• Back door & front door
  • Mail box (make a little mail holder to keep the mail organized & hang it on the wall)
  • More shelves on walls
  • Bathroom cabinet
  • Fix kitchen by moving out oven & building more counter space and a shelf for plates.
    • Pans/pots - hanging on hooks
    • Plants?
    • Cleaning supplies should go in the no-man's-land where the
  • Rationalize garage with maximum surfaces for projects.
    • The cabinets--for art supplies and sketchbook archives?
    • Organize Tools
  • Set up an egg laying arrangement for chic...
aug 24 2011 ∞
aug 24 2011 +
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Character Design The Objective: Create original full-body trading card characters that could conceivably be made into action figures; keep in mind: 1) dynamic poses 2) nonverbal communication 3) dynamic color scheme 4) props 5) costume/attire 6) environment 7) animal totem

  • NAME CHALLENGE: Create 5 characters based off of 5 names.
    • Consider era/context.
  • PET CHALLENGE: Design a pet & its owner.
  • RIVAL CHALLENGE: Design 2 rival characters.
  • FOOD CHALLENGE: Design a human character based off of the shape/color of a fruit or vegetable.
  • EXPRESSION CHALLENGE: Design 4 different expressions for a character. Sketch. Ink. Color.
  • LIFESPAN CHALLENGE: Draw your character a...
aug 9 2011 ∞
aug 9 2011 +
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  • scissors
  • tracing pad
  • pencils
  • kneaded eraser
  • X-acto knife
  • X-acto blades
  • T-square
  • 18" cork-backed steel ruler
  • microns, small nibbed & black markers
  • 11" x 14" layout pad
  • masking tape
  • scotch archival double-stick tape
  • acryllics
  • watercolors
  • prismacolor colored pencils
  • Bamboo Wacom tablet
aug 9 2011 ∞
aug 9 2011 +
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Personality Adjectives

adaptable adorable agreeable alert alluring ambitious amused abrasive abrupt abusive afraid aloof ambiguous angry annoyed anxious arrogant ashamed awful boundless brave bright bad belligerent bewildered boorish bored calm capable charming cheerful coherent comfortable confident cooperative courageous credible cultured callous careless clumsy combative confused cowardly crazy creepy cruel cynical dangerous dastardly deceitful defeated defective defiant demonic depressed deranged disagreeable disillusioned disturbed domineering draconian dashing dazzling debonair decisive decorous delightful detailed determined diligent discreet dynamic embarrassed envious erratic evasive evil eager efficient elated eminent enchanting encouraging endurable energetic entertaining enthusiastic excellent excited exclusive exuberant faded fanatical fierce filthy finicky f...

aug 9 2011 ∞
aug 9 2011 +
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Crucial elements:

  • An aviary
    • for raptor/wild bird rehabilitation
  • porch swing
  • tree swing, too
  • Warm, low-lit, worn, cavelike loved textured, homey, antique-feeling as opposed to blazing bright, sterile, white/blank/grey flat surfaces, wide-open exposed spaces and 'zen' modern style. (i.e. More like a cozy fireplace and less like a knife blade)
  • Very private, hidden away from prying eyes. Most/all of it will be somehow out of sight from passers by.
  • Defensible. :) You know, just in case.
  • "More books than I know what to do with"
  • "Large, comfy armchairs where I can curl up and read "
  • "Somewhere [hopefully lots of places] whe...
aug 9 2011 ∞
aug 11 2011 +
  • "You got this?"
    • I got this." Dramatic.
aug 26 2011 ∞
aug 26 2011 +
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U.S.

