On Monday Com Design was the usual go to class and get out super early. I was thinking about that, the fact that we get out super early and that it doesn't seem right. I think that given the circumstances, small class and the fact that we are all doing the same project. That it's not so unusual that class would end early. However because we are all doing the same company is that while I am seeing different ways of approaching the task. I feel that I am not gaining much because I don't appreciate what others are doing. I think my project will turn out good its just that I will not take away much from seeing other people's work like I did in Type 4. Anyways with class ending early, I was home before 5 and didn't do much once I was home.
Tuesday my La Virgen print was due in printmaking. The gloss white transparent layer didn't show up too well once dry. Tony wants me to fix that. I plan on adding cyan to the paint I have left and getting a ghostly blue color. After Tony looked at our work we watched a printmaking video that was pretty cool. Then it was lab time. Since I had yet to figure out how I was going to design my final project I was again home early. And to not break the streak I didn't do any homework. Actually now that I think about it. I had a little homework for Art of Research but not enough to actually call it work.
Wednesday and AOR was normal. I presented my work and class went long. I hate when teachers can't control the clock and class goes long. So this time I left and didn't stay late. I had shit to get done. OK not really but I had stayed late for enough classes that I didn't need to stay late this time. Once I got home I kept the streak alive and did no homework.
During the day I saw that Gabe had some cryptic messages about LA in his tweets. I called him up to see if he was in the area. He was at USC taking care of some business. We planed to meet up later. Then Lizee text'd me and wanted to go out to dinner. So once she was off work we headed over to Canter's. I had been wanted to try this LA landmark for a while and was finally able to make it happen. Gabe didn't show up until we were eating. The food was an ok and after dinner we headed over to the news stand across the street to see what they had. I ended up picking up some design magazines. Since Gabe wasn't able to take care all of his LA business he was going to stay the night.
What doesn't look right in this pic?
Close up. Ah yeah.
Thursday I think I worked a little on printmaking but not enough to constitute as work. It was also my day to register for classes. As of now I have all my classes and my schedule is set for next term. But who knows, hopefully no changes get made between now and next term.
Thursday night/Friday morning I had a terrible night's sleep. I went to bed around 4 since I didn't feel like going to bed. I don't think I actually fell asleep. For the first time this semester however I was pretty wide awake in Modernism. Which is astounding because that class sitting in the dark watching slides can put me to sleep easily. After class I stayed at school and busted out some homework for Packaging. I think I should have taken packaging last term. I saw that because I feel it's kind of a wasted class. Don't get me wrong. I have learned a lot about production but other than that, not much. Oh well. This class is pretty easy and I was able to get my work done in the break I had between classes. For this next project I am doing boxed water. I am packaging it similar to boxed wine. In 2 weeks you can see what I came up with.
Who needs to talk to the person sitting on the other end of the table when you have technology?
Once I got home I just vegged out and then passed out. I woke up around 9 in the morning and got right to work. After working on my final print for printmaking I made my self breakfast. After breakfast Jesse was up and about. He was going to head over to Amoeba Records in Hollywood to find some vinyl for a project he was working on. So I decide to go because afterwards we were going to check out the Shepard Fairey mural on Melrose and Fairfax.
Amoeba is a great place to drop some coin. I wasn't planning on making any purchases. However as you know plans always change. I ended up buying $140 worth of records. Records you say. Yeah records. When I was down in San Diego I picked up a records player for free. Since I was at Amoeba I figured I should buy some vinyl. OK when I saw some out of print and hard to find DJ Shadow albums I couldn't resist.
While at Ameoba we met up with Dom. After taking off with our score we headed over to one of Dom's Mexican food spots. Was ok. It seems like every place up here puts beans and rice in their burritos. Something that I am still not use to. Anyways after eating we headed over to Melrose to check out this new mural of Shepard Fairey's. It was pretty massive and made of huge panels of printed paper. I had just read about the mural last week and when we saw it, it had already been damaged. The mural was on the outside of De La Barracuda. I had wanted to check out an art show here a while back and didn't realize that it was where the mural was. Jesse and I went inside to check it out. As we walked in there was a guy carding people. I asked him is there was a private party going on or what the deal was. He told me it was just a bbq and to come on in.
Turns out it was some kind of pre Coachella party with an open bar. We decided to stay for a while and take in the scenery. Dom showed up a lil while after we had gotten there. After a couple drinks it was time to head back to Pas and do some homework. Somehow that didn't happen for me. And that rolled into Sunday as well. At least until around 2 am when I decided to get my files ready for Printmaking. It was definitely a good week to relax and get ready for the last two weeks of term.
It's weird the more I get to go out ad get to experience LA the more it's growing on me.
