Ah, the joys of sitting on the computer for unreasonable lengths of time during any given day. With work and finishing up my CD design I'm doing lots of time on the computer. I am happy with the way my Pink Floyd stuff is turning out and other people seem to like it as well, so that's a good signs. Good signs are nice.
I found out I got a 75 out of 75 on a museum paper that I wrote and didn't even go to the museum. So that's interesting, I'm a better BSer than I originally thought. I suppose that deserves a pat on the back of some sort?
If I weren't so worn out right now (been up since 7ish and I really don't get much of a break during the day) I'd write a whole lot more, but since I'm tired I don't really care. Good night.
Tuesday, February 28
Tuesday, February 21
Portraiture
I wish my cats could do that, but they aren't quite that agile. I really don't want to do any more thumbnails right now, not at all. I just want to do this project with almost no feedback and do pretty much whatever the hell I want. But, alas, that will not be happening.
In other news I actually got to draw a woman for a change in my figure drawing class, and I'm really happy about a couple of drawings that I did in there today. We're focusing on portraiture right now, and I've always liked to draw faces, so this is exceptionally fun. Maybe I'll take some pictures of the more finished drawings I've done and post them on here, that could be fun.
I don't know if ya'll know this...but weather's been freaky, I hardly drove at all this weekend because a) icy roads, b) stupid people who still haul ass on said icy roads, and c) I now drive a tiny sports car that weighs nothing and is rear wheel drive (which means it's easy to spin out on slick roads, or even not so slick ones, if you aren't careful. So yeah, lots of accidents happening because people don't want slow down for anything like ICE!
I need to get birdy's wings clipped soon, he's got enough feathers now where he can actually get some lift. He's also being a stubborn butthead as of late...he's lucky he's cute.
I need to get back to work, I don't want to stay up too late, and I do want a sizeable amount of crap to show tomorrow. Toodles.
In other news I actually got to draw a woman for a change in my figure drawing class, and I'm really happy about a couple of drawings that I did in there today. We're focusing on portraiture right now, and I've always liked to draw faces, so this is exceptionally fun. Maybe I'll take some pictures of the more finished drawings I've done and post them on here, that could be fun.
I don't know if ya'll know this...but weather's been freaky, I hardly drove at all this weekend because a) icy roads, b) stupid people who still haul ass on said icy roads, and c) I now drive a tiny sports car that weighs nothing and is rear wheel drive (which means it's easy to spin out on slick roads, or even not so slick ones, if you aren't careful. So yeah, lots of accidents happening because people don't want slow down for anything like ICE!
I need to get birdy's wings clipped soon, he's got enough feathers now where he can actually get some lift. He's also being a stubborn butthead as of late...he's lucky he's cute.
I need to get back to work, I don't want to stay up too late, and I do want a sizeable amount of crap to show tomorrow. Toodles.
Thursday, February 16
Chill-axin'
You know what? I think I might have to start drinking hot tea every night before going to bed, it's so relaxing. I don't have much anything of interest to share, though I'm not even sure if people even read this thing anymore, I'm not sure why I keep writing like I'm talking to someone else.
So...yeah, I got nothing really. Work was kind of boring (I'm making an addendum for a catalog YAY!), drew a naked dude, and ate some pizza. I am glad tomorrow's Friday, I like Fridays because a lot of times I go to bed kind of early and I don't usually have to get up for anything in particular the next day. So Fridays are a good thing.
I'm not going anywhere with this, I'm sleepier than I thought. I guess I'll just head to bed now, it does look awfully inviting. Night all, and if you're in the DFW area the weather has decided to actually be something like winter again so wear fairly warm clothing tomorrow.
So...yeah, I got nothing really. Work was kind of boring (I'm making an addendum for a catalog YAY!), drew a naked dude, and ate some pizza. I am glad tomorrow's Friday, I like Fridays because a lot of times I go to bed kind of early and I don't usually have to get up for anything in particular the next day. So Fridays are a good thing.
