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[Jul. 11th, 2006|09:46 am] |
i've created a new lj account:
http://jentong.livejournal.com/
i've created a new one for purposes that will be revealed later. i probably won't be updating here anymore so add me if i dont get to you first! |
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[Jun. 16th, 2006|03:26 am] |
i'm 22.
its 3am,so im really 22 (as tabitha pointed out, yea born in the west coast, im 22 NOW)
mara is sleeping soundly next to me. i havent had my bed to myself in a while, sleep-overs are fun.
listening to some old yo la tengo, its pretty perfect. |
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[May. 22nd, 2006|01:59 am] |
I might move in with Jon, Jordan and Chris.
Those boys are moving down the block from their old place and theres a fourth tiny baby room thats vacant. Their common area is supposedly ginormous and part of it is being offered as my workspace since my room would be too tiny. I would love to move in with them, as long as the room can fit my full size bed and nightstand and the wicker trunk, that'll be good enough.
Right now i work at this ice cream shop in the east village part time. The pay is really good for an ice cream shop. Its on Orchard st. between Broome and Delancey so if anyone stops by i can give you ice cream for half off. Its seriously the best ice cream around. We make all the ice cream on location with fresh ingredients and we have these weird flavors like French sour cream and Tarragon spiced peppercorn if youre into that sruff. I work Mondays, Fridays, Sundays, and i think Tuesdays? I made sure i got wednesday and thurs off so that I can keep silkscreening at SVA's printshop.
I can't fucking figure out my website. None of the icons are showing up, at least i got the links to work but its useless if nothing is up. Jon! I forgot to take your present before I left your party. :( I'm retarded at dreamweaver without it.
But once I get my website looking decent with everything working Ill start dropping my portfolio off at places.
I got the cover for the SVA cartooning portfolio book and 1 page of comic in the book itself. The naked girl in the woods with the frog painting made it in the Illustration portfolio book, which is cool cause i really like that one.
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[Mar. 27th, 2006|10:00 pm] |
i thought that maybe once my website is set up that i'd feel more inclined to work on it but that hasnt been the case at all, unfortunately.
www.jentong.com (but don't visit it yet, just the old "coming soon")
i'm really anxious about getting out of school. although im gonna really miss the printshop.
i hung out with Nick broidsman the other night and we had a really really good time. He's so talented...
im gonna stay up painting all night. i cant wait to go to the junior thesis show tomorrow. oh and banana oil saturday. I might go see my roomate play someplace in greenpoint on friday (if i find somebody to go with) |
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| san diego here i come! |
[Feb. 19th, 2006|08:48 pm] |
mmmCheesyCake: hey ALEX!
mmmCheesyCake: hey hey! hey
Dthois: uh oh
Dthois: I'm in troule
Dthois: troube
Dthois: =)
mmmCheesyCake: do you go to san diego con every year?
mmmCheesyCake: i have to go this year
Dthois: not every year...
Dthois: haven't been since 97
mmmCheesyCake: do u wanna go this year?
Dthois: when is it?
mmmCheesyCake: its very important to me
mmmCheesyCake: july 20-23
Dthois: sure
Dthois: I'd love to go with you
Dthois: I have fam down there
mmmCheesyCake: really? you'll go?
mmmCheesyCake: i dont know anyone there
Dthois: Ya I'd love to go
mmmCheesyCake: itll also be my first time in san diego ever
Dthois: really???
Dthois: you've never been?
Dthois: cool
Dthois: I should be driving by then
mmmCheesyCake: so its a deal we're gona go!
mmmCheesyCake: :-D:-D
Dthois: ya
Dthois: blood pact...
Dthois: hehe I will definately go
mmmCheesyCake: yessss!
Dthois: lol
San Diego in July. its going to be fantastic.
(JON! you should go too. come with.) |
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[Feb. 5th, 2006|10:03 pm] |
i really love all my classes this semester. i caught a mild cold this weekend but its about gone now. i'm freaking out about the last semester of school. seems like everyones been getting sick and freaking out as well.
the new place is awesome and the new roomates are awesome. I live so much closer to the city now (Lorimer on the L) One of the roomates, Patrick, left to go to LA for a week, just for the hell of it, and just now i unexpectedly met the temporary roomate, his friend Josh. Seems like all of Patrick's friends are these good-looking musicians, ahh...
