> Had a good day. Exhausted, no sleep in 2 days. Insomnia from stress or something. Dunno, don’t care. Feel tired, so all is good. Tired = possible sleep.
Spent my usual too much time in school. 11 hours today. So I’m tired right now. But talked to a lot of people, so feel satisfied. School = social. Home = TV.
> Was happy with the sculpture I’m working on, got my Circuit further built, and got an ego boost.
Steve ( really nice friggen cool guy that does amazing electronical art (he’s currently doing a microscope with Hi8 film running through it and a computer controlled Barbie cat-scan that kicks ass and has an incredible computer interface of a dissected woman, you can’t believe how cool this thing is, very professional)).
Anyways, some second year kid came running in the other day wanting to do a project like this other one he saw last year. This wicked electronic bat that moved it’s head all over and stuff and was controlled by a computer. He thought it was the coolest thing ever and wanted to know how to do the same.
So Steve was like, you’ve got a fan man. Which of course was funny. I’ll have to track him down and show him how I did it. (Wish the pictures did it justice, but you gotta see it moving in person. Not blurry, badly lit still photos.)
> Also, everyone’s been ragging me for my shaggy hair. Calling me ‘shaggy’.
Ahhh no.
We really are creative most of the time. The thing is though; it’s the look that suits my lifestyle. The less I shower, the better my hair looks. Laundry = the same. I can wear $10 jeans and a $5 shirt, not shower and show up 5 minutes after crawling out of bed, and I’m ‘stylish’.
Whatever man. Works for me.
Did a paper cast of my skeleton.
> Started researching skin casting for my next project. My ‘shoe series’. 555 timers, flexinol wire, latex and creepiness.
Yes I figured out what my Electronics project will be… stay tuned.
> I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I may actually finish my table.
For a while I didn’t think I ever would. 2 weeks. What a joke.
> Went to Alexis’s’ for wine and pasta, Run Lola Run, oh and Godzilla Vs the Sea monster. (!)
> Saw the Egyptian sculpture display at the ROM, also enjoyed the Giant T-rex.
>> Redesigned this site.
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Now when it comes to just about anything important, I always miss some crucially important step. Today I forgot release agent.
Thus the rubber stuck to the wax and meant 3 hours of pulling / tugging, and ripping to get it out of the mould. Yay.
It was actually a lot of pain and effort to get the mould open. We had to stand on the table and pull to finnaly get it. All in all that step alone 1.5 hours. Yuck. (moulds have 2 layers. The plaster (rigid) and the rubber (soft) ).
But now I have a wax replica. So it was worth it.
>> Watched Cabin fever. Scray crazy, messed up movie. Can’t sleep.
>> It’s only 5 weeks of class left!!!! Where’d it all go?!
I don’t want to stop and won’t. I’ll get summer class. Can’t stop now.
Must learn. Sculpt.
Will not go to 4 months of bordom. Will sculpt, art out, and sell sculpture.
It’ll be either the biggest mistake ever, or the beginning of my self employed career in the art/craft world.
Only 40 days to go.
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// Finland 2003
"That was when I realized. I asked myself could some of what these people be talking about actually be dangerous? And the best thing I can do is stay close to them, track what they are interested in and either hack it or try to confuse the spaces in which they operate". - Rob Van Kranenburg