えんぴつで

去年もらった美しいノートに色々な思いを書いている際、その昔よく手紙交換なるものをしていたなあ　とふと思い出し、しばし切ない思いに。
この綺麗なノートが悲しいことばかりでなく、日々の些細な美しい出来事まで記録されるものになるかどうかはすべて自分次第なのだと改めて気づく。　

夜中の一時が三分ノ一過ぎようとしている

なんでもなし

手紙を書いた。

われながらへたくそな字と子どものような文章をはずかしくおもいながら、自分ではもうあまりみたくないのでさっさと綴じて送りました。

切手や、封筒ののりをなめるのがすきなのはこどもの頃からかわらないなー

一番ベーシックなアメリカの切手はすでにシール化されていて、そのような小さな楽しみを味わうことはもうできないが

Merry Christmas 2009

I like this holiday a lot when nothing is complicated. Our plan was very simple, put all the presents under the tree (very tiny), and open them together on Christmas Eve so we did. Tomorrow is a real Christmas day and we are going to travel little far to celebrate with a family. I'm taking amtrak and will be leaving quite early so the view will be beautiful I believe.

Happy Holidays

Just for the reference

see it this works
bridge
http://www.photographymoodle.com/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=148
camara raw basics
http://www.photographymoodle.com/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=149
camera raw tools
http://www.photographymoodle.com/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=150
photomerge
http://www.photographymoodle.com/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=176
manual merge
http://www.photographymoodle.com/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=178
median rendering
http://www.photographymoodle.com/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=186
sharpening
http://www.photographymoodle.com/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=196
printing
http://www.photographymoodle.com/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=197
web gallery
http://www.photographymoodle.com/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=202
HDR
http://www.photographymoodle.com/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=206

the last day of the semester

I went out with some of the classmates and the prof last night. We went to a really nice cozy little place in woodside and had delicious coffee and cake. We talked about film and how school is being dick about funding activities and clubs etc...
The professor invited me for the Christmas dinner which I'm pretty excited about. She lives 2-3 hours away from San Francisco (yes, she comes out to the city a few times a week to teach) so it would be a nice trip by train or car or whatever I decide to use that day. I'm still kind of skeptical about the whole train system here but it seems like they are functioning pretty well. I'm not sure on Christmas morning though...?
Anyway, today is my last day of the semester. I'm pretty happy about it. This is probably the most "successful" semester. Man, it took me for four years to realize this but it's not really hard if I'm studying what I'm truly interested in with a great prof.
I've been wanting to visit Oregon lately, it seems like a great place, except, I'm not sure how much rain they get. People say it rains a lot up there but living expense-wise, it is about 1/3 of this area. (Palo Alto)
We'll see where I'll end up next.

The semester is almost over

It has been an interesting semester. I met many people, a great professor and so on yet, something is missing. I found it's interesting that many people here in San Francisco are wanting to be in L.A. Because of these reasons. 1) Because the weather is nicer. 2) More opportunities there 3) Just want to be away from own hometown and explore more
I think it's understandable though, cause if I lived in the bay area for my entire life, I would be eager to move somewhere else. Always seeking for something new, something different. I guess it is a human nature in a sense.
My other thoughts for today is that ART SCHOOLS ADMISSION OFFICE ARE NOT RELIABLE. C'mon it's an art school. What can you expect. But I thought it's interesting how things function so differently in different cultures. The admission office of a private Catholic university is amazingly quick, I shouldn't even compare the two. I should just accept this fact, right? I talked with my photo professor and he said, " They will talk to you if you are right in front of them." You are certainly correct, and you spend 6 years in art schools. Can't ignore the elder's advice now.

one more post about the piercing

So.. this is a totally random, unnecessary post that you don't really need to read. It's about my piercing on my right ear. It has been almost 10 years (wait, it sounds so long ago!) since I had my ears pierced, though my right ear isn't doing well today. It kind of hurts if i pinch... I know why though it's just the earrings were too heavy but only the right hole does this. I have 3 other on my body and they are all fine, in fact I forget that I have them.

this week is going to be a bit crazy

My mom is coming this week! But I've got a load of stuff to finish up before she comes (while she's here).

