by Matt | Oct 30, 2001 | Imported Entry
Well, it’s the 30th, which means two things. First, and most importantly, it’s Chris’ Birthday!!! Happy Birthday bro. How does it feel to be one year closer to death? Just kiddin.
Secondly, Global Underground released its 21st CD set, Deep Dish: Moscow. Both Chris and I have been waiting for this one. He’s already ordered it and I guess I’ll pick it up at Newbury Comics when I get home for break. Or… maybe I’ll splurge and got to FYI or Best Buy this afternoon. Who knows.
Anyway, gotta finish a project before class. Later.
by Matt | Oct 29, 2001 | Imported Entry
I believe that from this point forward I’m going to make a somewhat vain attempt to be slightly more prolific in my writing. I guess I’d like to develop a style so that eventually, when time finds me, I may attempt “the great American novel”. I’ve always wanted to give it a try, and who knows, maybe this journal is simply a first step. Or, more likely, increasing my writing skills will serve only to mask my complete inability to spell worth a damn. Enough about that.
Today started normally with the alarm clock playing Harlem jazz to wake me up which is always a good way to start off a day. After the typical morning routine of showering, dressing and eating, I walked out of my door into the most wonderful of temperatures. A cool, clean, 60 degrees. Sunny and breezy. The kind of day that makes you wish you had nothing better to do so that you could spend it driving around with your windows down and the breeze coming in. The drive downtown was it’s usually rush of early morning commuters, all scurrying to work, all probably ten minutes late anyway, with they’re cell phones attached neatly to their heads as if they belonged there. And in the middle of it all was me, in my comfy jeans, sweatshirt and baseball hat, jockeying for position before the turning lanes down Abercorn St.
The trip was quick and I was soon parked at the dorms downtown, more than likely taking a spot from a freshmen who actually lived there. I never really feel bad since I’ve paid for my parking sticker and I’m more than allowed to park there. I’m sure it gets on the residents nerves as it got on mine two years ago.
I walked over to the darkrooms, nice and warm in my thin layers, watching native southerners run for cover when the wind decided to blow in their direction. Funny how it’s only 60 degrees and from the way they’re dressed, you’d think that snow was about to fall.
I got to the darkroom early, so early in fact that my professor was just walking in. My timing was fortuitous since he was unpacking a large shipment of Polaroid film and decided he had to many and offered me some. I gladly accepted, it being one less thing I’ll need to buy in the coming weeks.
After that class started, and sure enough, the R-3 machine decided it didn’t want to play today and broke soon after. R-3 is the process of printing from slide film for those of you who didn’t know. Luckily I had shot the same series on negative film so I was able to use those in the other machine.
Noon quickly rolled around, and I started packing up my things to go upstairs for Digital class. The class room was strangly vacant when I got there. Odd since I was about 5 minutes late. But there were other people from my class so I didn’t think to much of it. After a few minutes, the lab monitor walks in, looks at us and asks if we remembered that class was canceled today. Of course I hadn’t and felt stupid as a result. So back downstairs I went, to my locker, got my things and started the process of heading back home.
I almost made it too. You see, on the corner to Montgomery and Oglethorpe there’s a nice little Chinese restaurant that I’ve been wanting to have lunch at for two months. I finally broke down and did it since you really can’t beat $4.95 for lunch buffet and I was hungry. I ended up giving Nagle a call and seeing if he was busy for lunch. Luckily he wasn’t and was able to join me. I hadn’t hung out with Nagle in a while, he had been busy with a film project and I’m always in the darkroom or off doing something else, so it was nice to be able to have lunch.
After that I took the trip home, stopping at Wal-Mart along the way for a few essentials for finishing a 3D project tonight. And here I am. Doing laundry and trying to find interesting ways of saying that my day was pretty boring. Oh well. I did get some printing accomplished, so that’s a plus. If you’re lucky, I’ll post a few more scans of my color work tonight. We’ll see.
by Matt | Oct 28, 2001 | Imported Entry
Hey guys. I’m all done in the darkroom. I scanned in 3 of the 4 prints I made, the forth one I’m still working on, or at least I’m going to print some more tomorrow, so I’ll show you when I’m done. But, for now, feast your eyes on these three. The assignment was “artificial light” and I think it worked out well. Lemme know what you think, I’m always interested in peoples opinions. As always, click the thumbnail to see the larger images. Take a look:
Whatcha think?
by Matt | Oct 28, 2001 | Imported Entry
Hey kids. Did everyone enjoy that extra sleep? I know I did. Anyway, today I’ve got a lot of darkroom stuff ahead of me, then some digital work when I get home. Shouldn’t be too bad though. I’ll let you guys take a peak at the prints when I finish this afternoon.
