Deuteronomy's Atelier

Latitude: 61.29 / Longitude: -146.20778

2008-07-15T00:15:00.000-07:00

A panoramic view of the view from Valdez Glacier

It was like hiking on an ice cube.

Edible Type

2008-06-27T11:26:00.001-07:00

Bloggin'/Desktop 6/23/08 6:31 AM

2008-06-23T03:31:00.000-07:00

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omg I love Sarah Sze

2008-06-10T09:14:00.001-07:00

When I was a kid, I used to make miniature universes with random things lying around the house. The cosmos under the bed was perhaps the most secret and intricate. Once home from school, I would examine my still lives to see if they had been tampered with. If something had moved the slightest bit, I would throw a tantrum that would have the neighbors complaining. Clearly I had some issues as a young boy.

Sarah Sze's artwork reminds me of these galaxies that I would create for batteries, stale candy, and GI Joe men. Looking at a Sarah Sze installation makes me feel like I'm entering the mind of an obsessive, creative person. Or, maybe just my own mind.

RIP Rauchenberg

2008-05-20T08:03:00.000-07:00

When I was in school, learning about all the iconoclasts of the 20th century, Robert Rauchenberg had a retrospective at the Guggenheim. I was working across the street then and must've found my way into the exhibition at least 5 or 6 times. As with my many creative people of my generation, Rauchenberg was a huge inspiration. He showed me that design could be art and art could be design. He also erased a DeKooning drawing (given to him by the artist himself) - that's just badass. But most inspiring was his view of the creative process and his interest in "the ability to conceive failure as progress".

Screen Capture, May 19, 2008

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Screen Capture, May 14, 2008

2008-05-14T15:45:00.001-07:00

Um, the answer is no. Find out more about the famous doughnuts here.

Desktop, April 22, 3:12 PM

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Desktop, Tax Day, 2:34 PM

2008-04-15T17:24:00.001-07:00

My New Operatic Clothing

2008-04-12T15:55:00.000-07:00

So there I was quietly not minding my own business when I overheard:

girl 1: go my od - they re giving away shoes in the wardrobe department since they have to move.

girl 2: od my go. I'm going.

girl 1 and 2: go my oddz!

With that little tip I followed them further into the caverns that compose the belly of the NY state theater and eventually landed in the soon to be re-modeled wardrobe room. After some snooping around I found that not only was the footwear up for grabs, but selected costume pieces as well (!!!). Herewith is my new wardrobe amassed in the bowels of the opera...

I love this jacket. No clue what Opera it's from, but the leg o'mutton sleeves say turn of the century. The collar is leather, as are the veins riding the front of the jacket which come to button loops. It's very thick and would be a great little diddy for grabbing a latté on a brisk fall day.

I saw this clever red vest and immediately fell in love. The color is so vibrant - very Radio City Music Hall. The medals I found on another jacket that I wound up jettisoning (RIP) with other garments I just couldn't take. Edits had to be made somewhere. PS - the small medal says "Excellent Service". Yay.

This is the top of a monk's tunic from the opera Tosca, by Puccinni. While I decided against the bottom half, the top is fierce and fabulous. Kinda Legend of Zelda too. It would be great in the spring running about town dodging the PANDA haters in the wings. I love it's quilted fabric as well. So soft, but so musty. Needs a good washing before I start sporting it at the office, my new workplace priority.

This brilliance was not my find, but that of my colleague Sharon. I love it so much, although it does make me wince with nostalgia. It would've come in so handy at The Limelight. I have two sleeves, but I think I'll sport only one at a time. (Secret: the material is this kinda stretchy fabric that has been colored to look like chainmail. The fabric is of a decent weight and makes you feel bulletproof for sure)

I have never seen a vest like this. It's short back and long in the front. It's great just like this (with a t shirt underneath). I think I'm going to wear it this spring. With a great bag, it'll be fab. AND I'll get to show off my man globes. Yay.

