I had a great night. The type of night where you leave at 7pm and return home at 4am and it is fun all the way through. Whoo!
So I slept way in after last night. Managed to roll out of bed at around 1pm. I love having Friday off. Did the dishes a little bit, ate pasta and bacon, watched stuff, sorted my things out a little. Generally took it easy.
Jay messaged me asking if I wanted to meet her for drinks at the Annex at around 7:30, and I said yeah. The 22nd is the day after my birthday and the day before hers. A good night for joint celebration. I ordered a Terminator Stout while waiting for her to show. At the start, I was the only one there. Jay was the second. As we girl talked the place filled up a little. I ordered a Harvey Wallbanger next, instead of my usual Greyhound. Since the Annex uses fresh ingredients, any drink that needs something squeezed into it is extra delicious.
8:30 rolled around so we wandered over to PNCA for some extended celebration with some other friends over at Yur's. The other friends ended up just being BT and Daniel because other people couldn't make it. Still, the four of us had super fun at Yur's. The boys even bought the girls drinks. I just had whiskey with a beerback, didn't feel like anything fancy. We hung around for a good long while. Daniel ordered mini corndogs, Jay ordered bacon cheese fries. When I went to the bathroom someone threw a beer over the bar. Sucks that I missed that fun, but good it wasn't a PNCA student (this time).
Daniel parted ways after Yur's so we hugged goodbye and off he went. Too inebriated to bike home, BT, Jay and I walked down to his(BT's) studio in the Goldsmith Building. I drank some water and looked at all the neat artist tables in it. Arvie Smith, a painting teacher, has a studio in the same building but it is much larger and only he is in it. I left my bike and helmet and scarf and gloves int he studio and we three went to Mary's Club.
Gus Van Sant apparently wore a Mary's Club jacket on the episode of Entourage he was on. It was a little hole in the wall strip joint with some not run down looking ladies working. I didn't order anything to drink, just sat and chatted and worked on being less drunk. Sat with Jay at the stage for a few numbers but in general I held back. It was fun. Not too loud, just a good place to chill with friends and see some ladies.
After the club, we hung around in BT's studio for a while longer while waiting for Jay's cab to show up. After that, BT and I stayed up for a while longer and talking about sewing and comics and mustache wax. But even that had to come to an end, so at around 3:45am we rode our bikes in opposite directions and returned to our respective homes.
The Internet wasn't working so I was unable to write events right after they happened. Great great time.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
so many well wishes, I feel really wished well
More Figure Drawing! It seems like I will be getting the same thing I learned a year ago put back into my brain, but that is okay as it is good learning. And the class seems like it will have a different direction.
When Morgan was doing attendance, Kevin exclaimed it was my birthday when it got to my name so Morgan got everyone to sing to me! It was a great way to start the day. I got many well wishes through it all. The good thing about social networking sites is they tell you when friend's birthdays are coming up. Even still, when people pay attention to it. It is awesome. I felt good all the way through.
Class was loose drawing practicing getting things on the page. Catharine was our model. It is a crowded class. In art school, a crowded class is anything over 15 people.
The illustration studio has 24 people in it, including myself. Specifically: Nicole, Kristen, Danny, Beth, Madeline, Amanda, Rachel, Morgaine, Kyle, Jeff, Chase, Jon, Kevin, Dominic, Chelsey, Janessa, Sivonna, Josh, Samala, April, Kenny, Leo, and Cassandra. That is a lot of people. Mia has come in as an assistant. She assisted Kurt during the Pre-College class I took and graduated a few years back. The class is more studio and personal project based, and we will be spread out between several classrooms, so it may not be so crowded. Plus with Mia, it won't all be on Martin. We get to pick the five projects that we will do during the course. We will also make a .pdf of our sketch and development phases and create a book of that...of sorts. We will also get In Design tutorials and some more advanced digital demonstrations. Also guests galore! And open drawing time after 3pm with a model. It is going to be jam packed. I don't know which assignments I am going to do, but the ones in the book segment speak to me a lot.
I treated myself to a burrito for lunch. On the way there I saw JP and he loped toward me and gave me a big hug for my birthday. Saw with Madeline and Kristen in the library and chatted about pop culture and TV. Then back to learning! Martin answered some of our questions and that was pretty much it. Madeline, Beth, and I explored the new space and played ping pong for an hour. We totally have a rad ping pong table to unwind with. I'm not particularly good at it, but it was crazy fun. Just gabbed and we were nerdy and ponged about.
After some tidbits that needed doing at school, I went home. Chilled out. Watched some whatever. Finished my burrito. Later in the evening, Katie and I walked to Fred Meyer and did some shopping. Toilet paper, bacon, supplies for phad thai, and birthday champagne! I never made bacon for myself, so Katie taught me how. Now I can eat bacon whenever I want! Super easy and delicious.
Adam is in town, so he, Katie, and I drank bubbly and ate spicy food and watched Tampopo. It is a lovely Japanese film from 1985 about the joy of eating and food and all the forms it comes in. It was a perfect delight to watch. Bizarre at times, but great. Llyw suggested it for me so I was happy to find it was in PNCA's library. I ate pretty much constantly through the whole thing, including a slice of cake I bought at Freddies. Mmm food.
Food, friends, and a good movie. That is a great birthday in my mind. Couldn't have asked for more. 22 and 2010 are looking great.
When Morgan was doing attendance, Kevin exclaimed it was my birthday when it got to my name so Morgan got everyone to sing to me! It was a great way to start the day. I got many well wishes through it all. The good thing about social networking sites is they tell you when friend's birthdays are coming up. Even still, when people pay attention to it. It is awesome. I felt good all the way through.
Class was loose drawing practicing getting things on the page. Catharine was our model. It is a crowded class. In art school, a crowded class is anything over 15 people.
The illustration studio has 24 people in it, including myself. Specifically: Nicole, Kristen, Danny, Beth, Madeline, Amanda, Rachel, Morgaine, Kyle, Jeff, Chase, Jon, Kevin, Dominic, Chelsey, Janessa, Sivonna, Josh, Samala, April, Kenny, Leo, and Cassandra. That is a lot of people. Mia has come in as an assistant. She assisted Kurt during the Pre-College class I took and graduated a few years back. The class is more studio and personal project based, and we will be spread out between several classrooms, so it may not be so crowded. Plus with Mia, it won't all be on Martin. We get to pick the five projects that we will do during the course. We will also make a .pdf of our sketch and development phases and create a book of that...of sorts. We will also get In Design tutorials and some more advanced digital demonstrations. Also guests galore! And open drawing time after 3pm with a model. It is going to be jam packed. I don't know which assignments I am going to do, but the ones in the book segment speak to me a lot.
