Assignment #43

Make An Exhibition Of The Art In Your Parent's House

1.

Album covers, signed posters, and newspaper clippings all having to do with the Beach Boys. The picture on the bottom left is one my dad took in the 70's, one's more recent, and a couple are from when he was a teenager. I think they're cute.

2.

My dad's Hard Day's Night movie poster.

3.

A self-portrait my sister Bethany painted when she was in high school. I always really liked it, especially the lights.

4.

What my mom painted above our stove.

5.

What's above our fireplace. I think this was the first thing that was hanging in our house when we first moved to Carlsbad. All the plants in it are numbered and you can read what they are at the bottom.

6.

Same.

7.

A print i made last year of my great aunt Gladys. I gave it to my parents over the summer in a letter i sent them.

8.

When i was 9 years old and bored my mom got sick of me and started buying canvases for me to paint. She didn't like the clouds and i didn't like the rug and i'm surprised it's still hanging in our house.

9.

Pointillism cat that Bethany drew for my dad for one of his birthdays. I think. I really like pointillism.

10.

I moved to Oregon and my mom turned my room into her craft room. This is above the desk she works at.

11.

One of my mom's first projects that i can remember.

12.

In Bethany's room.

13.

Same.

14.

Same.

15.

Skateboards she designed. A bunch of things stacked and arranged. She gave me one for my birthday. I chose the one with the cactus and i think it's super cool. It was hard to decide which one to take.

16.

Apparently this is from her work. It's better in real life.

Assignment #56

Make A Portrait Of Your Friend's Desires


Kelly Kay, age 20

Assignment #44: Part VII

Write Yourself A Letter

Dear Carly,

Something really strange has been happening. A week ago Izaak was here and he wanted it to snow so i told him i would manifest that for him. We woke up to snow and Miguel, Alan, and Julia were here too and we all went sledding and built a snowman and everything was real nice but the problem is is that now there's 1/2 a foot of snow on the ground. I'm not sure if it's my fault and i'm definitely not sure how to stop it. I wouldn't be too upset, except i'm trying to fly home for Christmas in a day and all of the flights out of town are being canceled. It's okay, i heard something about Christmas miracles earlier and i'm sure that if Southwest doesn't get me home, the magic of Christmas will.

You'd be happy to hear that i'm getting tougher. No, no, really. REALLY. Today was 20 degrees (with wind chill!) and i went out in a pair of tights, a mini-skirt and a coat. Also, i was about ready to bum out for the next week or so, because everybody left real suddenly, but instead i've been keeping productive. Mostly. Kelly and i started writing an album composed of songs that you would expect to hear at a Bar Mitzvah. We call ourselves The Shixa Bar Mitzvahs, and so far we've got our R&B jam and we're working on our dance jam. We started tagging and today we bought all of our Christmas presents. Keeping busy has been okay, pretty okay, but maybe i'm still bummed a little. All of my friends are really good at leaving and i'm really good at missing people. That's fine, according to my tag, posi-lock non-stop 4 ever. Or at least something similar.

I can't get Biz Markie's "Just a Friend" out of my head.

Hey, i hear that San Diego is 70 degrees right now. That doesn't sound too bad, even though San Diego as a whole might. Chin up though, right? Plus, i've got some really good plans in the making. Maybe i won't say them, in case they don't work out. But maybe in case i forget, i'll say that they have to do with the 101 and summertime. Man, summertime. Gimme some of that.

Keep warm, keep happy, keep going,
Love,
143,
Carly

P.s. NOW IS ALL YOU HAVE.

Assignment #70

Say Goodbye

1. Goodbye Izaak!
2. Goodbye Julia, Miguel, and Alan!
3. Goodbye feeling too cold to get out of bed.
4. Goodbye worrying about next year.
5. Goodbye cutting my hair.
6. Goodbye passive-aggressiveness.
7. Goodbye showering more than once a day.
8. Goodbye showering once a day!
9. Goodbye thinking about people that aren't here more than people that are.
10. Goodbye to buying things that i could easily make.
11. Goodbye feeling that i can't do things.
12. Goodbye running late.
13. Goodbye forgetting that i know how to have fun.
14. Goodbye thinking too much about my next tattoo.
15. Goodbye marathons of online t.v.
16 . Goodbye smoking more than a couple cigarettes in a day.
17. Goodbye unproductive nostalgia.
18. Goodbye thinking of what life would've been like if i stayed in Santa Cruz.
19. Goodbye being closed off!
20. Goodbye San Diego!
21. Goodbye being unsatisfied.
22. Goodbye horrible cough that i've had for two weeks!!

