| i'm back but not for long |
[15 Aug 2002|08:47am] |
after several weeks, if not months, of neglecting my journal i'm back. with a huge magazine and a 64 page brochure that went through, count them, 20 rounds of editorial changes, my journaling days quickly came to a halt. but now that the projects are at the printer, i finally have the time to write. unfortunately, this period will be brief. i leave on saturday for a two week vacation. but I promise that i'll continue writing soon after I get back.
i'm super excited and super depressed about my trip all at the same time. excited because i'm going to europe. depressed because prague, where we were originally supposed to go is currently under 22 feet of water. it's supposed to be one of the most beautiful places in the world. unfortunately after the flood water resides it won't be so beautiful.
i haven't even boarded the plane and i'm already plotting where my next trip will take me. despite the fact that it will take over a day of flying (and i'm so not a good flyer) my next stop will be japan. with two friends, one currently in toyko and the other soon to be in another city whose name i forget (wa!!! I don't want marc to go !!) it's bound to be awesome.
it's funny, this is the year of travel for me. up until this year i had never flown overseas. it's amazing how much the power of declaration can change things. last year, around new years i pledged to myself that this year would be the year of travel. say it and it will happen.
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[17 Jun 2002|01:04pm] |
so it has been less than a week since i have been at the how design conference and already it seems like ages ago.
i really had a great time. david came down for a few fun filled days. we hit all the disney theme-parks in three days plus universal studios. there was no rest for the weary. we were on the shuttle buses by 8:45 in the morning with our danishes and iced drinks in hand.
my favorite spot had to be the animal kingdom. i'm a sucker for any place that has primates. the thing that i found fascinating about it was the signage. all the signs made you feel as if you were in asia or africa. it created a wonderful contained quasi experience of a different geographic setting. now i have a disneyfied image of what asia "should" look like. i'm sure i'll be disappointed when i actually go there and experience it for real.
as for the actual work part of the trip, the conference was ok. didn't come away with any new insights about design. but i did learn how to smooze thanks to "smoozing 101." it's funny, i'm an out-going person, but i hate smoozing and meeting people for the first time sometimes.
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| chunky monkey |
[07 Jun 2002|02:07pm] |
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Last night as i was packing for my trip to florida i realized that i can no longer fit into any of my skirts that i wore last summer. i feel so not sexy.
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| drawing |
[06 Jun 2002|01:26pm] |
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i was sketching on the train this morning when this adorable little girl and her mom boarded the car. she immediately came over to me and looked over my shoulder at my sketch book. she watched for a while as I was working on a drawing of a woman. my bug sketches were on the opposite page. after a while she turned to her mom and said "she draws beautifully" in greek. when she spoke i turned my head to look. her mom translated what she said. i asked the little girl if she liked drawing. she replied with the biggest smile i had ever seen. it's nice being able to see how art makes people happy.
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| day glow dreams |
[03 Jun 2002|09:04am] |
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i had the strangest dream last night. i dreamed i was hanging out with allison in some city that wasn't new york. it might have been philly, but i'm not too sure. we i arrived at the place where allison and i were hanging out, she convinced me that i needed to dye my hair. my hair was very short and very blond with bright red highlights. allison convinced me that the highlights needed to be orange. reluctantly i agreed. after slopping on gobs of hair dye and wrapping my head in tin foil we proceeded to walk around the streets of the city. while hanging out, we saw a HUGE bright orange mushroom cloud coming towards us. we ran and decided to hide in a restaurant, because if we were stuck underground for a long time then at least we would have some food. in order to pass the time, we rinsed my hair. in the end i had white spiky hair with these patches of bright orange highlights. once we had finished we decided to open the door and stand in the cloud of radiation. nothing happened to us. now of course i woke up soon afterwards so i don't know what sort of long-term effects that cloud had on us, but i can't help but think the dream was about facing and over coming fears.
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| art at work |
[30 May 2002|12:24pm] |
My manager just recently decided to decorate his office after being here for at least three and a half years. Yesterday, the buildings people came in and hung three new pieces of art work. The first one, which i love, is the long, skinny whale poster, seen in the new subways. The second is a Picasso-like rendering of a group of naked women. The figures are abstract. The third is a Matisse like line drawing of a naked woman sitting. Her nipples and vaginal slit are clearly shown.
