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| happy new yr every1!
so i should reflect upon this past yr since it was an oh so special yr for me.
basically it was like...
start my last project for artcenter entrance portfolio (blood pressure monitor)
apply to art center/get accepted
rest up from massive burnout
hopkins reunion/road trip/stacy's wedding!
spend the summer leveling up my sketching skills & drinking boba
1st term at art center
so yea. my whole life basically revolves around improving my skills. nice and simple. it was a good yr cuz ive improved so much... cant wait to see how much more ill improve in the next couple yrs at art center.
yeah, and i met lotsa new ppl too.
new resolutions for the yr..
cant think of any! basically itll be all school stuff... i cant set myself up for anything. i gotta adapt as it comes...
in other news, earlier i was watching kouhaku utagassen... the japanese music special they have every new yrs eve... it was pretty cool. tho after watching my favorite singers and all these japanese dramas i realize it gives me such unrealistic expectations wen it comes to girls. like, how come i never meet those kinda chicks in real life?? where are they??
japan. T_T
but still. i kno theres gotta be chicks like that out here too. i noticed tho.. before i think i used to dig cute chicks. but now i think im more into "beautiful" chicks. and i guess a lotta that goes into personality n other things. not like, the chick who was born with good looks. but more like, its the chick whose refined style and character are reflected thru her looks. and i guess thats reaaally hard to come by. at least to my standard. which at the moment is like... drama actresses and jpop singers... so yeah.... | | |
| so like.. its been 2 weeks of vacation... and it feels like its only been a day...
and i really need to clean my room. theres like, still random trash lying round on the floor and its hard to walk around in here. im also kinda worried bout this one box that had epoxy leaked all over it... and apparently epoxy is toxic..
on the brite side i got a nintendo ds lite for xmas!!!!
my family got it for me. i wanted one cuz one of our instructors showed us some cool program that lets u do digital painting on it. but u need the special cartridge to run it, and since i ordered it from overseas itll prolly take a couple weeks to get here. so i went out n looked for games to play on it while i have time. i ended up getting final fantasy... since all the rest of the games looked too kiddy... even for me.
so on xmas day my family went to visit some family frends. and apparently their 12 yr old daughter has been taking chess lessons. and they heard i was good at chess. so they made us play each other. theres really no glory in beating a 12 yr old girl... i was considering going easy on her or something. but then it would be pretty embarassing if i lost to a 12 yr old girl... so i like.. totally destroyed her. and i feel kinda like a total jerk. cuz i pulled some crazy moves on her... like this one triple combo move thing i unleashed... basically was like, "screw u, little girl"..
._. i can feel my karma points going down........
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| hey all.. sorry i havent updated in forever. as most of u kno i started my 1st term at artcenter.. and its been really busy. the stories are true. art center is like shaolin temple up on the big hill.. wen u go up there its like ur isolated from the rest of the world. its crazy. like i found out my sister went to san francisco a few weeks ago and i didnt even notice she was gone...
anyways art center is a pretty cool place... even tho its just another undergrad degree, its a lot different from hopkins. my classmates range in age between 18 to mid-30s... they come from all kinds of backgrounds... like 1/3 of our class is international students. another nice thing bout this school is that its heavily focused on keeping up to date to the industry. during the first few weeks i was kinda starstruck... one of our instructors, ive been buying his books ever since i started studying design... another instructor was also published in a book, and works for dreamworks... he did work for Bee Movie... another instructor used to be the chief designer for toyota. its weird cuz at hopkins all the professors were established in academia, but not the industry... so i never really felt like i knew wut the industry was like.. only the world of academics and research.
my 1st term wasnt exactly wut i expected.. cuz i thought coming to an art school, sketching skills would be really important. but actually we didn't do much sketching... and they didn't expect the level of sketching to be very high yet. but we did spend a lot of time in model making... i spent a lotta time in the model shop using bandsaws, tablesaws, sanding, that kinda thing... and we made lotsa foamcore models too. all that stuff gave me a tough time. all term we barely did any designing.. it was almost all basics, and building stuff. engineers like me get a lotta respect here, cuz its a great background to have as a designer... whereas people with fine art backgrounds dont get much respect because it has little value in the industry. i never really thought bout that till i came here.