This top coat is another item from an Opera that takes place at the turn of the century, Madame Butterfly. It belongs to the character Goro, the marriage broker that introduces Pinkerton to Cho Cho-san. Turn of the century Japan is characterized by fashion that is unmistakenly Japanese (Kimonos and Jimbes) but peppered with hints of the occidental (bowlers hats and top coats). This Coat fits me perfectly (!!!). Don't know if I should wear it to the next ballet I attend or to a game night of monopoly since I look like that monopoly man. Both, I suppose.

Two classic, black vests. Each individual in the velvet it's composed of. I love them both. PS- the buttons on the double breasted one go for $1 a piece I learned from a new friend in the wardrobe department, Bobby. Their chrome composition and unique design make them desirable by project runway-ers err'where.

I kinda think I'm fierce and fabulous in the coat. I kinda think I'm Keanu from the third Matrix. It's Plum and wool. We'll see how much play it gets next winter. The flare waist is priceless though. Amen.

Google Me

2008-03-17T21:14:00.000-07:00

Double You-Double You-Double You-Dawt-Three Point Line-Dawt-Calm

2008-03-16T09:00:00.000-07:00

My design site has been up for about a month now. Please visit! Aufedersein!

I'm still looking

2008-03-12T12:41:00.000-07:00

I made this shirt years ago, and I'm still looking.

For a while there, I thought I had found it in Japan, but alas all gr(id)s are not the same. It looked like mine, smelled like mine, but it just wasn't 100% mine. Knowing that was the case, I had to pack up and continue my search.

The last time I saw my gr(id), I was living here in New York. Those were the days. Things just seemed easier then. I was a different person as well. Things, people, feelings - they come and go. My gr(id) kept me secure though. Then one day it was gone.

I've been looking far and wide for a long time now and I don't know where to look next. I hope that it pops up here in New York again. I've got my eyes open. If you're reading this and know of its whereabouts, drop a line, will you? Till then...

Jawa speakie symbol

2008-03-11T21:41:00.001-07:00

Jawa speakie logo

2008-03-11T21:34:00.001-07:00

Deja vu

2008-03-11T20:56:00.001-07:00

Nerd Still Life

2008-03-11T17:10:00.000-07:00

Desk View, 3/9/08, 10:10 PM

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Screenshot, 3/8/08, 9:05 PM

2008-03-09T12:00:00.000-07:00

I'm such a geek, part deux.

2008-02-28T22:26:00.000-08:00

X-Men Number 1 (All 4 Covers), October 1991. Mint Condition.

I'm such a geek.

2008-02-28T21:39:00.000-08:00

Punctuation Personality Tests

2008-02-28T06:52:00.001-08:00

Whh? Am I going to grad school?
Commas can reach me at victor@3ptline.com
Go punc yourself.

Anime

2008-02-24T18:23:00.000-08:00

Despite having lived in Japan and priding myself on being somewhat of an otaku (see GI Joe, Star Wars and Typography fetishes), I am not all about Japanese Animation. Truth be told, I haven't seen classics like Akira nor Ghost in the Shell. I did, however, sit down to watch Paprika, a great movie that melds the dream world and reality in a way that only anime can. The result feels as if the movie's creators took one part Nightmare on Elmstreet, two parts Spirited Away, a cup of Freud and a dash of The Matrix, plopped it into an animator and out came this moving dream (my apologies for making the concept and execution seem so simple. It's totally not). If you have a chance to catch it, do. 僕のおすすめです！

Desktop, February 15, 1:28 AM

2008-02-12T22:30:00.000-08:00

My 8-Bit Sibling

2008-02-11T10:17:00.001-08:00

No Likey Racey Bangkoky

Filipina Idol

OMG - Let's Shop!

んんん、紅葉

Desktop, February 11, 2:03 AM

2008-02-10T23:10:00.000-08:00

Featuring Poodle Hair. Maybe it should be purple, like the broad from the Clockwork Orange gif.

The Dictionary

2008-02-10T22:29:00.001-08:00

See this also.

