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| Nov. 2nd, 2009 @ 01:21 am Art intro no. 2 | |||
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Dammit. I promised myself I would make an art post each week. I guess better late than never. I am sick sick sick. Children, fucking disease factories the whole lot of them. Grumble grumble. Can't swallow, can't breathe, can't really do much besides blog. So I had better make myself useful. Here is a quick one before I pass out in a pile of my own mucus. Internets, meet Asia Wong. She is a performance/public intervention artist currently living in New Orleans. Possibly? Probably still? I actually don't know much about her. I could blog about that website I just linked to and it's contents for miles but I wont cuz I am sick and lazy. I will make you discover is for yourself. It is super fun anyway. I really enjoy her "Wreckless" project. I think it is one we can all relate to. Here is a quote from her project description regarding "Wreckless". " In Zooey, by J. D. Salinger, there is a moment when Franny is at home on the sofa having a nervous breakdown, wearing her robe and petting the family cat and Zooey says to her, “I mean if you're able to go into a collapse with all your might, why can't you use the same energy to stay well and busy?” He takes it back in the next breath, says, “All right, so I'm being unreasonable,” but I’ve always thought that was a perfectly reasonable thing to say. A lot of my friends are battling depression. This depression is entirely logical. There is a lot to be depressed about: the privatization of our public spaces; the disappearance of imagination from everyday life; the almost instantaneous co-optation of the subversive into mainstream consumer society. Not to mention global warming, the depletion of our natural resources, and impending world war. What is there to do? Wreckless is about reclaiming public space, about using your imagination, and about recontextualizing the tools of commodification into expressions of individuality. And Wreckless aims to do this all with a measure of joy. Because in a culture where advertising is meant to keep you perpetually dissatisfied, bored, and ugly (i.e., the perfect consumer), being happy, imaginative and beautiful is a revolutionary act. Wreckless. -asia I believe she is most well known for her 300 Letters project.This project is her extremely random way of creating intimacy among strangers. She penned 300 love letters to people she knew or kind of knew or wanted to know, attached them to the OUTSIDE of envelopes and addressed them to strangers. She then made this highly amusing and synesthetic website for them. Go ahead, browse for days, it is incredibly satisfying in a voyeuristic kind of way. This is the love letter that she wrote to herself.  . |
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| Oct. 24th, 2009 @ 10:24 pm Art intro no. 1 | |||
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Hey internet. I like art. Do you? How would you guys feel if I posted about art? See, I rummage through the internets like a hungry bear looking for art to devour on an hourly basis. Currently, I have 26 tabs open of art that I have been looking at this week. (No, I NEVER turn off my laptop. Yes, I am sure this is bad.) So I was thinking that if I started telling you about some of the art that's running through my fingers I would feel like I could move on and close these tabs without feeling like I'm erasing all this ART from my memory. Make sense? Maybe this arrangement will prove mutually beneficial? So here goes.... ART! (Please feel free to ignore me if you want to.) First up: Natalie W. Cheung - Photographer (Washington, DC.) Nicknames: Thrasher, Natalie Fucking Cheung or just plain N.F.C Point of interest: She digs fractal qeometry. I am excited about her because she also works in cyanotype. What she has to say about that: "The cyanotypes allow me to devise a situation that allows nature to put it's own hand into creating the drawings." ![[cyanotype04.jpg]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0JZL8o9T7UU/SRO0brpj0HI/AAAAAAAABNw/DNSV7ayTdMs/s1600/cyanotype04.jpg)  ..... but you don't have to take my word for it! Check out her website. I highly recomend it. |
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| Jul. 17th, 2009 @ 02:56 am To anyone in the Montreal area... | |||
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I'm a having an art show! Come on out and see for yourself!  |
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| Apr. 13th, 2009 @ 12:58 pm (no subject) | |||
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| So what does a work-a-holic art student do with a day off when she's no longer allowed to go to school and her boyfriend wont play with her? Express her love of cats!  Mrrrrow! Happy sunshine and rainbows everyone! It's discount chocolate day!!!!!!! |
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| Apr. 1st, 2009 @ 03:13 am This is not a poem. | |||
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Done. Degree = accomplished. Woot. I will now celebrate by sleeping. For, like, a million years. |
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| Mar. 1st, 2009 @ 10:29 am Nuit Blanche | |||
