*in vitro* chicken meat

sounds disgusting.

nw livin'

it's a terrible thing to run out of coffee, but when you live 2 1/2 blocks from trader joe's things seem to quickly turn around.

sumatra, here i come.

i heart coffee...

convert THIS

so... 

jadd picked up one of those digital converter boxes so that when "the digital switch" happens i won't be without such blessings as desperate houswives, LOST, or the office...

yes... it's all about me.

the thing is a piece of junk.

the 2 channels that we sort of get... are often a pixelated nightmare.

i'd rather have my 5 fuzzy channels back, please.

what's a girl to do?

do ra me fa so la te do

remember the song?

and the BEST line that goes:

'fa- a long, long way to run...'

yes.

like most porcupines- hard to be soft, tough to be tender

I tremble
They’re gonna eat me alive
If I stumble
They’re gonna eat me alive

Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer
Help, I’m alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
Hard to be soft, tough to be tender
Come take my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train
Help, I’m alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer

If you’re still alive
My regrets are few.
If my life is mine,
what shouldn’t I do?
I get wherever I’m going,
I get whatever I need
while my blood’s still flowing
and my heart still beats.

Help, I’m alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
Hard to be soft, tough to be tender
Come take my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train
Help, I’m alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer

Help, I’m alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer.

where the wild things are

i got goosebumps...

watch the trailer here

don't

hate the player.

hate the game.

that's super good advice, but seems to always come too late...

right?

i mean, if someone says this to you, you know you're screwed.

who gives a flying fuck?

travis does.

he sent me this:

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/03/18/the-inevitable-peror.html

fave pre review pics...

a taste of the craziness

more here.

what if we let it?

salter checks it out... the pressure is ON.

...and while offering his humble opinion asks,

"why are they so far apart?"

so we fix it

ta daaaa. thanks, dude.

reviewing, defending, articulating well, etc....

mac took this. i like it. thanks, mac.

here we go.

it's monday after reviews and we're in the studio.
we are crazy.

i had to put my earphones in because dom was tormenting me.

THIS is what i got:



old habits die hard.

:D

the morning after the morning after

reviews.

they went well.

i got a lot of complimentary feedback, which is nice. i would have liked some more critical feedback, but i was able to walk away with some good suggestions and good questions to think about for next term.

can i just say really quickly though... that i can hardly believe i got ALL those letters finished?? i'm really glad i pushed through. the results are quite satisfying. being done with that part of it gives me some time to reflect on my progress so far.

general consensus seems to be that i'm on the right track for a good finish next term and that makes me feel pretty good.

AND i was informed that the faculty wants to show my piece when the board of visitors(?) comes to the stag next month.

validation does wonders for my work ethic. not to mention my ego. ; )

so... for the most part i feel pretty good about going into spring term.

anxious, but willing to charge through it.

now

2am

march 9th

bryson

andrew

me

joe

zach

mac

dom

Cut & Paste drops the ball...

you'd think that a national design competition would be able to handle the glitches and mishaps that inevitably come when working with computers, but when blender crashed on Dom's computer 17 minutes into the competition saturday night, the MC's and judges at cut & paste seemed to be completely unprepared to handle it.

Dom threw his hands up in the air and the audience let out a sympathetic groan. 

"oh no!"

"that sucks!"

everything stopped momentarily and we were quickly informed that there were technical difficulties. 

duh.

Dom was allowed to start over while the other 3 competitors waited for him to catch up...

i'm not sure if they just couldn't handle letting only 1 person work, but about 6 minutes into Dom's "catching up" the MC's announced that the other 3 competitors would finish their designs using the 3 minutes they had left and that Dom would still have time afterwards to completely catch up.

lies.

the 3 minutes passed.

this would be aproximately 9 minutes for Dom now.

and with much fan fare and cross conversation, which i'm sure was not distracting at all, Dom was given... MAAAYBE 5 more minutes? 

7 minutes would be being VERY generous.

either way... he was not given the full 20 minutes he deserved.

Dom was chosen as the audience's favorite and was the 1st runner up despite what must have been an extremely stressful ordeal.

all bias aside, he should have won and we are all super proud...

and he handled it all like a real pro.

congratulations, Dom.

for more pics go here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindsay_aucoin/sets/72157614998132298/

hardest working animatronic puppets in showbiz...

gotta thank my pal jess andrews for bringing this bit of  joy and wonderment into my life...

thanks, jess.

i just watched it again and for the millionth time.

it's still fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur8AwQHusZw

reviews are coming...

i can TELLLLLL because things are starting to get a LIT-TLE crazy in the studio.

andrew has hurt himself AGAIN and dom is cracking me up almost non stop.

it's probably because i'm tired because usually he's not very funny at all.

: D

there are WORDS everywhere.

check it out:

9 days 'til reviews...

LAIKA pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindsay_aucoin/

3.3.09

my favorite number is 3.

3x3=9

so today seems like kind of a mathematical day.

so why did i get charged $68 for laser cutting?

*sigh*

oh well.

it's been a while since i've thrown a good fit.

:D

10 days till review

PNCA's MFA program

bryson is in too...

: D

thanks, porcupine...

yup.

PNCA's MFA program

 i'm in...

linguaphile

ling.ua.phile

n.

A lover of of languages and words.

(AND between LIKE and LOVE)

the L word

today i OVERHEARD:

"there should be a word between LIKE and LOVE" 

and there should be, right? i mean... certain situations definitely call for such a word.

anyway- after not very much time it occurred to me that there are probably SEVERAL words between LIKE and LOVE. perhaps hundreds.

yup.

hundreds.

so....

using The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition as my sole resource i'm going to install all of the words that are literally between LIKE and LOVE for the pushdot show.  Not sure how, but i really want to see it. 

coincidentally, LINDSAY falls between LIKE and LOVE. 

how appropriate.

BS

it just occurred to me that there's an entire generation who will most likely NEVER hear a busy signal.

incessant

don't ask HOW this conversation got started, but Andrew and I have decided that:

if there ever existed a pair or more of cousins who were all the product of incest, they wouldn't necessarily be first or second cousins...

they'd be incessant cousins.

we think this works.

aaaaaand that's our saturday night, folks.