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Oh, those Russians...
Jan. 7th, 2009 11:45 pmI. Something fishy is going on with LiveJournal. Ever since the Russians got a hold of it, strange things have been happening. (It’s not that I don’t like Russians, I just don’t trust their government.) A few days ago, my default icon was mysteriously replaced with an image of a Rubik’s cube. This is the second time it’s happened in less than six months. Now there’s talk about the site going under, which would be such a shame. I don’t know of any other blogging site out there that has a real sense of community. Most of why I use this site is for the communities, friends page, and all of the customization options. All I know is that LJ laid off a bunch of their employees and there have been several glitches reported recently. I’m backing everything up just to be safe.
II. I’m getting more tattoo work done on Friday, and for the first time, I’m not looking forward to it all that much. Part of it is because most of the next session will be on the back of my ribs and kidneys, but there are things about the shop that have changed a lot in the past two years.
( Cut for tangent on shop drama and the sexism and sexuality of tattoos )
I’m not so sure I even want to try to get an apprenticeship there after I graduate. Hell, if the economy doesn’t come out of the recession, I probably won’t be apprenticing anywhere because the body modification industry is suffering. If I can’t get a job because my concentration was in painting and drawing, I’ll get an associate’s degree in graphic design because that is something that comes naturally and I enjoy doing. I was going to major in it in the first place, but UWM’s program is ridiculous and has ten more credits of required useless classes than the rest of the visual art concentration areas. As I’ve mentioned before, their printing lab is a living hell every time I’m there (mainly because it’s run by hipsters), so I need to avoid it as often as I can. I just want it to be known that I’m not giving up or lowering my expectations of myself like so many of my peers have been doing. I definitely have a bit of a change of heart about the body modification industry after delving further into it and would be just as happy doing other art-related things. I would also probably be better off getting into tattooing after I’m financially independent, if I even decide to. Just look at Guy Aitchison – he’s one of the best of the best in the industry, and he started out as an illustrator, which helped set his designs apart from other tattooists.
III. On Sunday, my mom and I went to the Starving Artists show they always have advertised on TV, looking for a new picture to hang in our living room. There wasn’t a lot to pick from. The whole show seemed like there were five or six different artists that painted the same scenes from around here, France, and Tuscany. There were also some Harlem Renaissance-influenced and abstract postmodern pieces, but they wouldn’t have matched the style of the room. When my dad was living here, he insisted on spending well over $200 on this ugly piece of scheisse print, and my mom ended up spending just a little over $100 for this framed, hand-painted canvas: 01 | 02 | 03
Although it’s not completely my taste, I deemed it the best at the show, and I’d definitely say it’s an improvement.
II. I’m getting more tattoo work done on Friday, and for the first time, I’m not looking forward to it all that much. Part of it is because most of the next session will be on the back of my ribs and kidneys, but there are things about the shop that have changed a lot in the past two years.
( Cut for tangent on shop drama and the sexism and sexuality of tattoos )
I’m not so sure I even want to try to get an apprenticeship there after I graduate. Hell, if the economy doesn’t come out of the recession, I probably won’t be apprenticing anywhere because the body modification industry is suffering. If I can’t get a job because my concentration was in painting and drawing, I’ll get an associate’s degree in graphic design because that is something that comes naturally and I enjoy doing. I was going to major in it in the first place, but UWM’s program is ridiculous and has ten more credits of required useless classes than the rest of the visual art concentration areas. As I’ve mentioned before, their printing lab is a living hell every time I’m there (mainly because it’s run by hipsters), so I need to avoid it as often as I can. I just want it to be known that I’m not giving up or lowering my expectations of myself like so many of my peers have been doing. I definitely have a bit of a change of heart about the body modification industry after delving further into it and would be just as happy doing other art-related things. I would also probably be better off getting into tattooing after I’m financially independent, if I even decide to. Just look at Guy Aitchison – he’s one of the best of the best in the industry, and he started out as an illustrator, which helped set his designs apart from other tattooists.
III. On Sunday, my mom and I went to the Starving Artists show they always have advertised on TV, looking for a new picture to hang in our living room. There wasn’t a lot to pick from. The whole show seemed like there were five or six different artists that painted the same scenes from around here, France, and Tuscany. There were also some Harlem Renaissance-influenced and abstract postmodern pieces, but they wouldn’t have matched the style of the room. When my dad was living here, he insisted on spending well over $200 on this ugly piece of scheisse print, and my mom ended up spending just a little over $100 for this framed, hand-painted canvas: 01 | 02 | 03
Although it’s not completely my taste, I deemed it the best at the show, and I’d definitely say it’s an improvement.
