Date: 2011-02-09 13:06 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public Tags: home life

Well, I almost have some paintings done. I'll have a grand total of six done tomorrow. And I'll post some images. Cause I'm awesome that way.

I did for the first time actually sit down and finish a painting that I started in class. I'm quite excited about that.

That's the report from the life of Bohks.

Date: 2011-02-07 13:18 Subject: Art work? Or something anyways. Security: Public Location: Evil Layer Mood: artistic Music: None Tags: home life

Its been a while since I've drawn some fanart. I've got a nice tablet mouse, two human drawing classes, and most of a painting class under my belt now. So here's my newest fanart that's being drawn on the computer mostly out of laziness.

( It's a Hiruma-Mamori drawing and no, that's not all of it )

Which should be compared to this piece, my second most recent fanart. Yes, he's on both of them, you might have to scroll.

I won't know exactly how far I've come until I get to the end, but I can say I'm off to a decent start this time.

Also, standing while painting for 6 hours straight results in feet that hurt. In case anyone is wondering.

Date: 2010-11-09 07:19 Subject: Day 03- Your First Anime Crush Security: Public Location: Evil Layer Mood: amused Music: None Tags: asme, home life, meme

( My first anime crush )

So I had a very unproductive contribution to my project, other than I was asked to attempt to make a part. Again. For the fifth time (needed to make two, failed first two, bunged up and got C- minuses on the second two). Mostly because one just looks like crappppppp. And yeah. I am not to put crappppp on the machine if I can help it.

Also, in another note, I read the label on my Zyrtec (allergy meds). Aparently I'm not supposed to operate machinery while using them.

...Well damn. Already done that. Multiple times.

*snort* And I'm about to do it again.

Date: 2010-10-10 12:51 Subject: Because I can Security: Public Tags: home life

I feel awesome or something akin to that.

Why?

I just took a can of Canned Air and blew all of the dust out of my computer. It's running much better now (more quietly, quickly, and being more cooperative in general). Clearly dust is its enemy and its much happier to be running without it.

In other news, squee is an awesome word.

Thank you for listening.

Date: 2010-09-24 17:47 Subject: We're all dorks here.... Security: Public Tags: home life

My roommate and I came up with this awesome idea. She's going to dress as Hiruma Youichi for Halloween and I will be Clifford D. Lewis.

Here's a pic of most of what I have of my costume for those who wonder just how crazy I am being:



Well actually what is not featured is that I have pants, shoes, shirt, and all of the parts to make my coat- I just need to put them together. I am lacking the football. And the ability to throw it not like crap.

Date: 2010-09-12 10:17 Subject: I got ears! Security: Public Tags: home life

Here's the fair pics!

( Click me! You know you want to! )

Had a great time.

Date: 2010-09-09 14:42 Subject: *having urges to smack myself* Security: Public Tags: art, asme, home life

So I tell people I'm moving back to my place and getting online again then I don't. That happens to be something I hate receiving so I'm very, very very sorry that it happened. Real life's been.... interesting to say the least.

Right now I'm working on my portfolio for entry into art school. I've been taking pictures like a mad woman and eventually I'll post some of the stuff I submitted here (so you can have a taste for what kind of art I do). Actually, I would appreciate feedback when I do get around to doing that.

Also, I got offered a house sitting job and since I kind of don't have personal spending money, I decided to take it. Which means I have limited internet access for the moment.

Then, on top of all of this, my ASME team decided they needed me pulling long shop hours to help build. Which means from about 9 to 5 PST time, I'll probably be in a machine shop busting my ass.

Yay.

Anyways, that's the outlook. I hope to be on again in the evenings regularly after this next Tuesday.

Until then, I leave you with this art piece teaser. This isn't the portfolio picture I'm submitting of this piece, but it's a good photograph because I'm in it and that gives you a sense of the size of the thing:

( Image under cut to save space )

Its a steampunk found-object wasp made from old brassy lamp, chandelier, and other miscellaneous lighting fixture parts. This was made for my ART 291 Sculpture I class. It cost $128.74 dollars to make and me and my partner (she's the one taking the photograph) sold it for $400.

Date: 2010-08-27 14:09 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public Tags: home life

Just so everyone knows-

I'm not dead!

The last two days were spent avoiding heat (aka being too hot for my laptop). And re-reading lots of Mercedes Lackey books because clearly my love of the Heralds of Valdemar Series has not lessened in the slightest. Also, I talked to Kana (she plays Ganondorf on the Traverse Town RP we host on IJ)- and I think I've got her hooked on Heralds of Valdemar and Girl Genius. I feel win.

Also- on a completely different note- I kick series ass at Link's Crossbow Training.

