The Bottle Rocketeers

Mac For Designers

2009-12-08T09:04:00.000-08:00

http://vimeo.com/8050165

my first motion piece ! MOOOOVING IMAGESSSS OHHHHHHH

The Stroll

2009-12-06T19:22:00.000-08:00

http://vimeo.com/8023960

That's the movie me and my friends made for our class Basic Video for Designers. We made it in a jiffy so DEALWITHIT!

*may or may not be based on actual events in my life

SNAX

2009-12-05T00:16:00.000-08:00

I'm addicted to pomegranates!

THIS IS REAL

2009-11-24T22:20:00.000-08:00

Inspiration Dump

2009-11-19T20:46:00.000-08:00

I think the trick around here is to just be friendly to everyone (cause ya never know if youregonnaseethemthenextdayanditwillbeawkwardashelllll), mix your work with humor and your humor with work (same thing? EH), make little things for yourself, and EATCHOCOLATEPRETZELSTILLYOUPUKE!!!

Listen listen listen!

2009-11-13T09:28:00.000-08:00

Check out my friend's great new tunes here! I made the album art weeeeeeeeeeeee

2009-11-05T23:17:00.000-08:00

Boy, I've realized that I have increasingly been going out of my way to avoid awkward (or even social) situations. Like last year I found really long routes to and from my dorm to wherever just so I didn't have to see anyone I knew along the way. And a couple months ago I found myself driving all the way home just to avoid a party I didn't want to go to. And I repeatedly wake up really early on weekends just so I can be in the studio by myself. And yesterday I slept in the dorm next door just so I didn't have to talk to my roommate's friends. This is crazy, right?!

Ridiculous

2009-10-11T12:48:00.000-07:00

In the studio by myself, eating chocolate pretzels. WHAT UP SUNDAY AFTERNOON!

Cultural critiques/DOWN WITH CAPITALISM

2009-10-11T06:34:00.000-07:00

Uh, WHAT THE F#@%&*#!* HELL IS THIS?

What is this world coming to? Is nothing sacred anymore?

Also, a new song for Tiffanie. I'm not sure how I feel about it to be honest. Commercializing our favorite beverage.

I want to go live in a treehouse.

Death by social theory

2009-10-06T13:34:00.001-07:00

And you want to know the craziest part? (I secretly love it.)

miss chu T^3

Um

2009-09-30T23:28:00.000-07:00

I put these little dudes all around our dorm the other day.

in other news,

DEATH BY DESIGN

srsly.

Mental breakdowns and rainy days

2009-09-27T15:00:00.001-07:00

I'm taking a mental health day. Haven't done a speck of work yet. Rainy days are real nice. Things here are cozy. I'm making myself a cup of tea--sitting on my windowsill smoking, looking out at the river, listening to beautiful music, thinking about how crazy life can be. Also considering going into a mild state of hermitage, just because it's so nice to be alone. I'm missing home a lot though.

Studio / Post / Two

2009-09-25T17:14:00.000-07:00

I told Lu that I would post the back of the poster so here it is!

7th hour in the studio today

maybe 3 more?

________

30 or so symbols done?

30 or so more

________

8% of Tiffanie is awake (but happy!)

92% of Tiffanie is definitely asleep (and still happy!). No question mark.

Studio / Post / One

2009-09-17T20:38:00.001-07:00

I'm pretty much settled into my little studio! And since I've moved in, I've been working on that (above). It started off as a book jacket but my teacher suggested (and by "suggested" I mean Ibetterfuckingdoit) to make a little booklet instead. So! I'm stuck at the moment and I thought I'd share what I had so far. As well as THIS . Amazing, amazing Iranian funk music!

also,

many, many variations of this are to come!

Beans, beans are good for the heart

2009-09-12T08:59:00.000-07:00

Here is my roooooooooooooooooooooom. Now Tiffanie, get your ass over here.

Love,
Lu

First Off

2009-09-11T00:44:00.000-07:00

New school! New roommate! New DORM!!

Lots of Little Random Somethings

2009-08-31T17:48:00.000-07:00

Finally bought some much needed things for the upcoming school year! ...like these necessary socks and slippies.

Acres are still burning here at home which has prevented me from spending lots of time outdoors and making friends with the bad air quality. So! I have found myself watching a string of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and (although not a dancer or singer by any means) Gregory Peck films. Oh yes, that's right, I'm partying like it's 1935!!!

