Jackie's birthday party was really fun, and so was the football game, despite getting rear-ended on the way there and missing the first quarter. Rice sucks. A lot.
For design we have to design a bus stop for a park underneath MoPac by Town Lake according to the tenets/style/philosophy of our architect; Renzo Piano in our case.
So i'm going to grow a beard and eat some canoli.
I bought a new 30 gb iPod today, a black one. I'm happy, though a bit disappointed that they have reconfigured the headphone jack, thus requiring me to buy a new iTrip.

Some pics I took at TX Quarries, the limestone-finishing mill we visited last week:
Hand-carved Cordova Cream from Leander, TX:


Jackie's party (Andrew, myself, and Selso):
The four vehicles involved in the wreck:

Breathe it in and breathe it out
And pass it on, it's almost out
We're so creative, so much more
We're high above but on the floor

It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side

The deeper you stick it in your vein
The deeper the thoughts, there's no more pain
I'm in heaven, I'm a god
I'm everywhere, I feel so hot

It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie)

It's over now, I'm cold, alone
I'm just a person on my own
Nothing means a thing to me
(Nothing means a thing to me)

It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie)

Free me, leave me
Watch me as I'm going down
Free me, see me
Look at me, I'm falling and I'm falling.

It is not a habit, it is cool I feel alive I feel...
It is not a habit, it is cool I feel alive

It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie)
I'm not an addict...





and the random stuff:

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aaaand so i'm posting again to stifle my boredom. In about half an hour I'm going on a little field trip to some limestone-finishing place way up off of 183 for construction. College field trips are fun, because unlike grade-school ones, you have to find your own ride and they are (as a rule) optional. This one should be fun.
Tonight my project partner and I have to scramble to put together some sort of book on Renzo Piano using InDesign, one of the apps in Adobe's Creative suite, which I bought last year.
I'm purchasing a new laptop tommorrw, or my dad is purchasing. I needed a better one for all the cumbersome 2D imaging and 3D modeling software that we will use in design and viscomm. It will kick ass, and I'm excited. Having my bike here has been great, what was an arduous 10 minute walk to the studio from my apartment is now a nice 5 minute ride through the early morning chill, and it is always chilly, because I have 8 o'clock classes everyday. which sucks, but whatever, i had no choice.




Even in his youth
Even in his youth
Even in his youth
He was nothing

Kept his body clean
Kept his body clean
Kept his body clean
He was nowhere

Killed the family name
Daddy was ashamed
Daddy was ashamed
He was nothing

Even in his youth
Even in his youth
Even in his youth
He was nowhere

The thief is born before you're through
Must be more than you could chew
I've got nothing left to do
If you wait, you wanted you

Oh, ah, yeah!

Even in his youth
Even in his youth
Even in his youth
He was nothing

Kept his body clean
Kept his body clean
Kept his body clean
He was nowhere

Daddy was ashamed
Daddy was ashamed
Daddy was ashamed
He was nothing

Killed the family name
Killed the family name
Killed the family name
He was nowhere

The thief is born before you're through
Must be more than you could chew
I've got nothing left to do
If you know you wanted you

Oh, ah, yeah!

I've got more of you through
This much more than you could do
If you leave before you need
I've got nothing left to see

Oh, ah, yeah!

Even in his youth
Even in his youth
Even in his youth
Yeah, yeah

Even in his youth
Yeah, yeah

Even in his youth
Yeah, yeah

Even in his youth
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

I'm going home this weekend (again) so I can go to the UT-Rice football game with my dad. That ought to be fun. And I have to go home the following weekend to attend my brother's wedding, then the next day its off to Galveston to see my mom's family off on their cruise, where they will spread my grandfather's ashes at sea.
My uncle is flying direct into Houston from Tokyo, where his job at Sony takes him frequently. Tonight I'm going to have to work like a bitch to get some drawings done for tommorrow. Not really looking forward to it, and this new post is just me stalling.
Also, my ipod has bit the dust, and apparently there is nothing they can do. Fucking Steve Jobs and his goddamn birkenstocks and patchouli oil.





