Some tags were a little fancier, but even these only took like 15 minutes to pull together.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Do It
http://kevan.org/johari?name=eeyore_freak
I'll receive a statistical breakdown of how people percieve me.
I'll receive a statistical breakdown of how people percieve me.
Friday, February 17, 2006
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
I got this from my Step-Mom and liked it. Enjoy
F A M I L Y
I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don't you think?
So what is behind the story? Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don't you think?
So what is behind the story? Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
Monday, February 06, 2006
We're Moving On Up!!!
I've been eyeballing this trailor for a while. Just yesterday a "For Rent' sign went up, so we called them early this morning. My whole family went on a walk-through of the blue trailor this morning, with the owner, Elizabeth. It's great and affordable, so we are moving!
Why we are moving, in a nutshell:
The trailor is longer and wider than our current trailor.
It's only 3 doors down from where we live now, so it'll be the easiest move in history.
Rent is only $50 more than we pay now.
The back yard is fenced in. Yay safety!
They just painted the entire outside last year.
They are leaving behind a LARGE storage shed in the backyard.
The deck in the backyard is only 1 year old and it's that fake wood that wont rot at all.
The backyard has 2 wooden swings and a tire swing + a trampoline (if we want it).
There are 3 bedrooms.
There are 2 bathrooms.
The master bathroom has a garden tub and a seperate shower. There's also his and her sinks & mirrors.
The kitchen is much much bigger. Jimmy saw the kitchen and was like, "That's it, we're moving."
THERE IS A DISHWASHER!!!!!
There are ample cabinets in the bathrooms and kitchen.
There is a seperate good-sized laundry room with nice cabinets and room for our hampers. (No more washer in my bathroom/ Yay a bathroom with a door!)
There are ceiling fans, helping with energy costs.
The roof is pitched, unlike the flat one here, so they don't get the roof problems and leaks we have in the pink trailor.
All the appliances are electric. (unlike our gas furnice and oven now)
Cable TV is run to all the bedrooms (unlike in our current trailor)
The walls aren't wood-paneling. They are flat and already painted or tastefully wallpapered.
They are leaving behind the window treatments.
Elizabeth's husband will do our maintenance, not the flakey Community Maintenance men.
Elizabeth wants to clean the fridge, clean the backyard, wipe out all the cabinets and the fridge before we start moving in. She also insists on shampooing all the carpets. We sure aren't gonna stop her! We are paying a deposit at the end of this week, and we can start moving our stuff over then.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Starting Over
At the meeitng yesterday Randal changed his mind and said for me to start over on my authority statue, making him nude and in a funny pose. Also, he wants me to resketch my nude couple into a knee-lock. If you don't know what that is, you will be educated when I post my sketches. At the end of the meeting our technical director, Mario, came in and looked over Randal's work. Mario said that the set design had some problems, one of which is that Randal was gonna block the fire curtain. So Randal has to re-do a bunch of his work too.
I know that theatre is a fluid artistic process. And some times we have to take two steps forward and one step back... but still I was bummed about the authority statue.
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Late last night around 1am, Jimmy and I were watching VH1 and I was introduced to some hillarious videos. These made me CRACK UP! Enjoy...
Funny clips from Japanese TV shows are great! In this one they dress an Asian girl in a baby seal hat and stick her near a hungry polar bear. Laughter ensues.
http://www.guzer.com/videos/trick_polar_bear.php
"The Llama Song" I think it's funny because Elaine calls me Nanni, but she calls Llamas, "Mommas".
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
How NOT to tow your Car (wonderful ending)
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/snowtow.wmv
I know that theatre is a fluid artistic process. And some times we have to take two steps forward and one step back... but still I was bummed about the authority statue.
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Late last night around 1am, Jimmy and I were watching VH1 and I was introduced to some hillarious videos. These made me CRACK UP! Enjoy...
Funny clips from Japanese TV shows are great! In this one they dress an Asian girl in a baby seal hat and stick her near a hungry polar bear. Laughter ensues.
http://www.guzer.com/videos/trick_polar_bear.php
"The Llama Song" I think it's funny because Elaine calls me Nanni, but she calls Llamas, "Mommas".
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
How NOT to tow your Car (wonderful ending)
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/snowtow.wmv
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Yay. I'm having a good day
Last night I had to trace some Drafting homework over to a new sheet of paper because Allan crumpled up the original. It took about 90 minutes. That wasn't fun at all. I also pulled up more internet research for the play.
Today before class I drew my "Authoratative" statue. I already drew an original male nude in the classical statue style yesterday. The authority-guy is in long robes. He has some books to his left and a globe to his right. He is holding a sword and a large book. I drew him up pretty fast based on mixing some other statues and paintings I've found online.
