Ganking Ankles

Doing an early post today because I have to be at work tomorrow super duper early. Had lunch at the P. Hut. I love me some thin crust pepperoni pizza. Went with Amber and Lily outside to shoot pictures of the ducks. Lots of little baby ducks wagging their buts all over the place.

Around 1:30pm, Adam and I went downtown for some action jackson shots. We did some timelapse shots in the lower level of the parking decks, I hope those turn out ok. We found some great textures in the parking deck area, so we are heading back with our digitals in the future. Some shots turned out hurtful. Adam ganked his ankle one shot. His tripod lost a leg after a couple timelapse shots and I tripped over a concrete slab and fell on my butt. Great fun though. Can't wait to get these puppies developed. Speaking of.............Loni and Amber called me from Boone and it seems that Boone Drug is cheap as well as professional. I may have to try them out. Anything is better than Walgreens and Wal-mart.

Hail Storm to the Face

Yesterday around 4 in the evening, I looked out the window to see a crazy looking hail storm. It looked like large marbles falling from the sky. I talked to Adam later that night and he mentioned that when he was taking pictures of the clouds he saw them start to funnel slightly. When I left my house to go to work I noticed that the lighting outside was perfect for pictures. It was overcast, disersing light evenly. When the light outside is like this, its like ultra vision. Everything is really clear. Of course I never have my camera handy during such times.

I filled in for Chad yesterday. When I arrived they asked me if I was a second year and if I knew who was leaving the notes. I told them I was a second year and ignored the last part of the question as I greeted Amber in front of the Hor. Building. Amber and I gave the highdroolers a final critique which I must say, they were very respectful and polite through out the class. They listened to all of our suggestions. I think Amber would make a great teacher. She dealt with their spastic behavior very well. I went over the mounting process with them as well.

Kern Me Please!

Great weather today. I took Kephren to soccer practice. While I was there I asked two older hispanic gentlemen if I could take pictures of them play a bit of soccer. They both smiled and said something that I didn't understand, so I took that as a yes. I hope some of them turn out ok. I was using a wide angle lens so it may turn out blurry.
Today Amber told me that I made it into the finals for the Advanced E. Logos. Wendy also has a logo that made it. I havn't seen Wendy's but I think Amber's is a sure shot to win this one. I like her logo but I don't black and red are the right colors just because it is the same color scheme as Advance Auto.
Below is an Ad I did for Virgin Mobile. Over the summer I was contacted by Look Look Magazine about doing an ad for them. It was a contest sent out to certain people in which they had viewed their work. I think they sent out about twenty invites for the chance at the V. Mobile ad. It was great because at the time I did this, the phone in the ad wasn't even out yet. The theme of the ad had to be "Befriending a Mime". Do you know how many summer nights I stayed up brain storming that? Geez, it drove me nuts. They didn't supply any copy so I had to make that up as well. Target audience 18-30 years old etc... It may not look it but I put quite a few hours into the ad. Sweating all the details. In the end they contacted me telling me that some guy named Ben won it. I saw his ad a few weeks later in an issue of People Magazine. The ad went national in several magazines. Oh well. At least I tried.

Hair Nets and Shower Caps

Shmee brought me a little present today that consisted of a shower cap and a hairnet. Its around 11pm so I'll be putting those to use soon. Lily showed me her hurt finger. I know what it looks like but she is much nicer that such actions.

I fowled up when I told everyone that I was filling in for Chad today for the highdroolers. It turns out that I'm not supposed to be there until Thursday. Shloni and Shvic even skipped class to be envolved in the class critique. One girl in the class seems to have mouthed off to both Lily and Shloni. Silly highschoolers.

A bit of good news came my way today. Brian told me that I won one of the cover submissions to the North Carolina College Association ( I think that was it. Its been a long time since I submitted that piece, so I don't really remember.) Never the less, Brian and I are invited to Greensboro for a presentation. I hope we get a free meal out of the whole thing.

Chasing Zacharia

Another beautiful day. A day that should have been spent with friends. Instead I ran errands and ended up eating at Arbys. Which by the way, for all those ladies that love Orlando. Arbies has an Orlando dispenser. So you can pump Orlando all lunch long if you like.
I picked my film up from Walgreens around 6:19. Got a package of someone else's pics. Pissed me off so I threw them in the trash. Just kidding V.
Had a critique on the Pictograms today. Got tow upz. It was broughten.
Tonight I watched Lucky Number Sleven. Yes Sleven. It was alright. I thought the art director and director of photography did a good job. I'm distracted in movies by the way the locations and backgrounds look. I love a movie that is well done visually.
I don't watch a lot of T.V. but probably the best thing I have watched in years is the HBO series Carnivale. Its two seasons long and its dark, creepy, and one of the best written, acted, visual experiences that has ever been produced.

Sunshine with a Mix of Exposed Emotion?

What a grand day to be outside. The weather was so nice today. We had a large-group lunch and afterwards we visited the Merle Watson Stage for a bit of photography. Poor Lily was having trouble with her camera again today. Sounds like some of my luck has rubbed off on her. I hope the other camera she ordered works ok. Never the less, always good times with the Wenis crew.

<- The Illustration to the left was for the cube project but I pulled it because I found pictures that communicated the message better.

I believe I'm going with a different layout for project II in graphic design II. Its time to step it back up a notch on the projects. So far this semester my work has been lacking due to a more hectic schedule. No more of that. I will cut out more sleep time to bring my work back up to where I'm at least satisfied with it.

