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Oh lord, it’s been how long? Well, on behalf of my irresponsible sisters and I, I’d like to (again) say sorry. But my life is well… a life, and I just write on this blog to feel famous. Not really. Anyway, I had something really awe-inspiring to pronounce, however it has escaped my mind. Instead, I’ll direct you to the title just above the cartoon me’s adorable head. A good t.v. show used that for a commercial and my mom apparently has the cd. I looked it up on youtube, it was funny but that guy can sing.
On another note, school’s been hectic. And Apple as always is rolling out the many (seemingly the same products). Such as the giant itouch, ipad. Aside from the slightly strange name and oh so unique idea, it looks… well, okay. My grievances? For one, I’ve always hated ipod touches. It seem so cool in the beginning, however the typing and weird web browsing turned me off. Then it broke. Anyway, if I ever bought an Ipad, I’d probably prefer a laptop, and would still buy one. Also: They are creating this whole ‘book store’ thing online, just like music. If I’m correct, it was actually an old app. Anyway, it’s sort of like some product Barnes & Noble came out with. To be honest, I prefer books over weird computerized e-books that provide the sound of the page crinkling when you swipe it, which after a few minutes gets only a little annoying (based on the app version). Still, the great thing is the ipad only costs about $500. Well, I’m just skipping from topic to topic here, so here’s a picture of Stevie and his pad.
In other news… First off, I never thought I’d be talking about anything other than me and my life on here! Okay, so in other news: lots of things are going on in the world. I hate to be so serious, but right now I’m doing a lot of–well unselfish things, I think. It seems strange since on here I tend to be anything but selfless. Well, I’m planning to donate shoes to other countries in need (think shoe drives!) through a site called Soles4Souls. Other than that, you can be sure that I pitch change in the help for Haiti cans whenever I see them. Let’s make this year a caring year. After all, we have so much to give, if only we could give just a little bit of that–think how much good it could do! Lots of people, myself included have an excess of shoes, clothes, food, things we end up buying but not using. Even in a school environment, I see lots of kids who don’t truly value, appreciate, and understand the simple fact that they get to go to a school–especially in such a nice neighborhood. It’s sad and something we can’t really get around. So the most we can do is give a little here and there.
Well that was serious. Anyway, my mom is going away to Philadelphia tonight. She’s taking the red eye and is coming back Sunday night. To say the least I am devastated. I guess I’ll end up living with my parents until I’m forty and slightly balding (not to say that all 40 year olds bald/slightly bald.). However, I’ll continue! The nature of her visit is related to photography for a competition that she is a finalist in- ONWARD. Note: she’s the first one. I’m greatly excited for her, and I know she’ll win. At least, she deserves to.
Well, so long everybody, have a wonderful rest of your life.
Filed under: Art, Reviews | Tags: animation, anthony, anthony lucas, australian accents, canadian bacon, jasper, jaspero morello, lucas, morello, the mysterious geographical explorations of jasper morello, work
Okay, so hey there. No, I haven’t posted much… big surprise? No, not really. Anyway my excuse for the week/month/year is homework. Loads and loads of the stuff. I mean crazy amounts of work to the point where sharing my thoughts with all this sites’ viewers gets to be… well, just a teensy bit hard. Never fear, for I haven’t (completely) forgotten all of you.
So here’s a video I just saw on youtube. It’s amazing and fantastic and stupid too because it can only be shipped to Australia and other unimportant places. Why don’t they ship something as wonderful as this to amazing places… like, for example the U.S.? Not that I don’t love Australia. Their accents are so cool when compared to like Canadian accents which don’t serve much of a purpose (still, I’ve never heard of Australian Bacon, yeah?), however all accents are awesome.
That was totally beside the point. But anyway, I won’t bore you on the details as all I ask of you is to watch and enjoy! Besides it’s almost 30 minutes long, so I doubt you have the time to sit here completely ignoring the piles of work you still have to accomplish (not like I’d ever do that).
The creator of this great short film was director Anthony Lucas and the link to the Jasper Morello site is here.
Maybe you noticed the difference in my icon today, but if you didn’t, let me inform you: I have a classy beret (and a mole. Yeah, Siena sorta forgot that when she made my original icon. What a great sister.) What exactly is a beret? Dictionary.com defines it as:
be·ret (bə-rā’)
n.
1. A round, soft, brimless cap that fits snugly and is often worn angled to one side.
Although the dictionary built into my computer simply says that it is a round flattish cap of cloth or felt. If you ask me I will say it is a french cap that is pretty cool, especially when purple. Anyway, what does it have to do with anything? Beret’s also remind me of this movie I used to watch when I was a little kid, it was called American in Paris and starred Gene Kelly. Maybe I was a weird kid, but I loved that movie. Anyway, Gene Kelly is a painter who sings and dances, and basically the important part was he was a painter. And if I’m not mistaken (I probably am), he wore a beret. So I associate beret’s with art. From all of the blubbery rambling, you probably realized that today I did something that had to do with art.
Also, as a side-note I would like to admit that a: we haven’t posted in a long, long time, and b: I’m too tired to really understand what I’m writing, so yes this is a bunch of rambling. Deal with it… Please? Anyway, today I had to wake up early (10:00 AM) to go to an art class taught by Orly Avineri. Not only is she a great artist, she’s also Ilan’s (a friend) mom. Upon entering the building, I ran around a lot, chased their cat who obviously didn’t like me, and chased Siena. Minutes later, we commenced in artistry.
I won’t bore you in the details, but I’ll merely show you my masterpieces. Yes, I know what you’re gonna say, they remind you slightly of a mixture of Michelangelo and Da Vinci, don’t worry, you’re not alone.
This one should be vertical and you really can’t see the words at the top. Oh well, I have to say that they look much better in person versus on a computer screen. Anyway, the instruction for this spread was to use water colors, and really to soak the page. Then you apply your colors, splatter them on and let them mix into different colors, shapes, etc.. Once this dries you can outline different shapes both real and abstract in pen. At the top I added a thick line of paint and let the paint drip down the page, then outlined it in white gel pen.
I really love this one, it took me a long time to finish, and looks better upside down, but you know. It still looks nice both ways. I did the water colors again, this time using dark greens, blues, reds, and blacks, and let them mix. I found random bits of paper and glued them on, then painted a thick black and blue streak at the top left, trailing down. I traced over everything in white gel again, making winding pathways. So this spread is pretty much a huge map of life I guess. For once my post sounds mature, ha.
To wrap everything up, I really enjoyed this class, and hope to do it again sometime soon. My sisters also have some really great pieces that I want them to (finally) post up here. What do you think? Hopefully it doesn’t make your eyes bleed… too much. I hope this inspires some of you guys to get artsy and creative or just do something differently in your life. Like if you eat microwave meals every night, maybe turn off the t.v., throw the Hungry Man in the trash (or back in the freezer) and go get Chinese or make a salad. Or go skydiving or bungee jumping or kiss a sea cucumber. Take a walk or watch a movie, or rent Creature from the Black Lagoon (remind me to tell you about this later). Buy some pepper spray or have a baby. I don’t know what I’m really talking about, but I hope this inspired you to do.
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Orly Avineri’s Classes information
