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A Different Sort of Monkey
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[01 Nov 2008|03:26pm] |
Would you like to see some recent work? Of course you would.
Here's a collage I did in my sketchbook at collage class, which is a bright spot in a bleak time.
ephemera, acrylics
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| damn straight! |
[22 Oct 2008|05:25pm] |
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Seen all over my friends page.
Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test... Non-conformist, Visionary, and Independent
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which exists independently of what may appear to others as visual realities. Western had been underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. It allowed the progressive thinking artists to show a different side to the world around them. By the end of the 19th century many artists felt a need to create a 'new kind of art' which would encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology, science and philosophy. Abstract artists created art that was diverse and reflected the social and intellectual turmoil in all areas of Western culture. People that chose abstract art as their preferred artform tend to be visionsaries. They see things in the world around them and in people that others may miss because they look beyond what is visual only with the eye. They rely on their inner thoughts and feelings in dealing with the world around them instead of on what they are told they should think and feel. They feel freed from the tendancy to be bound by traditional thought and experiences. They look more toward their own ideas and experiences than what they are told by their religious upbringing or from scientific evidence. They tend to like to prove theories themselves instead of relying on the insight or ideas of others. They are not bound by common and mundane, but like to travel and have new experiences. They value intelligence, but they also enjoy a challenge. They can be rather argumentative when they are being forced or feel as if they are being forced to conform. Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy
I'm feeling pretty awesome about this result.
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| food! |
[18 Aug 2008|09:45am] |
Swiped from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) misalady but without her addition.
Bold what you've tried, strike what you don't want to try, and italicize the ones you actively want to try (as opposed to "I'd try it if you put it in front of me, but won't seek it out").
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl - I've eaten gallons of clam chowder, but never from a sourdough bowl.
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut - I honestly don't understand why people eat these instead of tasty doughnuts.
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
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[11 Aug 2008|01:33pm] |
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From drocera
Your result for Are You Stereotypically White?... The Entry Level White Person57% Whiteness! You've arrived! You take comfort in the fact that you're not what StuffWhitePeopleLike.com calls The Wrong Type of White Person, i.e., you're not a conservative, a redneck, or any of those other unsavory types. You take pride in the fact that you're more than mediocre; in fact, you're on your way to becoming a more advanced white person ... unless you're content where you are. That's cool, too. Take Are You Stereotypically White? at HelloQuizzy
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| WTF, America? A Frivilous SYTYCD Post |
[27 Jul 2008|05:42pm] |
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Seriously, America, I just saw the men's elimination for SYTYCD on Y0uTube and I have to ask you, WTFingFityFF?
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| a meme! |
[04 Jul 2008|12:03pm] |
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I totally stole this from drocera who is the source for all memey goodness
Here is how it works: Copy this list; leave in the bands you've seen perform live; delete the ones you haven't, and add new ones that you have seen until you reach 25. An asterisk means the previous person had it on their list. Two asterisks means the last two people who did this before you had that band on their list, etc.
1. Wilco
2. The Weakerthans
3. Sarah Harmer
4. José González
5. Crowded House
6. REM*
7. Elvis Costello*
8. Nirvana*
9. Nine Inch Nails**
10. Depeche Mode
11. They Might Be Giants
12. The National Parcs
13. Alice Russell
14. U2**
15. Pearl Jam**
16. Kanye West
17. George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
18. Great Lake Swimmers
19. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
20. Brad Mehldau Trio
21. Soul Coughing
22. Built to Spill
23. The Oakridge Boys
24. Screaming Trees
25. Cracker
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| hey you there! hivemind! |
[19 Jun 2008|09:20am] |
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Does anyone know of any good non-music podcasts that I could listen to during my runs? The playlists on my iPod aren't cutting it these days. I like science and pop culture, but I don't like This American Life.
Merci!
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| Boy Band - Ur Doin' It Rong |
[10 Jun 2008|08:18am] |
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Not only is the song horrible, the video might be even worse. At least Jordan has the good sense to look uncomfortable during the entire thing.
If you can't handle the song, and I don't blame you, at least forward to 2:28 and watch the truly horrible dancing and the silhouetted poses a la Charlie's Angels.
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| a question for the hive mind |
[25 Jan 2008|04:19pm] |
I've currently doing this running program because the prospect of being able to run for thirty minutes without stopping is beyond appealing for me. Don't ask. It just is.
While my running is progressing nicely, I'm getting sick of my current soundtrack. Actually, I am sick of my current soundtrack, which features more Kanye West than you can shake a stick at, some disposable pop, and some M.I.A. so that I can retain a shred of street cred.
So, do any of you have any suggestions for a revised running soundtrack ? As you can see, I'm not fussy if I can run to it.
And because I love you, here's a video from Yelle. I just added this song to my running soundtrack. And the dancing is awesome. It's hard to not try doing some of the moves while I'm on the treadmill.
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