Well, I just got home and rice is on the stove...yeah, gotta cook it the old fashioned way. Man, when I got home, I saw something that really chapped my hide...I got off the Muni, and walked up to my door to see the front door half open....okay, so someone's checking out the place really quick. I walk inside...and no one's there....somebody just LEFT THE FRONT DOOR OPEN...who did it, I don't kno...how long has it been open, I don't kno...all I kno is I got home around 10:20pm and leaving the door open in this neighborhood is just negligent...nono...its DUMB...Man, I'm pissed that someone didn't even have the decency to close the door behind them...if I find out who it is, Ooooh man, its World Wrestling Championship right here in my house...minus the tights....grrrrrR. I'm gonna call my landlord tomorro to let him know what happened, so that he can be sure next time anyone comes by, they respect MY safety and lock up and everything...Man, thats just plain thoughtlessness right there...geez.
I'm feelin' better today...I have a plan for rectification of the wrongs that should be completed by next week...heh. I'm sorry for bein' totally "mysterious" but yeah...how are u?=P Hmm...I'm gonna go check the rice, brb. Alrite, back...actually, its been about 45 minutes...but then, u didn't need to know that...=) Man, almost burned the rice...I still need the golden touch. All is well though, I saved it. *munch munch* Mmmh...well today I went to my early 7 and a half hour Saturday class...it was pretty cool, I can see conscious improvement in my work...this is dope=) Afterwards, I just went to draw some more bones...man, I can't wait till Tuesday when they're due, and all this bone madness will end...on to muscles. Its strange, but I always meet people I kno when I go to draw the skeletons they have sprinkled around the various buildings that are The Academy of Art College. I guess we can comisserate together...moral support if u will. "Damn, this sucks..." "yeah, I kno dude...it does." If thats not camaraderie, I don't kno what is.=) During these drawings sessions, after awhile, it'll get to the point you'll do anything to postpone the drawing...go look at other people's stuff..."hey, thats cool" Go walk around the building aimlessly...whatever it takes. Man, I'm just not feelin' this...drawing skeletal portions of the body...drawing the figure is beautiful, graceful...its art...drawing the skeleton...sucks. And seeing as how these drawings take at least around 2-3 hours if you wanna do a semi-rush rush job, after awhile, counting ribs and vertabrae are enough to make a person yodel out of frustation. Ahh...well its cool, I'm nearly done...just one more anterior pelvis drawing. I'm thinkin' about pullin' that one off as a quickie right before class on Tuesday.
Finally, my lounge day has arrived...Sunday...and not a dang thing to do. I should definately get out and not waste it vegging in my room...like my brother said, "Dude, you need a phat haircut" Heh...this is true. He said he'd take me to this Vietnamese place he really likes to go to...but then knowing my bro, he's really forgetful so...maybe other plans should be made. Well, we'll see...all I kno is that complete and utter lounging has now commenced.
10/21/2000 11:12:21 PM
Damn...I shoulda never got outta bed this morning...it just wasn't worth it...I had a crappy day. Crappy incident upon crappy incident, until the absolute peak crappy incidents happened around 6-9pm...one of those crappy things that u just walk away talking to yourself, "Damnit dude, damn damn..." ugh...this sucks. And a few of these things won't just go away after today, nono...but can only be rectified next week sometime...I just wanted to pull one of those R. Kelly video poses...y'kno the kind, on my knees with hands raised up to the sky..."WWWWwwwHHhhhYyyyyyy...." I realize I'm bein' really cryptic about what types of things really happened today...but I just hope I feel better tomorro...
10/21/2000 01:49:02 AM
Friday, October 20, 2000
I was so tired after late class today when I got home around 11. So I whipped myself up something to eat and as usual, ate it in front of the computer....As I often do sometimes, I said to myself, "Hmm...I'm kinda tired, maybe I'll just lay down for a few minutes..." Well, a few minutes turned into about 4 hours...its 4:49am, when I woke up and thought.."Oh man, I haven't blogged today.." Hah...the dedication! Excuse the entry if I seem a little slow....cuz actually, I'm half asleep...
