It is now 4:50 a.m. and I am currently typing this from my iPhone, somewhere in Indiana. Last week I made a 20 hour hike with my dad and my cousin from PA to the great state of North Dakota to see my grandmother who hasn't been doing the greatest. In other words, no memory and very frail to the point we couldn't tell her she was in a baptist home (Oops!).
Aside from that, I made a commitment to work on some ZIA since I was stuck at the Baptist home for a couple of hours one day while waiting for my aunt and uncle from Arizona to show up. Remember the ZIMA (Zentangle Inspired Messy Art) I started in my last post? I finished one but not the other and a RAZ (Random Act of Zentangle) to place somewhere for somebody to notice and hopefully take it. I don't think North Dakotans know what Zentangle is, per se (sorry if there is any North Dakotans reading this!). Since my phone won't allow me to upload the photos, there will be another post of the work I worked on while in North Dakota. I also have really cool scenic shots of the state in general because it is so beautiful and peaceful; even tried asking my Uncle Greg if I could stay until the weekend before school starts (August 23rd-24th) but unfortunately, I had to get lassoed back into Ohio.
Speaking of Ohio, it is now 5:09 a.m. and we just crossed into Ohio which only means about 2 1/2 hours until home and my cozy (dog haired covered) bed. Will post pics later on, so bye!
Here is a deep thought for the week: Is our life one big dream and we just don't realize it?
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Zentangle Inspired Messy Art: A Lexey creation
Caution: Messy creation at the beginning but the outcome will be very relaxed afterward.
One of the swaps for the Zentangle Inspired Art yahoo group is Paint Blob/ Ink Blot on a tile, 3.5 by 3.5 inch square. I started the swap with the messy part which is getting the paint blob on the tile...
Example A:
And example B:
This is only the beginning of a messy project...stay toon for the final creations.
One of the swaps for the Zentangle Inspired Art yahoo group is Paint Blob/ Ink Blot on a tile, 3.5 by 3.5 inch square. I started the swap with the messy part which is getting the paint blob on the tile...
Example A:
And example B:
Saint Louis , Osage Beach/ Lake of the Ozarks and back on the road...
I can sum up my vacation to Saint Louis and Osage Beach/ Lake of the Ozarks in 5 words: Hot, Humid and Really Bad Sunburn. Aside from that, it was a fun trip and to be with my cousins made it even better.
Friday June 13th , my family and I departed and headed to Saint Louis which is surprisingly only 10 hours from us in Ohio. When we arrived, we got dinner then went sight seeing until it got dark out. From our hotel, we were only about half a mile from the Gateway Arch, Saint Louis' tourist attraction.
The Gateway Arch at night
After a good night's sleep, we woke up and did a little more sight seeing before a 3 hour journey to Osage Beach/ Lake Ozark. We went back to the arch and as it turns out, you can go in the arch and there is a museum and you could go up in the arch! Who knew?
A picture of me behind the arch (at least part of it)
Like I said, you can get a bird's eye view of the city but you would have to huddle in a capsule like contraption both ways; otherwise it would be a climb of 1076 steps (Mama Mia)!
The view from both sides of the arch.
After getting back to solid ground, we piled up and went to Osage Beach/ Lake of the Ozarks. Let me tell you: BREATHTAKING VIEW!!
This was the view at night from the condo we rented for the week. It was a wonderful, relaxing week to be with my cousins and I was a little sad to come back. We spent a day on a boat where we went tubing behind it.
View behind the boat
Speaking of tubing, here's me!
In terms of REALLY BAD sunburn, I got burned on almost every inch of my body. I wanted to get some sun but not a lot of sun (if that makes any sense).
Fast forward to now, I'll be making a 20 hour journey with my dad to see his mom and possibly other cousins. His mom isn't doing well so I hope the visit will be an okay one..thoughts and prayers are much needed!
This was a photo from last year, my dad and his mom (aka Grandma Alice).
All for now, will write more next time!
Friday June 13th , my family and I departed and headed to Saint Louis which is surprisingly only 10 hours from us in Ohio. When we arrived, we got dinner then went sight seeing until it got dark out. From our hotel, we were only about half a mile from the Gateway Arch, Saint Louis' tourist attraction.
The Gateway Arch at night
After a good night's sleep, we woke up and did a little more sight seeing before a 3 hour journey to Osage Beach/ Lake Ozark. We went back to the arch and as it turns out, you can go in the arch and there is a museum and you could go up in the arch! Who knew?
