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Day 75 (Sunday mar 21)
So little days left and I am looking around and see so many bags that need to all fit into 2 luggage’s… weds will be a fun night.
Final days are approaching fast. I finally was able to hang out with Deb for a bit today. She’s been so busy being that I might of seen her for 10 minutes in the past 2 weeks besides today. Wendy came and picked me up around 2pm and we headed to HK market. Knowing that I have only a few days left I didn’t buy much. Although, I should of bought more seaweed…. I meant to get a bunch for both Christa and Deb but for some reason I bought one and split the 8 pack… Oh well… they will have to venture on their own to get some more. Unless I go out and travel to get them some…?
Anyways, finally got over to Wendy’s home to shoot at 330ish and what I had imagined that I would shoot I guess I didn’t… I just didn’t have the energy or creative juices to think of what to shoot or move things around. I hung out with logan for the day though which was cool. Apparently, their bunnies who live in free ranged in the backyard got loose and have been nibbling on their neighbours front yards. The bunnies were being stubborn upon coming back into the backyard that they just chilled under cars.
Deb gave me a stack of movies to watch and I have only gotten through one of them so far. City of God is an interesting movie I must say.
Day 76
The usual day in the studio I suppose. There were many times where I kindof just sat there… but otherwise there were moments where it got busy. Laurie her old assistant is visiting this week so got to see her before I leave. I left a little early to go to Chinatown to grab a few things for some people and then headed back home to watch those dvds deb gave me. I got through like water for chocolate and my life as a dog. The movies were ok… 2 more days left.
Day 77
The day started off normal I suppose. Went to the park with Deb for a bit to let Louie run free then headed to work. Christa is going through a lot of changes at the moment including taking up all her accounting and whatnot so basically today we went through a few of the boxes and tried to sort out and organize everything. Also, she wanted me to start printing out Gap photos… its taken 4 hours and only 20 are printed… there are still 40 prints in queue from 60. It is turning into mayhem… I guess it’s a good thing for me to be leaving. I’ve noticed from being here that it takes a certain special type of person to actually make it in this industry and that when it comes to the profession, it is best to leave emotions out of it and yes be the person people can rely on but don’t let others take you granted. With the level of drama today, I would much rather be at home dealing with GH stuff than handling this HUGE job. The weathers nice at least… There is so much drama and stress going on around here… I am happy to be coming home at this time. Deb’s office has also been filled with drama… tension is rising between people… but all I can say is I am Switzerland… I am the neutral outsider at this point.
Day 78
Final day of work and boy did Christa put me to work. We filed pretty much 3 ½ out of 4 boxes that she got from her business manager, got cheques out, and I basically put the printer to work for the past 2 days printing about 100 prints and cutting them. Her office is looking a little crazy but what can you do. So we finally went out for a meal together sans kids to a dumpling house in arcadia. For me, it wasn’t the best ive had but its sure been missed… I cant wait for some good old Scarborough Chinese food. As I said yesterday, its been long overdue for me to go home. Indeed I have gotten use to the rhythm and people here but home is where I need to be at this moment… I miss it dearly. I miss sleeping in my own bed, mom’s cooking, my old dual screen PC and the humming it gives off. Heck, I even miss snow (although I doubt there is snow now)
Tonight was a final dinner at Deb’s with the Schwartz, Pfleeger’s and Polish’s all over. Good company, good food, and a good time with people that I can call family in a crazy weird way. The only things I need to do now are basically finish packing, finish a movie off of Debs, and hand back keys before I head off for my flight.
I will miss Pasadena and all the people but I will be back. Once I get back, its back to the reality of a student with thesis, final portfolio and then volleyball.
Day 79
Home bound! Wasn’t able to say goodbye to Deb’s office crew but was able to squeeze in time with Louie the dog and Deb before Eric picked me up.