I'm not going anywhere with this, I'm sleepier than I thought. I guess I'll just head to bed now, it does look awfully inviting. Night all, and if you're in the DFW area the weather has decided to actually be something like winter again so wear fairly warm clothing tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 15
Random Quote of the Day
The entire village left the next day in about 30 canoes, leaving us alone with the women and children in the abandoned houses.
Tuesday, February 14
Where Have All the Menstrual Huts Gone?
Ah, it's so nice to be wasting time on Valentine's Day, or Tuesday. Still listening to Pink Floyd, I think I may go out and buy some other CDs of them so I can have as much variety as possible and not get too tired of listening to the same stuff over and over. That or get some similar bands like Peter Frampton or something. So yeah, I've got to do some brainstorming for that tomorrow. Unfortunately, due to Boscoe's sensitivites, I can't listen to Pink Floyd to even close to how loud they're supposed to be heard.
I think I did pretty well on my test tonight, so that's a plus. That class is quite interesting (Gender Across Cultures that is), lot's of interesting debates, get to read articles titled "Where have all the menstrual huts gone?" All very interesting stuff. Talk about many misconceptions of gender within cultures up until now (there's still misunderstandings, but it's better) because it was a Western male dominated field up until the 70s so there's been all sorts of biases that are now fairly well overcome. Then you get into the debate of the near universality of female subordination and why that is, why, how and when a division of labor came about in humans, and basically how gendered is viewed differently in various cultures, what's appropriate and what's not and how gender roles are always changing and never really have strict guidelines. All interesting stuff, good things to ponder.
The "menstrual huts" article is fun though because this woman is pointing out the reason no one has found menstrual "huts" for many of the Native American populations that practiced menstrual seclusion is because they probably weren't "huts", but more along the lines of "Women's houses". She also talks about how the menstrual seclusion must be some sort of sign of shame or something when in fact it more than likely was a time for women to bond about 5 days out of every month. Which I would be quite okay with, I want a break from doing regular work for a few days out of every month. A lot of this misinterpretation comes around though because if a male anthropologist goes and studies a culture he's going to talk to other men and the women won't talk the same to a man as they would to other women and vice versa.
"Fuck all that"
(Sorry, listening to Pink Floyd still) Anyways, I could probably go on discussing all sorts of anthropological stuff for some time. I guess maybe I should actually get some work done and take a shower and stuff...things...whatever. Yay productivity!
I think I did pretty well on my test tonight, so that's a plus. That class is quite interesting (Gender Across Cultures that is), lot's of interesting debates, get to read articles titled "Where have all the menstrual huts gone?" All very interesting stuff. Talk about many misconceptions of gender within cultures up until now (there's still misunderstandings, but it's better) because it was a Western male dominated field up until the 70s so there's been all sorts of biases that are now fairly well overcome. Then you get into the debate of the near universality of female subordination and why that is, why, how and when a division of labor came about in humans, and basically how gendered is viewed differently in various cultures, what's appropriate and what's not and how gender roles are always changing and never really have strict guidelines. All interesting stuff, good things to ponder.
The "menstrual huts" article is fun though because this woman is pointing out the reason no one has found menstrual "huts" for many of the Native American populations that practiced menstrual seclusion is because they probably weren't "huts", but more along the lines of "Women's houses". She also talks about how the menstrual seclusion must be some sort of sign of shame or something when in fact it more than likely was a time for women to bond about 5 days out of every month. Which I would be quite okay with, I want a break from doing regular work for a few days out of every month. A lot of this misinterpretation comes around though because if a male anthropologist goes and studies a culture he's going to talk to other men and the women won't talk the same to a man as they would to other women and vice versa.
"Fuck all that"
(Sorry, listening to Pink Floyd still) Anyways, I could probably go on discussing all sorts of anthropological stuff for some time. I guess maybe I should actually get some work done and take a shower and stuff...things...whatever. Yay productivity!