Youre not shy, you get around
You wanna fly, dont want your feet on the ground
You stay up, you wont come down
You wanna live, you wanna move to the sound

Got fire in your veins
Burnin hot but you dont feel the pain
Your desire is insane
You cant stop until you do it again

But sometimes I wonder as I look in your eyes
Maybe youre thinking of some other guy
But I know, yes I know, how to treat you right
Thats why you call me in the middle of the night

You say its urgent
So urgent, so oh oh urgent
Just wait and see
How urgent my love can be
Its urgent

You play tricks on my mind
Youre everywhere but youre so hard to find
Youre not warm or sentimental
Youre so extreme, you can be so temperamental

But Im not looking for a love that will last
I know what I need and I need it fast
Yeah, theres one thing in common that we both share
Thats a need for for each other anytime, anywhere

It gets so urgent
So urgent
You know its urgent
I wanna tell you its the same for me
So oh oh urgent
Just you wait and see
How urgent our love can be
Its urgent

You say its urgent
Make it fast, make it urgent
Do it quick, do it urgent
Gotta rush, make it urgent
Want it quick
Urgent, urgent, emergency
Urgent, urgent, emergency
Urgent, urgent, emergency
Urgent, urgent, emergency
So urgent, emergency
Emergency...

I'm watching the UT-OSU game on TV because I am a loser who didn't get the sports package this year.
I've been so tempted to yell obscenities at the various buckeyes that i've seen walking around the streets of Austin the last two days.



I'm doing a comprehensive analysis of Renzo Piano (my favorite architect) for design:
http://www.rpbw.com/






Take a look at these hands.
Take a look at these hands.
The hand speaks. the hand of a government man.
Well Im a tumbler. born under punches.
Im so thin.

All I want is to breathe Im too thin
Wont you breathe with me?
Find a little space, so we can move in-between in-between it
And keep on step ahead, of yourself.

Dont you miss it, dont you miss it.
Some a you people just about missed it!
Last time to make plans!
Well Im a tumbler...
Im a government man.

Never seen anything like that before
Falling bodies tuble cross the floor well Im a tumbler!
When you get to where you wanna be thank you! thank you!
When you get to where you wanna be dont even mention it!

Take a look at these hands. theyre passing in-between us.
Take a look at these hands
Take a look at these hands. you dont have to mention it.
No thanks. Im a government man.

And the heat goes on...and the heat goes on...and the heat goes on...
And the heat goes on...where the hand has been...and the heat goes
On...and the heat goes on...and the heat goes on...and the heat goes
On...and the heat goes on...and the heat goes on...and the heat goes
On...where the hand has been...and the heat goes on...and the heat
Goes on...
Im not a drowning man!
And Im not a burning building! (Im a tumbler!)
Drowning cannot hurt a man!
Fire cannot hurt a man. (not the government man.)

All I want is to breathe thank you. thank you
Wont you breathe with me?
Find a little space...so we move in-between Im so thin
And keep one step ahead of yourself. Im catching up with myself

All I want it to breathe
Wont you breathe with me hands of a government man
Find a little space so we move in-between
And keep one step ahead of yourself. dont you miss it! dont you
Miss it!

And the heat goes on...and the heat goes on...and the heat goes on...
And the heat goes on...and the heat goes on...and the heat goes on...
And the heat goes on...and the heat goes on...and the heat goes on...
Where the hands has been...and the heat goes on...and the heat goes
On...and the heat goes on...

un año de soledad

Well it's been a whole year since I started this blog.
I thought I would have more to put here (its such a MOMENTOUS occasion), but I don't.
In lieu of flowers and other presents, i will accept cake.

OMG, we now have wireless internet in the apartment, and I am like SO excited.
We also have digital cable with DVR.
I went home this weekend to get my bike, a TV for my room as well as a few other necessities.
My new design professor is from Barcelona, and he has designed some bad ass houses locally. I'll have to ask him to speak some Catalan for us.

I've been listening to a lot of John Lennon lately, and i want a "the war is over if you want it" t-shirt.




Two, one, two, three, four

Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism,
Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, That-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m

All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Yeah!
C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers,
Sinisters, Banisters
And canisters, Bishops, and Fishops,
And Rabbis, and Pop eyes, Bye, bye, bye byes

All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation,
Flagellation, regulation, integration,
Meditation, United Nations,
Congratulations.

All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary,
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan,
Tommy Copper,
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer,
Allen Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,
Hare, Hare
Krishna

All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance

The new apartment is lovely. Classes start wednesday. Hurrah

..."if you picked 100 unrelated politically liberal adults at random, you would find that they had, between them, 147 children. If you picked 100 conservatives, you would find 208 kids. That's a "fertility gap" of 41%. Given that about 80% of people with an identifiable party preference grow up to vote the same way as their parents, this gap translates into lots more little Republicans than little Democrats to vote in future elections. Over the past 30 years this gap has not been below 20%--explaining, to a large extent, the current ineffectiveness of liberal youth voter campaigns today."

