fabric and ricfaab

I was up and ready to go for Fabric Depot at 10am. Then Karen never called or picked up. I was on the Red Max line headed to 122nd street when Karen called and told me how her phone had died, etc. She said she would meet me at the place and give me a ride back and that she was sorry.

Shouldn't have bought the all day pass.

Turns out the Blue Line takes me from three blocks from my apartment to within three blocks of Fabric Depot! How exciting, I can pick up quality fabric with ease now. Whee!

Fabric Depot is epic! Huge! Hugely epic! Bolts of fabric as far as the eye can see and it doesn't skimp. It's got fabric worthy of mermaid costumes. Just so much...fabric. And it was all 20% off! I just wanted enough to make a skirt, shirt, and a couple berets. In the jersey section I got a cute white fuity print, in the other section I got a dark gingham print for a tulip skirt, and in the fleece section I got some green stuff to make a beret out of! I also got some scissors especially for fabric cutting. The lady who cut our fabric studied calligraphy. As we were checking out I saw some Violet Crumble. Best candy ever! I literally stopped right in the middle of what I was saying and bounded over to get some. Mmm!!

Fabric Depot was everything it lived up to be Grandma, and more!

After there, we went to Ikea for lunch. Meatballs ahoy! So delicious. Then I picked up some smaller bowls and an alarm clock. Not for me, it was a gift for Karen who has often had issues with relying on her phone. Then we were homeward bound.

A box of fabric was waiting for me. Auntie Joyce sent me some stuff, and it was a jam packed box of stuff. It is mostly quilty fabric so I don't know what I am going to do with it...yet.

Then I made a hat! I used this pattern making thing that came with one of the books I ordered, it has a program and you put in your measurements and it generates the pattern for you to print out, and I transcribed it, but something must have happened where I redrew it too small...anyway the hat ended up being a bit small. It's cute but not really my style...I wanted a beret. I have enough fabric to make a second one. Still, it is nice to become more confident with my machine. And I used interfacing for the first time!

Ate pasta. Watched QI. Made a to do list, not as much to do as I thought, just a lot of stuff to get done by Wednesday.

the other vinyl culture

I have this twinge in my back and I have no clue where it came from.

Anyway, slow morning with again no eggs or bacon. Still got to school in good time. Ink day isn't as fun as I thought it would be. It is a lot of awkward sitting and horrible paper and not good drawings. It got a little better near the end, but it was still tough. Probably because of my back.

For the first chunk of class Ryan Bubnis came in to talk. He graduate from PNCA in 2006 when the illustration program was about 5 people strong. He does a lot of toy design and readily accessible graphics for use on things like cellphones and what not. He gave a talk about other illustrators who do such a thing and how they are rolling in cash. He passed around some of the things he has designed. Toys and a $50 Kid Robot tee shirt. I could design fancy shirts.

Then it was work time. The assignment for the day was one part artists statement, two parts working on the final project due next week and four parts work on product development using our art. I whipped up a couple shirt designs. I wasn't really thinking about it as I wasn't fully aware it was assigned in the first place. I was relatively productive through the whole class. Even stayed till about 6pm working on things. Not yet sure where I want to take the Fanny final image. Bold and graphic? Most likely...

I ate a burrito in the library by myself. Sort of. Wayne Bund and Heather Zinger were also in the couch area. Chatted a little. It was a good burrito.

It was nicely drizzling but I said "screw you, I have rain pants" to the sky and rode off into the night in my bright yellow pants.

Finished the burrito for dinner. And ate bacon and eggs. Ate some celery and peanut butter and raisins. Watched Nip/Tuck. Generally relaxed. My back is seizing up.

You know where I'm going tomorrow morning? Fabric Depot.

Fanny Drazier - work in progress

Digital work in progress image of Fanny Drazier. 11x17" in its full version.

Photoshop.

tees

some ideas for tshirts

labor day labor day hey everyone its labor day

My back feels all twisted like...uhg.

Had a nice sleep in. Got up early. Made myself a big bacon and eggs breakfast. Read what was remaining of the reading. It is nice to take a longer morning, but when 6:30 rolls around tomorrow, like hell I'm leaving bed till 7.

In Homeland, Hannah presented on the Sublime. Well a couple sublime artists. One of them did this field of metal poles, it was called Lightning Field. Another slide show from Duford followed. More Thomas Cole and other Hudson River School painters.

During lunch I had a meeting of sorts. It was a focus group of Goose Hollow students and we were giving some feedback about what we liked and didn't like about student housing, and what we would like to see. The purpose of the meeting was to generate a starting point for a potential residence facility near school and exclusively for PNCA. We all strongly vouched for keeping kitchens in each room and having an open studio space. The school also fed us tons of pizza and free soda. Robin, Jaymee, and I all had the special limited edition apple lemon soda. SO GOOD!!

In Homeland once again, we listed to a chunk of an episode of This American Life. It was about these people, Alex Melamid and Vitaly Komar, who polled people. First they used the data from several countries and painted pictures based on what concepts were most favored by everyone. In every polled country, except for Holland, landscapes were preferred. The second poll was about music and they composed a song based on what people liked (it was 3 minutes long) and a song featuring what people hated (20 minutes long). The Most Unwanted Songs song featured operatic rapping about cowboys. Seriously. The episode the segment was a part of can be found here: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1277

After that we watched Touching the Void, a documentary about Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, who are two British climbers who scaled the face of Siula Grande in Peru. No one had done it before, and no one has done it since. The movie was narrated by the pair of them, so you know you make it from the start, but watching it and knowing that Joe survives breaking his leg, falling into a crevice, being left for dead by Simon (who cut the cord thus plummeting Joe to his most probable death, but if he hadn't cut the rope they most likely would have both died), scaling down further into the crevice, crawling along the bottom towards a break in the ceiling, scaling up towards the opening, and crawling down the glacier and through the rocks. He survived about 4 days of severe dehydration by himself, with the broken leg and no food. He crawled all the way to about twenty feet from the base camp (which was still a ways from the bottom of the mountain). AMAZING!