I treated myself to a burrito for lunch. On the way there I saw JP and he loped toward me and gave me a big hug for my birthday. Saw with Madeline and Kristen in the library and chatted about pop culture and TV. Then back to learning! Martin answered some of our questions and that was pretty much it. Madeline, Beth, and I explored the new space and played ping pong for an hour. We totally have a rad ping pong table to unwind with. I'm not particularly good at it, but it was crazy fun. Just gabbed and we were nerdy and ponged about.
After some tidbits that needed doing at school, I went home. Chilled out. Watched some whatever. Finished my burrito. Later in the evening, Katie and I walked to Fred Meyer and did some shopping. Toilet paper, bacon, supplies for phad thai, and birthday champagne! I never made bacon for myself, so Katie taught me how. Now I can eat bacon whenever I want! Super easy and delicious.
Adam is in town, so he, Katie, and I drank bubbly and ate spicy food and watched Tampopo. It is a lovely Japanese film from 1985 about the joy of eating and food and all the forms it comes in. It was a perfect delight to watch. Bizarre at times, but great. Llyw suggested it for me so I was happy to find it was in PNCA's library. I ate pretty much constantly through the whole thing, including a slice of cake I bought at Freddies. Mmm food.
Food, friends, and a good movie. That is a great birthday in my mind. Couldn't have asked for more. 22 and 2010 are looking great.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
early gifting
It was quite nice to sleep in. But I will be up at 7am again tomorrow.
Homeland! Theory & Practice! Lots of reading and some presentations and a couple projects. And more reading and research. It is basically an intense focus on studying a specific subject matter and showing that you get it. Homeland is about America. It is about its landscape and a sense of home and place and neighborhoods and gardens and The West. It is a lot of stuff, and I am quite excited for it. Tabitha, Phil (who grew a beard), Joey, Acey, and Matt are in the class, as well as a handful of semi familiar faces and new people. We looked at a slideshow and there was a Breugel included in it. Remember all the Bruegel's we saw dad?
The class was a lot of explanation thrown at us, but it will all get sifted out as the class progresses. I am looking forward to it. I ate my packed lunch with Kristen and Tabitha outside Laughing Planet. We talked about boys mostly. Girl drama would fill a thousand volumes and there will always be more. Rather amazing I think.
After lunch we go into pairs and learned about one another and where we come from. Kristen and I teamed up and we both presented one another. Two Kitsap girls talking about Kitsap, but we both have very different Kitsap experiences. Port Orchard/Bremerton/Silverdale vs Seabeck.
Class got out early, so Tabby, Kris, and I headed to Powell's to check out the prices of the required reading. I snapped up the cheapest copies of Ecotopia and Sometimes a Great Notion. I let Kristen have the cheaper Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, but there was an edition for $7. We parted ways. On the way back I stopped at Josephine's Dry Goods and picked up some black thread, safety pins, and more needles. Never have enough needles. I continued to spend money and ordered some books that came with high recommendations. Sewing books. But that should be the end of my birthday splurging. Until Karen, Lacey and I go to Fabric Depot.
Got home. Borrowed Lacey's vacuum and cleaned our floors. Holy cow the apartment looks so much better. Our dirty floors were really holding it back. Amazing what a difference it makes (probably not amazing to people who are much cleaner than we are).
More figure drawing tomorrow and yay Illustration!
Homeland! Theory & Practice! Lots of reading and some presentations and a couple projects. And more reading and research. It is basically an intense focus on studying a specific subject matter and showing that you get it. Homeland is about America. It is about its landscape and a sense of home and place and neighborhoods and gardens and The West. It is a lot of stuff, and I am quite excited for it. Tabitha, Phil (who grew a beard), Joey, Acey, and Matt are in the class, as well as a handful of semi familiar faces and new people. We looked at a slideshow and there was a Breugel included in it. Remember all the Bruegel's we saw dad?
The class was a lot of explanation thrown at us, but it will all get sifted out as the class progresses. I am looking forward to it. I ate my packed lunch with Kristen and Tabitha outside Laughing Planet. We talked about boys mostly. Girl drama would fill a thousand volumes and there will always be more. Rather amazing I think.
After lunch we go into pairs and learned about one another and where we come from. Kristen and I teamed up and we both presented one another. Two Kitsap girls talking about Kitsap, but we both have very different Kitsap experiences. Port Orchard/Bremerton/Silverdale vs Seabeck.
Class got out early, so Tabby, Kris, and I headed to Powell's to check out the prices of the required reading. I snapped up the cheapest copies of Ecotopia and Sometimes a Great Notion. I let Kristen have the cheaper Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, but there was an edition for $7. We parted ways. On the way back I stopped at Josephine's Dry Goods and picked up some black thread, safety pins, and more needles. Never have enough needles. I continued to spend money and ordered some books that came with high recommendations. Sewing books. But that should be the end of my birthday splurging. Until Karen, Lacey and I go to Fabric Depot.
Got home. Borrowed Lacey's vacuum and cleaned our floors. Holy cow the apartment looks so much better. Our dirty floors were really holding it back. Amazing what a difference it makes (probably not amazing to people who are much cleaner than we are).
More figure drawing tomorrow and yay Illustration!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
narcissism ahoy
I slept with my hair in braids so it would be super cute and crimped and all that. And it was!
Got to class on time. The Figure with Morgan Walker. Technically a two parter class, but not really. I took the first part about a year and a half ago.
People in my class: Michael, Jon, Kevin, Amanda, Rachel, April, Andrea, other Justin, and some other cool cats. We spent and hour going over the syllabus and introducing ourselves. We had minor story time with Morgan. During break I showed off my new 'do round school. But it isn't all about my hair (though that would be nice).
After break we got right down to drawing. A couple five minute poses, a 30 minute, and a 10 minute. Just to see how we draw. I focused on the proportions but it was hard to break the contour practice. Still, it was good.
Next up was Intermediate Screenprinting. In class are: Ali, Diana, Robin, Patsy, Tabitha, Deana, Junko, and Casey. I might be forgetting someone, but a total chick fest none the less. We got the standard safety lecture and Christy Wycoff, the instructor, told us at length about some of the more special processes we could utilize in the advanced class. Thankfully I have three good quality screens so stretching and procuring more isn't an issue. Just need to figure out first project. Probably nothing too big, as we will be getting demos.
Sat with Lacey in the library during lunch. Chatted about holidays. They shifted the couches around. Our favorite nook is all different now. Oh well.
I got a huge metal drawer now! For my paper! Moving on up, yee haaw. Class got out early. Printed some stuff. Chatted with Bryan, BT, and Melissa about how smoking is banned from the loading dock and now they have to do it at an uncovered corner of the school. Also the looks on their faces when they found out our illustration class is going to be 25 strong were priceless. It will be something to watch how Martin handles us.