When I came here, getting to the airport and getting through check points took forever because of that Christmas failed bombing. Eric drove me through rush hour (sorry…) got there in 45 minutes or so. I was pretty close with luggage weight but was over by 4 lbs in one suitcase so had to do some last minute moving items. Got through security in about 45-60 minutes. My gate was actually right beside the scanning. Finished and was in by 930-45ish. Boarding for my flight is 1210. The gate where my flight is boarding had the flight for Edmonton waiting. Luckily, that flight boarded quickly and found me an outlet to use my laptop. Catching up on the Office. Flight got delayed by 15-20 minutes. I basically got on and some lady had taken my seat… I showed her my ticket saying that I had that seat and she kept saying that it was her seat… apparently she wanted to seat with her family so and her seat was inbetween these 2 old guys the row behind.. jerk. I wanted to sit by the window to shoot but of course no. I wasn’t going to fight her… to tired to and so troublesome to.
Plane flight was 4h45mins long. Took forever for the plane to be taxi-ed into a gate. Landed at 845pm waited for luggage for a good 15 minutes before anything came out. The people on my flight well majority had just flown back from Australia/new Zealand… I want to go…
Anyways, got home by 10pm. Had mom’s cooking yum. I basically got up to my room and for some reason that was the only disorienting place. I forgot how compact my room is and how much I fit into here. I was so frustrated with my computer above anything else. You see, my dad upgraded my pc to windows 7 while I was away… one; I have been on pure mac systems for the past 3 months and well I like the old manual windows xp. I am still not use to it but its getting there I suppose.
Home - Day 1
So I pretty much am screwing with my jetlag even worse because LA is 3 hours behind and I went to bed at 4am instead of sleeping earlier. I did wake up to my alarm (set for 630) but stayed in bed until what I thought was 945am (which really was 1045am because of daylight savings)
Waste of a day I think. So I headed out to Ikea to pick up frames for my final portfolio and then went out for family dinner. It’s a very strange transition for me I think. Instead of waking up and making my bed back into the couch and making the room proper for public to use as kitchen and washroom I… don’t have to do that. Also, instead of waking up and biking to my destination in a light sweater or a t-shirt I have switched it for a winter jacket and a car.
But I feel so much more comfortable which at the same time feel foreign. It’s the little things that make me happy about being home like: not wearing shoes in the house, having a normal bathroom where I have space to do things and is brightly lit, not making my bed (literally - no more sofa bed for me), having a chair in my room that isn’t my bed, actually getting calls that I can answer on my cell, hearing familiar voices, being only a phone call away from family and friends.
I am… sorting through things but still my room is a mess and it had exploded into the hallway and in brothers room yesterday night. I do miss Pasadena but I am glad to be home.. the air is different… the atmosphere is different and everything minus the PC feels so familiar and hasn’t changed much.
Since I am home now, there is a lot to do. What is happening in the next 2 weeks
-hand in thesis paper
-cut mattes
-hang frames in gallery
-gallery opening
-go to GH and Humber
-volleyball tournament
-develop film!
-visit Jaxon hopefully
-book doc apts
-doc apt
-start open gym for volleyball team
-join the gym again… I gained 4 lbs out there… those weight smoothies did its work on my body… too bad it was effective on the wrong person.
-catch up with everyone!
-athletic banquet
-work!
What I need to start doing…
-Drink more water…
-clean room as in put away all the stuff from luggage and throw away other things
Day 2
So, although I have been biking for almost 3 months it did nothing for my legs…. I played in a volleyball tournie yesterday… a reverses on and man can I tell you how rusty I am… luckily, as the day went on it got better (after pulling my shoulder - I have joint capsule sprain which will never fully heal but it was stiff and after the pull it loosened) But the tournie was good, met new people, got to see a few friends and hang out. After I got home, Andrew had his ysdn friends over and he had asked me to shoot candids of the night. I cannot tell you how much I miss shooting… there are a few shots I really like but too bad I am updating my portfolio and it doesn’t fit in.
Day 3
Woke up with an aching body… yup, its volleyball season and get back to working out… I gained a few pounds on my trip and I can see where the flab is…
I also downloaded new music which I took note of when I was in Christa’s studio listening to Pandora… There is one song in particular that reminds me of LA so much - Yael Naim - New Soul. I cannot believe I have only been back 3 days, it feels like its been longer.
Christa and family planting flowers
waiting to board
home.