#s:

5 days since Lucy has left (basically 5 days of MOURNING)

7 days until I move to Valencia (basically a week until I realize that I'm moving to Valencia)

3 days til Spamalot (basically 3 days until all my dreams come true!!)

Sad kitty all alone in Boston

2009-08-28T05:36:00.000-07:00

This picture represents my anguish at no longer being near Tiffanie. I miss Los Angeles and besties and soda changs and lazy front porch days and nights. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

lurve you all.

Blake

2009-08-13T10:23:00.000-07:00

TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies	5
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?	10
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp	15
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?	20

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Old Timers

2009-08-07T10:16:00.000-07:00

(beautiful photos I found on flickr / a good portion of my morning)

My hours got cut again at the library. I now work a whopping 15 hours a week. How am I supposed to feed the kids and pay for little Timmy's braces? Oh, economy!

But on that note, I, as well as my friend John, received a FREEEE dinner last night from my high school art teacher. Of course we went for the company and not the food (but those spicy tuna rolls and sweet potato tempura were yumyum in the tumtum). But listening to Mz. Lee tell stories about her kids, husband, teachings, and love for soft-shell crab (among many other things) was utterly fascinating and refreshing. Oh, genuineness!

And speaking of people I love, so crazy excited for Lucy to come home! Oh, besties!

Scrap(book) and Crap

2009-08-07T10:13:00.000-07:00

A healthy mix of ticket stubs, drawings, and a parking ticket.

My one true love

2009-08-01T13:50:00.000-07:00

A sad day--I realized, once again, that Calvin and Hobbes is over. And that there is no way to contact Bill Watterson to express my thanks for all of his beautiful work. This realization is like one of those mornings when you wake up and think, "Hmm, I need to go feed my kitty," only to have it hit you, once again, that your cat died a week ago, at which point all the saddness comes rushing back. For those of you who are dog people or who are not particularly inclined towards pets, this could also be a euphamism for other losses. Anyway. Today I really miss Calvin and Hobbes.

Knowing you, it's quite likely that you've already heard this

2009-07-26T23:20:00.000-07:00

I figured I would share this with Tiffanie and the wide world of Bottle Rocketeers readers out there, given the optimum timing, even though it's been around a while, and Tiffanie, the ardent Jens lover she is, will almost certainly have heard it already. Either way, listen here!

I don't really take pictures the way Tiff does, so please forgive the shameless photoboothing. This is the inside cover to the notebook I've been writing/drawing/pasting in. It's been very therapeutic recently to stream-of-consciousness word-upchuck onto the page. It helps with my endless quest to be a better listener. I tend to talk a lot, so I've been trying to sit back and enjoy silence more, as opposed to chattering on aimlessly. But sometimes I can't help myself. And sometimes, I don't care that I can't help myself!

I'm coming home for the last week in August, and possibly for the last two. Tiffanie--I'm glad you had fun baking cookies with my sister. I am exceedingly jealous, which was quite possibly your intention in leaving me that message full of giggles and shrieks and the sizzling of freshly prepared baked goods in the background. The two of you were obviously having the time of your life, and I wish I could have been there. But we'll be reunited before too long! And to the rest of Los Angeles--I miss you, too! I guess I'm more of a hometown girl than I thought!

Day Off

2009-07-09T08:02:00.000-07:00

Haikus

2009-07-03T11:58:00.000-07:00

Sweet trip to Lucy

Museums and food galore

I suck at yoga

Work is pretty great

Can't complain, everyone's sweet

A long way home though

Hilli's in Portland

Hannah left for Hawaii

Lucy is gone too

But summer is fun!

Bumming around with old pals

Shitty art shows though

Tidbits

2009-06-15T15:46:00.001-07:00

So I took these photos of my dorm for... memories sake? No, that's not right. Proof? Evidence? That's more like it. But I actually enjoyed living in a space where everything I needed was literally in arm's reach. Interesting experience overall but I'm pretty darn glad I'm not moving to the room next door this fall (true story if I were to stay at UCLA)!

_______________________

Dear San Francisco,

I am flying to you Wednesday morning! Wait right there.

Sincerely,

Tiffanie T.

P.S.

