Well, I'm headin' over to a friends house with some other buddies to watch movies and binge on chalupas and junk food...talk to you guys later.
4/28/2001 10:23:42 PM
Well, I just got back from lunch with my cousin, up from SD. I'd say out of the family, he's got that whole artist thing going the most...heh. We'd been meaning to hook up for the past week, since he's made visits up here to visit his *gasp* gfriend. Okay, well, I'm not gonna say anything about this long distance relationship...'sides, I really want things to work out. I suppose...sometimes, logic is thrown to the wind, and what is the "right" thing to do doesn't matter nearly as much as following your heart. *sigh* Ahh...bein' in love is one fantastic feelin'=)
We went to the ramen house, and who do I see there finishing up his meal but H. Heh...I swear the guy eats there every damn day...I guess it doesn't hurt that his Fantasy Girl is the waitress there.=X We shot the breeze a bit, and he took off as my cousin and I were seated. We just talked about different things...I promised his brother(my cousin) I'd grill him on who the girl was=P Haha...its a sweet story...funny too, if you know him. He's a writer, so we talked about art, literature, and relating the two...
And now...I'm at home busy feeling full...and he's on his way to meet his lady friend. More later...
4/28/2001 05:12:40 PM
Friday, April 27, 2001
Okay...alrite, so I didn't talk to workshop girl yesterday=) BUT...I did have another great drawing day....I think I'm starting to really get the hang of it. My teacher used to tell us that once you "get it", your stuff will imporve dramatically. I think I'm startin' to get it....bwhaha...*shimmy shimmy* I also realized the importance of maintaining one's tools...I was getting a little frustrated in the beginning of the workshop because all my stuff was dull, making my drawings look dull. The shorter gestures, like under 5 minutes, I think I still need to work on...but like my 20 minutes are good. In fact, at the end of the workshop, as I was touching up my drawing from the last pose, the model, just walking around looking at the drawings, asked if he could snap a picture of mine....so thats purdy cool=) And ahh...workshop girl...I decided to myself, I don't need to put undue pressure on myself to talk to her=) If it happens, cool...girls + pressure = me turned to jello....heh. So y'kno...
Remember monday night when I went out to the bar and got L puke drunk? Well, when we were at his front door, he was trying to unlock the door...but was all fumbling with the keys. So I just took them and unlocked the door....what I didn't realize was that I popped them in my pocket, and I've had his keys ever since..=) So last night, he stopped by around 12am....and we just chilled and talked till about 3. My room is connected to one other room via a glass sliding door...but that door has been permanently closed, and the glass has newspaper all over it, so its just like a glass wall....(but lookes more like a paper meche wall to me). Anywayz, around 1am when we were laughing at something, I heard 3 bangs on the window....obviously from the people staying in that room telling me to be quiet. I don't know how to take this...I'm urked that they couldn't knock on my door and ask...and yet, I understand that we may have been making too much noise. I get the feeling the 2 dudes living in that room are really moody...sometimes I'll see them in the kitchen, I'll say "hi", they'll smile and say "hi"....most other times, they're not like that though...they're completely opposite...anywayz. We don't need to be friends, just tolerant.
Today, I've overslept yet again....so I'll only be able to make it to the night workshop. In the meantime, I've got to work on something for my speech class, and send it to my team member before the day is over. More later folks...