Assignment #19

Illustrate A Scene Or Make An Object From Paul Arensmeyer's Life Story


"I continued picking mushrooms on the 3rd and 5th fairways of the campus golf course as no one had mentioned that being a problem"

Assignment #64

Teach Us An Exercise

On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, i ride my bike to and from school. On Wednesday i ride to school, home, back to school, and back home again
Here is the route i take:

*Click picture to see whole map

Take this exercise slowly. The first three times you ride to and back are going to be the toughest. Make sure to set a pace and stick with it. It helps to look at the houses going by instead of the street signs. The way home is a steady incline spread out over 30 blocks. You're in luck though, there's a 7-11 on 20th and Hawthorne. If you can't make it all the way yet, take a Slurpee break. Also, you're probably going to run into some sickie bike jocks. They might pass you going east on the bridge, but that's fine. You'll just meet up with them when you get the the other side.

After your first week, the exercise will just become routine. Now you can work on your speed and dodging cars. You can work on yelling at drivers when they almost run you over. You can work on your conversation skills when the Hawthorne Bridge is raised and you get to sit with fellow bikers for a good ten minutes.

This exercise is sure to sculpt your calves, thighs, and arm muscles. If you're lucky, it might even work your butt. It will build up your endurance and wake you up in the morning. It will make you feel good and accomplished, it'll give you rosy cheeks.

Assignment #54

Draw The News

Assignment #21

Sculpt A Bust Of Steve


Real life Steve.

Cake Steve.

Assignment #45

Reread Your Favorite Book From Fifth Grade

"Just as I suspected," he continued, opening a large dusty book and thumbing through the pages. "You're suffering from a severe lack of noise."

Assignment #57

Lipsync To Shy Neighbor's Garth Brooks Cover

Assignment #65

Perform The Phone Call Someone Else Wished They Could Have

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?w3nnzmxmdlt

Assignment #44: Part VI

Write Your Life Story As If It Took Place In One Day

I was born at about 1 P.M. which i guess could be considered a late start for a day, but i guess that's typical. I took 3758 showers and 1400 baths in between 1:15 P.M. and 2:00 P.M. It seems like a lot, but between 1 P.M. and 1:15 P.M. i was building forts and climbing trees and i learned how to ride a bike and i scrapped my knees 15 times so i was about due for some washing up. It was perfect timing too, because at 2:10 P.M. i had to book it to my elementary school graduation. Between the hours of 3:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. i drank 15 gallons of orange juice and ate about seven boxes of Morning Star Farm chicken nuggets, 200 salads, 13 dozens of cookies, and about 25 pounds of apples. By then i was wiped out so i took an hour nap which brings me to 5:00 P.M. At this point i went to New Orleans and Florida a couple times and won a couple national titles for competitive cheerleading. When i got home i realized that my parents had moved from Alpine to Encinitas and this was about half-past 6:00 P.M. and i was a little sad that i didn't get to say goodbye to my friends but i knew i had about 15 essays to finish for my AP Lit class and not even to mention all the books i had to read for my college classes and either way, my parents made it up to me by taking me to Hawaii (twice!) and Yosemite, all between 6:00 P.M. and 7:15 P.M. Between 7:20 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. i dated and broke up with about 12 boys and decided that i was done with relationships, at least until the next day. I don't really remember the time from 8:00 P.M. till 8:45 P.M. I drank 700 beers and had 47 shots and i was totally wasted. Needless to say, i spent the next two minutes being so hungover. At about 8:47 P.M. i played guitar, sewed 5 dresses and 30 skirts, wrote about 100 letters to close friends and was finished with all that at 9:00 P.M. From that time until 10:00 P.M., i walked 1440 miles around my neighborhood and met 340 strangers. I accidentally made one fall off of a bike. I spent 4 minutes being self-conscious and i spent 10 more being totally stoked and i guess the next 2 minutes were kind of ambiguous but by then it was 10:16 P.M. and i figured i should do something else. So i went to 65 parties and saw a couple meteor showers and at about 11:00 i ate 15 pounds of candy. Between 11:05 and 11:30, i saw 23 Japandi shows. At that point, goddamn i was tired but i knew it wasn't quite time to go to sleep. I went night swimming at 11:30 and i sneaked onto a couple roofs and i graduated from high school. By 12:00 A.M. i finished my freshman year of college. I gave one person a sponge bath and i read 40 books and i went on 25 hikes. From 12:05 A.M. until 12:30 A.M. i got lost and wandered around for a while. When i found my way back, i packed up my stuff and moved to Oregon. The drive took a while. I wasn't even fully settled in until 1:00 A.M. Either way, from 1:00 A.M. until 1:23 A.M. i baked 60 batches of cupcakes. After that i had 19 serious, serious conversations but i was done with that by 1:30 A.M. From 1:30 A.M. until 1:43 A.M. i searched around for a skateboarding boyfriend but when i couldn't find one i just went to Fred Meyer for about 50 minutes. When i got home, Kelly had moved to Costa Rica and Lana had taken her spot and we had 15 visitors staying in our living room. It was all a lot to take in, so i went outside and took 24 roles of film. I spent the next 2 minutes at The Bins and i think it snowed and i decided that it was time to go to sleep.

