only have about three more trips into Olympic College that I have to do. That is nice. Won't have to pay for gassssoline. But I still want to earn some money. My friend Terry is doing another Kickstarter, so I want to donate to that.

Anyway, class was good. Learned about how to stage things for emotional impact and all that. Decided to coin the phrase "removing Dale's hat" for that moment in adaptations when you give up the hope that it will be faithful and accept it is what it is. I don't know how well it will catch on, but here is hoping.

After class, I starved in the computer lab and GOT STUFF DONE. Whooo. Got my Flash stuff done. Might be missing this and that but it is hard to care. Not the most impressive thing I've done, but like I said, whatever. Last class tomorrow too! Whoo!

Illustrator still has a couple things that need doing, but I'll do them. I have plenty of time. Well plenty of time to do what needs to be done. Still have other stuff I haven't worked on.

Got some McDonald's on the way home. It was good though all that junk food on an empty stomach wasn't a good idea. Got home at around 8:40. Raising Hope was HILARIOUS AND AWESOME.

Now I must get to sleep and get up and finish my last day of Illustrator and Flash. Yippee! And then do some video club stuff and then the stuff for Film Directing and that other thing. Late night tomorrow. Whoo.

Todays Portrait Is: Danny Strong.

last few days

2011-11-29T01:58:00.000-08:00

Yaaay back to it. I just realized that tomorrow I have to finish all my Illustrator and Flash stuff. Then it is all done. Whoo! Yaaay!

I am nearly done assembling all the pieces for my Illustrator final. Probably just need another hours worth of work. That is pretty awesome. Have some extra stuff to finish as well.

In Flash I got all my stuff to work on the guides and it is coming together nicely. Still not the most impressive piece of animation. Each one seems like it needs an extra oompf, but that is the art student wanting to break free but not knowing how, what with the limitations of the classroom. But I have all the specs accomplished, so that is good. Just need to finesse it.

Got home and relaxed and watched stuff and read a bit and figured out my scene for my Film Directing final (we have to do a scene mockup). I'm a bit behind, but I'm not worried.

I cleaned up. Did the dishes. Let the dog in for a bit. Got the mail. Ate some microwave wood. Go me.

At 9:40 I left to pick up ma and pa. They didn't look like they enjoyed being back in the cold land of Washington. I didn't mind being left alone for 10 days. Not that lonely. Had stuff to work on. Stuff to watch. Junk food to consume.

Now to get this week finished.

Todays Portrait Is: Adam Busch.

Craig Parkinson as Shaun

2011-11-28T03:18:00.000-08:00

Craig Parkinson as Shaun from Misfits

3" x 2.5"

Watercolor

finals week is actually the week before finals

2011-11-28T03:09:00.000-08:00

Got up nice and groggy at 10am. Which was too late as Holly had pooped and peed. DAMN! Had such a good track record. So I put her outside and out she remains tonight and tomorrow. She was very very pushy about trying to be let back in the house. She needs to learn some manners about being in and out. She can't just barge right in. Bad doggie. Though it is my fault she wasn't let out often enough (though she needs to take the hint to use the bathroom when she is put outside). So I cleaned that up. Fun morning.

Ate some oatmeal, drank some tea, went to school for a few hours and listened to Cabin Pressure and worked on finals. Got some good things done. A bit behind when it comes to the animation, but I'll just stay late at school tomorrow and the day after and get it sorted. I've almost ticked off all the requirements for the final project, so whatever. I've learned (through other tutorials) what I sort of need to learn. It is hard to really care.

Got some Jack in the Box on the way home. It is tasty up until the last couple bites, then it gets to be a bit much.

Did my laundry. Did FOUR portraits! Watched Misfits (SO GOOD) and Dexter (yeah, saw that twist coming). Tomorrow I shall work on stuff some more. And clean up the house (it isn't that messy, there are just a lot of cans and dishes). And work on Film Directing final. Oh and this other thing that I'm not sure if I can or can't talk about.

Final week of school! Yay! Plus one day next week for Film Directing exam taking.

Todays Portrait Is: Emma Caulfield.

time and all that jazz

2011-11-27T01:27:00.001-08:00

I forget what I was supposed to do today. Work on finals? Well I didn't do a lot of that. Sort of did. Didn't really.

Slept in. Put Holly out at about 9ish. Let her back in 1ish. I tried to cuddle with her but she was rather smelly, as it was raining and she got wet. I didn't take her for a walk, as, again, it was raining.

Stayed inside. Made myself a nice sandwich for lunch. Drank some tea. Watched some stuff on the Internet. Time went by slowly. And then really quickly. It does that.

Today's Portrait Is: Eliza Dushku.

I'm thankful for everyone and their company

2011-11-25T20:55:00.000-08:00

Didn't write last night because I was tired and didn't feel like summing it all up. So now lets get to three days worth of awesome adventures!