In other randomness, I got an email from Brent back at EB in NH. That was pretty cool. I was wondering how those guys were doing. He asked if I was going to come back and work over break. I’d like to, money is always good, but it’s kind of up to them. I really couldn’t work around the time of my birthday, which, consequently, is the week before x-mas. It’s a little crappy to take off work the week before x-mas when you’re working retail. If all goes well, Lauren will be coming up that week, or maybe the week after x-mas, we’re not sure, but either way, I would obviously like to spend that time with her rather than working. So, if EB would like me back, I’m more than willing to work and make a few bucks, but I just couldn’t work when my girlfriend is here. I know they understand, so, if they’d like me back, Brent, lemme know.
Ok, off to the darkroom. There’s work to be done. Later.
by Matt | Oct 28, 2001 | Imported Entry
Well, Lauren and I just got back from seeing K-PAX with Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. It was actually better than I expected and much deeper. I won’t get in to much since it would ruin it for you, but there are several cinema aspects that the director decided to use through out the film. First, and most obviously, is Kevin Spacey’s acting and ability to deliver dead-pan/dry-whit humor with a strait face. His sarcasm is refreshing and well received. Secondly, the movie focuses on light as a part of one of the subjects and as such, in nearly every scene, light is manipulated, reflected or cast in some way to make it more “special” and apparent. You’ll see what I mean if you go see it. Also, the cinematography was awesome as well as the “pacing” and the subconscious “return to the beginning” at the end. Lastly, the movie had a deeper social commentary undertone that was done very well. Spacey, as playing an alien, is able to comment on humans and human behavior in ways that we couldn’t. It too, it very well done. My only negative comments would be directed towards the ending, and I won’t discuss specifics since I’d ruin it, but for a split second you think that one things has happened and you’re satisfied with it, then, a small dose of reality kicks back in and it doesn’t quite match. You’ll see what I mean. Anyway, it was highly enjoyable and well worth seeing if you have the time.
Elsewhere, I went to the darkroom before the movie tonight and was able to get a fair amount of work done. Enough so that tomorrow I won’t have to work over time and be there all day. I’ll let you guys have a peak at the prints tomorrow, they’re really coming out well.
Lastly, remember to set those clocks back. Then again, if you’re on a computer (and you obviously are) it probably already did it for you. Oh well. G’night.
by Matt | Oct 27, 2001 | Imported Entry
I’ve had quite an interesting night/morning. Lauren and I wondered about Savannah last night and took some pictures then came back and took a few more indoors. Hopefully they’ll come out well, Lauren just dropped them off at the photo store for me. I was shooting long exposures and forgot to compensate for resiprocity failure so hopefully they won’t be too bad.
I also got an offer to buy my domain. This would be the third offer I’ve had since the summer. While I appreciate them, I don’t plan on selling my domain. Sorry. It’s a personal thing.
I also got an email from my brother, which is odd, he usually never emails me. But on this occasion he let me know that he more than likely lost my Crystal Method CD, has a new girlfriend and that she has a “sweet ass house”. Here, lemme show you:
I have a new biznatch. Her name is Julia. She’s wicked hot. She’s a freshman ( i know I know) when Aunt Holly heard that she was a freshman she asked me if I was robbing the cradle. So that was really cool. Oh yeah, and she has this sweet ass house on Beacon St. in Boston. Six floors, with a totally sweet “media room” that has this huge screen that comes out of the ceiling, and a huge projector, it’s sweet.
My brother is odd.
Hey, for both you techno AND punk fans… I think Axis double booked on the 24th of November. The 24th is Avalons Sasha and Digweed show (doors at 8) but if you look on the Axis page, theres a listing for Bouching Souls, Flogging Molly and One Man Army on the 24th at 6. I dunno, but I doubt they could have Axis cleaned up in time for Digweed at 8 if that show doesn’t start until 6. Odd.
Anyway. The film will be ready around 4, so I think I’ll head to the darkroom after that, then get together with Lauren and possibly see “Kpax”, that new Kevin Spacy movie. Ok, shower time. Later.
Current Music: Deep Dish – Renaissance Ibiza CD2
Current Mood: good and productive 
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