Went to Safeway. Got the stuff that turns toilet water blue, two things of toothpaste, a new brush, dish soap, a peppermint patty, and something else I forget. I was really working my tube of toothpaste to get the remainder of stuff out.
Pasta. TV. Relaxing. The tired is catching up to me fast. I have two 8am days, followed by 11am, then another 8am. I can do it.
Tomorrow is my first ever Theory & Practice class. I haven't taken the prerequisite 200 level but I don't really care. I've been in 300 level since my second semester, and Daniel Duford knows me so I'm not worried.
Katie helped make the invite page for my birthday party. It is going to be at Blue Moon Bar & Grill on Saturday from 5-8pm. NW Glisan & 21st. Shiny themed!
Got to class on time. The Figure with Morgan Walker. Technically a two parter class, but not really. I took the first part about a year and a half ago.
People in my class: Michael, Jon, Kevin, Amanda, Rachel, April, Andrea, other Justin, and some other cool cats. We spent and hour going over the syllabus and introducing ourselves. We had minor story time with Morgan. During break I showed off my new 'do round school. But it isn't all about my hair (though that would be nice).
After break we got right down to drawing. A couple five minute poses, a 30 minute, and a 10 minute. Just to see how we draw. I focused on the proportions but it was hard to break the contour practice. Still, it was good.
Next up was Intermediate Screenprinting. In class are: Ali, Diana, Robin, Patsy, Tabitha, Deana, Junko, and Casey. I might be forgetting someone, but a total chick fest none the less. We got the standard safety lecture and Christy Wycoff, the instructor, told us at length about some of the more special processes we could utilize in the advanced class. Thankfully I have three good quality screens so stretching and procuring more isn't an issue. Just need to figure out first project. Probably nothing too big, as we will be getting demos.
Sat with Lacey in the library during lunch. Chatted about holidays. They shifted the couches around. Our favorite nook is all different now. Oh well.
I got a huge metal drawer now! For my paper! Moving on up, yee haaw. Class got out early. Printed some stuff. Chatted with Bryan, BT, and Melissa about how smoking is banned from the loading dock and now they have to do it at an uncovered corner of the school. Also the looks on their faces when they found out our illustration class is going to be 25 strong were priceless. It will be something to watch how Martin handles us.
Went to Safeway. Got the stuff that turns toilet water blue, two things of toothpaste, a new brush, dish soap, a peppermint patty, and something else I forget. I was really working my tube of toothpaste to get the remainder of stuff out.
Pasta. TV. Relaxing. The tired is catching up to me fast. I have two 8am days, followed by 11am, then another 8am. I can do it.
Tomorrow is my first ever Theory & Practice class. I haven't taken the prerequisite 200 level but I don't really care. I've been in 300 level since my second semester, and Daniel Duford knows me so I'm not worried.
Katie helped make the invite page for my birthday party. It is going to be at Blue Moon Bar & Grill on Saturday from 5-8pm. NW Glisan & 21st. Shiny themed!
Monday, January 18, 2010
last day of winter. FINALLY.
Still love the bangs a day later. Whee!!
Spent the last day of winter break doing what I do best: watching lots of television and eating pasta and left overs. Consider that pulled pork sandwich eaten! Yum.
Later on in the evening I made a skirt out of some teeshirts. It is really choppy, but still fun.
Read a little from The Year of the Flood.
Yeah, not much went on.
Gotta get up at 7am tomorrow. Doesn't sound so bad... The Figure and then Intermediate Screen.
Spent the last day of winter break doing what I do best: watching lots of television and eating pasta and left overs. Consider that pulled pork sandwich eaten! Yum.
Later on in the evening I made a skirt out of some teeshirts. It is really choppy, but still fun.
Read a little from The Year of the Flood.
Yeah, not much went on.
Gotta get up at 7am tomorrow. Doesn't sound so bad... The Figure and then Intermediate Screen.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
start with a bang
Tea Zone was the destination for breakfast. Llyw and I got there at about 10:20. I had green tea and a ham & cheese croissant sandwich, he had french toast and black tea. My croissant was good but had way too much creme cheese. And here I thought you could never have enough creme cheese. After the filling delicious meal, it was time to walk to Union Station.It is always nice to have a visit with non art school friends. Get sort of tunneled by the community, as great as it is.
Caught the green and blue lines back and took it easy for the rest of the day. Cleaned my stuff out of the living room. The apartment needs a vacuum real bad. Gave Lacey some unused woodblocks. Caught up on Dexter. Watched the first episode of The Inbetweeners. Watched the new episode of QI. Nibbled on left overs. I'm sure I did something else. What could it bee...
OH!
I went to Bishops, the hip young groovy hair cutters place down the street and paid for my first haircut in almost three years. I've acquired free haircuts these past years in Portland. Cut by kids, coupon, and another coupon. I wanted to liven up my 'do. Cut away some of the breakage. And go for a new style in a way. So I got bangs. Sure I've had bangs before, but I've never had bangs with long hair. I'll have to learn how to cut my bangs. Save money. I also had the layers updated and tidied up a little. My hair stylist did a great job. It was exactly what I envisioned it to be. I feel really good about it.
Twenty ten
Twenty two
Trillian's year!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
shut the [screen] door
The train was late coming in and it rained all the way there and back. Still not a bad rain. We grabbed some bagels and cheese and meat slices and had a late dinner.
It was raining again today but ever so softly, so we ventured out anyway. First stop: Powell's and it's wonderful world of books. It was very crowded, enough so that I started getting anxious. Llyw bought a steampunk book and we waited for the 20 to arrive.
The 20 took us to 28th East Burnside. We walked down from there and found ourselves at the Velveteria. Portland's premier gallery for velvet paintings, and it boasts the largest collection in the United States...or maybe the world. It had some 350 paintings and a great sense of humor. There were some fabulous rancheros and sad clowns a plenty. They had a massive collection of this one guys work, unfortunately I have forgotten his name, anyway they were really amazing paintings. Velvet doesn't seem to last long so one wonders why choose it as a medium. There was also a black light room. It was very cool.
We planned on going to The Screendoor for dinner but that didn't open till 5:30, so we waited an hour or so in a coffee shop. I drew and sipped hot chocolate. We emerged and found a line at the restaurant. Naturally there would be a line, it is a fabulous place. The line was just the people waiting to start, there was no one seated already. The waitstaff were quick to get everyone seated and everything went quite swift. I ordered a lemonade with a little something something in it. We had chicken tenders and sauce for starters. Llyw ordered the jambalaya, I had the pulled pork sandwich. Both were effortlessly delicious. For sure we had left overs. Caught the 20 back no problem.
Our route home took us past the Hybrid Gallery, which is the new PNCA space for installation in the Indigo building. The gallery was open and Liz was there so we popped in and said Hi. Katie's installation was damaged for whatever reason and she showed up while we were there to fix it. Funny how things work out. I shared some of my leftover fries with the poor darling. She got her little piece up and running again.