Assignment #44: Part V

Make A List Of Your Top Ten Favorite Smells From Childhood

1. The flowers that smelled like honey that grew in front of my yard
2. Campfire
3. My mom's perfume
4. Playdough
5. Fresh laundry
6. The smell of kittens
7. Elevators
8. The foam pit at my gymnastics gym
9. Vacuums
10. Jack-O-Lanterns

Assignment #44: Part IV

Create The Soundtrack Of Your Life

Carly Ng . Spring 2008 .


1. Adrian Orange- "Bitches is Lord"
2. Charles Manson- "Home is Where You're Happy"
3. The Weakerthans- "My Favourite Chords"
4. Elvis Costello- "Miracle Man"
5. Greg Davis- "Arbor"
6. The Windswept Stars- "I'm at Your Side, Friend of Mine"
7. Mariah Carey- "Always be My Baby"
8. Shakey Bones- "No More Trouble"
9. Pas/Cal- "Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up"
10. Melanie- "Brand New Key"
11. Mirah- "Apples in the Trees"
12. Erin Tobey- "Follow the Trail"
13. Karl Blau- "Into the Nada"
14. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers- "Important in Your Life"
15. The Extraordinaires- "The Warehouse Song"

Assignment #44: Part III

Choose A Word And Translate It

Truly

Dutch: Echt
French: Vraiment
Spanish: Verdad
Portuguese: Verdadeiramente
Italian: Allineare
Greek: αληθινά

Assignment #44: Part II

Describe What Happens Outside Your Window

1. What i guessed

There's a big tree that's just beginning to get leaves again. A white Honda across the street. A white house that's hidden by a huge Doug Fir and a couple bushes and a red spikey plant. There's red Christmas lights in the living room. A purple house that has orange and green accents and a staircase to their porch and a garden. Daffodils. A stop sign and a street sign that reads "SE 30th" and the other reads "SE Main St." Some telephone lines and a streetlight. Maybe a stray cat or a biker going down 30th. Maybe a squirrel. An off-white house covered in vines. A car with a University of Arizona sticker across the back windshield.

2. After looking through my window

I forgot the Cartridge World Scion and the big white Van. The tree in front of Ross and Tina's that has moss all over it and kind of smells like fish. It's nighttime and i can see the moon. The house across the way that has a blue tarp covered Camper in their lawn. Our recycling bins.