Henryk Tomaszewski

2008-02-08T08:13:00.000-08:00

Good Customer Service

2008-02-07T15:14:00.000-08:00

Desktop February 5, 2008, 1:14 AM

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Swatches

2008-02-04T14:38:00.000-08:00

You're pale, I'm chocolaté

Green

2008-02-02T19:00:00.000-08:00

The Concept of Bjork

2008-02-02T12:56:00.001-08:00

I love the concept of Bjork. The actual human, it's love / hate.

Pochibukuro

2008-01-25T04:54:00.001-08:00

あけましておめでとうございます
That means "Happy New Year!". The Japanese mark the beginning of the year with sake, family gatherings and the spreading of wealth. Although seemingly reserved for the children, Otoshidama, or monetary presents, are delivered in nifty envelopes called "pochibukuro". These envelopes are usually meticulously designed and fabricated out of the most exquisite paper. Above is a small collection that I got from a friend in Japan.

Rudolph de Harak

2008-01-23T21:00:00.000-08:00

While he's most noted for his work for McGraw Hill that he designed in the mid 60's, de Harak's work spanned multiple mediums including environmental design, signage, and, as seen above, illustration. He's definitely an inspiration for my usage of graphic systems to convey personal history, or something I call 3 pt. line.

B/W

2008-01-20T17:47:00.000-08:00

Click on picture and revel in the gush.

Printer MIshaps

2008-01-20T17:11:00.000-08:00

Happy Accidents

Desktop, January 15, 2008, 11:58 PM

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J Pop

2008-01-18T10:13:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite songs from Japan's former pop sensation Judy and Mary.

A competitive spirit

2008-01-16T14:17:00.000-08:00

Yo Joe

2008-01-13T21:21:00.000-08:00

The Storm Shadow shirt made me nostalgic. Herewith is a small fraction of my childhood gold.

Storm Shadow

2008-01-13T12:32:00.000-08:00

I've always been a collector. These days I tend to amass antique, foreign books that revel in modern design. But, as a kid I was GI Joe fanatic. One of my favorite characters is bad-ass Storm Shadow. He is the Cobra Ninja dressed in all white (I didn't know ninjas did that. Don't they want to be invisible?). I remember my aunt buying ninja costumes for me and my cousin back when being a Ninja was every kid's dream profession. Too bad they're black, I thought. Now that I'm all grown up, I think I'd rather be a PANDA than a ninja. That doesn't stop me from spazzing out and jumping on the furniture though.

Cubs

2007-12-17T09:59:00.000-08:00

Second Quarter Report

2007-12-13T00:10:00.000-08:00

For my second quarter report, I have decided to chart my bouts with several common ailments and their duration in my system here versus abroad.

I have found these remedies to be the best, uncommon as they may be.

These are the provinces/countries where I have spent my last year. December '06-May '07 I spent conducting field research. November '07-Present I have spent re-acclimating to my native zoo york.

A Game of Dress Up

2007-12-09T16:49:00.000-08:00

Just a little Sunday afternoon dressing up with nowhere to go. I think I'm gravitating towards a uniform. Too much thinking involved.

Transgendered Leia + Pimped Out Lando

2007-12-08T23:46:00.000-08:00

As diverse as the Star Wars Universe is, there are only few variants on the white male in the human species. Here are two characters that I'd like to point out since they provide voices for the otherwise under-repped.

1] Forced to masquerade as a bounty hunter, Princess Leia dons a Boushh Bounty Hunter costume in the beginning sequence of The Return of the Jedi. Sitting there in the movie theater way back when, I never assumed that it was a female underneath the menacing bouty hunter suit, let alone Leia. This was probably the response of most of the audience and served as a nice twist bringing Leia's character to action. She was very boy. The lengths that a woman will go to rescue her man...shit, boys don't cry and neither do bounty hunters.

