Understatement of the Semester Award Goes To. . .

. . . Ivy! for her performance in "IM Conversation from This Afternoon."

Ivy (6:06:55 PM): I got those two pieces of my own into the show and the commercial from art direction which was a group project

Me (6:07:04 PM): ^_^!

Ivy (6:07:34 PM): I got $40 for each of my pieces so $80 and a certificate for getting into the show

Me (6:07:39 PM): wow

Me (6:07:41 PM): nice!

Ivy (6:07:45 PM): then our commercial won a Ralph award

Ivy (6:07:56 PM): so $500 for that

Me (6:08:29 PM): !

Ivy (6:08:30 PM): so in the end I made out with 3 awards of exellence, a ralph, and $220

Me (6:08:35 PM): NICE

Ivy(6:08:43 PM): I'm pleased

Ivy (6:09:17 PM): oh and since we got a ralph award we are going to be in graphis magazine

Ivy's Birthday

Spring Break, 2008

Specifically, sometime on Tuesday.


Ivy's mom, little sister, and Jyan picked me up for a "schindig" (read "tea party") at Ivy's in San Marcos for her birthday.

The following are actual pictures of the event.

David, with uninvited guest in background.

Ivy setting up.

Ivy doing double duty as bouncer.

Voltron [correction, Wing Zero], acting as guard on the gift bags.

The spread.

The menu.

The (exhaustive) tea party rules. Pinkies are not, in fact, to be raised. Wooster would be heartbroken.

Party time!

"Oh, Ms. Niki, you do make the wittiest remarks!"

"One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajama's I'll never know."

Tea Central


"Tea! That's all I needed! Good cup of tea! Super-heated infusion of free-radicals and tannin, just the thing for healing the synapses."

Sam, drawing me a picture. Takes after her sister, she does.

No tea party is complete without a rat.

Shopping Spree

Spring Break is never complete without a Goodwill shopping spree, right?

Three tops, $5 each: