iphone 4

Last post yay! Finally the semester is over and what's done is done.
and
Finally, I have entered the era of smartphones. My brick of a phone had finally passed away. I have to say though I am in love with the phone. Although I think i would still prefer a querty pad over touch texting. I heard from a friend that jail breaking the phone is legal now but I have a warantee on my phone so I don't want to lose that because I am very clumsy.
The apps are amazing and convenient but getting wifi that is steady around campus seems to be difficult for me. But I have a contrasting list of answers from people I know about how jail breaking is worth it or not. Help?

christmas presents

I can not be more excited for this break or for christmas.
I just received some grades earlier today and it was like that feeling of getting presents. Before you open them you have no idea what they'd be and that excitement, strangely revisited me today. Walking towards the pile of projects and searching for my name to receive a good grade was like getting a present during christmas.

Christmas this year is going to be hosted at my house again and I'm very excited. We will be playing the white elephant game which is I feel a more practically and money saving way of exchanging presents when you have a big family, and I for one have a huge family.
Going home and decorating, baking and cooking is going to be such a nice treat. If this year is going to be as much fun as next year I will be surprised.

texture of time

texture of time writing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmfnbzTAACU

texture of time

texture of time fall trees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulb9508f7LQ

texture of time

texture of time sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XQRoiFRMhU

textures of time 3

car ride 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c3efiGr65g

car ride 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_lqCvekZ54

textures of time 3

lighter and wind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3prYrYpBoJM

Textures of time 2

walking to class texture of time


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aDvcbRZnn8

Family film on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzdiM8oy3kY

textures of time

blue abstract jewel texture
this is actually a paper weight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2uXzm3jszY

Sketchup Eye candy

Finally,
youtube decides to work with me.
Here is my very over due sketch up eye candy
I stayed in the pink, blue and purple color theme and just combined a bunch of shapes and edges to it. The quality isn't that great but it was better than my family video one.
enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l9vjPLjiDk

Caffeine

I am finally done with my finals, all I have left are these blog entries which I will definitely finish by tonight.
It amazes me how much caffeine is an asset to my life during this cruel cruel week. Starbucks has become my second home and without that buzz of energy, I don't think surviving this week would be humanly possible. Even though it is 7:30 and I've been going non stop at finals and projects since 6 in the morning, I don't feel a thing.
All I'm doing is waiting for that crash to hit me. I still feel kind of jittery right now and hence the random entry for which I apologize.
Technology does not like me because I keep trying to upload videos onto my youtube account and constantly that little sad red face would appear apologizing for the inconvenience of how it just absolutely could not load my file correctly.
I feel like every piece of technology now is being updated. I'm the only one who's slacking in this area because I feel like every program I seem to open alerts me on how I can't do this function or that function because I need to update it. I just simply don't have the time or money to keep up with all these updates!

Studying for Finals

I would have never thought studying for a costume class would be so tedious. I must master all the names of the different stitches, gadgets and gizmos, lengths and measurements, vocabulary and mechanics of costume by 11am tomorrow morning. I'm more of a hands on kind of gal, who learns better and faster with experience. Although I love reading for leisure, it's harder to absorb information if I cannot relate to it, I believe that would go for most of us. Anyways, when people think of theater classes and requirements, I feel like most look down upon it. They think of it as a joke and don't take it seriously compared to bio or chem.(not that i'm pointing any fingers) but just in general. I just feel like no matter how lowly a subject or career may seem, there's always an art and level of skill behind it. There are so many big shots that walk around like they know everything or what they know IS everything. I resent that attitude. If I were to ask them the details of design they wouldn't be able to tell me because it is not in their area of concentration. If I asked them to design a set or just create a piece of art, most people can't anymore. Even though there is no such thing as correct in art, there is still skill. I feel like it is harder and harder for people to create things now and that's a pity. So much of our society is mechanic, running on batteries and turning wheels. Are we progressing or limiting ourselves?

Procrastination

Procrastination is like karma.
It always comes back and bites you in the behind.
You'd think that being a junior and all I would realize and learn from past mistakes that if I start things on time, my load will end up lighter in the end. This year I've made improvements in certain areas which is progress being that I haven't even fixed this horrible habit of mine. So, I can look back on this semester as a baby step forward. Sadly though, big changes like this take time and don't happen over night so I am stuck with still a huge load of work in front of me.
I don't know what it is about procrastination. It is like a drug. It's seduces you in every possible way, the excitement you get when you know you should be doing something but chose to do something completely in the opposite direction of important. Is it our rebellious nature that causes this untreatable magnetic attraction? It's like Eve and that apple, a siren's calling that pulls you away from your work. Even now, this here is a form of procrastination, more productive since it is mandatory and also an assignment, but I should be starting my paper or studying for my exam in the morning, but instead I am catching up on my blog entries, which is surprisingly stress relieving.