Resident Income maps. Magenta is rich, cyan poor:

Last week Amy Butler and I saw 'Little Miss Sunshine' at river oaks after Japanese [food] and before the house of pies. The key lime was a little soft that night.
Anyway, the movie was fantastic, and the previews I keep seeing for it make it look like some moronic nightmare. I haven't laughed that hard for a long time.
The hygienist who cleaned my teeth this morning told me that I brush too hard, and that i should stop if i don't want to look like Carly Simon. Gum recession, you see.
I'm slowly making my way through 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'. It's very funny to read literal english translations of spanish. I once made a terrible little faux-browning (they make shotguns, among other things) advertisement. It was a power point slideshow, and basically read: Browning, it's the Heming way.

brennenadinejad

I move in one week.
I'm going to the dentist tommorrow morning for the first time in 18 months.

as usual, these pics have to be clicked on to be seen properly...
I sometiems wonder if there are people who haven't realized this.



My favorite one:











Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that youve been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows youve been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that its now or never
Everybody knows that its me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when youve done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old black joes still pickin cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the plague is coming
Everybody knows that its moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But theres gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows

And everybody knows that youre in trouble
Everybody knows what youve been through
From the bloody cross on top of calvary
To the beach of malibu
Everybody knows its coming apart
Take one last look at this sacred heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows

okay, so these people have some awesome pics of Toronto (and other places too):
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/archives/photos_skyscapes/060803_1637.shtml
And heres the truncated unified resource locator:
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/

Fishing on sunday was fun; i got a little sunburnt, but altogether a most enjoyable day. The coolest thing was shitting a brick when i saw a huge dolphin swimming 6 inches behind a fish I was reeling in, about to gobble it up. i was too quick, and it swam under the boat.
I bought 'The Eraser', Thom Yorke's new solo album. I listened to it in the car today, and it's too early to make any judgements.
I miss Austin a lot. I really miss plucker's. I move back on the 24th and I am like rully rully excited.

I saw this building in Toronto once and it's nice:
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/2006/03/old_new_north_of_yonge_01.jpg

My stepmom and little sister returned from Canada today.
ooooooh, i just found out that the 'Alien' director's cut will be playing this friday at the MFAH in the only theater ever designed by Mies Van der Rohe. I think i shall go...
Also the museum will be playing Fellini's oeuvre in it's entirety, of which I will be sure to catch at least a bit.
And I'll have to see a movie at the River Oaks theater before they tear it down...
I read Hunter S. Thompson's 'The Curse of Lono'. It's good, albeit a bit weird, which isn't saying much for HST.


...

I dont want your big french fry
I dont want your car
I dont want to buy no soap
From no washed-up movie star
You are so much louder
Than the show I wanna hear
With your sugarless gum
Gee, but Im dumb
Non-alcoholic beer
Its enough to make a grown man
Blow up his own tv
Quit hollerin at me
Quit hollerin at me

I heard you the first time
I heard myself say
Seems like the little woman
Is getting bigger every day
You dont have to tell the neighbors
A little silence aint no sin
They already think my name is
Where in the hell you been?
Louder, louder, louder, louder, louder
Constantly
Quit hollerin at me
Quit hollerin at me
Whoa oh whoa oh
Sweet serenity
Whoa oh whoa oh
Quit hollerin at me
Quit hollerin at me

Aint it great at the end of the day
When there aint no sound around
Just me and the fence post
Staring each other down
Nothing but a big bunch of nothing
Driving me insane
Cause there aint no voice thats louder
Than the one inside my brain
Hey you go on
Go on and let me be
Quit hollerin at me
Quit hollerin at me
Whoa oh whoa oh
Sweet serenity
Whoa oh whoa oh
Quit hollerin at me
Quit hollerin at me
Quit hollerin at me
Quit hollerin at me
Quit hollerin at me

...


Pissarro makes me happy:
Ah, Houston:

this pic is worth a new post from my hotel room in lovely Fulton, TX (fishing in the gulf tommorrow w/ pops):

The Perry Bible Fellowship comic strip has changed locations:
http://pbfcomics.com/


Selling one's sperm may not be such a good idea:
(props to Armando for this masterpiece)


Tonight I saw 'A Scanner Darkly'. I need to read the book so that I can really understand what the fuck was going on. It was good, though.
I was in my closet the other day and looked down at the basket full of my studio shit and it all came flooding back. Sophomore year is fast approaching. Yippee.

A few pics I've taken recently:
The ExxonMobil building reflected in some chrome paneling:
Moving dirt about in front of my house:
Cruiser and I:


And some more random shit:

Killer rainstorms are really becoming a problem.
This is my grill in my backyard.

Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God's love be with you

Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff

This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows"
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....
Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do