Song of the Moment: Heart of A Lion

Cudder is pretty much my favorite artist out there right now. Yayyyy!

I had kind of a rough weekend, but I jammed to some good music when I was in bed. This one is one of my favorites and it is off of Kid Cudi’s new album. Don’t sleep on that man, because not only is he stylish and smart, his music is actually meaningful and heartfelt. Have a listen.

TN-OH-MY! Mehanata Madness!

Though I am a second year ITP student, I’ve only been to two TNO’s. Still have yet to go to a drive by. This week, I felt particularly festive, and went to TNO with the gang at Mehanata in the LES (otherwise known as the Bulgarian Bar). The doormen appeared to not know who we were, but after Catherine gave them a talking to, they realized that we were in fact real live ITP students in need of a good time.

Inside, we found a wonderful little world. There was a stage getting set up for a band, a snazzy bar, and a sign pointing downstairs to the ICE CAVE. The Ice Cave was basically their beautifully lit lower level that was complete with another stage with a cool band, a full bar, and LOTS of pretty lights. There was a great turnout, and lots of the students came along. I never really had any super fratty parties to go to in the South, and certainly nothing with beer involved, but I imagine that TNOs purpose is for students to de-stress and relive their college days. I think?

At any rate, I managed to take some blurry, pretty photos of the lights and my friends having fun. I think I shall dub one of them, “The Official Wallpaper of Last Thursday.” I will set it up for everyone to download and experience the beautiful lights. Click here to get it! Maybe I’ll go again next week. Yayyyy!

Not That You Needed To See More…But!

Here are some awesome projects that my classmates are working on in Materials! We had a nice party last class. Mine is still under wraps but will be unveiled as soon as it is finished! It is going to be of EPIC PROPORTIONS + HAVE LIGHTS!

Sara’s project will be an awesome clock that tells time with shadows and squares!

Shoptastic Boxtravaganza + Helping Hands!

In my Materials class we constructed boxed from metal and cast molds of our hands. These were probably the two most fun projects in a while. Even though I am not the most skilled, I still manage to make things that come out looking great and that are sturdy. Sorry these photos were taken on my phone. I have more to come soon that I took with my good Cammy!

I made a brass box that resembles a Chinese takeout box that you’d get from around your corner. What is special about my box is that I folded the metal by hands, kind of like origami, after I cut out my pattern, and that I only used two rivets to bind the whole thing together. AWESOME!

My cast of my hand turned out pretty cool, and everyone marveled at how girly my hand was. Hey, I can’t help it if I have nice nail beds and dainty, piano-playing fingers! Don’t hate!

Check Elizabeth’s flat box, and Nicholas’ small boxes made out of brass! We make things in style.

As a bonus, peep my mom’s shop at Boeing, and a very sturdy steel box that she WELDED WITH HER BARE HANDS! If that isn’t an awesome Mom, I don’t know what is!

Foodventures: Brunch @ BIA

This past Sunday, the brunch gang and I met at BIA in the LES. I wasn’t exactly sure what to think of the place because it is known for its beer menagerie. I don’t drink beer, don’t like the smell of it, but since my friends were going and there was the promise of good food, I went.

When you walk in the door, after going down the steps, you are met with a jarring foyer of sorts: there is a counter, and a window next to a door that appears to be leading into the kitchen. A guy inside there told me to enter that door, and I was unsure, but I found out that the door leads down a hallway next to the kitchen and to a large, sunny room with tables and seats.

Catherine, Lee-Sean, Maddy, and I missed Fabulizabeth, but she was working on a project. We ate heartily in her honor. LS had nice pancakes, Maddy and Catherine had fancy eggs, and I had an awesome omelette. I forgot to take pics, because I was so hungry, but here are photos from our walk around afterwards. My omelette was great! The sausage was good, and it was all pretty cheap. We walked around afterwards before we had a meeting: There was a sad bagel on the ground outside, we passed Economy Candy, and saw a really pretty Firebird!

Costumania: Halloween 2009!

I have been swamped the last couple weeks so posting was kind of hard to get to, but there are always photos to post. Sometimes though, I think they should just post themselves, but the bad thing about that is that they wouldn’t tell you all about what happened, even if they are worth 1,000 words.

Anywho, here are some pics of my friends and I from Halloween. I was Sexy Satan, Chris was Zomboy, and Jaybird was looking kind of like the Crow. I swear they were the only two people in all of New York that night to actually wear scary things, which is the goal anywhere else in the country that night. Oh well, if us New Yorkers wanna be over the top, we sure know how to do it! My full costume wasn’t exactly NSFW, but lets just say that you had to be there *wink wink*

What did you dress up as?