Bonnaroo and Living Arrangements

So this week I went ahead and bought my ticket to the best concert(s) ever. I'm so excited because I know that no matter who's playing, its guaranteed to be amazing. It doesn't hurt that the Flaming Lips, Regina Spektor, Girl Talk, The Decemberist, among others, will be performing (with more to come!) Lindsey bought her ticket soon afterward. :)

This week I also finalized my living arrangements for next year, which was quite the headache. I was the only one on time to claim a space out of the 4 of us. The plan is me and 3 other guys sharing a dorm space with a central living room/kitchen and get this...my own room! I can't wait.

I finished my flour sack animation and my john wayne gacy coloring book (its not as sick as you may think), and they were both well received. I'll post them here soon.

Deerhoof Show At the Crow Bar 2/18

Went to the Crow Bar in Tampa last Sunday with Jay and saw Deerhoof. I really wasn't sure what to expect, because I am a fairly recent fan of the band and have not heard about how they are at playing live.
When we finally found the club, we waited for about an hour for the first band, The Harlem Shakes, to take the stage. I haven't seen a band ever take so long to do sound check. Once they were done getting ready, they were pretty good, they sounded like a cross between Clap Your Hands meets Interpol meets The Strokes. They had alot of energy, but I wont be buying any of their albums from what I saw.
Next up was Busdriver, a hiphop act featuring a guy spitting out lyrics so fast they were almost incoherent and a skinny white guy doing insane beats. This act was the surprise of the night. Busdriver was loud, fast, funny, and unapologetic. He got the whole crowd jumping and singing the choruses of songs 90% of the kids there had never heard before, which was very impressive.
Finally, Deerhoof took the stage and delivered an amazing performance. Lead singer/bassest Satomi Matsuzaki sang more as instrument then actual lyrics. The drums were almost tribal sounding at times and like a drum machine at others. The guitar stayed pretty close to the album material, but sometimes sped up the sound or slowed it down which was nice. There was also this crazy windmill contraption that kept the audience mesmerized with the rainbow LEDs that spun and changed colors in conjunction with the music. Jay and I got to meet the guitarist after the show and he talked about being influnenced by Sonic Youth and what he thought about Animal Collective. I was really happy I got a chance to see these guys live and I'll be sure to see them again if I ever get the chance.

I'm Pretty Sure Hallmark is Behind V-day

Its only 1 in the morning, but it still counts as officially being Valentine's Day. I got a great afternoon planned for Lindsey. Most of which I can't mention until after she gets to see everything. Afterwards, we're going to see a showing of the low budget breakout, Four-Eyed Monster in Orlando.

I finally got everything worked out with my rooming situation next year. I'm staying on campus in a 4 person doorm with...my own room! I'm excited.


Sunday I'm going to see Deerhoof with my friend Jay. I'm not sure what to expect, but I think it will be insane. Deerhoof's music is from another planet and I hope there live show is no different.

Been working on Lindsey's website recently and finally got it online. You can check the progress here:

The listing of artists performing at Bonnaroo was recently leaked and posted on http://iguessimfloating.blogspot.com/2007/02/leaked-bonnaroo-lineup.html

I'm pretty stoked about seeing Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, Regina Spektor, Girl Talk, among others, all in one place. Now if I could just aquire the fundss...

Here's a still life I forgot to post last time. It was a pile of random items we had to paint to gauge where we all were. Sorry about the quality, it was taken with a camera phone.

1 down, 7 to goo.... (semesters at Ringling)

I apologize outright for procrastinating this long to write another post, but seriously, I have good reason. Its just hard to keep this updated when I don't know if anyone reads it. That being said, I'll keep going.

To give a huge recap on recent events, here's whats been going down.

• Went to To Philly with Lindsey to see her Art Institute buddies.
  

• came back to Florida to start my second semester at Ringling School of Art and Design
• Celebrated Lindsey's Birthday. Made her a cake, got her the Ghost World comic, a Tenacious D mag, a brontosaurus we Christened "Ringo Gertie the Dinosaur", a Threadless tee, and 2 tickets to see Of Montreal in April. I think she liked the gifts.
  
• had a birthday party for her with the regular hooligans.
  

• Bought myself a old record player from Goodwill to play the records Lindsey's been buying me. Still need to buy a needle (which costs like 30 bucks) :(

• I started my first real Animation course at Ringling which has been so surreal and amazing. I actually work at one of the desks that was used by Disney Animators since the '60s! Check it Out!:
  
  Its crazy that I'm finally getting a taste of what I came to school for. Best thing is, I love it and I'm not that bad so far.
  

Here's my first two animations I've done so far. They're really short and don't look like much, but there's alot that go into it. Each second of animation takes roughly 24 drawings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RwRhxkkH7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd_W4W3Ipwg

I'm currently working on a "flourbag animation" which apparently every animator experiments with at some point.

• Saw both Children of Men and Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny in theatres. Children of Men knocked my socks off while the Tenacious D movie made me chuckle but left me underwhelmed.

• Going to see both Less Than Jake with Lindsey and Deerhoof with Jay in the near future. So excited!!!
• Started selling my old textbooks on Amazon. Made close to 2oo bucks. oh yeah.
• Got my first actual job working at where else? the reception desk at the job center on campus.
• celebrated 5 amazing months with Lindsey <3

Over the next couple weeks I'm working on securing an apartment space with 3 of my friends at the campus apartments for next school year. I also have to start working on my awesome v-day gift and day for Lindsey.

If you get a chance, buy the new Shins album. Its pretty awesome. Better than expected, and it comes with stickers.