March 2004

I am headed to LA to Jump, hang out and enjoy spring break!

I started cutting the new octi-block and got a cool enjoi deck for my wall…”Octopuses fart too!”

I’m getting excited about the Ebay show at Pace University in NYC May 6th.

I’ve been working hard on getting all my things together, as I want to be ready to present my work on bowieart.com, as well as be ready for my review. I’m getting my materials in the mail very soon, and have a lot to do before the third weekend o fapril…

Especially this “home” video for the Diego Show.

Push push push.

I went to the Palace of the legion of honor today, and went to see the Art Deco show, and the way i made it was just stumbling upon it…and the musuem was free (except for the special exhibit *7 bucks!*) I actually was impressed with the space, there was also a flower/artwork show at the same time so that was pretty cool…

I got some books for people…one for mom (flowers) and one for dad (shadow puppets)

I also got the little prince for myself, as I had read it in HS in spanish, and I remebered it as a quasi-phisolophical book…maybe it will help me straighten things out about the L word…

Also welcomed Spyke to Cali…and I’m hoping to get down there sometime soon…97 bucks on Jet Blue…

Hooped it up today, and got a bit of a sunburn yesterday…(it’s been 9 days of SUN SUN SUN) so spring break in SF is pretty good though I want to get out for a bit…I need to leave to city in order to see how awesome it is from time to time.

I am planning to go down south for a bit to hang with the track kids…

Or maybe I should try and get to Amsterdam after all…

T- a few days…

Today I planned to skate at Berkeley with Casey and Brian for an early session…well, the cobalt is back, and it was on lock-down…so we went to Oakland Museum. We had no idea where it actually was, and we stumbled on it quite by accident at 10AM. The slight problem was that it opened at noon. So we had two hours to kill, luckily we were right next to Laney College (I hadn’t heard of it either) and we skated their cement quad with benches etc…we had fun there till the sheriff drove by and we went on a quest through China-town to find an Internet Cafe…no luck, though we stumbled upon the sweetest thing ever, a swap meet…

First stop was the snow cone vendor…and then Brian and I got some cameras, for 10 bucks each!!! I got a medium format Foldex/20 and also a Konica auto S2.

Then we went to the show, and searched out the Almeda park after (in a NAVY base of all places). It’s the first park I’ve ever been to where bikes and boards share…I was told by a biker *who was like 40* that because we’re not in Berkeley or the City, people aren’t mean ’cause no one has to show off…

We had a scare, Casey slammed his head and he was allright *(thank goodness)* and from that point on, kept his lid on.

I had a few nice carves and did a tail-stall, other than that, it was warm and sunny…like *real* California.

(this is the 7th consecutive day of sun…the most I’ve ever witnessed in SF, I’ve worn shorts for a whole week!)

Got some new cameras today a Konica Auto s2, and a Foldex 20 (med format) I went skating and the coolest thing happened, I was talking with Lori on the phone and goodled myself and Stretcher came up…and I was in the “bay area” section with my Creation Myth video from Playshop!

So I’m very happy. Big ups to the whole crew at Futurefarmers (especially Amy Franceschini for dealing with the Artechies and giving us a show at Yerba Buena)

Other links about Artech/Playshop/Etc

SFAI

Witney Artport and popup

and last but not least, playshop

It’s again been a while since the last time I updated this thing, I don’t know why it takes me so long now, it’s not like I’m *not* on the computer…Though I’ve been spending a lot of time with Jacquie.

Things are going pretty well, especially since my trip to NY, it’s been a bit easier to clear things up in my head…

Today it actually felt like California, and I went out and took pictures while in my boardshorts, sadly I lost my Benq 1300, because it fell out of my hoodie’s pocket. I’m so bummed, as I’ve had really bad luck recently with losing/things breaking. I left my Mp3/cd portible player from aunt naomi on the plane, and then lost this camera…

Plus my gamecube isn’t working…now I have nothing to do while my comp is out of comission when I burn CD’s and render videos…it was a really good efficient use of time.

In transportation news, I got my bike cassete on, and it’s SO SO SO much better, I just have to get a new headlight and adjust my brakes, and things will be awesome. While I was at Lombardi’s I got a pair of sky-blue Chucks…they’re size 9, cause they run huge!

Also found a pair of Rollerblades for 100bucks, and they were 250, a great deal for sure, and figuring that it would cost about 30 bucks to get my old ones send out, and considering that these are much bigger wheels and lighter boots, I figured I’d splurge…

I am sad, because I don’t think I am going to be able to go to Uganda, simply because I didn’t believe I could go…I waited and waited, and made up excuse after excuse…another big thing, was that I promised myself that I wouldn’t let money dictate what I do in my life, and that 1000 for plane fare wouldn’t be that much…the problem is thesis show coming up (which will cost 250 plus my expenses) and the fact that I’m nearly triple digits in debt from college…that alone makes me cringe.

I want to go though.

DAMN.

I had Korean food today with Jaq at “MY TOFU HOUSE” and it was really interesting, soup/rice/kimchi and very authentic.

Anyway, I’m behind in just about every facet of being prepared for May’s show, but playshop went well, and I’m pleased that I have a plan for my projects, and that at the end of this week I get my big print mounted on silk…hopefully I can order some tyvek and make some more prints…

I went to the Daily City ramp with Kev, and it was amazing who I ran into…Jason Salfi…he’s from Comet, and it was great to see him again…

The ramp itself is rad, already, and they’ve cleverly used the fiberglass fun-box and turned it on its side and made a 4′ extension…the thing is wedged up on the platform of the metal ramp with 2×4’s and filled with railroad ties…

…Oh those intrepid skateboarders!

so anyway, Kev was a tech guy, and I concentrated on my first wall ride on vert, and after about 20 tries I go it.

Psyched…