Random Quote of the Day
My heart is chained to yours like a feral hippie latched to the last oak tree in Berkeley.
Monday, February 13
Just Another Brick In the Wall
Ah, hot tea and a starcrunch, what could be better? It'd be nice if I didn't have to go to work in the morning, but you can't have everything I guess. I haven't done a whole lot tonight, went to the store earlier and I could not figure out why the grocery was SO busy. But then, as I came to the check out, I saw the various pink and red stuffed animals, bouquets of flowers and the multitude of Valentine's Day cards. Then I thought "Ah, all the people who have thought ahead." See, I've already given my boyfriend a somewhat cheesy burned CD (I would have made a mixed tape if I happened to have a stereo with a tape deck) and the CD would have been really bad, but I did pick out songs that I genuinely like and not just mushy crap I could find free downloads online for.
I don't get to do anything very romantic tomorrow night, that'll have to wait till the weekend. Bf's got a concert tomorrow night and I've got class and work all day, plus a test in my night class. OH THE JOY! I'm not too worried about the test though, it doesn't require strict memorization of dates or anything, and I feel fairly comfortable with the material we've covered, just need to refresh my mind a bit.
I've gotten Boscoe a perch that attaches to the top of his cage now, so hopefully once he gets UNafraid of it he can spend more time out without me having to pay so close attention to him for fear of getting bird shit everywhere. So all in all it's just another brick in the wall...or something like that.
The best song I've heard so far from Pink Floyd is "Alan's Psychadelic Breakfast", which is...a guy eating breakfast with some musical undertones that goes on for about 13 minutes. Genius. But really folks Dark Side of the Moon is an excellent album, but the "Breakfast" song is on the Atom Heart Mother album, just in case you're interested.
I guess maybe I should study a bit more before heading off to bed. Happy Almost Valentine's Day!
I don't get to do anything very romantic tomorrow night, that'll have to wait till the weekend. Bf's got a concert tomorrow night and I've got class and work all day, plus a test in my night class. OH THE JOY! I'm not too worried about the test though, it doesn't require strict memorization of dates or anything, and I feel fairly comfortable with the material we've covered, just need to refresh my mind a bit.
I've gotten Boscoe a perch that attaches to the top of his cage now, so hopefully once he gets UNafraid of it he can spend more time out without me having to pay so close attention to him for fear of getting bird shit everywhere. So all in all it's just another brick in the wall...or something like that.
The best song I've heard so far from Pink Floyd is "Alan's Psychadelic Breakfast", which is...a guy eating breakfast with some musical undertones that goes on for about 13 minutes. Genius. But really folks Dark Side of the Moon is an excellent album, but the "Breakfast" song is on the Atom Heart Mother album, just in case you're interested.
I guess maybe I should study a bit more before heading off to bed. Happy Almost Valentine's Day!
Enemy at the Mirror
So...I think Boscoe really is crazy. He's chewed off a good portion of his perch where his mirror toy WAS. I say was because now I have removed it. I always thought he was just playing with the mirror, not actually angry with it, but now he seems distraught that I have taken it out...and he won't. stop. squawking. I'm not trying to be mean to him, but if gouging out pieces of his perch I think something must be wrong. I'll wait and see how he's doing tomrrow at least.
On another note, I've been listening to Pink Floyd for a good part of the day (see my next project is to design a CD cover), which is kind of cool. I'm just glad they aren't depressing like Lou Reed, just somewhat crazy and on drugs. So far I'm going with the story of "rebirth" and "metamorphosis" for the Pink Floyd compilation CD I'm going to design. After listening to some of their music and reading up a little on the band's history I feel that that's a pretty strong theme that runs with the band.
Anyways, I'm rather tired, and I cooked up something pretty atrocious before and I still don't feel too good, so off to bed for me. Night folks.
