tonight i have to leave it

i'm getting ready for my LA223 three day field trip. i need to be at school in 6 hours. damn. we're going up the coast of california and we're sleeping under the stars. it's going to be quite an experience. like no other one might say. i think twitter might be my only form of contact if i even get cell phone reception. but i shouldn't think about it that way. i should think about it as the immense knowledge i will gain about the california coast and the at least 36 drawings/paintings i will produce. i'm really looking forward to it.

is typing in small
too hard to read? please let me know.

two girls walking past wurster
commented on its ugliness
and how it reflects the users inside
'just nasty.'
it's called brutalism, dumbass.

jejune
adjective

1.	without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.

2.	juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.

3.	lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.

4.	deficient or lacking in nutritive value: a jejune diet.

this is quite possibly the coolest clock ever.

http://www.christiaanpostma.nl/clock_3.htm

blogging
i've decided i need to read more blogs relative to design and landscape architecture in order to be aware what's currently going on in the field.













hotel transvaal is utilizing residual spaces to make hotel rooms in buildings that are due to be demolished but haven't been sold yet. they range from 1 to 5 stars. i would love to stay in one.

"The supply of rooms is very diverse in terms of decoration, luxury and price, to ensure that everyone has a place. When homes are sold or demolished sloopanden move the hotel rooms. They are then redecorated in a different location."

"This is the largest hotel in the world because the streets of Transvaal are also the corridors of the hotel. Residents of Transvaal are obviously the hosts and women of this hotel. Here hospitality is first"

















i find this purse beautiful. it's made from soda tabs by brazilian women who also write a note to you that comes with the purse. i wish they made a tote bag or something manly out of them.

purchase here.

more to come later.

suri cruise is 2























and i'm 22. this should have been posted on april 18th.

and who can forget melissa joan hart's birthday:














i had an amazing birthday weekend.

insomnia
i took a nap today and drank a lot of coffee. now i can't sleep. i've watched all the tv i've downloaded, i've sketched out my chip assignment, eaten some food and tried to fall asleep. all that's left to do is wikipedia.

a check in on the two epidemics we focused on in chip's drawing class reveal that they have found the origins of sudden oak death (santa cruz and mount tam) and that it is genetically mutating to avoid eradication. also found is that air pollution could be masking the odor of flowers, causing honeybees to miss their scent trails. says one jose d. fuentes "Scents that could travel for more than half a mile in the 1800s now probably travel less than about 600 feet." interesting...

i'm looking forward to this weekend.

i danced ballet with jen
it was fun until it wasn't funny anymore. then we had to stop. sorry for the single line posts.

i like taking the bus at night
because it doesn't stop, except when i want it to. but you have to make sure the bus driver is sober.

drawing contours for topographical models

makes me sad. watching vh1 reality television scares me.

i will never understand...

why photoshop does not have a hotkey for brightness/contrast.

"i don't like having to pretend that i belong here"

this is hakea drupacea, or sweet hakea. it's an australian native.

qualia

is "an unfamiliar term for something that could not be more familiar to each of us: the ways things seem to us."

"The 'what it is like' character of mental states. The way it feels to have mental states such as pain, seeing red, smelling a rose, etc'"

redness is the canonical qualia. there is no way to actually describe what red looks like.