And I hear there is an imax theater for that

TODAY IS GUESTBLOGGER DAY! HOORAY! CUE THE BALLOONS AND CONFETTI!

today our guest is ERIC (last name withheld for privacy). 

You may notice these pictures are not scanned and are in black and white. I apoligize.  Eric made copies of them and I was going to scan them in, but low and behold my scanner is broken.

BUT! THE ENTRIES!

The first one looks really really cool in  color, but its still conceptually great. If you can't read it the bubble says "why are we here"

The second one  has a diagram printed out, pasted in diagrams of shapes that are 3d in real life, and boob drawings.

The Third one is an ad that was cut out and pasted into the great Erics journal. It pretty much looks alot cooler in black and white.

I like Eric, he writes well, and has a great mind. Plus he is really tall and adorable and sometimes when he talks he sounds like eyore a little bit. Its really really cute.

His final page entitled getbent is great. and is my favorite one. Starting from the bottom their is the meaning heavy picture of a gorrilla and a baby gorrilla and the big gorilla's eyes are covered with the word human.

Above that is a great silhoutte of a face that decends into a jellyfish like tale.

And above that is the words  " Loss Aversion"

"The pain of losing something is twice as strong as the joy of getting something if you make a bet and you must $1 if you lose, people tend to demand a $2 pay off if they win"

This is all entitled by the stenciled in words "GET BENT" 

I like Eric. I like this journal.  I hope you did too.

Normally all sorts of hooplah would accompany this post, but, seeing as how it is late, a school day, and I don't have alot to say, the hooplah ends here. 

But the post below has lots of GREAT hooplah. Including links to kiva, Jasmine Miller, and my thought blog. 

I am no longer a woman; just rippling muscalature

hi!

The post for today is a really thorough page from my journal that I actually worked on onight.

The words are saying alot of diffrent random things, which you could read if you would like, but focusing on the pictures: if you notice in the top right corner I have that dancing bacteria thing? In his hand he is balancing a ballerina, just fyi.

descending downward, in the middle of the page on the left hand side there is athat giant egg. Please enlarge picture to understand concept.

This is the idea: Recently I've become obsessed with layering so if you start at the bottom of the egg you should see a father yellign at his son (bear with me they are stick figures) and that scene being in a grocery store being pushed by another person, and that store being the ground for a huge boy playing soccer and inside the soccer ball and trees are diffrent worlds.


Further down you will see faces, some of the look horribly distorted. I'm trying to convey the idea of the face being made up by a series of drawers and some of them being pulled out. Alot of my imagination rquires larger canvases. The two undistorted faces are just faces that I tried to make look really goofy. I think I succeeded.

OTHER STUFF.
1. The blog has switched to monday, wednesday, friday updates instead of every day. They every day updates were interrupting my writing time and were not high quality. I was also worried about my wealth of journal pages.

2. I AM STILL ACCEPTING JOURNAL SUBMISSIONS. SEND SOMETHING IN AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS. I WILL NOT REJECT ANYONE. I WILL SIMPLY SCHEDUAL YOU. DO NOT BE SCARED. JUST SHARE.

3. Congratulations to all the gold key winners!

4. I have lots of lovely talented friends and I forget that all the time. One especially important talented friend is Jasmine, or j.y miller shes great. click on here and listen to her sing.

5. I still love kiva.org :]

6. If you are intrested in reading about my life/responsibilites of man to his society please click here.

7. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

Dear World

I realize the quality of these posts is slowly decreasing and I am going to try very very hard to fix that.

I had alot I wanted to say/write for today, but unfortuantely, tomorrow I have school. And I"m just really tired anyways and Tomorrow I'm going to try and update as soon as possible so I can have plenty of time to discuss my beautiful friends, charities, sideprojects, my day, the changes I'm making.

You know. life.


Above is one of my favorite journal pages to ever exist. It doesn't look like much, but if you enlarge it you can read all the great fun facts! (Maybe I'll put off updatingtomorrow just so you guys can read it).

But really. That is the orginal things I know/am lerning age. Its much better than the other one. It has facts about PEOPLE I KNOW. About my mother, that girl in my fac class, woodpeckers. You know. everything.

So I hear slum dog is killing it in Oscars. I hope that I hear correctly, because that was a superb movie in so many ways.

Ok. I need to dream. I promise that these low quality posts will no longer continue. This will be the last one.

my stomach aches from all the cake I just ate and I reek of icing.

I know, this post is terrible late.

And I've decided I hate all the fonts and colors and I'm slowly deciding on a better change. I like the purple borders though.

I have also decided that I am a lady.

but here.


I'm trying to show the uglier, less complete parts of my journal. The first one looks like snot.

This one is not done. It is just a mess.



















Today has been a whirlwind of inclusion and exclusion and right now I am just too relaxed to even decide how I feel about it. Every day feels like a diffrent day and I really like about the world.

I'm really really happy and I really like that too.

Today was a day for tea and porches.

Ok! Journals!  I am trying to upload really ugly ones so you understand how awkward journals can look. And then. maybe more people will submit and it'll be great.

if you like to be interviewed I would like to know. I love interviewing. 