Well, it looks like I'm alone again...I came home and on my way to the bathroom, I saw that Mr. "I've never seen except once when he left me a funk in the bathroom"'s door was ajar. So, I peeked in...basically all his stuff is gone, just a shelf and a mattress....*sigh* Looks like I'm doin' it solo again. I definately need to get out of this place and into a more permanent place...somewhere where I wouldn't be afraid to buy say, a desk, because of the thought that I may perhaps be moving in a few months.
Had another dope day in class today...after yester-yesterday's (for all you whacko people who consider it the "next day" after 12am...myself, its the "next day" after and only after I snooze....so say right now...its 4:55am...but actually, I consider it Thursday night still cuz I'm planning on hittin' the sack again right after this blog..make sense? Good, now u can think of it this way from now on and quit driving me crazy) epiphanous workshop...Digital Illustration today was really exciting...I was rearin' to start Painter (a painting proggie on the computer, for y'alls that don't kno...now u kno) after seeing my Instructor doing his thing. He was also spewin' out info on illustration in general, and his particular technique...what he finds to work...he was talking about how things work in real life with other mediums, and how you might apply those principals to the digital realm. Which leads me to another thing about my particular instructor...I totally agree with him on one certain point of his. Digital art gets no respect. Serious...think about it. Now, it is a new medium...so people are still playin' with it...but I think its bein' "misused" a lot of the time, because when people think about working on a computer, they think, "Oh yeah...I'm gonna use all these filters and junk, and yeah! Whoopee, I can do all these wierd things...and I'mma just put it all together to make some bigass mush of crap" Yeah...they said "bigass mush of crap". ANywayz, lookin' at their stuff afterwards, it looks hokey....straight outa the can...it looks like crap a lot of the time. For one, its because there's not really the consistency to the work, with all that junk thrown together...and a big part of illustration IS consistency. He said, "I think its definately important in Painter to give yourself limitations." Preach on my bruva'....Another thing, people LOOKING at digial art a lot of the time think its all the computer's doing, rather than the artist...so he says that he'd rather paint for real and have the painting in his hand...somehow, people just take to it more, and give him more credit. He didn't get into computers until just recently, so the way he works with computers is, he uses them as a tool...just another "brush" or whatever....(well, yeah...a big ASS brush with a monitor and a mouse comming out of it)...therefore taking the "computer" out of the equation...if that makes any sense. Ahh well, just keep this in mind next time u're lookin' at a piece of digital artwork.
Man, I hear the first bus of the day makin' its way down my street....oh what?? I'm chatting with Sarin and she says girls are better than guys....hell no....HELL no...and I'd be happy to give you a big list of reasons why.....when I'm more fully awake.....but fellaz, the women are catching up to us....since WHEN were they able to pee standing up?! That was a huge advantage we men had over those females....ugh...MEN UNITE!(lalala...men men men men...lalal) Oh man, I need sleep...if I don't get to bed soon, I won't be able to convince myself that its still Thursday night anymore....alrite, off to bed.
10/20/2000 05:44:00 AM
Thursday, October 19, 2000
Hey folks...well, I just spent the last hour trying to figure out my friend's "type"...hmm...I really don't kno...its still a puzzle to me. Her tastes are eccentric...exquisite in their own ways...like she's not attracted to stuff that everyone else finds attractive, but a something else...and what she finds attractive, others don't neccessarily. Its wierd...well, more research later...and of course you'll be the first to know=)
Well, had class butt-crackin' early today...got through with that and then went to my regular drawing workshop. Now, they have instructors at these workshops, but usually they'll just walk around quietly, ready to assist anyone who asks for help...more unseen and unheard than anything else. The workshop that I usually hit up today I've been told by friends, has a strangely high number of females to males as is characteristc of this particular instructor's workshops...wierd...