Mineola to Penn, walk to Times Sqare, then take the R uptown to 5th and 59th. The Central Park Zoo is closer than you think.

I got my ID from FIT, which has a lot of security ee ee. it shouldn't have taken 45 minutes for a picture, but I felt better that I went alone (Mom fell asleep on a couch outside). I'm not really alone, I'm in a crowd. And crowds are comforting.

I really really like subways now. Me and the R train are gonna be bffles.

I had a reason to go to Border's today- Border's has a larger computer book section than Barnes&Noble. I finally got my Maya8 Foundations book for less than I thought I would ever find it for. Technically, I need to draw a lot more before I start with computer rendering, but it would be great to get the base of the work down so that I can screw around with rendering when the school year starts.

i appear in a webcomic! http://kyhan.deviantart.com/art/Neh-001-Getting-Started-127452742

mindless promotion!

paper mache'

tonight is HorribleFest- Dr. Horrible dvd and commentary. its like a movie night, but theres more pizza, more people, and a pinata (just add the ~ in your mind).

final pics of Roberto and its gruesome death tonight. The painting was done with the washable tempora paints in the house, which were aweful but not messy.

final project alternatives/what i learned:

get candy first, and remember that candy is heavy and more expensive than you think it is.

paint multiple coats. paint it all white first, then add the other colors.

flour plaster needs to be made in large quantities, because you will run out of plaster when your hands are sticky.

flour plaster smells terrible. so does paint.

flour plaster is sticky, but it comes out of clothes.

next time, use cardboard at the bottom for better structural support.

the inevitable thought: can homemade pinatas be a business? they would be overly expensive, and at the request of the customer. customers can be nasty. what about organic candy, sugarless candy, nut-less candy, and other alternatives. those can be made, for a lot more money. its an interesting idea, making pinatas out of my own house. wedding pinatas. custom pinatas. i can imagine the spongebob and spiderman pinatas, the margarita pinatas. I can send out a catalogue.

anyways, i may have a new 'job'. its not much, but there's a florist mom knows who delivers to all the churches and could use someone who's back is intact. it probably won't pay more than $5 an hour, but that's okay. the lady at the florist is so nice. i'll learn about keeping a shop and maybe even ring up customers and help deliver flowers. I'll learn something.

happy tomorrow.

as soon as i find a how-to website i've used before- i forgot the name- i'll write up a tuturial using the pics.

the process:

1. balloon and tape skeleton.

2. the newspaper and plaster (flour and water is very sticky)

3. half complete

4. mostly complete

his name is Roberto.

monster.

back at PAL camp, the craft lady made a pinata with balloons. I was maybe 9 or 10, but i remember the newspaper strips, plaster/glue,

then after you plaster everything cept for the candy hole, and it dries, you poke pins through the newspaper and the

balloons are gone. now there's room for candy. i dont have plaster, so im gonna use flour and water and some glue. i hope that works.

RAWR

the basic plan:

i didn't want to make a cloud, which is easy to make with balloons. a monster! green monster!

arms are cardboard or thin balloons, feet are cardboard. black, red, white-yellow, and green paint.

its gonna be about 3 feet x 2.5 feet. i think. whatever happen, happens.

im almost down with full metal alchemist. only 20 eps left. why didnt i watch this before.

found something to do. THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.

listening: Peter, Paul and Mary. Platnum Album.

looking for the Peter Paul and Mommy album, for the It's Raining song.

My brother wants to make a music studio. i agreed to help him, if i'd get a bookcase in a corner. now im redesigning the interior of a room.

LIMITATIONS:

its about 8' x 16'.

The doors and windows can't be moved.

Needs a sofa-bed.

budget is at $250, but the couch and flooring is separate

Two walls are stone (and not flat). one has a window in it.

No TV.

PLANS:

I want a warm room. a jazz room with maroon and wood, with primary colors.

Storage. Book shelves from IKEA.

CD shelves, above eye level. There are so many of them, and we don't used them a lot. but we need to keep them.

Record player.

i want a clock with Metropolis-numbers (see below). maybe i'll make it myself. i've never made a clock before. hmm.

i went to a party yesterday.

the inevitable:

i like this part. it got flipped and looks weird here.

school kept me busy. now im bored.

music: Leslie Anne Levine, Decemberists. great groove of a song.

I got The Brave Little Toaster out from the library, and after pressing 'play' i spent the first 30 seconds praying that the VCR worked.the appliances are so stretched. its amazing. the marker isnt really that blue, i just boosted the contrast/color.

i realized that the main blanket's eyes were too far apart (a bad assumption on my part), so i tried to fix it with the cut-off blankie. the KLEEN soap logo is amazing. it was onscreen for all of 3 secs. thats the toaster, with the simplest design, and the air conditioner! and radio.

i need to find the short story the movie was based on. ive read some of it. i know its at the library.

i, got a thin sketchbook from cvs, with better paper than the usual cvs books i get. only 30 pages, so this is a trial run. the paper takes marker very well. its just nicer. i havent tested pencil yet, because i didnt have one in my pocket.

so bored without the mural.

Graduation photos today- an excuse to experiment with makeup! i didn't look like a clown, either.

im starting to get into a groove for the summer. i want to have a more stable wake-up time. 7, 730 would be fine. other than that, my afternoons are starting to flesh out into a schedule.

flick

listening to: Close to You, from MirrorMask.

watched: A Bug's Life (geeked out at the overall 'ideas win over blind obedience' theme), some anti-communist Pop-eye.

i dont know if it was really anticommunist, but there was something about popeye singing baseball songs and pounding a giant Bluto in a Red spacesuit that just shouted 'lets beat those commies'.

i found a vhs in my basement that i really liked as a kid- Thumbelina. http://www.enokifilmsusa.com/library/thumbelina.htm. its really just an anime version, but its nice and im looking for it online. only the sound works on the tape.

i feel like i need another big art project. i dunno what i'd do, but i want it to be big and showy. i want people to see it, and i want their reactions, anonymously. i dont even know what form of art to do. some limitations, and then an idea.

i have ideas. its just hard to figure out which media form they work best in.