happy halloween?

work was tiring, gotta live on raiser's edge and i hate how crazy this particular woman is
inaugural ball planning is going well though, i think
need to see more of d.c., like the national museum of women in the arts and the textiles museum :)
augh usajobs

it's so strange that it's halloween...and wednesday...and after a hurricane...

The Philosopher Kings (2009)

really great

"wait that's it?"

seriously that's it sandy? a few branches, piles of wet leaves, and a few outages in NW? wow the gov't closed for two days for almost no good reason
had another nice movie filled quiet day
woke up, watched Top Gear (yesss) James Bond Special (hammster <3)
then Best of Show (super funny)
then my documentary of the day on Gerard Richter--honestly i felt really uncomfortable watching the movie because it was really obvious that Richter hated being filmed, and i couldnt get Pollock out of my mind
but still some beauutiful artwork

met cancelled the interview tomorrow, definitely not getting the position because im in d.c.
sigh
oh well!
:)

Gerhard Richter Painting (2011)

oh sandy

sandy convinced the govt to shut down for today and tomorrow and for nmai to cancel of all of its big events
my interview got cancelled and after watching my documentary i think its for the best because it opens me up to really pursue those what i want to pursue and what will open for me :)
keeping a compassionate and open mind, gonna have to keep working on that inner beauty

can't wait for top gear haha

Compassion in Emptiness (2011)

double whammy

went to the fairgrounds near navy yard for a costume party
accidentally got on a bus to anacostia -___-
rewatched exit through the gift shop and archer
now finishing up the two party documentary on woody allen's really messed up life

Woody Allen: A Documentary (2012)

koala costume -_-

had a busy busy busy Friday of work
mountmaking tour, lunch with leslie and kaitlin at the cafe
meeting meeting meeting
event went on for so long, sorry natural history inuit studies conference, you kind of dropped the ball a _lot_ -_-

left, went to adams morgan
one eh bar, one bad club, and an okay irish bar
i will never bother with meeting people on a dance floor again, its just not worth it.
im getting too old

need to study study study

Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)

oooh scary door

what a grey day
i dont even remember work, it just ended up going on for far too long
enjoyed a nice bento box from "tokyo in the city" food truck
put on the michael buble, and just had some good calm time to myself as i data entry-d
more to do of course but at least its getting done
took a picture of a really sketchy red food truk with only one window and teh words "handmade sausage"
went to happy hour with raquel, leslie, and leslie's sister carrie at a mexican place, loooved it :)
then came back to the house and chatted with kailin
just decorated my door and made some spooky ghosts :) even if its not perfect at least i tried...and of course once its up i realize what i couldve done better. oh, well still fun :D
the house looks so great!

looking forward to this weekend :D

Helvetica (2007)

"the clone version, Arial, which is worse than Helvetica, but feels the same..."
- Spiekerman

haha

woke up early, realized i could sleep in :D (pure bliss)
got into work at 1pm haha
had kimchi bulgolgi sub with ethan
flyered around starbucks
more database work
arctic symposium opening -- few hiccups here and there but with some mechanical tape on the smithsonian seal, everything went well--yuum salmon and caribou burgers and some agua fresca in garbage bins
applied to more jobs (more to go)

Just For Kicks (2005)

"shopping for sneakers online is no fun for me, i would rather fly there, throw a jam, dance with a fat bitch, buy dem sneakers, and leave"

"yo i know you catering to runners, we run too, not on a track but from the police"
- Just for kicks

~~

butterflies in my stomach
hate this part of my life, applications, and all
but then i look at great museums
i watch movies
and i know im doing it for a good reason

two crazy short meetings
met with paige rozanski at the national gallery and chatted
figured out raiser's edge
gotta stalk these artists now
if only i had my materials from SWAIA really :(

but oh well
time to go back to the grindstone

Herb & Dorothy (2008)

 RIP Herbert Vogel July 22nd 2012

workworkwork

today was okay, i really gotta wake up earlier!
site visit with the overly enthusiastic EPA guy who bought < $10 maori wine for denise >_>
got my access rights to RE, can't wait to get some good work done! (you really have to appreciate the little things)
lunch at mitsitam cafe with erin who came from nmah how sweet
talked to jill, who was very very supportive of my move, and is offering to edit my resume whoo
CRC visit with denise, arley, and milan--arley's moving into my hood~ and milan told me about a jobs site
after work, met up with erin again to try to find halloween costumes (fail) and then had dinner at a bar, yay for happy hour quesadillas
time to apply to jobs jobs jobs~~

Make Believe (2010)

Good except for the fact that

completely botches the statement "I've never seen a really good CD act before" (Bill Koch)

Style Wars (1983)

 The Exit Through The Gift Shop before Exit

why is it sunday...