Matt wants me to do a painted cover for the next inkstains since now they get to print color covers. I think i'll have time...i should have time.
i need to make a website. i need to start making deadlines for myself for these things. I'm gonna try to get jentong.com. that sounds ok, right? |
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[Dec. 27th, 2005|02:53 am] |
The other night while Tabitha and I were waiting for Shawn and Evan the show up we were sitting in front of the hundred foot tree in the middle of union square and we talked about how christmas feels less and less like christmas every year. warm feeling kind of dissipated over the years. My dad stopped putting up the tree years ago and just last night my family went out to a buffet, no more holiday home cooking.
It was still good. We went to an asian seafood buffet on Market st. and pigged out. I had 5 oyster shots, 3 huge mussels, a plate full of shrimp cocktail 10 pieces of king crab legs, 2 full plates of sushi and 2 plates of misc chinese food/dessert. it was goood and at the same time i felt a little gross after i realized i didnt have any salad or fruit during/after the seafood binge. oii.
Today i wandered through Haight st. and found this tobaco shop that sells Marboro cigerettes for $2.99! Anyone need cigs for cheap? i know i'm stocking up..
I went to the Giant Robot store and picked up this book
its really good.
I roamed around Haight and Japantown for a bit before I met up with Tabitha for coffee, then we both met up with Alex and his girlfriend at the German soup kitchen on Hayes st. Alex and I each ordered a whole liter of beer that came in a giant glass mug bigger than my head! and the food was amazing (the meatloaf, the pork and veg raviolli w/ mushroom sauce, the peach&apple cobbler...omg)
if nobody recognizes me later its because ill have gained a hundred pounds from vacation. |
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| amazing vacation |
[Dec. 25th, 2005|01:03 am] |
first day i got back i recieved my new laptop! i had my brother prepare it before i got back and now theres all this korean drama shows on my desktop, which ive been rotting my brain with recently. for a day and a half, kdrama, videogame(shadow hearts2), and 3 seasons of friends.
until yesterday i finally got to go to work, worked 9 hour and made tons of monee. Then Vida picked me up after work and we had cheap wonderful sushi dinner. Then i went to this reggae dance party with Mara and Ruby which turned out okay, it wouldve been good if we danced.
Today, xmas eve, i hung out at chinatown with Angie and Hilda. We waited in this huge line in front of the Golden Gate pastry shop, they are known for their egg custard tarts... i never knew util i tried one. they really are amazing. Late afternoon Angie and I went to Japantown and did our usual thing. pigged out on supermarket food and plum wine in the food court. She gave me a fondu set for xmas gift!! so i can now throw fondu parties with everyone and the new roomies. thanks angie!
Tonight after the excursion in jtown i met up with Tabitha and her coworker Shawn who was with his boyfriend Evan. We went to a bunch of bars around union square, ended the night at this one place called Chelsea Place, a bar owned by these Korean girls. It was a fabulous time.
im gonna tr to sober up now |
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| i'm at jon's |
[Nov. 13th, 2005|10:51 pm] |
the party on friday was really good. got really drunk and all these embarrasing things happened, nothing short from a good party.
The next day Panayiotis and I went to the Met but decided it was too crowded so we went to the Natural History Museam instead and drew all these animals. Panayiotis was telling me about how he had been doing these little mini comics when he was little and how he made copies and sold them to kids at school. He got into trouble when this one Catholic girl bought his comic, took it home, and the girl's dad got really offended because there were drawings of these animals with horns on the back of the minicomic. And the teachers told him that he can't sell anything anymore and that he should draw anything either. I told him about how my brother and I used to have this huge collection of action figures and from age 6 to about 11 we'd create scenes and make up stories and thats how I started drawing comics. We had ten different batmans living in one mansion which was under our dining table. Two of the batman brothers were gay and all the other batmans had girlfriends, like the pink ranger or Storm or one of the transformers. And none of them were named Bruce, they had a bunch of other generic names like Steve or Kevin. Panayiotis said I should make a comic about this for Panter's class. hmm
Jon's apartment is really nice. I need to go get dinner, and leave Jon's place so he can sleep. |
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| regarding the roomates |
[Oct. 26th, 2005|03:19 pm] |
Theres been a lot of tension and frustration in the house.