On another note, I've been listening to Pink Floyd for a good part of the day (see my next project is to design a CD cover), which is kind of cool. I'm just glad they aren't depressing like Lou Reed, just somewhat crazy and on drugs. So far I'm going with the story of "rebirth" and "metamorphosis" for the Pink Floyd compilation CD I'm going to design. After listening to some of their music and reading up a little on the band's history I feel that that's a pretty strong theme that runs with the band.
Anyways, I'm rather tired, and I cooked up something pretty atrocious before and I still don't feel too good, so off to bed for me. Night folks.
Friday, February 10
Portfolio Trippin'
So, this has been a fairly tiring week. I had my first publication project due on Wed. and with having such a short amount of time for this project and having to finish two designs for it, I wasn't as ahead on it as I normally like to be. Fortunately though, with my shiny new printer, the production end of this project wasn't nearly as stressful as it has been in the past. I like my printer lots.
Hmm...so what else? I tripped and fell trying to catch the bus on Tues because I was trying to run carrying my giant portfolio. All I hurt was my ego really, and the fact that the bus did stop for me I got to go on that trip after all these people seeing me almost do a face plant in the grass just moments before. So that's fun.
I've also decided NOT to enter work into the visual communications show because it was expensive unless you entered EVERYTHING you have and I don't think my work (apart from one or two pieces) is quite strong enough to be really worth it. So I said, "The heck with it!" or something to that effect.
I've got a test in Art History tomorrow and for some reason it's all written which baffles me because the class is so huge. Maybe the professor just feels like killing her TAs with ridiculous amounts of reading and grading. I don't know. So hopefully that will go well. I don't like this prof much, she doesn't really seem to know what she's talking about, but what's more annoying are the people bitching about all through class and complaining about memorizing about 40 names and artists for the test. It's art history, mostly it's memorizing old art, quit yer whining, it's not going to change anything. Plus I'm also annoyed by the fact that I'm complaining about other people complaining, but...whatever.
So...stuff, things, and all that jazz. I'm starting to get some cool drawings out of my figure drawing class, except we haven't had a woman model for a while, and we keep getting the same models over and over. The point of this class is to know how to observe and draw DIFFERENT kinds of people and not the dude with the big white beard over and over again. Oh well, hopefully we'll get some new people next week.
Anywho, I'm going to head to bed now since I don't have to finish up projects at ungodly hours in the morning and maybe get four hours of sleep like was happening earlier this week. Sleep is good.
Hmm...so what else? I tripped and fell trying to catch the bus on Tues because I was trying to run carrying my giant portfolio. All I hurt was my ego really, and the fact that the bus did stop for me I got to go on that trip after all these people seeing me almost do a face plant in the grass just moments before. So that's fun.
I've also decided NOT to enter work into the visual communications show because it was expensive unless you entered EVERYTHING you have and I don't think my work (apart from one or two pieces) is quite strong enough to be really worth it. So I said, "The heck with it!" or something to that effect.
I've got a test in Art History tomorrow and for some reason it's all written which baffles me because the class is so huge. Maybe the professor just feels like killing her TAs with ridiculous amounts of reading and grading. I don't know. So hopefully that will go well. I don't like this prof much, she doesn't really seem to know what she's talking about, but what's more annoying are the people bitching about all through class and complaining about memorizing about 40 names and artists for the test. It's art history, mostly it's memorizing old art, quit yer whining, it's not going to change anything. Plus I'm also annoyed by the fact that I'm complaining about other people complaining, but...whatever.
So...stuff, things, and all that jazz. I'm starting to get some cool drawings out of my figure drawing class, except we haven't had a woman model for a while, and we keep getting the same models over and over. The point of this class is to know how to observe and draw DIFFERENT kinds of people and not the dude with the big white beard over and over again. Oh well, hopefully we'll get some new people next week.
Anywho, I'm going to head to bed now since I don't have to finish up projects at ungodly hours in the morning and maybe get four hours of sleep like was happening earlier this week. Sleep is good.
