Not sure where life is taking me but I decided that I will NOT live in Fear! I will not settle and just stay in comfort zones.. I am excited to see what life throws at me everyday. Always meeting new people, new friends. I had a job opportunity to run a Sonic here in Shawnee, but it was the lowest profit Sonic and I decided it was not what I wanted. Not that store. I want something more. If I was offered my own store, then I would have jumped on it! HAHA But still think that I am planning on Moving to Eufaula in May! Get to be with my Dad & my Bro Steve. Gonna kill me being farther away from Mom.. But she is gonna have to get away on Weekends.. atleast every other weekend. We got ALOT of art and craft ideas to do!! I am hoping when I move to Eufaula and start working for dad, I will then have the time and money to start doing what I love the most! My ART!!! My mom is all in about helping me and I am just so excited about it! I am ready to start living the life I want! Start taking control again like it use to be. There are still a few things that kinda get me down from time to time.. but It will all come in time I hope :)
HOPE FAITH & LOVE!!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Heart of Glass
I LOVE THIS GUYS WORK!! ITS AMAZING!!!
Chihuly: Glass Artist by Margaret Haberman
Daryl Smith, 39, blows and twirls a glob of glowing glass at the end of a long stainless steel pipe, rolling the molten mass on a table to fashion an orange-red icicle shape at the Seattle studio of American glass master Dale Chihuly. Using an array of torches, files, crimps, tweezers and shears, Smith curls, imprints and cuts the fiery shape—moving it in and out of a 2,150-degree furnace to keep the material pliable —before a fellow craftsman places the glass in a cooling oven.
The finished object is one of 1,800 pieces being used to create a massive sculpture for Chihuly’s most ambitious project to date—the 1½-acre Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit opening later this year in Seattle. The venture’s hallmark glass house will feature a massive installation 100 feet long and 25 feet high.
“People are going to see it and go, ‘Whoa!’” says Chihuly, 70. One of America’s most prominent and prolific living artists, Chihuly is credited with elevating the craft of glassmaking to a fine art. His inventive sculptures—abstract baskets, colorful sea forms, lavish towers and effusive chandeliers—appear in the permanent collections of more than 200 museums worldwide and countless private collections.
Chihuly himself is a striking figure, with a barrel chest, a patch covering his blind left eye and a crown of curly hair. He offers a simple explanation for his success in recasting glass as a popular artistic movement.
“I think people like to look at something they’ve never seen before,” he says. “And that’s what I try to do.”
The charismatic artist and his team create Chihuly’s glassworks in a studio along Seattle’s waterfront housed in a former racing shell factory that he dubbed the Boathouse. Inside the “hot shop” before a row of furnaces, Smith wears sunglasses and works as the gaffer, or head glassblower, using heat and motion to stretch glass into various forms. For the icicle shape, he gyrates the superheated glass bubble attached to his pipe until it sags and droops—a signature technique of his boss.
“Glass has a mind of its own, and the way I work is using fire and centrifugal force and gravity,” Chihuly explains.
His work has become a source of pride in his native Tacoma, thanks in part to the artist and many public displays of his sculptures in the city’s cultural district. The most famous is the Chihuly Bridge of Glass, a 500-foot-long pedestrian walkway that was built in 2002.
Daryl Smith, 39, blows and twirls a glob of glowing glass at the end of a long stainless steel pipe, rolling the molten mass on a table to fashion an orange-red icicle shape at the Seattle studio of American glass master Dale Chihuly. Using an array of torches, files, crimps, tweezers and shears, Smith curls, imprints and cuts the fiery shape—moving it in and out of a 2,150-degree furnace to keep the material pliable —before a fellow craftsman places the glass in a cooling oven.
The finished object is one of 1,800 pieces being used to create a massive sculpture for Chihuly’s most ambitious project to date—the 1½-acre Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit opening later this year in Seattle. The venture’s hallmark glass house will feature a massive installation 100 feet long and 25 feet high.
“People are going to see it and go, ‘Whoa!’” says Chihuly, 70. One of America’s most prominent and prolific living artists, Chihuly is credited with elevating the craft of glassmaking to a fine art. His inventive sculptures—abstract baskets, colorful sea forms, lavish towers and effusive chandeliers—appear in the permanent collections of more than 200 museums worldwide and countless private collections.
Chihuly himself is a striking figure, with a barrel chest, a patch covering his blind left eye and a crown of curly hair. He offers a simple explanation for his success in recasting glass as a popular artistic movement.
