May 2012
1 post
a birthday cake for tubb-tubb
German chocolate. With dinosaurs on top. And yes, it was delicious.
April 2012
14 posts
na-na-na-na-NA-na... you say it's your BIRTHDAY!
B$$ turned 30!!!!!!! So of course we all went out to celebrate and get our karaoke on.
Denby got things started by walking the dinosaur…
Smalls and I demanded a little respect…
Cara demonstrated her moves like jagger…
And Brendan inquired as to what was goin’ on.
Then as expected, Brittany got drunk and wanted to wrestle…
Tubbs got...
“Guys, please don’t let me get a Prius. Put me in the minivan cab if you...”
– Brittany Throne. 30 years old.
goodbye baltimore!
It’s been real.
inner harbor
Hanging out with the seagulls.
walking round hampden
I do love me a good sign.
easter brunch
black on white
out for a walk in the sun
Forget about Philadelphia. It’s always sunny in Baltimore!
up all night
Ta-da!!!! Installation complete.
baltimore in numbers
Hours since leaving Seattle: 28 Hours slept since leaving Seattle: 7 (2 on the plane, 1 on the Minneapolis airport floor, and 4 in Skye’s bed.) Sunrises witnessed: 2 Photographs taken: 187 References to “The Wire” made: 10? 12? I’ve lost count. Chocolate bars consumed: 3 Bags of Cadbury Mini Eggs consumed: 1 Well balanced meals consumed: 0 Hours spent installing...
there's no place like (skye's) home
Upon arriving at a destination, my priorities are as follows: A) take pictures, B) take a nap.
hey, look!
I’m in Baltimore!
the sun came out today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately, I spent a large portion of the day in a dark, windowless, basement computer lab where we spent TWO HOURS going over the syllabus for my Photoshop class. But regardless - the sun still shone! And it still made me happy!!
March 2012
15 posts
conversations with customers
Thursday. 5:40 pm. A dude walks in the door.
Emily: Hey, we’re actually closed. Sorry.
Dude: Oh. Well there’s no sign.
Emily: There is. There’s an “Open” sign, but it’s turned off.
Dude: But there’s no “Closed” sign.
Emily: Right, but if we were open, the “Open” sign would be lit. But now we’re closed, so it’s...
typography project #4
Yeah, I’m kind of in love with this one. Think I might blow it up and hang it on my wall.
typography project #3
The assignment for this project was to pick an existing logo and alter it just enough that it looked new, but not so much that it was no longer recognizable as the brand. Incremental Brand Revision, they call it in the ad world. Out of all of our projects this quarter, I was least excited about this one because A) I don’t give a crap about Budweiser, B) I don’t give a crap about...
celebrating brittany
Three years! Brittany, you are an amazing woman.
Also, we as a group should not be allowed out in public together. Belltown will never be the same again…
seattle is trying to kill me
I made the mistake of looking at the weather report today. It’s never going to stop raining, in case you were wondering. Then I looked at the weather report for Iowa City, just to torture myself. Seventy degrees and sunny. If you don’t hear from me for a while, I’ve probably just hurled myself out of my rain-streaked window.
Or died from a strong case of melodrama.
metal monday
Part 1: In which we drink beer and make s’mores at Shelter while we wait for Brittany’s band to go on at the Two Bit, because none of us are actually metal enough to sit through all of Metal Monday. It is now my firm belief that all bars should come equipped with fire pits and free marshmallows. Whoever came up with that idea is a freaking genius....
scavenger hunt!
Team Roxy’s: Making friends and eating donuts with the Safeway Rent-A-Cop.
Britt’s brother Alex had his annual birthday party scavenger hunt on Friday night, and team Roxy’s came in a mere 10 points behind the winning team. Sarah Smalley was the definite star of the evening with her daring bouts of public nudity (dropping trou at the Ballard bell tower AND getting her ass...
tuesday breakfast
I went to Citizen for breakfast on Tuesday with Tubbs and Smalls. I really think the Citizen Crepe might be the best thing that’s ever happened to me. Avocado, asparagus, caramelized onions, apple smoked bacon, and goat cheese. It’s fucking heaven. After breakfast we drove to Linwood and spent the afternoon at the Korean naked lady spa, where I read a...
typography project #2
Hey, look! I created a typeface! And it’s name is Science Beaker.
(Also answers to the names: Bubble Butt, Thelma, Pie Hole, Bikini Tops, and Brass Knuckles. All typeface names courtesy of my fabulous Facebook friends)
February 2012
7 posts
typography project #1
…Guess who got the highest grade in the class!?!
A perfect song for dancing around in my sweatpants...
splendor!
Claire came to visit me last weekend. It was the first time we’d seen each other in OVER TWO YEARS!! So we drank some coffee, ate some pie, watched some Glee, and climbed a mountain. It was glorious. Truly glorious, and we jumped with joy. Cause that’s what you do when you’re on top of the world.
monday
Typography Class: Attended Apartment: Cleaned Vegetables: Eaten Sunshine: Basked in Fat Lazy Ass: Zumba-ed Sweaty Self: Showered Taxes: Filed Blog: Updated
Emily Irelan: Getting shit done.
adventures in community college
On my way to school this morning I listened to a man on the #5 bus loudly negotiate a drug deal on his cell phone. He had several conversations with a man named “The Godfather” and another guy named “The Mexican.” I’m not even kidding. It was like listening to a cheap knock off of The Wire. And on an unrelated note, turns out that the adorable 18 year old in my...
January 2012
8 posts
this is what me not doing my homework looks like
texts from last night
Emily (7:42 pm) (While simultaneously texting and Facebooking) We are communicating via so many types of technology right now!
Ryan (7:42 pm) IT’S AMAZING!
Emily (7:43 pm) YAY 21ST CENTURY!!!!!
Ryan (7:44 pm) Wahooo!
Emily (7:44 pm) How long do you think we can keep this up?
Ryan (7:45 pm) Hours. I have nowhere to go.
Emily (7:46 pm) YAY BEING AN...
peekaboo!
I finally got the last of my recovered hard drive data back from Ryan. Turns out I take a lot of pictures of myself on the Photo Booth application. These two had me cracking up for a good 5 minutes, so I decided to share them with you. Also because updating my blog gives me a good excuse to continue procrastinating from what I really should be doing, which is writing my goddamn artist’s...
girls with guns: big buck hunter
Four ladies, one green plastic gun, and a whole bunch of imaginary elk. Just another Saturday night on the town.
King’s Hardware. Seattle, WA.
December 2011
11 posts
on the water
Quilcene Bay, WA.
christmas day
At the Townsend Tussle Tin. Quilcene Bay, WA.
photo adventure!
Part 1: Santa and His Reindeer
With Christmas only days away, and school done for the quarter, Brittany, Tubbs, and I set out on Tuesday morning for a photo adventure to… Puyallup. The reason? To find Santa’s reindeer and pet the crap out of them. Unfortunately, as it turns out, Santa’s reindeer live in a slightly depressing pen surrounded by hordes of squealing children, and...