Thursday, February 9
Tuesday, February 7
Sleep
Unfortunately I'm still up and haven't been sleeping for a couple of hours already as I would've really, REALLY liked. I'm very tired.
Monday, February 6
Friday, February 3
Steelin' Myself
Another night of doing layout crap, oh what fun. I have one idea I wish I could just start polishing up right now, but so far it's a very obviously photoshopped image because I don't have the time to make it look right and complete four other layouts. Oh well, I suppose everything is looking decent enough.
I already know this weekend will be chuck full of trying to get these layouts done since they're due next week. Also I have to go to the museum to write a paper for Art History, so that will take a chunk of time just to go to the museum and then the whole writing the paper bit will take some time as well. And then the Super Bowl, how about them Steelers?
I better finish off this discussion thingy for my "Race, Ethnicity, and Identity" class (anthropology) so I can get to sleep at a decent time. Vis a vis.
I already know this weekend will be chuck full of trying to get these layouts done since they're due next week. Also I have to go to the museum to write a paper for Art History, so that will take a chunk of time just to go to the museum and then the whole writing the paper bit will take some time as well. And then the Super Bowl, how about them Steelers?
I better finish off this discussion thingy for my "Race, Ethnicity, and Identity" class (anthropology) so I can get to sleep at a decent time. Vis a vis.
Wednesday, February 1
Moo Moo Kitty
Yay, done with layouts for tomorrow finally! Sleep will come soon now...I hope. I hate it when I'm really tired sometimes (okay, all the time) and then for some reason can't get to sleep. Though I doubt that'll be a problem tonight. I have been fairly productive today, so all in all a good day. Damnit I have to go to the museum to write a paper for Art History, I'd rather just write a research paper, that way I wouldn't have to drag my ass to the museum when I may or may not have the time and since museums generally aren't open around midnight my window of opportunity isn't very big.
I'm rather proud of a drawing I did today in my Figure Drawing class. Something happened with the model scheduling so we all had to take turns posing and our teacher modeled for the longer drawings. Fortunately we didn't have to strip down, because that might have been awkward...see normally we draw nude models. You know, naked people, the kind of people who aren't clothed...and they're all nude and stuff. It sounds like it would be weird, but when you're drawing you don't think about it much, you're just drawing. I like that class though, not so much thinking, just drawing which is a very nice thing.
I got to pet a kitty today (a "moo moo" kitty at that, she's white with black splotches, like a dairy cow...ergo "moo moo"). Apparently one of the neighbor's cats got out who definately needs to always be an indoor kitty because she's declawed and a little too trusting of strangers...like myself. She even followed me into the house and while she is quite cute she was obviously someone's and fortunately her owner came back later in the day to let her inside. I think she must have escaped or something, because she wouldn't survive long in the great outdoors being as nice as she is.
I'm done telling random stories for now, I better hit the hay.
I'm rather proud of a drawing I did today in my Figure Drawing class. Something happened with the model scheduling so we all had to take turns posing and our teacher modeled for the longer drawings. Fortunately we didn't have to strip down, because that might have been awkward...see normally we draw nude models. You know, naked people, the kind of people who aren't clothed...and they're all nude and stuff. It sounds like it would be weird, but when you're drawing you don't think about it much, you're just drawing. I like that class though, not so much thinking, just drawing which is a very nice thing.
I got to pet a kitty today (a "moo moo" kitty at that, she's white with black splotches, like a dairy cow...ergo "moo moo"). Apparently one of the neighbor's cats got out who definately needs to always be an indoor kitty because she's declawed and a little too trusting of strangers...like myself. She even followed me into the house and while she is quite cute she was obviously someone's and fortunately her owner came back later in the day to let her inside. I think she must have escaped or something, because she wouldn't survive long in the great outdoors being as nice as she is.
I'm done telling random stories for now, I better hit the hay.
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