late lunch, good company
6.28.2009
6.27.2009
i made...
two grown men AND myself cry today.
for some reason when i talk to these particular two, i always end up asking hypothetical questions like, "what would you do if you weren't an architect?" or "if you were to live anywhere in the world, where would it be?" so today while having lunch/dinner, i started asking what they would do if they were told they were to live for only 1 hour; 1 day; 1 week; 1 month. then for the kicker, i asked them what they would do if they only had 5 minutes to live but they couldn't tell anyone they were going to die. at first, you can see their brain working as they ponder the question. i was doing the same. then all of a sudden, we started laughing at how sad the question was. then the tears came next. crying and laughing at the same time, we must've looked ridiculous at the restaurant. it was never my intention to get anyone to cry. it just happened as we thought more about the "5 minute" question.
it is a sad question, the type no one wants to think about because of its morbidity. however, i do find myself thinking about death once in a while. sometimes i find myself thinking that i'm ok with dying at this moment. a few times i say to myself that i have way too many things to learn and do that i fear dying mostly because i won't be remembered as i wanted to be remembered.
then there's the whole discussion of the afterlife. i believe we have one, but what do we do? do we keep doing the same thing, essentially be the same person? do we meet new people? do we foster relationships with other afterlifers? do we feel pain and sadness and heartbreak in order to feel happiness and love (just like in "normal" life)? i might never know the answers and no one might be able to tell me the right one until i get there.
for now, i go on with this life.
for some reason when i talk to these particular two, i always end up asking hypothetical questions like, "what would you do if you weren't an architect?" or "if you were to live anywhere in the world, where would it be?" so today while having lunch/dinner, i started asking what they would do if they were told they were to live for only 1 hour; 1 day; 1 week; 1 month. then for the kicker, i asked them what they would do if they only had 5 minutes to live but they couldn't tell anyone they were going to die. at first, you can see their brain working as they ponder the question. i was doing the same. then all of a sudden, we started laughing at how sad the question was. then the tears came next. crying and laughing at the same time, we must've looked ridiculous at the restaurant. it was never my intention to get anyone to cry. it just happened as we thought more about the "5 minute" question.
it is a sad question, the type no one wants to think about because of its morbidity. however, i do find myself thinking about death once in a while. sometimes i find myself thinking that i'm ok with dying at this moment. a few times i say to myself that i have way too many things to learn and do that i fear dying mostly because i won't be remembered as i wanted to be remembered.
then there's the whole discussion of the afterlife. i believe we have one, but what do we do? do we keep doing the same thing, essentially be the same person? do we meet new people? do we foster relationships with other afterlifers? do we feel pain and sadness and heartbreak in order to feel happiness and love (just like in "normal" life)? i might never know the answers and no one might be able to tell me the right one until i get there.
for now, i go on with this life.
hopped up on sugar
i'm gonna skip the whole michael jackson died and farah fawcett died and rumors about jeff goldblum and harrison ford dying, and go straight to non-celebrity centered happenings.
an outdoor movie screening is a good summer activity. sitting outdoors and watching movies projected on a huge screen while eating sushi being pushed from inside a cardboard tube with a stick. waaaaaaait....what? yes, that's right. sushi...in a cardboard tube. it's called "sushi poppers." someone called david waite invented it. it was definitely weird. don't know if this patent pending novelty will catch on.
also, watching episodes of voltron (aka golion) set to music mixed by dj's was really cool. the first one wasn't so great because: 1) i was confused, and 2) the music didn't change much throughout the episode. the next two were much more "aware" of the events in the episode.
alright...here i go watch all 40+ episodes of voltron just uploaded in hulu.
an outdoor movie screening is a good summer activity. sitting outdoors and watching movies projected on a huge screen while eating sushi being pushed from inside a cardboard tube with a stick. waaaaaaait....what? yes, that's right. sushi...in a cardboard tube. it's called "sushi poppers." someone called david waite invented it. it was definitely weird. don't know if this patent pending novelty will catch on.
also, watching episodes of voltron (aka golion) set to music mixed by dj's was really cool. the first one wasn't so great because: 1) i was confused, and 2) the music didn't change much throughout the episode. the next two were much more "aware" of the events in the episode.
alright...here i go watch all 40+ episodes of voltron just uploaded in hulu.
6.21.2009
musings
as i'm researching erasure strategies for my thesis, i came across jasper john's white flag, robert rauchenberg's erased de kooning, and sol lewitt's incomplete open cubes and his 35 sentences on conceptual art. i haven't read through all 35 yet, but number 9 is really thought-provoking.
we'll see...
The concept and idea are different. The former implies a general direction while the latter is the component. Ideas implement the concept.i always interchange the two words because i've never thought of them as two different things. it seems from what sol lewitt has said ideas come after the concept. the concept is more general, but not vague. (vagueness implies indecisiveness and so i'm left thinking about my thesis (dealing with a re-definition of the architectural palimpsest), do i have an idea or a concept? and which one is more important? i wonder if i start thinking this way, if my whole method for working will change.
we'll see...
6.13.2009
more addictions
flight of the conchords
this show came out in hbo in 2007, but i just started watching it this spring. thank circuit city's going out of business sale. hilarious! bret and jemaine, two new zealanders (yes, that is a country) who're trying to make it as rock stars (and part time rappers) in new york city with the help of their band manager/new zealand consulate office worker murray. and of course what's a band without the required stalker/fanclub president?
so great...go youtube them already.
"korean food"
with so many korean bbq places here in LA, you can't help but crave thin slices of marinated beef and pork every once in a while. food coma is a given after effect, but you just deal with it. also the crispiest and tastiest fried chicken is a two minute drive away. and also did i mention the places that serve tofu soup in stone pots? fantastic. i totally live in the right neighborhood.
"threadless.com"
their t-shirt designs are awesome! i guarantee random people will say, "i love your t-shirt!" when you go out an wear them. i would check out their $5 t-shirt sale.
this show came out in hbo in 2007, but i just started watching it this spring. thank circuit city's going out of business sale. hilarious! bret and jemaine, two new zealanders (yes, that is a country) who're trying to make it as rock stars (and part time rappers) in new york city with the help of their band manager/new zealand consulate office worker murray. and of course what's a band without the required stalker/fanclub president?
so great...go youtube them already.
"korean food"
with so many korean bbq places here in LA, you can't help but crave thin slices of marinated beef and pork every once in a while. food coma is a given after effect, but you just deal with it. also the crispiest and tastiest fried chicken is a two minute drive away. and also did i mention the places that serve tofu soup in stone pots? fantastic. i totally live in the right neighborhood.
"threadless.com"
their t-shirt designs are awesome! i guarantee random people will say, "i love your t-shirt!" when you go out an wear them. i would check out their $5 t-shirt sale.
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