There was a new Italian cinema film screening up in the city today. I saw La casa sulle nuvole, (The House in the Clouds) it's about two Italian brothers go to Marrakesh to find their father who they thought he was dead a long time ago... The father is an artist, a dreamer, a club owner, et cetera...
Luckily, I was able to listen to the director talk about the making/editing process and how he wrote all the music for the film. I wish if I could stay for other films but didn't have time.
I have this thing for "desert shots", which somehow always excites me. shot of sand waves, desert and the sky, desert and nomads' tent (Berber tent), desert and animal(In Sahara, mostly goats, camels and sheeps). I think it's beautiful. Though if I'm in the Sahara or Kalahari all alone in the middle of nowhere, I'm not sure how I'd feel. I'd enjoy staying there for a while then probably will realize that it's beautiful but start to see the difficult side of it, like when the wind blows the sand constantly get in my eyes, mouth and ears and nose or when I find out that there are a tons of scorpions hiding under the sand... It's simply because I'm not used to it though. No scorpion bites, please.
Watching movies makes me think, especially the good ones (in my own opinion) bring the great feeling afterwards. Foreign films (I feel a bit strange to call this way) makes me want to see things that I'm not used to, something alien to me, from bugs and plants to people, language, architecture, and lives. The short clip for La casa sulle nuvole http://www.sffs.org/content.aspx?pageid=1367
In the comment after the movie Claudio Giovannesi mentioned that he likes Jim Jarmusch, Gas Van Sant films and I knew why I enjoyed his film as well. There is also a short documentary he did on Italian people living in Morocco, I don't remember the title but that's sound interesting as well. I want to check out this book called The Brotherhood of the Grapeby John Fante. When it comes to the book hunting, I miss the used bookstores back home. They usually have books from nickel and dime, and what I like about going there is that we can actually read them before you get them. I change my mind when I dig something more interesting while at the store, which it happens to me often. Yes, Amazon books are amazing but It's one of my favorite thing to spend time that way. I guess I'm old fashioned.

３日ほど前の夢

体がプロシュートハムでできている中くらいの子豚（生まれてすぐの子豚ではなく）と、おしゃれな髪型にされてない自然なビジョンフリーゼ（犬）と、ものすごくよくできたロボットの犬（ふさふさしておらず、でも体温とかはあって、毛の”柄”をしたラテックスのようなもので覆われている、感情とかもあるようなかなり未来型の犬）を飼っている家で、サンクスギビング（今年は１１月２６日）にあるクリスマスパーティーに呼ばれました。　すでにめちゃくちゃですね。

でも、もっとインパクトあったシーンがあって、それが書きたくてポストしてます。
７歳の女の子がいて、私はこの子が５歳のときから知っていますが、最強のワガママ度はどこかへ消え去り、別人のようにおねえさんになって、ディナーの準備をしているおかあさんのお手伝いをしています。
その準備の過程で、プロシュートハムが要るので、「ノラちゃん削ってきて！」と、なり、そこでこの体がプロシュートハムの子豚が家の中で追い回されて、私はbuddiesかと思っていたロボットの犬と自然体のビジョンフリーゼがノラちゃんのお手伝いして、プロシュート豚をおさえつけます。
どこからでてきたのか、ハムのスライサー（ま、夢なんで）で、子豚の体の表面を生きたままスライスします。
全部じゃなくて、よくある薄〜いハムの要領で。　
私がなぜこの豚の体がプロシュートハムであるか始めからわかっていたかというと、すでに体の両サイドがスライスされた状態むき出しで、
元気に犬たちと遊んでいたからです。
肉とか血とかいうシーンが苦手な私は、そのプロセスを凝視できませんでしたが、子豚はビービー言ったあと、しばらくしてまた犬とあそびはじめていました。

おしまい




今振り返って、写真をみてみると... ですね
これは大人豚の足ですが、子豚の全身がハム　写真のはちょっと小さすぎるかな

No more vintage shopping for a while

Hello hello.

So, I should be in bed by now or keep writing my research paper (Titled, Jehovah's Witnesses: Bible reading session), but I'm posing this. Oh well. It's fine. I'm not religious person and I'm not going to the discussion on this here, we can talk about it on skype. jk
Recently I purchased pretty costly things. Not just one but a number of things...
I got an intern position at a museum, yay but so and so it's non-paid job. I got teaching position at school that would pay a bit. Got to make up the $¥$¥$¥ now.

Urban vs Pastoral

I looked everywhere for a short clip of this film but I couldn't find it. It's made by Merian Cooper, same director as world-famous King Kong. Grass definitely isn't a mainstream but it's great to watch if you are interested in films from 1920s-1930s, or Persia (Now: Iran) and pastoral life, you need to find a copy. Life isn't easy anywhere. I can't complain about mine, because ours are supposedly great, right? But then again, nobody can experience what exactly like to be the other person, so... it goes around and around. I was born in the 1980's and these people in the film were probably born around 100 years ago and have no idea that we can still see the part of their lives from back then. By watching this film it made me want to blow up goat skin and float across the big river. The End.

The picture of Manhattan will continue to the next post...

Abelardo Morell

Cuba Cuba Cuba...

Visual images are powerful.

Without knowing the language, images tell you something. These double, tripled images speak to you. I need a projector for next project. Any suggestion?

Moondog

NYC street life in 1950s

urban streets is a great place to observe people, right? But what if you are blind? What do you see? Feeling the city sound could be inspiring but poisoning at the same time.

It's Friday November 6th, 2009

This is going to be my first blog post I've ever made. It's a memorable moment in a sense, someday our offspring would dig what we post on the web and make hypotheses about what the life was like in the end of 2009. Welcome to my blog.