ecce homo
School is out and finals are over. This semester was decent, as to the last few months. I had this shit-for-brains professor that had me pulling out my hair every Wednesday Night for the last few months, but all that is behind me now. At least Benton was in the same class as me to go through some of those trialing moments with this professor. And I am not exaggerating, this asshole was the worst teacher I've ever had in my whole experience with my education and anyone in that class can condone to this. It was a treat in the last day of that class whenwe had to do a teacher evaluation, the way the students were talking, it alluded that the results will be ugly and hopefully that man cannot set foot in another classroom in UNLV again. Let's hope that's the conclusion. It's not harsh to condemn a so-called teacher who doesn't fulfill his obligation to teach. So warning to any prospective students who decide to take an astronomy lab class, Rick Holt is the devil.
Aside from venting, I don't believe I got anything below a B aside from the lab, which I'm still waiting for the results for. It is so nice to have a few weeks off of school. It's refreshing to have some freedom. It was such a treat to have classes with Benton though. We're taking two more classes next semester together, both classes I'm really looking forward to. But I'm also excited to have time now to do personal readings instead of the assigned ones and get back into doing some art work again. I've recently started reading Existentialism: From Dostoevsky to Sarte. It incorporates various excerpts from some of my favorite western philosophers. Benton recently finished my favorite book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. And I'm terribly excited because he is the first person I've ever met that has read the entire book. I've been bugging him to read it since the day we started seeing each other. I love that we can share that with each other and even better that he loved it as much as I did. So, that was such a highlight. Books are the best form of entertainment for me. That or my time with him. Either/or, those are two forms of entertainemt and hapiness to me. Another form is comedy.
In the last couple of months, Benton and I have purchased a handful of dvd series. We've already watched seasons 1-5 of Family Guy, The complete first season of Stella, the first season of The Office, the first season of Flight of the Conchords, and we're almost done with the second season of The Office. It's addicting to get into these series especially when we have problem sleeping, so we take a daily dose and watch a couple episodes before bedtime after work. It's nice to have someone to do that with.
Since I'm indulging in updates and rambling. I'm also excited to throw some exciting news about my car situation. (the first exciting news dealing with car situations) But after a vigorous unending battle with my shit car, I have recently been graced with an exciting new member to my life. Here she is: a 2004 Mercedez Benz mL320....
If anyone knew the shit I've had to go through with my car; from emptying my pockets to this gold digger to breaking down in the middle of a busy road (three times). I can't help to think that I truly deserve this. I feel this lift off of my shoulder and goddamn it feels so good. 2008 is going to be such a better year because of it, along with some other nice things already in my life.
So.. continuation to my on-going rant, I've got an idea for a new project on some future art work. I'm hoping to start on it today, but it might take me awhile. Anyway, I've gotten this fixation on essence of existence and elements derived from it. I got this idea when I started getting down about retaining all this knowledge and how everything I know will be gone when I die. I don't know how I'm going to contribute on spreading the knowledge I know. I'm an awkward speaker and I'm completely clumsy with my words, so I don't aspire to be a teacher. (although, I don't know...maybe?) But that was exactly where I was wrong at. To spread knowledge and awareness, it isn't just word of mouth. Subliminal messages are always embedded into all these art forms whether we realize it or not. But art's duty is to stimulate. Film and art, indirectly, are a forms of creation designed to pass below the limits of perception. Creation is the key word. My idea is to have a mouth wide open and hands coming out of the open mouth. The hands are to represent creation and to portay that art is another way to get your ideas out there. I don't know it's still a staggered idea and I still need sometime to put it all together. I think this would be a really amazing sculpture, if only I knew how, but as for now, I have yet to decide how I'm going to do this. Anyway, I don't even know if anyone has reached this point of my entry.
PS. DECEMBER 15, I experience an intimate moment with my best friend, Tyler and the women of my dreams... Yes....BJORK. Her last tour in the US was a date with Tyler and I!!! It was so amazing, I wish to go on, but do you really think words can describe it?
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=ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF 2008
Aside from venting, I don't believe I got anything below a B aside from the lab, which I'm still waiting for the results for. It is so nice to have a few weeks off of school. It's refreshing to have some freedom. It was such a treat to have classes with Benton though. We're taking two more classes next semester together, both classes I'm really looking forward to. But I'm also excited to have time now to do personal readings instead of the assigned ones and get back into doing some art work again. I've recently started reading Existentialism: From Dostoevsky to Sarte. It incorporates various excerpts from some of my favorite western philosophers. Benton recently finished my favorite book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. And I'm terribly excited because he is the first person I've ever met that has read the entire book. I've been bugging him to read it since the day we started seeing each other. I love that we can share that with each other and even better that he loved it as much as I did. So, that was such a highlight. Books are the best form of entertainment for me. That or my time with him. Either/or, those are two forms of entertainemt and hapiness to me. Another form is comedy.
In the last couple of months, Benton and I have purchased a handful of dvd series. We've already watched seasons 1-5 of Family Guy, The complete first season of Stella, the first season of The Office, the first season of Flight of the Conchords, and we're almost done with the second season of The Office. It's addicting to get into these series especially when we have problem sleeping, so we take a daily dose and watch a couple episodes before bedtime after work. It's nice to have someone to do that with.
Since I'm indulging in updates and rambling. I'm also excited to throw some exciting news about my car situation. (the first exciting news dealing with car situations) But after a vigorous unending battle with my shit car, I have recently been graced with an exciting new member to my life. Here she is: a 2004 Mercedez Benz mL320....
If anyone knew the shit I've had to go through with my car; from emptying my pockets to this gold digger to breaking down in the middle of a busy road (three times). I can't help to think that I truly deserve this. I feel this lift off of my shoulder and goddamn it feels so good. 2008 is going to be such a better year because of it, along with some other nice things already in my life.
So.. continuation to my on-going rant, I've got an idea for a new project on some future art work. I'm hoping to start on it today, but it might take me awhile. Anyway, I've gotten this fixation on essence of existence and elements derived from it. I got this idea when I started getting down about retaining all this knowledge and how everything I know will be gone when I die. I don't know how I'm going to contribute on spreading the knowledge I know. I'm an awkward speaker and I'm completely clumsy with my words, so I don't aspire to be a teacher. (although, I don't know...maybe?) But that was exactly where I was wrong at. To spread knowledge and awareness, it isn't just word of mouth. Subliminal messages are always embedded into all these art forms whether we realize it or not. But art's duty is to stimulate. Film and art, indirectly, are a forms of creation designed to pass below the limits of perception. Creation is the key word. My idea is to have a mouth wide open and hands coming out of the open mouth. The hands are to represent creation and to portay that art is another way to get your ideas out there. I don't know it's still a staggered idea and I still need sometime to put it all together. I think this would be a really amazing sculpture, if only I knew how, but as for now, I have yet to decide how I'm going to do this. Anyway, I don't even know if anyone has reached this point of my entry.
PS. DECEMBER 15, I experience an intimate moment with my best friend, Tyler and the women of my dreams... Yes....BJORK. Her last tour in the US was a date with Tyler and I!!! It was so amazing, I wish to go on, but do you really think words can describe it?
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=ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF 2008