On Eights

I saw someone else do this on his blog
and thought I'd copy....


Eight Things I am Passionate About:
My Family
My Friends
Riding my bike in Awesome weather with Awesome people
food.
pretty pictures
shoes
graphic design - when I get to be in control, anyway
living life to its fullest

Eight Things I Want to Do Before I Die:
Sell bikes
go skydiving with my mom
work with kids
go on random road trips
wear matching socks...
play the guitar like its my job
own a home
go on vacation with my sisters

Eight Things I say Often:
Love me?
I love you
BOOTS WITH DA FUUUUR
awesome and/or neat
i'm fucking kim topp!
puuhleeeeeeeeease?
dear ____
bt-dub
I'm hungry
(this list could really go on forever....)

Eight Books I've Read Recently:
Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
Thinking with Type
Portfolio Web Design
The Great Gatsby
1000 Type Elements
How to be a Graphic Designer without Losing your Soul
Iowa Energy Center Home Series Booklets ;)
19th Century Art

Eight Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over (and over):
Everything (Alanis Morissette) (okay, most any Alanis song could go on here...over and over)
Have you Ever (Brandi Carlile) (number 2 on my iTunes play count...)
The Ascent of Stan (Ben Folds)
I Will Follow You Into the Dark (Death Cab) (number 1 on my iTunes play count, but added over a year before Have you Ever)
Girl Anachronism (Dresden Dolls)
In Spite of Ourselves (John Prine) also...most any john prine song...
A Better Son/Daughter (Rilo Kiley)
Let it Rain (Tilly and the Wall)

Eight Things That Make Best Friends Best Friends:
Waffles.
A Kick In The Ass When You Need It
knowing your assholishness as well as your charm and being able to tell you when you're doing which but loving you anyway
roadtrips
those moments where you're together and you don't say a word, but its the best conversation you've had in months
waffles.
shared sense of humor
loving each others' uniqueness (even if it is...never wearing matching socks)

On age

this is one of the Neatest YouTube videos I've maybe ever seen :)



And in light of Easter and all....
"Thou Shalt ...."

On Moab!

a REALLY long van ride or two


good thing there was an awesome group to go with



For an AMAZING view


some campfire delight


Our first day of biking,
we did Slickrock (Google it)





This was our view while biking


IT EVEN SNOWED ON US!!! But it was short lived...
but I don't really think that pictures do this much justice, so lets try a YouTube video...


This is what the hills are like:


The next day we biked again,
this time we did the Porcupine Rim (google it...)
I did a few sweet things



and I did crash once or twice


BUT it takes more than a bent wheel to stop me...









Again, a better view...



This one is longer, but I recommend jumping to the middle/end parts,
its pretty freakin sweet


We went hiking the next day...

The girls stuck pretty close together

And we all took a TON of pictures
and climbed on tons of...everything


A few boys were in hiphop club, they danced a lot


while the girls lay around
the boys ran over us....

We laid around...a lot...

its SOOO beautiful there
Look, it doesn't even look REAL!



Then we went rockclimbing and bouldering
for the next two days
We did Ice Cream Parlor (again, google it)


I really can't explain how hard it is to climb a wall...
at this angle, with....clearly, nothing really protruding from the wall
Just a crack that your hands can fit in vertically...

This is the crack I'm speaking of...

this part was easier, though....ish.

awesome

And of course we went and saw Arches



This was our campsite!


And this is how you make hobo burgers...errr
not burgers...

uuum balls of meat with some stuff tossed in them


and this is how we made coffee!!!



And these are the people we trusted our lives with:

Carney


Wes


and Bigler


Welp,
Hipe you enjoyed procrastinating from your work via
reading my blog.
It was a GREAT trip
I might even post more later...
its hard to fit One week of awesome into one little post
sooo many stories to tell...

On vacationing........again

wow. Sure seems like I've been traveling a lot lately
....I HAVE!
its pretty awesoooome.

This time though, Moab's not reporting the temps of greatness
like it was last year



in fact...a 50% chance of rain Thursday?
wtf???
SUNSHINE ...its supposed to be all SUNSHINE!

I guess I can't complain too much, it still beats
ames by 20degrees a day or so.



In other news....
I'm in a class where I'm supposed
to learn how to make 3D animation-able stuff
liiike...Like Shrek for example

soooo here's a rough sketch of a point-of-purchase display that I want to do


aaaand here's what I have so far



boo.
I mean, its not BAD.
I can rotate it around, change lighting....cool stuff like that
but...yeesh.
its a lot to take in when its 50degrees and sunny out
and all I want to do is ride my bike.

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inn other other news

its Thursday night and LOST is on



so don't try calling me.

On Graphic Design Critique

These are maybe some of the funniest stickers I've seen in my life.
...its a graphic design, thing.