woke up kind of late
met up with joe to go to georgetown area
got new shoes, walked around, took some pictures
watched joe go into 5 stores trying to find the perfect purple button down shirt (to no avail)
ran into mat leonard who is apparently the internship coordinator and will float my app to the top when i apply (woooooot)
came back home to the pumpkin carving & pizza party, so i carved a happy pumpkin named Buddy with hsiu mei :D
now to do the rest of my life

Planet Bboy (2007)

double entry

friday was eh..resume workshop turned out to be a complete bust
yesterday saw the Master and went to RFD, enjoyed a goose island "minx" and an apple beer i forget
watched beer wars, which was eh. never hated a documentarian more than Anat Baron, really ruined the interesting parts for me. but learned enough i guess

Beer Wars (2009)

falling behind in my movies but i'll make it up

~~ peacock room

went to work, didn't do much i guess
site visit at 9:30, learned that the EPA looooves nmai
my boss i think is starting to get tired of me
learned some data entry stuff with RE which is good
had lunch with ann drumheller who is amazing :) talking quite frankly about indian market which was amazing
helped her, then went off to the grantmakers' panel about stewardship from foundations
learned enough
ran into kailin which was funny
roamed around the freer gallery and realized that because of my month long promise, i happened to be at the freer the one day of the month that they open the shutters in the peacock room
and it was
beautiful
amazing

and talking to people about how much i appreciate them really fills me with joy to hear that they were having a bad day and that my message helped perk them up a bit :)

documentary was also really heartwarming and amazing <3

a lot of the movies i am drawn to and really appreciate are all about details, evidence of how complex and resilient the human spirit is. that life is actually quite beautiful and painful at the same time, but seeing the beauty is what is worth it. so why believe in an afterlife when the one you have is full of so much wonder...why fixate on the problems that society and life present us without diverting as much energy and passion into how to overcome it? it's in our nature and we are all part of nature

Waste Land (2010)

“The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you,” [Vik Muniz] said. “A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.”

:D

woke up late for work
but got to work and realized i _love_ my job
when i was in chicago i listened to a ton of angry rap and donald glover talking about his penis
but here, all i want to listen to is michael buble's "Everything" on repeat all day every day :)

saw my favorite conference room ever, wtih the most stunning view of the capitol and its tucked away
did some good work, found out some contact information of celebrities, gonna learn how to use it more :D

The Botany of Desire (2009)

AMAZING documentary, and so glad i watched it with my botany friend leslie <3 who had a beautiful flower from burma :D

best ending to a day

aaah first day in washington d.c. planss

- breakfast at thompson (dorm)
- buy smartrip card & soda (661 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast Washington, DC 20003)
- lunch  at Tortilla Cafe (210 7th St SE)

sigh

not the best day, but not a bad one
gave rumi a goodbye hug this morning and got to work late
but by the end i realized it didnt matter that i came in late
did my errands, am always doing my best
felt kind of sick by the end of the day (because of too much sugar)

had really good soup at the department of ed
i hate doing deliveries because the smithsonian is the shittiest place to try to get from point A to point B with purpose -_-
really interesting tense meeting about choosing the designer for the IB invitations--between two people, one who got it right on the dot, the other who didnt quite. but of course the one who got it right on the dot is a crazy, and so nmai averted a long journey of disaster lol

came back to my bachelorette pad, which really needs some posters and probably better feng shui but honestly i dont think i care enough to move shit around haha
miss rumi already, but i guess im happy to have my own space to do my own things
met a girl at dinner who is like me...but so much more win because she's from shanghai and has her shit better together haha

but good times are to be had of course

pic of the day: the dc duck tours (a huge amphibious car that reminded me of top gear) right outside of the capitol, with tourists taking photos of the building and of me taking a photo of them

Freakonomics (2010) - eh

but it's okay

diiiiied because this is the hell week
for whatever reason i need to be into work at 7am this week
rumi's leaving in 10 hours
im leaving for work in about 4.5 hours :(
i set up my room
and i am going to need a lot of coffee to get through tomorrow
so to catch all the sleep i can get, i'll keep it short :)

really happy though, that im doing this month long promise
i feel more balanced, i look forward to more things
i smile when i look at myself in the mirror more now
im more grateful for those in my life, for even when i "lose" contact with someone it's not a real loss because i know there's reasons why--and i will always reach out again when it is okay, so i have been catching people off guard
it's time for me to explore more and share, even if its just me and my canon :)

pic of the day: air and space museum around 7am, huge metal sculpture outside its walls

Happy (2011)

day 4.5

sasha's last day!
nmai wtih rumi--gave her a little goodbye gift in the form of a beaded turtle necklace :)
national gallery sculpture garden
sardi's delicious chicken
made of honor -_-

pic of the day: rumi with the beaded bag!