the thing i struggled with most was time management. its always been prolly my biggest weakness wen it comes to school. i think i improved quite a bit while i was at art center... just cuz we're constantly working... and theres no downtime. most of my frends n i were averaging 1-2 allnighters every week.. and during finals, they wouldnt sleep or go home for maybe 5 days other than a few naps here and there. i think i slept every other day during finals. so many of my frends crashed their cars while falling asleep at the wheel... or cut their fingers on the x-acto or bandsaw and that sorta thing. it was pretty nuts. some of the girls broke down during the term too... or start freaking out. and a couple students dropped out completely halfway thru. im pretty glad im good with stress management... im always pretty chill... so i kept my sanity, and im still healthy and my car is still in 1 piece.. so im thankful for that.
so basically art center is hardcore. and for all u who thought i was just goin to an artsy fartsy school to have fun and pick up chicks, umm no, its all work and no play and there is like no time for chicks... at least not this term.. but im def glad i came here.. its the #1 design school in the US and the instructors and students are top-notch... theyve pushed me in ways i needed to be pushed... so im sure ill improve a lot in my time here n then score an awesome career...
if u all have my facebook i posted pics up on there... which im too lazy to repost here. and also, now that im on break ive been posting up my latest sketches on my sketchbook blog... http://www.xanga.com/wushukidArt
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| ur all gonna get a kick out of this.
so 2day i wore this vest.. i bought it on clearance at macys like a month ago. fyi, the only time ive ever walked around wearing a vest was prolly high school prom. however i noticed it seems to be a popular fashion in japan, which is why i thought id try it out.
and since this is a somewhat important fashion experiment & milestone for me i decided to document it. so here is a wannabe-model shoot. taken in my room. with my macbook's built-in webcam.
       ._.v model: wushukid. vest by Claibornesleeveless tshirt by DKNY, collar altered by wushukidjeans by GUESS?necklace and Harpy Pendant by Bico; Angel Wing Pendant by Miss Misa
oh yeah and i shaved 2day too. no more stubble for now.
lol.
song of the moment - melody. - "One Day" | | |
| my sleep schedules flipped again. so ive been back to bein nocturnal. only thing is, now that i sleep in the daytime... and its freaking 100 DEGREES in the afternoon... i am not sleeping very well at all. like, i think im getting sick from this weather... my nose is all runny and im sneezing 2day. plus my neck hurts from sleeping on the floor (it was so hot that i had to resort to sleeping on the floor which is slightly cooler)
school starts next week. i feel like i should be doing something to get ready for it, u kno... since ppl at artcenter have been tellin me stuff like omg ur gonna fail 1st term... but i dunno if theres much i can do to prepare. so instead, i decided that i will rely on my awe-inspiring learning abilities wen i start my classes.
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so theres some kinda writing test i have to take on wed. i wonder wut its for. and should i write like a fob, so that theyll put me in an esl writing class that i can totally breeze thru? it mite be fun to pretend to be a fob.. just during that class. or should i write like.. my normal english-native speaking self? cuz wut if they make me take classes that i wouldnt normally have to take at all?? mmm its a risk...
o and i saw a good jdrama.. which i finished in 2 days. its called Nodame Cantabile... based off the anime & manga of the same name. its about these classical musicians studying at a japanese music academy.. it stars the edgy artist guy from Last Christmas.. and the girl is someone i dont recognize.. and theres also a few other popular drama actors in it too. ahh after watching it i wanna learn piano. its currently on my long list of lifetime goals...
Synopsis
Based on the hit comic book by Tomoko Ninomiya, this is a fun-filled quirky romantic story of two very opposite people.
Megumi Noda, or “Nodame” is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend’s lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.
Shinichi Chiaki, is Momogaoka’s top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he feels mired in Japan because of a childhood phobia.
They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame’s unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Because of Nodame, Chiaki transfers into the Conductor Division, leads a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible. | | |
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