Just got back from the land of the dead.
So what have you all been missing?
First of all I do not have access to a camera.
This vexes me.
Second, the last couple of months have been INSANE. What with graduating and then moving out to Washington State. As in permanently. So I'm only just getting it all together which means I'll be cleaning out my blog.
If you don't care about say the delicious cheese omelet I made for lunch, or the progress of the living room tree fort but really really want to see my pictures you can visit my other blog in progress. It is titled simply SA Upton online folio.
Ta Da
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
elemental ornaments
Snowed in and confronted by a box filled with broken jewelry.
Here is the result.
Earth
Fire
Air
Water
Here is the result.
Earth
Fire
Air
Water
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Homolinguistic translation
Charles Bernstien
experiment 1 (paraphrase)
Homolinguistic Translation of a Paragraph from the Novel “Pretties” by Scott Westerfield. The setting is a society in the distant future where citizens are given all their material desires and standardized aesthetic surgery in exchange for systematic brainwashing. The main character Tally, a brainwashing resistant resistance member, is approached by the leader of a secret police organization, Dr. Cable. Dr. Cable then gives the standard sci fi “come to the dark side... we have cookies... chocolate chip cookies! Chocolate chip cookies who's gooey deliciousness cannot be fathomed!” speech.
“Remember flying on a hoverboard Tally?” Cable said, her dull eyes igniting with cold fire “That feeling of being alive? Yes we can make people pretty inside- empty and lazy and vapid-but we can also make them bubbly as you call it. More intense than you felt as an ugly, more alive than a wolf stalking it's prey.” (pg 133)
So here's my first translation.
“You do recall the feeling of flying?” Cable sneered, her lusterless expression alight with a deathly chill flame, “The vividness of it all? We can empty out peoples souls. Send them into the world unburdened like kites aloft on a peaceful wind, bending to the logic of our strings. You'd do best to bear in mind that we have the power to enhance the spirit as well, to set the very heart aflame with the throb of a machine and the burst of gunfire. We can give you wings Tally. We can give you rockets with all the speed in the world!”
Over lunch with my friend I also came up with this second one in which the antagonist Dr. Cable has been replaced with fellow evil cyborg mastermind Catz, from the infamous mistranslation of the video game “Zero Wing”
“Hover boards bring feeling alive know” Catz said eyes flat but warm cold. “We give board feeling inside. All gentlemen can be misty, vacated. However, we will bring sensation of wolf hunting barbecue!”
(BTW: All in all the book is a worthwhile read. So if you have a high tolerance to scifi superhero fantasy type things and futuristic Valley Girl slang you might want to give it a look. It didn't take me too long to get through it since it was intended for ages 11- 15. Yeah I started reading the series as a kid and never got around to finishing it until just last night. Also I hear zero wing is really fun. Even though I never got a chance to play it.)
experiment 1 (paraphrase)
Homolinguistic Translation of a Paragraph from the Novel “Pretties” by Scott Westerfield. The setting is a society in the distant future where citizens are given all their material desires and standardized aesthetic surgery in exchange for systematic brainwashing. The main character Tally, a brainwashing resistant resistance member, is approached by the leader of a secret police organization, Dr. Cable. Dr. Cable then gives the standard sci fi “come to the dark side... we have cookies... chocolate chip cookies! Chocolate chip cookies who's gooey deliciousness cannot be fathomed!” speech.
“Remember flying on a hoverboard Tally?” Cable said, her dull eyes igniting with cold fire “That feeling of being alive? Yes we can make people pretty inside- empty and lazy and vapid-but we can also make them bubbly as you call it. More intense than you felt as an ugly, more alive than a wolf stalking it's prey.” (pg 133)
So here's my first translation.
“You do recall the feeling of flying?” Cable sneered, her lusterless expression alight with a deathly chill flame, “The vividness of it all? We can empty out peoples souls. Send them into the world unburdened like kites aloft on a peaceful wind, bending to the logic of our strings. You'd do best to bear in mind that we have the power to enhance the spirit as well, to set the very heart aflame with the throb of a machine and the burst of gunfire. We can give you wings Tally. We can give you rockets with all the speed in the world!”
Over lunch with my friend I also came up with this second one in which the antagonist Dr. Cable has been replaced with fellow evil cyborg mastermind Catz, from the infamous mistranslation of the video game “Zero Wing”
“Hover boards bring feeling alive know” Catz said eyes flat but warm cold. “We give board feeling inside. All gentlemen can be misty, vacated. However, we will bring sensation of wolf hunting barbecue!”
(BTW: All in all the book is a worthwhile read. So if you have a high tolerance to scifi superhero fantasy type things and futuristic Valley Girl slang you might want to give it a look. It didn't take me too long to get through it since it was intended for ages 11- 15. Yeah I started reading the series as a kid and never got around to finishing it until just last night. Also I hear zero wing is really fun. Even though I never got a chance to play it.)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Avatar
The plot of the movie is the exact same storyline as Pocahontas. Like freakishly similar. The British/Earthlings come to Virginia/Pandora to dig up the local delicate ecosystem for shiny rocks. One of the intruders goes native, has some fun running around the woods, learns the importance of living in harmony with nature and marries a princess.
It's just like that... only with Dinosaurs. Lots of Dinosaurs! The gran finale is dinosaurs fighting attack helicopters and giant robots. I guess you could get technical and say they're dinosaur like creatures, since it's another planet but... yeah. So if you see this movie don't expect heartwarming relationships and intricately engineered plot twists. Just go to see Futuristic technology rumble with the late Cretaceous.
Also it helps that they replaced that guy in the purple pilgrim hat from Disney's Pocahontas with Duke Nukem. Yes, Duke Nukem is in the movie. They call him something different and made him a Bad Guy but you should still be able to pick him out.
It's just like that... only with Dinosaurs. Lots of Dinosaurs! The gran finale is dinosaurs fighting attack helicopters and giant robots. I guess you could get technical and say they're dinosaur like creatures, since it's another planet but... yeah. So if you see this movie don't expect heartwarming relationships and intricately engineered plot twists. Just go to see Futuristic technology rumble with the late Cretaceous.
Also it helps that they replaced that guy in the purple pilgrim hat from Disney's Pocahontas with Duke Nukem. Yes, Duke Nukem is in the movie. They call him something different and made him a Bad Guy but you should still be able to pick him out.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
New Years Resolutions
-Floss before bed no matter how tired I am.
- Revisit the bell performance piece. (ooooh the first performance wasn't documented was it? So I guess the second one will be a surprise to some of you <3)
-finish BA
- improve writing ability.
- Finish at least two commissioned illustrations.
- book dummy for arts and crafts how to!
- one illustration for deck of cards every week
- improve ability to focus
- new apartment! less roommates! space for studio!
-more professional looking online portfolio (not that i won't still try to keep up the blog)
- obtain new camera
It's a lot of work but then again I do have all year
- Revisit the bell performance piece. (ooooh the first performance wasn't documented was it? So I guess the second one will be a surprise to some of you <3)
-finish BA
- improve writing ability.
- Finish at least two commissioned illustrations.
- book dummy for arts and crafts how to!
- one illustration for deck of cards every week
- improve ability to focus
- new apartment! less roommates! space for studio!
-more professional looking online portfolio (not that i won't still try to keep up the blog)
- obtain new camera
It's a lot of work but then again I do have all year
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