*shrugs* I dunno why...anywayz...it seems the instructor had an epiphany. I thought it was really interesting...after the time hit for the workshop to begin, he just casually walked up to the center of the room, looking lost in deep thought....and began, "Y'kno, just within the last couple of days, I've finally figured it out....I've finally figured it out. After teaching for 4 years, I finally realized how I did it...the formula...to how I do it. The key is....to not look at your drawing at all....and I don't mean blind drawing, but look at it and don't judge at all. Just observe the model, and draw, your own opinion...but don't judge your drawing, because the minute you start judging, and going back and reworking your drawing with these judgements in mind, you ruin it. Its taken me 29 years on this earth to realize this...I see students and teachers alike..they could be drawing for 40 years the same way, and their stuff comes out like some mannerist work...for some it takes 40 years to realize, for some you could realize it in a few years, but I just realized recently..." I was just like, "whoa....dude....u're so cool..." Heh...I mean, I just thought...what if I had decided not to attend today's workshop and go snooze in the library instead? I would've missed this pearl of wisdom, hell, this big granite boulder of wisdom...I kno u guys probably think, "Dan....u're trippin', whats the big deal? Alrite, don't judge u're stuff...right...alrite..." But this epiphany obviously has been something he's been searching for over many many years...and for those who believe in learning through other's experiences as well as experiencing things for themselves have to agree that this is a prime example. I'm not saying I fully understand what he's saying, because to say that, would put me on the same level as him, and I need to smack myself just for having that passing thought...but...since he verbally tried to express this philosophy, I can be aware of it...and watch for it...and seek it. Usually, its hard to form an opinion of instructors at these workshops since they're pretty much unseen and unheard...but I think I'm well on my way to really diggin' this dude.=)
I think my interpretation of art is changing as I progress...I mean, its a deeper thang...its a "creation" thang...hard to explain....but its something I'm realizing for myself. I still got a lot of thinking and fleshing out to do of course...*ponder ponder*
10/19/2000 12:37:47 AM
Tuesday, October 17, 2000
GAH I'm such a putz....I feel so USED! I just roll out of bed...go online...and there she is....like a predator waiting for the little bunny prey to wander into the trap...ugh....take a look and reassure me it coulda happened to anyone! ugh...*grumble grumble* I'mma putz...
10/17/2000 02:00:54 PM
I'm feeling...meloncholy. Homesick a bit...missing...things....thinking back to past regrets with people...could it be these sad songs? Maybe...its a "2:40am, no one to talk to...alone, just me and some sad tunes" feeling....nothing but my running thoughts to keep me company.... *30 minutes passes* Ahh...Ger. Always there for my wierd moods....she's too damn cool=) She just happened to pop online while I was typing my blog...after chatting with her, I feel better. Thanx Ger=) We're gonna check out all the dope jazz joints when I get back, right?
10/17/2000 03:13:35 AM
Monday, October 16, 2000
Well, I just got back school a little while ago...while I was walking up to my door, there was a girl and a man who looked like they were heading toward my door too..."hmm..." So I open the gate and walk up my steps to the door....they follow. Okay, "who (the hell) are u?" Then it hit me, they're probably the new housemates....I just make small small talk, and learned their names...the guy doesn't really speak english, so all questions and responses were directed through the cute younger girl...who just happened to be named after a fruit. I'm not too sure whats going on, because after a look around, they left...and I asked them if they were moving in yet, and the girl said, "not sure"...soo... Now I'm just munching...more bone drawing tomorrow...I'm supposed to meet up with Dennis at the "skeleton room". Then class later on in the evening. I better finish up eating, lest I intrude on Scuffy's time in the kitchen.
10/16/2000 11:52:37 PM
Laundry is now done...made my regular Monday trip to the local laundry mat. I don't wanna say its a drag, but it just makes me realize how good I really DID have it living at home...walk downstairs, throw the clothes into the washing machine, start it going, go on about my business...come back at night, and throw it in the dryer and go to sleep. Now, I gotta wait for the entire cycle...
Well, my cool housemate just left. Man...we said our goodbyes. He's heading off to a new start in Reno...the San Francisco chapter in his life is over now. When we were standing at the door and he said, "Well, good luck with everything Dan..." I just said, "You'll never have to come back to this dump again..." And we both chuckled...I felt like a soldier on the front lines who had to stay behind saying goodbye to another injured soldier, who was headed back home....to be pampered by beautiful nurses, and eat jello in bed all day. I'm pretty certain I'll never see him again, but he was definately a cool guy, just tryin' to make it in this tough world.
I'm off to school to draw more skeletons...more later.