Keep the weather on the warm side, if possible.

Generalizations

2009-06-01T00:48:00.000-07:00

(what Hannah left me on the kitchen table before we left the house for a walk.. and I did eat him, for those curious to know)

(A little collage I made last weekend when I realized the fantastic patterns security envelopes have!)

YAY

FOR

JENS

Wrapping Up

2009-05-14T04:54:00.000-07:00

I've only got one week left of freshman year of college. It's currently 8:08 AM (a palindrome! neat!) over here in the exotic East, and by that I mean coast, and when I start to talk like this you should be able to tell that I'm not completely in my right mind. I'm still awake! That's right, never went to sleep. Been writing a lit paper/fucking around all night long. Anyway, I left the bowels of the beast (basement floor of the library--every single table above ground was full) about half an hour ago, and it was so bright outside, and I am so hopped up on caffeine, that I began reflecting on my year. Surprisingly, I'd say this year has been the best so far. Anyway, here are a few photos, à la Tiff Tran.

The first is on the plane flying over here in September. I think it's over Las Vegas. The second is my neat pretty desk in the fall, when I'd resolved to change my ways and stay real tidy. The next one was taken of my desk this morning. (On it you may notice: goat brie cheese, three bottles of wine, my Sacred Harp book, Amélie, and lots of junk). Then there's me with two buddies from school, Molly and Kayla (I'm in the middle). And then one also from this morning outside my dorm at my usual smoking spot. I'm quitting. Soonish. Right now I'm listening to Ladysmith Black Mambazo and falling asleep at my computer, though. This has got to be the some of the best lullaby music ever.

Time sure flies when you're ridiculously stressed/overwhelmed by wonderful new people and places! Good morning/good night world.

Snail Mail Evidence

2009-05-13T21:18:00.000-07:00

Finally got around to writing a thank you note to Darcy. And I developed this new concept along the way of solids and outlines!

And I changed our little banner up there to include our latest Rocketeer!

chugga chugga

2009-05-12T21:45:00.000-07:00

Wow. Just, wow. To join the ranks of the illustrious bottle rocketeers is quite the honor! I can't wait to finish these exams and come home. And see Tiffanie. I feel like leaving a bit prematurely and floating across the country by balloon, because I'd probably arrive around the same time as I would if I flew next Friday as planned. I've always wanted to ride in a hot air balloon. Do you think we could do that some day, Tiff?

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-09T19:20:00.000-07:00

SOME OF MY BEST WORK

(SRSLY)

LOVE MY MOM

LOVE YOU

The Dodos

2009-04-22T22:00:00.000-07:00

I miss San Francisco a lot. Or maybe it's just I don't want to be here anymore? I don't know. But I've been thinking a lot about connections and coincidences and little things that add up to something big when you think about them again.*

*My sad attempt at philosophy**

**"philosophy"

Aaron Looking Dumb

2009-04-16T22:08:00.000-07:00

Aaron and I made a little movie last weekend for this other blog that I'm a part of. I really want to make home movies more often!

And I'm leaving for San Francisco Saturday mornin'! I've never been there without my family or a school group so I'm really excited to see Hannah and get THE FUCK OUTTA HERE! ... at least for a little while!

Lasting Decisions

2009-04-05T00:46:00.000-07:00

Although this is a bit extreme...

it has never been more applicable.

One Down

2009-03-11T00:25:00.000-07:00

I've got a billion things to do but

whatever!

Natural Light

2009-03-08T00:09:00.000-08:00

Spent the day reshooting my portfolio, making a trip to the art store, messing around on photoshop, editing my statement, and constantly reminding myself that this will be more than worth it when it's all over!

Michael Dukakis is coming to my environment class on Monday (1988 REPRESENT)

Polls

2009-02-25T14:42:00.000-08:00

sometimes when you want answers, you gotta take it to the streets!

in other news, i can finally buy cigypoos as of tomorrow

Quicky

2009-02-21T00:22:00.000-08:00

I just want to drop out of college, make bad art I don't care about, like a table with objects superglued underneath, and sell out

but I would never! I'm sketching here and there but I've mainly been looking for inspiration for new projects (see above photo). However, I'm sticking to this college bullshit for reasons unknown.

Collaborative Tuesday

2008-12-31T09:32:00.000-08:00

I'm shooting on 35 millimeters again!