After going through 4 years of art school, seeing naked women hanging on the walls didn't phase me. I'm used to seeing pictures of naked bodies. But some of my co-workers were extremely offended by it. Some of them said that if it was in his home and they came over for a party then they wouldn't think twice about it. But since it is hanging in his office, where we have our weekly staff-meetings, it's a different matter.
Should the paintings come down?
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| Proud sister |
[29 May 2002|02:10pm] |
Yay!!!
After several years of struggling at a community college in my home town, my brother decided to buckle down and hit the books. It paid off!! He just got word that he will be able to transfer to a college he's been wanting to go to!! I'm so proud of him. He's a really bright guy, it just took him a while to see that for himself. My brother rocks!
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| astoria sandwich |
[29 May 2002|09:44am] |
last night david and i were getting sandwiches from the best deli in astoria. when I told the deli guy what I wanted he replied "wow, that's a good sounding sandwich." i joked with him and asked if he would name the sandwich after me and add it to his menu. he said yes!
now i need a good name for a sandwich with the following:
• grilled chicken
• roasted red peppers
• feta cheese
• arugula
• balsamic vinaigrette
• hero roll
i was thinking something like "inter-borough dating." my wit is starting really slowly this morning. I need suggestions.
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| memorial weekend |
[28 May 2002|01:50pm] |
david and i had a whirlwind memorial day weekend.
we left NYC at 1:00 friday afternoon after a bit of drama over where we were going to go. 7 hours later (it really onlyt should have been a 3 hour trip—traffic was a bitch) we find ourselves in mystic ct, dining on a meal of lobster bisque and crab cakes—yum!!! after dinner we found motel that could have come out of some horror movie. it was dingy, stank of stale cigarette smoke and had several burn holes in the comforter—which really wasn't that comforting.
the next day we drove up to falmouth mass. and took the ferry over to martha's vineyard. it was really lovely. we managed to hit three small towns on the island, vineyard haven, oaks bluff and some town whose name i forget, but i know it starts with an "e."
the next day we took the ferry, which was two hours long, to nantucket. it was just as charming as martha's vineyard, but unfortunately it was extremely yuppie. i have never seen such a high concentration of fake blondes wearing beige pants with sweaters tied neatly over their shoulders in my entire life.
while there we took the bus to the beach and strolled along it collecting rocks for my little sister. i really need to live by the beach. there's just something about the air by a body of water. it soothes me.
our last day was spent in back in mystic at the aquarium. we saw beluga whales!! they are my favorite type of ocean life. i want one of my own. david said we could get one and keep it in our bathtub.
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| karate |
[15 May 2002|12:00pm] |
last night kelly, serena and i ventured up to 23 street to take a free introductory karate class. i was very excited before we got there, but once inside i began to feel a bit intimidated.
there were many people there doing a variety of things. i observed pairs fighting it out, wearing thin padded foot and head protectors, people waving around long sticks and trying to slap their opponent and a woman doing these fancy moves in front of the mirrors. then there was me, not in a uniform, wearing a stiff white belt tied tightly across my waist, making my hips bulge out beneath it, wondering how high i was going to be able to kick and whether or not this would pull some major muscle that i would need for walking the next day.
our instructor came down stairs and fetched us from the waiting room. his name was angel. angel's left hand was tightly wrapped in a padded ace bandage. this is when i felt the most dread as i wondered whether or not he had injured it doing karate.
my fears were soon put to rest. the class went very smoothly. there were 5 of us in our class, us three girls and two skinny asian boys (who didn't have too much coordination). angel warmed us up with some stretches, then showed us some punches, kicks and blocks. i liked the blocks. there was a multistep block that my body just seemed to perform naturally. we finished up with some strength building exercises. i think angel wanted to torture us at this point. he made us do push-ups using only the heals of our hands, no fingers!! i really struggled with this seeing i have no upper body strength.
so i think i definitely want to take a martial arts class, but i want to check out other forms of it. any suggestions? anyone want to join me?
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| book deals |
[08 May 2002|03:32pm] |
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i got my 14 page curriculum back last night. as my teacher was handing it back to me he congratulated me on my "excellent work." then when we went around the room and told the rest of the class our ideas, he mentioned in front of everyone that i should write a book based upon the ideas expressed in my lesson plans. me, an author? i like the sound of that!!!
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| bordeom |
[03 May 2002|09:27am] |
So I think I figured out what i can do until classes start back up again. 1). I can hang out with all my friends that I have neglected this semester. 2). Take karate classes—anyone want to join me? 3). Actually finish all the half done art projects laying around my apt. 4). I found this organization that needs artists to go into homeless shelters and do art projects with the kids. I sent away for an application. Hopefully it will come soon!