Delirium

It's funny what thoughts run through your brain when it nears dawn and you still have work to do and things to study for. It almost feels like new years eve. The new year is right around the corner and you begin to analyze what the past year has been like, what the good times were, what the bad times were, what goals were accomplished, if resolutions were kept, etc. During finals week, I go through the same thing except with the semester. Have I done my best to earn my grades, did I take too many classes, did I not take enough, what should I have spent more time on, etc. It becomes a flashback of projects and tests and papers. Depressing as it may sound I feel like it helps me set more goals for the next semester, lessons learned and most of it all is through trial and error. It is absolutely freezing in my room and I have the slightest idea why since all the other days the heater makes the room so dry to the point I can actually walk around in shorts.

The Tank Reading

The act that came right after Hamlet was a reading. I don't recall what the name of it was but I just remember loving it. Usually, the typical showcase of a production would be a play or something along those lines, where a set was needed, costume, makeup, props, spectacle. I had forgotten how powerful just words could be, how much I used to love story telling. They wore all black and sat across the stage with the story in their hands and just had such a rhythmic chemistry amongst each of the different characters. The timing of the words interaction was on dot and I think that added to its believability and their conversations sounded so normal in pace and tone that it was easier for the audience to imagine it to be true. Usually, in theater we are mostly practicing our sense of vision and to be exercising another sense is new. As strange as it may seem, I think they cast very well in voices. The voices really matched the characters that were played. The textures that were projected played very well as they scanned across the faces and uniformed looks of the performers, tying in to a trance of mental imagination of all that is being spoken and the world the performers were creating for us.
Here are more photos of the night.

The Tank

I can say that I've never had a final like this one and that I think it is a lot more fun than the old test or paper. I definitely don't need any more of those. It was refreshing although inconvenient to have to go into the city during finals week, but it was a nice change of scenery from staller or the library.
Even though the theater wasn't what I had expected, the show was great. It was nice to see all that we've worked on displayed and projected across the stage. It was nice to see friends on the stage wearing what you had suggested and some what designed. Personally I've always involved myself with extra curricular activities from day one of any kind of schooling, I love shows and being a part of its production. This semester I took 6 classes so I had to give up that part in my life for the first time and honestly, it made me realize how important that chunk was to me. It was my stress reliever surprisingly, something to keep me busy and not dwindle on problems that I create by thinking too much.
Hamlet came out lovely, here are some photos I took with my phone.

First Impression of The Tank

I was extremely excited as my boyfriend and I drove down into the city and through the streets near where the location of the tank was supposed to be. There were so many pubs and bars and restaurants, so many theaters and lights. I was so excited to see where and how the Tank was supposed to look like. It was a difficult find at first being a tiny building and I knew it was going to be off off broadway so I was expecting a low cost area. I just didn't think it would be that small. It was difficult enough as it was just to fit the students into the theater. The stage wasn't that bad in size for an off off broadway space but the seating could have extended, people were sitting on the floor in the isle, standing in the back, in the lobby or sitting on the steps leading onto the stage. I had no idea that it would be so packed and it was a good thing I just brought one person with me or else there would be no way to fit inside that theater.

Make up designs for Hamlet Skin

I also had some make up designs in mind
The quality of the photos aren't so great, and I'll admit I had a little fun and went a little crazy with some of them, so I hope none of the actors or actresses will take any offense. It's a little upsetting that we couldn't carry out the designs but I'm glad there's a space to post it up so people can see them anyway. It would've been fun to see it on the actors and actresses though.

Before After (Claudius)










Before After (Gertrude)









Before After (Hamlet)










After (Ophelia) Before

Back track, days leading up to the TANK

Before the showing at the TANK, a couple of classmates and myself were given the assignment to put together the costume look of the Hamlet section. We had a couple ideas of what we wanted and tried to work that in with what the professor wanted. In an ideal world with a lot of time and material and of course money, the looks would have been successfully executed but since we don't live in that utopia we had to work with what we had.

The easiest theme that is most organized would be black and white, and that's what we aimed for. The white was initially to better present the video textures and images to be projected onto the actors and actresses. We had little knowledge of what the space looked like so that was difficult as well.

I was initially supposed to put up my designs on the walls or in the lobby the day of but things were quite hectic and I just never got a chance to, also because the place was practically full by the time I arrived.

So, I'll use the space given here to show what I've done for the project.
Hope you Enjoy!

Ophelia

Gertrude