I'm half way to 24 and I just wanted to see how much I've completed from my list.
23 Things to do before 24
- sew my own purse
- relax in the sun yesiree!
- do more night photography
- use my large format camera in progress
- stay in touch with college friends check
- design my own scrapbook line
- make a design team check
- organize Mom's negatives
- make time for myself in progress
- complete my animation thesis
- introduce more color into my life check
- finish sewing my portfolio
- buy pants that fit me check
- drink more water in progress
- enjoy my home town check
- watch old movies check
- make glass beads again
- travel check
- volunteer in progress
- learn to cook some how I doubt that baking cupcakes counts...
- exercise check
- save money check
- find a job in progress
- be more carefree in progress
I still have some pretty major things to do in the next 6 months. Hope I can get er done!
Thursday night lab with Maureen was incredible! We learned how to do
Polaroid transfers. There are two variations from this process. The first one is to expose an image (positive or negative) onto
Polaroid film (669), boil the emulsion off, and then coax it onto a sheet of watercolor paper, while in water. Here is my favorite example. I just love how distressed the edges are.
The alternative way to make
a Polaroid transfer is to expose the
Polaroid film, cut off the chemical pack, open the exposure before it develops and place it face down on watercolor paper. Apply pressure for a short time to let it finish exposing. Slowly peel back and then you have this:
The film was expired so I got the neat cyan effect on the edges!
Did out annual
Bennihana's trip with Jenny, Andrew, and Dan on Friday night. We had to wait an hour to be seated but at least we went to
Burlingame instead of
Japantown! We had some entertaining people seated across from us. It was like having our own reality show unfolding before our eyes. If you weren't watching but listening it sounded as though our neighbors should have been throwing $1's at their cook. No pictures since the birthday girl asked me to leave the camera at home. :)
Jenny & I talked about how badly I wanted some cute stationary and she suggested I check out
Daiso at
Serramonte. What a blast that was! I think I went a little overboard since I haven't been able to shop much lately! Aren't they cute?
Took BART to the
Yerba Buena Ice Skating Rink in San Francisco to meet up with some friends from
SFSU Animation. My heart sings when I'm with them! Amy is the incredible girl who organizes our monthly get
togethers. She likes to call them Social
Squitten's for some reason. Amy & Eric chilling on the ice:
The lovely Betty & Tyler ice skating beautifully.
One of the very few pictures of my with ice skates!
Kate showed up near the end of ice skating. I had planned to go back home and work on minimizing deadlines but I just had to hang out a bit longer! The whole group moved the fun to
Buca di Beppo at 5
th & Howard. I swear the people multiplied by the time we got there! Our table was a huge banquet size with about 20 people. We had so much fun catching up and meeting new friends.
Pizza with potato chips on it...? I heard it was yummy. I wasn't up for that adventure. Maybe some other time. ;)
Kate and I at dinner!
It's such a small world. Chris works with
Kristi at
IGN! He was a really entertaining guy to sit across from at dinner. At one point the waiters brought these huge canned peppers to our table. Clearly their to hold the pizza!!!!! It looks average in Chris's hands but that's because he's 6'6"!
I'm enjoying my weekend and I hope you are too!
Lisa came over for pizza and all around good fun on Sunday. She surprised the heck out of me with her new funky hair cut. I love how experimental she is. I'm always too scared to try anything when it comes to my hair cuts.
Monday night I joined in the fun at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco for a lecture on asteroids. I was fully convinced that with my luck, I will die of an asteroid hitting my bedroom. ;) I really enjoyed the brand new planetarium and all of the beautiful new things that I briefly walked by. After, we went to Park Chow for dinner. I thoroughly enjoyed their house apple pie.
Tuesday was my Dad's birthday. I had fun making him this little card. I haven't really used my glimmer mist so I went all out on this one. I layered the cupcake stamp on three different papers and then layered them on top of each other.
I joined my dad at Mel's for lunch before heading out for some shopping at the local outlets. He found some Tommy Bahama shirts and we grabbed a replacement umbrella (mine broke from crazy Irish winds).
Friday morning Brewster had a small seizure that scared the heck out of me. He started falling all over the place and I had no idea what was going on. Zena explained to me that he has a tumor and suffers from seizures about once a month because of it. He seems to be okay now. Isn't his sweater cute?
Here is the simple valentine I made for Dan. 
I finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife the other week. I really enjoyed how it didn't follow any chronological order. Plus its a great love story. I read Stephanie Meyer's first 265 pages to Midnight Sun. It was leaked and she posted it on her website so people wouldn't go searching for it. I really love reading the story from Edward's perspective.
