So I wake up and like a bad dream, my computer is STILL majorly screwy...I ScanDisk the entire HD which takes about an hour, and it comes up clean....by now its like 3...no class today, but I decide to head downtown to grab a bite to eat, and go to the Illustration Department's Pirates Of Penzance Party(more on this later).
I arrive downtown around 4:50...make my way over to Lee's Deli...these places are scattered across the city...they're all basically the same...same menu, same owner, all chinese folks behind the counter...its all the same, just different locales...and the name of the game is CHOICE. They've got a wide variety of stuff. A great place to grab a lunch or breakfast, or anything inbetween for a decent price. Kind of like how McDonalds in China serve bowls of rice, some of the Lee's Delis around the city have their own unique menu items...I think I mentioned before about the Lee's Deli Burrito...which, although a good burrito...good and HUGE...it doesn't taste like a Mexican burrito...it doesn't taste ANYTHING like an Alberto's burrito...it tastes more like Chinese folks TRYING to make a burrito when all they've known is making sandwiches and Chinese food...more of a faux-burrito if you will..=)
Well, just recently I've gotten hip to their SOUPS...yes, soups. I always try to find stuff in there...combos that will keep me under 5 bux, but that'll get me full...so far, I've tried the burrito...which alone, is a little less than 5. I've tried almost all the types of sandwiches(there's got to be at least 30), which'll run you about 3 bux....meaning there's 2 bux left over...so I've gone Sandwich/salad...Sandwich/bagel...Sandwich/california rolls...and just recently, Sandwich/soup. Great combo...and Fridays are good, cuz the soup of the day is clam chowdah'. Say it! Chowdah!
I bought my soup and ate it on the benches outside the school building...just enjoying the nice evening air...the tunes in my ears, and watching the people scurry by, or suck down cancer sticks. I crumble some crackers in my soup, and do some more chillin.
Afterwards, I clean up and head on up to the 6th floor School Library. Check the mail, and message board...I then peruse the selection of art books...I really should take advantage of the library...its a great Art School Library...I thumb through a few books, reading a section here and there...mostly books about portraiture. The notice goes out that the library will be closing in 15 minutes...so I hang around till the last minute, and finally make my over 8 blocks to the Powell building.
This is the main reason I came downtown today...the Illustration Department's Pirates of Penzance party....here's the lowdown. Models dress up in period costumes and set up for poses of varying lengths...3 poses...some long, so short...changing every interval. The deal is to draw/paint/whatever the models and take reference photos...I was mainly there for the reference photos...I had gone to last semester's costumed drawing party(the theme last semester was John Singer Seargeant)...in fact, I think I did post about it way back when=) Anywayz, I forgot my camera that time around...so this time, I was prepared...with my mom's camera and a extra roll of film... i gotta say I got some great pictures...I just hope they come out good! I did a little sketching here and there...schmoozed with people I knew...I really dug lookin' at other people's stuff as they were drawing...I saw my old Figure Drawing 2 Instructor there...talked to him during the break...there was free pizza and sodas...but eating pizza is not conducive to drawing...all that oil and sauce and juice gets all over your sketchbook or drawing pad...there was a irresponsible shortage of napkins...pizza toppings sprinkled on the ground...but hey, it was free=) Overall, pretty cool=) Its a different vibe than a regular workshop, because its more festive...there's background music...from what I could make out, we had the soundtrack to Braveheart looping a few times...the sndtrk to Conan...y'kno, stuff like that...I mean, HOW can you go wrong with music like that?=) And the poses were really imaginative...and the background props just made the feel that much better...they even had a parrot in there...squaking every once in awhile. Cool cool stuff...=)
After that ended around 9, I headed over to the animation lab...I really wanted to go home, but I knew it'd be a good idea to go and get something done as long as I was downtown with my animation equipment. I got in the lab, and they were watching American Pie...the scene where dude is with foreign chic...ahhh...classic footage=) I was out of there at around 11:30, after American Pie, one episode of Voyager and one episode of the Simpsons...heh...What can I say, I've been Cable deprived...what do you expect me to do?
I made my way to the Metro Muni, and was on my way home within a few minutes. Home...to my messed up computer...after much conversation with friends online, I'm going to try to reinstall Windows98 and see if that fixes the problem...then we'll take it from there...I'm gonna get the CD from Leland tomorrow...I can call my little cousin if things get hairy...but I hope everything goes smoothly, and I'll be able to get my baby back to tip top shape...