Wednesday:

Got up bright and early and packed up all my things. I felt really bad chaining Holly up. I stuffed her dog house with blankets and filled her bowl with more food than she really needed. Then I drove off and left her for the day, night, and day. In Illustrator I worked on the poster. Lots of little things and listening to music. I left about 20 minutes into Flash to catch the ferry. Parked the car at the ferry and got on the 1:45 right on time. Listened to the hilarious Cabin Pressure. Stood under the aqueduct for a few minutes and then Brynne picked me up and off we went to Bellevue! We chatted and snacked and I found myself allergic to either the dog or the cats. Boo. She took a nap and I watched the first two episodes of Castle. Dan came home and we chatted about books and stuff. Then we went to Flo sushi and it was THE BEST sushi I've ever had. The rolls were spectacular and tasty and just flawless. Best. A great treat. Back at the apartment we watched Sherlock, but we all fell asleep at different points. It is beautiful on their 57 inch television though. All the pores. So beautiful. So high resolution. Too bad we were so tired.

Today's Portrait is: James Marsters.

Thursday:

Woke up and showered and had some oatmeal and tea. It is like I never left home! Except I was all allergic and stuff. Dan and I took Honey for a walk. Brynne let me have a cupcake early. A tester. It was tasty. Josh arrived looking sharp. Then I worked on getting ready. Did my hair into dutch girl braids and did my eyemakeup, but then I messed it up and started over. Put on the vintage dress courtesy of mom. Brynne gave me some tights. So nice of her! Oh she also got me an AWESOME sci fi calendar. I need to visit more often. I get ever so pampered. Once all was done, we chatted and I fiddled with Dan's camera.

Then we hopped in the separate cars and headed up to Edmonds. There were several Davids, a Don, a Joan, and others at the lovely wonderful house that was hosting us. One of the guests was a collector of Scottish whiskeys, so I got some education in the finer stuff. The highland variety. The 16 year Lagavulin has my heart. So peaty and smooth and scrumptious. And since I had to drive later that night, I was able to enjoy my samples and didn't overly sample from the collection. Haa.

The gravy was good. Totally wonderful. And it went so well on the lovely turkey. Everything was so good and so perfect. I talked art with much of the company. Don was a retired art appraiser. There was one teenager, but he was a talented piano player so he fit right in. It was a lovely Thanksgiving with lots of good company and food and laughs. All was well and everyone got along. And I didn't have to do any dishes! I got on the 9:10 ferry and rested and listened to more radio comedy. It was a nice ride home. Hardly any other cars, let alone traffic. Holly was excited and happy and raced around once she was off her chain. She was unscathed by her cooping up, but she clearly didn't like it. All her food was eaten.

Today's Portrait is: Juliet Landau.

Friday:

Slept in as much as I wanted. I earned a good sleeping in. Took Holly for a walk and got the mail and newspaper. Holly did her doggie business. I spent the day relaxing on the computer. I'll do my finals work Saturday and Sunday. Turns out I really didn't need to do any grocery shopping. Ten days isn't that long. Ate some bananas. Watched some Slings and Arrows and finished watching The Pacific. Did some portraits. It has been a good holiday.

Today's Portrait Is: Michelle Trachtenberg.

the day before the day before

2011-11-23T02:22:00.000-08:00

For a second there, I thought I had posted for the day. Turns out I didn't.

Anyhoo. It rained all night and through most of the day. Stormy icky rain. I left Holly outside, so that she wouldn't be too pampered by being indoors when it came to chaining her outside for my Thanksgiving night out. Just this once Holly. Just this once.

On the way to school I dropped off a package for mom. Class was relatively uneventful. Studied stuff. Discussed the final. And so on. Swung through Silverdale on the way back home and picked up some snacks at Trader Joe's. Mmm. I've been listening to Cabin Pressure since I finished Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy. Cabin Pressure is hilaaaarious.

Back home I tried to stoke a fire but met with no success. There is no kindling, so it makes it quite difficult.

I eventually gave up, had dinner (salad followed by a hot pocket) and watched Cronos.

Tomorrow, after school, I shall park the car in Bremerton, hop the ferry, and spend the night with Brynne and Dan. The next day is Thanksgiving, which I will be spending with them and other peoples. It is a fancy Thanksgiving, so I'll be wearing my fancy dress (see above). I shall be away from my computer so there won't be a blog post. I hope everyone has a lovely feast. See y'all Friday!

Todays Portrait Is: David Boreanaz.

first slush of the season

2011-11-22T00:20:00.001-08:00

Woke up at 6am to some weird sounds in the woods. But seeing as it snowed, that was probably just the sound of trees sloughing their weight.

It was already slushy when I was eating my breakfast and getting ready for the day. Left to doggie inside and took the Prius. In Illustrator I finished up the chapter 12 work and started in on the poster project. Two projects due and some extra stuff. There is also some journaling that needs doing. Due next week. Ahhhh!