Mac Mac hasn't used the bathroom in the house in three days. I'm so proud. I visited Wal-greens tonight and bought 4 rolls of 200 color film. Only 5.99$ I plan on shooting more Lomo stuff soon. Also because I am a visual person, I intend to bring my digital camera to school to take random shots from time to time to post here on the blog. Should complement my weak style of writing.

Flickr Madness.and the Hush Hush Kids

I hope the flickr group turns out to be useful. Everyone started signing up in class today.

Adam and I looked over some Lomo LC-A goodness today. I'll be bringing back my LC-A so that he can borrow it and see how he likes it.

I also had fun filling in for Chad's typography class. There are about six high school students in the class . I had them print out their projects and put them up on the board. Adam skipped math so he could join the fun. On each project I basically asked them to describe their ideas behind what they had posted up. I think for the most part all of them have got the jist of the project. Some had potential but I also must remember that they are green pre-first years and they have plenty of time to grow. Overall, they were a very quite group except for one kid. He was constantly asking questions. Next time I'll be bringing a thick wooden ruler to solve that problem.

Punk Anal

I feel kind of bad because today I was trying to shoot a delicate situation that went down at lunch. Lily was trying to take care of business and there I was making things much worse. She said I was a punk ass for doing so. Sorry Lily.

I came up with a solution for sharing photos in photography class. I have made a Flickr forum so that everyone can upload and share their photos. So everyone needs to make a flickr account and let me know their username so I can invite them. It will be private to only members that I invite from class so no one has to worry about people seeing pictures of themselves. The forum can also be used as an area to post pics for critiques etc. The Forum is ready to rock. I just need user names. My flickr user name is Fak3 if anyone wants to send me a message.

My Neck... My Back...

The cube be done. The dye for project two is done. I chose the fold out cd dye by the way. I'm currently listening to Ronnie Milsap's -> Smokey Mnt. Rain. Good stuff.

My Sunday was very boring. Work. Homework. So I'll throw in an illustration of sparrows that I did over the summer for my absence of text.

Mcdonalds Stalker

Today I head over to McDonalds for a bite to eat during work and the Manager is standing outside telling this guy that he can never come back. Turns out that this guy has been stalking certain employees in Mcdonalds. The weird part is that the guy looked really normal. He was well dressed and polite looking. Kind of creeped me out.

Tonight was Mandys last night with Staples. She is heading to Compu Credit. Tonight is also the night of Lily's bonfire which I couldn't attend. Wonder if ol' Cackle Kid will be there? I bet he would be the life of the party after a few beers.

Tonight I shall cut and construct my cube. It should only take me five hours to do.

Tightness!

Today at lunch some last semester humor was exposed. I love seeing the interaction between two friends when one of them spills too many beans. I was laughing at their reactions and I didn't even know what they were talking about. Anywho, I'm am super excited about having a goatee now!

I also picked up my portrait pics from Walgreens tonight and just scanned them in. They turned out pretty good. A lot of them I didn't have the focus dead on so they are some what blurry. I also went into work tonight and Laken came up to me and said "Your not supposed to be here". They changed the schedule sometime through the week and I didn't see it. So never the less I worked on my night off.

Blocks in my head.

Just finished working on the War Cube. All images are now in the right place. I guess I'll take the PDF's to print tomorrow. Then I'll spend my weekend constructing it and making it look supa sweet.

On the bright side, Mac is feeling better. He had a round with regurgitation. I bought him a huge bag of food today to refill that pot belly of his.

I worked tonight and once again got a technical support call. It amazes me how many people call staples that have no tech support for their computers any more. I understand why companies charge $70 an hour for tech support. Its lengthy and very boring.

Rainy days and Drugs

I have felt damp all day today from having to walk from class to class in the rain drizzle. I had a bit of fun in photography class today when we all met to take portraits of each other. I can't wait to see how those turn out. On the downside, it seems that some people think that I do drugs. Yes my dear readers, my appearance gives off the impression that I'm a junkie. Just because I rub my gums constantly and have powder rings on my nostrils does not mean I'm a crack addict!

Currently doing a project juggling act. I'm finishing up projects while new projects present themselves. I think the next project in Graphic design II will be cool. Product design can be intense but if done right, rewarding.

Tonight I finished my Advanced Electronics logo submissions. I think it has been good practice for doing a logo for a crappy named company or business. The crap to the left is a few of the ones that I will be turning in. The coolest thing about the project is that someone I know will score the win and I can say that I know who design the logo for AE. The best of luck to all that enter.

Mac Mac

For some reason I can not break Mac of going to the bathroom in the house. I took him out this morning for about 30mins. As soon as we got back in the house he used the bathroom. Both No.1 and No.2. Its driving me crazy.

The Hi Five.

I went to work today to get my check and I'm talking to Special K for a while. During the conversation I get like three or four Hi-Fives. So my question is, what ever happened to the Hi-Five? I know back in the 80's and early 90's, tons of people on a daily basis would throw up a Hi-Five here and there as a sign of joy. I gotta say that it looks really dorky now to do it but I'm still down with the Hi-Five.

I'm a Lomography winner!

Shower Mist, originally uploaded by FAK3.

I was notified today that I won OSCM for lomo addiction. For those that do not know what lomography is: Lomography is a term used for those who shoot with a Lomo LC-A camera. I purchased my camera from e-bay around 3 years ago and love shooting with. My photo will be on the front page of the shot until someone else wins.

Lomography Shop

Myspace and the wicked kicker.

Today I signed up for a myspace. Should be very cool for networking and friends.
I also got my photography test back and I made a 99. Not too shabby.

Over lunch I went home to mount my bag and ended up cleaning up a mess that Mac ( my new English bulldog) made and signing up for myspace. I think Mac gets pissed when I "crank up the jams". It must hurt his wittle ears.