4/27/2001 03:26:31 PM
GerBean: i want to shoot rabbits Dano: hah Dano: grrreat Dano: like we need another person hunting poor little bunny wabbits GerBean: i want to scalp turtles Dano: this isn't ger, what have you done with her GerBean: hahahhahaahaha GerBean: okay when you get back in sd GerBean: we will go to skinmarket the store GerBean: and walk out with face masks Dano: uhh.... GerBean: those clay things that people put on their faces GerBean: its free GerBean: lol Dano: did you find a new buckskin sportin' hunter bfriend or something? GerBean: i want mine in purple GerBean: u can have yours in blue GerBean: that would be sooooooo hilarious!!!! GerBean: walkin around fashin valley with those clay masks on GerBean: lol GerBean: i wanna do that Dano: hah...uhh..I'm still pretty damn lost, but hell....if you buy me a carne asada burrito, I'll follow you anywhere GerBean: LOL ok then you will do it GerBean: good GerBean: imagine scalping a turtle GerBean: LOL GerBean: thats wierd GerBean: lol Dano: hah...thats fucked up is what it is Dano: poor little turtle GerBean: LOL GerBean: i want to pick horse boogers GerBean: hhahahahahahha Dano: not unless you're gonna eat all the meat and use the shell as some sort of bathing device Dano: you whacko!@ Dano: thats what they got them long ass tongues for Dano: ditto for cows GerBean: Oh my gosh that sooooo freakin funny Dano: cows are lickin' snot CONSTANTLY GerBean: sticking your fingers in their nostrils!!!!! GerBean: lol Dano: if you've ever seen a real one, you'll know what I"m talkin' about GerBean: you can pick cow boogers GerBean: ill pick horse boogers Dano: it'd probably trot you to death Dano: but ger, I don't WANT to pick cow boogers Dano: unless they return the favor GerBean: hahahahaha GerBean: LOL i think ill post that thought GerBean: Hahahahahahhahaha GerBean: im on a roll Dano: and did you know cows fart so fucking much that they're making large holes in the o zone?? THATS how fuckin' bad their farts are....methane gas burning holes in our ozone....and you thought cars and natural gases were bad...this is natural gas of another sort Dano: are you high btw? GerBean: LOL GerBean: no! GerBean: Hahahahahah! GerBean: yeah i know that about cows! GerBean: methane! GerBean: that harms the ozone GerBean: thats why we should eat meat all the time Dano: I'm all for that GerBean: and kill all those damn cows! Dano: I'm just not for skinning turtles Dano: turtles fart little turtle farts GerBean: read my blog real quick! GerBean: hahahahahahh!!! Dano: they're harmless GerBean: turtle farts!! GerBean: hahah i wanna smell a turtle fart!! Dano: Muhahahah
4/27/2001 02:58:31 PM
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Sorry there wasn't a post yesterday....I had kinda wanted to stay home, take it easy y'kno...play a little Thief 2, lalala..=) But then it was L's 21st bday...so you know I had to take that guy out. Its kinda a tradition that we get someone pissdrunk on their 21st bday...not just pissdrunk, but yak-your-guts drunk. *how barbaric!* Yes...it is...=P
So we headed over to this bar called Yanzy's(?)...the only place he knows of that isn't a dive. And believe me, there are many dives around here...we were walking along Irving one night looking for somewhere to eat when we passed this bar...and I literally heard groans comming out of that place. L then commented that he'd passed by there and saw people in there at 8am...now if that isn't a dive, tell me what is.
I bought us some drinks and we just chatted it up...y'kno, guy stuff...chicks, school, etc...before leaving, I made him down 3 beers while I downed 2...so we were already pretty "good" by the time we showed up. I mentioned that it was his bday, so the bartenders each gave him a free shot. I've discovered the most dangerous shot in the world....literally, man....this sucker is dangerous. Why? It does not taste ONE BIT like alcohol....I'm talkin' zilch...and THAT is why its the most dangerous drink I know. You can down 4 of those without tasting one bit of alcohol...a few minutes later, and you'll be stumbling around and over stools and tables. The name? A Royal Fuck.....how fitting, no?=)
On the walk home, he was already stumbling around...we were making all sorts of noise. He somehow fell and banged up his knees and skinned his hands, but at the time, oh man what a laugh...heh. I was pretty "good", but I acted it up a little more than maybe I was....all in the plan to get him puke drunk...hehe. Like I said before, barbaric tradition. We got home and he poured himself a cup of 1/2 vodka, 1/2 sprite with his wobbly ass hands....stumbled over to the couch....took one small sip and put it down...Now, what Jerome used to say, I know now is true. It all comes down to the smallest increment of drink. You can drink 5 beers and be great...be giddy, laughing, and silly...you take but ONE sip of that 6th beer, and it can all go to hell...you'll be pukin', your liver will be screaming bloody murder, and you'll curse the invention that is an alcoholic beverage. I know this to be true, because after he put that drink down, he had this look on his face that said, "holy shit....that was it...I've passed the threshold, and there's no going back....no matter HOW badly I want to go back...I'll instead be spending the next 2 hours hugging the toilet like it was my only friend in the world..." And so he did.=) Haha....