All this time I had thought I had lost you, but here you were, just sitting on my shelf!

And yesterday was the most appropriate day to start using it again.

New Addition(/Edition)

2008-12-20T22:36:00.000-08:00

Decided it needed sum'moh

...and I know. I'll fix that boot in the upper left corner later.

Writing Prompts

2008-12-20T02:18:00.000-08:00

#1: Write A Haiku

everyone's asleep

one light is on in this house

it's lighting these keys

#2: Write A Few Random Snippets

-That picture is a painting I just finished for Lucy to put in her dorm. I think it turned out pretty nice!

-And everyone really is asleep! Somehow I shifted all of my hours back, so I go to sleep around 3 and wake up at 11-- it sucks waking up later in the day but it ruuules being productive at night in a quiet house.

-"There's so much I want to tell you."

Chocolate Soy Milk

2008-12-10T22:20:00.000-08:00

(You can't tell from this photo, nor do you really care, but that is a dark brown on a light, yellowish blue-- one of my favorite color combinations! )

I'm home! Yes, World it's true! My desk lamp will be collecting dust as I paint Margaret Kilgallen-inspired work after a 4 month painting hiatus. And just so I can give my first college quarter some closure (ALLITERATION???) here is an update:

PROS

-chai tea in my moufff

-amazing film screenings!

-Le Monde Du Silence is now one of my favorite movies! Jacques!

-I'll be helping out with the set design for Into the Woods next quarter

-my Urban Sprawl professor was sososososo amazing and witty and confirmed my interest in Urban Planning

-studying in the library is now my favorite thing to do (srsly.) (who knew I would get so much work done in a quiet, non-distracting environment??)

-being able to wear the same clothes all the timezz

-watching the entire It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia series (Charlie!!)

-peach iced tea

CONS

-rooooommmaaateesss

-no more jazz class! I will miss you Artie Shaw and Billy Strayhorn!

-waxy apples

College Shmollege

2008-10-12T23:40:00.000-07:00

PROS:

-The libraries here are ridiculously cool. (which makes me ridiculously uncool for saying so)

-Breakfast here is not bad! I'm addicted to the mass-produced oatmeal.

-I'm near home.

-I'm near familiarity!

-I walk a lot (especially when it's windy!)

-There's a botanical gardens on campus so I can sketch real! live! plants!!

-I found applesauce in the cafeteria the other day

CONS:

-I can't take art classes here.

-I'm surrounded by college kids. (surprise!!)

-I don't bring a sack lunch anymore

-I miss everyone.

-And I'm whiny! wah wah wah!

Travelin'

2008-08-25T17:47:00.000-07:00

Our trip out East was really great. Of course the only pictures I choose to show you are of fruits and a duck (things you could easily find in any city) but I took many other photos of all the dorky things I've always wanted to do. All the museums in DC and New York were amazing! No wonder we have such shitty collections! And our visit to the Capitol and all the surrounding monuments was really neat. Tiffanie, other people like American history too! Yay! Start wearing your Aaron Burr t-shirts!!

But it's time to repack, return to the airport, and leave for Oregon tomorrow morning. Hilli, ya ready for me?!?

Congratulations Mr. Pettibon,

2008-08-12T09:30:00.000-07:00

You are my new favorite artist!

His ink work is really beautiful. But I'm usually more attracted to bold colors and clean images. So interesting choice, no? Well Pettibon went to UCLA and graduated with an Economics degree but later became a really successful and amazing artist doing album covers for Sonic Youth and Black Flag, and having his own show at the MOCA among other things.

So there's hope if I don't go to art school right away!

5 7 5!

2008-08-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

Geoff McFetridge rules

His work is inspiring!

Witty and pretty

____________________________________

Everything has been so special lately

there's just no other way to put it!

Orientation

2008-08-07T11:32:00.000-07:00

(ink drawing)

Fall Quarter:

-English Composition 3

-Jazz in American Culture

-Global Environment Cluster

-Urban Planning Freshmen Seminar

YEEEZZZ

New! News!

2008-07-26T09:31:00.000-07:00

I'm writing to you from my new macbook! (Paying my mom back in installments-- very, very, small installments) I think my favorite part is the sound the keys make. Ah, there it is.

