I am chillin' with my team peepz at Tiff's house with some brewskies. We are about to watch Real World Chicago! Yay!!!

The clan of Chicago artists that I belong to finally decided on a name this evening that everyone agreed on. It was a monumental moment. I have learned not to ask too many people for their opinions on pending names for organizations - it drives me up the wall! I am not going to ask for anyone's opinion about the current and OFFICIAL name that we came up with today. We were trying to combine a prefix and suffix together and we came up with FLUXCORE.

FLUX: Constant or frequent change; fluctuation: “The newness and flux of the computer industry has meant many opportunities for women and minorities” (Connie Winkler).

CORE: The basic or most important part; the essence: a small core of dedicated supporters; the core of the problem.

It was unanimous. So, look for FluXcore in the near future! It's going to rock your world.

Ever feel like being a hermit? I am feeling that right about now. It's hard to get along with a group of people - sometimes I get the urge of just fleeing into the forest and enjoying some solitude.

Okay, I've had about six hours of sleep within the last couple of days. Finals really suck. Why do they have to exist? To top it off, I did not even finish my video project for tonight's showing in class. For some odd reason I did not really freak out so much about it like I nornally do in situations like these in the past. I tried my best and I just couldn't finish it on time. There's no use in killing yourself over silly deadlines.

Check out From Concetrate this friday at Square One. My friend Narciso is exhibiting. It should be a cool gig.

Ok! I stole this link from Elisa's website, but it's not like she owned it or anything :) I just thought it was such a beautiful piece - almost haunting. It really puts things into perspective.
Miniature Earth

Here's version 1 of Om. I admit it is rather primitive, but I believe it will do the job for tomorrow's presentation for my Mystical Consciousness class.

I am trying soooo hard not to freak out. It's the last week of classes and I have a ton of final papers, books, and projects to wrap up and present by next week. I always seem to have a load at the last minute and then I get totally frustrated with myself for not preparing way ahead of time. But such is the life for a student in art school - at least with me - I haven't met anyone at Columbia that does not freak out during the last two weeks of school. I need some major motivation.

Being sick really SUCKS!!!

I was doing research on my project for my mystical consciousness class and I came across this site about Tantric Images. It is sort of a crash course in Hinduism. It covers the major gods and goddesses - a very interesting read for those who are curious about eastern faith and philosophy.

I got together with a group of people from my team class today and worked on version I of our astrobiology game for Adler Planetarium. We were at it ALL day. It was actually one of our most productive days. It was sort of a nice experience meeting outside of the school environment. It's nice to work on group projects very casually over some beers and a plethora of chips and dip. I certainly felt a stronger sense of camaraderie today than I've ever felt perhaps the entire semester. It's always really nice to bitch about teachers and school policies in a relaxed atmosphere. I had a great time today.

Man! Today was my first attempt to record voice-overs for my video project - it was harder than I thought! It was actually very cool. I was amused. I am a straight up editor. I can plop myself in front of a computer and video deck for days and be totally happy. The editing room is where all the magic happens for film and video.

I am totally burnt out! It's been a grueling day AND night back in school today. Why are we the only college in the city that comes back to finish finals AFTER the holidays - or at least it feels like we're the only school that does this. It's not fair - everyone else is enjoying their free time and I am totally scrambling because it's crunch time. It's soooo annoying. I am glad this is my last year. Maybe I'm just over it.