I kno that read kinda like a log more than a journal of my thoughts...forgive me...its 4am and I'm tired=)
3/10/2001 03:40:13 AM
Friday, March 09, 2001
Whats the haps my little homie slices and homie skins....I'm home a tad early today. Usually I'd just be getin' out of the animation lab right about now...but hey, I've been bustin' my ass the last couple days...and sometimes a body just don't feel like animatin'.=)
I had that speech class today...as you guys know, I already got mine done and over with. A quick rundown of the highlights, "How to use Nunchukus"(cool!), "How to Wrestle"(not the WWF "Where my lil' Hulkamaniacs at?!?!!?" stuff...more the highschool/Greco-Roman), "How to make Chinese Dumplings"(hmm..hmm...good!), "How to make personalized Cards"(y'kno...artsy craftsy stuff...kinda useful...in that girly kinda way...hahah...ahem), "How to do Needle Point Stitching"(you can imagine having those 2 speeches back to back made me feel like I was in some "How to be dainty and make little dainty stuff" class...and I found it...strangely interesting! Hmm...uhh...in a MANLY kinda way...*silence...lets move on, shall we?)...and several other. OH, how could I forget..."How to make homemade Beer". I could only IMAGINE what it would taste like...the two recipes were Cheater's Wine and Viking's Ale...hehe...I dunno about that dude. I didn't bother writing down the recipes...that btw called for things like "2 egg whites, ginger, nutmeg" and an assortment of other ingrediants that sounded more for a cake recipe than an alcoholic beverage.
For the past few hours, my computer has been crashing..not the run of the mill every-once-in-awhile-my-computer-will-fart type of crash...this happens every few minutes...and I think I've isolated it to only when I'm online. So then my mind begins to think of how dependant I am on my computer...and how I've got a whole lot of small portions of my life recorded on the harddrive somewhere...and how I REALLY need to back up in case something happens and I can't access my HD anymore...and then I think, "Holy ISH, I've got too much crap!"
So then I tried to deal with it systematically...going through all of my program folders that I know contain the most important stuff...and by important, I don't mean programs, or Mp3s...or any of that crap. Thats replaceable...I'm talking about all the personal stuff...the saved e-mails, chat sessions with friends, pictures, and sound files...THOSE are the only things I really need to back up. Its kinda like if my house were to be set on fire, what would I take with me...ironically, my computer's CPU would probably be one=) A few other irreplaceables...it kinda put things in perspective...priorities in life...y'kno? Anywayz, I've got the smallest and easiest files already backed up now...(done a few minutes ago)...now there's a whole lot of pictures and soundfiles that I want to keep...and I really don't kno how I"m gonna pull that one off...seeing as how I've just got 2 zip disks. Hmm...
While I was scrounging around my HD for important stuff...its kinda funny the stuff I ran into...old essays...resumes for summer jobs..questions for CalArts when I was considering transferring(which they don't allow btw)...my house-hunting nfo...my diary Word.doc...entries going back as far as '98...up to the "she" era, chronicaled in E-mails and entries...shortly after that is when I picked up blogging...so its almost like a continuous stream. I gotta admit, its some pretty DAMN sappy stuff...love'll do that to ya...y'gotta know this.=) It'll make ya a poet when you haven't written anything rhyming since gradeschool...it'll turn ya into a big hokey sap...and the wierdest thing of all? You'll take it as completely normal=) Still kinda tough for me to go perusing through all that old lovey-dovey stuff...y'kno what I mean. But I kno I'll want to do that someday, so I kept those old files...some funny convos with friends over AIM. Heh...it'll be interesting to read those....plus I got 'em time stamped with time and date. How lovely of AIM to include such a option.=)
Man, I feel bad for my computer...I feel as if she's got a cancerous tumor...and I can't do anything about it...she's served me well in the past...sure she had her moments...y'kno, that time of the month and she'd go on the fritz, but we had a working relationship...hell, I loved the gal...and now...she's slowly dyin' in front of my eyes....*sniff sniff*
So anywayz...how am I gonna take care of this constantly crashing problem??? Any suggestions? My first plan of action is to just re-install windows. Hopefully things will go smoothly. Anything really just to avoid re-formatting the HD. It would be kinda nice to get to the point where I'd feel at ease about re-formatting my HD though...that would be the point where I'd know I wasn't depending too much on my computer...Hmm...hope Leland or William comes through with the Win98 CD. But yeah, any suggestions, drop me an e-mail or something. Thanks.
Hmm...I'm actually typing this offline into Windows notepad...Its 4am right now...last time I was online, Jermz and Mark were online..I'm sure they're off by now...but yeah, I'm gonna TRY to upload this...
BTW...what does it mean when the power switch on your computer doesn't work?
3/9/2001 04:04:42 AM
Thursday, March 08, 2001
Welp, I'm home...its 11:17pm...I get out of Intro to Storyboarding at 10...decide against going to the animation lab in favor of a gritty cup of java and a sandwich from the machine in the basement...then to the train that takes me near my place...the 3 block walk uphill...and Rockapella was with me the whole time.
