Wow um. I haven't been on here in over a year.
Here's what's been going on with me:
-I'm working as a private Japanese tutor, and as an ACT Prep tutor with a company called StudyPoint. I also do freelance translation occasionally.
-I am still living in my parents' house, because part-time tutoring gigs don't even pay for groceries, let alone gas or rent.
-I volunteer once a week at a place called WordPlay in Northside, which offers homework and academic help to local students, free of charge. I also run the bookbinding guild there.
-My grandmother died at the beginning of January, after a short struggle with lymphoma. I just got back a few days ago from a month's stay in Sweden, where I attended the funeral and helped to go through her effects.
-I have not made any major comics or art pieces since I graduated in 2012 (I'm not counting that video piece I did for FotoFocus, because I started working on that while still in school). I've done a few drawings here and there, one painting commission (that I traded for a custom-made cape), and more than a handful of hand-bound books.
-I am still a coordinator with The Denton Affair. In fact, after this Saturday, I will be the most senior coordinator in terms of time spent in the position. Our current theater liaison is leaving, and our art director stepped down in December. The new art director is extremely capable and I think the new liaison will do fine, but it's weird to think that I'm suddenly the veteran out of the three.
The art I DO make is posted on my tumblr. It's sort of time-consuming to post art here. I've been thinking about revamping this blog to do fountain pen reviews (because I suddenly have enough pens to do review of them [I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM]) but that, too, is somewhat time-consuming, so we'll see.
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Sunday, November 13, 2011
What I did on the Net today: personas
So, I've been thinking.
My last Net Art project resulted in this: mot-ljuset-le.tumblr.com. Before that, I was doing YouTube video performances (like the Pony response video). I have my main blog, mid-atlantic ridge, and one for reblogs, ebolazaire. I have a facebook page. I have a photobucket. I have a livejournal and a deviantart, both mostly inactive.
Somewhere in there, there's a sort of Internet-version of myself, which is quite like me, but not wholly so. It's an inadvertent Internet persona, the version of myself that exists on the Internet, that may be a little more eloquent than the person sitting at the keyboard, that may be a bit more raucous and raunchy than the person who presents in the classroom. I make decisions on the Internet, not to build this Internet persona, but simply to react to whatever virtual situation has presented itself. Comments and writing and reblogs are generally automatic--I am not representing anyone but myself (or, at least, my Internet-self), why would I think about it too hard?
So... what if I DID think about it? What if I went about creating an Internet persona totally from scratch? It's like building a character in a story, in a totally disjointed way. There's no narrative, just an entire person to create, to be viewed through a screen. Nothing is explained, there's just photos and brief captions and "likes" and reblogs. When you get on the Internet, you don't go about laying out your life's story on every website--you simply jump in, like a stage scene, starting from the middle. So what if I decided to simply start monitoring everything I did on the Internet, on certain websites, to appear to be anyone other than the person I am now? It would have to be exhaustive in order to be convincing. I would have to create a person totally from scratch, in order to act like him/ her/ hir on the Internet.
I'm not sure I could do it. I am not a good actor--I am too firmly planted within my own head. I can imitate and follow a script--pure creation is a different story.
Impersonation is possible, but only if I could find someone to switch Internet-bodies with (like in that old Goosebumps story where the guy switches bodies with a bee). Jeremy Bailey mentioned in his lecture doing a similar thing with Petra Cortright, I think... but that was only on facebook. It involves a massive amount of trust, not to mention feeling comfortable with baring very private details of your Internet life with someone. And I'm going to go right ahead and say that I'm not that close to anyone, not even my sister or my boyfriend. I could consider letting someone into my facebook account, maybe, but that's mostly because what I have on facebook is not very sensitive. Other venues of the Internet are a different story.
I don't know if I'll end up doing this, at least not immediately. It will take massive amounts of Interneting, which I simply do not have time for right now. Perhaps in the future I will have the time to build a whole new being out of a few Internet profiles.