“I think people like to look at something they’ve never seen before,” he says. “And that’s what I try to do.”
The charismatic artist and his team create Chihuly’s glassworks in a studio along Seattle’s waterfront housed in a former racing shell factory that he dubbed the Boathouse. Inside the “hot shop” before a row of furnaces, Smith wears sunglasses and works as the gaffer, or head glassblower, using heat and motion to stretch glass into various forms. For the icicle shape, he gyrates the superheated glass bubble attached to his pipe until it sags and droops—a signature technique of his boss.
“Glass has a mind of its own, and the way I work is using fire and centrifugal force and gravity,” Chihuly explains.
His work has become a source of pride in his native Tacoma, thanks in part to the artist and many public displays of his sculptures in the city’s cultural district. The most famous is the Chihuly Bridge of Glass, a 500-foot-long pedestrian walkway that was built in 2002.
1st yr of my life in moms planner
My Mom drove a '86 Cadillac. We lived in Hobart where I was born. I was born Dec on Fri 22nd 1989, 7lbs 15 1/2oz. Arrived home Sat Dec 30th the next week. Jan 9th had a dr apt, weighed 8lbs 7oz. Went to my Grandma Bakers on the 12th cause my bro Steve had a Conference Tournament that next day. I would stay with my Grandparents the Bakers during the wrestling matches. Feb 11th my cousin Michael was born 7lb 1/2 oz 19". My oldest Brother turned 18 Feb 16th. Dad turned 39 that March 13th. Gma & Gpa Kneisel had been together for 35yrs March 29th. She has written down all the tournaments for the boys and the proms and all the school stuff. My mom was so awesome. She was always on top of everything and never missed a single things of any of our school lives or sports or anything. Having me a new born and still attending all the school and active in the sports and all. She was busy busy, but always there. John graduated Thursday May 17th from Hobart. My grandparents the Bakers had been married 41 yrs on May 29th. My bro Steve turned 16 on May 31st.
Part that makes me laugh... June 4th we had Swiss steak for dinner that mon, tues BBQ chicken, Wed ate out, Fri Meatloaf, Sat roast, sun porkchops... haha Went to Grandma Bakers family reunion July 1st.. of course I don't remember any of that haha. Ummm.. Stephen wreck the Cadillac July 18th.. shame shame.. August 2nd I was rolling over and setting up on my own. We traveled a lot to Lawton, and Weatherford, Texas, Shawnee.. Always going to families houses. Seems like every other weekend I was going somewhere or people were coming up to stay. Wish things like that didn't change. One I was old enough to start remembering things everyone else was living out on their own and now its impossible to get family together or go visit. August 6th I saw Train at Ada lol. It says Brandy was 5 August 21.... The Chow Brandy??? hehe She was our guard dog.. No one could come near me besides close family. She was extra protective over me :) September 6th was Monico turned 16.. RIP... The 8th I got to see and pet my 1st horse, It was Steve's girlfriend Kristi's horse :) I loved going to her parents house and see the horsies!! My Aunt Kee & uncle Richard had been married 20 yrs by Sept 19th, 1990. My 1st tooth Sept 27th lol.. What the heck!! Nov 15th... "Pics of Kristin in tub with spaghetti on face & in Minnie mouse suit".... Really?? HAHA!!! Dec 17th Barty sarted working my Lawton. 22nd was my 1st BDAY!! 23rd had Christmas at the Bakers, 24th at home then at the Harris's, then 25th Christmas at the Kneisel's.. sounds about right.. That's how Christmas was just about every year growing up. Some years I have even more Christmas's HAHA.