It had stopped raining for the remainder of our walk home. Taking it easy for the rest of the night. Munching on leftovers and all that. The train departs at noon tomorrow. Weekend went by really fast.
It was raining again today but ever so softly, so we ventured out anyway. First stop: Powell's and it's wonderful world of books. It was very crowded, enough so that I started getting anxious. Llyw bought a steampunk book and we waited for the 20 to arrive.
The 20 took us to 28th East Burnside. We walked down from there and found ourselves at the Velveteria. Portland's premier gallery for velvet paintings, and it boasts the largest collection in the United States...or maybe the world. It had some 350 paintings and a great sense of humor. There were some fabulous rancheros and sad clowns a plenty. They had a massive collection of this one guys work, unfortunately I have forgotten his name, anyway they were really amazing paintings. Velvet doesn't seem to last long so one wonders why choose it as a medium. There was also a black light room. It was very cool.
We planned on going to The Screendoor for dinner but that didn't open till 5:30, so we waited an hour or so in a coffee shop. I drew and sipped hot chocolate. We emerged and found a line at the restaurant. Naturally there would be a line, it is a fabulous place. The line was just the people waiting to start, there was no one seated already. The waitstaff were quick to get everyone seated and everything went quite swift. I ordered a lemonade with a little something something in it. We had chicken tenders and sauce for starters. Llyw ordered the jambalaya, I had the pulled pork sandwich. Both were effortlessly delicious. For sure we had left overs. Caught the 20 back no problem.
Our route home took us past the Hybrid Gallery, which is the new PNCA space for installation in the Indigo building. The gallery was open and Liz was there so we popped in and said Hi. Katie's installation was damaged for whatever reason and she showed up while we were there to fix it. Funny how things work out. I shared some of my leftover fries with the poor darling. She got her little piece up and running again.
It had stopped raining for the remainder of our walk home. Taking it easy for the rest of the night. Munching on leftovers and all that. The train departs at noon tomorrow. Weekend went by really fast.
Friday, January 15, 2010
team conan
Had a nice sleep in. Keep having nice sleeps. It is good to sleep.
Had a banana. And tea. And lots of stuff. Watched Conan O'Brien and Community.
It is a rainy day. At least it isn't snowy. School starts so soon!
Watched Royal Tenenbaums and a chunk of Life Aquatic.
Cleaned apartment. My vacuum sucks and the other vacuum isn't much better. The floor is the last thing that remains between us and clean living.
Llyw's visiting for the weekend. Leaves on Sunday. I get Monday as a final day and then the final semester of my junior year starts.
Had a banana. And tea. And lots of stuff. Watched Conan O'Brien and Community.
It is a rainy day. At least it isn't snowy. School starts so soon!
Watched Royal Tenenbaums and a chunk of Life Aquatic.
Cleaned apartment. My vacuum sucks and the other vacuum isn't much better. The floor is the last thing that remains between us and clean living.
Llyw's visiting for the weekend. Leaves on Sunday. I get Monday as a final day and then the final semester of my junior year starts.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
what a mess
A slow day. Ate toast and drank vitamin drink while watching Superbad with Katie. Showered. Ate an apple and a tuna fish sandwich. Finished watching Gattaca. I think I definitely liked the first three fourths of it. The end sort of...falls apart a little. I think I'll watch Before the Devil Knows You're Dead next. More Ethan Hawke!
Later on in the evening, Katie and I forced each other to leave the apartment. So we went to Happy Bullpin or whatever. I had a Bridgeport Porter and she had a Blue Moon whatever. And I ordered my first ever chili dog! That sucker was piled with chili and the bottom of the bun exploded and most of the chili fell into the basket it came in. Still I scooped it up, with my hands of course, and piled it back on top of the dog and ate it. Probably one of the messiest meals I have had in recent memory. And I did it all without a single utensil! Katie just sat there and remarked how amazed and proud she was of me. I had a good time. The sports bar was relatively empty. It had so many televisions and some were turned to some bizarre networks.
Now I am just going to pudge out and relax.
Oh and that is Katie on the left and Karen on the right.
whooo!!
Another rather do nothing, stay inside day. I just have no incentive to leave the house.
Got three packages in the mail today. One is oddly canvas shaped and textured, and the other are boxes. One is light and the other is not. Hmmm. I'll wait till Christmas. I mean my Birthday.
Watched some Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Watched some other stuff.
Sat around. Ate chocolate.
Somewhere around 7pm Karen came 'round with a bottle of whiskey. Then the night got started for us three gals (the third is Katie). We had shots and pawed through my back issues of Esquire and chatted. Like classy ladies, except I don't think whiskey is that classy. I'll be sad once school starts and I can't have nights like these anymore. I'll have to work on homework and be productive and get to bed at a sensible hour. Yeah mom is probably shaking her head at my exploits but whatever, I'm having fun and having a great time with the girls and being safe and not leaving the apartment. Karen and Katie left though. They left to walk to a nearby place to have some one on one girl talk, but they returned and the party resumed. And by party I mean we put a movie in and relaxed and sobered up a little bit. The movie was Hot Fuzz, and I think I told them about ten times how mom loved this movie and laughed the hardest at it. Then we three sat on the couch and chatted and drank a little bit more each and got totally girly but still silly.
I love my girls. I have a great bunch of friends who are supportive and awesome and staying in is often a better time than going out. Plus it is cheaper. And by cheaper I mean free.
Need to start planning my birthday. Tomorrow, well today, is Thursday, and the day after that a friend is visiting for the weekend, and then school starts and then it is my 22nd birthday!! I'm officially and totally early twenties. I can't believe that.
Don't know what I will do tomorrow. Read? I'm liking After the Flood.
MMmm apple and water.
Got three packages in the mail today. One is oddly canvas shaped and textured, and the other are boxes. One is light and the other is not. Hmmm. I'll wait till Christmas. I mean my Birthday.
Watched some Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Watched some other stuff.
Sat around. Ate chocolate.
Somewhere around 7pm Karen came 'round with a bottle of whiskey. Then the night got started for us three gals (the third is Katie). We had shots and pawed through my back issues of Esquire and chatted. Like classy ladies, except I don't think whiskey is that classy. I'll be sad once school starts and I can't have nights like these anymore. I'll have to work on homework and be productive and get to bed at a sensible hour. Yeah mom is probably shaking her head at my exploits but whatever, I'm having fun and having a great time with the girls and being safe and not leaving the apartment. Karen and Katie left though. They left to walk to a nearby place to have some one on one girl talk, but they returned and the party resumed. And by party I mean we put a movie in and relaxed and sobered up a little bit. The movie was Hot Fuzz, and I think I told them about ten times how mom loved this movie and laughed the hardest at it. Then we three sat on the couch and chatted and drank a little bit more each and got totally girly but still silly.
