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Friday, September 25th, 2009
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What am I doing in a pteranodon nest?
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
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I have just decided, since I had the urge to write that as the subject, that all of winter break between semesters will be spent watching Babylon 5 from start to finish.
"When the Stones are on tour I treat it as a religious pilgrimage."
That's my History of North American Indians professor. WIN.
Then I was reading the breakdown of what we're doing this semester...our term paper is a 15-20 page research paper. I both yelled, "Jesus fuck!" and had a small orgasm when I read that. Hi College, I'm Manda, nice to meet you. I have NEVER in the last 5 years been asked to write a 15-20 page paper! Is it wrong that I'm so excited about it?
Oh, and just to let you know...LJ and Facebook statuses are pretty much going to be my place for all the snarky and random comments I'd make or want to make were I in an actual class...so if I'm updating a lot, I promise I really am working too!
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
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Let's say, for the sake of argument, that I transfer to Binghamton. Then let's say that I'm completely fucking batshit insane, and I double major in art and medieval studies. Two questions...A.) For art do I choose drawing or printmaking? and B.) For medieval studies do I choose 4th-15th centuries or 15-18th centuries?
Art first...I could really go either way. Since I'm only allowed to transfer 4 art classes to BU, only 2 of which can be in my concentration, I'd only have a very slight advantage credits-wise in drawing. And in a lot of ways, drawing and printmaking are the same, just different mediums and techniques. They both still emphasize mark making and line work and have problems of color to deal with. So the advantage of majoring in drawing is that I could probably take a few printmaking classes anyway. The advantage of majoring in printmaking is that I'm guarenteed to fit in all the printmaking classes I want (since they're required), and thus can dive more deeply into advanced technique.
Then there's medieval studies. It's a little bit of a non-question because I think I know which way I'm leaning, but just to put it out there...I've always been attracted to the history, aesthetic, and the je ne sais quoi of the medieval period. But from studying art, I already have a decent chunk of the aesthetics and arts - and a solid start on the cultural history - of the early modern period. However, I'm not crazy about the Renaissance. And if there's only thing I've learned about myself over my life, it's that the damn je ne sais quoi gets me every time (shit, I'd argue that's a healthy portion of the reason I even got together with Jason in the first place), so I'm pretty sure I'd end up in the 4th-15th centuries.
There is one overall downfall to Binghamton, and this is a big one so I need to check this out soon...I don't know if they offer a BFA in art. And if they do, I may not be allowed to double major. A lot of schools don't let BFAs double major because the degree is so hardcore and studio-intensive. Which, I could be cool with a medieval studies minor. But I don't know for certain that they even offer a BFA, and I pretty much need to get one. Because a lot of grad programs want you to have a BFA because of how hardcore it is, to prove you can handle the workload and just because BFAs are so specialized (in a lot of schools the BA in studio art is set up in such a way that you're actually expected to have a second major). So yeah. All these Binghamton questions are for not if I can't get a BFA.
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
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Sometimes when I play Runescape, I like to find a low level player and follow them around without saying anything.
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
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Hardcore child-free people kind of annoy me. Like ok, you don't like kids. That's fine, I have no issues with that. I even get being annoyed at people who let their kids run wild in public...hell, that annoys ME and I do have kids. But they get way ridiculous. Screaming, "EW A KID TOUCHED ME!!!" in public because a little kid bumps into you at a FAMILY restaurant? Calling a woman a "moo" just because she has a kid? Jesus fucking H Christ, don't these people realize they're being just as immature, if not more so, than the children they proclaim to despise? Do they forget how they're even around to bitch about other people's kids, or do they hate their own mothers that much? It boggles the mind how supposed adults can actually act like this and think it's acceptable.
By the way, totally NOT directed at my CF friends. It's inspired by something I read recently. I know you guys don't think of me as a cow...I hope.
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
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I was just watching a clip of the Colbert Report where he was talking to Neil degrasse Tyson about American's science illiteracy, and Tyson mentioned how half of Americans don't know it takes a year for the earth to go around the sun. I was laughing so hard, Dylan came down and asked what was so funny.
"Dylan, do you know how long it take the earth to go around the sun?"
"Yeah, it's about two miles Mommy."
*cracks up* "No Dylan, not how far, how long does it take the earth to go around the sun?"
"I dunno."
"One year baby."
"Ok, one year Mommy." Then he ran back out.
lol, maybe if I can get him out of the art stuff, it's time to crack open my astronomy books.
The clip in question:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/232270/june-29-2009/neil-degrasse-tyson
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Today was such a bizarre fucking day. First, we found out one of Jason's aunts died in her sleep last night. We sat around the house, then went to his folks' place. I got a comment on my blog a little bit later in the day asking me to do a commission...turns out it's for a drawing for a band's album cover and t-shirts. Then there was a Memorial Day parade. All the parade people threw candy and Dylan ended up getting more than he did on Halloween. Then we had dinner and toasted Aunt Toni with Bailey's.
I don't even know how I feel right now. Today was so fucking strange.
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So I moved Ramblings of an Art-Obsessed Mama to http://manduh.jasonspadaro.com and changed its name to The Dancing ManDuh Bonanza! Check it out and lemme know what you think!
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Sitting in Ann Felton, there's a girl talking to the Ann Felton desk clerk. I was pretty absorbed in being pissed off until their conversation (in a large, echo-y room) included the girl saying, "But I don't want my dad to have swine flu because that'll attract a lot of media attention."
Yeah.
Other little gleams of superior intelligence include Girl saying, "I hope it's just the H1N1 virus. That's just regular flu, right?"
