common courtesy

Sinking

2008-12-06T08:52:00.001-08:00

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The slate is thoroughly blank right now. I've never been so wide open and directionless in my whole life. It's partly brilliant and partly terrifying. Some days I want to hop on a train, other days I want to wrap an electric blanket around my heart. It's good for me to stay in this place for a while and just wonder what happens next. I don't usually have the luxury or give myself that opportunity. When my compass stops spinning I'll let you know where it lands...

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: sinking, common courtesy

Check me out on Etsy!

2008-12-03T11:52:00.000-08:00

http://www.GleanHouse.etsy.com

I've joined the land of Etsy! (Kind of like OZ for makers)

If you're not familiar with the glory that is this site, let me just educate you. Made up of handmade and vintage, Etsy is a beautifully designed online craft fair and flea market. From fancy handmade ties to vintage housewares, you can find really unique prints and artwork too. It also allows you to find artists near you and shop locally!

I'm stocking up my inventory, trying to make a go of selling vintage and re-working unique pieces I find along the way.

My sister also partakes: Ryanne's Valley Vintage

Stop by the shop, and tell your friends!

the bossy bossy breeze

2008-11-24T07:52:00.000-08:00

Snowblink.

I just had to share this. Thanks Rugnetta.

Lone Kitchen

2008-11-09T07:53:00.001-08:00

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I've had a lot of time over the last 6 months to make food, do dishes and be alone in the kitchen. It's been a mix of things but mostly it reminds me that no amount of thinking or being lonely gets in the way of a good meal and a good radio station.

Not sure who the music is by, but if you have the iphone app, you can figure it out yourself and let me know...

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: common courtesy, kitchen

Picc

2008-11-02T05:44:00.001-08:00

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THIS VIDEO CONTAINS BLOOD AND GUTS.

You've been warned. I had some requests to see my Picc line taken out, so here it is. And also some footage from my 5 days in the hospital (we were admitted on my birthday), and some other stuff from the 20 day treatment too. All of the nurses I worked with were incredible. Hospitals and clinics wouldn't function at all without their wicked hard work and love. I couldn't have gone through that whole thing without their support, attention and concern. Nurses are total heros.

I had a dream last night about my picc line. It was fluttering in my heart, I could feel the whole thing running through my arm, and at some point it was taken out. I remember the noodle of it, swaying, towards the end of my dream. Then my dream progressed into some kind of thrift store that was actually a princess castle... only I would dream about royal thrift stores.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: common courtesy, leishmaniasis

Cow Friend

2008-10-30T16:21:00.001-07:00

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This is my favorite baby bull. He's the only black angus in the bunch with a white face. He used to be too timid to come anywhere near me, but now he let's me lean into him and scratch under his neck. Maybe I'll tame him and bring him home on the plane. He followed me home...

Also, see Ryan's version!

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: common courtesy, florida, cow

The Farm

2008-10-30T16:19:00.001-07:00

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This is the farm in florida. I'm home now and goddamn grateful.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: common courtesy, farm, florida

Speaking in Tongues

2008-10-27T15:36:00.001-07:00

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My grandmother isn't religious at all, but there is this amazing public access channel that plays this preacher all the time. Though, conservative talk radio is pretty darn close to speaking in tongues, and there is plenty of that here. Sometimes I step outside and it feels so peaceful with the cows and the breeze. And then I walk back inside and it's like an assault on the intellect of humanity. It's a goddamn miracle gran isn't religious because if you added that to the paranoia, racism, conservative political views and some kind of meat at every meal, I would be more in hell than I already am.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: common courtesy, florida