Then for an hour and a half we talked about the sublime and how mountain climbing is such a "privileged" thing to do (I disagreed) and other stuff.

It was misting rain on the way back home, nothing worth wearing rain pants for though.

I put on the new episodes of Lost (oh my god so GOOD) and then White Collar and then about three episodes of Weeds. Ate udon and egg, a cucumber, some ants on a log, and then I churned out some sketches for Martin. Used reference like a mad woman.

deep fry it! makes everything better

I woke up at 2:30am in a delirium in knocked on the bathroom door and demanded Katie emerge so I can shower and get ready for school. I then came to my sense. Two hours later, I awoke again convinced it was time to go to school.

Needless to say, getting started and getting going today was rough. No breakfast. I did manage to make a limp sandwich and grab a granola bar.

Another technical drawing day. We talked about the puppets we plan to make for the puppet fashion show. Lots of figure studies. Lots of proportion. It is slowly coming back to me.

In screenprinting we had an hour and a half demo from JP on using the printers to make things like stencils and transfers. Then lunch. Yoga got approved! Chilled with Karen, BT, Jay, Urusla, and Bryan out on the loading dock. Made some zine sales. Whoo!

The rest of class was a work day. I finished my image for printing, but because it was a toner wash on duralar I had to burn a step test onto the emulsion to see what it would look like with different amounts of exposure. I don't feel like explaining any of the technical stuff in that last sentence. It has to do with light and whatever. Anyway, first I expose it for 30 units, then another 30, then 60, then 120, then 240, then 480, and finally 960. Each unit is roughly a second, so add all that up and it is a long time to sit around. Thankfully I brought my assigned reading with me, so I knocked that out while waiting. The step test worked perfectly, but getting to that point took all damn class.

Chilled with Karen while she got a late lunch. Went home. Read more.

Katie, Karen, BT, and I met at Fire on the Mountain for delicious wings and beer. I ordered six Vietnam barbecue flavor and six honey BBQ. The Vietnam was far spicier than the sample I had. My mouth went numb eventually and I finished it all off. Leah K. also joined us for delicious munchies. MMM. BT ordered us two deep friend twinkies and deep fried oreos for dessert. The frying process makes the oreos entirely soft and all delicious. I was supremely gorged.

I went home with Karen and BT, they now live together, and chilled there for an hour. BT informed me that Hercule Poirot's mustache is fake. Karen worked on putting together an Ikea desk. On Saturday they are having a "come as your high school self" party. Should be fun.

BT drove me home and now I am going to sit and read for a few hours. Whhooo!

brunettes all around

Amazing morning. I was washed and dressed and had bacon and eggs on a plate...and all of that was done by 7:30! Gobbled it down, got all my stuff together, and left right on time. I was so productive I thought I must have been an hour late.

But I wasn't.

Class was another brain killer power hour. Talked about the tain of windows, and how it is something we can only perceive when it reflects and what we perceive isn't a tangible thing, only a reflection. I was first to speak when he asked us our general thoughts. I brought up the idea of how we are meant to both perceive ourselves as a small part of the world AND how the entire world is our perception of it. Go me.

After class I loaned Samala a few comics for her class. Then I picked up some 1920's reference material for my illustration project. Making a character based in that time so I have to get good reference for it.

It was misting rain, still I departed. Got some miracle grow for my jade. No dirt. Trader Joe's for a weeks worth of apples and celery and eggs. Key Bank to deposit the money I earned from the holiday art sale.

Then I went back home and sat and drew for hours and read some Homeland reading. Watched all of the second season of Weeds. It is fun to just draw costumes and not worry about composition or anything. Ate a cheese steak. Ate some salad. Ate some ants on a log.

Katie dyed her hair.

read a page, relax a little

Today was a long effort of getting through some required reading. My system is I'll read a page or half a page, depending how the books are broken up, and then relax a little on the Internet, then I'll read some more. It is really easy to put off blocks of time devoted to reading, but not so hard to read a small chunk knowing there will be a break soon. Took a while to get through, but I had a good time doing it.

Didn't understand a word of it though. I have Skynet written in the margins and a couple things underlined but by and large, existentialist phenomenology is hard and way over my head.

Got through some of my homeland readings as well. Flipped over the calendar and realized I have to present Gardens in a week and a half.

Speaking of gardens, my lucky jade's stem broke! I stuck the surviving stalk in the dirt and watered it. I think I'm going to try and track down some quality potting soil and some nutritious plant growing stuff tomorrow. Pearl Hardware probably has something. I don't want my plant to die! It just doesn't seem to be taking root in the dirt it has.

I've really taken to watching Weeds this weekend. It is a fun show with some good casting. Helps the majority of it is on Netflix instant watch.

Hung out at a little R.A. glitter party thing.

Oh, I made myself a real breakfast this morning. I almost never do this. Fried up two slices of bacon and using that grease I made scrambled eggs. Finished with toast. Delicious way to start the day.

Now time to try to hit the hay early. School starts at 8am on Monday now.

a fridge is a terrible thing to waste

Did more shopping today. I need to break out of my pasta + sauce habit. Bought meat and veggies (not just apples, I got lettuce and celery and cucumbers). Bought some cheese and hoagie rolls. Bought lots of tasty things that are not pasta and sauce.

