Midweek update

Tonight, Lindsey, Jamie, and I are possibly seeing a midnight showing of Saw III. I'm pretty excited considering its pretty close to Halloween and I really liked the last 2 in the series. (!!!)

So yesterday, Lindsey and I celebrated 2 months together (wow!). Before that, we had to endure getting her car fixed...
after over an hour of waiting at Pep Boys, they told us that it would cost over 1000 dollars to fix everything. real bummer there considering her car is only worth 2 grand. Anyways, we went ahead a rented a Pontiac Vibe from the airport and got the car back because Lindsey's mom knew someone who would fix it for cheap.

After all that fiasco, we rented Art School Confidential (one of my favorites) and got chinese food.

We worked on our costumes by tearing them to shreds and stomping on them in the dirt. Now they'll look like authentic zombie prom clothes. This Friday, Lindsey is hosting a movie night and Saturday, we're getting on our zombie selfs and scaring all the Ringling kids and then its off to Rocky Horror for the midnight showing!

Here's a fun video to help get in the spirit of Halloween. Enjoy!

Oh Yeah!! More Zombie Action!!

Yesterday and today focused around the evil dead. Lindsey and I went to Goodwill yesterday with JP, Alice, and Alice's friend. Lindsey and I did really well and found all the clothes we need for our zombie prom dates. Lindsey got this frilley blue prom dress straight out of the eighties. I found the perfect peices for my zombie tux including a shirt, pants, jacket and bow tie. All for 20 bucks. Afterwards, we dropped off JP, Alice, and her friend, and went to the mall, the Party Store and to a sporting supply store. We found some great zombie effects for cheap and bought a ton of fake blood. The next day we worked on projects and went to Spirit, a great, although expensive, halloween store. We found fake scars, gashes, and giant zombie bite marks for our costumes. We did end up spending over 50 bucks altogether, but these costumes are gonna be awesome.

Here's a video I found for those who were always wondering, "who would win in a fight between a zombie and a shark?" This has the answer... The part at the very end grosses me out every time. :)

Say Anything Show at the State Theatre

Went with Lindsey, Jordie, and Jaime to see Say Anything Friday night. We got there maybe an hour before hand an found a spot at the far right of the stage. The good part was that we were 2 feet from the stage and could feel the sweat flying off Coby, the guitarist. The bad part was that we were right, smack dab, next to the giant speakers blarring into our eardrums and increasing our chances of wearing hearing aids at an early age. We were in for a crazy show regardless.

First up were the 3 opening bands: Days Away, Mewithoutyou, and Pieballed.

Days Away was first and they put on an incredible set. Overlaying rock riffs over Radiohead inspired autmospheric keyboards, they pulled off a very endearing live sound that was hip and heavy. The lead singer reminded me of Tom Yorke and even looked like him to an extent. Creating interest in an audience that didn't come to see you is a very challenging task and Days Away succeeded.

Next up was Mewithoutyou. Fronted by an extravagant, spazzing bearded lead singer; this band had all the makings of a memorable, inspiring, rocking performance. It was memorable, but for the wrong reasons. Because of the lead singer's stlye of talking real fast instead of actually singing and the fact that we were right next to the speakers, the songs were terrible. The whole act, he was incoherant and off key(except to those who had memorized the lyrics) and it was headache inducing. The only saying grace was that he was very animated and danced around like a madman, which was amusing.

PIebald then hit the stage. I must admit, I really didn't remember their performance at all. I think it has to the fact that I never heard of them before, the songs were so so, and their stage presence was ok. I really was just waiting impatiently for Say Anything to apear...


I have to admit, I wasn't sure how good of a live band Say Anything would be. I'm a recent fan of their album "...is a boy" and was hoping for a powerful live performance...and they delivered. The songs came loud and fast, belted out by lead singer, Max Bemis. After a few songs, him and the rest of the band were ozing sweat and still rocked though all the crowd favorites and some new ones. They came on for an encore and played through another 3 songs. By the end, both the band and we the audience, were spent. :)

The Zombie Infestation Begins...

Lindsey and I decided recently that for halloween, in addition to our superhero costumes, we'll be dressing up as zombie/undead prom dates. We'll most likely be wearing it to the Rocky Horror show thats playing around halloween.

I was searching online for some DIY zombie makeup tips and I found 2 great sites for doing your own costumes and haunted houses:


www.365halloween.com is a great site for anything and everything to do with halloween. They had a great tutorial on how to do your own makeup and zombie effects. Lots of costume ideas and haunted house reviews.



Zombiemaker.com is another great site for learning what "classification" of zombie you are and how to dress and act appropriately. Very fun stuff.

Jackasses, Zombies, and The Like...

Went back to PA for the weekend to see family and friends. Left Thursday to get on my first solo flight and missed my plane at 7. Called Southwest frantically and they were so helpful. They got me on the next fight anf I was in PA by 11.
Friday night, I went with Rachel, Jess, and Caitlin and saw Jackass 2. It was not my normal pick for a movie to see in theaters, but I figured that it would be a good movie for everyone to laugh and get grossed out together with. Having a good recollection of the tv show and the first movie, I began my viewing of the funniest, grossest (and I've seen alot of gross movies) movie I've seen in a long long time. Because the jackass crew aren't restricted by the guidelines of MTV, cable, or stupid kids trying to reenact the scenes, they hold nothing back for this time. I wont spoil some of the scenes for people that will potentially see it. But be warned, if you are nauseated by seeing shit, blood, vomit, or old woman tits...thi movie may not be for you. Otherwise, be prepared for an awesome, laugh out, gross out comedy....
Jackass 2- 5/5 stars

It was a good trip altogether, but I wish I had the chance to see Bonnie, Jess, and Caitlin longer. It wont be till x-mas break till I get another shot to see everyone again.

