Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Here's a Quickie...


creeping in.
Originally uploaded by okta'lonli.

Ok, I finished up my last post and was about to go to bed when I suddenly got the bright idea to go check out flickr... what a mistake! This image immediately caught my eye and I've had to peel myself away from this lady's photostream to blog this.
Why can't I draw that well?

Dance Party 2k7

One of the jobs I have on campus is cleaning one of the restrooms in the guys dorm. It's not all that fun, but I try to entertain myself. I just bought an iPod Shuffle from a friend of mine who doesn't want it any more and I've loaded it up with fun, loud, and danceable music! Just after mopping the floor (for the first time) I load up a really fun song and I have a micro dance party with only myself and my reflection in the mirror. It's energizing and almost therapeutic in that it puts me in a happy mood to finish cleaning to the best of my abilities. Even though I pretty much suck at dancing, I'm still entertained by it and that's what really matters right?

Monday, March 19, 2007

A New Challenge

Drawing is hard. Let me re-phraze that, drawing with proper perspective is what's hard. For the last few tutorials in my Painting and Drawing class we've been drawing cardboard boxes stacked up on each other for at least 2 hrs. I've pretty much renamed the class Rage and Frustration 101 in my own mind. Towards the end of this last tutorial I got the hang of it and am almost done with my stack but I have to go in tomorrow morning before 11 to finish up. Looks like another busy day :)

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Downtown Cooranbong

It's not really Cooranbong but it feels like it sometimes :) I've been neglecting my flickr account lately and that's just not right! I'm going to try to post at least one new image of mine a week and I'll blog some of my favorite finds if I feel the spirit of good design move me. Ta!

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

And Now for Something Completely Different

It's been a little while since I've posted a blog so I'll catch y'all up on what's been going on in my life. I'm in the second week of school and I haven't had much homework yet. I'm sure that'll change as time goes on but for now I'm enjoying it. I'm taking Christian Studies 2, General Psychology, Painting and Drawing, and Computer Generated Design. My favorite class has to be Painting and Drawing by far though. They gave us sketch books so we could doodle in them whenever we want to. I spent an hour or so just drawing my wallet... I wish all my homework was so fun!

And now on to what's different. I suddenly felt the urge to blog about one of my favorite bands, Tool. For the last few weeks I've been mostly listening to electro and ska. For some reason I suddenly got the urge to crank the Tool album Ænima shortly after getting up this morning. I'm still listening to it now! From the opening track, a smile and all around good feeling hasn't left me. The music isn't positive per se, it's more like I've been seeing an old friend from a distance and I'm happy and excited to see them again. Their music is just so much deeper than anything I've ever heard before. From the lyrics right down to the time signature, this music sounds like it was precision engineered for greatness! Tool isn't for everyone and some of the lyrics are downright anti-Christian at times but in my mind it's ok. My faith isn't going to be broken by some rockin music! If you haven't heard any of Tool's music and are interested in finding out more, just hit those links! If you must listen to some tracks, download The Patient from the album Lateralus. You'll thank me later... Have a good hump day!

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