Old People City

2008-10-23T11:37:00.001-07:00

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It's sort of a southern dream world down here. My grandmother, we've decided, has borderline personality disorder. She's also 85 and going blind. She has 35 head of cattle and over 30 acres of pasture. The amount of work and trouble involved in this farm is way too much for a little old blind lady. But despite all of the mounting evidence that she shouldn't be living here, she insists that if she's meant to die alone in a field, then that's just how she'll go. I've been here for weeks trying to put in place some help and support for her, since she can barely cook without burning the house down. But she digs her heels in and refuses to believe she's actually blind. I can't imagine how hard it is to be old and losing your control on the world anyways, let alone losing your vision. But she either needs to find some grace, or break a bone. The only thing keeping my heart and brain alive down here is baby cows and two hours a day at the falling down ymca. I've always hated running, but somehow here it soothes my claustrophobia in this tiny, sad town. I wish I could paint a better picture of just how dysfunctional my grandmother is. Though, thankfully she isn't doing things like wearing boxes on her feet her losing her way in the road. But since her whole life has been filled with cooking and cleaning and being a domestic slave (of her own choice), now that she can't physically or visually do those things anymore, it's like her life has lost it's meaning. She's built her whole world around laundry and cleaning and now that those things have become difficult, she's left with nothing. No friends, no movement, nothing. So I don't blame her for trying to sabotage our efforts to ease her chores, since she doesn't have anything else. If she didn't fret about what to make for dinner the moment she woke up in the morning, what else would she think about all day? Soon I will be home, and all of my time and energy to move her into a new stage in her life will fall away and hopefully she won't burn the house down.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: common courtesy, florida, grandma

Fire Tower

2008-10-22T09:58:00.001-07:00

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This footage is from a year ago.

I'm down here in Florida with my crazy blind grandmother. Eating southern food, listening to republican rants and sorting through my past.

Not sure what my next steps are, but anxious to go home.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: vinal haven, common courtesy

Because you can't.

2008-08-03T15:44:00.001-07:00

My Favorite.
Your Favorite.
Because the summer misses you.

Sail

2008-07-31T19:35:00.001-07:00

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Kim, Leslie and I sailing the rough waters of the harbor.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: sail, boston harbor, boston, common courtesy

Up In the Hill, Bastimentos

2008-07-20T19:24:00.001-07:00

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While in Panama my computer crashed for a couple months, so this video hasn't been posted yet. More footage from up in the hill. Love to Janette, Javier, Teo and potentially another little child thing who may or may not be out of the tummy yet?? This lovely family housed us and fed us in exchange for back breaking labor (mostly eating brownies) and playing with tiny teo.

Check out their website:

http://www.thejunglelodge.com/upinthehill/

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: bocas del toro, batimentos, panama

Has it been so long?

2008-06-24T06:53:00.000-07:00

I'm going to bring everything up to date with a list, and maybe some pictures.
WARNING: Some graphic pictures, not for the faint of heart...

Came back from Central America in March (yeah!).

Brought home cellular parasites (boo!), Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. See Ethan's post for his take on the whole thing.

Spent 5 days in the hospital to treat our tasty parasites, had a severe allergic reaction, tongue swelled up real big.

If they aren't treated there is a 5% chance it will reoccur in my mucus membranes in 2-20 years (don't even google mucosal leishmaniasis unless you're trying to make yourself ill).

Plan B: 20 day IV drug (Pentostam) with a Picc Line, Heart monitor and lots of tests.

In the past month I've had over 10 EKG's, an echo cardiogram, 3 chest x-rays, enough blood work to feed an entire family of vampire monkeys, a small camera stuck down my nose to look at my throat, 3 Ultrasounds, a 24 hour heart monitor for all 20 days of treatment, a few hearty panic attacks complete with difficult breathing and skipped heart beats, and more time in the hospital than I ever cared to spend.

The parasites live in my skin, deep in the tissue, which are going to be some killer scars once they've healed.

This whole thing was started by tiny-no-see-ums, or sand flies that feasted on my little legs for months in Bocas Del Toro, Panama.

I finished treatment last week with a big fat giant sigh of relief. I'm on my way to being a normal person again.

Ethan and I had tickets to Madagascar to do some more volunteer work for two months this summer.