In Flash I figured out how to get audio to stop when you exit a scene/the scene finishes. So now all the links and stuff are working, just need to figure out what else I'm going to animate and what music to put with it. Left at a bit after 3 and returned to Holly, who was very good. Took her on a walk right away and she utilized the time for lots of...relief. Good doggie.

Spent the rest of the night eating, doing my nails, and talking to Auntie Brynne about Thanksgiving plans. Low key night. This weekend will be a crunch time I reckon. Getting it done and all that. Then Christmas breaaak!

Todays Portrait Is: Charisma Carpenter.

a day in front of the fire

2011-11-21T00:17:00.000-08:00

Awww yeah, today was great. I got up at about 9ish and put the dog outside, and then went back to bed for a few more hours. Then I got up, had some tea, and watched a few episodes of The Pacific on mom's laptop. I spent most of the day downstairs on her laptop, keeping Holly company while I did my internet business. I stoked a great fire in the fireplace. A warm awesome fire. I sat with my back to it and ah it was wonderful. Watched Misfits and tooled around on the Internet and kept warm. It was nice. A very nice Sunday.

Then I remembered I hadn't done a portrait. So I did a few of those. Now I'm very tired for no reason, so I think I'll try and get a reasonable amount of sleep tonight.

Took Holly for a walk and grabbed the mail from yesterday and today's paper.

She was very behaved though a bit needy at times.

Not feeling lonely yet, but I suspect it will be a cold week.

Todays Portrait Is: Anthony Stewart Head.

SAM

2011-11-20T03:02:00.000-08:00

Got up at 7 and Dad showed me how to switch over the generator, if need be. He also showed the proposed set up for Holly when I am away for longer stretches of time. I don't want to chain her up but seeing as how the silly thing has wandered off. And Mom still needs to send away for a proper tag for her.

I caught the 12:20 from Bremerton to Seattle and met Cherish (a PNCA buddy who lives in Kirkland now) at Seattle Art Museum. She got a special deal on tickets. Neither of us had been to the museum since it had been changed, so that was fun. They have some really nice new acquisitions, all though I think the layout of the museum lead to a lot of going in circles for us. Still, it was nice. Painted walls. Good pieces. The really breath taking piece was the Do Ho Suh one. It was fabric that was stitched and suspended and sculpted into looking like a arc that you could walk through and there were projections on the cloth. It was beautiful. At 3:20ish, we went to Uwajimaya and had a late lunch/early dinner, followed up with creme puffs. So good. We chatted and gossiped and caught up. It was really nice to hang with a PNCA pal.

She dropped me off in Fremont and I hung out with Sam for a bit. Unfortunately I missed the 7:50 ferry and had to catch the 9:10. So I napped while I waited and napped on the way home. Doggy was still home and I let her inside. Turned on the heat and warmed the house up. Mmm. All alone for a long while now. Boo.

Todays Portrait Is: Nicholas Brendon.

last day with the parentals for a while

2011-11-18T22:30:00.001-08:00

Oh boy, the weekend! I did lots of sleeping in. Tomorrow I'll have to take the parents to the airporter, so no sleeping in. AND I'll be going to Seattle to hang with Cherish, so my sleep schedule will reset and stuff. Or I'll just sleep in even longer on Sunday. Hmm.

Had some oatmeal and tea for breakfast. Two bowls of soup and lots of bread for dinner. I think I ate something between the two, but I forget.

Didn't really do...anything. Bad me. Need to make a finals list, because then I can start crossing things off it and feel good about accomplishments. Actually, just started the list. Whoo.

Pa did shopping for grub to tide me over till they return.

I brushed Holly and she licked my face. I hope this face licking isn't that much of a trend.

Ma and Pa leave for California for the next 10 days. I reckon I'll get lonely a bit, but then I have finals and stuff to keep me occupied.

Todays Portrait Is: Alyson Hannigan.

finals are a coming

2011-11-18T03:27:00.000-08:00

Stayed up late and slept in, thankfully I have a nice window of time to sleep in on Thursday. Dad made a poached egg on toast with melted cheese for me. Yumm! In class we reviewed scene and subject motivations and went over the final assignment. We have to do a scene set up thing. Shot list, camera angles, storyboards. That will be fun.

Out of class, I went to the lab and listened to my audiobook and struggled to keep focused on my illustrations. Progressed the animation. Need to think about how I'm taking it to the next level. Got some basic pans and things. I construct the images in Illustrator and copy them into Flash. It is fun. In a way. Still need to work on it tons more. Time is running short.

Got home to a salad and pasta. Mmm. Liked the salad. Watched a hilarious Community and an okay Parks and Recreation. Worked on some portraits. It is suddenly late again. Dang.

Todays Portrait Is: Sarah Michelle Gellar.

website revamping

2011-11-17T00:22:00.000-08:00

Today was rainy and gray and sucky. I absorbed all the heat I could from bed. Got up. Had some tea and sausages for breakfast. I WAS planning to leave and go to school and work, but I was warm and stayed home.