Anyways. I know its late today. I'm sorry so so sorry I had a big problem with my internet/computer and I didn't think anyone would mind. I mean. its a friday. who is really sitting at home waiting for me to update ( I sort of hope there is really someone like that out there).

Today I watched degrassi.

Today bryce gave me a paper heart

Today I spent thirty minutes soaking fruit in juice

Today I watched Drumline

Today I woman's weave saved her life.

Today while walking into school I found a penny, heads up, a good day.

Today I recieved a letter.

Today was a good day, a really great day.

I have alot to say, I have alot to do, I have alot to dream and it makes me feel tired and maybe a little bit upset, and I'm not sure why and so I'm going to make instant coffee andcurl up in blankets in my backyard and look into the sky. 

I am eating a guava. its great. Sorry this post is a bit late

ok. so. first:
So! I found my black journal today! And as celebration I'm uploading more than usual today! hooray!

If you look to the side you will view the first art piece that is being dispayed to your left, you should be astounded by all those colors!

The text is notes on absurd/existentialism. The colors are absurd. GET IT?!

This was done with soft pastals, and the colors have faded alot. When I first did it it was alot more vibrant, try and imagine.

it kind of looks like a tunnel, and if I had to assign my mind in a way I would pick a further faded version of this. So many places to burrow.


And the next piece! A two page spread!


The right most page of the spread is faces drawn while in Miami. I learned how to draw noses there. I would go to breakfast early every morning and just move from table to table, drawing.

the other page is some faces and just random scribbles. I don't really like that page (if you look in the left upper corner of that page you can see me trying to convince myself other wise)

But I included it because it was next to the faces pa ge and I kind of wanted to include an awkward journal page?

Because. Ugly is allowed, with art I feel like ugly and awkward are SO nessacary, I feel like if we are always worried about not being ugly we can't progress and so yes. that s an ugly page. I am sharing. your turn.

So I hoped you notice the layout/font changes (how could you not) I figured out I needed a stretch template and I have always loved black backgrounds and white text on black background looked too bright. so I played with it.

I feel unprofessional with the background this way, and I might change it but I must admit that I like it. Thoughts?

So I'm trying to post the art first, and this random other stuff later because I feel like people feel obliged to read the other stuff. I'm working on a more thought based blog.

Also! Don't forget about kiva.org.

ok! I have a really superb night! I'm so sorry I was late on the post tonight.

OH. BEFORE I FORGET. Today ryann and ben came over and ryann dyed bens hair (I wrote a letter) and left the extra dye here. So I fished it out of the trash so I"m going to try and make some art but then I'm going to take a shower immediately after so I don't get everywhere. I'll let you know how it turns out :]

BYE. and sorry this is late again!

I just want everyone to know that my grandmother was on the news today

EDIT: TO PROPERLY SEE THE PICTURE BELOW (I'M ONLY DISPLAYING THE FIRST HALF) PLEASE GO HERE

Today was such an exciting day!

1. I went running through the rain! (it was a really lovely exp

ierance and I can't wait to do it again when there are real puddles!) 

2. See title (my grandmother made us all sit infront of the television and wa

tch her watch her.)

3. I heard Grace say something crude in econ and I didn't even think she was capable of it! 

4. I figured out how to make delicious indian yogurt!

5. I'm updating from my computer.

6. Someone told me I'm a great artist and I"m wasting my talent by not pursuing it (I don't really agree but what a compliment!)

7. my room smells like a candle that I swiped from my bro

thers room and adore the smell of.

8. THERE ARE SUGAR CREEK BANDS. I AM SO CURIOUS ABOUT THEM. I CAN HEAR THEM PRACTICE. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THEM LET ME KNOW.

9. My mom just gave me a pint of pineapple that she happened to

 forget about, and itsss sooooo good!

10. Kiva.org , which everyone should check out and lend too, is h

elping out millions of third world entrepeneurs! Knowing that it exists makes me feel great :]

and. the reason why this is the best day ever....

11 (I'm sorry. I'm pulling a spinal tap. I couldn't resist). ITS GUEST BLOGGER DAY!

today our lovely guest blogger is Ms. Becca! she is GREAT. I have known her since I was in third grade and I love this woman. She is the type of person who will suprise you, someone who is quitely brilliant. She listens to people (really. she really does) and then, when they are finsihed she will take on something really innovative and its a great conversation stimulator. Her creative style, and journal page that she submitted really really makes me smile! It is adorable! (Secret: I saw one of her early early journals and was inspired to start an idea book. what an inspiration.)

I understand if you are interested in stalking her, or being her best friend, or wanting to tell her that she is adorable, but if you let me know (maybe with your own journal submisssion, eh? eh?) I'll pass along the message.

OTHER [IMPORTANT] NEWS: I am going to try and update everyday before 8 (because apparently thats when the most people look on this)

Instead of doing a series of guest journals, I'm going to do one a wednesday, and you know. devote like. alot of the blog to talking about you, so please submit :] Everyone draws at least once in their life and I love looking at those drawings! 

Have a good night!