So after some rational thinking, things actually look a lot better than they did before.
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| end of semester freak out |
[01 May 2002|01:28pm] |
Woooo hoooo!!! Things are finally coming to a close. David is done with the play. (It rocked!! I'm so proud of him!) Maybe now we can have a relationship that somewhat resembles a relationship. I finished all my final papers this week. I must say my 10 point type, 14-page art curriculum centered around the idea of using art to cope and combat violence was pretty impressive. My gallery visit reviews, not so impressive. But that's ok, at least they're done.
Phew, finally nothing to do. So what do I do now? What am I going to do from being bored now? So much of my life has centered around school. So now that it's almost over, (next week is the official end) what will take it's place? I'm actually kind of scared of having free time, because then it forces me to see how much of my life has dissolved or crawled under a rock since school has been in session. got this sounds depressing.
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| boobs |
[19 Apr 2002|09:09am] |
yesterday during a staff meeting i noticed the my coworkers eyes were permanently fixated on my breasts. i know they're big and luscious, but please, how unprofessional and creepy. in order to deflect his view i held up my note book over my chest. this tactic worked for a while until i decided to put my paper back on my lap. within a split second of that happening his eyes were once again glued to my boobs.
it really pissed me off. he's done it several times before, by several i mean in almost every staff meeting we have together. but this time it just sent me over the edge. after the meeting i went in and told my manager about it. he said that he would speak to my lovely co-worker about it.
ugh! i have to deal with slimy men everyday out on the street. i shouldn't have to do it at work.
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| self image |
[17 Apr 2002|11:39am] |
some days I really struggle with my self image and then there are those days where i feel super hot. today is one of those struggling days, yesterday I was feeling super hot. what accounts for these differences in the way we feel from day to day? and why does how we feel about our external appearances affect our moods?
i was very happy when i woke up this morning, but then by the time i got to work i decided that i was going to hate my new pants. i decided along the way that they are too big. then it just spiraled down hill from there. i even canceled lunch with a friend because of how i feel how i look today. i know that i'm neurotic. hopefully it will fade by the end of the day.
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| loosers |
[16 Apr 2002|01:13pm] |
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in the cranium rematch between kelly and serena, david and i were knocked from our smartest couple position by a land slide. the winning couple, with their combined brain power and charades skills, won their new position fair and square. it also helped that they had the amazing Jenny on their team. three against two. the combined brain power between david and i wasn't enough to keep the the title. oh well, we'll just have to have a rematch.
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[11 Apr 2002|02:03pm] |
this picture made me smile.
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[11 Apr 2002|09:58am] |
i love, love, love photo booths! there should be more of them. when david and i were in europe they were in almost every single train station. that's how it should be!
more thoughts to come...i finally got some work to do! yay!
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| food |
[10 Apr 2002|02:36pm] |
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i want korean bbq for dinner! i'm soooo hungry right now! |
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| observations |
[10 Apr 2002|01:53pm] |
I had my field placement today. for those of you who don't know i am getting my masters in art education. i am required to do field observations for one of my classes. i love it!! it is the high light of my week. i can't wait to be a teacher.
in one class i'm working one on one with a high-schooler named elwin. he's so amazing. talented illustrator, on the robotics team, java scripter and a good designer. we are working on his personal web site where he'll have his portfolio posted. i was absolutely astounded by the work that he did since the last time i saw him. his web site is starting to be kick ass. it's very high tech looking with these glowing objects and metal forms. i'm so proud of him. it really excites me to be able to motivate these students to believe in themselves, their abilities and their work. i feel like teaching is part cheer leading. (i knew being a cheer leader in middle school would come in handy sometime)
the second class i'm in is an illustration class. today the kids were choosing some pieces to hang in their school show. it was great to be able to see the stuff they did in the past. it really inspired me. it was hard to come to work today. after the field placement all i wanted to do was to go home and work on the three unfinished paintings that are sitting in my living room and get started on some cut plastic collage ideas that I have. but instead, i'm here at work with absolutely nothing to work on. i hate not being busy. it drives me insane.
on another creative note, i finished my corset project!! after sewing this damn thing for weeks, i added the final touches the other night. it looks amazing if i do say so myself. i scanned in some paper dolls from 1900-1970 and added them around the bottom edge of the piece. the whole thing is a comment on the changing beauty standards and the pressure that women are under to be thin.
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