Clerk, "Yeah."
Girl, "Yeah, I hope it's H1N1, not swine flu. 'Cause that's like a pandemic now."
Jesus fucking H Christ! Do people not have brains anymore? If you're so fucking worried about swine flu, would a little bit of research not be in order? Things along to the lines of getting the virus' designation right? Or possibly even looking into it to find out that no one, except media outlets that need higher ratings, is worried much about it anymore? That it's failed to really make pandemic status?
Fucking people.
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Y'know what would be awesome? Bubbles. If instead of car, we all got around in bubbles.
Yup. It's one of THOSE days.
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Dylan just ran into room wearing his pirate hat and waving his sword around, and yelled, "Don't anybody move! Stay right where you are!"
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
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So I started an art blog...all part of my evil plan that will eventually include a website, an Etsy shop, and world domination....mwahahahahaha! It's called Ramblings of an Art-Obsessed Mama Check it out, comment, tell all your friends!
Ok, enough advertising. By the way, I'll still be posting here occasionally to whine about life to my bitches. Speaking of whining...
I had serious car shenanigans yesterday. I'm on my way to my in-law's for dinner, both midgets in the car, and I was creeping up to a red light. All of the sudden, my car makes this terrible, nasty noise like screaming metal, and the weight shifts drastically on the passenger's side. The shock only lasts a second because this has happened many, many times before; I had a flat. Ok, get the car off the road. Luckily, there was a Cole Muffler, literally, right next to me.
So I go to pull into their lot – already pissed because flat tires are no fun and I know we won't have the money for a new tire for a few weeks – and the steering wheel is having almost no effect. At the same time as I'm getting the car to kinda move towards the parking lot, this ugly dragging/grinding sound is following me and I'm thinking That's way more than the rim from the flat...
There I am, a moderate walk with two small kids away from Jay's folk's, with a majorly fucked up car. A Cole Muffler guy comes out and I asked him if I could leave the car while I went to my in-law's to figure out what to do with it. He asked if I could pull into a parking space, and I told him I could barely pull it into the lot. That's when he looked under the car and said, “Yup you lost a ball joint.”
To skip to the end, the car is now at the lot of Phil's mechanic, where it will sit for at least the next month, until we can get it fixed. If we're lucky, it'll only be around $100 for ball joint, tire, and labor. If we're not lucky, it'll be more like $300-400. Bleh.
This also means no Centralia this weekend. I'm really fucking pissed about that too! It was supposed to be Jason's birthday present! Now we have to put it off, possibly until the fall because apparently Centralia is obnoxiously hot in the summer (not surprisingly).
And to top it all off, I have three term papers, a short essay, and two major presentations all coming up, two of which are due tomorrow. Yuck.
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
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I started a flower garden yesterday. This is all part of my greater gardening scheme that includes an herb garden and a vegetable garden...
So I had to buy dirt. Lots of dirt. Any idea how much one of those bags of dirt weighs? About 50lbs. Carried 'em from the shelf to the cart, cart to the trunk, and (this is the long one) trunk up to the house (about 100, 150 ft). I had to get TEN bags to have enough dirt!
I'm woefully out of shape...my thigh and butt muscles are in agony this morning. And I get to do it again tomorrow for the herb garden! That'll be smaller though, that should only take 2-3 bags. Then I get to do it AGAIN on Saturday for the vegetable garden! Which will probably take like 20 bags! I'm going to look like Ahnold and have yummy veggies by the time I'm done.
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
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Ok, seriously, Paterson and Schumer need to stop jerking themselves off about how Paterson picked an upstater for the new senator. Columbia County is NOT upstate NY. Going to high school in Troy 22 years ago does NOT an upstater make. Gillibrand is NOT an upstater. And frankly, given her position on many things, I'm not even sure how exactly she qualifies as a Democrat...but I'm going to reserve my judgment of her until it's closer to the special election next year.
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
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I suppose I ought to preface this by disclaiming my bias towards traditional art and the genre that's being referred to, in some circles, as lowbrow/pop surrealism. However, just 'cause I'm biased, doesn't mean these artists aren't amazing and totally worth your time.
Jason D'Aquino
This guy does incredible things with graphite! I didn't even know you could draw on a spoon. Definitely check out his Hunter S. Thompson portraits.
Ron English
Shame on you if you don't know who Ron English is! Start with the billboards and watch "Read Between the Lies."
Audrey Kawasaki
Everyone who knows me knows about my fangirl love for Audrey Kawasaki's artwork. Well executed, sexy girls with depth...what's not to love?
Stella Im Hultberg
More sultry ladies, but with a decidedly different quality.
And of course, no list would be complete without:
Judy Chicago
Um, hello, The Dinner Party! Never heard of it? You ought to be slapped. Just get out of my sight until you're more well-versed.
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That was fun...I think I might do this regularly. :)
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
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Howie Hawkins on Afganistan: "Looking back through history...that's where empires go to die."
AND he wants a total withdrawl from Iraq AND he's green AND he actually has plausible economic plans. Howie Hawkins might just be my political soul mate.
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
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OMFG, this was hilarious! "Who is Barack Obama? Contrary to the rumors you've heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father Jor El to save the planet Earth. Many of you know I got my name from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That one.'"
McCain was really funny too! "And yes it's true, that this morning I've dismissed my entire team of senior advisers all of their positions will now be held by a man named Joe the Plumber."
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
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Babies are like your best friend when he/she's drunk. They can't walk. They can't talk. You have to bathe them and help keep them alive. They occasionally pee, poop, or vomit on you, but you not only forgive them, you still love them.
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cold.