Casey's Blog

Hey folks, it's been a fascinating year of meeting new people, learning new things, and uhh.... that's really about it. But anymore may be asking too much anyway. I have met quite a few people who prioritize their lives in a horrible manner.

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS, YEAAAH

This is a photograph of my architectural model. It may seem impressive, but it is a B-. It's actually pretty poorly constructed- I'd say 3 of the objects look like they're redone, all the people models and sculptures are boring as well. But what can I say- I lack a lot of modeling tools that others have. I'm also lazy (I didn't want that lack of modeling tools thing to be my excuse).

Here's a close up shot.

And another shot of the rear from above.

Here's an illustration of the inside. This is a section perspective and a normal section, toned. I was proud of my tone work. I got a B+ I think. Which is very good- it's very close to an A. My standards have lowered after taking this class. Rest assured... I have gotten higher grades in my other classes (I think 3.5+ at the least, hopefully).

This is gyoza- aka dumplings. These are not cooked yet. Why I have these pictures after my architecture project is a big mystery; but I do what I want.

These are potstickers. Notice how I used different names to describe the same thing? I'm amazing. Or not. Same thing. Or not. These taste good so I uploaded the photos. When you order these at a restaurant they cost about $5 for like 6. It's stupid. If you make them yourself you can make about.... 80 for about $15. That's a LOT cheaper. If you would like me to do the math- 5/6 = $0.83 per dumpling at a restaurant. 15/80 = 0.1875 = $0.19 per dumpling. That's at least 75% off. Amazing! Of course it requires a lot of prepping an wrapping as well. Maybe an HOUR with 3 people. And this is 3 skilled people that are only mildly lazy. I would include a recipe but I am lazy. I apologize for this inconvenience. If you are "seriously" interested however, you may contact me at my email address caseyy@u.washington.edu.

For me, life is about education, food, doing what you want to do, hobbies, people, love, ideas, lasers, and uh... stuff. Stuff is definitely important.

I believe that nothing should be prioritized over school, education is a key element in achieving happiness in your future. If you don't believe me, you can go back to school when you're 40. It will be very sad and you will say, "I should've listened to Casey Yano." Of course I am dismissing IMMEDIATE priorities such as saving your life from a monster attack, skipping a week of school to give birth to a baby (if you happen to be pregnant) and many other things. But if you live in your parents' house and they're paying for your tuition... work should NOT be a higher priority in this case. Some of us are more unfortunate than others and don't have this privilege. Am I being preachy? Yes, yes I am. But if you're going to acknowledge anything I say/write this year- it should be this. If you're not learning what you want to, you need to rethink what you're doing. No one should control your LIFE, and doing work you don't want to in your long life will only make you depressed. Depression is bad.

Hey you! It's finals week! You don't have time to read this you silly person you.
Get back to work.

This is the East (?) entrance. This is where we were supposed to enter the Japanese garden. Unfortunately, the road was too close to the door. This means that it's too loud and such... therefore it wouldn't be very Zen.

Here's a path to the garden. It's delightfully ugly. Do you know why? There shouldn't be those borders along the path... There should be nothing in-between yourself and nature. This is a modified Japanese garden though.

Here is another path in the garden. There is no border in this one; it's very good. In fact, it's so good that our guide is holding his hand up and absorbing power from the space. I'm just kidding. Or am I?

This is a very good view of the garden. Though it's not ALL of the garden. It's the water part. There's a lot of meanings in the placement of objects and such. Buddhism says that objects aren't supposed to be iconic, so I will not list any meanings. It's all about how you experience the space.

This is a teahouse near the entrance of the garden. The floor around the teahouse is comprised mostly of moss. Why? I forgot. But surely you can look it up if your life depended on it (which it does, of course).

These fish live a long time... They are called Koi. I think... The shoe in the photo is actually NOT my shoe. This is very strange.

So I went to Pike Place Market for my project and that place is just full of amazing art and lots of shops... so much variety and culture and blah blah! It was great. Some of the food is overpriced (a slice of cake for $6?)

Anyhow here's some beautiful art. if you love it a lot you should go and buy it. Artists are generally broke.

Here's a uh, I dunno. I don't know what kind of art this is... but the patterns are full of so much... detail. I wanted to use the word ornate but detail means ornate so I couldn't. There goes my chance to seem sophisticated. Whatever.

Simple stuff is cool too. This is cool. So very cool.
I keep a wishlist called "Things I'd buy if I were rich" and things like this are on it... I don't know where I'd put all this art though. Maybe I'll put them all over the walls and ceiling. Every time I look around I would be inspired with tons of fresh art and innovation... Oh but to have a room like that would cost a fortune as a print can cost anywhere from $30 - infinite.

Sigh...

Next week there will be a post on philosophy and making the world a better place. It will be very exciting for you to read my opinionated views. I'm just kidding. Maybe. How does one know they're blind? And even if I wasn't- what if you are blind? Then you'll think that I am blind. There is no winner.

It would seem I have found my camera. It is in good shape. I think I will go take pictures when it is sunny. My sentence structure is so plain. It is boring. But it is grammatically correct.

Tomorrow I have a field trip to Pike Place. And by field trip I actually meant that I get to draw diagrams of Pike Place Market and how the people walk in and out of the place. Then I need to pick an interesting spot and draw 4 perspective drawings 3 x 4 on a 15 x 20 illustration board all in pen so I can't screw up. Isn't that exciting? I probably won't enjoy two seconds of Pike Place goodness. I'll buy donuts though; I can't resist them. If you don't know where Pike Place Market is... Google it. I'm kidding (kind of). It's the directory of merchants and such in Seattle. It's a big deal; if you didn't know about it... then you're strange.

Since I don't need to finish my entire project just tomorrow- I think I may have an opportunity to take pictures and such. It will be cool. I'll probably spend Sunday there too- just so I can get more work in.