Makes me feel like a madman on the run

what does? THIS DOES

Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?

Me and Justine being minorly retarded but MAJORLY cool

Good thing I don't have allergies!

Creepy? Cute? Neither? THE JURY'S STILL OUT ON THAT ONE.

Irregardless, that happened this past weekend and I thought they were funny (so laugh about it!)

IN ADDITIONAL NEWS on monday I had this 2D project due that was supposed to be a series of 6 images following 6 different harmonious color schemes contained inside a folio (which is basically like a cardboard envelope with a cover and a lining). And so I was like HOW ABOUT A BOX INSTEAD. Because I'm comfortable with bookmaking and I think folios are lame. So subsequently, during crit people were like WHY and HOW and WHAT. It's that independant thinking bullshoy that always comes back to bite me in 2d because that class is all about rules and you know what? I'M A RULE BREAKER. It's true it's true. This is my box of secrets, don't look at it! (no it's fine you can)

It's 10" high and 8" wide (just for the encyclopedias) and it opens all the way up (like a regular folio EXCEPT BETTER)

My concept was about an old woman's memory box and her "photos" that she kept inside. I wanted the emptiness of the box to signify the lonliness and dependance of singular memory. But people were still like BUT IT'S SO BIG and I was like BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE EXPERIENTIAL. But I threw a few old lady things in there for good measure when I turn it in, like gloves and a hankie and weird brooches I have.

America's largest ball of twine!

The Himalayas!

Russia?

The Empire State Building

.... I think you got it.

Freakin pyramids guys.

Any questions? Suggestions? GOOD. For this project my friend Kyle did a series of images with childhood book type illustrations of dinosaurs having sex (I KNOW) with two Puerto Rican guys sitting on a couch collaged into each one. It was great and funny and considering how much he hates bookmaking, his folio turned out really well. p.s. I suggested that he use some of the imitation scale paper I saw at Blick and he was like YEAH = I'm inspiring.

Okayokay something else I'm really excited about BESIDES VAMPIRE WEEKEND WITH RYAN NEXT FRIDAY aaaand GIRL TALK AND N.E.R.D. AT SPRING FLING is I'm making a "music vid" for my computers class. Kate? Excited about her dumb computers class? Not possible!!!! But it is. Music vid is in quotes because it doesn't even have to be a music vid but I'm just excited to make some kick butt video arrrrrt! I'm going to use the song One Beat by Sleater Kinney for sure and it's going to be a combination between still images sequences together to create the illusion of a "motion picture" and some actual video footage. I want to start out with abstract drawings into illustration INTO pictures of Justine (that I will take and then print out and draw on and take again) AND then Justine interacting WITH the drawn on pictures of herself WHATTTTTTT. I'm so psyched!

So that's something for you to think about.