I had to cancel my ticket, since I'm being munched on by cell-sized monsters. I really wanted Ethan to go over still and do some good work, so he's now 34 hours of travel time away from where I'm sitting right now. When I go to sleep at night, he's waking up to his day. What a crazy world this is.

And now for some disgusting pictures!

First Heart Monitor

Left leg, 2nd day in hospital.

Before 2nd treatment of Pentostam.

Close up of the fabulous open sores...

As I type this my legs are starting to heal wonderfully. They basically scar overnight, which is such a relief after having what you see above for months. I can finally take a shower without pain, walk around without swollen legs, and one day I'll be able to swim and wear skirts and act like a normal person again!

Thanks to everyone at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for being wicked friggen' awesome, even though you were pumping heavy metals into my liver, heart and pancreas...

And thanks to my whole family and fabulous friends for calling me, cooking for me and driving me around to my hundreds of appointments and panics.

And love to Ethan and the whole team all the way across the world!

Days of Sweating Sugar

2008-03-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

Every morning we wake up to a big bowl of fruit, or a banana leaf steamed with corn meal and chicken. Often there are glasses full of colored juices so sweet they stick like syrup to my tongue. The amount of sugar in ever spoonful of food and drink has formed a neat little pillow around my belly, despite sweating at every moment of the day. Some how we find ourselves at the only embarrassingly touristy cafe in the whole town with free wifi for hours and hours. It's also the only vaguely comfortable place to sit for a time without being covered in our own sweat. The streets are quiet this week during the day and then they erupt in processions and drunkenness in the evening to celebrate Semana Santa. Somehow, even in the heat of the sun, men lay passed out on the sidewalk completely oblivious to people walking over them or taxis screaming by.
The week of Spanish school was well overdue and it's absloutely absurd they we waited until our final week to do it. But that's just how things turned out and it actually excites me to do it all over again. Maybe next year.
I keep thinking of being back in Boston; the delicious sandwiches i will eat, and my shiny red bike that is locked away in our storage unit.

2008-03-08T14:10:00.001-08:00

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Hello Nicaragua!

We're officially out of Panama, now stretching our legs and eating some fruit after a long bus ride to Granada, Nicaragua. I put together a little video of some more panama footage. The middle part is our trip to Boquete which is in the mountains of Panama. Lots of vine covered trees and coffee farms. Also a cool breeze which was such a relief after months on the Caribbean coast. Then we went to Panama city which was not my favorite city in the world. Their public transportation is mostly school buses from the states that have been airbrushed and decked out, complete with strobe lights inside and plush dashboards. So you can imagine the noise and exhaust that just permeates every nook of the city. It was tiring after a while, and we were trying not to spend any money which is nearly impossible in any city.

Looking for a sailboat from either side of the canal proved more difficult than we anticipated. Had we an entirely open schedule (ie not needing to get home by April) and were willing to stay in the city for more than a week, we would have no doubt found a boat. But as it was, we only found a chap going to Tahiti. There was also some passport shenanigans that would have been entirely avoided had we not stayed in an awful hostel our first couple nights. Don't stay at the Voyager International Hostel in Panama city. If it comes to staying there or sleeping on the street, choose the street. We haven't stayed in a hostel mostly this whole entire experience and we thought it would be a good cheap way to stay in the city. But after two nights of bed bugs and real asshole management I have zero guilt about publicly trashing this hostel on the internet.

That said, with incredible relief we find ourselves in Granada which is hot and beautiful. And old Spanish colonial city, the giant doors along the high walled facades open into huge courtyards. Some are shady and green, others are stocked with Jesus and Mary and some old lady in a rocking chair. Yesterday afternoon we arrived and after the essential internet and food (always internet first) I fell into a deep sleep. Having not slept on the bus ride up from panama city, i think it was more than 24 hours, it was that confused hazy sort of sleep. So a few hours later I woke up and Ethan was leaping out of bed running down to the street and i just said "I'll meet you down there!" not really aware of what was happening. I rushed down the ladder form the weird loft we're staying in and as i got onto the street there was a band playing this mesmerizing, slow music. Almost circus like, but more serious. And there was jesus on top of a big platform carrying the cross. And underneath him were men walking and swaying making it looking like jesus was bearing the cross on top of a small wave of men. So that was my introduction to Nicaragua.