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| Oh wow. I would like to thank everyone who came out to celebrate Nuit Blanche with me. It was fantastic. Thank you all for being so supportive. I hope I actually managed to see you and speak with you when you came out. It was crazy time in there and I ended up spending a good deal of time NOT in my venue. My bad. I will post more thoroughly later. For now I just wanted to express my thanks to you all for coming out. Weeee! |
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| Feb. 28th, 2009 @ 10:34 am Daily Doughnut | |||
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TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! Big opening party (with cupcakes for eating!) for the show tonight! Les Territoires (in the Belgo at 372 rue Ste-Catherine O #527) from 8pm - 3am. Show me you care! Come out to see me! Please?  |
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| Feb. 19th, 2009 @ 07:37 pm Art Matters because I matter! | |||
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MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I am the SHIIIIIIIIIIIT! I have nothing sophisticated to say right now. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Check it bitches! FAMOUS! |
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| Feb. 7th, 2009 @ 06:15 am (no subject) | |||
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| Adding milk to cake mix does not a breakfast cereal make...... |
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| Jan. 13th, 2009 @ 02:05 am (no subject) | |||
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| Writing an artist statement makes me want to give up being an artist for good. Done, finito, washed my hands of it, good riddance. Just thought I'd share that. |
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| Dec. 21st, 2008 @ 05:52 pm (no subject) | |||
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| Hip hip HORRAH for my partial Pagan and partial Catholic upbringing. Twice the parties, Twice the presents. Happy Solstice everybody! I hope I get a pony........  |
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| Dec. 1st, 2008 @ 03:17 am Showtime in 4 hours..... | |||
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| life gets lonely when everybody you know sleeps. |
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| Nov. 30th, 2008 @ 05:15 am Patricia Waller I still love you | |||
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| Note to self: Stop bleeding all over your homework. So, here we sit. 26 hours left before the sit hits the fan. Word up, white embroidery on white fabric is hard! Needles are sharp, fingers are fragile, blood is terribly red and white is so hard to keep clean. I am so happy someone invented tide stick. Come hell or high water (today I fought the high waters, paper making and all... tomorrow I guess comes the hell part.) school is over for the semester in 65 hours. Huh, it sounds like a lot of time when I put it like that. Too bad most of that time is taken up with work and classes. Gagh, the next 24 are gonna suck. I promise that there will be a huge picture post in 65 hours. I hope that I have something to show for all of my work soon enough. |
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| Nov. 28th, 2008 @ 12:20 pm (no subject) | |||
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| This morning I got 5 new messages from Live Journal. They were comments that had been posted to me nearly 8 DAYS AGO. What gives LJ? |
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| Oct. 1st, 2008 @ 09:59 pm (no subject) | |||
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On a lighter note.... Here is what I have been working on and am currently working on. |
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| Jul. 28th, 2008 @ 07:08 pm A place to lay my head..... | |||
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Hey Ottawa! We're a commin' to see you! Yes YOU! From the 31st to the 3rd, Nic and I will be popping into a municipality near you. EXPECT IT! Write me a note if you want to see us.... or perhaps if you'd like to shelter us? We would so like to be sheltered..... See you soon, you "technically beautiful" people. |
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| Jun. 20th, 2008 @ 05:16 am work | |||
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I hope I don't get fired today..... If they sit me down for a talk I hope I'll be able to work afterwards instead of having an panic attack (like I did yesterday after our talk...) I hope I can cope with being fired from a job I love in the only field I am qualified to work in.... I'm not asking for comments. I know you all think I am sexy. I know you want to cheer me up. I know you want to tell me about YOUR day. But I'm not really interested in listening to you. I suck and that hurts and I'm feeling pretty lousy this morning. .....but at least I've stopped shaking for the time being. |
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| Jun. 12th, 2008 @ 06:44 am My future looks bleak..... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jun. 8th, 2008 @ 09:50 am Hot town, bummer in the city! | |||