However, I did work on revamping and streamlining my website: trilliantrillian.com. Feels good to get that in better order, though it still needs some work. Gotta step up the professionalism and all that. Resume and portfolio are soon to follow.

Had a chicken pot pie for lunch. Drank some soda. Dinner was beans and salmon and...something else. Uhhh. Oh fries.

At 9ish the power cut out, so I watched a DVD on mom's laptop. I was getting prepared to go to sleep, but then the power came back on, so now I'm online again. Whoo! Need to draw some portraits and stuff. Tomorrow, I'll stay at school and work on stuff.

Todays Portrait Is: Arthur Darvill.

ma makes good cookies

2011-11-16T00:27:00.000-08:00

Slept all the way in. As it gets cold, who wants to leave a warm bed?

Had cheerios and tea for breakfast. Got to class. We got notes print outs because writing down the notes takes up too much time. So we looked at the notes and watched the videos and got the final project assigned. I shared some cookies. And then I returned home. I put the doggie out when I left, and let her back when when I returned. The house was fairly cold so I put on another sweater. Had a cheese steak. Mmm. Watched the first episode of Homeland because it was highly recommended to me. Quite good pilot.

I made burritos for dinner. They were good. I really need to get some taco specific seasoning. Maybe I'll put it on the Christmas list. Ha. Glee was a good episode. This season is surprisingly linear and has development and good songs. Raising Hope was hilaaarious. So many great moments. Probably one of the best episodes yet.

I don't have class tomorrow, but I probably will head in and work in the labs on my projects and stuff.

Todays Portrait Is: Karen Gillan.

things are good

2011-11-14T22:58:00.000-08:00

Back to school, and it wasn't such a hard wake up. Normally Monday's and Wednesday's are.

Dad made me a sandwich for lunch. So great that pa of mine.

Illustrator was a lecture in symbols, then work time. With headphones, I was a lot more productive. Almost finished my chapter 10 work. Flash was a work day. I worked. Got some of the basic background stuff done. Still have a lot more work to do. I'll be parking some long hauls in the lab in these coming weeks I suspect, but that is okay. I'll just get a good audio book and throw myself at the work.

Car brakes are good.

Ma made cookies. Ma's cookies are good. Had a pot pie for dinner. Watched some stuff. Kept warm. Most of my homework needs to happen at school, so I take it easy these nights. Ohh need to do some portraits. I'll do those...in a bit.

Todays Portrait Is: Freema Agyeman.

girl power

2011-11-13T23:49:00.001-08:00

Slept in. Gotta stay warm and keep the snuffles away. I'm constantly worried about getting a cold, but so far I have kept them at bay. Super immunity, all thanks to candy!

Had some cheerios and two cups of tea for breakfast. Later on Dad showed me how to take the tire off my car, remove the brake calipers, AND replace the brake pads! Good life skills. Got the tire off no problem. Dad did the handiwork, but I hovered and helped. My fingers got mucky but my manicure still looks good. Cleaned the tires. Put them back on. Lots of learning this afternoon. I like learning stuff from dad. Makes me feel like I'll be more self reliant down the stretch. I don't want to be one of those people who ask their company to pull the chain in the toilet tank, because they can't be bothered to fix the handle.

ANDDD Dad borrowed my car and returned it with a full tank of gas! I suggested he just put a couple bucks in it, but he put, like, a couple bucks time ten! So awesome.

After all that, I remembered I had to do a portrait, so today's portrait came up quite late.

Dinner was cous cous and steamed veggies. Delicious!

I'll try to go to bed at a reasonable hour. Yet another week begins! Ohh I need to scan some stuff...gotta remember to bring head phones to class tomorrow. Yup.

Todays Portrait Is: Catherine Tate.

you know you are a pacific northwesterner when...

2011-11-12T23:21:00.000-08:00

Friday:

Slept a bit in. Had poached egg on toast with melted cheese. Worked on portraits. Delayed the rest of the happenings because of said portraits. Eventually we got on our way. Picked up a chipper shredder. Went to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner. Tasty chowder made with hand dug razor clams. Ma makes good chowder. There was also pie, but I had no pie. It is apple pie or nothing for me. I learned that my great grandma, when she was over her clam limit, would stuff clams into her boots. Ha! At 7ish or so, we departed for Pulali. We snacked and watched TV. I watched Fringe. And then we watched an episode of The Saint, and then the start of a New Zealand vs France rugby game. The haka that the New Zealanders do is SO NEAT. I think I could get more behind sports if they all chanted and did a power dance of sorts. France sure looked intimidated, and seeing as how they lost, it worked! Huzzah!

I read some of The Sisters Brothers and went to bed.

Today's Portrait Is: Matt Smith.