I love my girls. I have a great bunch of friends who are supportive and awesome and staying in is often a better time than going out. Plus it is cheaper. And by cheaper I mean free.
Need to start planning my birthday. Tomorrow, well today, is Thursday, and the day after that a friend is visiting for the weekend, and then school starts and then it is my 22nd birthday!! I'm officially and totally early twenties. I can't believe that.
Don't know what I will do tomorrow. Read? I'm liking After the Flood.
MMmm apple and water.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
25 chickens died for our meal
Slept way way in. Well not waaay in. I had a dream I was pretending to be a vampire and tapping at Terry's window.
Sort of wasted the day. Again. Ate pasta. Tidied a little bit. Last weekend of rest and then it is serious working business.
Katie, Phia, Jared, and I went out for wings! At Buffalo Wild Wings. I had the Honey BBQ because I am a wuss, Jared ordered the spiciest and accidentally touched his eyes. Phia had fries. I only had 12 and just managed to finish. It was delicious and fun. And now we are going to drink and watch Red Sonja.
Yay for holidaaay!!
1:46am edit: so yeah, Red Sonja was campy but it didn't have a good amount of content for the standard drinking rules, like drink for death and boobies and decapitation. Jared and I were conscious the whole way through, and the apparently very tired Phia and Katie fell asleep. I finished my one beer and that pretty much was it for me.
Sort of wasted the day. Again. Ate pasta. Tidied a little bit. Last weekend of rest and then it is serious working business.
Katie, Phia, Jared, and I went out for wings! At Buffalo Wild Wings. I had the Honey BBQ because I am a wuss, Jared ordered the spiciest and accidentally touched his eyes. Phia had fries. I only had 12 and just managed to finish. It was delicious and fun. And now we are going to drink and watch Red Sonja.
Yay for holidaaay!!
1:46am edit: so yeah, Red Sonja was campy but it didn't have a good amount of content for the standard drinking rules, like drink for death and boobies and decapitation. Jared and I were conscious the whole way through, and the apparently very tired Phia and Katie fell asleep. I finished my one beer and that pretty much was it for me.
Monday, January 11, 2010
argyle & silver
Set my alarm so that I wouldn't roll out of bed at 1pm on accident. I ended up not finishing Gattaca last night and ended up watching Paranormal Activity with Katie. Really scary, but it didn't leave me so terrified for a long period of time. Very good at building tension.Ate a slice of pizza for breakfast. Put on my cute new skirt with some tights and rode my bike to meet Jay at Coffee Time.
I arrived about two minutes before she did. Ordered up an italian soda and settled down. She came in wearing glasses, because apparently she has bad vision. We caught up and gossiped and gabbed for an hour and a half. Yesterday, when Jay called she said she had forgotten how I looked so we needed to get together. How nice is that? She showed me her new Jillian Tamaki art book. It was nice.
At about 3:30 we went to Cinema 21. We were the first to buy tickets for Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. I bought a large popcorn, even though Jay didn't want any (it is only 3.50 at Cinema 21!). We sat in the lobby for a while, and before we entered to get seats, the concession guy offered to top off my popcorn again. What a kind fella.
The movie: Heath Ledger's character is introduced by having him hanging in a noose off a bridge. It is his final movie and he died during the production of it. To resolve this, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law were brought in to represent him in the imagination land. It was sad to watch, but truly captured how great of an actor he was. The visuals, set design, costumes, and art direction were on par for any Gilliam movie. The story just meandered like some of his lesser works. So that wasn't as great as it could be, but still. Nice constructed sets. I like seeing that in a movie. Not sure if Jay enjoyed it. She was kind of quiet after, but she had never knowingly watched a Gilliam movie before.
We parted ways at Trader Joe's. I got my usual pasta and sauce, apples, bananas, Emergen-C, and chocolate. The chocolate was leftover holiday decorations. When I got back, I put them up around the apartment. It is all festive now.
My silver fossil necklace broke in Coffee Time. Thankfully I noticed I wasn't wearing it before we left for the movie. The chain broke right at the clasp. Don't know how I will fix it. It has a really nice chain so I don't want to replace it.
Watched House. Good episode. Ate more left over pizza. Now gunna watch another scary movie with Katie: Pandorum.
today part II
Today was a sluggish day. Fed Luna again. Talked to Karen. Talked to Jay. We, that is Jay and I, are going to hang out tomorrow and catch the $5 matinee of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Looking forward to that.
Bought myself some hotwings and pizza for lunch/dinner. Just munched throughout the day. Mmm spicy protein. Watched An Education. The quality of the period setting was nice, the movie had good performances but overall it was just okay. I probably won't remember it in a year. Watching Gattaca. I think I'll be on an Ethan Hawke binge for the rest of the month. Liking it so far. I like good executions of alternate worlds and cool set design and men in suits.
In a week and a day I'll be starting school again. My last semester as a junior. It's pretty intense. Feels like yesterday I was just starting. It goes by so fast. Need to work out the logistics of my birthday.
Katie came home from her party weekend in Eugene.
Still don't have my new bike seat on. I'll give it a shot tomorrow, before I ride out for the movie.
Bought myself some hotwings and pizza for lunch/dinner. Just munched throughout the day. Mmm spicy protein. Watched An Education. The quality of the period setting was nice, the movie had good performances but overall it was just okay. I probably won't remember it in a year. Watching Gattaca. I think I'll be on an Ethan Hawke binge for the rest of the month. Liking it so far. I like good executions of alternate worlds and cool set design and men in suits.
In a week and a day I'll be starting school again. My last semester as a junior. It's pretty intense. Feels like yesterday I was just starting. It goes by so fast. Need to work out the logistics of my birthday.
Katie came home from her party weekend in Eugene.
Still don't have my new bike seat on. I'll give it a shot tomorrow, before I ride out for the movie.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
good time gals
uuuuhhhhhhhnmnnnnnnngnggggggg
Which translates to being hungover.
I had three fourths of a generally do nothing day. Shower. Internet. Tidied up the kitchen. Tidied up my bookshelf.
Karen and I planned to hang out. She came over and we decided to go out because it was Saturday night. I sewed up a cute new skirt of my own design. Just a tube of cloth from a shirt with seams instead of raw edges. On the side seam I put two fancy stitches in. Just to flatten the extra fabric under the seam a little and to add a nice detail. When Karen saw me in the skirt she said it was totally hot, and I agree. We also invited Diana along. So we got all dolled up in tights and skirts and cute tops and lovely makeup.