My last Net Art project resulted in this: mot-ljuset-le.tumblr.com. Before that, I was doing YouTube video performances (like the Pony response video). I have my main blog, mid-atlantic ridge, and one for reblogs, ebolazaire. I have a facebook page. I have a photobucket. I have a livejournal and a deviantart, both mostly inactive.
Somewhere in there, there's a sort of Internet-version of myself, which is quite like me, but not wholly so. It's an inadvertent Internet persona, the version of myself that exists on the Internet, that may be a little more eloquent than the person sitting at the keyboard, that may be a bit more raucous and raunchy than the person who presents in the classroom. I make decisions on the Internet, not to build this Internet persona, but simply to react to whatever virtual situation has presented itself. Comments and writing and reblogs are generally automatic--I am not representing anyone but myself (or, at least, my Internet-self), why would I think about it too hard?
So... what if I DID think about it? What if I went about creating an Internet persona totally from scratch? It's like building a character in a story, in a totally disjointed way. There's no narrative, just an entire person to create, to be viewed through a screen. Nothing is explained, there's just photos and brief captions and "likes" and reblogs. When you get on the Internet, you don't go about laying out your life's story on every website--you simply jump in, like a stage scene, starting from the middle. So what if I decided to simply start monitoring everything I did on the Internet, on certain websites, to appear to be anyone other than the person I am now? It would have to be exhaustive in order to be convincing. I would have to create a person totally from scratch, in order to act like him/ her/ hir on the Internet.
I'm not sure I could do it. I am not a good actor--I am too firmly planted within my own head. I can imitate and follow a script--pure creation is a different story.
Impersonation is possible, but only if I could find someone to switch Internet-bodies with (like in that old Goosebumps story where the guy switches bodies with a bee). Jeremy Bailey mentioned in his lecture doing a similar thing with Petra Cortright, I think... but that was only on facebook. It involves a massive amount of trust, not to mention feeling comfortable with baring very private details of your Internet life with someone. And I'm going to go right ahead and say that I'm not that close to anyone, not even my sister or my boyfriend. I could consider letting someone into my facebook account, maybe, but that's mostly because what I have on facebook is not very sensitive. Other venues of the Internet are a different story.
I don't know if I'll end up doing this, at least not immediately. It will take massive amounts of Interneting, which I simply do not have time for right now. Perhaps in the future I will have the time to build a whole new being out of a few Internet profiles.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
What I did on the Net today.
(This is a test post for a potential project in my Internet Art class with Jordan Tate--I just want to see if my idea can even be fleshed out. So, um. Bear with me.)
Since this morning I had work at the writing drop-in center, the first thing I did on the internet was frantically check both my emails--the UC outlook email and my personal gmail. I flagged one email as important--from David Rosenthal, talking about an upcoming show at Prairie Gallery. He wanted me to contact engineering professor Rosales about the electron microscope tour we're arranging. I figured I'd get to it later, maybe between classes.
Then I ran to work where I logged in to eTutoring.org and waited for any student questions or submitted papers to pop up (or for a student to drop in). None of these things came to pass, so I spent two hours refreshing the page, trying to get YouTube to play Pachelbel's Canon without stopping repeatedly (and failing), and reading Alison Bechdel's Fun Home. I used Dictionary.com to look up works like "perseverating" (which my firefox dictionary flags as misspelled, suggesting "persevering" instead) and "obtunding" (also marked misspelled).
Then until 8 pm I was not on the Internet, classes and rehearsals and grocery shopping being necessary activites.
When I got home I tried to open the two tabs I had opened in the morning, but firefox crashed and refused to open. I opened safari instead and checked my emails again, noting that no one I wanted to talk to was on gchat. I skimmed my googlereader subscriptions. Then I progressed to facebook, where I had three friend requests, a message, and two notifications waiting for me. I dealt with the requests and left quickly in favor of tumblr--the new facebook layout is just too much for me to handle. At this point I was making dinner and scrolling, occasionally opening articles in a new tab or liking/ reblogging posts of interest--ones about Occupy Wall St, and bullying, and feminism. Eventually I decided to try firefox again, since all my webcomic bookmarks are saved there, and this time it cooperated. I opened tumblr again in one tab and in another surfed through my various webcomics--girls with slingshots, sinfest, multiplex, the homepage of julia wertz, teahouse, so far apart, octopus pie, johnny wander--looking for updates. I noted that some webcomic artists are clearly more committed to the regular creation of panels than others. I also noted that since there's several big conventions going on at the moment, I should probably cut them some slack.
