My idea of posting a new written thing every day is going through a bit of fail. I will perservere though. Yesterday I wrote something, but didn’t post it here. Tonight i will continue strong! However, in spirit I’m still winning. I’m averaging approx. 1 writing per day.

This is what I did last night. A bit of a cop out but… meh

It’s Friday night and

I have nothing to do.

I find

myself

at loose ends.

Once upon a time,

this would have distressed me.

Now

it’s a bit of relief.

Perhaps this is what

they call “getting older.”

Or perhaps it has something to do with my constantly busy life.

In any case I grow restless.

I just finished my last book.

It takes a

long

long

time

for a minute

to pass

on a clock that doesn’t tick.

It’s time for some mischief.

I need you

- you -

to guide me.

Tell me, O wise ones.

What should I do?

I could go kill a bottle

but I [never]

drink alone.

I could call up a friend

but its a hassle

to press

that button on the phone.

Besides its friday night.

They’re probably not

alone.

There’s always masturbation

which is meta.

And meta.

And though it can pause cancer,

I’ll end up in the same position.

It’s 9.45.

Help me.

I don’t know what to do.

Or call me.

You know the number.

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I’ve decided that every day next month, I shall write something. Let’s see how this holds up.

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Here’s a light sculpture I worked on with Nahana. We were looking at the ideas of free will vs determinism as well as Plato’s cave.

The title is The Life of a Man.

As for the readings…

So the manifesto was kind of wierd. I couldn’t tell wether it was real or meant as a joke. It was hard to tell really and in either case I couldnt really take it too seriously with that harsh red background.

The zedenik reading was alright. It provided an interesting look into the life and work of a kinetic artist and a few of the problems he faced.

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Japan was alot of fun. I visited Toyko, Nikko, Hakone, Kyoto, Osaka, & Nara. I didn’t take pictures in every place but I did take a lot of pictures. Here are a couple of them. You can see the rest of the set on my flickr page.

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Well on day 4 I decided to redesign this website from scratch.

For posterity, and also, eventually in the images section. Here’s a screencap of a near final version of it.


I managed to finish most of the actual design for the blog section, but I ran out of time before I could try and build a CMS for my media and portfolio.

Update: As of now the CMS is pretty much done. Just did a very simple plug and chug thing in php.

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On the 3rd day I made a song using sounds I’ve been continually collecting from M-Audio’s and the media lab for the past couple months.



Actually, I got bored after a while and decided to stop :/

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On day 2 I worked w/ Liesje to make a comic. We alternated every 1/2 hour to make a page.

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So this summer I did 4-in-4 again.
I blogged about it on their site and finally updating it here.

So on the first day I made portraits of 6 people: “Karla Calderon, Diego Rioja, Xue Hou, Jorge Just, Elizabeth Fuller, and Oscar Torres.”

I didn’t focus on their actual physical appearance (for the most part), but on how I perceived them. For pictures I’ve included two versions. One with lineart, one without. I also put the original sketches at the end.
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No updates in nearly a month. Soon to be rectified. I’ve just been lazy. Currently redesigning website / portfolio. I think I’ll go with a paper theme.

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So, I’m working on a paper cut out stop motion animation w/ Xue. You can find some really pretty documentation on her blog

My camera is still defunct, which is why I don’t have any documentation of the above. Looking to buy a new one. I spent a weekend playing around with the new Lumix DMC-LX3. It’s pretty sexy and after playing around with the one in the ER for a few days, I think I want it. Unfortunately it’s sold out.

I’ve been working hard on a Facebook game for WaterAid America with Scott and Asli. It’s coming along nicely, though of course delayed (as these things often are). We’d hoped to be done by this friday but most likely it’ll be another week before we start any sort of serious user testing and another month before the game is in a state to be released to the slavering masses.

My last summer project is going to be located at maximumcuteness.com. It’s pretty much what it sounds like, but that’s the only hint i’ll give about it ^_^

Also, it’s about high time this website got a new look. I’m definetly tired of this one.

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