2] Black characters are very few and far between in the Star Wars universe. Before Mace Windu was introduced in the prequels with his pimp purple lightsaber, there was Lando Calrissian. Though he was known as a professional gambler and entreprenuer to the galactic public, we all knew that Lando's character was conceived to add some playboy flair and dark chocolate charm to the republic. Replete with a smooth operator style and blue cape with golden lining, Lando was a cool duude in a galaxy far far away... like uptown far.

Hana Koala

2007-10-24T07:58:00.000-07:00

A perfect example of why Japanese commercials are better than most of their TV shows. Moshi Moshi.

PANDA Brunch 9/1/07

2007-09-02T10:56:00.001-07:00

Left: Shin Ramen with ennochi mushrooms, button mushrooms, spinach, and tofu.
Right: Nissin Brand Chuuka Soba with kimchi, red onion, spinach, enocchi, and tofu.
Visit http://thepandapage.blogspot.com for more info.

Desktop, August 17, 2007, 7:56 PM

2007-08-22T17:35:00.000-07:00

First Quarter Report

2007-08-20T20:35:00.000-07:00

It has been three months to the day since I've arrived back in New York. My first quarter report quantifies some of my daily realities as traveller gone soft. Work, Sex, Religion as well as some other scintillating topics are measured here on a handsome bar graph... though you never know how the numbers will change from one day to the next. I might get lucky and find a whole gospel choir on the the 5 train tomorrow.

My iChat Customized "Away" List

2007-08-17T18:35:00.000-07:00

Thai Iced Tea

2007-08-11T06:57:00.000-07:00

Another Foodie-doc, this time of Thai Iced Tea. I don't know about you, but I've never gotten a bev sans bottle anywhere except in SE Asia. On this particular day I was wandering the streets of Bangkok trying to get to the Golden Mount at the suggestion of Chris Otchy, man extraordinaire. Luckily, along my path, I found a woman with her iced tea cart. It was all you could want from a Thai Iced Tea - sweet, creamy goodness. By the time I climbed the mount, though, most of the ice had melted and I was left holding a bag of orange water that had the hint of a tea taste to it. Now I'm left wondering where that ice came from... bad thoughts, bad thoughts.

Emoji

2007-08-10T20:14:00.000-07:00

What communities like My Space and Friendster are to us in the States, Mixi is to the Japanese. In order to stay in contact with teachers, students, and soba makers that I befriended over there, I have decided to open a Mixi account. Check out this chart of various Emoji, or Emoticons, that you can use on Mixi. Doesn't the extreme cuteness just make you want to take a rice ball and pelt the first salaryman you see?

Frida and Madge

2007-08-07T21:27:00.002-07:00

So I learned this weekend that Madonna always travels with an original Frida Kahlo piece of art. Apparently it has some sort of talisman significance for her. I saw this collage in a "museum" recently... Madge with her hair in that "I dream of Jeannie"-esque braid brought me right back to my obsession with her in the early 90's. Tapped onto Kahlo's forehead was genius, I thought.

Neat Horse

2007-07-09T07:42:00.000-07:00

Kalesa (sometimes called a karitela) is a horse-driven carriage used in the Philippines. The word predates the Spanish conquest and descends ultimately from an Old Church Slavonic word meaning "wheels." This was one of the modes of transportation introduced in the Philippines in the 18th century. They are rarely used in the streets nowadays except in tourist spots and some rural areas. (<--- from Wikipedia)

Szechuwan Dumpling Soup

2007-07-08T21:40:00.000-07:00

My first documentary of culinary delights - this one of a bowl of Dumpling Soup in a hot Szechuwan-style broth. Not bad for the equivalent of $.25 in Li Jiang, China. It was soo good, I had two bowls that day and then came back the next day for thirds!

Treee

2007-07-08T21:35:00.001-07:00

Lite

2007-06-27T20:44:00.000-07:00

W E L C O M E

2007-06-22T23:11:00.000-07:00

Manhattan Island as seen from Asiana Airlines 222, seat 59A | May 20, 2007

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