Date: 2010-08-17 15:32 Subject: If everything is nothing, then are we anything? Security: Public Location: Parents' Pad Mood: accomplished Music: "Einstein on the Beach" - Counting Crows Tags: asme, home life

Well I got around to finally catching up completely on my role play reading! Joy! I have always made a habit of reading all threads to see if there's one I wanted to join or not. Since I'm a moderator now, I feel I should be reading threads for the sake of moderating on top of my curiosity as a player. Not that there's a lot of moderating to be done (you RPers are pretty good about staying within rules on your own- yay!), but it is important to me, at least as event mod, to make sure people are actually following event instructions because I'm not just a barking kind of person, I bite too.

I'm the type that tells you I'll bite you before you I do it though as I hate being unaware of the consequences and then being caught by surprise when they are followed through. I don't mean to be a hard ass about it, it probably comes off that way though. I'm just very black and white about things because I hate miscommunication- which is a word (go screw yourself spell check).

In other news I scored some ridiculously awesome axles for my ASME project. Somehow I always find what I need for engineering stuff at the arts and crafts store. >.> No seriously. Speedball ink rollers are perfect for what I'm trying to do (light weight, pre-aligned axle, rubber gripness). It's so randomly awesome that way. My poor group leader is not going to like hearing I spent $45 bucks on them though. ._.;;

Somehow I seem to provide the more expensive portions of the device. While I don't mind this, it's always kind of a funny thing for me to think about. So far I've spent about $70 bucks for proof of concept stuff for machine version 4.0. Our team leader limited us to $100 each- but if my idea works.....

Then we'll have the blasted hopper problem freaking solved. Everything will be cheese and apples and delicious awesomeness if we fix that. The hopper system is what's really making/breaking our machine. Getting it to work opens up amazing doors for us, like the door to victory.

Date: 2010-08-16 21:30 Subject: Happy times Security: Public Tags: asme, home life

I did some research today.

The more I look at it, the nicer Rhode Island School of Design looks to me. I've looked at their grad school stuff, while the Industrial Design department isn't huge, the faculty are very high-powered, the program is internationally recognized. Yeah, it's kick ass. It's near my Uncle (non-zero chance I might be living with him as he has a basement he rents out and he's not too far from RISD) it's actually affordable because I could TA the undergrad classes in both math and in design (engineering design, BWAHAHAHAHA). My ASME stuff will probably get me out of the first 1/2 a year they require for this degree.

Anyways, I got a promise from my mom that I could visit grad schools next summer for sure. She also said the AWA trip tacked on would be cool, but funding my hotel and con expenses would be my own problem. Which suits me fine, I'm good at that.

In other news I had a hopeful breakthrough on my ASME thing. I know this doesn't fascinate others the same way it does for me but I really am happy about it.

You see the competition I am in is basically the NCAAA Championships of Engineering. Except its World Champion, not just National Champion.

There's $3,000 prize money for my team. $1,000 for my school's ASME chapter if we win. It's a big deal. I also get another plaque (already won one at districts). Winning that competition is a permanent resume thing.

So yeah. That's why I'm excited about it. I think its justified to be excited about.

Date: 2010-08-10 14:06 Subject: NERD TALK / RANTING / Stuff about the dog Security: Public Location: Parents' Pad Music: Mekkong - The Refreshments Tags: asme, home life

For this entry, I decided to provide my expressions to what I am saying.

So I did ASME stuff, ran errands, and hung out with Queenie yesterday.

Okay, I'm explaining the ASME thing because I've been giving myself a headache trying to make it work. If anyone wants to ask questions or offer suggestions, please let me know.

In other news, Jenny McCarthy is an ignorant woman with power who is preaching ignorance and it makes me sick. Very sick.

That woman, I really, really hate what she's doing. She has no idea how horrible she is being. No idea at all. She thinks she's helping. Worst kind of ignorance, worst kind.

In other news I've been house-sitting for my folks. Which means sleeping in their bed with Jigger, the family dog. Now, Jigger moves in his sleep, he gets up and walks around in circles to make himself comfortable on the bed, he cleans himself hella loudly and does this on and off all night. This results in me -the light sleeper- not sleeping well. Jigger woke me at 6:10 am this morning to get himself fed and to pee.

At least he's a sweet dog or this would be more painful.

Date: 2010-08-09 15:16 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public Tags: home life

Now that I know the reason my maintenance has been delayed I feel a bit better. Apparently two toilets and three more hot water heaters have broken since I prodded them to fix my ceiling. The manager had no idea I hadn't been informed. She actually got up and apologized to me and made a note right then and there to harass the maintenance guy in person about it. She asked me if I was okay since she'd read that things not being on time causes kind of horrible anxiety in autistic people (which it does, btw). I told her I used some tricks for thinking about it to prevent me from stressing out horribly bad, and that I was okay.

So yay for moving forward with the manager on that. And yay for her doing some research, it makes me feel so much better to know that she understands what jerking around does to me.