A picture of me behind the arch (at least part of it)
Like I said, you can get a bird's eye view of the city but you would have to huddle in a capsule like contraption both ways; otherwise it would be a climb of 1076 steps (Mama Mia)!
The view from both sides of the arch.
After getting back to solid ground, we piled up and went to Osage Beach/ Lake of the Ozarks. Let me tell you: BREATHTAKING VIEW!!
This was the view at night from the condo we rented for the week. It was a wonderful, relaxing week to be with my cousins and I was a little sad to come back. We spent a day on a boat where we went tubing behind it.
In terms of REALLY BAD sunburn, I got burned on almost every inch of my body. I wanted to get some sun but not a lot of sun (if that makes any sense).
Fast forward to now, I'll be making a 20 hour journey with my dad to see his mom and possibly other cousins. His mom isn't doing well so I hope the visit will be an okay one..thoughts and prayers are much needed!
All for now, will write more next time!
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Happy Birthday and other things...
Now, onto the other things. I will be departing for my vacation Friday morning to embark a journey to Saint Louis/ Lake Ozark, Missouri with my cousins. Really excited to spend a week with them and get to know them all over again (been about a year since I last saw them).
I would love to write more but I got to go pack, clean my room and do my household chore. Write more later!
Monday, June 2, 2014
So far away....doesn't anyone stay in one place anymore?
Carole King's song, "So far away" has been stuck in my head for awhile now, with so much going on physically and mentally. I don't know about you guys but vacation time is calling my name. In less than 2 weeks, that I will be in the great state of Missouri with my cousins from Nebraska...ahhh, much needed if I do say so myself.
2 weeks ago, I suffered my first nervous breakdown for the first time in a long time (since probably 8th grade). I usually enjoy my time hanging out with the elderly but that Tuesday night, I almost tried every possible way to get of going. Many times, I caught myself picking up my phone and texting one of my co-workers saying I won't be coming in but I don't hit send; I did the same thing with phone call but didn't tap the number. When I got there, I did my usual routine and went down to the skilled nursing (rehab) and went to say hello to the employee that was in charge of the activity on that floor tonight. She needed to go downstairs for something so I decided to tag along because I didn't need to be on the assistant living floor until 15 minutes before the activity started (assistant living is much easier to handle then the skilled nursing unit). After helping the skilled nursing employee, I was perfectly fine until I got on the elevator and saw the person I was working with. I caught myself saying, "Is this real? Where is Marisa? WHERE IS MARISA?!" over and over again in my head (Marisa is the one I usually work with on the assistant living floor). My nerves started creeping up a little bit but before I knew it, Marisa was right there. Marisa looked at me and asked me if I was alright because I had the look that I was about to breakdown and hypervenlate. I could only find the words to say "my nerves are kicking in" but I really wanted to say, "I just want you to stay..please". Later that night, I ended up in a peaceful sleep and didn't wake up until late the following day. Because of this, I didn't want a deja vu and backed out of the same activity for this month.
In more happier news, I managed to pull off a B in my language barring geography class resulting in a 3.6 grade point average because I got an A in English and Career Exploration class. Hmm...seems like English is my new favorite subject. My mom even gave me cash for my awesome grades.
I haven't been able to draw some zentangle inspired art work so this will be it for this blog post. Stay toon for another post of my recent doodles :)
"It would be so fine to see your face at my door. Doesn't help to know you're time away..."
2 weeks ago, I suffered my first nervous breakdown for the first time in a long time (since probably 8th grade). I usually enjoy my time hanging out with the elderly but that Tuesday night, I almost tried every possible way to get of going. Many times, I caught myself picking up my phone and texting one of my co-workers saying I won't be coming in but I don't hit send; I did the same thing with phone call but didn't tap the number. When I got there, I did my usual routine and went down to the skilled nursing (rehab) and went to say hello to the employee that was in charge of the activity on that floor tonight. She needed to go downstairs for something so I decided to tag along because I didn't need to be on the assistant living floor until 15 minutes before the activity started (assistant living is much easier to handle then the skilled nursing unit). After helping the skilled nursing employee, I was perfectly fine until I got on the elevator and saw the person I was working with. I caught myself saying, "Is this real? Where is Marisa? WHERE IS MARISA?!" over and over again in my head (Marisa is the one I usually work with on the assistant living floor). My nerves started creeping up a little bit but before I knew it, Marisa was right there. Marisa looked at me and asked me if I was alright because I had the look that I was about to breakdown and hypervenlate. I could only find the words to say "my nerves are kicking in" but I really wanted to say, "I just want you to stay..please". Later that night, I ended up in a peaceful sleep and didn't wake up until late the following day. Because of this, I didn't want a deja vu and backed out of the same activity for this month.
