From Seattle

Hello everyone,

Today was Me and Mia's last day in WA. We had a fun filled, action packed week.

I learned a few important facts about the evergreen state this week:

1. American bald eagles are abundant here. They fly around like any other bird, just hangin' out.

2. Even though it rains here all winter, the summer weather is pretty much as perfect as it can get. 75-80 degrees, no humidity, pretty much from June-September. Very little rain. Weird how it works like that.

3. The West coast, generally speaking, is probably 10x more friendly than New York. Now, I'm not saying it's a good or bad thing, I'm just stating a funny fact....for example:

Yesterday in Portland, we found a hot dog stand. Envision what you think of a New York City, dirty water cart. This stand was run by a middle aged woman, looking like she could be anyone of our moms. The lady heated up our food, even though she was already closing down for the day. After putting Mia's mustard on her veggie dog, she asked "Is that enough?..Do you want more?" She then attempted to cut open my sausage to make sure it was hot enough for me....I stopped her kindness right in her tracks and took it the way it was....

There were a lot of really awesome things that we did, but I'll explain another time.

Take 'er easy.

important update!!!

Hello to all in the blogosphere,

It is with great honor, and much importance that I declare tonight on this blog....That there will be a Clark St. Art Gallery this summer. We will have an opening, with wine and beer and finger foods... Anyone who wants to submit artwork can, and it will be celebrated whole heartedly. We will accept photographs, paintings (alex), sculpture and any other types of art out there. I really mean it, we are very excited about this....all are invited. We will get together and enjoy each others creativity. Get crackin'.


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Lately...

Practice makes perfect. Right now I'm practicing digital illustration.

I call this one "Alex Unfinished"

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One more thing I forgot about.

So a while back, I was working on those Darfur awareness posters. Well, I decided to change my direction after I stumbled upon a book in Barnes and Nobles titled Posters for the People. It's just an assortment of different awareness posters made during the WPA (Works Progress Admin.) during the Great Depression. Now, I'm sort of a fan of the New Deal, so this was extra cool to me. Basically these posters just tell the American people what to do. Get vaccinated, travel the country/world, support your local farmer...I really liked the idea of the government telling you to do something with propaganda but for positive causes. Anyways, this is what I came up with...





Fun stuff to think about...

Anywho, take care, see everyone soon.

Clark St.

Well, I'm procrastinating pretty badly right now. For my photography class, I needed to document a place. So I thought, where better than Clark Street? Spring time brings out the best in it.



Taking care of the Kids is a group effort.




Roofin' it.



Home sweet home. (Dan's spot)



Arrivederci

Real swamped with finals coming up and all. Just thought I'd update everyone:

1. I believe, according to James, that the mid-May camping trip has been rescheduled for May 17th??? Can someone please confirm this? That gives us about 3 weeks to plan who's going/what to pack/etc.

2. I am an employed member of society once again. Starting this weekend I'll be working here. I'm very excited, to say the least.

3. Lately I've been real hooked on The Clash. "The only band that ever mattered", some say. Anyways, I found this ABSURD cover of London Calling on youtube. Check it out. That's Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, some dude from the E Street Band, and the bass player from No Doubt. Pretty wild, huh?

4. Advertising is fun. For my final assignment in Principles of Advertising, we need to come up with a new creative ad campaign for Altoid's... "Refresh Your Life" is the slogan I came up with... Clark St. helped come up with the creative concept, and we have to make a story board for a commercial too. This is where I'm at right now:




Oh well, good luck to everyone out there with the last couple of weeks of school.