Pink trees, two layer gum prints from litho-pinhole negatives 4x10

VanDykeBrown - 3-Tree

Tree 4"x14" Mono-print - Vandyke Brown

Little Man: A visit

Some of you may have seen Little Man over the new year, seeing that he had come to pay Newark a visit.  The nature of him, as you may or may not conceived for my tale recounting or simply from reading the blog, is frolicsome... to say the least.  You see, there I was meandering through traffic on my way to Newark not too long ago when I received a phone call.  Not being one to answer while driving, I usually check anyway.. who knows?  This particular call was from Little Man and at first I hardly thought of it as momentous.  Newark was not far off so I  had planned to return his call once I arrived safely in the confines of my own home.  Instead of waiting, he sent a message instead.. simply put, he was getting on a train that was to arrive in Wilmington the next day.  Quite a surprise, who would of thought Little Man possessed such gumption, which arose into these arrangements.  The next day I arrived in Wilmington at 6:25 p.m. to meet him.  You see, I haven't seen him since August and he being was considerably "more elevated" (and had been the entire train ride.) 

"What's good dude?"

Before the Law - Franz Kafka

I had a quite a few minutes of free time at work today and among the many things I found to occupy my time, reading Kafka was one of them.  There is a very interesting parable called "Before the Law".  This is a very abstract story with minimal amounts of exposition... it is a very short tale.  If you care to read it... here

If you are interested further I have provided a link for a slideshow animated interpretation.

This one looks hand drawn and quite a bit older than some of us... here

Here is to yah.

The late night, what is so sublime?

To catch you up, I have been studying for my plant pathology exam on Wednesday all night. I have finally hit my stopping point at around 3 AM because I had retched stomach pains. These happened hours after the coffee and the decision to stay up later and continue studying. As you may or may not know, my bedroom window faces West Park Pl. I can't help but wonder every time I hear a car drive by or on less frequent occasion, voices, coming from the street. Are they real? Or are they implied by your sleep deprived induced delirium? One can't help to chuckle about the possibility of the street itself, speaking through various human vectors. Something that I have noticed about finals week is, I have become addicted to not sleeping, perhaps in the equivalent nature of a drug. Once those dragging hours hit you and you strive to focus on the screen and motor your way through transcribing notes onto it. The sense of thrill of stepping out of the bounds of rationalistic thinking. Yes, staying awake during the night and sleeping a portion of the day in order to do so, does not seem to benefit...to the rational thinker. Here is what an less rational thinker would say, "Well, sleeping can really be scheduled at any time, there does not need to be some 'only at night' assumption. Sure it can be difficult to do specific things at time but don't forget, you can plan out when you will be conscious during the light hours for things like class, friends, food, etc. Then you sleep after that is all done and the night is all yours. You will find others out there in the shroud of the darkness. It makes my mind feel isolated, unlike thoughts of the daytime. My thoughts seems more tangible than in times of daylight. You do realize that I am writing this blog entry in that state of mind so mind you any technical errors. In a sense loosing some steam here..."

Verdict: Electronic Cigarette = $90 down the hole, well...

Here is a new little product that may in fact "tickle your quicket". I ran into Curran tonight at Brenny's place and learned of this new fandangled "as advertised in a pavilion at the mall" kind of thing. So basically this 'electronic cigarette' is a liquid-nicotine-vaporizer. There is a small heating element that in activated when you inhale and this lets say small particles of vaporized liquid nicotine get pulled into your lungs. That is it...pros, you can "smoke" indoors and over the long run it is said that you can really save money on smokes (if the thing keeps working)...cons, Curran mentioned after a few deep drags, your throat starts to burn (I tried it and this is true) and it costs about $90 off the bat. So, if you are interested in keeping a buzz in doors then cheers to you, this new device could really help you out.

Customer Comments: Curran Raimer
"you can only hit it so many times before it will shut itself of as it is advertised to be nicotine poisoning proof..."
"is good to have if you don't want to go outside for a whole cigarette.."