I'll be back in the US for the first time in about 18 months in a few weeks to spend Christmas with my family and visit with friends I haven't seen in far too long. I'll be in CA from Dec14 - Jan 3, and although the days immediately surrounding x-mas will probably be spent in LA with my aunt's family, I should be up in the Bay Area for most the ( Read more... )

Well....

We've had three fairly significant earthquake tremors here today. I hope it's not a sign of anything larger to come....

You've got to love how when we get earthquakes during class, nobody seems to care or even slow down what they're doing. That's California for you.

Madness! Madness, I say ( Read more... )

I just realized it's superbowl sunday which explains the ungodly ammount of noise coming from the frats next door. I'm happy to have figured it out, but not happy about the noise. Ah well... such is the price you pay for living close to campus ( Read more... )

So, checking in after my first two classes, both of which have made me extremely happy ( Read more... )

Another long week in my busy life, but I've been pleased with my productivity this week. I actually finished 4 pots in my pottery class that don't suck! I've also come up with good ideas for my next set of projects in that area. Fun fun ( Read more... )

A call for help from those of you who are more familiar with movie stars/celebs than I am. I'm the in middle of trying to model a character for my animation that I'm doing, but I'm finding that I could really use some photo references of a model to work from to get the facial features refined. My character is supposed to be a teenage boy (about 13- ( Read more... )

Just got back from my sci-fi class where we had a debate based on Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" about whether or not it was morally alright to kill an android. My won hands down in part because my team came up with better ideas, but also in part because a leading speaker, I ran verbal circles around the opposition. Take ( Read more... )

I don't get it! It's May, I'm near London, and it's HAILING! WTF?!?!?

Looks like I'm officially no longer single. And this one's pretty serious.... :-)