And here are some photos from a book I borrowed from the library by Edward Fella. It's a collection of polaroids he took of interesting typography. Very lovely book

And my art class was great! And imagine I wanted to find a job instead! So silly.

Recently

2008-07-20T18:11:00.000-07:00

Summer is great and I love that I get to make art everyday!

RESEARCH:
-a batch of artists
-how easy/difficult the application process is for the College of Arts and Architecture

one is much more fun than the other

sketchbook pages

2008-07-11T09:24:00.000-07:00

So this is my third time around taking this summer art class and it's true.. third times a charm!

up North

2008-07-06T21:15:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos I took during our impromptu trip to San Francisco

the effing fruit we bought on the way there

Mini Munny

2008-06-29T10:48:00.000-07:00

The Munny I painted for Sam and I parted ways yesterday.. but fortunately we went on a little adventure around the house before I gave him away

conversing
staring

bird watching

reminiscing

appreciating

chilling

and ends the day sleepin in my shoes

sad to see him go but Sam really liked him! So that's good

summer-y/summary

2008-06-24T17:41:00.000-07:00

all fruits taste better during summer days-- why is that?

This year was really great!

(underline your favorite memory!)

-golf -cow painting -mural fixing -internship -statistics -college applications -inside jokes -teacher appreciation! -prom (ha!) -AP art -new pals -letters -yearbooks -grad night -burritos

for me, it's a draw between inside jokes and yearbooks

but even then it's hard to pick just two!

It's the final countdown

2008-06-20T16:12:00.000-07:00

Painting away 'Thank You' notes for all my teachers

THE Night

2008-05-29T21:53:00.000-07:00

I present to you the first-place-award-winning cow!

No, really!!

(perspective)

And tonight was Parent/Teacher Conference Night. Scratch that, My Very Last Parent/Teacher Conference Night Ever!!! A truly wonderful evening! (srsly. I don't joke about this special meeting.) Mama visited all my teachers for their very last hoo-rah. Great conversation (Jones calculated that I have spent 5% of my life in his classroom), great praise ("I would adopt her!" -Mrs. Lee), and another great school night!

And I made Zwick a sweet poster of a bookcover of The Glass Menagerie for his room today. He put it next to the chalkboard. PRIME poster space!

Return Plz

2008-05-24T19:21:00.000-07:00

Where's all my stuff?!??
-Youth in Revolt
-Arrested Development
Seasons 1, 2, and 3
-The Godfather (book)
-About a Boy (book)
-Almost Famous
-Crossing California
-Dwell Magazine (2 issues)
-Ocean's 12
-Thank You For Smoking (book)
-Harry Potter 6
-Rushmore
-Sleeping bag

All on loan! And I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple of things

2008-05-19T21:06:00.000-07:00

sidewalk scavengers!

leaping limbs!

And YOU should go watch SON OF RAMBOW. Very sweet, very good.

ROUND TRIP

2008-05-12T18:35:00.001-07:00

Took some neat pictures at the TOCA event on Sunday (yesterday, actually!). And what a day! We recreated Allan Kaprow's Round Trip where the steps are roughly:

-make a ball of trash starting with a piece of paper, string, tape, and cardboard

-roll and kick the ball around town and continue adding trash, newspapers, etc. until it becomes too heavy/ large too push

- begin deconstructing the ball as you continue to return to your original starting point until you are left with what you started with

So that's what we did!

Our last meeting is Thursday and I'm really sad to see the internship end!

MOCA happenings

2008-05-08T23:15:00.000-07:00

That was our cute little set-up out on the terrace of the MOCA- equipped with 3 tents, a hammock, a microwave, a screen for guitar hero and movies, and 15 apprentices ready for a night at the museum

Oh what a night! (Four Seasons, anyone?)

And today was our second-to-last meeting and we recreated an Allan Kaprow score called "Pose" where we walked around downtown with a chair we brought from home, took polaroids of each other sitting in our own chair, and left the photo where ever we snapped it

um,

it's contemporary art?

However, it turned out to be really fun and very liberating!

So it's been a long couple of days and I'm an old lady-- ready to eat pudding at any time and about to go to sleep.

Math Equation Time!