I ended up working all day and all night on a project during my vacation that wasn't due for a week when I thought it was due the day after I got back. My teacher changed the due date for 2 projects bc someone in my class whined about the due date during the class I wasn't at bc I was at the airport... I ended up pulling another all-nighter working on another project for the same class that was due the same day. If the teacher or a fellow student had e-mailed me or something, I would have been saved so much hassle...

Tonight, Lindsey and I are watching...

I've seen it a few times before and it has to be one of the funniest movies for all the wrong reasons. Here's why:

"Often considered the worst movie of all time, Plan 9 From Outer Space does boast tombstones that are made of cardboard and tip over during the movie, it does feature one shot of Bella Legosi that is reused over and over and over, it does show a cop scratching an itch on his head with his gun, and stars a Swedish wrestler as a California cop..."

I'd recomend it to anyone who loves cheessy sci-fi movies...

Friday, we get to see these guys in concert....

Can't wait...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Myspace Secret Show

Saw the Yeah Yeah Yeahs last night, and....I was blown away. You can't get a better venue then State Theatre. The wait was ok, lots of great stores around the area, and the YYYs rocked out. I'll explain more in a bit...

Our journey to see the Yeah Yeah Yeah started at noon, when we traveled to St. Pete.

Along with Lindsey and I was: Jay and Mikaela

We got lost of course trying to find this one street that lead to the State Theatre...
After asking for directions we were back on track

We made it to the theatre around 1 and decided to go check out the local stores.

At this amazing vintage furnature and clothing store, as you can see, we met Karen O! Lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!! It was freaking incredible. She was so nice and not your typical "rock star" persona at all. After the picture. we let her go back to shopping and we were just shopping alongside Karen O. Very surreal.

We went back to the theatre around 3 and got our wristbands.

After we got our wristbands we went on a mission to find braiinnnss...I mean "food"

Trying to kiss the lovely lady behind the glass...

Hey!!! Its Brian of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!!!! Holy Shit! We almost passed by him without recognizing him until Jay went "hey! aren't you??..." He was a really great guy. He even waited for this lady to take a pic for all of us.

After pizza, we went back to the theatre and Mekayla and Jay waited while we went to a local art store to get supplies for Lindsey. We came back just as the line was starting to form.

While we were in line, we met these two really great guys. Geremy, or "Gery," and Ben. They had to be the best 2 people you could meet in line. They gave us free pizza pringles and entertained us with Ben selling 10 dollar vintage sunglasses at his "TV table" stand. We all chatted it up, Lindsey sketched, and I took weird pictures of her like this...


and this...

After Hours of Waiting (5-7) We went into the venue. There was only one small sign and a "Thank You Myspace for letting us be part of this free show" from Karen O to let you know that the event was sponsored by Myspace and Chillies, which was a nice surprise.

First on stage was the opening act, Imaad Wasif. He played a straight electric-acoustic set and was really talented. His music reminded me of a light version of a fusion between yound Dylan and Nick Drake. Very chill and plesant. The crowd was polite for the most part, only a few mean hecklers.

Then The Yeah Yeah Yeahs came out.

Because, as they said "Every day is Halloween for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!" they had awesome halloween costumes. Brian was a rastafarian, Nick was a vampire, and Karen was an awesome mummy. They tore their way threw an awesome set list of songs from their "Fever to tell" album and their more recent "Show Your Bones" album. The whole crowd was on their feet and jumping around and dancing along with Karen O. She spewed fake blood, twirled, and screamed her way through everyone's favorites. There was even an acoustic version of "Maps," which was a nice touch. You could tell that Karen O was having just as much fun on stage as the audience was having. Overall, a magnificent show. As much as I cringe saying the words "myspace" along with music I like. I have to give them a hand for for putting on a great show.

Yeah Yeah...Oh Yeah.

Going to the free show tonight and its going to be amazing.

I really like this girl

Not Your Father's Homecoming Game

Some colleges have giant homecoming games with huge rivalrys and big stakes with lots of money tied into the teams and players. Ringling dances to the beat of another drummer. We had a homecoming game last Saturday with pom poms, team jerseys, and cheering crowds. Instead of the boring old stadium games like most colleges have, ours was played out on giant projection screens with XBOX 360. We lost by alot, but it was great seeing where our schools focus was. Our Mascot "Dillo" kicked ass too.

New School, New Blog

There's many things we give up as we grow older, and many things we take on as well. More responsibility, less awkwardness around the opposite sex (for some), and all the changes that occur from the transition of moving from high school to college. One of the minor changes I have gone through is the transition of my blog. For years, I've gone through the motions of posting on my Xanga. Let me say that Xanga is really good for one thing. Its great for allowing teeny bopper girls and guys to complain and express their feelings about significant others, catty friends that they hate secretly and so forth. Xanga made local headlines a few years back when high school kids were getting harassed online through someone's xanga. I'm not saying that it is the norm for xanga users to do things like that, but it is more prevalent there than anywhere else. Therefore, I decided my words needed a new home and "Smells Like Art School" was born. I hope I can keep this going throughout my college experience and shed some light into the mysteries that is art school.
Here's two of my most recent figure drawings for class: