| New Flyer Design |
[13 Jul 2009|04:05pm] |
For the upcoming video dome project I'm working on!
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| Collection of thoughts over the short weekend... |
[13 Jul 2009|11:21am] |
Friday night I skipped out of work a small handful of minutes early.. but it was early enough that I could feel the sun celebrating with me that the weekend had begun. J and I hopped a metro and headed south to the lower east side. He suggested a cool, colorful dominican restaurant that I had never been and I was stoked to try something new. Plantain chips and black bean dip greeted us, followed by a couple negra modelos to start. Our waitress, a cute pink pixie haired chick, stared at me for a minute while she took our orders for pescado tropical (white fish with papaya in an avocado marinade) and a chino latino (chicken, onions & peppers) both with rice, beans, and veggies on the side.. Delicious!!!! I was then complimented on my colorful choices of hair dye and hat combo, when I realized that I knew her. She was a motorcycling drummer that used to live up at the commune of artists here in town. So I mentioned it and stunned her that we did have this connection. I'm quite certain that we had only spoken once, most likely at a drunken gathering of sorts, but I recognized her unique look and she was a total sweetheart. This started off the evening with a great taste for flavor, buzz and good peoples.
J and I then headed over to Pianos to meet friends who put us on the list for some live shows. Live shows of which we missed due to running into an old burning man friend in the bar area. We rattled on about our plans for this year, and got invited to Tahoe to stay before our trip. A place I've never been and have always wanted to go. If funds allow to make it out there instead of Reno, this will be my new plan for this BM season.
All of a sudden it was quickly approaching 10pm, and we had tix at the Sunshine theater to see the film MOON. A little buzzed on 2 modelos & a margarita we bolted over there and checked out the flick..Not nearly as exciting as I had hoped it would be, but all in all, I'm glad we saw it. I expected the story to shift a little differently than it had, could have had more interesting twists. Though the cinematography and design of the film was beautiful and well imagined..
Saturday, we woke up to sunshine, packed a picnic of veggie whole wheat wraps, fruit, blue chips & fresh salsa and drove upstate to Sleeping Giant State park. We picked one of the "easy" trails, 1.6 miles each way and took a bunch of fun shots and climbed up a small mountain, having lunch at the top. The evening was spent at the house of love fundraiser party for future art projects. I got to VJ a bit but not to my liking. I was far too intoxicated to make my files work at 3AM, or whenever the ungodly hour was that I finally opened my equipment to hop in. My files wouldn't work and I spent the whole time feeling totally discombobulated, clumsy and embarrassed. Luckily it was a small crowd and I didn't really have to care too much that I was fucking up by my own standards.. Hopefully I can erase that memory from my brain and start fresh to prepare for my August show. Time is going back quickly and I need to prepare!
Sunday was kind of a bust. Running boring errands. Read a bit of some book that a local friend of mine made me promise to check out. Vampire love story of sorts. Something I wouldn't choose to read, completely out of my normal selections. But that's why I decided to accept. I like doing things out of my norm. Plus the 5 other books by my bedside have only managed to hold my attention for a few chapters here and there and I haven't read any fiction in awhile. I've only always read nonfiction, and I've only ever been interested in nonfiction. Mostly travel memoirs and biographies. So, my lazy sunday was spent with strange fiction, which I'm actually enjoying to my surprise.
This week, it's time to get shit in order. Time to revisit my lovely little gym that I pass every day on the way to work. Time to get back into routines that I can maintain. Time to stop ordering out, out of convenience. Time to finish artwork that I've started. Time to tie up all those loose ends.
Looking forward to all my upcoming camping trips... Feeling a severe lack of nature right now and dwelling in the computer blues. Luckily the sun has been out lately and reminds me that I can always pick up where I last left off.
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| travel plans for the sake of traveling |
[08 Jul 2009|11:46am] |
Camping upstate late July for Starwood Festival
Reno, NV then Burning Man bound, late August to September
Provincetown, MA sometime mid September
Portland, OR bound in early October
Austin, TX bound in late October
Sunny remote island somewhere, possibly South America, for my birthday at the end of November
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| Hold this date! |
[06 Jul 2009|10:38am] |
If you have ever wanted to come out and see one of my shows, and are anywhere near NYC in August, please hold Thursday August 6th on your calendar!! I just got booked for my very favorite venue again, Monkeytown, but this time it's with my main musical partner, and we are going to make the most kick ass show that we've done yet.. I can feel it.