After all that, Karen had misplaced her ID. Again. She constantly puts it somewhere else as opposed to the same spot for easy recovery. She said it might be in her car, which was parked off of Burnside. So we strutted our stuff over there and she still couldn't find it. So we decided to go with plan b. Which was to walk up to Fred Meyers, split the cost of some orange juice and cheap champagne and go back to the Goose and watch movies. Freddies had McVities as well. Mmm.
So we drank. Watched Futurama and MST3K: Catalina Caper. JP came down and visited for a bit. At first it seemed like two bottles wasn't enough but then Diana shared some shots from her private collection. Somewhere in the night Karen suggested jam comics. So I got some paper from my apartment and gel pens. What was comics turned into just drawing each other and getting more and more exaggerated. It was a great time, might have been a better time than if we had gone out. Most likely was a more drunker time. Man. My good gal pals walked me back to my apartment. I got into jammies and crawled into bed.
I'm still responsible, don't you worry.
Which translates to being hungover.
I had three fourths of a generally do nothing day. Shower. Internet. Tidied up the kitchen. Tidied up my bookshelf.
Karen and I planned to hang out. She came over and we decided to go out because it was Saturday night. I sewed up a cute new skirt of my own design. Just a tube of cloth from a shirt with seams instead of raw edges. On the side seam I put two fancy stitches in. Just to flatten the extra fabric under the seam a little and to add a nice detail. When Karen saw me in the skirt she said it was totally hot, and I agree. We also invited Diana along. So we got all dolled up in tights and skirts and cute tops and lovely makeup.
After all that, Karen had misplaced her ID. Again. She constantly puts it somewhere else as opposed to the same spot for easy recovery. She said it might be in her car, which was parked off of Burnside. So we strutted our stuff over there and she still couldn't find it. So we decided to go with plan b. Which was to walk up to Fred Meyers, split the cost of some orange juice and cheap champagne and go back to the Goose and watch movies. Freddies had McVities as well. Mmm.
So we drank. Watched Futurama and MST3K: Catalina Caper. JP came down and visited for a bit. At first it seemed like two bottles wasn't enough but then Diana shared some shots from her private collection. Somewhere in the night Karen suggested jam comics. So I got some paper from my apartment and gel pens. What was comics turned into just drawing each other and getting more and more exaggerated. It was a great time, might have been a better time than if we had gone out. Most likely was a more drunker time. Man. My good gal pals walked me back to my apartment. I got into jammies and crawled into bed.
I'm still responsible, don't you worry.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
ow. EXPLODE!
Slept in! Not way way in, but still slept in.
Katie has departed to Eugene for the weekend to hang with Adam. I am compensated for feeding Luna, which I would have done for free.
So I relaxed. I ate some sandwiches.
I hauled my bike into the living room and managed to get the back tire off. I used to hooks to remove the tire and pulled out the tube. I got the tube in the tire and that almost on the rim but it didn't work out.
So I took a break and went to see Daybreakers with Michael. Haven't seen Michael in ages. He is a painting major so our classes don't match up at all, and he works full time so he has little free time to hang with cool people like me.
Daybreakers is a new vampire movie. Filmed in Australia, it stars Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, and Willem Dafoe. I loved it. The color was a common supernatural film pallet. That is blues and blacks to offset the red of the gore and the orange of the enemy: the sun. It had a great realization of a world full of vampires. Wish they had shown more of the rest of the world, but that wasn't important to the plot. In all fact, the world probably fared better because the vampires didn't need resources. They didn't muck up the film with a romantic subplot. Okay Edward Dalton did like Audrey, but there wasn't time for hand holding. The vampires exploded when staked, which was a cool effect and set this film apart from the mythology a little bit. I loved the set design and the overall composition of the shots was quality. Oh the pair of directors who made it, one majored in design. It shows. The creature effects were top notch as well. A lot of puppets and prosthetic thingies. Nothing struck me as very computer generated. Sure there was some gore, what R-rated vampire movie wouldn't have some? But it was good and well placed gore. I hope this does well, but it probably won't because January-March is a general deadzone for movies.
Michael and I chatted for a bit after movie, and then parted. It was a nice little late afternoon hang out.
Spent the rest of the day sitting and munching.
Oh, and looking up videos on youtube of first: how to get a tube and tire onto the spokes. Got that done. Then I found a video of how to get a wheel onto the bike, because I was having trouble with that. Got that done! I checked the tire pressure using my new gauge. And filled the front tire all nice and full. I couldn't get the bike seat off, but otherwise my bike has RETURNED! YAAaY! I am no longer confined by laziness because I don't want to walk somewhere. And I did it all by myself!
Karen stopped by for a little chat. Then left. Another sleep in day. Want to really settle down and read Blood Meridian. It is off to a great start.
Katie has departed to Eugene for the weekend to hang with Adam. I am compensated for feeding Luna, which I would have done for free.
So I relaxed. I ate some sandwiches.
I hauled my bike into the living room and managed to get the back tire off. I used to hooks to remove the tire and pulled out the tube. I got the tube in the tire and that almost on the rim but it didn't work out.
So I took a break and went to see Daybreakers with Michael. Haven't seen Michael in ages. He is a painting major so our classes don't match up at all, and he works full time so he has little free time to hang with cool people like me.
Daybreakers is a new vampire movie. Filmed in Australia, it stars Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, and Willem Dafoe. I loved it. The color was a common supernatural film pallet. That is blues and blacks to offset the red of the gore and the orange of the enemy: the sun. It had a great realization of a world full of vampires. Wish they had shown more of the rest of the world, but that wasn't important to the plot. In all fact, the world probably fared better because the vampires didn't need resources. They didn't muck up the film with a romantic subplot. Okay Edward Dalton did like Audrey, but there wasn't time for hand holding. The vampires exploded when staked, which was a cool effect and set this film apart from the mythology a little bit. I loved the set design and the overall composition of the shots was quality. Oh the pair of directors who made it, one majored in design. It shows. The creature effects were top notch as well. A lot of puppets and prosthetic thingies. Nothing struck me as very computer generated. Sure there was some gore, what R-rated vampire movie wouldn't have some? But it was good and well placed gore. I hope this does well, but it probably won't because January-March is a general deadzone for movies.
Michael and I chatted for a bit after movie, and then parted. It was a nice little late afternoon hang out.
Spent the rest of the day sitting and munching.
Oh, and looking up videos on youtube of first: how to get a tube and tire onto the spokes. Got that done. Then I found a video of how to get a wheel onto the bike, because I was having trouble with that. Got that done! I checked the tire pressure using my new gauge. And filled the front tire all nice and full. I couldn't get the bike seat off, but otherwise my bike has RETURNED! YAAaY! I am no longer confined by laziness because I don't want to walk somewhere. And I did it all by myself!
Karen stopped by for a little chat. Then left. Another sleep in day. Want to really settle down and read Blood Meridian. It is off to a great start.
