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Well a little over a week ago I crashed my bike and ended up getting 14 stitches in my forehead. It has been pretty hectic in California. I lost my keys somewhere when I crashed my bike, so my dad ended up getting me a spare and shipped it out to me.

The past week we flew across the country to spend a week with Petes family in Ocean City Maryland! We had a great time and had lots of crab! It was very nice to get away, and I cant wait to be back in Ohio. Pete's sister ended up taking my stitches out during a game of scrabble. The family and I went out a couple times there was this bar called Secrets, it was huge and outdoors, there were 2 bands and tables out on the beach of the bay. Pete and I played with the kids all week and I got to meet some of his cousins from Minnesota.

Pete and I also started planning our return trip to Ohio. We are planning on going up North towards Seatle then taking 90 to 94 hitting Minnesota.

CALIFORNIA

The Long wait is over! Peter and I drove from Columbus OHIO to Los Angeles, we visited old friends and made new friends on our way. Peter stayed in Santa Monica with me for the first week and then moved to La Mirada with his new roomates! Santa Monica is a pretty hip area with very unique restaurants! Unfortunately I have yet to set up a bank account out here and almost everywhere is Cash Only. So anyway the plan for tomorrow is to work with the photographer that i moved to LA to work for, then to build my own bike... we will see how this works... considering my luck... probably wont work for cheap.. I dont have very much money so coming up with an inexpensive, yet quality bike will be very very difficult... :(

Grade for pea pod

Individual Comments:12=A 11=A- 10=B+ 9=B 8=B- 7=C+ 6=C 5=C- 4=D+ 3=D 2=E
4= exceptional quality 3= very good 2= average 1= below average 0= failure
project #3:


craft/construction: 4
articulation of form: 4
effort: 4
final grade: 12

amazing. amazing. amazing. you should be very proud of what you have accomplished!

Pea pod for 3D Art

This is our final project for my 3D class at OSU. It had to be around 36 inches and made out of wood. It was a site inspired project, where we had to choose an area and design an object to fill in what was missing. I chose the pea pod because my peas have not yet sprouted.

Summer in LA!?!?

Peter and I are planning on living in LA for the summer we have been looking at the map and trying to figure out where we are going to be staying, and other fun things we can and will be doing! we are super excited and also nervous. We are planning on driving there with our friend Kasey coming along for the ride.

a day with Torben and Karen

Pete and I were home for mom's birthday. Torben and Karen were also in on their Holiday to America from Denmark! We had a nice day playing vikingspil, eating deserts and chatting.
Mom waiting her turn to play the viking game
Uncle David throwing the stick

Karen setting up the bricks for the other team to knock down.


Peter having a good time playing the viking game


Karen watching the boys play


Pete making a sculpture with the blocks


Torben helping peter


Torben showing his tricks with the sticks


Grandpa showing Pete his Solar Power Radio

Kentucky

Over this past weekend I went camping with The Ohio State University: Anthropology Club. Around 5.5 hour drive down south we ended up in central Kentucky to see the Natural Land Bridge in Daniel Boone Natural Forest. Little did we know that nearly all of Kentucky is dry (no sale of alcohol, this gave us a mission. We ended up finding a little shack that sold beer and other random beverages. We did tons of fun hiking, drinking, eating, and bug swatting. I still do not have a digital camera so these are some pictures that my roommate Alex took. Over all it was a good trip, made some friends, and enjoyed being away from the house.
Cant wait for the next camping trip!

Josh and I on the hike

Crazy rock

Alex, Me, David on the trail towards the Natural Bridge


Stairs to assist the mountain hike


Sam, Meghan, and me


The gang (Sam, Alex, Meghan, Brittany, Allison, Josh, David and myself)


Alex


Sweet rocks


Sam down below

damn the man

In my photography class we have a project due once a week. That isn't that big of a problem its more that she only gives us one day in the lab to develop and enlarge our photos (and that day is the day she explains the assignment). I tried to explain to her that it was impossible to make perfect prints when there is absolutely no time to work on them, especially with limited lab hours. I am super frustrated and don't know what to do. Well hopefully I can get the project done for Tuesday.

Photography Project 4 & 5

Assignment 4 Reaction to Place

Shoot at least three rolls of 36 exposure film. Speed will depend on what you plan on photographing. You must choose a partner for this assignment.

Exhibit 5 photographs each which present a response to a place. This may take many forms, including but not limited to, a conceptual response to space, literal representation, or an intuitive response. The photos must relate to each other in some way.

You will turn in (in a manila envelope labeled with your name):

All contact sheets

5 perfect final prints

A 1-2 page statement addressing the work

Assignment 5 Psychological Self-Portrait

The Photogram is a camera-less photograph made by placing an object or group of objects directly onto a sheet of photographic paper.

Bring objects to class. Use these objects to create at least 5 self-portraits. This is a hightly conceptual assignment, so think outside the box. Each photos must relate to the next and follow sequence.

You will turn in (in a manila envelope labeled with your name):

5 final prints (at least)

A 1-2 page statement addressing the work

Camera

So I have been looking to buy a point and shoot camera as well as a digital SLR. I hope to be soon posting tons of pictures.

For the time being we are almost half way through the quarter at Ohio State University. The sun is out people are happy and I am having a hard time keeping up with my photography projects. Currently I am in a Black and White photography class where we use the darkroom to produce our prints. I have a Nikon FM2 which works very well.

If anyone has any recommendations on either a point and shoot or Digital SLR then I am all ears.

Almost a month till Mikkel and friends come to America!