Saturday, February 3, 2007

Downtown faux-pas

Listening to : little sister- Queens of the Stone Age

Ok I havent posted in quite awile but I've been busy with shit. We three recently took up a freelance job, recreating the simon fraser university campus in 3D. Alot is already done actually, we just have to optimize it, texture and make props. Which actually is alot! We endured a 1 hour bus ride to the mountain to take some photos, I'm not usually an "architecture" person but I do enjoy the design of this place. It looks like a space ship. I think the architect name is arthur erickson. cool guy.

I think its for their website. So students can figure out where to go. My visit home went well. And I guess you could say Im all edmontoned-out. I still like it though. I drank almost every night. . The other makes me sad. Its somewhat liberating actually I feel I have less of a connection to edmonton. Makes me consider moving to LA more. I have a guarenteed career there. It is a possibility. Though another path I'm really seriously considering is taking the steps to become a tattoo artist. I'm willing to go through the one year of mopping floors, scrubbing toilets, and making needles of being an apprentice. Its quite a competitive buisness now. They actually expect you to have a BFA or some sort of art degree. Ive started creating a portfolio and put in some of my flash. The only thing now is actually mustering up the courage to go up to a burly tattoo fellow/a and ask if they would be willing to teach me as their official apprentice. There are some fairly prestegious parlors a couple blocks away. So on the news theres been reports of "increased earthquake activity" and the next 2 weeks are critical for a major quake to hit southern BC. I hate earthquakes. Even in Elementry school I've always heard stories about the "big one". If there was an earthquake on the island. We'd be fucked. Im paranoid though. yay no paragraphs.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

it took me a few minutes to realize that those pics were from SFU, i remember going on a tour there in highschool and i thought it felt like a prison! this could be because it was the last school on the tour and we were all exhausted. it looks better from your point of view :)

Manda said...

Oh it totally looks like a prison! very cold and unwelcoming, but I like it that way lol very suiting for a university! jk Actually I dont think I'd want to go to a school like that....

The Voodoo Doll said...

I wouldn't wanna go to school in a place like that. Big part of the reason I like Mal is the Koi pond. Hooray for nature stuff!

Everyone keeps saying "prison" about SFU though... hmmm

Akiyhrah said...

I thought so!!! I was like, "Hey, I've been there!!" haha good times.

it is a prison though, isn't it?