Friday, January 8, 2010
grades
History of Printmaking - A
Illustration - B+
Narrative Image - A
History of Laughter - B
Monotype - A
Cumulative GPA: 3.82
Pretty darn good grades. Worked hard. Showed up.
Illustration - B+
Narrative Image - A
History of Laughter - B
Monotype - A
Cumulative GPA: 3.82
Pretty darn good grades. Worked hard. Showed up.
shiny themed!
Right now, at 1:39am, is the first time I have been in the apartment for more than a minute since 10:40am. Spent the whole day out.
I agreed to help Natalie screenprint in exchange for a free meal and a print. The free meal took the form of a caramel steamer and a granola chocolate chip caramel thingy from Urban Grind. Pretty good. Natalie had a tough time learning how to screenprint, so I was sort of reteaching her so she could finish the projects that she had an extension on. Taught her the Trillian Method® of printmaking. And she was quite enthused. She really liked how I taught her and said many many times that she couldn't have done the project nearly as well without my help. And I must say, it turned out wonderfully. I showed her how I apply emulsion to a screen and drilled into her how important it is to start with a good emulsion base. Then we got lunch with Karen. Then we used the transfers she made and put them on the exposure unit it, set it to 60, and set it to go. We got the ink ready. Karen showed us how to do a "smear test" with ink to find out its true color. Because the stacked pigment shows up differently than it does actually spread out in a print. And all that. We put layers 1 & 3 on one screen and 2 & 4 on another. We got a good pace going. Registered with tape for the first one. Helped her pull properly and flood the screen. By the last layer, about 5 hours later from 11am (when we started), she was printing on her own with confidence and gusto and did really well. Karen and I helped explain why certain things happen with ink. Showed her the use-mylar-every-time method of getting neat and tidy prints.
She had a really good edition to turn in by the end. Looked really really nice and Natalie was ever so greatful for the help. I tell everyone I'll teach them how to print, but few take me up on that offer. I felt really good that I helped her in what was apparently a very clear and concise manner. Go me. Not that I want to be a teacher, but glad that I seem to have that ability.
And it does feel good to help people when they need and ask for it.
After Natalie left, Karen and I chilled out in the lab for about another hour. I shuffled through Olly Moss' Flickr and looked at his art. I have a huge crush on him now. After all that, Karen and I went in halvsies on a six pack and chilled in Robin & Diana's apartment for the rest of the night. We drank our Coronas and watched Spaced. Diana came home and we hugged and looked at art. Robin came home stuffed with food. We watched Shaun of the Dead and then an episode of Foyle's War, Robin's favorite show. Robin nodded off on my shoulder and Karen fell asleep as well.
Now for me to fall asleep. I have no plans for tomorrow. Will be nice to sleep in. Busy day. But awesome day. It is good to be back.
I think my 22nd Birthday Party will be shiny themed.
Oh, this morning I felt like I needed a new workshirt for the print lab. So I took one of Dad's old Singapore shirts from my too big teeshirt bag and cut the sleeves and collar out and sewed up the sides. The too long shoulders drape into little almost sleeves, and it has a nice loose, but still fitted, fit. Made a nice to article to wear in five minutes. Nice!
I agreed to help Natalie screenprint in exchange for a free meal and a print. The free meal took the form of a caramel steamer and a granola chocolate chip caramel thingy from Urban Grind. Pretty good. Natalie had a tough time learning how to screenprint, so I was sort of reteaching her so she could finish the projects that she had an extension on. Taught her the Trillian Method® of printmaking. And she was quite enthused. She really liked how I taught her and said many many times that she couldn't have done the project nearly as well without my help. And I must say, it turned out wonderfully. I showed her how I apply emulsion to a screen and drilled into her how important it is to start with a good emulsion base. Then we got lunch with Karen. Then we used the transfers she made and put them on the exposure unit it, set it to 60, and set it to go. We got the ink ready. Karen showed us how to do a "smear test" with ink to find out its true color. Because the stacked pigment shows up differently than it does actually spread out in a print. And all that. We put layers 1 & 3 on one screen and 2 & 4 on another. We got a good pace going. Registered with tape for the first one. Helped her pull properly and flood the screen. By the last layer, about 5 hours later from 11am (when we started), she was printing on her own with confidence and gusto and did really well. Karen and I helped explain why certain things happen with ink. Showed her the use-mylar-every-time method of getting neat and tidy prints.
She had a really good edition to turn in by the end. Looked really really nice and Natalie was ever so greatful for the help. I tell everyone I'll teach them how to print, but few take me up on that offer. I felt really good that I helped her in what was apparently a very clear and concise manner. Go me. Not that I want to be a teacher, but glad that I seem to have that ability.
And it does feel good to help people when they need and ask for it.
After Natalie left, Karen and I chilled out in the lab for about another hour. I shuffled through Olly Moss' Flickr and looked at his art. I have a huge crush on him now. After all that, Karen and I went in halvsies on a six pack and chilled in Robin & Diana's apartment for the rest of the night. We drank our Coronas and watched Spaced. Diana came home and we hugged and looked at art. Robin came home stuffed with food. We watched Shaun of the Dead and then an episode of Foyle's War, Robin's favorite show. Robin nodded off on my shoulder and Karen fell asleep as well.
Now for me to fall asleep. I have no plans for tomorrow. Will be nice to sleep in. Busy day. But awesome day. It is good to be back.
I think my 22nd Birthday Party will be shiny themed.
Oh, this morning I felt like I needed a new workshirt for the print lab. So I took one of Dad's old Singapore shirts from my too big teeshirt bag and cut the sleeves and collar out and sewed up the sides. The too long shoulders drape into little almost sleeves, and it has a nice loose, but still fitted, fit. Made a nice to article to wear in five minutes. Nice!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
oh my god, seriously?
Slow morning. Made toast for Alex and myself. The British repairman came by and fixed our dishwasher. Apparently the heating coil had been bumped and had burned a hole through the bottom of the unit. We thought the seal was just busted. Duurr ooops. So he repaired it.
I got Alex on the 45 headed to his friends house. Spent an hour chilling and then Karen and I went for lunch at the Bagdad. I had a pint of Terminator stout with some tots and a salad. We had a good little chat about boys and girls and all that happens between them. I gave Karen my left over tots.
Her car started running out of gas about two blocks from the gas station. She scooted barely along but we made it! It was exciting for a few moments.
She dropped me off, I picked up my drawing supplies, and hurried out the door to catch the 45 to head to Terry's. I'm not a bus person but the route starts a block from my place, I only had to ride it for fifteen minutes, and I had to make no transfers. The bus stop at 4900 was just in the middle of the woods by a four lane highway. Or was it six... There was a barrier in the middle to go to and safely stay till you can cross in the other direction. It was a little intense, but I crossed with some other people. Terry was there to meet me. Did I mention I was visiting Terry? Well I was.