Assignment #44: Part I

List 100 Of Your Favorite Things

1. Lavender honey steamers
2. Bike rides
3. Raspberries
4. Bee pollen
5. Kittens
6. Red Pandas
7. Spring
8. Having sock choices
9. Tom Kha
10. Embroidering
11. The bros
12. Roller coasters
13. Trinkets
14. A good day at The Bins
15. Warmth
16. Trampolines
17. Receiving packages and letters
18. Sending packages and letters
19. Singing
20. Baking
21. Sewing
22. Foreign currency
23. Forts
24. Gardens
25. Joey Moran
26. Anna Wolfe-Pauly
27. The Main House
28. The idea of riding a horse
29. Hikes
30. Staying up too late
31. New things made out of old or broken things
32. Free things
33. Nanette Lepore
34. Cute, new underwear
36. Meteor showers
37. The music my friends make
38. Bro puns
39. 90s pop culture
40. Coffee
41. Cupcakes
42. Long walks
43. Miguel's and Mose's messages i have saved on my phone
44. Old pictures of my family
45. Pastels
46. Nice pencils and pens
47. Maps
48. Redwoods
49. Fresh laundry
50. High-fives
51. Black currant tea
52. Eating grapefruits like oranges
53. Ladybugs
54. Swimming in the ocean at night
55. The Oregon coast
56. Clean teeth
57. Mountains
58. My dad's old guitar
59. My mom's pasta
60. Missed connections
61. Class crushes
62. Having every possible color of thread
63. Softball in the summer
64. Constellations
65. Pumpkin patches
66. Laughing so much it hurts
67. Learning
68. Spooning
69. Napping
70. Skeleton keys
71. Wikipedia
72. Skateboarders
73. The Golden Time
74. Feeding the ducks at Laurelhurst park
75. Dreams
76. Murray Baumgarten
77. Sleeping in
78. Having neighbor friends
79. Pink Lady apples
80. Raw corn on the cob
81. Riding the bus
82. Daffodils
83. Italo Calvino
84. Joan Didion
85. Mason jars
86. To-do lists
87. Being inside on a rainy day
88. Being outside on a sunny day
89. Dr. Finger
90. Greg Davis for when it's time to sleep
91. Kitchen appliances
92. Seasonal fruits and veggies
93. Deep sea animals
94. Back scratches
95. Homemade ice cream
96. Being too excited to go to sleep
97. Secret spots
98. My idea of Norway
99. Sharing
100. Dresses

Assignment #35

Ask Your Family To Describe What You Do

From Aubree (age 22), my sister:

Currenty, I believe you are taking three classes that probably fill about 10 hours in your week in actual class time+traveling to school+homework+time in between class. So I figure you spend about 15-20 hours of your week doing school related things.
I think you probably sleep in and go to bed sort of late, maybe you go to bed around midnight and wake up at around 9-10.
You also have to spend some time per week running errands...groceries, laundry, etc. I'll give that about 5 hours of your time.
Other than that I think you spend a lot of time reading, drawing, painting, and creating. You probably do some of these activities in coffee shops and a lot of them at home, particularly baking. Also, you probably do some shopping...clothing, antiques, and thrift.
Besides that I would say you spend a substantial amount of your time with friends. Maybe rolling in the grass, driving to the coast, going on hikes, etc.

From Bethany (age 24), my sister:

i think that you sleep in every day, then get up and have some coffee or tea or something and probably sit around for a while. then go to school or whatever for like a couple of hours or just sit around in your room and play guitar, go on the internet, or make art or something. or hang out with friends and do random stuff. then you probably make some sort of food for dinner. have something to eat, hang out with friends some more and then go to bed really late and do the same thing over again. except not the school thing, since you probably only go twice a week. i think you live in a general state of relaxation, creativity and lack of urgency, possibly with the influence of alcohol, and/or drugs. sounds pretty ideal to me.

i hope this helps and doesnt sound negative, because its not. i wish i could do what i just described every day. bye for now. ps i got to pet a penguin again. you missed out.

From Jamie (age 50), my mom:

Presently, Carly is usually doing something creative. You can find her
sewing, cooking, print making, designing a business plan or playing the
guitar.

Carly's motto could easily be, "Do something creative everyday". She will
get right to her creativity once she has had a much relished good night's
sleep. Of course, her "good night's sleep" often includes a greater portion
of the morning!