When I got home and prepared to put away my haul, I observed that the refrigerator was in an awful shape. It had a lot of little things in plastic bag and I noticed some expired things in tupperware. Also the meat drawer was a sticky mess. So I unloaded every piece of food from it and set about cleaning! I filled the tub with hot soapy water and soaked all the drawers in it. I scrubbed them and set them aside to dry. Then I wiped down and cleaned up the interior of the fridge. Lysol and soap and all that. There was a big pool of something red and sticky that had been there for a long long time. It was gross. I tossed quite a few things but now the fridge is neat and in order and looking clean as can be. Real proud of all that work.

Bit by bit, the apartment comes together. A little bit cleaner every day.

After all that labor, I celebrated with ants on a log! Celery, peanut butter, and raisins oh my! Fast on track to becoming a new favorite snack. MMMmmm.

Then I made myself a cheesesteak sandwich. Had to make sure I had not forgotten how. It came out allright. I should have used more onion and tried to slice the meat a little thinner. Still, it was tasty and filling. Followed that up with a meager salad. Mmm.

Watched a Bill Plympton DVD and followed that up with Magnolia. That was long and dramatic and...long. Great performances across the board no doubt.

It feels good to get major cleaning done. It is the type of accomplishment that you can really see the difference for a long time with.

milestonearrific

1000th blog entry! Whooo!
That is a lot of writing. Hundreds of thousands of words.

Slept in. It is Friday so that is what I do on Friday. And Saturday. I'll probably try to set the alarm on Sunday so that getting up on Monday won't be such a pain.

Ate toast. The fire alarm went off so I had to stuff Luna in her cat carrier. Katie came back during the alarm so we chilled in her borrowed car a little while waiting for it to end. After that was all over we went for three dollar burgers! Shelly even remembered us after all these months we have been gone.

After dinner, I joined Katie in her errands and she also agreed to take me to this fabric place she knows, Fabrics for Less. We went to Camera World, but they didn't have the thing for her tripod that she needs. Fabrics for Less had a lot of silks, but not enough in the stretch jersey type that I want. I bought a couple zippers and we went to Goodwill to see if they had a handbag. They didn't.

Made myself a bowl of popcorn. Watched the last episode of New Amsterdam. Now to sip hot apple cider and point my eyes at some existentialist reading. Yay.

end of week

999th blog post!

We did wet media in The Figure. That is ink and brush and bamboo pen. I couldn't find my pen so I just used a brush, but Moran whittled the other end of my brush down and made it double ended! I wasn't too enthused by the things I did. The poses were very short so by the time a layer of ink wash had dried, it would be time to start over with a new pose. Oh well.

Illustration was an In Design demo and meet with Martin day. Mia gave us a demo about In Design, the program used for layout and book design. We made mock source book pages. They are pages that go into illustration books that are used for reference for hiring artists. So we made them for ourselves just to have practice. I only had the images on hand to make mine, but I am pretty happy with it. Large, bold and cropped.

I bought some lean cuisine and a root beer for lunch. Mmm. My semester plan meeting with Martin went really fast. Even though I finished my work early, I still hung around till 5. Chatted with Karen for a bit.

I'm working on another zine. Gave my classmates bits of paper to draw on, and once I get enough I will put them together in a silkscreened zine! Whoo!

I have shin splints real bad, probably from yesterdays hill filled day.

Got home. Ate food. Watched TV. Poured through my sewing patterns book. Started drawing designs. Getting ahead of myself a bit though. Need to get fabric.

Sent out some thank you cards as well. Yay!

Oh and did laundry. Tomorrow I shall rest and read. Yay!

mock sourcebook page

mock sourcebook* page

*sourcebook is an image resource for the promotion of artists

walking!! argh

Sleep. Glorious sleep.

All eight hours of it.

Got up at a decent time. Actually packed a decent amount of food. Sandwich, apple, slice of spiced apple bread that I made from a Trader Joe's mix, and a couple cookies. Enough to get me through the day.

For the first hour and a half of Homeland we talked about landscapes and their meaning.

Lunch was staple zine and cut the top offs time. Now I have a pile of zines! Hurray! Very cool.

Back in class we watched some Bob Ross, the "master" of landscape painting.

And then we walked.

We walked to the Max and realized we forgot Lana back at school. Oops. Took the max to Goose Hollow. Walked up the huge hill to the scenic bridge and then up to Washington Park. And then up to the Rose Garden. A lot of up hill walking, for well over a mile. I'm so out of shape. We left school at about 2:20 and got to the gardens at 3:10. We spent an hour drawing the landscape. Or attempting to do so, it got really cold really fast. At around 4pm we gathered and discussed the experience. And then we walked down the hill. Straight down the hill. Which was a much more direct way than the long way around that was the Goose Hollow direction. Because my bike was still at school, I joined the group returning to PNCA. Took the max for a little distance, but walked the rest of the way. Chatted with Kirsten (not Kristen).

Sat around for about half an hour relaxing. Did not want to bike home just yet. Chatted with Sandra, Tabitha, and Robin. Then I went home.

Pasta! Salami! Finishing Dexter season four!

Then illustration work. Wrote up my semester plan. It is very minimal but I feel good about it. Sketched my ideas out. I feel like I should do more, but I can't think of more right now. First project I am doing character sketches and a final image of an original character: Fanny Drazier, a maybe 20's era reporter/journalist. I'm excited about it. Another definite project will be a promo poster for Carmen.

Ahh so exhausted. Weekend is almost here! Damn, already looking forward to resting up.

wiped

Boy howdy am I tired. I was doing really fine but then it all caught up with me in the past hour.