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| Aw man, nature ruined my morning! Here's the back story: Well, the morning began full of sun and such so the cat and I decided to spend it on the deck. So, Decibelle (cat) and I got all dolled up to go outside and out do our morning LJing together. She in her leash and harness, me in my bikini and heals..... but when I stepped onto the deck I noticed a gray fluffy ball under the table on my neighbours side of the deck. My first thought was stray cat because the gray fluff looked ratty. Now, I'm one of those types that as soon as they see a stray cat outside they immediately begin imagining their life with a new kitty to love and care for. So my reaction was more like STRAY CAT! Yes I am a crazy person who is always on the cusp of Cat Lady.... I quickly shoed Decibelle inside and shut the door. I think she suspected something because early on because even though she had been crying at the door all morning she just sat in the doorway when I opened it without coming outside. So, my own beloved kitty safe, I went to investigate. As soon as I had I gotten close enough to peer over a deck chair and see it's face, it's incredibly MASKED face, it started growling. This wasn't any kind of growl, this was a hate filled "I'm a gonna cut you!" kind of growl. I think I actually Eeeped when I scurried inside with my knees shaking. Holy cow folks, there is a LARGE and ANGRY RACCOON on my deck!!!!! Country type Nova Scotian raccoons are scary as hell, I am shitting myself thinking that this big city fella must be 100 times meaner. I think I half expect him to be packing heat..... So um... now what do I do? |
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| May. 22nd, 2008 @ 12:28 pm subconsciously hilarious | |||
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Current Music: Kanye West - Stronger
Our Compliments brand birth control. Just think about it......I did. |
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| Dec. 17th, 2007 @ 08:52 pm Bwahahahaha! | |||
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| Nov. 30th, 2007 @ 09:53 pm Decision, decisions! | |||
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Guys! I NEED your help, advice, guidance, etc..... Lacking in girlfriends tonight (as well as boyfriends) I am in need of SOMEONE to help me pick the perfect ensemble for my work party tomorrow night. You all know me to be the vulnerable and indecisive type, so I've taken a few photos and you get to pick! (If you want to). Hey, everybody likes pictures, right? The deal: My work party is kind of big, hundreds of guests kind of big I suspect, and the theme they chose (yes, they chose a fucking theme like a prom or something) is "The Red Carpet". I would LIKE to think they mean "dress like a celebrity" and I can just throw on some sweatpants, sunglasses, a baseball cap and leave my undergarments at home...... but I'm pretty sure what they INTEND is for us to dress all fancy like and shit. Like a STAR or something. There will be booze and there will be food and I suspect plenty of awkward moments with bosses and such. On with the show! |
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| Nov. 8th, 2007 @ 03:01 am String theory | |||
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Current Mood:
 accomplished  Video sent by hyperallergina CHECK IT OUT! dorkybex , loopfrog and I made a video! WOOOO! Some people in my LJ land rock so hard, I can't even tell you enough.Dudes. I am ON THE INTERNET! Holy cow! PS: For those of you not "in the know" B.S.C. in this case stands for Before Single Crochet, which is a type of chrochet stitch. Just thought I'd mention that. The intended audience is my fibres class and I wasn't sure if that would be funny to anyone outside of the dorky world of fibre arts. |
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| Sep. 12th, 2007 @ 11:08 am Thinking | |||
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| Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed by the things going on inside my head and the expectations placed upon my physical person by friends and family rooting me in reality..... Self-absorbed dribble asside, here's a taste of what I'm thinking about this morning. Too bad I have to return all these books without reading them. Dream Hedgerow Vase The Disfigurines Bunnylicious BUNNIES! And now... off to work. I am working entirely too much for a full time student but I'll get into that later. |
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| May. 9th, 2007 @ 12:43 pm "Gardening" job..... | |||