Headed home March 26th, or to New York rather. Hopefully we can borrow some warm cloth when we get there...

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: panama, panama canal, hostal, nicaragua, granada, common courtesy

Where everyone is free to roam

2008-02-19T14:25:00.001-08:00

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Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica.

Where everyone gets to enjoy the beach, even giant pigs.

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Tags: pig, costa rica, puerto viejo, common courtesy

Desayuno

2008-02-19T13:59:00.001-08:00

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This is a quick vid from when we first arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica back in December. A typical breakfast sometimes includes deep fried weenies.

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Tags: costa rica, san jose, common courtesy

2008-02-01T12:17:00.001-08:00

Up In the Hill, Bastimentos
This is our little casita overlooking the ocean. To the right is where we're helping to build a kitchen and bathroom addition. We're both doing a lot of child watching, hammering, dishes and playing with dogs at the moment. I've decided to not have children for another 20 years or so...
I would like to be putting more video up, but it's difficult getting enough power to edit a video. So for the moment a picture will have to do! Bastimentos is a roadless island only 15 minutes from Bocas town. Everything from groceries to building materials has to make it up a muddy path to where the casa/casita are, which can make for a sweaty, sweaty day. At night leaf cutting ants come out and you can find them by the millions carry leaves in a neat little line. sometimes there are so many ants, they sort of cut a path through the jungle 4 inches wide just from walking back and forth from different trees.
I can't believe it's February.

the work that doesn't end

2008-01-18T12:52:00.001-08:00

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Well, after much work and trials we decided to move on from the Shepard's Island project. This video is a little taste of the people and constant work going on daily which we decided wasn't fitting our idea of fun. Besides, we feel like we can put our energy and skills towards something that is more in line with our hearts.

For the next few weeks we will be in the Bocas area still, helping some other friends with an addition to their house (more to come on that). Then our plans are wide open. We might stay in the area depending on our continuing opportunities or we might head north in pursuit of some spanish schools in Guatemala, and maybe eventually travel our way to northern Mexcio and do some Ranch work.

Enjoy!

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2008-01-08T11:00:00.001-08:00

ash and doc, originally uploaded by commoncourtesy.

Working hard down here in Panama. Maya Point is the name of the property we're working at, on Shepard's Island. Many people speak English on this coast with a very thick Caribbean accent, so my Spanish is creeping along slower than I hoped! Chicita Banana company is huge down here and anywhere you travel outside of the islands there are fields and fields full of banana trees and pesticide laden bags hanging from the fruit (yum!) There are many types of banana at Maya Point and we're learning how to eat them up fast before they get too mushy! Also learning how to make coconut rice, fry the hell out of a chicken and upon waking in the morning we shake our cloths out extra hard to get rid of scorpians! yeeehaw!

Check out some more of my pictures here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleyhodson
and Ethan posted a great video here:
http://www.vagrantart.com/2007/12/28/maya-point/

2007-09-25T18:09:00.000-07:00

Two weeks in Maine so far. We've been working our butts off, but also doing a little dance everyday to celebrate being out of the city. The cabin is looking swell, and we've started to seriously ask around the boat yards for anyone who needs crew. If anyone out there knows of a boat going south or beyond who needs two fabulous people to crew, send them my way. We've looked into some schooners but they're either full up or leaving too soon. We're looking for something more long term anyways, not just a delivery...

This is the kitchen with Jesus and Mary paint-by-number watchin' our backs.

This is the loft with a Cadillac seat as a very classy head board.

We just built the ladder, it needs a paint job.

