I was taking a picture of this the other day, and suddenly the light began to call evil spirits from the aether. So, I took a picture, and quickly ran away.
Actually, I was painting as an excercise from a picture of this blue light I took a few weeks ago, and when I was satisfied with the light, I began to add other stuff. It was very fun.
Aaron Brown posted this, and I guess I'll do the same for my friends that aren't at Gonzaga.
Apparently, MIT is hosting a time traveller's convention. They're trying to publicize it so well that people in the future (who have already invented time travel) will already know about it, and will attend, bringing a whole bunch of interesting people, culture, and technology to the present time. They ask that if you're from the future and you attend, you should bring some proof (their examples: "things like a cure for AIDS or cancer, a solution for global poverty, or a cold fusion reactor would be particularly convincing as well as greatly appreciated").
Here's all of the information from a guy at MIT's site.
And here's the location:
The Time Traveler Convention
May 7, 2005, 10:00pm EDT (08 May 2005 02:00:00 UTC)
(events start at 8:00pm)
East Campus Courtyard, MIT
3 Ames St. Cambridge, MA 02142
42:21:36.025°N, 71:05:16.332°W
(42.360007,-071.087870 in decimal degrees)
As I get busier and busier, it seems like I devote more and more of my time to painting. Three in the past two days, and I'm working on another. Anyway, here is the most recent. It is a painting of a picture by a cool photographer whom I admire. (This is a thumbnail. Click for a larger image on DeviantArt.)
The current dictionary definition of Writhe, from the American Heritage Dictionary:
intransitive verb
1. To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment.
2. To move with a twisting or contorted motion.
3. To suffer acutely.
transitive verb
To cause to twist or squirm; contort.
noun
The act or an instance of writhing; a contortion.
We have a question.We have encountered the term "writhe" in two cases. One of the cases is (as in the major dictionary definition) "writhe in pain", and the other is not in the dictionary: "writhe in pleasure". One of us is of the opinion that there is enough usage of "writhe in pleasure" to have it qualify as a valid definition, but the other disagrees.
What do you think?
I just painted this. I'm pretty happy with it for how long I took. :) And the story is funny!
Here's the description I wrote for DeviantArt:
"I know the name isn't entirely in line with the painting, but it's the idea from which I came up with this. I was writing some site design guidelines for Nathan's page that I'm working on, and I started to laugh because I noticed that PANDA was in exPANDAbility. So, I went over to photoshop, and made some text with black letters for the word, and white for panda. Then, I decided that it needed a background, so I started playing around with greens and fun plant-ish stuff, and before you know it, I was actually painting a scene. I threw in an actual panda for good measure, and then finished it up. Added a border. Title. Signed it. And now I'm uploading it."
My finals schedule. I'm paying for having days off by having them all crammed together. Luckily, that gives me Monday and Wednesday to study for the oncoming storm.
I've got a lot of work. It's up to fate whether or not I do it all.
Hahaha! I just finished the last of my journals! A half an hour before class! Hahaha! I'm happy *happy dancing*!!! Now all I have to worry about is finals! :) Happy happy happy!
*relief*
I even have time for lunch.
I decided to do nothing yesterday.
You see, I was burnt out from writing my 9 page Lit essay, and I couldn't even begin to think about doing more. So, at the beginning of today, when I woke up, I had 6 journals to do in 2 days. That meant 3 each day. That is a painful idea.
I woke up, and began to write the bloody things. And, to my surprise, I was able to write pretty quickly. I ended up writing my first journal in a little under an hour. 1400 words in a little under an hour. Now, I admit there isn't much content to the journal, but there is a little bit of thought (hopefully enough to convince Dr. Fowler). So, at this point, I've started my second journal. I'm only about 50 words into it, though.
My goal is to get four of them done today. I'm not sure how likely that is, but I'll be quite satisfied with three. I think three is completely feasible, and I don't see four as being too unlikely. Anyway, that is the state of affiars over here. Until Friday, when they're due. After that the new dilemma will be studying for finals so that I can get decent grades in my classes.
Bleh…. I spent a Ton with a capital T of Time on my essay in the past 24 hours. It's painful to write so much. For me, doing constant work is something that I almost never do. I should probably learn to do that sometime.
Now the question is whether, after I finish the rough version tonight, I continue on to the first sweep of editing tonight as well, or I wait until tomorrow, and just do one intense edit tomorrow. I'll probably end up doing the latter, because it's less work, and I should get a pretty good grade on the essay anyway. I'm a stupid lazy person.
I feel a little better about it since I have so much more Lit to do this week. 6 journals, which should average 1400 words a piece. So, 8400 words before Friday for me. Ow…. So, 2100 words every day for the next 4 days. I'm going to be in pain by the end of the week. Then I'll have to study for finals. *scream of pain*
Now that I've complained a bit, I'm going to continue not working until I either feel guilty enough to work again or I fall asleep.