The Figure! We Received a more in depth lecture about simple proportions and laying out the figure. Again, I was taught it but I wasn't following it very well. And class will be different. Tuesdays are tough and full of information, Thursdays will be fun and wet media. Anna was our model. She has a new tattoo and piercing. The tattoo is of the rocket Saturn V. Pretty cool. Class went fast.

Silk screen! We talked about our semester plans for an hour and a half. Mine are mostly mass production things. Little bits I can sell. Emphasis on many, not few. If that makes sense. I want to do a lot of projects, instead of a few larger ones.

I went to student council for lunch. I was there to represent and talk about yoga. The date and times of it are still up in the air, but I can't wait! Gotta get fit again. No more softy Trillian!

Photocopied and cut out my sketchbook drawings. Making a little zine so I had to get the images ready to be oiled up. A class came into the photocopy room so I couldn't finish. Thankfully the next two hours of class was lecture and demonstration. Lecture about a brief history of screenprinting. There was an image of these old stencils that used silk thread as structure. Previously the Japanese had used human hair. The demonstration was on this technique for printing multiple layer wash drawings and how to play with the exposure to get different levels of detail. I would love to do a print of that nature, just need a good subject matter (when in doubt, draw a cat).

In the meanwhile, I got my stencils ready and my screen prepped. Only needed one for my zine project as both of the stencils fit just fine. All this silkscreening stuff, it comes pretty natural to me now. I have my system down. When I started school, I caught a glimpse of the print lab and it just looked like a mass of confusing equipment and chemicals. Now it all makes sense. Funny where education will take a person.

Anyway, printed one side of my zine. Took a break. Walked with Karen to help her pick a studio. It was raining furiously. Walked back. Printed the other side. I used blue for one side and orangey red for the other. It looks decent. Not the best printing or the most professional. But pretty good for a little zine. I'll be mailing these out to some people in the coming week. Got them folded, they need to be stapled and cut. Whoo!

Chatted with Karen at Laughing Planet. I ate an apple. Go me and restraint!

It was raining all the way home. A car honked at me. I was pretty far over towards the shoulder and many other cars had gone past me. What a jerk. I wish that there had been a red light up ahead so that I could have broken his side mirror off with my bike lock and peddled away at high speed. Seriously, honking at bikers isn't going to make them bike faster. It will just distract them and probably make matters worse for you.

Ate rice and lettuce and salami for dinner. Yum! Read my readings. Well parts of it. I am starting to majorly doze off now. Good night sleep, here I come!

long class name is long

Turns out the Existentialism & Phenomenology class is really Existentialist Phenomenology. We will be reading Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. No Nietzsche or Kierkegaard.

Exactly the types of names and words a person wants to discuss at 8am on a Monday. Melissa, Deanna, and Leo are in the class, as well as Tuna and some of the MFAs. The majority of the people in class are new to me. Sort of rare at this point, normally I know a good bunch of the people in my classes.

The teacher, Adam Arolla, looks a bit like a more hip Jason Statham. Apparently he DJs at Holocene. We talked about how all science is entirely hypothetical, just some things have not been proven false yet. But what makes science science is that it is falsifiable. And we talked about perception of the world and stuff like that. It was a heavy introduction that went fast, but I am excited for it.

1) all experience is intentional. Perception is a conversation.
2) all experience is interpretive.
3) beginners mind. sedimented manners of encountering an interpreting perception.

After class I printed some of the required reading. Not a big pile of stuff...yet. Swung by Trader Joe's. Apples, pasta, sauce, salami, mayo. The staples.

It is amazing when you wake up early and run some errands and still get back to the house before the usual time you are even our of bed (11:56am).

Put away the dishes. Finally got around to making the spiced apple loaf mix I got about a month ago. Read some of the required reading. Watched Dexter. Wrote up my proposals for printmaking. Looked over syllabus. Loaded and ran new dishwasher load. Watched Katie play Zelda: Twilight Princess. Generally puttered around and consumed food.

Screenprinting! Figure Drawing! Tuesday!

I checked out Magnolia and Bicycle Thieves from the library. Will watch them some time soon.

best birthday EVER!!

Yesterday (the party)

I made cupcakes and tidied up the apartment. Adam made some truly awesome burgers for lunch. It had bacon and stuff in them. And avocado. Delicious. Yum. The sink drain got clogged from all the intense cooking. I borrowed a plunger and unstuck it, and vacuumed again. Had to have it looking nice for the after party.

The theme was shiny so I put on my sparkly striped tights, my hand made skirt, a black top, and my super sparkly over shirt. I looked great. Karen, Adam, Robin, Diana, and I made our way to Blue Moon at fifteen till 5. We arrived a little after, but were the first ones there. We took one of the long tables in the back because it was near other tables that were prime to take over more space once people arrived. Harmony and her fiancee Peter were the first to show. It was during happy hour so cheap food was bought on mass. And I didn't put down a single penny.

While only scheduled for 5-8, we stuck around till 9. We ended up taking all three tables. People who came: Diana, Robin, Karen, Adam, Harmony, Peter, Peter's brother Paul, Cherish, Isaiah, Sandra, Sandra's pal Alice (if I remember correctly), Kristen, Madeline, Justin, Daniel H., BT, Katie, Nikki and her baby Elliot. I think that is it...

Kristen gave me flowers. I've never received flowers before. And I got several cards. Madeline gave me a fake cupcake. I was ordered a real slice of cake and everyone sang happy birthday to me. Everyone was really social with one another. I moved around a lot because I didn't want to ignore any of my most awesome friends, many of whom were sparkly. Elliot, the baby, was adorable and awesomely behaved. He just stared at everyone and was cute as a button. Everyone just went into full "awww look at the baaaby" mode.