2008-05-08T23:02:00.000-07:00

AP Art Piece Scoreboard

let's see

6 hours of hardcore testing

4 hours of my Saturday spent at school for an AP Government review

14 hours spent in the art room on Wednesday finishing my art portfolio

and 7 hours today spent in the art room (with no breaks! I was cranky!)

that ='s to be 31 intense hours fueled on dried cranberries!

But it's all over! The paint caps are twisted on, the textbooks are closed, and I'm pooped!

Quicky

2008-04-29T18:14:00.000-07:00

I have about 5 more textiles to go but I finished painting this yesterday and I just did the placement and printed it out today!

Prom checklist:

-took a back-to-back photo with Aaron: check

-danced to Aha, The Temptations, and Violent Femmes: check!

-made sure to say hi to everyone: check

-took a limo with 20 other kids: check (because Aaron didn't want to take the subway!)

-and overall had a pretty nice time for not even wanting to go: check

but I'm sure glad it's only once a lifetime!

Big Plate

2008-04-18T19:34:00.000-07:00

Every Building on the Sunset Strip

Wait! Slow down everyone!

Prom is next week! Therefore, I need to get my cherographed dance moves down by next week (juuust kidding). Exams are in 2 weeks! I need to know where I'm going to college in 2 weeks! Art portfolio is due in 3 weeks! And the MOCA internship ends in 4 weeks! What a scary timeline!

However, the plus side is that I've been very productive lately and whenever I can sneak in a few moments of listening to Mark Mothersbaugh tracks, writing letters or eating a ripe mango-- I pity the people who can't even do that!

Sunday Morning

2008-04-13T08:25:00.000-07:00

It's been, oh, a little over 2 hours since I woke up. And it feels great! I actually got a lot of work done- installed photoshop, did the placement for a new textile, emailed a couple of college kids, and been listening to Sondre Lerche and the All Girl Summer Fun Band

(oldies, but goodies)

It's pretty much down to University of San Francisco and UCLA. Each has their own list of pros and cons but talking to seniors from last year has been really helpful.

Me: How are the other kids? Nice? Smelly?

Robert (UCLA): Other kids, as a whole, are nice but annoying. Most of them are either spoiled white kids from Orange County or the Valley who wear Hollister and popped collars and big sunglasses and make me want to die, or Asian kids who don't talk much (with plenty of white kids who don't talk much and annoying spoiled asian girls). If you're 'you' here, you'll stand out just fine. As much as they annoy me in that regard, they're very friendly, and there are other people there if you look hard enough

However, I have yet to ask the ultimate, make or break question :

Is there a Trader Joe's around?

Room Reveal

2008-04-04T17:26:00.000-07:00

My AP Art teacher, Mrs. Lee, won a room makeover. And after 9,000 online votes, 4 months of planning and waiting, and 2 weeks of having a travelling art class, today was the reveal!

Posin'

Hi Juliet!

And then after the camera crews left, we started exploring!

Gavin???!?

And the AP Art kids were going goo-goo ga-ga over the new photo backdrop and flood lights. Wahoo!

A really great experience and I'm so happy for Mrs. Lee. No one deserves it more than she does.

2008-04-03T19:31:00.000-07:00

Hi!
It's been a while, hasn't it?
(has it? days seem to go by so quickly!)

Well, from the way things are looking, I might be a Bruin next year! Like a good little asian kid! But I'm still hesitant and a little scared.. but we'll see.

And lately I've been painting up the wahhzooo (I need about 12 more pieces by May 9th!!! Scary!)

This month is shaping up to be a busy one- several MOCA events, crunch time for artwork (hello 10 hour school days!), prom (oh gee!), college visits, and all the other in-betweens. It's an exciting time!

Spring

2008-03-25T20:12:00.000-07:00

Went on a walk behind my house with Hannah today afterschool

really pretty colors!

and had a great view of the neighborhood!

got lots to do but here I am!

2008-03-18T18:23:00.000-07:00

only about 10 photos came out from a roll of 36!

_____________________________________

Rejection.

I wonder what it feels like! Colleges like me!

And I'm currently working on a linoleum block for the printmaking requirement for the portfolio. I'm addicted! I even forgot to eat dinner yesterday because I was working on it all night

It's Pi Day

2008-03-14T20:05:00.000-07:00

That's John painting his cow.

I did most of the base coats! Hooray!