Day 75 (Sunday mar 21)
So little days left and I am looking around and see so many bags that need to all fit into 2 luggage’s… weds will be a fun night.
Final days are approaching fast. I finally was able to hang out with Deb for a bit today. She’s been so busy being that I might of seen her for 10 minutes in the past 2 weeks besides today. Wendy came and picked me up around 2pm and we headed to HK market. Knowing that I have only a few days left I didn’t buy much. Although, I should of bought more seaweed…. I meant to get a bunch for both Christa and Deb but for some reason I bought one and split the 8 pack… Oh well… they will have to venture on their own to get some more. Unless I go out and travel to get them some…?
Anyways, finally got over to Wendy’s home to shoot at 330ish and what I had imagined that I would shoot I guess I didn’t… I just didn’t have the energy or creative juices to think of what to shoot or move things around. I hung out with logan for the day though which was cool. Apparently, their bunnies who live in free ranged in the backyard got loose and have been nibbling on their neighbours front yards. The bunnies were being stubborn upon coming back into the backyard that they just chilled under cars.
Deb gave me a stack of movies to watch and I have only gotten through one of them so far. City of God is an interesting movie I must say.
Day 76
The usual day in the studio I suppose. There were many times where I kindof just sat there… but otherwise there were moments where it got busy. Laurie her old assistant is visiting this week so got to see her before I leave. I left a little early to go to Chinatown to grab a few things for some people and then headed back home to watch those dvds deb gave me. I got through like water for chocolate and my life as a dog. The movies were ok… 2 more days left.
Day 77
The day started off normal I suppose. Went to the park with Deb for a bit to let Louie run free then headed to work. Christa is going through a lot of changes at the moment including taking up all her accounting and whatnot so basically today we went through a few of the boxes and tried to sort out and organize everything. Also, she wanted me to start printing out Gap photos… its taken 4 hours and only 20 are printed… there are still 40 prints in queue from 60. It is turning into mayhem… I guess it’s a good thing for me to be leaving. I’ve noticed from being here that it takes a certain special type of person to actually make it in this industry and that when it comes to the profession, it is best to leave emotions out of it and yes be the person people can rely on but don’t let others take you granted. With the level of drama today, I would much rather be at home dealing with GH stuff than handling this HUGE job. The weathers nice at least… There is so much drama and stress going on around here… I am happy to be coming home at this time. Deb’s office has also been filled with drama… tension is rising between people… but all I can say is I am Switzerland… I am the neutral outsider at this point.
Day 78
Final day of work and boy did Christa put me to work. We filed pretty much 3 ½ out of 4 boxes that she got from her business manager, got cheques out, and I basically put the printer to work for the past 2 days printing about 100 prints and cutting them. Her office is looking a little crazy but what can you do. So we finally went out for a meal together sans kids to a dumpling house in arcadia. For me, it wasn’t the best ive had but its sure been missed… I cant wait for some good old Scarborough Chinese food. As I said yesterday, its been long overdue for me to go home. Indeed I have gotten use to the rhythm and people here but home is where I need to be at this moment… I miss it dearly. I miss sleeping in my own bed, mom’s cooking, my old dual screen PC and the humming it gives off. Heck, I even miss snow (although I doubt there is snow now)
Tonight was a final dinner at Deb’s with the Schwartz, Pfleeger’s and Polish’s all over. Good company, good food, and a good time with people that I can call family in a crazy weird way. The only things I need to do now are basically finish packing, finish a movie off of Debs, and hand back keys before I head off for my flight.
I will miss Pasadena and all the people but I will be back. Once I get back, its back to the reality of a student with thesis, final portfolio and then volleyball.
Day 79
Home bound! Wasn’t able to say goodbye to Deb’s office crew but was able to squeeze in time with Louie the dog and Deb before Eric picked me up.