Sen=old
Deo=uptight
Me=slob
Two years of living in the GW dorm by myself has made me ill-prepared. Its difficult when you and the roomates have extremely different standards in terms of cleanliness. Crumbs on the rug is an absolute nightmare to Deo, but I know now that I shouldnt ever slack off on keeping the common space clean if i wantto maintain respect from my roomates. its a lot of things, but I'm gonna stop here.
I have paintings from three years ago showcasing at the Alpha Bar. The opening is tonight so for you san franciscans *cough ANGIE. (drink lots of beer, for meee)
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[Oct. 11th, 2005|06:20 pm] |
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I was sick for the past 5 days. i feel loads better now but this is how i stayed sick.
Wednesday- at the studio. all the windows were open and the AC on and i felt the tingling in the throat. arrrg.
Thursday- felt woozy, attended all 9 hours of class. Went to Peter Heinmann's gallery opening with Asa, Kar+Michael and Panayiotis. splitted a whole bottle of wine w/ Panayiotis at the studio, (oh well)
Friday- very sick but must go on! Went over to Asa's. She modeled for me and fed me whiskey (i couldnt refuse)
Saturday- sniffly and coughing up shit. Didn't feel like doing comics so I painted all day at the studio. Went over to Asa's again, this time both Chad and Asa modeled for me together and I drank more whiskey. Lots of whiskey, errg. took Asa to the studio and hung out with Panayoitis fo rthe night.
Sunday- Still very sick. Started inking 1st page of comic and then spilled ink ALL OVER IT FUCK FUCK FUCK. (i obviously did not pay attention to Panter's 2nd day of class, shouldve made a little cardboard thing) stayed at the studio until 7AM doing comics....felt like crap, took a nap, went to Panters.
Other than being sick, the weekend was good. |
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[Oct. 5th, 2005|04:54 pm] |
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ive been spending all my time at the illustration studio. in moments i will finally have the key in my hand and i'll continue to be there everyday, working and hanging out with all the others who frequent there.(my roomates, Jason and Panayiotis.) Panayiotis drinks a lot of tea, all the time. avid tea-drinker. he brought in another mug last night and told me now i can drink tea too. maybe this way i'll drink a lot less coffee, we'll see.
I just watched the final fantasy 7 movie at Jason's and it was amazingg! dude. everyone go see it now. especially if youve played the video game 12 years ago, and everyone has. so go see it now.
i;ll be at the studio. |
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[Sep. 19th, 2005|06:42 pm] |
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I didn't sleep last night. its only the second week of school ang I'm already pulling all-nighters.
I wonder when me and the roomates are ever gonna get a couch. so that our guests have a comfy place to sit on besides the kitchen stools/floor, playing halo.
Jason was very entertained watching me play halo. I keep making a bunch of fluke killings. and I mostly kept killing Sen. He just keeps getting in the way whenever I go on a grenade-throwing spree.
I wish i saw banana oil last friday. And nick's karaoke thing. I ran into Gina later that same night by Lyric diner and she wondered why i didnt go. I was actually really drunk and i dont remember what I told her. but i heard i missed a good show.
Last night i went to visit Asa in brooklyn. We watched 3 movies and she gave me a haircut. She lives in a loft with these two guys who are artists and aparently the whole building is full of artists. Asa said its a very inspiring environment. if only i could say the same about the cartooning studios/cubicles. i'm going to steal Sen's studio... |
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[Sep. 10th, 2005|04:28 pm] |
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i love vegetarian cooking. love love it. and my roomates say they love my cooking or at least thats what they tell me. here's what i've cooked so far for me and everyone:
pasta for 5:
1 jar marinara sauce, 1 box pasta, tomato, mushrooms, spanish onion, lots of spices, grated parmesan cheese.
cook pasta in rice cooker until aldante. stir fry chopped onion and mushrooms in olive oil. boil sauce in seperate pan and add stir fried ingredients. add chopped tomato, throw in 10 different spices (basil, oregano, sage, marjoram, rosemary, parsley, garlic powder, salt, pepper, dash of sugar, etc etc.) parmesan cheese-self serve.
i wish i had bay leaf and real garlic, that wouldve enhanced it a bit.
