The Night Before Thanksgiving-Family Movie List

1988-Oliver & Company (I was 1 month old!!!)
1989-The Adventures of Milo and Otis
1990-Rescuers Down Under
1991-An American Tale: Fivel Goes West
1992-Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1993-Cool Runnings?
1994-The Santa Clause
1995-Toy Story
1996-101 Dalmations
1997-Anastasia?
1998-A Bug's Life
1999-James Bond: The World is Not Enough (Dad, Nathan, Kathryn)/Toy Story 2 (Mom, Laura)
2000-How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2001-Monster's Inc.
2002-James Bond: Die Another Day
2003-The Cat in the Hat
2004--National Treasure
2005-Pride and Predjudice
2006-James Bond: Casino Royale
2007-August Rush
2008-James Bond: Quantum of Solace

Nattúra

Bjork put a new song out not too long ago feat. Thom Yorke called "Nattúra."

It all started back with the Bjork/Sigur Rós free concert in Reykjavík that I missed by 2 WEEKS this summer.
It has spawned a website which facilitates discussions concerning environmental issues as well as research and development specifically pertaining to Iceland's sustainability. Check it out: http://nattura.info

Trashy

I think we're going to call our clothing line "Trashy" haha. I attached a skirt to the dress, but I don't know how I feel about it at this point in time...I want to redo the pleats. They're driving me INSANE. EDIT: They look bad. I'm redoing them!

hybriddd.

I have an idea for my hybrid...FINALLY. An eye w/ a vagina for the pupil that's crying/bleeding BUT it's a detached eyeball with feet instead of the large optic nerves. I had a long conversation about whether or not I would try eating human flesh if given the opportunity right before I started drawing on my board last night. That combined with the fact that I cleaned out a slaughterhouse when I was in Iceland this summer lead to me hanging the eyes from meat hooks on tracks...

Images of board in first stages of carving:

Images of board as I draw and add to the image. The pics were just taken quickly in photobooth so they're in reverse and thus look like it will when printed:

The inspiration pics:

Have a nice day!

This is the final video for my CFC sranger/volunteer project. I was a greeter at a church so I decided to translate the idea to another community: North Campus.

TMP 3-Made up story about an old photograph

O Hatshepsut, born of Amun-Ra
Reigning woman king of Upper and Lower Egypt
Restorer of Karnak, builder of temples
Respected by people of all times

Falcon Pharaoh’d flew into the horizon
To weigh her heart against the feather
Memories erased from walls and minds
To continue a lineage of men

Ma’at cast her back to earth
Body and tomb lost to time
Until the birds once again had flown
From horizon to red earth anew

Betwixt her legs was restored
Manhood to reign
With wisdom of histories
And heart of a woman

William Deir Mott
Progeny of the revered
Draped in the finest cloths
Overflowing with greatness

A young and restless babe
Cried with an iron lung
Giv’n every whim
On the tip of a golden spoon

Grew to be a young man
With thoughts unlike his peers
Wanted to spread wealth throughout
His inheritance worthless unshared

His goodness stretched too far
Self lost with each piece bestowed
Sunset on a shell of remains
Red earth bones for the birds to pick.

the candlelight flickered with a breath of
jazz sucking up the silence of the air.
wine glasses stood almost empty
as the weight of our bodies
sank into the reflection
of gleaming eyes in bare dinner plates
no one spoke.
but speaking was unnecessary
because we all understood.

Dumpster Dress.

Trash to clothes update: the dress goes past my boobs now. Awkward picture. I'm not sure how I'm going to end it. I think my originally sketched shape will not be so flattering. I may make it more of a full skirt...I hope I have enough canvas (otherwise I'll just head back to the dumpster). I also think I need some kind of a color accessory or jacket to go with said dress. I'm thinking a nice red to pop (don't know where the materials for that will come from). I need to scavenge.

ADP Midterm

So apparently I am really good at ADP. I thought I was going to get a D on my test and I got a 95%. How the heck did I do that? Oh well, maybe an A is in my future for this class (so I might be able to stay on the Dean's List. Oh my god, I'm a nerd).

Freshman Year Figure Drawings

Have I mentioned that drawing is not really my thing? I just like doing big expressive pieces. Don't take these for being exacting depictions of what I see. They're more just like me needing to get my emotions out on paper, but not through words. I like some of the quick ones I did, but I'll explain what they all are a little I think.


Final Drawing for Drawing 1, Fall 2007. We had to do a self portrait from only our eyes up. I like fetuses. You should know that already.



Drawing w/o looking at the paper. Pencil jumps where eyes jump. Fall 2007.



Quick 30 second gesture sketches. I cut it out, but this paper said: Happy Vagina Day! on it because it was February 14.



These are both head studies from Winter 2008. I probably spent 20 minutes on the one on the left and 5 on the one on the right. I like the idea of people with their eyes closed and sleep, I've just noticed this. Yeah, I suck at drawing.



Fall 2008 Piece. Drawing with only 4 tones. All I used was charcoal and an eraser. It was very messy and challenging, but I remember the satisfaction I got from working this way. I liked it.



Fall 2008. I remember splitting early from class to "catch a train" home for Thanksgiving. I just wanted to get out of there, but there's something I like about it. Black and White conte.



Another charcoal + eraser piece using only 4 tones. This one was nice. It's a bit smaller, but I was really getting it that day :)



Winter 2008 conte figure drawing. Probably 10 minutes. We drew her a lot so I made her stick thin self sleeping on some clouds...



Winter 2008. Ah yes, the portrait with your creature. I screwed myself over on this one. I actually drew myself while upsidedown but I was holding my shirt so I could see where I was looking so now it's not believable....I had a fairy thing last year.




Winter 2008. HUGE drawing on butcher paper with charcoal. Man I liked doing these but they were kind of a bitch. I had to stand on a stool to do the top and I can't really do proportion, but I liked being able to wipe parts off and build layers.



Winter 2008. First assigment of the semester. Drawing fabric. I like mine except for the fact that I have/had a fear of contrast in drawings at that point in time.



Winter 2008. Another large charcoal on butcher paper.



Winter 2008. Final drawing. Oil sticks amongst other things. View is all out of wack. it just didn't end well. I started making these weird artistic choices because I thought they made me cooler. Yup. I doubt anyone is reading all my comments on these drawings. Why are you wasting your time? YOU go draw something (or go live a life).



Winter 2008. Oil sticks. My loves. I like this drawing. I would be hanging in my apartment right now if it would stick to the wall, but it's being stubborn.

An Odd Weekend.

I am supposed to be doing work. It is basically 3am and I am not doing work. I think I need to stop trying to write in Spanish and go catalog...here I go...any moment now...working...so I can get sleep...it's really happening...yeah...