I refinished two stoves and tiled this fabulous stove pad. The tiles were all salvaged. I'm a pro now so if you need something tiled, I'm up for hire.

A view of our striped floor pattern. We had left over flooring from jobs past so the floor is pieced together with beautiful old fur, newer maple and never before installed bamboo.
I could go on and on but this is all I have in me tonight. I hope the world is well in whatever corner you're reading this from.
ciao

2007-08-09T11:08:00.000-07:00

On a not so sad note, E and I went to Coney Island to see MIA.
Kyra and Maddy came along.
We ate questionable meats, put our toes in the water and didn't get on any rides.

This was my first radish of the season!
The garden's are beautiful and the tomatoes are almost ready.
I can't wait to slurp into them...

Absurd amount of sailing books: Check.

2007-08-09T10:59:00.001-07:00

The Boat, she's gone.
For $100.00 a man came and took her away on a shoddy, undersized trailer. For now our boat dream is thwarted, but hopefully not for long.

2007-06-13T08:55:00.000-07:00

CANCELED-------->Glean House
Due to circumstances out of our control, our installation has been canceled. It's a long, frustrating story and hopefully in the future we will be able to finish what was started.
Until then let's learn a very important lesson here: get it in writing.

Thanks for everyone's love and support.
(Opening June 24th, noon-4pm)

The grounds of The Arsenal on the Charles complex and adjoining Town of Watertown property.
321 Arsenal Street
Watertown, MA 02472

This is an installation E and I have been working on, website to come soon.
Some other info on the day's events: Arsenal Arts Center

2007-06-06T06:54:00.000-07:00

I got a pasta maker for my birthday (yeah, e!) and have been a slave to fresh pasta ever since.
Have you missed me, all of you invisible common courtesy watchers?

It's alright if you haven't.

Enjoy!

Zee Boat

2007-03-19T06:16:00.001-07:00

Our new boat!, originally uploaded by commoncourtesy.

E and I bought a Vagabond 17, a little pocket cruiser sailboat teacup. We moved it from the Cape with much help from a few good men and lots of luck. It rests at my mom's house and when things warm up we're going to seriously fix the crap out of that thing. It's current name is Yellow Jacket, but that's a terrible name and obviously we'll figure out something clever.
Check out more pictures on my Flickr page:
http://flickr.com/photos/ashleyhodson/

2007-02-17T22:54:00.000-08:00

Ethan returned from Guatemala with his story of the trash raft.
Here is a piece of it.
His blog is beautiful and should be checked out here: vagrantart.com
This is his original post about the Absolute Absolution.

Toronto

2006-10-08T13:25:00.000-07:00

We stayed with Frizelle in her wonderful apartment. Thanks Sarah, we had a fabulous time!

We're in Minnesota now, staying with James Payne at the Franconia Sculpture park.

We head out tomorrow for South Dakota and then on to Seattle.

Yeehaw!

Getting Ready

2006-09-06T16:05:00.000-07:00

We're moving fast.

Have Money Will Vlog

2006-08-15T09:20:00.000-07:00

My roatrip is now up for fundraising!

Check it out here:

Have Money Will Vlog

And the main website for my whole project is here:

sustainableroute.com

2006-08-09T08:18:00.000-07:00

Road Trip Machine

The preparations for the upcoming road trip are beginning. Here's our boat.

2006-06-26T08:43:00.000-07:00

ONE YEAR OF VLOGGING!

Today is day 366 of my video blog! This is a replay of my first post ever.

2006-06-26T06:53:00.000-07:00

SF Oil Awareness

This is a re-vlog from The Sister, ryan, over on the other coast.

Very well put together, check it out!

2006-06-09T06:15:00.000-07:00

Graduation, Baby.

2006-05-28T16:37:00.000-07:00

When it Pours

Help.

It's almost done, but I'm not ready.

2006-05-11T12:07:00.000-07:00

Where have I been?

In response to "hey, where did you go?"

I graduate in 23 days.

