Linkin' Park, Coheed and Cambria, Chiodos

Oh my goodness! Last night (February 22, 08) My best friend, my brother and his friend and I went to The Bell Center, Montreal to see Chiodos, Coheed and Cambria, and Linkin' Park. So when we got there we had to wait in line for a bit and Chiodos, the band we were going there to see, started playing while we were outside. NOOO, so we missed a song or two by them. But they were still AMAZING! And then we left our seats to go get autographs from Chiodos, and we got to meet them and Craig signed out shirts. It was nothing short of amazing. We also told them they should go to Vermont, hehe.
So then Coheed and Cambria started playing, while we were in line to get autographs. They were pretty good I thought.
Then there was Linkin' Park. Normally I don't like their music that much, but they were really good on stage. I would definitely recommend seeing them, even if you don't totally love their music.

Here are a few pictures of Chiodos, enjoy!

PingMag

"PingMag in one word: Inspiration.

PingMag in one sentence: About Design and Making Things!

PingMag in detail: PingMag is an online design magazine based in Tokyo. Defining the term design as broadly as we can, PingMag writes about ideas and inspiration coming from both world class designers, and from the little store on the corner. We look at everything; product design, packaging, architecture, web design, typography, illustration, photography, fashion, programming, graphics, video, art, toys, traditional crafts, graffiti, set design…. anything, in fact, that we consider inspiring and we think will excite you too.

We’re sure that there is so much to be learnt from both the very big fish, and from the amazing local artist you’ve never heard about before. And a rapidly growing readership proves that we can’t be too wrong! Design is unlimited. It can be found in anything, anywhere, anytime. PingMag has the honor to spend time finding those treasures and talking to those people who put love and thought into creating." -The About section of PingMag

Winter Ball Pictures! (Finally)

The crew (left to right): Owen, Jacob, Kayla, Me, Laura, Mike, Da-sol

Ethan and Jacob

Bridget (the camera person)

Kim, Hanna, Me

Yay, pictures! Finally... Winter ball was amazing, I can't wait until next year.

Street Installations by Mark Jenkins

Ahhh! Lookie at what I found. This artist who does this sort of street art by making sculptures and placing them in random places. The artist, Mark Jenkins, calls them "Street Installations." I only wish the town I live in was this cool.

Stanislav Katz

This is called SpiderTable, but it reminds me more of one of the shapes from Tetris.

Stanislav Katz is a furniture company that designs really funky modern furniture. Like that bookshelf above, pretty much amazing right?

LoopyBoopy

My brother and I used to play with polymer clay a while ago just to make little people or birthday gifts. We never quite go the hang of it though. But today I found this one shop on Etsy. It's called Loopyboopy and they make really cool figurines. Their figures are really creative and almost a little bit creepy, but in a good way. I only wish I could be this good.

Aromaleigh Cosmetics and Aromatics

In addition to being interested in photography, drawing and fashion, i like makeup. Not necessarily putting it on to get all "glammed up." I like make up for the art of it, you can get creative with it. You can get especially creative with this makeup that I came across a little while ago. The company is called Aromaleigh. They have a bunch of beauty products, but what sparks my interest the most are the eye shadows. They have a line of shadows called "Aromaleigh Rocks! Sonic Cosmetics Mineral Eyeshadow." They come in a ton of colors that are very vibrant and colorful. the site also has a bunch of pictures submitted by users showing just how creative you can get. The only trouble is picking out which colors to get!

Free Rice!

My English teacher told our class about this website that donates rice if you answer vocabulary questions correctly. It's called FreeRice. You are given a word and you have to choose the best definition out of 4 other words (multiple choice). For every word you define correctly, 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations to help fight world hunger. It says on the site that a total of about 17,461,100,870 grains of rice have been donated so far! You should join in too! You don't need to create and account or give them your e-mail address or anything, just go to the site and start donating. Plus, you're learning while donating. It's like killing two birds with one stone, haha.

My DeviantArt!

TreeHand by zoiezoie

Yay! A while back, on the fourth of July actually, I made a DeviantArt account that I pretty much forgot about. So a few days ago I finally added my first deviation, or image (art, let's hope). I have several deviations now. They aren't my favorites, and I wish I could add more. But that would present a problem as ALL of my pictures that were saved on my school computer account got deleted after the semester ended. So now I have to start all over again. Great. I hope to have more online soon though. There are quite a few pieces that I made in my drawing class that will hopefully be submitted soon also.

Blik

"What is blik you ask? blik is an I.D. Magazine award-winning* line of surface graphics created by and for people who like to change their mind. These self-adhesive wall decals (think stickers for grown-ups) allow you to easily transform the look of a living or office space in minutes. Affix blik to any smooth, flat surface such as a wall, window, mirror, ceiling, tabletop or floor. Choose your space, plan the design you'd like to make, and literally, just peel and stick. And when you're tired of your design, say after years, a month, maybe a day - the decals are removable."

This is perfect! I tend to change my mind a lot about my living space. I have to switch things up frequently. These wall decals are just what I need. They're sort of like stickers and you can put them on your walls, in an office a living room, wherever! Plus, they have a ton of different designs to use, even some from threadless, the t-shirt company. And, they have a special group of them to stick on glass.

CarrotBox

"The Carrotbox is a site dedicated to all those wonderful rings made of glass, lucite, resin, plastic, jade, wood, bakelite and even stone — anything, as long as it's not metal!" So I found this site just today just looking around. Their rings are really really cool. It turns out that the maker of the site is allergic to most types of metal so they made this site. They have a really artistic and funky style. Plus, they are fairly inexpensive compared to what else is out there these days. Can you say good birthday gift? I think I will get one for my friend who has a birthday coming up.

Threadless T-shirts

A long time ago I found this website called Threadless T-shirts. They let users submit their own designs and score other designs. The designs with the highest ratings get printed and sold. But you have to check out some of these t-shirts. They're amazing, and a few of them are quite funny. Plus, I actually have one t-shirt from here and it is really comfortable, for those "I don't feel like dressing up today, days..." Yeah just look at the t-shirts.