10/16/2000 06:27:26 PM
I am now in the posession of...A COUCH! Hmm....well...yeah, its a econo-couch=) Besides, I think "couch" is so much more luxurious than just saying "folding chair". I forgot to mention it earlier, my mom bought for me. Luv ya ma=) Now when I have guests over, I can say, "Well, you want anything to drink? I'll go get it...and in the meantime have a seat on my......couch...."=P Right now thou, its my computer chair...see how beautifully versatile my couch is?
10/16/2000 12:05:47 AM
Sunday, October 15, 2000
Welp, I just got back home, and my brother and dad just left. Ahh, it was nice to see them again...my brother would just keep saying every once in awhile, "Its so wierd that we're all up here now..." And it is! No one expected this just 3 months ago...I thought I was comming back up here solo, and here we are. Just makes you think how unpredictable life is, even though you think you've got it all figured out.
They came over around 1:20 or so, and I showed them around...my....room. And just showed them around the house, even though you could pretty much take it all in in a glance. I showed my bro the shower curtain that is actually a window curtain, and we just laughed about it...sounds like a bad Pollock joke. He kept smilin', and just sayin', "dude, we need to get you outta here". I just said,"Nah, actually, I'm getting kinda used to it...I mean, I do wanna move, but things are alrite" and he said, "Yeah, you could get used to jail, but it doesn't mean its alrite"...heh. I thought it'd be a good idea to take the muni tram system, just so they could see how it is...since really only bigger cities have them...and parking downtown is always a big hassle. We planned to eat in China Town...so once we got there, we basically just wandered around for a long time, trying to decide where to eat. Now, I haven't been to China Town for more than 6 or 7 months...I consider it more of a touristy place. And if you've ever been there, you'll know there are restaurant upon restaurant just piled basically on top of each other...most of them just hole in the wall type places...if you get lucky, u find a diamond in the rough.....we....weren't lucky. Dude, the place we went to sucked...my brother and I each found hairs in our food...ugh...but like a classic guy, I just said, "wow, this place sucks...and I won't be back, but it doesn't mean that I'm gonna stop eating"=) We walked in not knowing the name of the restaurant and walked out still not knowing it...thats how much of an impression it made on us. Ah well....the conversation was great as it is with them, and we just talked about all sorts of things, catching up.
After we finished, we just walked around a bit in the downtown area...strolled into the company headquarters of Banana Republic...man, it felt wierd in there...so trendy, and expensive...and all that jazz. I mean, if u've ever been in a BR store, you kinda kno the feeling...and then multiply that by 10, cuz this place was swank...at the HQ they go all out and have everything in their catalog. I guess for one, its not really my style anymore...I'm more into a utilitarian style...I don't wanna have to worry about "ooh, I gotta be careful cuz my shirt might get wrinkled or dirty, or something" Since I'm always on the go, and I spend a decent amount of time around charcoal drawings, and carrying school bags and whatnot...I suppose my style just changed accordingly.
While walking around my dad asked me "Do you like SF or SD better now" And I just said I like both...its wierd, but its true...and my brother said,"You know, its strange, but when I've talked to people who aren't originally from the bay, but live here now...and they come back from vacation or whatever, they say they feel more comfortable here." Wierd...when I first started going to school here, he said that "yeah, the way it works is that for your first semester or year, you'll want to go home every chance you get, but as time goes on...you'll get more comfortable, and by your 3rd year, you feel comfortable enough to just get a job up here instead of home." Kinda made me think...and its true my first year, although divided into 2 Spring semesters, I wanted to go home every chance I could get, and I counted the days...of course there were a lot of other factors, but this semester...I was excited about moving. Hmm...guess only time will tell.
Ah, I updated the picture in my Me section...to a more...flattering photo.=)
10/15/2000 06:27:48 PM
Hey all...how's your Sunday morning? Well, I just talked to my dad and bro, so things are on for lunch. They'll be here in about 45 mins...so I'll make things short, and continue later. Man, I woke up today and I was freezing my ass off...even with 3 blankets...I don't think this place has any sort of temperature control. Its gotta be against the law in some states...sheesh. Oh, and Sarin decided to do an audio entry...nyeheh...my predictions were correct...she has a dope dope accent=P So go check it out=) Alrite, have a good day peoples.
10/15/2000 11:42:04 AM
Hmm...listen to it now, cuz I think I'm gonna take it down later...=)
10/15/2000 12:33:28 AM
