Associations

I can't embed this video, but you should watch it. There are so, so many things right about it. (Petey, you must watch this). The best part is when they start singing, about 0:47.


I want to play a game called Associations. Let me give you some background: in photography right now we're working on building a typology (I chose soda machines, but that's beside the point). We pick one object and photograph it in the exact same way so that the photos become all about the object. But a lot of the time we talk about why an object or place is important and its relevance to our lives. In short: our associations.

One girl did a typology of porches and it got me thinking... about porches. I associate porches with holiday decorations, mail and packages, dirty shoes and cats. But not everyone has those connections, so I was wondering what yours are.
What do you associate with porches?
Alleyways?
Gas pumps?
Mailboxes?
Ivy?
Shopping carts?

This really is just out of curiosity. We have some pretty intense discussions in class, but we're art students--we  don't think straight all the time.


On another note... happy Leap Day tomorrow!
If you haven't watched last week's episode of 30 Rock ("Leap Day"), then you most definitely should. It makes Leap Day seem like the new Christmas. And if you don't want to watch it, at least wear blue and yellow.
Blue and yellow.

[Singing]: "Leap Day William, Leap Day William, bursting from the sea.
Will he bring his bucket of sweets for mom and pop and me?"

"Did you not grow up with Leap Day William?! He lives in the Mariana Trench.
He emerges every four years to trade children's tears for candy."

"You are missing out. Every four years you get a magical extra day.
 A day to do the things you normally wouldn't do. A day to take chances!"

Deal or Steal

Let's play a game called deal or steal.

12 watercolor pencils
Original price: $6
Sale: $2
I saved: $4
DEAL.

Oil paints
Yellow, original price: $11
Green, original price: $8
Black, original price: $4.32
Burnt umber, original price: $6
Sale price, all: $0.99
I saved: $27.34
STEAL.

Watercolors

Original price: $3

Sale: $0.79

I saved: $6.63

DEAL.

Pure squirrel hair brush
Original price: $20
Sale: $0.99
I saved: $19.01
STEAL.

Pure red sable fan brush
Original price: $27.99
Sale: $0.99
I saved: $27
DOUBLE STEAL.

Other brushes

Original price: $40.47

Sale: $0.99/each. 

I saved: $35.52 on five.

STEAL.

And since the lady rang me up kind of weird, I ended up paying a grand total of only $12.40.
I saved $120 on art supplies today. Likeohmigosh! I basically robbed the bookstore.

Obviously this is the highlight of my day. And week. And probably month. I'm so stingy with money that I can't help but pat myself on the back.
WINNING.

Hi. Hello.

Hi. Hello.

I know my life isn't interesting enough to warrant a post everyday, but I s'pose I will tell you random stuff.

I went to the USU-NMSU game last Saturday with Jenna. We lost, but at halftime Jean's Golden Girls performed. You know, that group of 50 to 94-year-olds that jazz dance at halftime. Jenna commented that "watching me watch them was like watching me watch my dreams unfold." She may have said it a little more gracefully, but I have the vocabulary of a Canadian, sorry. (Double 30 Rock reference bonus!)
The best website I've found all year.

If you can't tell, I've been watching a lot of 30 Rock recently. The plus side to project-based homework (drawing, gluing a crapload of hexagon modules together, etc.) is that I can watch TV on Netflix while working on it. I find this magnificent.

On Sunday our ward had a linger longer. The only thing I wanted was grapes. So I got half a plate of grapes and then... everything else.

I've been listening to a lot of Flogging Molly lately. Fabulous stuff, if you're into the whole Irish Rock thing. And because my neighbor stays up until ludicrous times, I put my iPod dock against the wall and put Flogging Molly on repeat (I figured this was on the opposite side of the spectrum from country music).

Have you ever had that elastic string on your underwear that you can't break off? This morning went like this:

• Pull plastic string. It unwinds more.
• Look at dresser. See scissors and X-acto knife.
• Pick X-acto knife up and try to cut string.
• It unwinds more.
• Slash at string again.
• It unwinds more.
• Slash at string yet again. 
• Sink knife blade into finger.

I used the scissors in the end. I also got a paper cut in photography.

A guy in one of my classes not only likes Futurama but quoted Incubus in class on Tuesday. I find this impressive. Did you know that my favorite Futurama character is Dr. Zoidberg? I only mention this because it drives Katy nuts. Whoopwhoopwhoopwhoopwhoopwhoopwhoop!

Eeeeuhhhhharrrrrghhh?

I got my 4x5 film slides today. 

Over and out,

Sarah.