We were nerdy, we were sociable, we were not that loud, we were arty, and just in general we were awesome. The atmosphere was perfect and things could not have worked out better. After I blew out my candle, I was pressed for a speech so all I said that having such awesome friends is all anyone should want from life. Without a doubt, the best birthday I have had.

After the long dinner, everyone that was left at the table (Robin, Diana, BT, Karen, Adam, Peter, Paul, Harmony, Madeline, Daniel, Justin, and Kristen) returned to my place. Some biked, some carpooled with those who had cars. Some people made booze runs. Everyone fit in the apartment in a great way. My living room isn't that big but it didn't feel overly crowded. I put in Labyrinth on the projector because we are all nerds and that is a good movie to chat over. I had a beer and Diana made me a drink that was a little bit creamy for my taste. Katie came back from another birthday party and had a balloon. It entertained me very much.

Between movies I drank a little bit more, and that little more I shouldn't have consumed. So I got a little sick, but in a respectable in the bathroom way and not...all over myself or on my guests sort of way. That sucked, but thankfully I was in my own apartment so it was easy to just say good night to everyone and fall asleep. Apparently everyone stuck around through Star Wars (hopefully to sober up before they drove home). I was out.

Today (the day after yesterday)

Karen and Adam had crashed here. Adam made us fluffy eggs and hollandaise sauce drizzled over bacon and toast. I felt ill so I couldn't finish mine. It was gourmet though. I mostly sat around in a daze and watched stuff and napped and Karen and I watched some Kids in the Hall. I ate some crackers and drank ginger ale. I am still way tired. It should make getting to bed early tonight no big thing though.

Way fun party. Lots of awesome friends. Piles of them. I wish I could say more about all the happenings. Good times.

great night

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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olly moss

http://ollymoss.com
he is awesome

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.

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.

MacReady is a dreamboat in that hat

Ahhh being back in my bed is so good. So hard to roll out of when it is so all encompassing and lovely.

Didn't do my bike. Didn't tidy. Watched Skins. Made a little bag out of a teeshirt. It was a little more difficult to do. I need thread and proper scissors.

But generally a nothing day.

In the evening, Liz came over and she, Katie, Karen and I watched The Thing.

What a horrifying and scary movie. The effects were awesome but totally brutal at the same time. I screamed twice and went EEWWWWAUUUUGHGHH about twenty times. Really good movie but really intense.

After that, Karen and I went over to Natalies and hung out with her and Robin. We had a few solid hours of girl talk. It was fun, though it sort of dragged on. A little girl talk is good, but too much relationship chatter wears on.

Tomorrow I am going to help Natalie silk screen. I will get a free meal out of it, and some quality time with a good fast talking friend.

oh oh oh. oh oh oh.

Had an awesome sleep in.

Did nothing till about 5pm. Then I started tidying up. Put away presents. Did the dishes. It isn't finished, but it looks a lot better. I will continue cleaning and tidying tomorrow. And then on to fixing my bike!

Katie made delicious laarb for dinner. I made a skirt out of a teeshirt! It is really cute and fits really well.

Natalie called, totally going to hang with her on Monday afternoon and then there is a party the following weekend. Going to chill with Terry on Wednesday. Popular!

I wore my skirt out for karaoke with Liz and Bill and Katie at The Galaxy. Not as nice as the Ambassador but not as crowded, so we got through the songs quick. Still, just as pricey. Booo. I sang Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand and Everything is Average Nowadays by Kaiser Chiefs. Did both pretty poorly I am sure, but it was fun. My group of girls (and boy) cheered me on. Met a pile of new people. Chrissy, Amy...lots of people. Katie sang Donovan and Mika. We boogy oogied to some of the more hopin' songs. It was fun. Low key, but still nice.

Got home and watched Anchorman. Now it is late (more like early). So sleepy time. I love being back in my own bed, even though it is smaller and not as soft.

this is going to be a good year

The Party:

So much fun. Katie's crew is a good bunch. They have always been warm and friendly and open to me when I have joined them on previous excursions. This night was no different. Adam, Karen, Katie and I arrived at around 9:30. Rock Band was being played in the living room, Easy the cat was wandering about, and girls were in all sorts of fancy garb. I was in tights and my polka dot jumper with my striped blazer. Got a lot of compliments and some people thought my name was Trinity. Oh well. Chatted up people new and old. Drank booze. Midnight came. I gave Tom a little kiss and a hug. Midnight went. At some point I sat down on the couch to rest, and I fell asleep. I guess the proper term would be passed out, but I wasn't out totally cold. Adam woke me up to tell me that if I ever needed a ride at any point in the night, I should call him (he was a designated driver for a couple parties). I also woke up with a blanket on me. These people are really nice. Eventually I migrated upstairs to a more quiet resting area. Katie got me at 7am and we departed. Walked to the bus stop as daylight arrived. We both brought a change of clothes so without the obvious party makeup, we appeared as any other early morning girls. Our bus driver was really nice. We got off just in time to catch a Max blue line the rest of the way home. Birds were chirping as we both got into our jammies and curled up together and watched Empire Strikes Back till we fell asleep once again.

The Day After/January First:

A groggy day. Karen and Adam stopped by again, because Karen left her stuff here. We talked about the party and the shenanigans I missed out on (apparently there were a lot of them). Then we all went to Marathon Tavern for breakfast. All though it turns out they stop serving their awesome plates of hash browns, eggs, bacon, and toast at 2:30pm. What a gyp. So we had gyros and sandwiches instead. We should have left because it took about a half an hour to prepare our food. Outrageously long.

