That's not my name

New Guy At The Office (NGATO):   "What do they call you for short?"
Me:  "Analia"
NGATO: "They call you Analia for short?"
Me: "They call me Ana but I prefer my full name...My family members call me Ani"

Other co-worker: "You don't like Ana?!  I've been calling you that for 5 years!!!"
Me: "I know.  I respond to it but it's very basic."

no offence to Ana's around the globe - I loooooooove my full name.  I don't want to anglicize my name anymore than it has; just because it takes effort to pronounce and remember it.

Lunchin' Around

I decided to start photographing my lunch out of boredom and to reflect on it later on.  If  you are ever wondered what I ate - WONDER NO MORE:

2AM MYSTERY MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pink= my car , blue= mystery car

I wake up hella early to be at work at 4:00am.  This morning Anthony comes up to me and asks:  "Are you in trouble with someone"
me: "No why?"
him: "Because there is a car sitting accross our parking lot just chillin' there"

yes, please!

Me Likey!

Architect Adam Reed Tucker was inspired to build in LEGO's by decreased tourism in skyscraper cities (among other things).  He is now part of an elite few: LEGO Certified Professionals and works with LEGO to create the LEGO Architecture Line featuring:  Empire State Building, John Hancock Center, and the Guggenheim.  He has a exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C until Sept. 5, 2011.

very cool!

Chelsea Handler: 2010 MTV VMA

The GREAT, The SKIPPED, and The SQUINTZ:

 THE GREAT:

 

my wifey Lady Gaga (bonus: the gay servicemen/womyn)

Gay for Pay

FABULOUS CHARACTERS

Stanford - SATC

Dejavu,Dejavu,Dejavu,Dejavu,Dejavu,Dejavu,Dejavu,Dejavu

Same day, Same clothes....  One of my professors- Professor X -wears the same thing everyday.  Now we (a small group of classmates) have been theorizing: why? 

Homeboy wears this rain or shine:

Outfit:  White shirt, black tie, dark wash jeans, black belt, black shoes.

Accessories:  Black rimmed glasses & Starbucks Drink 

OFFENSIVE eHarmony Ad

I am so tired of these eHarmony ADs --- What if..................


You are shown these seemingly perfect for each other couples: laughing, sharing, loving, etc..
Then they ask:  What if you could be loved for who you really are...

Weekend ART!

I was tired of seeing my ugly-basic tackle box.  I took it upon myself to make it sparkle with inspiration and self-reflection.  This past weekend I took action!

what? huh???

"A common experience, resulting in a common confusion. A. has to transact important business with B. in H. He goes to H. for a preliminary interview, accomplishes the journey there in ten minutes, and the journey back in the same time, and on returning boasts to his family of his expedition. Next day he goes again to H., this time to settle his business finally. As that by all appearances will require several hours, A. leaves very early in the morning. But although all the surrounding circumstances, at least in A.'s estimation, are exactly the same as the day before, this time it takes him ten hours to reach H. When he arrives there quite exhausted in the evening he is informed that B., annoyed at his absence, had left half an hour before to go to A.'s village, and that they must have passed each other on the road. A. is advised to wait. But in his anxiety about his business he sets off at once and hurries home.

Deliver me from LL Bean and into Heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RIP Otho - Glenn Shadix 

this movie was a staple of mine growing up

the world lost a beautiful angel and heaven now will have a better interior decorator

xoxoxoxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx hot bitch

Project No. 1a: Philip Glass - Floe

Project 1a - Philip Glass - Floe

The Cultural Artifact as Generative Structure

“notation”

“the diagram is introduced as a form of notation. Initiating thought process by means of drawing, the technique of diagramming act(s) as a performative rather than a representational device. It is used as an abstract analytical tool to be invested in the making of a work.”

Mar Angelil

Swiss Federal Institute, Zurich

Excuse me while my head explodes

Le Corbusier Apartment - Marseille, France 630-1050 euro /per week

Microscopic Booze

Not as titillating as Nebula Prints but just as fun:

The work is the brainchild of a Florida State research scientist named Michael Davidson. You can purchase the prints via: BevShots.  This project started out as patterns for neckties!  The images are customizable and can be displayed on canvas, as metallic prints or as an iPhone app.

Margarita

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Rose

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Mood Board

I am working to upload and maintain a virtual mood board to follow me around and be at my beck and call.
I have one in my room, which is fantastic but a little cumbersome due to its stationary position.

Killing Time

100 Iconic Movie Characters - Can You Name Them All?

made by: Josep Gerrits  via: The Jail Break

FUN with photos

This weekend I was moving & shaking things up in our room.  I looked over to the bed and noticed some randomness that pretty much represent part of who I am:

blue/white zipper pouch - contains nail and primping tools
mac book
architecture magazine
orange folder full of information
X-Acto knife
Conceptual Blockbusing: A Guide to Better Ideas Book
Original Sequined Mask I made and frollicked with at Bonnaroo

NYC Dreaming: The Hole - Boy Session

 Just how I love my men fashionable, hairy and with lipstick on:

I would be here hanging and showing legs!!!

California Dreaming: Just Wright

The Provisions Dinner at Sowden House, an evening of wine and merriment in a landmark 1926 property, now taking reservations - $85 per guest.