While he was doing his thing, I'd periodically check in with him, while chilling in W's room with him and his girlfriend. She had a paper to do, and for some reason they thought my drunk ass was in any position to proofread her paper...aiy. But I got through it. I wonder what she got on it. I'll inquire next time. When it came time to crash, I remembered that W had spread a beach towel over me as a blanket last time I was drunk...so this time I took the initiative and stole the blanket from right off his bed and made my way to the couch.=)
Its a good thing I had class at 6 tonite, cuz I woke up around 4 on the couch...with L still knocked out on his bed, I went to the bath room and splashed some water on my face....put on my shoes, and walked out into the afternoon sun....the midst of cars and people milling about...and me with morning breath and bed hair.=)
I made it to class about 20 minutes late today...as I walked in, Dennis remarked, "the first time you've been late all semester." And its true....for this class...its my drawing class man!=) Can't be late to it. Lately, I think I've been really finding the groove of this clothed figure drawing jazz...thats not to say I don't have a long way to go, but more like I know how to get there. My instructor is something entirely different. He's like one of the two or three big wig drawing teachers at my school...or the ones that I hear a lot about. Him? He's completely unassuming...a total nice guy. Absolutely none of that stereotypical aritst temperment and attitude. In fact, before going into art, he was an engineer...is that some shit? Pretty unrelated fields no? And yet, here he was, being a badass for all to see....I was watching him draw yesterday...just watching him as I and the other students often do...and as I noted his masterful handling of his material, one line came to my mind...just one....being repeated over and over and over again......it was this:
Remember in the Bruce Lee movie Enter the Dragon...where he just gets caught snooping around in the underground opium labs? And he's fighting off like three hundred guys(including the ever popular nunchuku scene)....well, after fighting them all off, and pretty much whipping some henchman ass , he runs into a corridor, as the walls close around him and he is trapped. Seeing this, he simply hangs his nunchuku about his shoulders and takes a seat on the ground, indian style. From a balcony high above, the drug czar/renegade monk/martial arts expert/leader leader type dude comes out...and he says this: "Your skills.....are EXTRA ordinary...."
Heh...thats it...that was the line running through my head as I watched him just whipping out some super badass stuff. I mean, there are often times when I'll be making my way over to his drawing horse to see him work, and I'll note a few good drawings from students along the way...."Wow, that looks pretty cool"..."hey, thats pretty good"...then I'll get to his, and suddenly, everyone else's seems utterly...mediocre. Thats him man...he's bad....Its like this. There's good....which is a classification I think I'm in....there's great....and a few students are here.....and then there's "I'm so f'ing awsome, I need my own gaddamn THEME SONG". And thats him.=)
Today during one of our breaks, he walked up to me and said, "I didn't want to bother you while you were drawing because you looked like you were concentrating, but there's something I noticed..." he flipped to a few of my previous drawings and proceeded to give me pointers. I ate it up man...I really dig on criticism and pointers from people I admire. I just wish he did more of this type of thing...but he's more the type of person that will help you if you ask, but otherwards he won't point something out unless its a big mistake. So I was kinda surprised that he came up to me...anywayz, very cool=) I took his pointers to memory.
As of right now, I've got some storyboarding to do....no big hurry...I think I'll make myself a spider before....Spiders are very swish.....hahah...how do you like my Aussy slang, Julia? My goal is to become a multicultural jive turkey, and I think I'm on my way...=) So anywayz, thats the rest of my night. Hope you're taking care...be good....look both ways before crossing the street....unless there's a cute girl on the other side of the crosswalk....in that case, keep your eyes straight ahead.=P
4/25/2001 03:40:40 AM
Monday, April 23, 2001
I hope you guys like the new digs...I kno, more than anyone how much it was in need...so with a wee bit of time on my hands, and a compulsion to finally do something about it, I went to it. The old one was seriously burning holes into my retina, so it had to go. With this new one, I just wanted you to feel comfortable chillin' at my place for awhile...color is a little easier on the eyes too.
So its 3:42am and I'm finishing up another ice cream float(or...spiders...as they're called down under, according to the resident Aussy afficionado=)......will I EVER learn? *nope* Thought so....'sides, I think I'm so tired, sugar will have nil effect on me.
Things are prurdy good these past few days...hope things continue on this track....I'm not entirely fond of the idea of going through these bouts of feelin' "blah" at regular intervals. I know exactly what Will's talkin' about.
Man, I'm really feelin' these Chinese tunes....lalala...
Not so into the Korean rapping though=)
Good nite, good fight.
4/23/2001 03:45:45 AM
Well, we ended up not going to sushi place...we were waiting for my friend's friend from SD, and by the time it he arrived, it was too late...so we did the next best thing, KOREAN BBQ/HOTPOT! Heh...it was funny, we were wandering up and down Clement Street waiting for the 10pm mark, so things would be half price....we went to harrass the nearby 7-11, we ate stale donut holes, we visited the magazine isle at RiteAid....