We were only able to book the show under the condition that we could get at least 30 people to come out.. so it would mean a whole whole lot to me if any of you planned to come for this night..
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[30 Jun 2009|10:27am] |
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Stream of consciousness.. I'm hitting a strange point... I want change..... Something to sweep in and out and shift it all around.. Of course, most of the time when I want this I have to push something in a direction to get there... and the bells of cautiousness that I take into account often come in and calm the impulsion. Though this time I don't want to have to consciously make any of those decisions right now... I've been making those decisions, living very practically and it's great and stable in a lot of ways, giving me what I want, and also boring to a lot of points.. Things are flowing in such a normal direction.. which is so odd to me.. For the first time, it all works, without too many bumps and hitches. Though I keep hitting the same points of being absolutely bored with this city, and wanting something else... but not doing much about it.... I have a few days off at a time for traveling.. but its not enough.. its just enough not to allow my normalcy to cave into chaos, but it's not enough... constantly wanting more.... craving some solitude... Work is so straight and narrow. It pulls in the money I need.. I'm saving money.. I'm paying bills.. not in debt... allows me to buy equipment, build my home studio, rent an art space, have the time and work on art even if I'm not compensated for it... all good things.. I shouldn't complain... but then theres this... this feeling... this underlying curse of normalcy that I'm arguing with unending.. Something else needs to happen right now... I'm just not quite sure what that is yet. I'm off work on Friday to begin a long weekend by myself.. along with everyone else who has the same weekend off... not sure what to do with my time... There is lots to accomplish, but part of me wants to flee... Though even 3 days is not enough time... 2 of those days would be sitting in traffic anyway... so I'm back where I started. Right here, contemplating the normalcy and wondering what's next. Honestly, I don't think I belong on the east coast. Things are really great here right now.. I see my fam when I want to, I have great friends and projects and am really successful with the work I do... but I just think this area's energy doesn't agree with me in a wholehearted way.. If it did, I wouldn't be rumbling and vibrating the energy that creeps up on me and causes me to spout words in these ways... as often as I do.
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| Good morning Monday! |
[29 Jun 2009|11:47am] |
I don't really know what's been going on lately... Feel like I'm coasting around trying to figure it out.
The things weighing on my mind the most is getting local studio space. I've outgrown my little attic apartment and miss being alone to really dive into all kinds of experiments with loud music and no interruption. So this week, my goal is to start researching. The LAA building, 3 min from my house, offers space without commitment to joining their group, so that is my first idea of where to look.
I'm also looking for a venue/event to play & VJ this upcoming weekend, with no ideas as of yet. Searching for possibilities.
May decide to take a class at 3rd Ward.. It's about finding funding for projects.
http://www.3rdward.com/3rdwardclasses/finding-funding.html
However, my whole game in taking a corporate job was to be able to fund myself... so, perhaps I don't need a class to take me down that road. Though I do have ideas for projects I'd like to fund.
I'm having trouble finding the motivation to edit today. Boring corporate videos. And, lots of them all needed at once. Somehow it helps to write it here. Feeling constant distraction today!!!
My evening salvation lately has been obsessively watching episodes of Showtime's Weeds! It is rare that I get into TV series of any kind.. though, I usually get sucked into one long series at a time. I dont pay for TV, so my only options are free shows online or netflixing. Additionally I've somehow also discovered Californication.. another one that sucked me in right away. Feels good to have designated down time.. something I dont do for myself much.. but I really do enjoy it. Finding that what I enjoy the most is dipping into the lives of characters that portray really strong personalities. Personalities that say what they want regardless of their affects on those around them. I admire that because I often have trouble saying exactly what I want to.
Other random things... Went to a wedding this weekend in Jersey.. Absolutely gorgeous place and had a total blast, for the first time EVER at a wedding. I hate weddings.. This one however, was spectacular.. Photos to come!
Thats about it for now. Random updates.
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| VJ Inspiration |
[12 Jun 2009|11:39am] |
This is a great source of work and inspiration... right down to a section dedicated to his creative process.
http://www.nokami.com
Bookmarked!
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| Just sayin' |
[11 Jun 2009|10:24am] |
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Twitter gives me a headache. Don't people blog anymore? And for the record - I don't care if you had oatmeal for breakfast. I had oatmeal for breakfast, but why does it need to be broadcast? What happened to people writing about meaningful things? I don't think I'll change my mind about this. Took me about a year to like facebook, but I'm still not feeling the point of Twitter in my life. Maybe it's just not for me. I prefer paragraphs.
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