I feel better today...mostly because its basically the start of my weekend...even though I've got the speech class tomorrow, I already got mine out of the way...so we'll just be finishing up other people's. SoooOooo...I'm relaxed...even though I've got a decent amount of stuff due next week(week before Spring Break). I pulled off that storyboarding homework...and even though I wasn't too enamored with my Sack Pantomime animation...the teach dug it. So, yeah...I pulled it all off...today was the day that a lot of my stuff was due, and I was sorta stressing...now that its over...I feel...chill=) Which is simply grand.
My electric blanket kicks soo much tail...I suggest all of you go out and get one! I love it...its a joy to sleep...it doesn't take much electricity, its adjustable, what else could one ask for in a climate control device.
man...to get a haircut, or not to get a haircut...to Afro...or not to Afro...its a question I've been struggling with these past few days/weeks..=) Haha... Sometimes I dig my locks, sometimes I wanna chop 'em all off...its so hard to manage...I've got to admit I've been wearing mostly beanies and hats lately cuz I just don't wanna worry about my hair going all over the place like some kind of medusa-esque look...aiy...hmm...still debating=)
Wow, interesting stuff, wouldn't you say??? Heh...I kno, I kno..some days you got it, some days you don't. Thats just the way it is....=)
Man, I feel like I just got my friends hooked on crack...heh...like Ger did to me, I now do to others...Pimpwar. The deal is...you get a turn every 10 minutes...and my friends and I will sit around online for that ONE extra turn...now THATS addiction if I've ever seen it...waiting for that needle...waiting for that euphoric feeling when you invade another pimp's home and find that he's been hoarding cash...bwhAHahAHAHHAaha.....
Well, I turned on the blanket...the pearly whites have been brushed...my Pimpwar turns are all gone...its time to hit the hay...
3/8/2001 02:41:05 AM
Wednesday, March 07, 2001
Man...I'm tired...this is regular occurance. I come home...tired as heck...so all I can do is zone out on my computer...then go to sleep...to repeat the vicious cycle again. My pantomime sack is okay...but I'm not proud of it. I've got storyboarding homework I've got to get done tomorrow morning...aiy...I think I'm gonna go to sleep...I just haven't the energy right now. I DID pick up the new In Concert CD from Rockapella...so I grooved to that all day=) Yay...
3/7/2001 02:46:50 AM
Tuesday, March 06, 2001
I don't kno why I stay up so late...when I kno good and well that I should be sleeping...I'm dead tired when I come home, yet...I'm compelled to sit at this confounded desk...and play Pimpwar...chat...surf the web...listen to music...hmm...
As you can see, we're back online=) Seems there was a router problem...so yeah...its all re-routerized, and workin' spiffy. Good deal. Its damn near 4am...I should be in bed...and I think I'll go ahead and indulge that impulse. G'nite folks...
'Sides...you've got plenty of catch up reading...(there seems to be a lot of this lately, huh?)
3/6/2001 03:41:55 AM
Monday, March 05, 2001
No blog yesterday...I slept over at their place...in a drunken stupor. Oooga booga...eh...me no really feel like blogging tonite. Have homework to do...lazy. was grumpy earlier...now chill...mp3s...homework....Napster...bye bye....what will me do...
Mamba good...chewy...went to animation lab today...animate more...eat at ghetto fast food with friends...more work...go to NT Lab and visit friends...see what they working on...shoot the breeze...go back to animation lab...see bud haven't seen in long time. Say what ups...shoot breeze....go back to animating...sack...looks like pillow...bah....good sack...good line quality...getting timing down...like to draw....me cool...me kick ass...me confident...nothing can stop me...good feeling...bah humbug. Me play PimpWar...someone attack...kill all my thugs..make me mad...me buy lots of AK-47 fully automatic assault rifles...me give big purses filled with bricks to my hoes...so they fight too...my empire grow...join alliance...fellow Pimps-in-arms...take revenge...make him sorry he born....BWHAHAha....ooga...loogie.
Me REAL lazy to do homework...must be done...2 more weeks...Spring Break...can't go home...too bad...would like to see friends...several say they come visit me instead...that nice. Why me talking in horribly-stereotypical caveman dialect...not rhetorical...you answer...me listen....why for you not answer...bah. What if me shave eyebrows...start new trend...me be first to be hip....next fad for 2001..."go eyebrowless" they will say....commercials for covergirl...instead of models putting on make-up...they sell various scissors....shavers....everyone looks like aliens...I start..me be hip....me don't want to be hip...me be me...that all me can be....sound like dumb song...punish self for sounding like dumb song.
Server still down...that suck...me feel unconnected...but me keep blogging. Me better go do work....prosper plus live lengthy...see? Me change...for copywrite purposes...who say caveman dumb...we smart...me feel like me need woman...me go bash one over head...bring back home....have her shave eyebrows...yay...fun fun, silly willy.