Katie went to her Dad's. I sat at my chair and watched Skins, drank tea, and watched Doctor Who. I'm excited for the new Doctor. No more Tennant. Hurrah!

My friend Alex, a fella who was in one of the other Japan groups when I traveled there in 2005, will be in Portland in a few days. I haven't seen him since he sat next to me on the plane ride back to Los Angeles. That will be fun.

party like its 2010

Finally, a day where I was allowed to sleep in. Got a call from Karen saying she would be by to pick me up around 3ish. Plenty of time to finish up my packing.

Came downstairs to find mom had finished my packing for me. Good times.

Breakfast was some wraps that Rubie made, more of a lunch really. They were delicious! Shrimp and vegetables. Very delicious.

The family played Blokus. I lost pretty decisively in both rounds. Oh well. Karen came right on time. I gave her a mini tour of the house and property. She agreed that it really was the middle of nowhere. We sat for burgers and then we piled all my things into her car. Nathan and Rubie departed at the same time.

The ride to Portland went really fast. We had good conversation and really caught up. I've missed my sassy girl since she has been in Kansas City. It was horribly rainy for about half the trip, but Portland is quite fair now.

We three girls got on our party clothes and party makeup. We are going to a shindig at the twins, Kurt and Cody. It should be fun. Blogging now so that I don't attempt it at 2:00am. All the public transit is free tonight to encourage safe transit. How nice!

keep clam

Hurray! Avatar!

The Prius refused to reverse so we took the truck instead. Winslow ferry right on time. Parked in expensive but convenient parking. It was very cold outside, and I only had my coat. Cold but bright.

We went to the Center House in the Seattle Center area. Ma and I ran into Rubie & co. in the women's toilet. Afterwards, they got something to eat and Nate and I got beignets and pop got a hot dog and mom got a muffin and some coffee. Sat in different parts of the place but we all came together to go to the show. We got in line at 11:25 and they let us in to the theater to queue at 12:05 and then they let us into the actual theater at around 12:20. I swapped the glasses they gave me for a smaller pair, and then I had to swap mom's pair for her. Lazy bones! We had really good seats in the center middle of the place. It wasn't one of the domed IMAX, just 6 stories by 80 feet of beautiful screen.

The effects are even more impressive when huge. All the little bits are so much clearer. Flawless computer animation. I noticed so much more. Love Avatar. I'll be sad when I can no longer see it in theaters.

We didn't hang with Rubie's family after the movie. We split and left Nathan behind. Just went back home. No more business in Seattle. Except for Ivar's! Two orders of fish and chips and some fried clam and chowder for pa! They forgot half our order and dad went back to get it. Delicious and had a good time. I love fish and chips soooo much.

Napped most of the way home.

Called Karen to confirm our mini road trip. I am sorry to leave some of my family member so suddenly. They are genuinely hurt by my abrupt departure, but I really don't want to stay here any longer.

Hot tub. Soda. Relaxing.

Ma, Pa, Nate, Rubie, and I looked at home movies for about an hour and a half. So much footage. Lots of film of me being cute and Nathan trying to get attention. We were so adorable.

mmn

Another nothing day. I did get up before noon, but I didn't do anything. Sat around the house. Poked at the fire.

Got in the hot tub later.

Sat in bed.

Just felt really tired and withdrawn all day.

I'm going back to Portland on the 31st. I can't stay here any longer.

farewell to marilyn

Grandma's Memorial was today.

It was a lovely affair. We left the house later than planned, but were still the first ones there. We had enough time to comfortably lay everything out and get the food ready. All that. We being ma, pa, Nate, Rubie, and myself.

The guest arrived in a good and steady flow. Grandma Eleanor and Grandpa Joe, Brynne & Dan, Kirie & Mark, Celia, Ben & Averie, Jeanette & Liam and Jonathan, Randelle, Linda, Carmen, Justin, Rolfe & Allison, Hans, and tons more I sort of remembered and sort of didn't.

I haven't been in a church in a long time. Marilyn's memorial was held at her Episcopalian Church. A cozy little place that was well heated.

Talked to people. Hugged relatives. Caught up with people I haven't seen in a while.

The pastor read a little, we sang a bit, Carmen sang Ave Maria. It was beautiful. People told beautiful stories of Marilyn's life and her kind spirit. She really was truly amazing. I didn't like it when people brought up Alzheimer's though. That was not her life to me. She was a darling to the end, but that isn't what I will remember of my grandmother. I have had so much support from my family, so much support for my artistic pursuits. I am so grateful for that. For someone to be exactly who they were, all the time. Ahh. Yeah.

After the service, it was food time. A wonderful buffet was laid out for us. I got a plate early and scarfed. Sat at the kids table with Averie, Justin, Rubie, Nathan, and Eleanor & Joe Sr. Okay the latter two are not kids. Took pictures with the canon. Chatted with lots of people.

It all came together in a quite neat fashion. And then it was over.

I could go into more detail, but most of the people who read this blog were there.

Went home. Hot tubbed. Went to cozy up in bed early.

wake up shy trilly, wake up

Woke up at 7am to the dog barking at something. Went downstairs and whistled for Holly. She came running, I gave her some pets, then closed the door.

Got up at 9:30. Dad made waffles. Mmm. And bacon.

Made another shirt modification, I think I should have used the fabric for a skirt or something. Oh well. Practice is good. I also made an apron with some help from mom. Seam practice and making strap practice and pocket practice. Looks good. Just needs a neck strap and it is all set! And I did all that before showering.

Ma, Pa, and myself went into town. Got tickets for Sherlock Holmes ahead of time and then filled a cart at Costco. So much stuff. So much plastic cutlery and disposable bowls and food and drinks. And fruit leathers! I could eat a hundred of those.