For a while after looking through the comics I sat and stared at the screen and felt like the Internet is such a vast place and all I'm seeing is a tiny labyrinthine corner of it (and I'm destined never to escape).
I've been flipping between various comics, tumblr, and links in my "BRILLIANT" bookmarks folder since then, diligently procrastinating my English reading. In particular, I've been admiring the work of Megan Amram, twitter comedian and Glee enthusiast. I posted her audition video on the Internet Art google+ stream. At some point I must have visited the class calendar for Internet Art, because there's a half-read pdf open behind this window and it's about net art. In the middle of reading it I had a sort-of idea and realized that if I didn't act on it it would be gone forever. So I opened blogspot and signed in and started writing this post. And that is what I did on the Net today.
Since this morning I had work at the writing drop-in center, the first thing I did on the internet was frantically check both my emails--the UC outlook email and my personal gmail. I flagged one email as important--from David Rosenthal, talking about an upcoming show at Prairie Gallery. He wanted me to contact engineering professor Rosales about the electron microscope tour we're arranging. I figured I'd get to it later, maybe between classes.
Then I ran to work where I logged in to eTutoring.org and waited for any student questions or submitted papers to pop up (or for a student to drop in). None of these things came to pass, so I spent two hours refreshing the page, trying to get YouTube to play Pachelbel's Canon without stopping repeatedly (and failing), and reading Alison Bechdel's Fun Home. I used Dictionary.com to look up works like "perseverating" (which my firefox dictionary flags as misspelled, suggesting "persevering" instead) and "obtunding" (also marked misspelled).
Then until 8 pm I was not on the Internet, classes and rehearsals and grocery shopping being necessary activites.
When I got home I tried to open the two tabs I had opened in the morning, but firefox crashed and refused to open. I opened safari instead and checked my emails again, noting that no one I wanted to talk to was on gchat. I skimmed my googlereader subscriptions. Then I progressed to facebook, where I had three friend requests, a message, and two notifications waiting for me. I dealt with the requests and left quickly in favor of tumblr--the new facebook layout is just too much for me to handle. At this point I was making dinner and scrolling, occasionally opening articles in a new tab or liking/ reblogging posts of interest--ones about Occupy Wall St, and bullying, and feminism. Eventually I decided to try firefox again, since all my webcomic bookmarks are saved there, and this time it cooperated. I opened tumblr again in one tab and in another surfed through my various webcomics--girls with slingshots, sinfest, multiplex, the homepage of julia wertz, teahouse, so far apart, octopus pie, johnny wander--looking for updates. I noted that some webcomic artists are clearly more committed to the regular creation of panels than others. I also noted that since there's several big conventions going on at the moment, I should probably cut them some slack.
For a while after looking through the comics I sat and stared at the screen and felt like the Internet is such a vast place and all I'm seeing is a tiny labyrinthine corner of it (and I'm destined never to escape).
I've been flipping between various comics, tumblr, and links in my "BRILLIANT" bookmarks folder since then, diligently procrastinating my English reading. In particular, I've been admiring the work of Megan Amram, twitter comedian and Glee enthusiast. I posted her audition video on the Internet Art google+ stream. At some point I must have visited the class calendar for Internet Art, because there's a half-read pdf open behind this window and it's about net art. In the middle of reading it I had a sort-of idea and realized that if I didn't act on it it would be gone forever. So I opened blogspot and signed in and started writing this post. And that is what I did on the Net today.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Summer and my neighbors
insist on setting off firecrackers right when I'm engrossed in an episode of Spongebob.
Don't judge me.
We're getting the ball rolling on the show that will eventually be held at Prairie Gallery in Northside, starting to collect artists and whatnot--OSU apparently has an Art and Technology program, which I find very interesting.
I also start rehearsals for Cry-Baby tomorrow, my part is relatively small so it shouldn't take me long to get the blocking down, at least. The dancing is going to be tricky, it's really high-energy, with lots of jumping about and flailing.
Yeah, Johnny Depp is SO YOUNG in this movie, it's ridiculous.
I am continuously posting on my tumblr, I've been doing some more screenshots (this time with Mystery Science Theater 3000, a new obsession for me).
Some pencil sketches of the hosts of MST3K-- Joel Hodgson (bottom) and Mike Nelson (top).
Don't judge me.
We're getting the ball rolling on the show that will eventually be held at Prairie Gallery in Northside, starting to collect artists and whatnot--OSU apparently has an Art and Technology program, which I find very interesting.
I also start rehearsals for Cry-Baby tomorrow, my part is relatively small so it shouldn't take me long to get the blocking down, at least. The dancing is going to be tricky, it's really high-energy, with lots of jumping about and flailing.
Yeah, Johnny Depp is SO YOUNG in this movie, it's ridiculous.
I am continuously posting on my tumblr, I've been doing some more screenshots (this time with Mystery Science Theater 3000, a new obsession for me).
Monday, April 11, 2011
Other comic things
In between projects for comics class, I've been doing daily doodles (very small ones, my sketchbook is not very big) that are more or less interesting, depending on if you know me. I'll post most of them on my tumblr, but here's one. Read the rest if you're interested.
True story.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Duck-a$$
Jordan Tate says that everyone should have a place to put art that's not really "there" yet, or just plain bad. So I started a tumblr, just so I have to keep posting, even if it's horrendous stuff. I'm hoping it will keep me on track with the YouTube project, even while I'm working on school things this coming quarter.
P.S. This:
P.S. This:
(Reblogged from thisisnthappiness)
Monday, February 21, 2011
Other blogs I follow
WhiteWhine- hilarity and a little guilt.
thisisn'thappiness- art design photography and disappointment. Sometimes NSFW.
If We Don't, Remember Me- gifs. Excellent excellent gifs. NSFW.
threeframes- more gifs. NSFW.
dearblankpleaseblank- letters with terribly valid questions.
a hint- fashion photography and film stills. NSFW.
Pizza Island- a studio of four lady comic artists.
Unhappy Hipsters- architecture and (hilarious) snark.
There are scores more but those are some I follow regularly. I have a completely different set linked to Google Reader (which is a wonderful tool for keeping up with several blogs and media outlets at the same time, by the way, if you have a gmail it takes only a minute to set it up and then you can just keep adding subscriptions as you find new blogs). I'll share those later, they are more specifically art/ photography/ architecture blogs. The ones listed here are just ones I enjoy.
thisisn'thappiness- art design photography and disappointment. Sometimes NSFW.
If We Don't, Remember Me- gifs. Excellent excellent gifs. NSFW.
threeframes- more gifs. NSFW.
dearblankpleaseblank- letters with terribly valid questions.
a hint- fashion photography and film stills. NSFW.
Pizza Island- a studio of four lady comic artists.
Unhappy Hipsters- architecture and (hilarious) snark.
There are scores more but those are some I follow regularly. I have a completely different set linked to Google Reader (which is a wonderful tool for keeping up with several blogs and media outlets at the same time, by the way, if you have a gmail it takes only a minute to set it up and then you can just keep adding subscriptions as you find new blogs). I'll share those later, they are more specifically art/ photography/ architecture blogs. The ones listed here are just ones I enjoy.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Read Up On This (These)
thisisnthappiness -tumblr of excellent images/ gifs/ videos
unhappyhipsters -architecture and disappointment
ilikethisart -art you might like
booooooom -more art you might like
vvork -more art you might like
art 21 -artists talk about things. like art.
adumbrationes -local-ish art things
unhappyhipsters -architecture and disappointment
ilikethisart -art you might like
booooooom -more art you might like
vvork -more art you might like
art 21 -artists talk about things. like art.
adumbrationes -local-ish art things
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