Sometimes the zodiac freaks me out

I don't even buy into the whole astrology thing, but I'm always amazed at how similar I am to the description of an Aquarius. A lot of times with horoscopes and fortunes, they use general statements so that they seem to apply to everyone, but I dunno, this is pretty in depth and right on the money for most things.

AQUARIUS AND RELATIONSHIPS

Your Aquarius lover will be a wonderful and engaging friend. Aquarius can be (when he or she decides to kick up their heels) a wildly exciting, fun, and exhilarating partner when it comes to a special "wild night out on the town" or when doing something of an original, bizarre, and/or unexpected nature. But taking long romantic walks under the moonlight, quietly sipping wine, and holding hands while engrossed in intimate conversation during candlelit dinners? No, I don't think so.

It's best that Aquarius' lover understands upfront that Aquarius, barring other factors in the chart, tends not to be comfortable in close, intimate, and personal one to one settings and/or - for that matter - "relationships." Personal relationships and "intimacy" have a tendency to get "emotionally messy," and Aquarius is extremely awkward when it comes to experiencing anything that even vaguely smells of "emotionally messy." Aquarius enjoys keeping things light and easy. Aquarius may likely view any displays of emotion as being weakness in character. In particular, Aquarius is normally aghast at any public displays of sentimental emotion and/or feeling. Therefore, Aquarius is not generally recommended as someone who you will want to seek out for emotional support and/or to have a good cry on the their shoulder.

Your Aquarius lover is normally not going to be a "touchie," "feelie," "snugglely" partner. Aquarius is associated with the element of air - and, as such, Aquarius may not be completely in touch and comfortable with his or her body. Aquarius may even turn on and turn off his or her sexuality like a light switch.

It's fascinating to me, that each year, we celebrate love and lovers on February the 14th while the Sun is traveling through the Zodiacal Sign of Aquarius. Down through the centuries, Valentine's Day has progressively grown more and more associated with the friendship qualities of Aquarian love. Your Aquarius lover is, in fact, the most comfortable with friendship love. Aquarius tends to generate a friendly, people-oriented mental energy. Unconventional, friendly, unpredictable and innovative are all characteristics of your Aquarius lover. Aquarius thrives on being unique, original, may even be considered a wee bit eccentric.

Aquarius values humanity as a whole and enjoys living in a world of detached intellect and ideals. Aquarius values life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Aquarian energy (at its best) is channeled through creative theoretical constructs which can be used for the purpose of bringing about the greater social good. In plain simple language that means Aquarius shines best when reaching out for their high and lofty ideals. Your Aquarius approaches the world with a sense of cold hard logic and reason - and everything (everyone, including you) is open to his or her analysis.

Shadow: Aquarius can become the prototype of the "mad scientist" who becomes so consumed with and bent on creating something new and original, that he or she refuses to look at the consequences involved. In the pursuit of his/her ideals, Aquarius may remain blind to the Pandora box of deadly plagues that's about to be opened. The further temptation of Aquarius is the tendency to become the archetypal "Iceman" of the Zodiac. Aquarian love can then become icy, cold detachment and total isolation... with the "Iceman" forever escaping into the safety of his/her own high ivory tower of intellect and lofty ideals. The detachment of your Aquarius lover then becomes a safe tower where no one can ever again touch (and hurt) the "Iceman"...

Lions and tigers and flesh eating zombies

Seeing as I am procrastinating in every way possible to avoid doing homework today, updating the blog seems like a good idea. I woke up at the crack of dawn this morning (around 7am) because Brigitte was filming a zombie horror movie and half her crew didn't show up and she needed help. So I met up with my roommate from last year, Nana, and this year's roommate, Michelle, and drove to some undisclosed location in North Hollywood. It was the strangest place! It was basically an abandoned warehouse. A total eyesore. When I went inside, it reminded me of the type of place that would be haunted and the ghost would lure you away from your group and you'd get lost in one of the many rooms full of junk and slowly go insane. Then the house would eat you. I'm sorry to say my major contribution for the morning was a coffee run for the group because everyone was sitting around waiting for people to finish makeup, but luckily I brought my camera and was able to get over my fear of the ghosts long enough to wander around taking pictures. There was a cat that lived there that only had one eye! The other eye was missing and fur had grown over it. I'm an animal lover, but I think it added to the spookiness of the place.

Here are some of my favorite from today:


The outside of the warehouse...we should've run away at the site of it


A smokestack outside the building


A courtyard area outside. I wonder how sturdy those beams are.


There could've been serial killers hiding behind those bins.




I didn't check where this staircase led

golden slumbers

I think I've made my bed too comfortable. Over the summer, I was having a hard time sleeping because, as all college students know, the beds they give you in campus owned apartments aren't the best quality. My back was hurting and the mattress was really stiff and would creak whenever I'd move around and my apartment registered about 105 degrees so sleeping comfortably was pretty much impossible. This year in Troy East, however, I got a little smarter. I just bought this extra fluffy mattress pad to go over the mattress that is about 2 inches thick and filled with feathers. It's the best purchase I've made in college besides that cart that lets me carry groceries and other things. But I was still boiling because the fall weather hasn't kicked in and I'm on the side of the apartment that gets the most sun. I went and got new sheets that are made of that jersey material and are extremely soft. Now I can sleep with a sheet instead of a heavy blanket. My bed is amazing now! I never want to get out of it. I've actually slept through one of my morning classes which I never do because it was just too comfy to get up and go to class. I think it might have magic powers that convince me that I can sleep that extra 1/2 hour because, who needs to shower or do homework? I just took a 2 hour nap. So either my bed is just too good now or I have mono because i want to sleep constantly. I think this is just a precursor though to when i graduate and get an apartment and get a queen or full size. I can live with a cardboard box as my dining room table as long as I have a really nice bed.

graphic design is all i think about

This is semester is going to be one of graphic design 24-7. I can tell after my first week of classes. For Design III, we had to come up with a local site to redesign or remarket. I choose the philosophy courtyard on campus because I've always enjoyed it. The architecture is beautiful with tons of archways, a central fountain, and is one of the spots on campus that resembles a traditional east coast school. So for this project i decided to turn it into a classy, romantic lounge/dining area/club. Think: Blue Bayou, but not in a theme park. I think that the fountain should be either a chocolate fountain or should have champagne or something crazy. This weekend alone I have to come up with 3 comprehensive computer sketches for the look of the brochure that I have to make for it and I havent started any of it. I'm excited about it though. I'm using the idea of hanging lanterns of different colors as a focal point against the night sky. I'll post some pictures here after I finish designing it. Here's what I'm working with.







Typography is going to kill me this semester. On friday, I spent 2 hours looking at letterforms and talking about serifs vs. sans serif and what they are typically used for. The class is filled with fellow type dorks like me so I think I've found my element.

I found out that our semi-formal dance at ADPi is coming up on September 30th. I'm glad I found it out now because it takes me so long to find someone to bring. And even after I know who I want to ask, it'll take me two weeks to actually get around to asking them. I get shy about it. The girls in the house always have a lot of friends and will set me up if I can't find anyone to go, but I don't want to do that. I don't really have anyone in mind so if youre a guy and would like to go, let me know and save me the trouble of finding someone.