I have a show going up in 2 days with the rest of the senior visual arts majors.

My job started in Boston so I'm commutting back and forth from VT when I can.

Classes and final projects are at full tilt.

And oh yah, I was about to sell my car after graduation, but the tming belt went.

How's that for a sassy answer?

Hey, check out the wiki about my Senior Project:

Subsistence

2006-03-24T15:11:00.000-08:00

Walk Home

This is a longer one.

Don't be afraid to comment, I know you're out there watching (australia). Even if you want to tell me what you had for breakfast. I want dialogue, even if you think my stuff sucks, or you don't care for anything I do. I don't really do all of this with a specific audience in mind, but if you're watching, I'm curious about you.

Music by The Books, actually there are a few spoken parts in the music, not recorded by me.

2006-03-11T09:00:00.000-08:00

mirrors

During a break up last term, while I was moving out.

Things seemed ok that day.

Music by Smog

2006-03-10T14:00:00.000-08:00

See what

Just some thoughts.

All comments welcome.

2006-03-06T08:55:00.000-08:00

Go Dancing

I'm back in Vermont for my last semester of school!

I've been thinking about ways to put myself out there in my videos. My videos have become little snap shots of my life, which isn't bad, it's just getting old. I have this formula and i can follow it quite well, but now i need to try something else.

Things get crazy at school and it's hard to even think about video, but we'll see what comes out.

When in doubt, go dancing.

2006-02-20T16:48:00.001-08:00

huerto 3

A little petrol in the generator.

Every night, some petrol on the shoe and some wood on the fire to get dinner ready.

But now it's all over.

2006-02-19T03:25:00.000-08:00

huerto 2

Segundo parte.

More plants, wood and dirt.

I'm almost home.

2006-02-16T16:12:00.000-08:00

huerto 1

Just a bit from the tiny garden/farm/huerto we stayed at for a week, courtesy of Maryvonne May.

Music: Marie Daulne

2006-02-15T05:00:00.000-08:00

Casa Mila

This is the Casa Mila, by Gaudi. Also known as 'la Padrera', or 'the quarry'

We spent our last day today at our farm outside of Sant Pere de Ribes, in Los Valles Altos. Our boss was an expat from the UK who took off for france our second day. She was in the process of moving so we packed up boxes and boxes of dusty books for her. there was another french girl staying with us who could only speak french and Spanish, so in our three languages we got by pretty well. It was quiet up there, we found some old elvis tapes and drank coffee endlessly. Some video to come with that.

Should be home soon, though I wish I could stay forever!

love to all

2006-02-06T03:28:00.000-08:00

typical days

Here are some moments from my time in Barcelona with Donald and the architecture kids.

The reading i included is from "how Proust can change your life".

music is Ani, i know i know, but you wouldn't have even known if i didn't say anything.

also, check out joanna's trip to barcelona (if you watch closely, kyra and i pop up in there)!

2006-02-04T04:15:00.000-08:00

From Vilanova

Kyra and I are staying in Vilanova, outside of Barcelona. We are with a great family who put us up last minute, they saved our lives.

This is a day trip we took into Barcelona to see Sagrada Familia. It's the first of many videos to come about Gaudi (you're in luck rugnetta).

We'll be working on a farm soon (not the one in granada, they turned out to be jerks).

We're doing well otherwise, the farm thing through us for a loop, but now we're back on our feet.

2006-01-22T16:50:00.000-08:00

Every 5

The first 5 seconds of every clip I took on our walk home.

I'm still in Barcelona, we went to a park today with a labrinth.

2006-01-15T11:39:00.000-08:00

El Seminario

I'm living in Barcelona for a few weeks, this is my first morning in the Seminario where we are staying in a kind of dorm. Last night 50 Judo students showed up at midnight to stay with us, from Valencia.

Stay tuned.

2006-01-02T00:20:00.000-08:00

In My Mind

I'm staying in NYC and I woke up one morning to the rain.

I thought about Vermont.