Objectified (2009)

sasha comes to washington!

yayyy
national portrait gallery, american art museum, national gallery, nmai
food at teaism
drinks at room 11--most delicious drink ever: rite of spring (gin, chamomile, honey, lavender bitters)
sitting at yen's drinking coke&vodka, playing drinking games to awful lifetime movies (The House Next Door and You Belong to Me)

pic of the day: spencer!

The Parking Lot Movie (2010)

day 3 :D

finished the 111-page list
need to put together the board books
had a 5 HOUR MEETING (lordddd)
and gotta get my shit together
won't know if i'll stay in d.c. until oct 26+
time to get my applications a moving :)

documentary du jour:

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)

pic du jour: Smithsonian Castle

Month Long Promise 10.10.2012

#1 Write a I-Like-This-About-You note/text/email each day for someone (Easy)

#3 Take one picture each day (Hard)

#6 Take a moment each day to practice self compassion and self-love (Hard)

#11 Watch a documentary each day (Easy)

 Day 1:
Indie Game: The Movie (amazing)

Indie Game: The Movie (2012)

picture of mushrooms outside of the national botanic gardens

Day 2:
Life in a Day (great)

Life In A Day (2011)

picture of fake flowers in thompson during breakfast with leslie

Argo was awesome, met some great gals from NMAH (American History) where we went to Chef Geoff's on Pennsylvania Ave and saw their bacon bar. had a candy apple sangria and some delicious yucca fries
then went to the pre-release for Argo, which was legitimately thrilling :)

"What is this, an act of congress?!"

- Angela Leipold

The tale of the hole punched paper conquest is one that stretches over 48 hours, or two business days.
Locked up reams of hole punched paper were as isolated as Rapunzel, stuck in a locked cabinet in a locked room to which there were only two keys.
The key keepers darted in and out, refusing to take heed of anyone's pleading for the emancipation of the hole punched papers--whether by phone, email, or quick chat in the halls--all words fell on deaf ears.
So as you can imagine when the hole punched paper was finally freed, there was a joyous celebration of food and drink.



....Or it was immediately mocked and onwards to the quest of getting the files which need to be printed onto said paper.

First Event! Davidson Institute Awards :D

Bunch of 16-18 year old nerdy asian boys milling about in suits who've done math/scientific projects
Got a nice free catered dinner out of the event :D

Delish

Got back to the dorm _just_ as dinner was ending and there were all these balloons to celebrate the finishing of the kitchen...plus there was a raffle and people won stuff :(
OF ALL THE DAYS TO MISS DINNER AT THOMPSON, I MISS THE ONE THAT HAS COOL SHIT AND GOOD FOOD
snagged a cup of vanilla ice cream with strawberries though
headed upstairs and lovely leslie informed me that a bunch of girls were going to head over to Pour House as a farewell for one girl and also to watch the debate

so yep. sunk into a leather couch, had two glasses of wine, and watched the debate with thompson girls and a bunch of quiet d.c.ers
certainly interesting, but after a while i was thinking about what i should be for halloween and if i should decorate my door haha

Found this on my desk this morning :D

college lyfe~

Quote of the Day: Brian Jungen

Much of Jungen's work is created out of sports paraphernalia — a suit of armor made of catcher mitts, a skull crafted from baseball skins, blankets woven from jerseys, and totem poles of stacked golf bags. It's a deliberate choice, Jungen says, to make art from materials belonging to an industry that has claimed names such as The Chiefs, Indians, Redskins and Braves.
"I felt that if these professional sports teams felt that they had every right to use this terminology, then I had every right to exploit their materials for my artwork," Jungen says.

"Professional sports play a role in society that serves like a ritual and ceremony," he says. "Having experienced that within my own family — the dancing and drumming that I participate in — I know how important that is. So I wanted to use that — use things that people would recognize in their everyday world."
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113840238

Ramsey :D

my new best friend, cultural interpreter Ramsey is my homeboy
i better ask if we can beading bros because he's exactly what i looooove: art and math and physics
teaching me about beads and shit, and even bridges (compression vs. suspension)<3

topics:
quillwork weaving
pony beads are glass too
hand pump drill to drill beads
elk teeth to show hunter's abilities
spongebob beadwork
dragon beadwork
cherokee dragons - lizard with wings
lakota dragons - fire breathing water serpents
beaded pens, beaded clicker (tension keeps the beaded net together)
beadwork as MATH lessons --taught on reservations!
scooping beads up with the needle
quill-->beads-->plastic beads-->lacework
sinew - tendon which hardens, can be pulled apart like string cheese, one end left hard to be a needle!
talking about bridges--how europeans use compression (domes, hammer/nails) and latin americans used suspension technology
why indians never used the wheel (but they did have wheels)--Plains Terrain (no roads) would make wheels sink in, bandwagons always breaking apart, travoy's would bounce along, and also that indians didnt have large domestic animals (except south americans who have llamas who could just carry things up the highway)

TOO. COOL.