Siobhan and I made carrot cake cupcakes from the box today. I felt really sorry for myself because I have to pay so much money to the city of Yonkers for speeding four months ago.
We remembered this guy in our art class from Marymount Manhattan College. The class simply existed to fill an arts general education requirement, focusing on basic painting and drawing aspects, culminating in a final self-portrait project. A balding, hip, nearly-middled aged man named Craig taught us about chiaroscuro and had us recreate “Old Masters” works, wherein Siobhan inadvertently created a pop-art looking piece emulating cherubs in clouds. One day when looking through a book belonging to Craig I discovered a photo of him receiving some herbal, incense, spiritual cleansing, and something provoked me to take it, to show Siobhan, to keep it forever. Siobhan has it somewhere now.
Our self portrait project turned out to be an interesting experiment, especially since our class was random and felt someone depersonalized. This Japanese student who spoke little to no English whatsoever managed to get by through out the semester speaking very little. He arrived that evening with an oil painting from the perspective of a tiny astronaut on Mars, looking out into the distance, gazing towards Earth. Lots of stars dotted the sky. Earth was tiny and distant; the astronaut was alone.
Our first reaction was that perhaps our classmate truly saw himself as this tiny astronaut, giving new meaning to a self portrait.
It turned out that he simply misunderstood the assignment (he did not see himself as a tiny, lonely, astronaut), but we never really figured out what he actually thought he had to prepare for class that day.
The Junta de Buen Gobierno in Morelia demanded the immediate release of eight political prisoners held in El Amate prison on charges invented by authorities. The prisoners, from San Sebastian Bachajon, include seven adherents to the Otra Campaña and one member of the Zapatista movement. Meanwhile, the state government is stepping up its media campaign against the detainees, particularly on the government-controlled television channel 10. Reporters referred to a "dangerous" band of "assailants" who were formally charged on Friday by state authorities. While these cases have gained national and international notoriety, they are not unique.
The Junta de Buen Gobierno claims state-sponsored paramilitaries aligned with the PRI and local security forces are waging a virtual war against Zapatista communities and supporters. The struggle is centered in the Agua Azul region where PRI-affiliated businesses and paramilitaries are trying to establish "eco-tourism" facilities, often at the expense of traditional landowners. The state is planning construction of a major highway through the area, something that is opposed by Zapatistas and the Otra Campaña in large part because it would displace hundreds of families."--MSN
also, i got a twitter (because the internet is never enough)
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