Day 478

5/7/2008

taken : 5/7/2008

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I was up front with my bosses.

I told them I just don't feel like working right now.


I need a break.

(even if it does allow mind wandering)

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They asked me to come in anyways.

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More couch time today.

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I woke up to the sound of rain.

It was nice.

I remember when this happened on

Day 148

It had been effing hot that summer.

I was almost half way through with my summer class (and half way through my first art class).

I awoke to go to class and my room was cool.

I could hear the rain outside.

On my way to class I snapped

Day 148

in a landscaped median in the Mcgukin's Parking lot.


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"Haunted...when the minutes drag"

Day 477

5/6/2008

taken : 5/6/2008

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I found this while digging around in my freezer.


I placed a bunch of PBR in the freezer a week and half ago because drinking needed to start ASAP.

I forgot about this one though.

I am surprised it didn't burst.

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It is absurd how much my life has slowed down with the semester being over.

I laid on the couch and listened to sides 3 and 4 of The Wall on vinyl at least 5 times today.

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The weird thing is that I don't like it.

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By all means...this free time is nice

But all this open time leaves too much time

for my mind to wander.

Maymester starts soon though...

...so maybe my mind wont be all over the place then.

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I think I can sometimes feel my heart slowing down during these times of rest.

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Day 476

UPDATE

The Rio with:
Bonesaw, Janey, LC, Michelle.



Then to the Sundown with LC.

Ran into:

Dave, Grant, and Thomas.

And Mike.

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It was nice to see my friends, and it was nice to talk with LC...


...but overall
(I'll actually just come out and say it)

Tonight was rather depressing.


bluck.



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How do I proceed?
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Nine Inch Nails - Lights In The Sky

5/5/2008

taken : 5/5/2008

(Happy Cinco De Mayo)
(on second thought Ween's Cinco De Mayo should have been the song...oh well...
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Last final today.

Woke up @ 6AM to study more.

eff that shit.

It wasn't horrible...

...but she is a hard grader...

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My wish came true.

At 1:00 AM Trent Reznor released The Slip.

Brand spanking New NIN album.

...and he gave it away for free.

"Thank you all for you loyalty and support over the years...this one's on me"

What a badass.

All you people check it out. It's free!

nin.com


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self portrait.

(for the strobists)(by that I think I only mean Scott)

(Sunpak 383 firing @ 1/4 power placed camera right, 45 degrees bouncing that shit off the wall)

Day 475

From the home recordings of Mark.

Minty Fresh

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5/4/2008

taken : 5/4/2008

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Spent all day studying.


Trying to type up some drafts for the possible essays tomorrow.

Fucking shit.

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A note about the song.

This is actually quite an old recording.

I did this...ummm probably July 2005.

T'was originally record for my girlfriend at the time

(fucking cheese ball I know...but I did it..I wrote her a song)

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After I gave it to her it sort of just got pushed into the dark.

'collecting dust'

It has just been sitting

it was a sporadic recording even back then.

I am horrible at planning these types of things...

...well anything I guess.

I wonder how long that will continue.


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At any rate...I am patiently awaiting for the early morning hours to see what Trent Reznor has up his sleeve....another Nine Inch Nails album?


I am like all the others out there and hoping for another album...hopefully a follow up to Year Zero.

If there isn't a new album, that shit would have been the biggest cock tease ever. Who releases a single via the internet with "go to nin.com on May 5th" embedded in the notes for the mp3...


...I mean really...

come on...

If this secret announcement is about the new website that is bullshit.

Please Trent Reznor?

Please?

Another album? That would be two this year so far...

Please?

Day 474

5/3/2008

taken : 5/3/2008

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Lunch with Lindsay.

Break from studying.

ummmmmm....the eassys on my final today were a little harder than I thought they would be. oops.

bluck.

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We have three of the same model chairs at our table in the living room. They are all painted different colors.

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I am starting the "Help Mark Get Some New Equipment" fund.

please place donations in an envelope labeled

"Mark is an asshole inc."

and rubberband it to a brick and throw it through one of the windows on the first floor.

...money to replace the glass would be cool too.

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just kidding

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self-portrait

Day 473

UPDATE
5/2/2008
10:10 PM



After years of trying...Lacey finally killed...well...whatever that toy was supposed to be. It took 3 years, but she finally did it...and man was she fucking stoked about it.

...I hope the PC Pet Pantry still sells those weird ass things...


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5/2/2008

taken : 5/2/3008

Walking back from Fleming.

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Been reading up on my Impressionism today.

...looking at slides also...


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Final tomorrow.

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Self-portrait
(this is what half of my face looks like)

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Some thoughts on Photography semester 1

It was nice using film again...but I am glad that class is over. I think people are well versed in the arguments for or against traditional film over digital...but seriously...shooting film is SUCH A WASTE.

The amount of paper one simply throws out making test strips/test strips with filters/poorly stopped or fixed prints...blah blah blah

Massive amounts of paper are simply thrown out...


Prints in the final wash need to sit a minimum of 5 minutes. In a running wash. That is basically just turning on the faucet on your sink for five minutes (for RC paper only! Fiber prints need to sit in a running wash for 30-60 minutes!...eff that).

Not to mention that water (as well as developing/stopping/fixing chemicals) becomes contaminated with silver.

It has to be specially collected and driven to a plant that can recycle the silver. Recycle? great...but that is such a waste driving that shit around to a plant.

So whatever...medium format film...you have great resolution...but you are a waste...

...and besides, my digital pushes the border on medium format film.

suck it.

(this is me merely complaining about the technical side of photo 1...not even talking about the students...or the people around the darkroom for that matter...)

Day 472

5/1/2008

taken : 5/1/2008

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Last day of class.

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9:30 AM.

This was the sight I was presented with when I entered this lecture room.

This class was canceled.

No one was there, but I couldn't help but feeling like a jackass walking into that empty room.

...I was given no notice whatsoever...

...My class right after this one was also canceled.

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So much for last day of class...

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snow?

eff that.

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So long Spring Semester 2008

Suck it.

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oh wait...finals...