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| 05.08.05 (11:29 am) [edit] |
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Went to San Francisco yesterday. I would like to know what idiot decided that every kid-friendly museum in San Francisco should open and close at the same time? 10-5, Steinhart, Zoo, and Exploratorium (except for Zeum which is open from 11-5). As a result this makes people either rush, or more selective about where they spend their time, (and money). I can understand the Zoo closing early; animals need sleep (except giraffes). But fish don't sleep. The zoo could open earlier. The Exploratorium could be open later. I spent 3 hours at the Temporary Steinhart. The first hour was spent in front of a window looking at tropical fish. Tropical fish are hard to draw. Most of them don't sit still. They're everywhere at once. But they are pretty.  There were some anemone right by where I was drawing. Two clownfish were playing in them. Little kids would come up to the glass, plaster themselves against it, and arms spread so they looked like one of those crucified Garfield window dolls.  I think it is safe to say that Nemo (as in Finding) will never be lost again. Because every little kid found him. "Look, Mommy! Nemo!" "There's Nemo!" "It's Nemo and his daddy!" I don't think we have to worry much about Dorry getting lost either.  The most interesting thing to me in that tank were a couple of these guys (Coldrim Tangs) would swim around and every once in awhile the 2 of them would get together, high up in the tank, make a circle by going head to tail, spin around once or twice, and swim apart. I wonder why that is. Other fish are much easier to draw. However, in general, fish do not make very willing models. Especially when they like to hide behind coral. Got 10 pages of fish (and one of penguins). This place is a mess! Anyway, then I went to Golden Gate park, rode my bike with flat tires through the park, up Great Highway, to the zoo. Drew there for about 2 hours. It is amusing to me how people react to animals. Some try to get their attention, some attach human emotions to them, and most amusing is when they make the noises back to them. I got 8 pages of animals. My favorite drawing is the one I did of a male lion. I wish they taught an animal drawing class like they do human ones. Of course, it's easier to get away with screwing up a drawing of a zebra or a giraffe, because no one (except for zoologists) are 100% sure what those animals look like because they don't interact with them on a daily basis, unlike humans who they see every day. Maybe, if you can draw the perfect human, drawing a polar bear is easier. I told Jeremy I was going to go to the zoo. He said, "Why? Are you going to see your relatives?" I said, "Yes, I'm going to see my relatives. Strong, beautiful, animals of prey. Meanwhile, if I want to see your relatives, I would have to go to a barnyard." Then I walked my bike back through Golden Gate Park, (because I couldn't make it up the small hills, either because I was hurting, I'm in bad shape, or my flat tires were making it challenging). Went to the Haight, replaced my sunglasses (finally! If only it would be sunny now). Went to Hooters and Ghirardelli, (for a quesidilla and cookies), took a long time getting out of town, and came home. I had thought about getting married in Golden Gate Park. And I looked it up, and told my mom *sigh!* She got all bitchy about me wanting to get married there because it would be challenging to travel to and crap. And I don't think it was the fact that she was pointing out what she was pointing out that pissed me off. Maybe it was the way she did it and got all pissy with me. "You need to do this, and you need to do this, then you need to do that, then this and this..." It was the thing that I always worry about, the fact that she was going to impose her will on my shindig. And so it begins. I shouldn't have the date when I want it. I can't have it where I want it. If she didn't make me feel like a wedding was a big fat stupid deal, I wouldn't've minded. If she didn't make me feel like she was going to take it over as her project, I wouldn't've minded. She thinks a year for a wedding is a really short time. I pointed out it was a year and 4 months. The way I see it, she's got a 4 month head start! Now, since she has all but insisted our little shindig be in Sacramento, I'm going to see what she says about a wedding at the Sacramento Zoo (I am dead serious). In better news, I found out Sea Fairies is in the public domain, as is the story I have selected to be my first stop-motion project, The Lady or the Tiger. After figuring out what I'm going to do, then I've got to figure out how I'm going to do it. Kids are always doing movies. But I'm pretty sure they don't have 4 or 5 cameras, and expensive editing software just laying around their house, or crews of actors, editors, and camera guys on speed dial. Not to mention funding. So how do they do it? Speaking of which, I probably should work on that crappy project I told my group I would do. I have done 2 out of probably 40 drawings. That should fill up the remaining 15 pages of my sketchbook. But I've got to get dressed and do it, dammit. Current Mood:   hungry and kinda, whatever
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posted by: Jeremy (reply)
post date: 05.09.05 (7:56 am)
Why were you riding with flat tires?
Did you interact with some of the animals? Some would be easy for you. LOL
Yes a Zoo would be an original place for a wedding.
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