When I took my sketchbook to class this afternoon, Randal was VERY pleased. He showed me his nice new sketch of the Scapino set. It looks great! He drew in a statue of a plain statue with a sword and another of a couple naked and embraced.... He said that he loved my sketch of teh authority guy and doesn't want anything changed on him. **Happy Dance**
I told him that I was bored with the Youth statue I had drawn, so I was glad that his set design was opening the doors to me doing less traditional statues. I showed him some research I had of couples embracing (covers of romance novels i printed from the internet). He directed me to draw up some examples of my ideas and he's okay one of them tomorrow. On Tuesday I'd have to present my statue designs to the Production staff (the Director and all my professors).
I started to draw up a man carrying a woman like he was carrying his bride over a threashhold. Randal saw it and his criticism was "More sex". The whole class laughed wondering what Randal was looking at on my desk. :)) He wants the male and female to be embraced and standing.... but less romance, more lustful. I have to draw these up tonight because there is a Set Design meeting tomorrow afternoon.
Randal also said for us to start coming up with gags for the set. I made a suggestion about a clown character hiding under the robes of my authoratative statue. To balance that gag, I suggested that the other (nude couple) statue starts out draped in fabric and then their sheet is ripped away. Randal is gonna suggest these ideas to the director at the meeting on Tuesday. All around, it seems like I'm pleasing the Set Designer.
side note: he saw how fast I was drawing the nudes and said that I seem to have no trouble drawing human bodies, whereas he fumbles with them and is better at drawing architecture. I think my assignment to work on the statues is a good fit for me.
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Jimmy showed some of my work to a buddy of his that owns a produce store. It sounds like this Summer I am gonna paint the window of the produce place. It's like 20 feet wide.
In other news: our neighbor Ronny called to see if I could babysit his sons this summer. His wife wants to take this new job she's been offered. She'll need childcare for her kids when the boys aren't in school. I'll be watching my own kids anyways so it is tempting to watch two more and earn some money. The boys are like 8 and 13. I think I'd watch them over at their trailor, since their's is wider and the boys would have their own toys and video games. I'm thinking it over. (This summer I am only taking one class and it's only one night per week.)
Today before class I drew my "Authoratative" statue. I already drew an original male nude in the classical statue style yesterday. The authority-guy is in long robes. He has some books to his left and a globe to his right. He is holding a sword and a large book. I drew him up pretty fast based on mixing some other statues and paintings I've found online.
When I took my sketchbook to class this afternoon, Randal was VERY pleased. He showed me his nice new sketch of the Scapino set. It looks great! He drew in a statue of a plain statue with a sword and another of a couple naked and embraced.... He said that he loved my sketch of teh authority guy and doesn't want anything changed on him. **Happy Dance**
I told him that I was bored with the Youth statue I had drawn, so I was glad that his set design was opening the doors to me doing less traditional statues. I showed him some research I had of couples embracing (covers of romance novels i printed from the internet). He directed me to draw up some examples of my ideas and he's okay one of them tomorrow. On Tuesday I'd have to present my statue designs to the Production staff (the Director and all my professors).
I started to draw up a man carrying a woman like he was carrying his bride over a threashhold. Randal saw it and his criticism was "More sex". The whole class laughed wondering what Randal was looking at on my desk. :)) He wants the male and female to be embraced and standing.... but less romance, more lustful. I have to draw these up tonight because there is a Set Design meeting tomorrow afternoon.
Randal also said for us to start coming up with gags for the set. I made a suggestion about a clown character hiding under the robes of my authoratative statue. To balance that gag, I suggested that the other (nude couple) statue starts out draped in fabric and then their sheet is ripped away. Randal is gonna suggest these ideas to the director at the meeting on Tuesday. All around, it seems like I'm pleasing the Set Designer.
side note: he saw how fast I was drawing the nudes and said that I seem to have no trouble drawing human bodies, whereas he fumbles with them and is better at drawing architecture. I think my assignment to work on the statues is a good fit for me.
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Jimmy showed some of my work to a buddy of his that owns a produce store. It sounds like this Summer I am gonna paint the window of the produce place. It's like 20 feet wide.
In other news: our neighbor Ronny called to see if I could babysit his sons this summer. His wife wants to take this new job she's been offered. She'll need childcare for her kids when the boys aren't in school. I'll be watching my own kids anyways so it is tempting to watch two more and earn some money. The boys are like 8 and 13. I think I'd watch them over at their trailor, since their's is wider and the boys would have their own toys and video games. I'm thinking it over. (This summer I am only taking one class and it's only one night per week.)