doll house.

so i came across this band. Vonnegut Dollhouse while reading some random art blogs.

the music is so-so. but the album art is awesome. like i really want it, even though i would probably never listen to the cd.
i guess thats the impulse-online-shopper in me.
dont worry i resisted the urge.

naked toes.

today i took my toenail polish off. and i didnt put anything new on.
i left my toes NAKED.

and today during cultural anthropology (where the answer to every question is either culture, social norms, or society) i spent a good 10 minutes starring at my toes. because they just look so weird naked.

for the past 5+ years i always have something on my toes. and when i take old polish off i immediately put new stuff on.

sorry about this random post.
im really not vain. i know the song is not about me.

happy music.

when someone asks me what kind of music i like i usually respond with

"happy music"
i really like listining to music that puts me in a happy mood.
top pick:The Rocket Summer. Bryce Avery is AMAZING.
other choices: the format, hellogoodbye, jacks mannequin
but i also like some hard core/screamo/grind core
top pick in that catagory:
alexisonfire (alexis on fire. first i thought it was alex is on fire.)

i am never in the mood for country.
never, never, never, never. (i will listen to rockabilly, sometimes.)

i like some electronica/techno stuff.
indie, ska, pop-rock, folk, and punk-pop are also fun genres.

christian music. this is a tricky subject. i wont listen to something simply because it is "christian." im kinda against the idea of parents sheltering their kids from music and saying, "you can only listen to christian music." there are lots of secular bands out there who are real good. high quality stuff.that being said i think that relient k is wayy over rated.
some christian bands i like:
emery, mae, newsboys, five iron frenzy

right now my itunes library is at 4451 songs.
most embarassing song: probably something by lindsay lohan. or paris hilton. or brittney spears. or ashlee simpson.

oh man. i need to clean out my library.

graphic design

im currently an art major at cbu.
i say currently because im thinking about changing it to graphic design.


when i grow up i want to be an art teacher.
but i could also be a graphic design teacher. but i dont know if graphic design teachers even exist

i really like the idea of teaching art because that is a subject kids usually take because they want to be there. and i wouldnt have to assign tests or homework. so i wouldnt have that much stuff to grade.right now im in a graphic design class and i really like it. alot. like the class is 3 hours long every thursday and normally i would not be able to handle something for three straight hours. but i totally enjoy this.



thursday our menu projects were due. we had to create a resturant and come up with the concept and a logo and a menu.



im real proud of myself.
i think they look pretty sharp.

anyone want to hire me to design menus?

i need a job.

halloween

i carved a pirate jack o lantern. i totally used a stencil. i was considering lying and saying i came up with the design all on my own, but the stencil is totally in the picture so i couldn't really get away with that.



on halloween i helped out with trunk n' treat. kids are cute. but parents are kind of silly
its dumb when parents take their newborn trick or treating. how can a baby who dosent have teeth eat candy? they cant. the moms are going to eat it all.

oh and the highlight of my night was getting yelled at. we were told to only give candy to kids under 12. so when somone who looked older came to our trunk we would ask them how old they were. several kids admitted to being 13+ (one even admitted to bing 17 1/2) so we would tell them to go play the games and stuff. then some crazy mom on a power trip came to our trunk and said "you told my daughter she couldn't have candy, you were wrong. i talked to the head pastor and he siad there was no age limit. bla bla bla."
sorry. i was just doing what i was told to do.

i kinda don't really like the idea of trunk or treat. not because i think its a satanic holiday or anything. i don't understand why every church in riverside needs to have a carnival. i wonder how much money churches spent this year on halloween.
i was a jock. i got 2 comments on my costume.

1. "what year did you graduate?" "06" "i graduated in from poly in 85"
2. "dang, was there anything you didn't win" (yah, i was a stud back in the day)

and my dad was a parking cone. he takes his parking ministry at the grove pretty seriously.

midnight maddness

its homecoming week!

whatever that means.


midnight maddness was advertized as the kick off of our basketball season. the first 400 students would get free coldstone and everyone had to wear their crazies shirt.

everyone got a nice blue towel or a "lancer linen."
and i actually had lots of fun.
some freshman on the team had beautiful corbin bleu hair that was shaved completly off.


the night ended with a slam dunk competition.



im pretty excited about basketball season.

shane ^2

thursday (of last week) shane and shane came to the grove and put on a rockin' show.
i saw them last year at cbu and it was fun.

my job was to check wristbands at the door. and k and i were doing a pretty good job untill we found out pastor daniel bishop was sneaking his friends in by putting the wristbands on real loose and then giving them to his friends. yes this is the guy who leads our junior highers.

mom and brother.

so after the show jillian (roommate) and janai (friend) were freaking out because they are crazy fans. and they got a crazy idea- driving to arazona the next day to see shane and shane again. originally i was against the idea because there was no way i could miss classes on friday. i had a midterm and a paper due. then friday morning i wake up to darkness. the school was without power. classes were cancelled and i was free to road trip with my friends.

so we drove to az. checked into our motel. ate at sonic burger. went to the concert. went to bed. woke up. went to sonic burger for breakfast. and drove back to california.