When I came here, getting to the airport and getting through check points took forever because of that Christmas failed bombing. Eric drove me through rush hour (sorry…) got there in 45 minutes or so. I was pretty close with luggage weight but was over by 4 lbs in one suitcase so had to do some last minute moving items. Got through security in about 45-60 minutes. My gate was actually right beside the scanning. Finished and was in by 930-45ish. Boarding for my flight is 1210. The gate where my flight is boarding had the flight for Edmonton waiting. Luckily, that flight boarded quickly and found me an outlet to use my laptop. Catching up on the Office. Flight got delayed by 15-20 minutes. I basically got on and some lady had taken my seat… I showed her my ticket saying that I had that seat and she kept saying that it was her seat… apparently she wanted to seat with her family so and her seat was inbetween these 2 old guys the row behind.. jerk. I wanted to sit by the window to shoot but of course no. I wasn’t going to fight her… to tired to and so troublesome to.
Plane flight was 4h45mins long. Took forever for the plane to be taxi-ed into a gate. Landed at 845pm waited for luggage for a good 15 minutes before anything came out. The people on my flight well majority had just flown back from Australia/new Zealand… I want to go…
Anyways, got home by 10pm. Had mom’s cooking yum. I basically got up to my room and for some reason that was the only disorienting place. I forgot how compact my room is and how much I fit into here. I was so frustrated with my computer above anything else. You see, my dad upgraded my pc to windows 7 while I was away… one; I have been on pure mac systems for the past 3 months and well I like the old manual windows xp. I am still not use to it but its getting there I suppose.
Home - Day 1
So I pretty much am screwing with my jetlag even worse because LA is 3 hours behind and I went to bed at 4am instead of sleeping earlier. I did wake up to my alarm (set for 630) but stayed in bed until what I thought was 945am (which really was 1045am because of daylight savings)
Waste of a day I think. So I headed out to Ikea to pick up frames for my final portfolio and then went out for family dinner. It’s a very strange transition for me I think. Instead of waking up and making my bed back into the couch and making the room proper for public to use as kitchen and washroom I… don’t have to do that. Also, instead of waking up and biking to my destination in a light sweater or a t-shirt I have switched it for a winter jacket and a car.
But I feel so much more comfortable which at the same time feel foreign. It’s the little things that make me happy about being home like: not wearing shoes in the house, having a normal bathroom where I have space to do things and is brightly lit, not making my bed (literally - no more sofa bed for me), having a chair in my room that isn’t my bed, actually getting calls that I can answer on my cell, hearing familiar voices, being only a phone call away from family and friends.
I am… sorting through things but still my room is a mess and it had exploded into the hallway and in brothers room yesterday night. I do miss Pasadena but I am glad to be home.. the air is different… the atmosphere is different and everything minus the PC feels so familiar and hasn’t changed much.
Since I am home now, there is a lot to do. What is happening in the next 2 weeks
-hand in thesis paper
-cut mattes
-hang frames in gallery
-gallery opening
-go to GH and Humber
-volleyball tournament
-develop film!
-visit Jaxon hopefully
-book doc apts
-doc apt
-start open gym for volleyball team
-join the gym again… I gained 4 lbs out there… those weight smoothies did its work on my body… too bad it was effective on the wrong person.
-catch up with everyone!
-athletic banquet
-work!
What I need to start doing…
-Drink more water…
-clean room as in put away all the stuff from luggage and throw away other things
Day 2
So, although I have been biking for almost 3 months it did nothing for my legs…. I played in a volleyball tournie yesterday… a reverses on and man can I tell you how rusty I am… luckily, as the day went on it got better (after pulling my shoulder - I have joint capsule sprain which will never fully heal but it was stiff and after the pull it loosened) But the tournie was good, met new people, got to see a few friends and hang out. After I got home, Andrew had his ysdn friends over and he had asked me to shoot candids of the night. I cannot tell you how much I miss shooting… there are a few shots I really like but too bad I am updating my portfolio and it doesn’t fit in.
Day 3
Woke up with an aching body… yup, its volleyball season and get back to working out… I gained a few pounds on my trip and I can see where the flab is…
I also downloaded new music which I took note of when I was in Christa’s studio listening to Pandora… There is one song in particular that reminds me of LA so much - Yael Naim - New Soul. I cannot believe I have only been back 3 days, it feels like its been longer.
Christa and family planting flowers
waiting to board
home.