Terry's place is awesome. All clean with many many DVDs, epic TV, and just nice set up with a lovely amount of art. We watched Big Bang Theory and FAQ About Time Travel and bits of Hot Fuzz and UP on BluRay. His tv is seriously nice. We drank soda and ate cheese bread and pizza and gabbed about stuff. It was fun hanging out with him. I've never seen his place before. At about 1am he drove me home. Nice fella.
Tomorrow I am helping Natalie print. Woohoo!
* * * * *
olly moss
http://ollymoss.com
he is awesome
I got Alex on the 45 headed to his friends house. Spent an hour chilling and then Karen and I went for lunch at the Bagdad. I had a pint of Terminator stout with some tots and a salad. We had a good little chat about boys and girls and all that happens between them. I gave Karen my left over tots.
Her car started running out of gas about two blocks from the gas station. She scooted barely along but we made it! It was exciting for a few moments.
She dropped me off, I picked up my drawing supplies, and hurried out the door to catch the 45 to head to Terry's. I'm not a bus person but the route starts a block from my place, I only had to ride it for fifteen minutes, and I had to make no transfers. The bus stop at 4900 was just in the middle of the woods by a four lane highway. Or was it six... There was a barrier in the middle to go to and safely stay till you can cross in the other direction. It was a little intense, but I crossed with some other people. Terry was there to meet me. Did I mention I was visiting Terry? Well I was.
Terry's place is awesome. All clean with many many DVDs, epic TV, and just nice set up with a lovely amount of art. We watched Big Bang Theory and FAQ About Time Travel and bits of Hot Fuzz and UP on BluRay. His tv is seriously nice. We drank soda and ate cheese bread and pizza and gabbed about stuff. It was fun hanging out with him. I've never seen his place before. At about 1am he drove me home. Nice fella.
Tomorrow I am helping Natalie print. Woohoo!
* * * * *
olly moss
http://ollymoss.comhe is awesome
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
delayed post of yesterday
Got up at 11, which is almost a miracle these days for me. Got the apartment tidied. Bought some bread. Looked through my tshirt book. Not sure which project to do next. I am now using one of Katie's thingies of thread. Don't know how long it will last me. White isn't the best color for stitching, considering most of my tees are black.
Anyway, Alex's bus from Sacramento was a little bit late. Still he arrived, hopped on the max, and made his way to Goose Hollow just fine. He attends a college in Idaho and is just hanging in Portland for a few days on his way back to school.
We got three dollar burgers at Leaky Roof. And watched some Spaced, The Evil Dead and They Live by John Carpenter. Two good bad gore horror movies. One about the Evil spirits in the woods taking over the bodies of some people in a cabin, and the other about aliens taking over humanity.
We chilled for a bit, I finished my leftover burger, and then Jared, Katie's friend, came over with beer and bad movies! We watched The Arena again, which was just as bad as when I watched it on my birthday. Seriously bad, but funny considering it was made by Timur Bekmambetov, a director I actually like.
Then to chase that, we watched The Room. Which is seriously bad bad bad. Bad writing, bad directing, bad acting, and all three were done by Tommy Wiseau. Seriously horrible and not intentional. It is one of those movies that now is shown at midnight in theaters with audience participation, like Rocky Horror Picture Show. Katie and I will have to go one of these days.
Anyway, Alex's bus from Sacramento was a little bit late. Still he arrived, hopped on the max, and made his way to Goose Hollow just fine. He attends a college in Idaho and is just hanging in Portland for a few days on his way back to school.
We got three dollar burgers at Leaky Roof. And watched some Spaced, The Evil Dead and They Live by John Carpenter. Two good bad gore horror movies. One about the Evil spirits in the woods taking over the bodies of some people in a cabin, and the other about aliens taking over humanity.
We chilled for a bit, I finished my leftover burger, and then Jared, Katie's friend, came over with beer and bad movies! We watched The Arena again, which was just as bad as when I watched it on my birthday. Seriously bad, but funny considering it was made by Timur Bekmambetov, a director I actually like.
Then to chase that, we watched The Room. Which is seriously bad bad bad. Bad writing, bad directing, bad acting, and all three were done by Tommy Wiseau. Seriously horrible and not intentional. It is one of those movies that now is shown at midnight in theaters with audience participation, like Rocky Horror Picture Show. Katie and I will have to go one of these days.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
pants!
Natalie got sick so no screenprinting. That will be rescheduled for when she is feeling better.
Slept waaay in.
Katie and I walked in the rain to the Marathon and got a proper hash, eggs, toast, and bacon. Mmm. Very good and filling.
Watched Katie play Banjokazooie for a bit. Then I felt tired for no good reason and crawled into bed and napped for an hour.
Got up. Did the Internet thing. Karen called asking about dinner plans. 45 minutes later, she, Katie, and I were headed to Ichiban Sushi! I had about five plates. Katie wolfed eight or nine. Karen had around seven. Good sushi. The train came around and someone had put a "lets play hangman" on a piece of paper and had sent the puzzle around. We almost hung our man before we figured out it was Wasabi. I also wrote prize??? on the paper, and when it came back around they had stuck a glob of wasabi on it. We started a new game as well, the word was soybean. The first letters were s and y. They had heard us! There was a little discussion about changing it to tempura but we played fair. When we paid, we saw the couple who had started the game.
Katie's friend Sara stopped by and I turned a t shirt into a pair of stretchy short pants!
They needed some touching up and are far from perfect, but not bad for a first try.
I am using the bag that I made yesterday to store my minimal sewing supplies.
Slept waaay in.
Katie and I walked in the rain to the Marathon and got a proper hash, eggs, toast, and bacon. Mmm. Very good and filling.
Watched Katie play Banjokazooie for a bit. Then I felt tired for no good reason and crawled into bed and napped for an hour.
Got up. Did the Internet thing. Karen called asking about dinner plans. 45 minutes later, she, Katie, and I were headed to Ichiban Sushi! I had about five plates. Katie wolfed eight or nine. Karen had around seven. Good sushi. The train came around and someone had put a "lets play hangman" on a piece of paper and had sent the puzzle around. We almost hung our man before we figured out it was Wasabi. I also wrote prize??? on the paper, and when it came back around they had stuck a glob of wasabi on it. We started a new game as well, the word was soybean. The first letters were s and y. They had heard us! There was a little discussion about changing it to tempura but we played fair. When we paid, we saw the couple who had started the game.
Katie's friend Sara stopped by and I turned a t shirt into a pair of stretchy short pants!
They needed some touching up and are far from perfect, but not bad for a first try.
I am using the bag that I made yesterday to store my minimal sewing supplies.
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