  • Visit: MT, WY, CO, ND, SD, NE, KS, MO, AK, HI. Then I'll have all 50 states.
  • Another roadtrip along the pacific coast.
    • Washington (Seattle, Redmond, Mt. St. Helens, the coast)
    • Oregon (Eugene, Corvallis, Astoria)
    • Maybe go see Yellowstone, too?
  • Carova Beach, NC (there are wild mustangs still roaming free)
  • Kaihalulu, HW
  • Roque Bluffs, Maine
  • Saturday market in Portland, Oregon.
  • Sandbridge Beach, VA
  • Chincoteague, VA (Miss Molly's Inn B&B; beach; horseback riding)
  • Gearhart, OR (cafes, clamming)
aug 9 2011 ∞
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  • agomphious
  • amaranthine
  • ambrosia
  • apotropaic - intended to ward off evil
  • arabesque
  • arranges
  • aspirated
  • brae = hillside
  • cafuné - tenderly running your fingers through someone’s hair.
  • chelonian = turtle-like
  • debridement = wound-cleaning
  • diaphoretic
  • divest
  • duende - the mysterious power that a work of art has to deeply move a person.
  • dysania - difficulty getting out of bed in the morning.
  • Éepater les bourgeois (French) - to deliberately shock people who have conventional values. “to amaze the middle class”...
aug 9 2011 ∞
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Trees & Bushes

  • Willow trees
  • cottonwoods
  • white birch
  • gingko
  • sycamore
  • lemon
  • honeysuckle
  • Creosote
  • cherry trees
  • pomegranate tree
  • snowball bush
  • dogwoods
  • pines
  • oaks
  • baobob tree
  • monkey puzzle tree
  • dragon tree
  • avocado
  • Royal Poinciana
  • Pink Trumpet Tree
aug 9 2011 ∞
aug 9 2011 +
  • Write stories with Dec & help him learn to write better
  • Learn Flash together
  • Teach him photoshop & ai
  • Make more claymation

Tiniest munchkins

  • Awesome tiny baby clothes
    • I Heart Science onesie
    • Cobra costume
    • F*ck tha police onesie :D
aug 19 2011 ∞
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Found Phrases

  • grubby East Bloc housing projects and a splendidly renovated Harlem brownstone
  • a tattooed mercenary with the curious name
  • Let the f-ckers work that one out, Pete!"
  • fanciful lyrics and swirling musical effects
  • seemed overtly psychedelic, it sounded like some kind of trip
  • snatch songs out of thin air
  • because of the childlike nature of the song.
  • an innocence we really cherished until it was snatched away
  • "That made me giggle," she said.
  • a mechanically tricked-out scientist
  • Why does most of the world look like a refugee camp?
  • a glowering sometime-mercenary lying low ...
aug 9 2011 ∞
aug 9 2011 +

Verbs

abated abbreviated abolished abridged absolved absorbed accelerated accentuated accommodated accomplished accounted for accrued accumulated achieved acquired acted adapted adopted added addressed adjusted administered advanced advertised advised advocated affirmed aided alerted aligned allayed alleviated allocated allotted altered amassed amended analyzed answered anticipated appeased applied appointed appraised approached appropriated approved arbitrated aroused arranged articulated ascertained aspired assembled assessed assigned assimilated assisted assured attained attended audited augmented authored authorized automated averted avoided awarded abolish accuse achieve act advise arrest assault assail balanced began benchmarked benefited bid billed blended blocked bolstered boosted bought branded bridged broadened brought budgeted built beat bite b...

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Random

  • Go parasailing on the back of a boat.
  • Build a robot
  • Become a master dart thrower
  • Catch an octopus in a tide pool (then let it go).
  • Go to comic con, reconvene with inner nerd
  • Learn parkour
  • Move to Portland, Seattle, Vancouver--somewhere up that way; make a bunch of friends in a prolific art community--painters, writers, musicians, sculptors, vegetarians; tattooed, pierced, avant garde people--not pretentious, but freethinking and experimental aesthetics; make music, have art parties, drink lots of tea & coffee--learn from each other, encourage productivity. Act as muses & inspiration to one another. Have wild, unexpected adventures of the most random, fantastical nature.
aug 9 2011 ∞
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