today i made japanese udon for everyone.
udon for 5:
packaged udon noodles, soybean paste, sesame oil, sesame seeds, scallions, brocolli, japanese mayonaise
stirfry brocolli until ready and swivel japanese mayonaise on top. this is the veggy appetizer on the side.
boil udon in large wok. add soybean paste to make miso soup. add scallions, sesame oil and seeds. serve soup for everyone in japanese bowls. wok of udon goes in center of dining table. noodles- self serve.
me and the roomates dished out money for t-bone steaks tonight and they want me to cook it. i've always watched my mom and dad cook steak but this is the first time i'll be experimenting it for myself. hopefully itll turn out good.
tomorrow i'm gonna cook veg omelettes for my roomates.
i'm going to keep cooking nonstop until school work piles up, and its going to pile up fast, im afraid. if anyone has any recipes to share, please! dont hesitate. thinking of t-bone steak is making my mouth water real good right now. oiii |
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| my first apartment!!!! |
[Sep. 5th, 2005|09:36 pm] |
im finally moved in!!!! Deo, San and I are doing a ton of unpacking and tidying up. The last people that lived here left all these dishes, glass cups, tea kettle, freeeee things. There was a street fair that went on, I always love walking through those things. Visit me in Astoria!! Teddy is looking for a place in Astoria with Elbert now.
Speaking of Teddy,i went to his party on Saturday and it was reaally good. Alden thought it would be funny to take a million embarassing pictures of me dancing really drunk.
dance of the expressive robot
sometimes i like girls
sometimes i like girls too much
i still need to unpack and get sheets for my bed. ive decided to drop fantasy illustration and life painting workshop and instead take watercolor/pastel workshop and fine art of illustration this Fall. lately i've been taking a lot of siestas in the park. the lawn in Union Square is really nice, and Thomkins Square park as well. still somewhat in Barcelona mode, i guess. |
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[Aug. 30th, 2005|12:51 pm] |
here are the classes i have for the year:
2 senior series: contemp. figuration/ experiments in narrative
cartooning portfolio w/ panter
life painting workshop
fantasy illustration
latin lit.
i have second thoughts on the fantasy illustration class, but i can't find anything in the book i like that fits my schedule. i heard a lot of good things about the children's book illustration class but im not personally interested in childrens book illustration.
spring semester:
2 s.s.: underground/ not for the squemish
(i REALLY want navig. the big bad world if theres space, willing to trade off "not for the squemish")
portfolio w/ panter
guache
storyboard for movie
printmaking/silkscreening
adv. drawing
i wanna learn how to do guache but i might trade that off for "fine art of illustration" with J Chung. ive heard good things about him.
i've been drinking a lot, and pretty heavily. i'll tell myself to slow down but classes start in less than a week and i feel like i can't stop. once school starts i'll have plenty of time for kidney recovery but for now all i want to do is get crazy drunk and dance silly with everyone. |
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| barcelona grafitti |
[Aug. 22nd, 2005|12:34 am] |
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ms. van does the mouse ladies
freaklub does those afro dudes
pez does smiling sharks
xupet negre
freaklub
in barcelona i also obtained tickets to see a live musical performance to the film Naqoyqatsi. it was really incredible. the movie is directed by Godfrey Reggio and he did Baraka which i think most people are more familiar with that film. anyway, we saw the film with a huge live orchestra in front of it, playing the soundtrack, and it was amazing.
i didnt do very much this weekend except see a bunch of movies and walk around the village, which was nice.
oh, after two weeks of apartment hunting deo, san and i finally signed a lease. we're gonna live in astoria for mad cheap. i'm probably not gonna try to throw a party since everyone i know lives all the way in brooklyn but i think deo and san wants some housewarming thing. we do have roof access though. hmm
i should tidy nick's room a little bit before he gets back. |
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| im alive |
[Aug. 9th, 2005|10:42 pm] |
| [ | mood |
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| [ | music |
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i have 500 pictures of barcelona and i've been reluctant to post them because its much too many. here are some of them:
deo is burning his arm for this picture, this is in the gothic quarters.
eeeeeeeveryone drives these things!
deo is a natural
in girona, after the dali museum in figeures. we sketch for an hour before crossing the roman walls.