Saturday:

Woke up to a plate of bacon. Thanks dad! Yay bacon! Made myself a cuppa tea and got to work with the chipper. Hauled wood into the rented chipper. It chipped. I got smacked in the eye with a piece of wood, well eye lid. Could have lost an eye, but I didn't. Thankfully. I need my eyes. Also got smacked in the arm quite a few times. The chipper is a dangerous thing. Took a lunch break with chowder and toast, then back to work with more shredding! Finished. I helped hose down the machine. Spent some time trying to warm up in front of the fire, and was all bundled up on the way home. I still have the sniffles, even after getting into warm clothes and soaking in the hot tub for a long while.

Tomorrow is a work on flash stuff day. Gotta work on my flash stuff. And portraits. But mostly flash.

Today's Portrait Is: John Barrowman.

come on little car, you can do it!

2011-11-11T02:34:00.000-08:00

Got up with time to study. Which I sort of did. Glanced at the notes a bit. Ate oatmeal. Drank tea.

I left on time, but unfortunately there was road construction of some unknown nature, so I had to backtrack towards Silverdale and get on the freeway. My car doesn't like being forced into high speeds and sustaining them. Well, sometimes it is quite good. Today it wasn't so good. Very jumpy. Had some trouble shifting and stuff. My car needs to be able to get me to the Bay Area next year, as it is the plan to crash at Nathan's and look for work. But that is a low of high speed driving, and I fear my car having a fit part of the way there. Hmmmn.

In class we did a quick review and then took the test. I got a 96%! Only missed two, which I'm fine with. Back in class we looked at more stuff about scene blocking with scattered characters.

Headed home, and once again I had to take the detour. My car does not like going 60 and then going up hills. Poor thing.

Heloed haul up some wood.

Dinner was delicious! Fish with mushroom sauce and a side of peas, carrots, and potatoes. Yummeh.

Did my laundry. Did my nails. Messed up my nails, so I did them again.

Todays Portrait Is: David Tennant.

itchy again, what the hey

2011-11-10T00:26:00.000-08:00

Yaaay got to school and stayed awake all day. Though the first couple hours were a trial. Dad made me lunch, which was totally awesome.

In Illustrator, we went over how to do 3D and perspective grid stuff. I wish I brought headphones, it is hard to focus in that quiet class room.

Flash was a work day. I worked. Got the major techniques sorted. I left early to get to the video meeting. The green screen room wasn't booked. Oops. Found Angelo. Then Tiffany. Then Anya and Jeremy. The club meeting was spent doing some film stuff for a promo video for the club. The ball isn't happening as it seems. Oh well.

Now that it is daylight savings time, I don't drive home with the sun in my eyes. Yippe!

Chicken, potatoes, and beans for dinner. Watched telly. Now I shall sleep. I need it.

Todays Portrait Is: Christopher Eccleston.

time scoots forward too fast

2011-11-09T03:32:00.000-08:00

It is VERY late and I still haven't scanned my portraits. Gah. Wha. It took me a while to get to them.

Slept in. Because well, yeah duhh.

I got to class right on time, but that was unneeded because class was delayed due to more computer errors. Chatted with Marcus and Rufus as usual. Even got a few words out of Quiet Eli. Learned a minor bit later on.

Went home. Did nothing. Watched stuff. Thought about things. Ate pot stickers. Watched Glee and some The PJs and Raising Hope.

Now I'm watching Ask Rhod Gilbert. Time flies way too fast.

Todays Portrait Is: Billie Piper.

chilled

2011-11-06T20:27:00.001-08:00

Daylight Savings! Sleep in till 1 but it feels like 2. Hahah. Got out of bed to let the doggie in from the cold and crawled back under the blankets.

Didn't turn the heater on nor stoke a fire, so the house was pretty chilly. I wrapped myself up into a blanket and parked it in the computer chair. Ma and pa came home at around 4ish. Dinner was delicious potatoes, chicken, and broccoli. Started queing up my telly. Right now I'm just done with Downton Abbey. So sad. Got a few more to go.

Still not sure what I'll do for the flash final.

I wish blankets wrapped around legs was more fashionable. A lot better than long johns, though then I'd have to bring the blankets with me.

Quiet little day. Cold quiet day.

Tomorrow is a work day. I'll be working to figure out what I'm going to do for my Flash final.

Todays Portrait Is: Colin Baker.

house to myself

2011-11-06T02:36:00.000-08:00

Trying to watch Withnail and I and I'm not quite following it. It is a bit deranged. I'd be better off with Ask Rhod Gilbert.

ANYHOO. Slept in a bit. Ma and Pa went off to Pulali Point for the night, but I decided to stay home. Walked Holly. Let Holly in and out and in and out. Watched stuff. Listened to music. Drew some portraits. Kind of lonely actually. And cold, as I accidentally let the fire in the fireplace go out and I couldn't be bothered to make another one.

Tomorrow I'll need to figure out what I'll start doing for the Flash final.

Todays Portrait Is: Peter Davison.

wait, which one is Alleline and which one is Haydon?

2011-11-05T01:20:00.000-07:00

Ohh I was blogging but then I got distracted.