Once up, or perhaps before bed the night before, she will have made a list
of her goals for the day. She will aspire to achieve these goals, but will
not be entirely disappointed with herself if she falls a little short.

Her day will start with a healthy vegan breakfast, that she will gladly
share with the others in her household. Next. a long, leisurely shower will
follow filled with plenty of singing. Depending on the day, she will
prepare for her classes, go hiking, sew or haunt an establishment known for
it's tea and atmosphere. Carly's day will end by creating a great dinner
with friends, some singing and dancing (especially while she cooks), and, if
a venue for great music can be found, she'll be there!

Assignment #34

Make A Protest Sign And Protest



"C'mon Spring!"

Assignment #9

Draw A Constellation In Someone's Freckles


The Cat Constellation, recently found on the arm of Grant McGavin.

Assignment #8

Curate An Artist's Retrospective In A Public Place



Laminated and nailed on four different telephone poles around the Hawthorne area.

Assignment #11

Photograph A Scar And Write About It


Under the right knee, the closest to my foot

Closer up & a little blurry

There was one day when only Lana and i were home and we both decided to take naps. You know when you take a nap at around 4 or 5 and it's confusing because you wake up and it's dark but when you went to sleep it was light? That happened. When i woke up i walked down the stairs and because it was pitch black i thought there were three fewer stairs than there actually were. I had a pretty clean fall, three feet down and three feet across, right onto my knee. Lana was napping on the couch so she laughed at me a little.

Assignment #18

Recreate A Poster You Had As A Teenager


From Mount Eerie's "No Flashlight" album. It used to be Chris's and it has a decent sized rip in the bottom left corner.

http://www.mediafire.com/?2lcm5ynimex
And a nice compliment of Mount Eerie's "It's Not the Hunting"

Assignment #37

Write Down A Recent Argument

Me: Yeah, a group of four bros moved in across the street but they're so rad

Ben: Seriously? Four bros? (raises eyebrow)

Me: Yeah! But they're the kindest bros and they're going to let us garden in their yard and we're going to have summer barbeques and they get drunk and Razor scooter and they let us borrow movies and DUDE, we're starting a garden in their backyard! (motions excitedly)

Ben: Oh yeah, i wonder why they're so nice. Four attractive girls live across the street and want to hang out. Be careful with that.

Me: No! Seriously! They mean so well! They would never do that! The bros would do anything for us! (leaning in, really trying to be convincing)

Ben: Uh huh, they just want to see you all bending over, sweaty, digging in the dirt.

Lately

I've been loving everyone and everything and me without assignments.
But there are still lots left and some half-finished. Someday soon. Soon, soon.

Assignment #40

Heal Yourself

When i'm feeling especially sad or lonely, the following usually helps:

1. I first try to keep myself busy with some of the following:
A. Sewing or embroidering
B. Baking
C. Playing guitar. For the best results, i'll play a sad song and sing as loud as possible
D. Reading
2. The activities in step 1 are best accompanied by a cup of tea or hot chocolate.
3. I'll call an old friend and catch up. Hearing about their life reminds me that there are other things existing besides my temporary sadness. It's also nice to hear a friendly voice.
4. I'll make something nice for a friend. Making other people happy tends to make me happy.
5. A good dose of Mariah Carey never hurts. Especially if there's dancing involved.
6. I'll think about exciting things that are going to happen or that have happened. Because, if those are going to happen or have already happened, then it's totally possible that other exciting things could be happening right now.
7. It's also important to try to pinpoint what's making me feel this way. Usually, everything that's making me sad is being made up in my head.
8. I'll take a walk, long or short. But it's important that i stay warm.

In the end, i usually end up remembering that life's so rad.

Assignment #33

Braid Someone's Hair

Assignment #25

Make A Video Of Somebody Dancing

Assignment #67

Repair Something

Before:

A broken window i found a couple streets down

After:

Something to hang on our bare walls!

This one creates lots of cool shadows.

I painted this based off a picture of my Great Aunt Gladys. She passed away a couple years ago and there are a bunch of terribly cute pictures of her from when she was young.

I spy Italy.

I made the top left pane into a chalkboard.

Assignment #66

Make A Field Guide To Your Yard