We got to the theater right as they were cleaning up from the last showing. We got to pick our ideal seats, but unfortunately the Army advert gave mom motion sickness, so she moved to the back corner. I stayed put and just watched the movie. It lacked a certain oompf. A quality that just brought it to be a little bit more. There was some wit and neat action, but something about it wasn't right. Acting was good, costumes and music was good. I don't know.

Drove home. It was icy. Unloaded the car. Nathan and Rubie showed up about five minutes after we got home. Chatted. Then ate a modest chicken and polenta dinner. Then hot tub! It was a good soak. A little overheated because the temperature difference between the air and the water was about seventy degrees.

Tomorrow is Grandma Marilyn's memorial.

ow

Mmm sleep once again. Still managed to roll out before noon.

Poached egg on toast with melted cheese. MMm.

The bruise on my bum isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Still hurts though.

Read my Generation T book. Thumbed down the pages of projects that I would like to attempt. Then I sat in bed and computered it up for a bit.

When I came back down, mom was fiddling with MY sewing machine. She couldn't figure out how to thread the thread. Called Grandma, and as we were talking, I managed to get it sorted. It even has an easy needle threader function that is very awesome.

Dad gave me a teeshirt and I completed my first project! It was a tank with a rollover top. I'll post pictures...later. I had to sew in the sleeves a little bit, but overall pretty good for a first attempt. I think went about making a stitch sheet using all of the different stitches on the machine. It jammed, but I got it sorted. I sewed a little leaf pattern on the bottom of my green tank. Looks cute, though now I wonder if it was a good idea to sew a not stretch stitch on the bottom of a tank. Oh well.

Sat with Nathan and played Scribblenauts. Watched the new Doctor Who special. Not a busy day.

sew cool

Oh boy oh boy, Christmas!

Mom and pop's rustling at 7am woke me up, and Nathan knocked on my door at around 9. I was the last to come downstairs. First up was the grand tradition of Christmas Legos. We always get a lego set and always open them first and assemble them while the rest of the family is waking up. Nathan received a Star Wars set, Rubie got a plane, and I got a camper! Even though mine was aged 8-12, it still took me a long while to put it together.

Toast! Bacon! Eggs! Yum!

I gave everyone the teeshirts I made on the final day of class. Lots of wrapping paper. Nate bought Rubie a Canon Rebel. Rubie bought Nathan a WiiFit and WiiResort. I received: Asterios Polyp, Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform and TShirt, Rape of Europa, Blood Meridian, After the Flood, candy, Egyptian Tomb Raider playmobil, bike seat, bike tube, things to remove bike tire, pressure gauge, candy necklace, chocolate, makeup purses, turtleneck, tons of tights, socks, and uhm. Other things. I'm too lazy to go downstairs and check my pile. But it is a nice pile.

Nathan got clothes and chocolate, Rubie got bath stuff, Dad got boat stuff, Mom got a game for her DS.

Showered. Got dressed. Piled food into car. Piled people into car. Drove to Mats Mats. I played mom's Scribblenaughts game. Very fun. Stopped when the challenges became too challenging.

Auntie Joyce and Uncle Dick were there along with Cousin Scotty. Drank soda out of ornament shaped Coke bottles. Chatted and caught up. Before I knew it, people were opening presents! We all got jammies. Scotty, Rubie, Nate, and I all had a mini nerf gun war. Lots of fun. Jam was exchanged. Cookies were exchanged. Snacks we consumed, and I got my first sewing machine! A Brother! It has got tons of stitches and cool things but looks really easy to use. Now I can modify my teeshirts with ease. I'll probably test it out tomorrow. Whee!! It is a nice machine. It doubles as my Birthday present, but that is okay. It is way way cool. Can't wait to start using it. Need thread. Yay!

Dinner was salad, then salmon, then cauliflower in hollandaise sauce, then rib, then steak, with sparkling cider all around. I gorged. Then had a major slice of cake. Then I had to lay down for a while. But once the initial digestion passed, I was feeling better again. Finished off my candy necklace. Played two rounds of Apples to Apples. I didn't do so well in either game. Joyce won the first. Team Nate & Rubie almost won second.

Then we packed up. Filled the car with goodies and hugged and said our goodbyes. What a lovely Christmas. Got so much protein. Mmmm.

All of us, minus Mom, had a hot tub soak when we returned. Felt really good. Then, as I was getting out, I slipped on the icy steps that rise into the tub, and hit everyone on the way down. The only injured was my bum, but boy does it hurt. I'll probably have a good and deep bruise for the next two weeks. Just sitting in bed now, trying not to move it.

Merry Christmas everybody! And a happy 2010.

night before christmas

Christmas Eve! Yay! I set my alarm for 10:45, it accidentally went off at 10:45pm. Woke up. Got out of bed. Ate breakfast, and at around noon mother and I faced the traffic.

Took a run of things to the dump and recycling center. Then to Office Max for ink cartridge and other things. Last minute things. Stopped in at Joannes, they didn't have plastic bags either. Saw Kevin Pardee, who I went to high school with. He looks about the same. Then Rite Aid for some other last minute things. Got some night creme. Good skin care routine starts now! And some more cellophane. One tube of it is only good for wrapping three prints so yall better be careful with your art.

We skipped Safeway and went to Fred Meyers. Food, books, other last minute things, erf-Nay, more food. Swung by est-way arine-may for esents-pray for ad-may. Then Emerald City Smoothie and then homeward.

Put up some more lights. Tested the salt in the hot tub, added more salt. Mom prebought tickets for the imax version of Avatar. That will totally blow my mind. A lot. Can't wait.