if you go clubbing in barcelona, don't expect to get out of the clubs until youre really drunk at 7 in the morning. YES you leave when the sun rises. and you can't taste the alcahol in the drinks but thats how they get you. they're really strong.
the beaches in barcelona were somewhat dissapointing. but the ones outside of barcelona are like a dream.
tossa del mar
deo and i ate gelato every day. gelato places are littered on every block and its cheap. a single scoop cone is usually only a little over 1 euro unless youre on a touristy street.
 you can never resist the pretty display of gelato!
i return to the states nicely tanned all over except my butt. now i'm even more homesick than ever. barcelona made me think of san francisco a lot and theres no place i'd rather be than in california right now... but, i'm finally starting my job next week so hopefully i won't think about it so much anymore.
oh after barcelona deo and i visited paris for a good week. if any one of you visit paris, i recommend staying at the peace&love hostal. it was insane. the reception desk and lobby is this really cool bar and you have kitchen access which deo and i took full advantage of. we were fortunate enough to stay in the same room for 5 nights in a row and never before in my life have i seen so many hot english/aussies circulate through our room in their tight boxer briefs, if youre into that stuff. i've never met so many lesbians within a 2 day span up until now.
deo and i smoked really good hash in barcelona and in paris. the second night in paris i drank myself silly and i got so stupid high i scraped my right butt cheek and left ankle across the street right by the canal. its really dirty there and i learned never to climb anything if i ever am that drunk and high all at once. i didnt realize i was wounded until i was sober the next morning and two days after it got really swollen and infected. i didnt go to the hospital until another two days later and i got perscribed antibiotics. i have french antibiotics and painkillers if anyone wants any. the antibiotics are pouches of powder that you mix with water to drink, they're pepto bismal delicious. i didnt take any of the painkillers.
after the eurotrip i spent four days in jersey before moving into nick's room august 1st. i went hiking with deo and pete and i left the park with 30 stupid mequito bites all over my left arm and ankles. ughhh. other than that it was fun.
last night i had a couple of people over for cocktails. one thing i learned from barcelona is how to hide the alcahol really well so i made mojitos for kerri and teddy and they found it surprisingly strong. muahahaaa! it was reeally good.
deo, san and i have been spending all our time apartment hunting. we had a broker take us to visit 3 different apartments in the city today and it was a little depressing. the first place we looked at was affordable and in the village but it was a basement apartment. its a decent place if you're a midget and enjoy the seasonal winter flooding. the second place was in union square and a little over our budget. the rooms were really nice except it didn't have a living room or any common area. there was the smallest kitchen you can ever imagine which connected the three rooms. the third place was all the way uptown and it actually got rented out right when we arrived. after a long talk we are now considering brooklyn. there jon, are you happy??! park fricken slope! but hopefully we'll end up in williamsburg somewhere.
i drink too much soda for my own good. |
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[Jul. 29th, 2005|04:52 pm] |
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| | ella fitzgerald | ] |
im back in the city, finally. barcelona has been life-changing and unforgettable. i'll definitely wanna go back, but not for a while though. the whole experience makes me wanna travel even more and visit other places andn see other countries. but ill see barcelona again, some day.
so, i dont have a phone. my old phone wont turn on. i'm gonna get a new plan and a new phone soon, but for now, i'm pretty out of touch with everyone.
i'll be living in the city in august. i'm moving in to nick's place. sorry angie, i wont be returning to california until winter =(
i need a job! does anyone know where i can get one? (or several) i'm gonna check out the teahouse in the city to see if theey're hiring. maybe check the school and see if i can start work study early. ineedmoneygimmemoney!!!!!!! |
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[Jul. 23rd, 2005|04:34 pm] |
ok.
...ok....
i hate myself right now. spain has not taught me to be more organized and my passport slipped away somewhere in the airport just after deo and i rushed to try to make a flight that we had inevitably missed. its a long story.
will the states let me in without my passport? why the fuck dont i know this???
i assumed not. and i think i need it for the layover at switzerland. im embarassed to tell my parents. i feel really bad that deo is staying behind with me. so we´re stuck here, and the US consulate isnt open until monday.
and we´re waitlisted to leave on tuesday.
the whole trip before today was amazing. since im here for a few more days, might as well make the most of it. |
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