>writing this thesis is killing me! (softly…) but anyways, as proof that i’m still alive, mostly in pictures: 1. artbeat at davis square last saturday! weather was good and hooootttttttt, lots of fun vendors and stunts and events, and a ‘pure junk’ outdoors exhibits including some awesome pastiche clothing and metal robot sculptures by skunk, … Continue reading

>it.is. so. HOT. i’m sitting in my apartment, dazed, sighing into my window fan as my laptop gets ready to fry an egg. even with the sky cloaked in blackness, it is just absolutely *roasting*. it started innocuously this weekend as grey humidity, and then accelerated into full-blown knock-socks-off heat-wave. i dont even want to … Continue reading

>you can feel it. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL… AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER… PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. can i even visualise the glass in my office shatter from destructive hail? … Continue reading

>*yawn*. news: cmliu.com got a makeover. [finagling bits of chartreuse always provides a great deal of amusement.] nothing too elaborate, but i felt like i needed a bit of a dramatic electronic entrance. an anchor-tag-peppered anteroom of sorts? please let me know what you think. perhaps my witty-self-talk echos inanely when not read or written … Continue reading

>so the lovely 1950’s style sewing pattern (the belted shirtdress with the unmistakable collar on the left) calls for approximately four yards of fabric. ladies and gentlemen, here are the finalists: chrysanthemum garden – pink fiona – cinnamon/turquoise lotus leaf – red mini stars paperweight – lime sock monkey dots – lime wallpaper flower – … Continue reading