Pyramid Brewery

Went to the Pyramid Brewery in Berkeley to celebrate Aly's graduation. Had some good food and beer. It was my first time there, and I'm sure to go back again. The Apricot Weizen was delicious.

Lamp Project

For my rapid prototyping and manufacturing class, I had to make a lamp on the CNC machine with a group. My group did most of the work, and I did the documentation. Here is our lamp.

Foam Model.

Ta-da!

And Upsidedown..
P.S. I got an A- in the class- woo hoo!

Commemorative Poster Project

Here is my final project for my Typography class from Fall of 2008.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Zack and Miri Make a Porno was great! I laughed so hard till I cried. There was a little too much nudity-although I did appreciate Jason Mewes' behind- but it was expected. There was some crude and disgusting parts too, and I was disappointed that they weren't able to stick with the "Star Whores" idea. I generally don't like Seth Rogen, only because I thought that Knocked Up was one of the dumbest films ever. He was pretty funny in this one, and Granny Panties (Elizabeth Banks) was memorable. Kevin Smith did a good job, and I would love to see this movie again. There were some really funny quotes too. And, I was unaware that Justin Long could play such a convincing gay porn star. Bravo!

Role Models

I wasn't too impressed with Role Models. I love all these actors, but I thought that this movie was kinda lame. There were a few good laughs, but it was predicatble and cheesy. I really hated it when Pauld Rudd was singing, and Jane Lynch was getting real creepy with that hot dog...


I did appreciate the KISS references and had a good chuckle at the end.

Christmas Tree

I was very excited to get my Christmas tree this year. Although, because I was so busy with school, I felt that I didn't really get to enjoy it. I did purchase a few new ornaments this year. At school, there is the annual ceramics guild sale, and this year, they had some rather adorable ornaments I couldn't resist.

Here is the barbie torso ornament that reads, "ho ho ho!"Birth Control Pinwheel- "Baby Proof 99%"
And my favorite new one... a fat gnome I found at the antique store for $5. Made in Japan

Alphabet Project

For another project in my Typography class, I had to take photos of objects shaped like letters of the alphabet. I had to do all letters, uppercase and lower case. Here are a few pics.

"g"
"Y"

"G"
"m"
I will post pictures of my book when I get it back. Lots of thanks to Mike and Erin who helped me a bunch on this project:)

Book Project

For my Typography class, I had to make a book on an activist. I was assigned Mercedes Sosa, who is a singer and political activist from Argentina. I had to research her life and design a book about her life achievements, etc. It was very time consuming and difficult. But I am really proud of the end result. Unfortunately, I ran low on time, and was unable to complete the rest of the project (which included a DVD box set) which was half-assed to say the least. I did a japanese stab binding myself, which really isn't that hard and turned out quite nice.

I will post pictures of the finished product when I get it back from school. (Which may be a while, because I think it is being shown in the Spring DAI Show).

Just because..

Here are a few fun pics from last night. I had a few drinks with Joe, Erin, Mike, and Jeremiah at the Lucky 13. We had a pretty fun night.