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Follow up to last entry regarding the gardening job guy who wanted to see my portfolio.... In response to my email: Yes, I have a portfolio (of sorts) and also many samples of work that I have done. My artistic background is mainly textile based. As I applied for a gardening job I'm interested to hear what you have in mind for someone with my skill set. He wrote and I quote: (bolded comentary provided by yours truly) Well Emily, to answer your question, it would be ..."gardening"! (What the hell kind of gardening does this quatation marked "gardening" suggest?! Sketchy) I presently have someone working who is a student in english literatrure and heading for communications. Its not so much that one has to be an expert in gardening, that's my job, but rather someone who has the right attitude to do whatever needs taken care of when requested to do so. Hopefully a quick learner who does not need much supervision. Presently I am offering 4 hours from Monday to Friday a.m.'s. There is another problem, maybe and for you to decide, and that is that even though I have had women work for me and even though they have shown me that they don't mind (their just one of the guys), there are no bathroom facilities. (SERIOUSLY?!) So if one gets the urge to go, its behind the fire exit door next to the garden type of thing. (Wh-what?! Any building that has a FIREDOOR EXIT should have a BATHROOM, right? Or have I been living by unreasonable standards?) By now you've probably read enough and are concentrating on your next textile launch :) (You betcha, although I still resent you jumping to conclusions about my character...oddly enough) If your still interested and the guy I presently have doesn't work out, I'll send you an e-mail. Otherwise, good luck in your endevours. By the way, if you are interested in using me/business as subject for your photography while we are working on the properties (without posing but just shooting while we are active) that would be cool. (SURE! I'll stand near the piss pool of a fire exit and capture portraits of inhumane working conditions, indecent exposure and urination on city property) Also, can you do a family portrait? We have lots of pictures but no nice family portrait. It would be me, wife, and two boys ages 4 and 6. And if you do, what would it cost etc. (I'm not really qualified or equiped to do that kind of work anymore sadly and at this point I have lost all interest in talking to you.) No Loo?! SERIOUSLY?! I may be desperate for a job but I am not THAT desperate. Gagh! The job search continues.... |
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| May. 1st, 2007 @ 10:30 am (no subject) | |||
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LIVE JOURNAL IS A JERK! MY COMPUTER IS ALSO A JERK! I've been arguing with them all morning in order to post things and NOW the fonts are funny sizes and there are NO LJ CUTS where I PUT LJ CUTS! To all of you on my friends list, I apologize. Sorry about messing up your pages with huge pictures not under cuts. I TRIED! I really did. Jerks. |
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| Apr. 28th, 2007 @ 09:57 am (no subject) | |||
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[Unknown LJ tag] |
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| Apr. 2nd, 2007 @ 02:54 pm I like my Tofu in the shape that God made her...... | |||
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I am eating something right now that could easily have turned into a culinary hate-crime. Fortunately, it veered from the path of the emancipated minor just in time. I call it... "Mostly Brown : A Working Title." |
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| Feb. 28th, 2007 @ 09:00 am (no subject) | |||
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| I hate nasty egg surprises the most. Like when you make the toast for runny egg dipping, when you cut it into strips and everything, and you've ended up hard boiled. :( Funny how much the consistancy effects my desire to eat it..... Morning = RUINED! |
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| Feb. 27th, 2007 @ 02:39 pm Potty mouth! | |||
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Oh my freaking stoke of devine inspiration. Scrubs makes my day. Be a doll, click the link. Let it make your day too! Because, you know... everything comes down to poo. |
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| Feb. 23rd, 2007 @ 10:51 am (no subject) | |||
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| FRESH earl grey tea, the first bag out of the box all new and shit, is possibly the best thing ever. |
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| Feb. 5th, 2007 @ 09:11 am Oh my inner settler! | |||
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| Hey, here's a change for you all. I'm going to post a POSITIVE entry! Crazy, huh? Lately I've been making some pretty cool and obsessively time consuming things. Cool knitted things! Last week I learned how to DYE my own fleece, CARD my own fleece and SPIN my own yarn! Now it's all I can think about. I've been spinning like a crazy person and yesterday I started knitting it into things. Realizing that knitting with conventional needles would never do for such special yarn I decided to MAKE MY OWN NEEDLES. Yup I think I've completely lost it. I bought a dowel, cut it in four. whittled the end with an exacto, sanded it smooth, stained the wood and soon I will varnish it all up. Next up... the nicest damn hat made my "little house" hands that you ever did see. Want to see what I've been up to?  And it only costs pennies a glass! |
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| Jan. 6th, 2007 @ 02:25 pm The more you know! | |||
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Current Mood:
Weirdness! curiousWash your hair with Whipped Cream?! Clean your clothes with Cheez Whiz?! This message was brought to you by the seriously awesome and constantly bizarre Internetting of yours truly. Google-Foo for life! |
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| Dec. 18th, 2006 @ 03:46 pm These boots are made for walking. | |||
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How do YOU feel about getting paid $200/hour to step on someone? curious |
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| Dec. 11th, 2006 @ 12:46 pm Weee! Presents! | ||||||||||||||
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( my xmas stocking )
Have I been a good girl, folks? |
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| Nov. 28th, 2006 @ 11:45 pm KITTY! | |||
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Current Mood:
 SANGRIA 8 lives to go. Here's hoping they aren't all as EXPENSIVE as that 1st one! |
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| Nov. 26th, 2006 @ 05:15 pm (no subject) | |||
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Current Mood:
curious HEALING HUGS - HEARTFELT HUG or The Hugger Busker’s Hug |
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| Nov. 16th, 2006 @ 05:18 pm (no subject) | |||
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Current Mood:
Is Live Journal a good way to tell yout boyfriend that his bike's been stolen? confusedYes? No? |
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| Oct. 10th, 2006 @ 02:03 pm (no subject) | |||
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Holy hell! Flying felines are FANTASTIC FUN! |
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| Sep. 25th, 2006 @ 11:06 pm DORKGASM! | |||
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Oh man! Oh man! Oh man! |
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| Sep. 10th, 2006 @ 02:38 pm (no subject) | |||
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Current Mood:
amused*BEEP* "Emily, if you want me to send you the bread and jam piece of paper.... and this thing about the dead man, will you give me your address?" |
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| Sep. 7th, 2006 @ 09:23 pm Getting to know you games | |||
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So it's officially the 2nd day of school and I'm already so baffled and confused by the topics discussed in class. I'm stumped on my very first homework assignment. Sure, it's only a "get to know the students" questionnaire but I'm really having a problem with it. Why DO I make art? What inspires me? I just DO. I can't NOT. I don't know how to answer this. I put the ball in your court LJ. All of you do SOMETHING creative. Visual or otherwise. 1) What motivates/inspires you to make art? 2) Name 2 artists whose work you admire and explain briefly why? DISCUSSION IS ONNNNNN!!!! |
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| Sep. 5th, 2006 @ 07:25 am travel notes | |||
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Current Mood:
 crazyI'm BAAAACK! Word up: I don' t think you can bake cookies in the microwave. Sure, it may be warm and melty and kind of hard.. but it's just not right. More on that when I wake up. Back to bed for my post cookie nap. |
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| Sep. 1st, 2006 @ 07:51 am (no subject) | |||
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Current Mood:
I dreamed of unpeeled carrots. Carrots that were so sweet and fresh that peeling was unnecessary,. Crisp and juicy. Yum, Yum. confusedWhat does it all MEAN?!!!! |
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| Aug. 29th, 2006 @ 06:57 am (no subject) | |||
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Current Mood:
Attention weirdos! weirdBACON is on the rise. I repeat, BACON is on the rise! Don't miss your chance to be part of the satuarated revolution. |
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| Aug. 24th, 2006 @ 06:49 am Aparently | |||
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Current Mood:
In my dreams I play saxophone in a punk band. sleepy |
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| Aug. 13th, 2006 @ 06:04 pm (no subject) | |||
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Current Location: slaving over a hot stove while nic sleeps
Current Mood:  breadCurrent Music: failure I MADE BREAD! Well, tea biscuits actually.
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| Jun. 30th, 2006 @ 01:49 pm (no subject) | |||
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Current Location: cream cheese in my belly, sunglasses on my head
Current Mood:  energeticCurrent Music: FRENCH!
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| Jun. 9th, 2006 @ 07:50 pm INTERNET | |||
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Oh sweet mother of God! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP2b45tBi Go Jesus! Go Jesus! Go. Go. Go Jesus! |
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| May. 19th, 2006 @ 07:21 am (no subject) | |||
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| Dear LJ, How are you doing? Fondly, HYperallergina |
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