I thought this week would be crummy due to a couple of factors- 1. the second week of school, at least from what I've always remembered, is always the worst, 2. daylights saving time and 3. an overall unexcitement for school and work. But I couldn't have been more wrong!

Samoa Season

2008-03-12T16:38:00.000-07:00

First things first, it's that time of the year again-- samoa season.

And, upon request to write a little something, I went to Pie'n Burger for the very first time on Sunday evening.

that would be the pie

and the burger

(photos courtesy of Andres, thanks!) Puhreety darn good. However, the happening place ran out of fries! I guess it's not in the name and therefore not a guarantee.

2008-03-09T22:27:00.000-07:00

so i would just like to say that i got my postcard from Carrie long ago, so yeah.

school is getting hell-ish, it more than blows, it sucks too.

but not as much as this post, i'm sorry i very much am.
since tiffanie posts pictures all the time, i thought i'd post the only new-like pitures i have:

chris, ben and julian: (and and sam eden in the background)

Snail Mail

2008-03-07T18:44:00.000-08:00

I received an unusual amount of neat mail this week!

-A postcard from Carrie from the Philippines

-An acceptance package from USF

-Dwell Magazine

-Giant Robot

-$105 from pollworking at the Primary

-Paycheck from MOCA

-And a sweet package from Lucy

haha, that just looks ridiculous

Color Theory (just finished)

2008-03-04T18:43:00.000-08:00

School blows but I'm sucking it up

(hardy har har)

Charley Harper

2008-02-28T11:14:00.000-08:00

I have a nice stack of bookwork to do before Monday but as usual, I'm avoiding it by reading books and blogging about books being read. Well, for the past few months I've been saving my pennies for one certain book but I was surprised by my family and Hannah who all pitched in to buy me

that! Truly, my favorite illustrator in a really great book. And it isn't tiny either!

(was that helpful?) Well, it's huge! And it covers Charley's best work

His work is so clean and beautiful and inspiring!

I was, dare I say it, touched.

No Pinatas

2008-02-27T11:17:00.000-08:00

Breakfast for Dinner

Ah, my favorite meal. Everything tasted great and even better, everyone was really happy!

A Scoops cake! Wahoo! That is lychee guava sorbet on the top and horchata ice cream on the bottom. We have about half of it left so come over quick before it's gone!

And if that wasn't enough food for one stomach (it wasn't), we made the drive out to Glendora for The Donut Man

I have a whole new outlook on donuts now.

Great day and everything oddly felt really special. Geez Tiff, can you get any more sentimental? I can! Thanks everyone for the wishes and the hopes and the pig latin messages!

Searching for a place to live

2008-02-24T19:50:00.000-08:00

I went around town today with the david and the drew looking for a place to live. granted, i don't know where i will be living next fall, but i'm helping them because apparently they think i'm living with them and 2 other boys. you have to be shitting me, that's all i have to say about that.

i wish i had brought my camera though, because we went through many a dumpster and also many a open-house. we pretended to be all different kinds of people and it was awesome, i say you should seriously try it sometime, its quite fun!

i've still got a lot of life stuff to do, like FASFA (i know, i know that should already be done) and other things like projects for school and my sketchbook, but i'm here writing for the better of the rocketeers, what else would you expect? i know not.

i guess i'll go now. i still have to get tiffanie a present for her brfday which is TUESDAY and david one for his brfday on sat. AHHHHHHHH. tiffanie (this is both directed at YOU and everyone else) knows my present will be late but super sweet. the big 1-7, its nothing to half-ass that's all i have to say about that.

anyway, bye bye.

Happy B-day dude! BFFL

Quick Haikus

2008-02-24T12:16:00.000-08:00

School starts in one week
Back to sack lunches and class
It's the last home stretch!

Found a neat bookstore
Bought an Oscar Wilde play

for 3 whole dollars!

Lots of rainy days

Ideal for the avid pho

consumer- like me!

Close Call

2008-02-19T21:46:00.000-08:00

Before we left for our trip I received an alarming email from Stanford stating that I was missing 1 teacher recommendation and that without it, they could not review my application.

Holy shit!

So I emailed Jones stat, slipped a note into his school mailbox and thought about all my options if he didn't pull through-- ask my art teacher, whose home phone number I know? Ask my boss at the MOCA? Aw hell, write one myself?