Rolled out of bed at the last possible moment. Showered. Grabbed some biscuits and a bottle of this sobe stuff and headed off to school for a Video Club Meeting. There was pizza at the meeting! Hurray! We moved to the multicultural room and I took notes on the white board as we brainstormed for the various projects and filming and things. It was a productive two hours. I wrote lots of notes and everyone provided input and stuff. I like being in clubs. Extra activities and being helpful are good.

Went home. Because that is how I roll. I keep drifting in and out of interest in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. It isn't the easiest audiobook to listen to, I'll tell you what.

Had a mixed appetite once I got home. Watched Downton Abbey with mom. I feel really funky, so I think I'll go to bed now. Oh, would you look at that, it is past my bed time anyway.

Todays Portrait Is: Tom Baker.

obscuratism is a great word

2011-11-04T01:53:00.001-07:00

Ha, all that stuff about getting up early? Total bullpucky.

Got up. Had my oatmeal and tea. Went to class. In class we had major computer issues so we could only watch the DVD section of things, so we didn't get very far. I don't see why we couldn't watch all the DVDs and review while the computer was getting fixed (normally we watch and then he suggests notes for us to take). The DVDs are pretty neat scene set up breakdowns.

So I chatted with the people in my seating group and killed time and ate sweets. I REALLY need to cut down on my sweet intake, but that is easier said than done.

Went home. Cuddled dog. Watched stuff. Ate pizza. Hot tubbed. Watched more stuff. Ate a cupcake. I very much need some exercise. Holly got groomed today and she is so soft. Gave her lots of cuddles.

Tomorrow is a video club meeting, and I will probably stay on and finish my Illustrator stuff (just so I can be super on the ball with it all).

Todays Portrait Is: Jon Pertwee.

drizzle

2011-11-03T02:45:00.000-07:00

Dang it is late. Need to blog earlier in the night. Before I do a run of portraits. My blogs are full of so much repeated stuff. Not a lot has changed, but at least I get out of the house and socialize.

Illustrator class went into color groups and stuff. We had work time and I worked. Flash was review of buttons. I managed to get the button project I was working on finished. Our final assignment was assigned (it isn't so much an assignment as a series of things we need to example). Now I need to think up a good idea and do it. Maybe a sort of Where's Waldo esque thing? With lots of clicking and stuff. Hmmm.

After that I went to Video Club and learned about lighting. The camera went dead, which sucked, so we just moved the lights around.

It was raining, and that isn't fun to drive in.

Pa made dinner. Mmm potatoes and beans and salmon. A crowd pleaser. We three watched Green Hornet. I enjoyed it more in theaters, still it was fun.

Watched Ringer, Sons of Anarchy, the horrible American Horror Story (bad yet I can't stop watching)...got three portraits done. Go me!

Todays Portrait Is: Patrick Troughton.

sweet sweet candaay

2011-11-02T01:21:00.000-07:00

Used all my hours to sleep in. I should make more of an effort to not do that on my easier mornings.

Had oatmeal and tea. Mmm.

In class we went over right, parallel, and other angle set ups, as well as how to shoot scenes and stuff. I took the notes. Lots of notes. Chatted with Marcus and Rufus. Ate a ding dong and my regular meat jerky stick thing (protein, it makes up for all the candy I eat). Lots of notes were taken.

Afterwards I went to the computer lab and finished up my typeface! It is completed! YAAAY! Always room for revision suggestions, but it is indeed finished.

Swung by mom's office and said hello and tried to embarrass her in front of her coworkers. Instead they complimented how much I looked like mom. I gave ma my remaining ding dong, but later wished I hadn't.

Back at home, I put my feet up and snacked. Dad came home with candy from the Grandparents. Mmm! Sweet sweet candy. At the time of this writing, I haven't eaten it all. So that is an improvement.

Dinner was delicious pasta and home made delicious sauce. Ma really knocked it out of the park. So very good.

Glee was okay. Not so exciting. We couldn't be bothered to watch the unfunny New Girl, but you bet your butt we stayed up for Raising Hope! Always fun, always delightful.

I watched another episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Now, to bed with me!

Todays Portrait Is: William Hartnell.

halloween, what halloween?

2011-10-31T19:35:00.000-07:00

Blogging now, because I feel like it. Also I know I'll be up late working on portraits, and I'd rather go to sleep once I'm finished.

Rolled out of bed at 8:20. Bleh.

Illustrator was lecture on mesh and gradients and stuff. We got a good two solid hours to work on the assignment, and I got it mostly finished. Hurray! I'm so on top of things with this class.

In Flash we reviewed how to make buttons and stuff, then we got 45 minutes of time to experiment. I can't quite figure out how to make it link from one thing to another. I'll look up some tutorials. Still, a good class. Wish there were more like this and less like others.

Went home. Relaxed. Ate some candy. Ate more candy. Ate a salad. It is only 8pm but it feels much later.