Part that makes me laugh... June 4th we had Swiss steak for dinner that mon, tues BBQ chicken, Wed ate out, Fri Meatloaf, Sat roast, sun porkchops... haha Went to Grandma Bakers family reunion July 1st.. of course I don't remember any of that haha. Ummm.. Stephen wreck the Cadillac July 18th.. shame shame.. August 2nd I was rolling over and setting up on my own. We traveled a lot to Lawton, and Weatherford, Texas, Shawnee.. Always going to families houses. Seems like every other weekend I was going somewhere or people were coming up to stay. Wish things like that didn't change. One I was old enough to start remembering things everyone else was living out on their own and now its impossible to get family together or go visit. August 6th I saw Train at Ada lol. It says Brandy was 5 August 21.... The Chow Brandy??? hehe She was our guard dog.. No one could come near me besides close family. She was extra protective over me :) September 6th was Monico turned 16.. RIP... The 8th I got to see and pet my 1st horse, It was Steve's girlfriend Kristi's horse :) I loved going to her parents house and see the horsies!! My Aunt Kee & uncle Richard had been married 20 yrs by Sept 19th, 1990. My 1st tooth Sept 27th lol.. What the heck!! Nov 15th... "Pics of Kristin in tub with spaghetti on face & in Minnie mouse suit".... Really?? HAHA!!! Dec 17th Barty sarted working my Lawton. 22nd was my 1st BDAY!! 23rd had Christmas at the Bakers, 24th at home then at the Harris's, then 25th Christmas at the Kneisel's.. sounds about right.. That's how Christmas was just about every year growing up. Some years I have even more Christmas's HAHA.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Drowning Pool Interview
Drowning pool
is an alternative metal, hard rock band. They have been together since 1996. The
original members were Dave Williams (Vocal), C.J. Pierce (Guitar), Stevie Benton
(Bass Guitar) and Mike Luce (Drums). In 2002, Dave Williams past away with heart
problems. Ryan McCombs, ex-lead singer from SOiL, joined the band in 2005. They
are still playing the old music and with there new and first CD with Ryan in the
band, Full Circle , they are keeping the music together and having fun just like
in the old days. They are now on tour, This Is For The Soldiers. This interview
was with C.J. Pierce and may help you understand what they are trying to do and
all about. Go to http://thisisforthesoldiers.org/ to check out more.
What was the meaning of the song Full Circle , on
your newest CD?
Full Circle means moving forward. After the death
of our vocalist Dave Williams, who died from the left ventricle of his heart
failing, we were talking to an old buddy Ryan McCombs. Ryan was a singer for
SOiL, and became a lead singer for us in ’05. Its all about going back out and
having fun again. We get to go back to all the clubs and places we played at
before and the crowd keeps growing each time. Which I guess if it didn’t then it
means we need to pack up go back home and make a new CD.
In this tour, This is For The Soldiers, what is
your reasoning? Exactly what are you trying to do for the soldiers?
When the troops come home they are thrown back
into their homes and lives like nothing happened. There are mental scars from
what they saw. They see things most will never see or feel in their entire
lives. The soldiers fall into anything from depression to alcoholism to suicide.
This tour is to help petition for mandatory screening to see what is going on
and if the soldiers need counseling.
What was it like going to Iraq and meeting all the
soldiers? To actually see what they experience and what they are going
through?
It was an awesome experience. When you see
everything on TV you get a mental picture of what everything is going to be like
when they actually show the worst of it. We went over there and actually saw a
lot of good. You see the hopes of peace which is the reason they are fighting. I
realized how much we all take for granted when you go across seas and see that
these people don’t have bathrooms or toilet paper. The soldiers are put into
these war zones and being shot at and it was a great experience to be able to
have the chance to go over there and take a piece of home with you and give them
a rock show. We performed one show in 127◦F weather.
What was is like to meet Barak Obama?
We went with a copy of proposal of the Lane Evans
Mental Health Care Reform Bill and we walked in and he was not in his office. As
we were leaving he comes up and was like hey are you Drowning Pool. We were like
hey you know us thats awesome. It was crazy getting out at Capital hill and
everyone is wearing suits and ties and we are just dressed in regular clothes.
How do you go about choosing songs for the
concerts?
It is a constant battle. Everyone has their
favorite songs out of the 3 records we have made. We try and mix it up between
the 3 where it flows with the heavier and lighter songs. Sometimes, depending on
the type of crowd we will just change up songs in the middle of the show.
Anything you would like to say to
everyone?
To all the fans, I know you are busy with school
and work, but it is nice to be able to get out with friends and socialize. Come
to the rock show July 16th at Fusion Affect and hang out with
us. We are always just hanging out with everyone at the shows.
Lost...
Sometimes I feel so lost and depressed. People I think I can trust, I never can. How can I ever meet anyone or ever have a relationship again. Jonathan took everything from me. Now he is gone from my life and I just pray he does not ever come back. Then today I come home from work and someone has been here. Jody is the only one with the code. Stuff has been moved around, random stuff. Took all the Avon from under the sink and threw away the boxes. Looked thru my books, my jeans were in the bathroom like someone had tried them one and my perfume was on the bathroom counter. A cup was set out were someone got something to drink. They took my Uggs. I want to move away! I want a new house where no one knows where I live. Luckily nothing like my computer or TV was taken. but still upsets me all the same. Thought I could trust him and let him stay in my home. Forget everyone!! Im done, tired and exhausted of all these damn people!
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