On a different note I was able to help some guys jump their car and they complemented me on my Zelda shirt. :3

And then I got a 'I LOVE YOU GUYS!' text my mom who is out of state atm. ^^

Life is looking good for me today.

Date: 2010-08-07 17:39 Subject: Frets are for pussies!! Security: Public Tags: home life

My violin playing is mad skill!

Booya!

No seriously, I've been picking mine up and playing it recently and am making clean, pretty sounds. My knowledge of sheet music and stuff's all coming back to in a rush. It's freaking people out its that awesome.

Thought I'd remark about that.

Date: 2010-07-30 17:43 Subject: Where I have been.... Security: Public Tags: home life

The last update for today I think.

I was gone all of yesterday mostly because I had to move my electronics from my apartment to my parent's home for safety. The good times there.

Also I went steampunking with another friend of mine I hadn't spoken to in a while. The worst part was that we were on foot so I spent most of yesterday treking around. I did, however, manage to get an awesome drill and my art books back from my teacher! YAY FOR HAVING A SKETCHBOOK!!!

Also, I went and listened to my brother and dad preform music live. Good times.

Date: 2010-07-28 14:26 Subject: Life update. Security: Public Tags: home life

More funtimes!?

Okay so I might have just been officially commissioned to punk (aka turn a normal object into a steampunk object) a computer monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse for a friend of mine.

Crazy talk, right?

I was giving him some estimation costs, the keyboard and mouse alone are going to be like 60 bucks about. And then I need the brass plating, the typewriter I'm stealing the keys from, soldering stuff, screws..... Oh this will get very complicated I am sure. Especially since I've never punked something before.

Also, I've got ASME building stuff to do. Proof of concept for my machine. We'll see how that goes.

Oh yeah! Also I might have a short haltus where I move my electronics out of my apartment and into the safety of my parents home as I'm having ceiling maintenance done tomorrow or Friday and I don't want them ruined by ceiling crap.

In other news, the Traverse Town RP will definitely have one person I know join up, maybe two. We'll see what comes of that soon.

Date: 2010-07-26 15:39 Subject: Thought dump Security: Public Tags: art, home life, oregon

Now I think it's time for some funny stories and interesting real life stuff.

( My art class peers are bitching for no reason. )

Now, onto a different topic, I had a fun misadventure yesterday while I was visiting my friend.

( I have a friend who managed to get kicked out of an art museum. )

And now for something not completely unrelated but very different.

( The west coast is completely different culturally than the east, here's more proof. )

And I'm done babbling for now.

Date: 2010-07-01 22:46 Subject: Recruiting: Thinkers! Security: Public Tags: asme, home life

Can you think? If the answer is yes, you might be interested in helping me out with this.

easysorts is a brainstorming community I created for help with an engineering project of mine. Basically we're trying to get a breath of fresh air and come up with new solutions for our problem. Yes we have a machine, but its far form perfect. 

So, for example, the first idea proposed was 'explosions'. It's very open-ended as to how that is to be interpreted. And that's a totally valid solution to our problem. We take brainstorming seriously and by seriously I mean that completely absurd things are allowable (like proposing that President Obama come over and hand sort everything) and awesome. 

Regardless of whether or not you think yourself worthy of helping, I think you are. And I sincerely hope y'all have a look. 

Thanks!

Date: 2010-06-15 22:00 Subject: Shopping Misadventures and other stuff Security: Public Tags: home life, music

So a few weeks ago I decided I wanted to get myself a dressform for my sewing. For those who don't know what those are, its a mannequin that resembles a real person on a 1 to 1 scale. The one I was going to get happens to be adjustable. Now the dressform I wanted was a Dritz Twin Fit Medium. They normally sell for 150-230 bucks depending on the vendor.

Well I didn't exactly have 150 laying around until I talked to my mom and she pointed out something to me. I had savings bonds dating back to 1989 that my grandparents gave me and continue to give me every year. So of course, since its now 2010, there's a good bit of money on those. I cashed two for the dressform.

THEN I discovered Jo Ann's was having a sale on dressforms. The one I wanted was going for 130, which is 20 bucks cheaper than anyone else online (and 90 bucks cheaper than normally offered at Jo Ann's). So I'm all like 'well shit!' and go to buy one online only to discover it's not in stock and they can't sell me one at the sale price. I decided to go to Jo Ann local branch and order one (thus buying it at the sale price, bwaha). The only disadvantage to this is that I have to pick it up from the store when it comes in.

Totally fine by me.

On a different note, a band that was once goth has turned Steam Punk. I'm talking about Abeny Park, they're out of Seatle. Their sound hasn't changed much since their original gothic stuff, but the steam punk airship pirate part of them that's more recent? It is love. I'll have a copy of the CD for listening and DLing up later.