CLONE WARS: My new favorite part of the Star Wars Saga
DISTRICT 9 - was awesome. An intrigueing story with cool aliens not-thrown-in-your-face. I smell a sequel! Was disappointed that the trailer footage was not actually in the movie...
And Hitler learns that the Avatar trailer sucks...
This is a Birthday Present for Brigid. She had a great Twenty-One-Derland party while I was away and I saw this photo on facebook. Bordering on the edge of stalking, I thought it was a great photo and decided to use it for art-practice. I did a life-sketch with the line tool, but decided I should push myself further and do a cartoon version from that with the brush. I now feel more confident with my Wacom Bamboo.
I have just returned from my family's annual two week vacation in the Berkshires. A retreat from the social and technological scene, it turned out to be more relaxing and fun than originally anticipated.
Day 1 - picked up grandparents from Connecticut; derived a certain satisfaction out of seeing my grandmother annoy my mother - discovered my orange-mint is not growing as well as hoped - briefly crashed a wedding across the street from our house
Day 2 - watched "Do the Right Thing," was disappointed to see that it was just about a bunch of sweaty pissed off african-americans - finished "Atlas Shrugged": "Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the powers of all philosophers. But, infact, a man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions. Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life. Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself."~ Franscisco d'Anconia - visited the Freylinghuysun-Morris house and studios, which is a Bauhaus in the Berkshires with some fancy art and good design in it; in particular I liked the living room with the leather floor tiles which I've never seen before
Day 3 - went swimming at Lake Garfield, was out of breath sadly and got a little sunburnt
Day 4 - went to the Berkshire Mall, where the only clothes I bought were from Target, which tells you something about the stores - saw "Julie & Julia" with the whole family, squirmed when Julia Child pulled out pasta from the oven and said it was "Hot as a Stiff Cock!"
Day 5 - mom went to ER to check out bug bite - watched "In Bruges," pretty deep and funny - discovered family history: A. Wobojinski (Russian Bolshevik refugee) begat B. Wobojinksa, who married L. Bonkofski and begat S. Bonkofska (b. 1924) who married Marian M (b. 1924, from Julia Ejak and Piotr Matyjas) who begat Christine M (b. 1947) who married Roman G. (b.1941) who begat TRISTIAN G. (b.1987)
Day 6 - visited the Ventfort house (name from french for 'strong wind' but anglicized) interesting Victorian styles, discovered that the town of Lenox lost a lot of youths as servants to passengers on the Titanic; had a very cool dress exhibit - watched "The Simspons Movie" got psyched out by aspect ratio change
Day 7 - returned grandparents to Connecticut - waded in beach @ Hamanassett, saw a pipe fish hiding in seaweed, along with a lot of other wildlife and trash
Day 8 - BATS IN THE ATTIC! - watched "Afro-Samurai," can't get enough - got hooked on "Afro-Pop Worldwide" radio show, now looking for Brazilian techno
- went to Lake Fest, party at the lake which had good fireworks
Day 9 - bought Sleeping Beauty 50th Anniversary DVD and The Last Unicorn 25th Anniversary DVD (to replace my old VHS and crappy dvd respectively) - watched "Darjeeling Limited,"
Day 10 - went to Berkshire Museum, saw lots of cute frogs - went to Berkshire Brewery; top 3 beers: Rauch Bier (smoky), Gerry Dog Stout (creamy), and Apricot Pale Ale (sweet) - saw "Twelfth Night" at Shakespeare & Co., raunchy! I <3 Sir Andrew!
Day 11 - watched Volver, such beautiful simple credits I could die
- also watched "Burn after reading" "the Queen" and "Faulty Towers" at various times
Day 12 - went to the Botanical Gardens, way more mosquitoes than necessary, but lots of tasty mint
Day 13 - went to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemp Art; toured the new Sol Lewitt building of which I have mixed feelings about because his stuff will be there for 25 years, and saw Project Bandaloop. Lewitt likes to do things like "connect every single architectural corner on a wall to everyother corner with chalk" or "completely and evenly fill a wall with 10-inch long not-straight lines" And project bandaloop are the people who suspend themselves and dance horizontally on the sides of buildings, breathtaking choreography.
Day 14 - had a terrible night of sleep - drew a lot - finished "The Letters of Madame de Sevigne" "I went to Mlle de Louvois's wedding. What can I tell you about it? Magnificence, celebrities, all of France, costumes dripping with gold, jewels in profusion, braziers of flame and of flowers, a traffic jam of carriages, shouting in the street, fiery torches, carriages backing up and running over people! All in all, a turmoil, an extravagance, questions asked--the answers unattended; empty compliments paid by people oblivious to what they are saying; cordial salutation addressed to those one does not even know, heels caught up in other people's trains!"
I discovered the beauty of 3d Buildings in GoogleEarth at work today. It made me remember why I made this blog. Apparently this area is called Foley Square.
