Ashley the Librarian

Yes it's true, you're friend Ashley is now a librarian at AIB. I practiced my "Sssshhhh!" all week and today I was ready! Of course sshhing isn't the only responsibility of being a librarian, so I also watched some insprationaly, and informative clips on libraries and what it means to work in one.

This first clip is from UHF, if you haven't seen it yet you should, it's fantastic



And this clip provided by the US government



The cookie monster almost made me change my mind about becoming a librarian but then I decided that I could life a couple hours without a cookie

Michel Gondry's feet vs. Rubik's Cube

From the director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep comes an amazing feet of cubic proportions (all puns intended)



Now here's how he did it

the 80's

So far in my 80's class we've watched Micheal Jackson videos and a few others. We learned about some good and some horrible art made in the 80's and we went to the ICA.



I only have a few questions about this video
1. Where did he get that giant bow tie?
2. Is he dancing in front of jello?
3. Where did he get marbles that big?





A little Thriller triva, did you know that Micheal Jackson orginally wanted his pastic surgery to look something like this video but a survey showed that the face scared childern too much.

How did Micheal Jackson get John Landis to direct his music video? He directed Animal House, Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places, ¡Three Amigos!, and Coming to America!



Take on Me
I hope this teaches you all a very important lesson, always pay your bill before climbing into a comic book.



A very unpolictically correct Whip It

What Better Than Clips of British Men Fighting

Bridget Jones 2


Bridget Jones 1


English Man Teaches Self Defence

Happy Christmas Eve

How the Grinch Stole Christmas







Linus tells us what Christmas is all about

The Muppets Christmas Carol

Simpson's Christmas

Have all three parts of the episodes load at once so you can watch without having to wait between sections.

Movies to watch during study breaks

Seizure Christmas

So I've been working on casting my 24 inch nude seated female piece and it's been tough. When we casts the heads it wasn't that bad, there were only 2 mold pieces, nice and simple. with this one i have 6 mold pieces, two are window plugs that hold together the spaces between the bent legs. We went to take them apart on tuesday so we can cast them on thursday. My teacher was the one who decided how big each mold piece should be and where they should be. One was too big and had to be split in half, my teacher said she would take out the windows because they were hard to get out and ended up breaking the pieces next to the windows. At the end of each day we have to put the mold back together and tie it with a rubber band. so all my pieces where balance together and i was nervous about tying it but i was told that the pieces will hold eachother together not to worry, next thing i know the pieces fell, one fell on the floor and broke it two. I told my teacher that my pieces didn't hold eachother together. My piece isn't even close to being ruined, it will just take a lot of repair work. but still very annoying

anyway just thought I'd get that off my chest before i go upstairs to the clayroom to fix my mold for tomorrow.

and watch this, this house is kind of like what i feel like.

To Help Get You In the Christmas Sprit

1. It's a Wonderful Life
I love this because it shows you to appeciate what you have and even little good deeds that you do have a big impact on a lot of people. And who doesn't love Jimmy Stewart?

2. Scrooged
A modern day Christmas Carol (well modern as in the 80's). It's funny and scary, Santa gets attacked by terroists and is saved by the Million Dollar Man! Bill Murray is fantastic! Karen Allen is also fantastic! And Morgan Freeman, acutally isn't in this but if he was he would be great because everybody loves Morgan Freeman!


3. A Christmas Story
It's played for 24 hours on Christmas for a reason.

4. Charlie Brown's Christmas
Because Linus gets me everytime






5. How the Grinch Stole Chritmas
Dr. Suess and Christmas! How can you go wrong?
6. Mickey's Christmas Carol
Too short but I guess you could call it short and sweet. I like how almost all of the classic Disney characters are included in some way or another.
7. The Muppet's Christmas Carol
One of the better versions of the Chirstmas Carol, the muppets make it a little jollier.
8. Home Alone
Yes there are some wholes in the plot, and yes all the jokes about the scream got old. But the music is great and it's a movie that makes you laugh and feel all warm and fuzzy in the end. And old Pete from Pete and Pete is in it.

Due to the Recent Weather

Since it's been so warm latly I've been thinking about you know global warming and saving the world. I found a site stopglobalwarming.org. I signed up for the Stop Global Warming Virtual March and thought I'd post a few of their world saving tips.

-Replace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. Save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $60 per year.
-Make sure your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper. Save 5 lbs. of carbon dioxide per ream of paper.
-Take shorter showers. Showers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs. Save 350 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $99 per year.
-Unplug un-used electronics. Even when electronic devices are turned off, they use energy. Save over 1,000 lbs of carbon dioxide and $256 per year.
-Air Dry Your Clothes. Line-dry your clothes in the spring and summer instead of using the dryer. Save 700 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $75 per year.
-Bring Cloth Bags to the Market. Using your own cloth bag instead of plastic or paper bags reduces waste and requires no additional energy.


Anyway I hope you check it out, siging up wasnt a big deal you just put your name, e-mail, zip code and country

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sorry the sounds a little off on Charlie Brown



Ignore the movie and just listen to the song

Spring '07

I registered for my classes yesterday, I've already changed my schedule twice since yesterday and I might change it again, who knows. But as of now I'm signed up for; American History, Italian II, Drawing Studio, Watercolor, Claywork I/II, Printmaking: Into to Monotype, and Video I. I might add Intro to Etching but I'm not sure if I can because I'm taking a January class and I have to figure out how many credits I have. For my January class I'm taking Decades the 80's, it's an art history class.

I'm really excited about my video class I hope to become half as good as this guy...

I wish i had a cat

New 7 Wonders of the World!

Since all of the original & wonders are gone, except the Pyramids at Giza, they are voting on new ones. You can go online and vote, you have to register but it's free, I think you only have to register so you can't vote too many times. Anyway the choices are the Acropolis, Hagia Sophia, the Kremlin/St. Basil's, the Colosseum, Neuschwanstein Castle (I went there over the summer and it's beautiful but it's unfinished and has a akward gift shop), the Eiffel Tower, Stonehenge, the Alhambra (i think Laurel did something on this for World History class), the Great Wall of China, Kiyomizu Temple, the Sydney Opera House, Angkor, the Taj Mahal, Timbuktu, Petra, the Pyramids of Giza (yes you can vote the keep them in), the Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Easter Island Statues, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itzá, and the Statue of Liberty.

Now I know you all are probally so excited you are about to pee yourself so I will give you the website so you can rush off and vote!

http://www.new7wonders.com

Election Day

Here's a little something for all you voters out there.

Happy Belated Halloween

For Halloween Alex and I watched Halloween and the Shining. He knows I don't really like scary movies so he let me pick the movies and eat reese's, cookie dough and ice cream while we watched. I saw a preview for the shining on youtube the other day I part of me wishes the shining was more like this.

Pressured Duck

The movie should work now, if not let me know.

Alex and I saw this duck in Boston Common, Alex did the filming, i did the editing and sound.

Party TIME!!!!!

Don't forget, tonight at 8! I have a little veggie plater, a couple bags of chips, chex mix, diet coke, root beer, dr. pepper, and i'm making a cake, but if anyone can think of something else to bring go right ahead. The only bad news is my parents are getting back 10am Sunday morning and want everyone out by then :(...and i have basically one real parking spot and i can maybe fit one or two cars on the lawn, people can also park on center street...anywho i can't wait i'm very excited!

BELLOWS FALLS THEATER RAISED IT'S PRICE TO $4.OO AND $2.50 TUESDAYS, I'M SHOCKED! THEY PROBALLY RAISED THE TRIPLE UP PRICE TOO! WHAT IS THIS RUN DOWN TOWN COMING TO?