Saturday, February 28, 2015
February Favorites
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Loneliness and a Chiptune
Several years ago an old friend and I made a chiptune together. He was very into making chiptunes and had, on several different occasions, called individual friends over to partake in making chiptunes with him. And this was my personal contribution, which he just emailed to me today.
Said friend and another were featured a few weeks ago in a post I put on here—the shitty iPhone photos post. I don't think they read this blog (I am quite certain that approximately zero people read this blog), but if specifically they (you) do, sorry for talking about you guys and I hope this isn't too terribly weird and overemotional and maybe you (and anyone else) should stop reading right about . . . here.
Said friend and another were featured a few weeks ago in a post I put on here—the shitty iPhone photos post. I don't think they read this blog (I am quite certain that approximately zero people read this blog), but if specifically they (you) do, sorry for talking about you guys and I hope this isn't too terribly weird and overemotional and maybe you (and anyone else) should stop reading right about . . . here.
Friday, February 20, 2015
NU WALK CYCLE
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Catalogue – a double layer stop motion
Catalogue, ft. my chubby fist. All sounds were stealthily found in hidden pockets of the Internet. First photo layer taken in the UMN Architecture Library; second photo layer taken in the MCAD Library.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Food and Life and Death on Valentine's Day
I'm not very into Valentine's Day—cheesy, contrived romantic gestures don't appeal to me much. But I'm not sure if I can say the same for the person I'm dating, because though he claims his freethinkingness as a central tenet of his personality, he's about the cheesiest gift-giver on holidays . . . which, if I'm going to be honest with myself, melts my cold, dead heart.
Since we're both poor, busy college students, our gifts are somewhat on the scrappy side, which isn't to say that they lack heart. He tried setting up this elaborate surprise breakfast for me, which I ruined by pestering him with details like "what are we doing for Valentine's Day" and "should I bring food" and "why are you avoiding all my questions about planning and food." It still did happen, but it wasn't too much of a surprise.
His name is Brett, née Leonitus. |
The scrambled eggs were moist and tossed with Sriracha, and the pancakes were excessively sugary with chocolate chips both in and on top of the pancakes, and he had plenty of syrup. (I love sugar and Sriracha. HE KNOWS ME SO WELL.)
I believe all the animals are taxidermy'd, which make the whole museum kind of creepy in their elaborate, expressive poses and settings for long-dead animals. |
He refused to pose for any of my photos :( |
My favorite part of the museum, other than the little space section, was a room dedicated to tactile experiences with natural history. There were kids running around and parents sleeping on the ground (no lie), and they had a bunch of rocks and skulls and bones and furs and skins on display. I really like touching things to learn about them, because I am a five-year-old who doesn't understand object permanence.
There was a huge cabinet full of death-related ephemera, like little animal skulls and dead coral. It inspired me to one day have a similar cabinet of dead animal-related ephemera in my own home. I've already got a little fetal pig in a jar that I've kept on my dresser since my junior year of high school, so . . . you could say that I'm cultivating a collection.
I also have a bunch of old rocks and shells that I collect for no reason at all, and this brought back memories of my childhood when I was an even worse hoarder than I am now. |
Apparently, the mythos of the cyclops comes from the Greeks' discovery of mammoth skulls. |
A turtle shell—felt like cured leather. |
He is pretending to be a bear. |
I made him a card and whatever. It was pretty romantic. |
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