Nathan and Rubie came home. We all got in the hot tub. It was quite the crowded hot tub. Every few minutes we would rotate. Ate pot stickers. Wrapped more presents. Nate and Rubie brought a huge pile of gifts with them. Very exciting.

Nathan and I looked at Fail blog for about an hour. Now it is time to rest our weary heads and get up and gorge on cinnamon rolls and tear through paper like nobodies business!

shorts

Slept in. Did nothing. Sat on couch. Watched QI. Ate a sandwich. Petted Basil. Sat in front of fire. Read Far Arden. Brought in some of mom's groceries. Ate ice cream. Ate lasagna. Drank juice squeezes. Think I might have another. Watched Crank 2: High Voltage. Go Jason Statham! Didn't do art. Thought about making art. Or just being mildly productive. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! Doesn't feel like it. No snow. No ice (thankfully). Presents soon. Watched Glee with mum. Set alarm clock. Will try to get up and be productive tomorrow.

14 hours in bed, 10 out

I should start setting an alarm. Got up at around 12:30ish. Oatmeal and tea for breakfast.

Went up to see dad while he was planing wood. Looked good. Then we conducted some displacement of volume and weight experiments. Lots of fun. I think I get it now. Whoo!!

Sat around on the net mostly. Dad made burgers for lunch and reheated some pasta. I got good and full. Watched a little Space Mutiny.

Auntie Celia stopped by for a few minutes. Just hugs and some chatter.

Ma came out. Dad made up some dinner, but I wasn't all that hungry. Watched an episode of QI and Better Off Ted. Dad went to sleep. Mom and I took a long hot tub soak.

Not a really eventful day. Wrapped a couple prints in the cellophane that dad bought me. It works okay, but I don't think I'll have enough to wrap all my prints. Hmmm.

ducket

Sleeping in later and later. Had to make my own breakfast. Toast and hot apple cider. About 30 minutes after that, mom made me a tuna sandwich. We sat together and watched Pedersen home movies. It was fun.

Ma and I soaked in the hot tub for a long while. I asked about buoyancy and weight and displacement. Well I phrased it "if you have a bucket full of water, and you have a duck in it, does it weigh more?" Moms response was, "hahahaha art student trying to figure out physics!" The joke maintained through the day. I tried to ask dad about the weight of things suspended in water, but he couldn't give me an answer either.

I really want to know about this water weight thing. I think I'll have to do an experiment or something. Just gotta get a bucket.

And a duck.

We ordered pizza. Barbecue chicken from Seabeck Pizza. Mmm. Maddy, a girl I graduated with, was working there. She complimented my long hair and how cute it was. Mom rented Night at the Museum 2. It was a cute, light hearted romp with plenty of cameos. A nice way to spend a sort of wet evening. Now I am back in bed, staying up late.

avatar. go see it in theaters. it is worth $10.

Dad made waffles for breakfast! Yum! Slathered mine in sauce, and then we got in the hot tub.

At 2:10 we left. Got tickets for the 3pm showing of Avatar. Then went to [removed to prevent Christmas spoilers] for a little bit to pick up some things.

Then we went back for the showing. A line had formed and by the time we got into the theater, it was too late to get a section of three seats together. Mom and pop sat near the back and to the right, I sat nearer to the front and middle.

AHHHH oh my god Avatar was an amazing movie! The 3D just left me in a near permanent state of awe. It broke the uncanny valley feeling that most computer graphics have. The world was expansive, the battles were well shot and easy to follow while still being exciting, the plot was a neat little parable. Loved it. What an experience.

It was raining but we still went to the Mall. Had Mongolian Grill for dinner. Mmm. Bought See's Chocolates to eat now. Went to [removed to prevent Christmas spoilers] and looked at some stuff but deemed it unsuitable. Wandered around Sears shopping for [removed to prevent Christmas spoilers].

Couldn't find the proper plastic sleeves at Michael's to protect my prints with. Booo!

Drove home. Everyone was tired so mom and dad went to bed and here I am staying up late in bed once again.

I love life and life loves me

Woke up at 10:30 and managed to roll out of bed just before 11. We were to leave at around 11:45 for the play, so I got showered and dressed and made up right quick.

Dad ate my breakfast toast while I was busy driving. I was amazed at how little food I consumed to sustain myself through the day. Mostly sweets.

Mom was tired of driving so I took the wheel all the way to Port Townsend. Since I am an active commuter by bike, following the rules of the road was still familiar to me. Handling the Prius, not so much. But I was a good driving. Mom and Pop didn't grip the sides in terror.

Dan Stengel was in Scrooged, a musical version of A Christmas Carol. He played a perfect Scrooge. It was quite fun. It was the matinee and there were some kids, but they mostly babbled and didn't cry. The Key City Players is a small theater, but they recently managed to add twenty seats. All shows were sold out, so it was fortunate that I got a chance to see it. Lovely production with some nice set design and some cool effects, like how the Ghost of Christmas Past showed up (she was disguised in his bedding through the whole scene). We chatted with Dan a little bit after the show. I gave him one of the Christmas prints.

I drove ma and pa up to hospital to visit Grandma Spencer. She was doing quite well when we visited. As chatty as ever, a Santa even stopped by and gave us candy canes. We departed when dinner was brought out. I drove back to the other side of town and we sat in at Shanghai. Beef & Broccoli for me, chow mein for dad, scallops for mom. We all shared. I shoveled a gargantuan amount of food down my gob.

After dinner, we went to Mats Mats and visited Grandpa Spencer. Just a little chat. Mom drove home. I fell asleep.

Now I am awake again and just sitting up in bed. Probably should get to sleep again soon. Probably. Might go see Avatar tomorrow.