Recently in Summer Projects Category
I have left you all anxiously awaiting the results of classes 2 and 3. But do not fret! I have not forgotten! We simply thought we had lost our digital camera somewhere between Bushwick and Massachusetts only to find that it was indeed in our computer bag this whole time! Even though Stephen had already checked there twice before! My suspicion is that the technology elves crept in to our apartment in the middle of the night and returned our digital camera so that I could keep blogging.
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Day 2
I had my first portrait drawing class at Cooper Union tonight. I have only ever taken one art class (Intro to Drawing at NYU) and that was five years ago. I was nervous to start drawing again. I was worried about how my work would compare to the other students. I had to keep reminding myself that no matter how brilliant the other students might be, ultimately I am taking this class to improve my skills. It is about commitment to create.
For the next eight weeks I will draw on Monday nights for three hours. I would never do that alone in the comfort of my apartment. It is far more likely that I would come home from work and start doing laundry or cleaning the kitchen. These are, of course, important tasks in the interest of good hygiene and cooking excellence. They absolutely need to be done. And the sense of joy I feel whilst snuggling in my dryer-sheet-fresh-bedding or reaching for my favorite cooking knife (thanks Ron Popeil!) straight from the magnetic strip can be so satisfying! But all that progress and happiness dies so quickly. Clothes and dishes will always be dirty again. And washing them over and over again will certainly never elevate their maximal level of cleanliness, ultimately causing frustration and a bad attitude about cleaning.
So.
But.
If I keep drawing I will continue to get better. And there will always be room for more improvement.
So, in closing, drawing (much like cleaning) is bound to be an endless task, but promises to be much more fun and rewarding. I think it might even make me happier.
Oh, and if you're wondering, that drawing of me up above? (Yes, that's supposed to be me.) That is my attempt at a self portrait without looking in the mirror. It was our first assignment. I won't be illustrating New Yorker covers any time soon, but I am happy to say my walls will look less bare. Even if my life is dirtier because of it.
Yo, me and the TKO boys just got our EP back from the producer...we put most of it up on the ole myspace. Check it out and let me know what think. Hard copies soon to follow as soon as we pick some album art. If you guys have any idea what kind of visual theme we should go with, hit me up.
Hello GameTrailers.com and MTV. Or Viacom. Hmm that's a lot of coms.
No more Cinematech. I will be the features editor at gametrailers. I am very scared and have lost the ability to use contractions. 
I am taking a week off before my new job where I will bless you with my presence and burden your couches.
The plan is I will be in CT working at the hospice till Tuesday the 22nd and choo-choo on up to visit the kids (you.)
Plans include buying Sam dinner, buying the Juggernaut a lot of booze and creative face shaving. Fuck yeah. Get somes tats. Full sleaves. Coat tails. Ankle links.
Also work on my decanter gun collection
I will not wear shorts.
Please remain in NYC Aug 22-25th. Please?
He always had Hammer eating in diners rather than restaurants, he liked to say, because he wasn't sure how to spell "restaurant."
I made one too, see?
Friends: I am currently engaged in research. There is an attempt underfoot to discover a new type of irony. An invisible irony.
I will keep you posted.
Or will I?
I've added a new category for things I'm going to do once this crazy life-chomping job I have is over in early-to-mid July.
I will spend one day on a corner with two nintendo DSes, two cheapass folding chairs, and a sign that reads: "I Will Kick Your Ass at Tetris For $1 (Take your dollar back if you win.)"
I will do as the sign says until the batteries run out on the DSes, and then I will blog about it.