I'm constantly reminded of how different SF is from SD....we were walking around the street when my friend pointed out the Tong Palace restaurant....or what was left of it. What had once been the eatery was now a smoldering carcass....and why? Get this: Last(?) Chinese New Year, they didn't pay their dues to the Triads and so that day, 3 of their restaurants around town had been burned....is that some shit?? I was just like, "Wha?? This isn't Big Trouble In Little China..........or is it???!" Daaaang. So as I'm walking around, I'm tryin' to spot a Triad member...hehe..suffice to say, I didn't find one, but isn't that creepy knowin' they're around like that? Damn.
10pm FINALLY rolled around, and we were seated......piles upon PILES of raw meat man...it was nuts...Alex ate himself into oblivion...and by the later half of the meal, was squirming in his seat because when you're THAT full, NO position except "on your back" feels comfortable. H ate a buttload as well...and he's a small guy....L paced himself...so actually, he lasted the longest...me, I probably came in 3rd.=)
It must've been the fact that all the blood was circulating around our stomach region and not enough around our brain region, because near the end of the meal, we were doing our boybands/girlband/Robert Plant impressions....at the table...haha...crazy man...but actually, no one in there gave a hootnanny. It was late, and everyone was laughin' it up at their own table.=)
After we left that place, H just HAD to get a king size slurpee at the 7-11...even though he was bloated from eating too much...the power of the slurpee constantly amazes me.
It was about 12:30 when we headed over to the Safeway to get some booze...and about 1 when we got back to L and W's pad.
The night was filled with much drinking on mine and L's part...and a little from everyone else...there was much laughing...we watched the 6th Day....and for some reason, it was soooo damn funny. Well, actually, it wasn't all too funny until the guys started laughing...they seem to think that Arnold is a comedic actor....ALLL the time....and so proceed to laugh at every freakin' line he delivers...and I suppose when you've got a few in ya, it IS pretty damn funny...heh=) There was some drunken chatter, some sober to drunken chatter....I fell asleep around 6 with a beach towel as a blanket....I stole W's blanket and went back to sleep.
When I woke up around 10 to take a whizz, I think I was still buzzin', cuz my balance was off and everything....haha...kinda cool...I'm glad to say the buzz didn't effect my aim.=X I then slept till 12.....
L walks in to wake us up...the girl from last week(who we went out to dinner with) called and she was comming up soon to return movies she'd borrowed and grab a bite to eat.
We trudged around half asleep, getting ready...when she came, we went out to Einstine's....good place, 'cept Alex CLAIMS he found a pube on his orange slice...bwhAHAhh...gahh...but upon inspection, my own conclusion is that its just someone's hair....uhh...head hair...errr....regular.....type....hair?
She went home, and L, W, and Alex went to Fry's...dropped me off at home, cuz I had laundry and homework at school to do...and as of now, its all done, but I did miss out on the festivities tonite...I think there was karoke involved, which would've been fun.
So now I'm chillin' at home, eating my ravioli and contemplating loading up a new game....yeah, L gave me a new game...gaddamnit....
"Hey check it out, I got these new games...came with the soundcard I just bought." "OOOoooh, you've got Theif 2?? Its gotta be a demo." "Nah, look...its on 2 CDs." "OOooooh...aww damn, I just got my life back after beating Deus Ex....gaaah!" "heh...well?" "Uhh.....dude, lemme borrow that....hey....you've gotta say "no" to save me man..." *Puts CDs into my hand* "AHHhh damnit dude! YOu're supposed to say no! AIY crap!" "ahah..."
Y'kno, I think he just does it to see me suffer....well, anyhoo, I've got a new game. And I've been really wanting to play it...its probably not wise...not in the least...but hell!
Thats pretty much how my weekend went...sorry if it came out like a play-by-play, but I do that sometimes just to keep a record of what I did...so when I look back later, I can remember=)
I was supposed to go to my brother's pad this weekend, but due to miscommunications, we never got a hold of each other...I got his e-mail last night...at the peak of my drunkeness...and I uhh...wrote him a letter back...and...my grammer and spelling were horrendous=P Everything's been moved back a week, for next weekend...so its all good.
Right now, I'm listening to a few Japanese/Chinese mp3s I got from W....I'm really diggin' a lot of these songs....lemme absorb them some more and I'll let you know what the deal is....kinda cool to be exposed to music from different cultures and stuff...I was in need of new stuff to listen to, and this hits the spot nicely.
I got a new mousepad....its looks dope...its got a fish on it...well, maybe you guys will see it sometime....got it for free from one of the guys.
Well, there's the breakdown of the weekend....I'm off to install my doom....*sigh* The pitfalls of being an addict. Take care peoples.