2005-12-24T06:49:00.000-08:00

I'm back in Boston, getting ready to go to Spain for 2 months.
First I'll be in Barcelona, drawing. Then I'm going to Granada to work on a farm.
I'll be posting plenty of video so you can come too!

2005-12-20T14:39:00.000-08:00

Carp Caviar

For Bottom Union

2005-12-20T06:49:00.000-08:00

We snowshoed in the night before, with the moon, made dinner, attempted a fire with green wood and ate pancakes in the morning. This is our hike out. I led the trip with my friend during our last weekend of school. I was somewhat silent the whole trip, you know when you rather not lead the sing alongs?

2005-12-19T11:19:00.000-08:00

When in doubt, get a tattoo.
This marks the end of something really big, and the beginning of something even bigger.

Apologies for the lack of videos, but hang tight. I just finished a difficult term in school and I'm now in vegetable mode. More to come soon.

Feat. Andrew Bird

2005-10-18T12:23:00.000-07:00

For hours and hours everyday.

2005-10-02T15:01:00.000-07:00

I stuggle a little bit to actually call myself an artist. I go to liberal ARTS school and I study Architecture, but I'm not an artist. I'm not a designer, but I like to imagine how things could be, which I think qualifies me as something. Honestly, it makes no difference what I am or what I study, but I get into trouble when I have to "demonstrate advanced work" for my senior year.
Shit.

2005-09-09T21:49:00.000-07:00

I'm back at school!
This term i'll be learning to weld, doing some studio re-design, taking physics and a little architecture history spattered about here and there.

2005-08-21T22:13:00.000-07:00

I am now certified to scuba dive, so lock your pools up and hide your boat keys.
Our instructor was a big salty pirate, Captain Ron.
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
And the dumber you are, the tougher you gotta be.
We did our first two dives at Vortex Springs.
This is part one.

2005-08-15T19:35:00.000-07:00

I didn't know Florida had so much rain in it.

2005-08-14T11:33:00.000-07:00

Just some patterns in my day.

2005-08-14T10:23:00.000-07:00

Video archive by Mefeedia
I just started a video archive on MeFeedia, even though you can watch all of my videos here....

2005-08-10T14:59:00.000-07:00

Green Thing, found.
http://www.luxomedia.com/greenthing/
We went to the beach, and look what turned up.

Green Thing

2005-08-02T13:58:00.000-07:00

I tried to have a yardsale.
You know something is wrong when Jesus and Mary paint-by-numbers don't sell.

2005-08-02T12:42:00.000-07:00

i went to Vermont

Finally, I can post again! I went to Vermont to visit Elissa, Andy and Emmy the little star. Their little spot in Vermont is beautiful and I'm so glad I could go up for a day or so to swim and eat raspberries.
Thanks for having me you three!

2005-07-28T15:32:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a few, currently my computer is flying in the mail somewhere. My three-week-old computer was having issues and it was flown first class to get fixed (not really, but it is getting fixed).
I will be in Florida soon, united with my beloved technology. And from there I will post until I cannot post any more, promise.
Until then, check out Josh's blog, he's my favorite:

thenagle.blogspot.com

Until then,

ashe

2005-07-01T16:21:00.000-07:00

this summer job

This is my summer job.
This is a very Ryan influenced video.
My posts-to-come will be more involved in learning about the world.
You learn something everyday, and I want to document that a little and see where it takes me.
The book you see me reading during the lecture is The End of Oil by Paul Roberts. So far the book is great, I'll let you know more about it soon.

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2005-06-26T08:56:00.000-07:00

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Yet another Arizona short. This is probably the last of the AZ series considering I don't have any footage left!
Feel free to leave comments.

2005-06-25T09:23:00.000-07:00

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This is my first vlog post ever!
I just came back from being in Arizona for the spring semester at Ecosa. (Ecosa, challah!) This is one short, there may be a couple others I can squeeze from my Arizona footage.
More to follow, enjoy!