jeffrey + upstairsloft

You have a graphing calculator, a math book open and a few sheets of binder paper. I have a tree worth of paper scattered across the floor, shards of paper lost in the carpet, the same clothes on from two days ago, books strewn across the floor and I gotta leave for class in an hour.

What’s my point? I’m not just a guy who takes a picture, adds text and sells it. We are not Graphic Artists. Graphic Artists and Graphic Design is like Civil Engineering and Sybil Sheppard—two very different things. I don’t do graphics. I spend as much time meddling in Illustrator and Photoshop as I spend rubbing peanut butter are strangers’ feet; that’s not a lot of time. So yes, that word GRAPHIC ARTIST, I am very touchy, very sensitive. I’m analog. I’m a robot. But I’m creative. Problem Statement. Brainstorm. Research. Brainstorm. Concept Development. Edits. Refinements. Edits. Refinements. Final. Final. Then 10 minutes tracing a logo in Illustrator. Yep. No mosaic filters for me. Ask 99dollarlogos.com for that.

Ooh. I’m touchy touchy. How many people know what an InDesign is? That’s where I’m at. My 3 minutes of snobbiness concludes. I apologize. I’m bitter.

I would love sit down in a cafe with Kurt and listen to him ramble about his life, while he wears a green cardigan, smokes his cigartete and I just listen tentativly while he blows smoke in my face. I haven’t listened to thier music since I bought the box set. before that, I haven’t listened to them since I graduated high school. 4.5 years later, it’s still as powerful to me as it ever was. I had to write about it. I really should be working on nothing but homework, but listening to their music struck something poetic in me. Corny, I know.

Cut class, been up since 11am, working on projects, 13 hours strong, half hour nap, here I am… Yes. Why do I mention this? So you can pity me. Complain complain complain. That’s all I do. Truth be told—I love this shit. I’m tired. That’s all. And I only have 5 more hours until I get ready for class. Time flies.

It’s been 12 years since Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged and still, there has not be an official release of the DVD. I doubt it’s in MTV’s hands, given that Courtney is on crack. If ever I were given the power to have video footage recorded onto DVD, this would be it—that or the painting of the Sisteen Chapel. Yeah, it’s pretty up there.

I finally had my three rolls of Lomographs from October developed. They’re posted in the Lomographs section.

Modesty is a trait we should all adopt. Indeciveness sucks. Decisiveness sucks. Indecisive-decisive-indecisive is a sequence I think works well. Genunine talent is also a plus. And why is it now, that I am realizing that Laguna Beach is a dope show? I’ve seen only 1/4 of three episodes and I’m hooked and I’m not even watching it…. O yeah, probably it’s because I am at work, burning 3.7 gbs worth of episodes onto a DVD so I can watch them with quicktime while it plays in the background during sketching sessions. O yes!

Las Vegas isn’t quite the same. I can wait to rent One Tree Hill and just burn it. I mean, I think we are all entitled to a little mindlessness. I guess what I am saying is, mindlessness is quite okay in moderations. Watch 30min of TV at most. Read lots of books. Sketch a lot. Think 24/7. Relate thoughts. Synthesize ideas. All this and your creativity will substantially grow. My new goal in life—to be more creative than you.