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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…

Published by Pete Ippel

Pete Ippel, the son of a dancer and a musician, was born in Oak Park, Illinois and has been surrounded by the arts since birth. He moved to Morris, Illinois in 1989 and started to participate in athletics rather than dance. After high school, Pete attended Cornell University where he received a BA in psychology and a BFA in photo / digital art making. He continued to follow his sporting dreams in the high jump, which culminated in a school record leap of 7 feet 1/2 inch in 2001. In May 2004 he attained an MFA degree in the New Genres department of the San Francisco Art Institute. Presently Pete is a practicing artist whose work is in numerous private collections and has been exhibited in New York, California, and internationally. Mr. Ippel resides in Working Artists Ventura, a sustainable artist community in southern California. In addition, he teaches art, is a web developer, an active blogger, and still high jumps from time to time. As a passionate problem solver and a pragmatic optimist, Pete’s art and his life are full of exciting challenges.

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