In more happier news, I managed to pull off a B in my language barring geography class resulting in a 3.6 grade point average because I got an A in English and Career Exploration class. Hmm...seems like English is my new favorite subject. My mom even gave me cash for my awesome grades.
I haven't been able to draw some zentangle inspired art work so this will be it for this blog post. Stay toon for another post of my recent doodles :)
"It would be so fine to see your face at my door. Doesn't help to know you're time away..."
Friday, March 28, 2014
Zebras, Seahorses and Butterflies...Oh my!
I haven't been up to par the past couple of days so to make myself feel a little bit better, I picked up my sketchbook and started to Zentangle© what I was seeing in my mind. Strangely enough, two animals and an insect were coming to mind. I created them by drawing the creature free hand and picked out tangles from Tanglepatterns.com. Here are the final creations
I guess when I heard the name of Zentangle© 3 years ago, I didn't think I would be Zentangling animals but here is just the beginning of them!
-Lexey
Butterfly
Seahorse
Zebra
-Lexey
Monday, March 24, 2014
¿Inglés por favor? (English please?)
Ever catch yourself wondering what in the world somebody is saying when you don't know the language? Or horribly bad English?
As you read in my first post, I am a full-time college kid but only go two days a week (for the time being). My geography teacher, who has been in the country for almost 19 years now, doesn't know perfect English. You would think after volunteering in the elderly field for almost 4 years now, I would be perfectly fluent in other language barriers but think again! He makes everything clear (as a bell) in his notes and take-home quizzes but when I take the tests, I question on whether or not I understood him during the lecture. Maybe it's a good thing, I'm usually two classes ahead of everybody else in the notes. In addition to the language barrier, he thinks I'm president's (entire community college corporation) daughter. I mean, is there such relation? Do we even look alike? Just because of the same last name?
In the mist of being ahead in the notes, I have been catching up on my lastest Zentangle© inspired art work for the yahoo group I participate in. A theme for one of the swaps was Ukraine Easter eggs. Here is one where I created an acronym of "THINK SPRING" and each tangle-like pattern (from Tanglepatterns.com) represents each letter.
Triangles, Hearty, Ixorus, Nine Patch, Knightsbridge, Squares, Pinwheels, RainDotty, Interesection, Neuron and Gewurtz.
This was a two for two swap so I had to do a second one. This egg did not have a special acronym like the first one but it did have 2 sets of colors that are opposite on the color wheel.
At the end of the month into early next month, these little eggs will be heading to new "permanent homes". Looking forward to seeing where they end up going!
That's all for now, hope all of you have a good week!
-Lexey
As you read in my first post, I am a full-time college kid but only go two days a week (for the time being). My geography teacher, who has been in the country for almost 19 years now, doesn't know perfect English. You would think after volunteering in the elderly field for almost 4 years now, I would be perfectly fluent in other language barriers but think again! He makes everything clear (as a bell) in his notes and take-home quizzes but when I take the tests, I question on whether or not I understood him during the lecture. Maybe it's a good thing, I'm usually two classes ahead of everybody else in the notes. In addition to the language barrier, he thinks I'm president's (entire community college corporation) daughter. I mean, is there such relation? Do we even look alike? Just because of the same last name?
In the mist of being ahead in the notes, I have been catching up on my lastest Zentangle© inspired art work for the yahoo group I participate in. A theme for one of the swaps was Ukraine Easter eggs. Here is one where I created an acronym of "THINK SPRING" and each tangle-like pattern (from Tanglepatterns.com) represents each letter.
This was a two for two swap so I had to do a second one. This egg did not have a special acronym like the first one but it did have 2 sets of colors that are opposite on the color wheel.
At the end of the month into early next month, these little eggs will be heading to new "permanent homes". Looking forward to seeing where they end up going!
That's all for now, hope all of you have a good week!
-Lexey
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