Todays Portrait Is: Robert Webb.

clammin'

2011-10-31T02:10:00.000-07:00

Saturday:

It was very much for the best that we didn't go to the beach last night, because it was rainy. Today was surprisingly nice. I woke up to ma and pa saying "we are ready to go" so I showered and stuffed a bag full of stuff and had a mediocre breakfast and off we went! Even though I had tea, I still napped on the way to Ocean City State Park.

We got a spot and settled in. We decided to take Holly with us on the trip, so we kept her on a leash and walked down to the beach. It was not windy and there were no fleas and it was sunny and not totally freezing. Near November and better weather that the summer. Whaaat?

Back at the motorhome, we had sandwiches and watched some Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It got dark and we suited up. We got our clam guns (home made by dad), our flashlights, our boots, our rain coats, and all this other gear to help us dig for razor clams at night. Hurrah! It was fun. An interesting trek in the stillness of night. Quite beautiful as the only illumination came from our lights and the moon was a red sliver low in the sky. We managed to dig up 20 clams using our guns. We found a couple broken ones that other people discarded. Didn't get the clam limit, but it was slow going and couldn't find that many spurts. Still, Dad is a champ at digging. Really good at chasing them through the sand.

Back at the moho, we finished the movie and ate mac and cheese. What a night!

Todays Portrait Is: Rich Fulcher.

Sunday:

Slept in, which was good because on a morning walk, Ma and Pa took Holly off a leash and she went and rolled in the carcass of a seal. While I slept, they washed her off. Silly smelly dog. Silly parents taking her off the leash.

Bacon, eggs over easy, and toast for breakfast! And cocoa! Yum!

We gave Holly a quick walk down at Pacific Shores or something and then headed home. Grabbed some DQ on the way. Then I took another nap. Spent so much time sleeping.

Helped empty the hot tub. Got Downton Abbey and Misfits all set up. Ate a burger. Hot tubbed. Somewhere in the day, I bit the inside of my lip something fierce. Ate a salad. Watched Bridesmaids with Ma and Pa. It was a bit awkward to watch at times, but it did have some genuine funny moments. I like the Chris O'Dowd is getting popularity on this side of the pond. He is charming.

Spent the rest of the night snacking and watching my Sunday Stories. Misfits was AWESOME. It is the show that above all others I look forward to. It is hilarious and I'll never let ma and pa watch it. Anyway, dig the new character (who has the same map pillowcases that we do) and love the set up for this season. Downton Abbey was good. Finally some good things happened, but as per usual it was more bad stuff. Boo, I just want characters to be happy! Walking Dead was okay. It is a good show it just...is sort of treading water. Dexter, gah, why did they do that to that character! I liked him. That was stupid. Boardwalk Empire will have to wait till tomorrow.

Yay. Illustrator. Boo. Flash. All though since it is a work day, then that should be good. Don't know what I'll work on but I'll come up with something, eh. Some things I care about, some things I don't.

Today's Portrait Is: David Mitchell.

another weekend is upon me

2011-10-29T01:36:00.001-07:00

Oops totally went to bed and forgot to to Thursday's post. Don't know what happened there.

Thursday:

Ahh what happens on Thursday for me? Oh yeah, Film Directing lecture class. Went to that. We learned about shots and this and that and all these other things.

Chatted with Marcus and Rufus in the row in front of me about this and that. Sketched the back of their heads and chucked the drawing at them.

Went home. Chilled. Didn't do much that I recall. Watched the final episode of the first season of Downton Abbey with mom. Dad came home late tonight.

I worked on some portraits. Watched some stuff. Yup. And plum forgot to post.

Todays Portrait Is: Julian Barratt.

Friday:

I left my cell in my car, so I didn't set an alarm. Turns out, when I don't set any sort of alarm, I don't roll out of bed till 1 in the afternoon. Oops. Put some wood on the fire. Ate some breakfast. Chilled. Went into school for a quick minute to finish my Illustrator homework. Came back right quick because I thought that we were going to go camping tonight, but we decided to leave tomorrow. While everyone else is Halloweening, I'll be digging razor clams in the dark.

Ate some left overs and snacks and watched Julia Leigh's hauntingly bizarre film Sleeping Beauty. I'd say it had fewer that 100 edits in it (that is, cuts between takes of film). So many long takes, and really well executed ones too. Didn't feel needlessly overwrought with those shots, and it was a bit jarring when there were certain cuts within a few scenes. Really well filmed.

Tonight I will set an alarm, for tomorrow we go camping!

Today's Portrait Is: Michael Fielding.

slide and move and pan and woah

2011-10-27T00:03:00.000-07:00

Ma was able to pick up the doggie from the Human Society. Poor Holly. Hopefully she won't wander again.

In Illustrator, we reviewed our midterms and pointed out the this and thats that we did, which is a good way of going about it. A lot of my effects were on the subtle side so it is good that I was able to indicate where I did this and that. There were some nice projects, and I got a good remark from the teacher. Huzzah! The rest of class was a work day, so I worked.

