Laura’s home! I cleaned up the apartment this morning, then went and met her at the airport. She was accompanied by a single-serving friend named Ricky, an architect from New Jersey. He offered us a taxi or limo ride downtown as it was on the company card, which we gladly accepted.
Finish Reading »Cardboard Cut-Out People in a Cardboard Cut-Out World
Last Saturday Marisa had a movie monster themed party, starring herself, Alex, Evan, Heather, Jacob, Carolina, Jessie, Rachel, Stefan, Laura, and myself. They built a cardboard city and we destroyed it. It was quite fun. Finish Reading »
Sincerely Passionate about Beer and Burgers
Yesterday after work, 11pm, I hurried over to Brutopia where Laura, Carolina, and Jessie were, with a bruburger with my name on it. The kitchen closed at 11, but they got there earlier and ordered one for me. I was absolutely drenched in sweat, a film covering my entire face. That was just from heat. The bruburger, some how, wasn’t all that satisfying or even exceptionally tasty, which is incredibly disheartening because it is usually such an experience to eat. The pint I had after was disappointing too, as it just kinda filled me and made me gassy.
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This morning, while looking at the latest Threadless tees, I found one by Phil Jones. This is actually his second winning tee of late. He became a member of Threadless about a year later than I joined, so he had to find a different user name. I have only ever submitted one design for critique, and none as a finished design. I think I could win, especially with the critiques to help refine the design. Designing a winning tee is not far from a month’s worth of wages, and it’s way more than the paltry sum I’m making through commissions right now. This is definitely something I should start working on.
Finish Reading »His Fire Escape was Larger and Nicer than Our Balcony
I was chatting with Jessie Thavonekham this afternoon and she brought up wanting to start an artist’s collective. I told her about Slutniks and how I wanted to make an art community from it but no one else seemed interested in it, possibly because the name was off putting. I explained that the name was a take on the Sputnik space program, which sent the first living creatures into orbit. She was immediately interested.
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