But luckily, I found this in my email today:

Hoo boy, such baloney. I'm on it.
Jones

San Francisco

2008-02-18T22:59:00.001-08:00

We got really lucky with the weather and managed to walk around the city in the sun, the almighty sun!, for one whole day.

Do you see the fan? Is it art? It was pretty warm inside the museum.

Hannah and I both walked out of this tea shop with ounces of black lychee tea. Uhhhh dictive!

A line that blocked the sidewalk formed for these snacks. So we figured we should wait too!

We made it inside! But these poor folks still had about 20 more minutes of peering through the window.

It took about 4 bites until we realized we should have bought more sponge cakes.

Thank god this sign was here to stop me!

Hope you guys got to go out and play!

basball caps

2008-02-16T13:25:00.000-08:00

so today i put on a baseball cap, and thought to myself:
"hey, you can pull off a baseball cap."
i don't know, but the sudden realization of more things you can wear is a good feeling, like you are multifaceted or something.
anyway, since that is completely unrelated to anything of substantiality (i believe i made up a word) in life, i've decided to now talk about something that is:
college.

okay, done talking. now i am going to put some sweet pictures up and skadaddle, i got places to go, or so i think.

me and tiffanie and mt st helens

tiffanie at the areoport

me on a ferry to canby

Free Pancakes at IHOP today

2008-02-12T15:47:00.000-08:00

Lines! Lines! Lines! Plenty of lines at Murakami's closing weekend. What an amazing run! And on Sunday, the man himself, Murakami came to the museum to do an oversold art talk. Big crowd, big talk, big fun! It was his first time speaking in English to such a large crowd but I liked hearing it from him and not from a translator. He showed a series of slides, talked a little about each one and made lots of funnies! I'm a little sad to see the show go but I hope it travels safely to Brooklyn.

I saw these in the backyard when I went outside to do some schoolwork. Where did these chairs come from??

No idea but I like 'em!

2008-02-11T20:28:00.001-08:00

ROGUE WAVE. i love you.

harry potter

2008-02-11T18:23:00.000-08:00

I'm done with the seventh HP book, and damn, does it feel good!
it is horribly embarrassing, my being so fond of HP and such, to be done so late. A good 6 or so months after its release.
but to the real business.
Um, lots of cool people die: uncool.
Um, high school sweethearts get married: unrealistic.
Um, epilogue: unsatisfactory.
my young heart only wanted to know that they would get married, not that they would all have kids and hang out together. it's weird.
I'm sure it meant well, and it was pretty flippin' sweet how all the cool wizard shit went down, but the end left me confuzled a bit.
all that and reading side by side with Macbeth threw me off too--I don't know if I would especially recommend it to anyone.

Down to some other very important business.
metro park? of was it metro station? anyway
THEY SUCK.
oh, it was horrible to wait for roguewave and listening to weird "dance songs" next to emo girls with the same haircut and hair clips shaped like things reminiscent of my childhood ie: teddy bears, frogs, and mud pies (I made that one up, but really I wouldn't put it past hot topic to maket them)

wow, first blog has kind of a bitchy/cynical outlook on life. sweet, personality in a nutshell? till next time.

Introductions

2008-02-08T22:30:00.000-08:00

Chela introduced me to The Best Fish Tacos in Ensenada today. But it's actually on Hillhurst. 3 tacos and a horchata each, calculated to be 10 bucks! We ate around lunchtime and I'm still full and happy.

1650 North Hillhurst

My mom and I went to the Collecting Collections opening tonight at the MOCA. I still have issues with contemporary art but I can't deny that it keeps art interesting! Oh and Denise (very briefly) introduced me to Buff Monster! It's always fun to go to the museum after hours.

I think many visitors skip this part of the MOCA, in part because many don't know it's there. But this is where I had my interview! So the next time you're at the museum, go downstairs to the reading room and envision me sitting on that chair being really scared!

Lunar New Year

2008-02-07T20:04:00.001-08:00

It's the year of the rat! Badly Drawn Boy is probably happy.

And after we went to the pagoda, we headed over to the local nursery. There aren't too many left in this once-highly-nursery-populated-area so it was nice to see one thriving.

Cacti are great house plants. So little work for great little plants!

Eating Habits

2008-01-29T21:44:00.000-08:00

My third burrito this week! And it's only Tuesday, mind you.