Surprise of all surprises, Flash class was almost entirely lecture about Flash! We were introduced to buttons and how to use them in Flash. Lots of instruction. Filled up the whole class with few meandering tales. Daaang! Wish it was like this all the time, I'd complain a lot less.

After class I went to video & film club and learned how to set up tracks and to assemble the camera thingy that goes on tracks for smooth filming. That was fun.

Went home and cuddled with Holly for a good 30 minutes. Lots of hugs for sweet doggie.

Dinner was hummus and chips. Ma and I watched another two episodes of Downton Abbey. It provides a lot of discussion material for the two of us. Only one episode of this season left to watch! And then mom can move onto season two. Whee!

I'm very tired all of a sudden. All these irregular hours are catching up to me. I should go to bed.

Todays Portrait Is: Noel Fielding.

viva Violet Hunter

2011-10-26T02:26:00.000-07:00

Oh boy, another accidental late night. Got caught up painting and watching a Russian adaptation of Sherlock Holmes (what? I love me some Holmes, and Vitaly Solomin is gorgeous with his little mustache). Having an early day followed by a sleep in day followed by an early day and then four sleep in days...it is hard to keep regular.

Had a lovely little morning and went off to school for what ended up being a rather long day.

Class was line and angle management lectures. And some lectures about the protesters. And some more lectures. It went fast. I then sat myself down in the computer lab and worked on my Illustrator Midterm. Which was due tomorrow (which is now today) and all I had was a sketch. So from 3:15 to about 8:40 I worked. I listened to music and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Sometimes I follow it really well, and then sometimes I get confused. I'll just keep with it.

Apparently Holly wandered off and got picked up and dropped off at the Humane Society!! I hope she isn't a wandering dog now. I'd hate to think of locking her up when we leave the house. Poor doggie. We'll retrieve her tomorrow.

Todays Portrait Is: Matt Berry.

"He Was Flying"

2011-10-25T20:19:00.000-07:00

8" x 10"

Adobe Illustrator

getting mom into da Downton

2011-10-25T01:01:00.000-07:00

UHHHG. It was horrible getting out of bed this morning. Just painful. But I did it. And I got to class on time, though I got to class to find out that the teacher wasn't there and that the classroom was locked and the other lab was full up of people and security wouldn't unlock the room till 12:50...so I went to my car, listened to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy for a while, and then took a nap for an hour and a half. Yay! A cop knocked on my window, but only to inform me there was a burglar about and that I shouldn't leave my MP3 player visible when I exit my car. How nice!

I got a danish and some meat and candy and ate that with my tea in preparation for Flash. We got a lecture about story boards and looked at Hitchcock's storyboards from North by Northwest and watched the scene of them. That was good. We also got long rambles and the teacher picked on a student for doing games, but whatever she just rambles.

I completed some more touches on the type face and headed home. Had a soda and dug out my sweaters and some shirts. Ma pulled my good thick blanket from the crawl space and we settled in for back to back episodes of Downton Abbey! Yeaaaaah! Lady Violet has the best lines.

Then I watched the new episode of Work of Art. Daaamn these artists went off the crazy deep end. They come with a lot of credentials but they just spin off in some other direction. Totally a case of being too close and not seeing the bigger picture.

Anyway, it is late and I am tired. Thankfully I get a little bit more sleep in time on Tuesday and Thursdays.

Todays Portrait Is: Katherine Parkinson.

4am? really?

2011-10-24T03:58:00.000-07:00

Uhg, I am tired. Was up late drawing a picture to incorporate into my Illustrator midterm. Had a dickens of a time getting it all sorted out. Now it is suddenly quite late. Bleh.

Slept in. Had a meager breakfast. Chilled most of the day. Talked to Madeline. Helped haul some wood up to the wood pile. After that we went to Origami Sushi for dinner. Scarfed some sushi and ate off of Mom and Dad's plates. Then we went to see Johnny English. Good ol' Rowan Atkinson. Never not funny. Such a great physical comedian.

Yeah, it is late. Not feeling up to a larger sum up of the day.

Todays Portrait Is: Chris O'Dowd.

bat attack

2011-10-23T02:18:00.000-07:00

Ahh didn't get out of bed early to make breakfast. But I got up early enough to make lunch for Ma and Pa, and breakfast for myself. Yum scramble! Perfect way to start the day.

Spent the day working on portraits. Maybe not working as hard as I could but I did get four done, so that is good. Watched the very depressing moving Third Star. April recommended it to me and I hate her for it. Ahhhg.

Ma and Pa informed me there was a bat in the house. Then they left to eat dinner with Rolfe and Alison. Gee, thanks ma and pa. I only saw the bat once, when it was hanging out in the upstairs bathroom. It just was chilling out on the wall. So fuzzy.

Watched some Would I Lie to You and other things. Chris Addison is adorable.

Dad found the bat when it was trying to cuddle up to mom on the bedroom pillows.

Did my laundry. Clothes AND towels. That was much needing to be done.

Now to scan and queue some portraits.

Todays Portrait Is: Richard Ayoade.