heck yes Wyatt has an internship.

Final Post

2009-12-22T12:57:00.000-08:00

This footage was shot on my last day as an intern at the NYC based design studio Rich, Brilliant, Willing. I started filming at approximately 9:30 a.m. and concluded at 7:30 p.m. The internship was about 3.5 months, beginning September 1st and concluding December 15th 2009.
At the end of the day they gave me this beautiful handcrafted trophy:

I kindly thank Charles, Alex, and Theo for putting up with all the filming, blogging, and picture taking.

Day 44/45

2009-11-10T18:44:00.000-08:00

-so I got a text sunday night from my roommate saying that I needed to move out of her place (apparently Mr. Wong (the landlord) is very strict and she would be kicked out if he found out I was living there)
-So now I live in Westwood, New Jersey with my awesome friend Pam and her wonderful grandmother Yita.
-I like it here…reminds me of Texas ;)
-From here on out I will be taking a train or bus (for an hour) into NYC. Then transfer to the path train. Then (at 14th street) take the the f train up to 2nd avenue. then walk 3 blocks to work.
-Its eventful. but I enjoy it.

-without further ado
-Heres how my wonderful monday and Tuesday went…

Monday

-woke up at 8:30 for the last time
-caught a cab

-got to work and knocked out some more renderings for Areaware
-ate some scotch pumpkin cake courtesy of sir Alex

-had some general Tsos for lunch

-knocked out some more renderings
-left around 6:30 to meet up with Pamage for a pb & J concert

-caught a cab

-unfortunately I got a call from pamage telling me she had lost her wallet (which contained the tickets)
-met up with her at port authority (we basked in our misfortune for a bit. shook it off)
-people watched

-made it back to Jersey
-had an awesome din din

-hit the sack

-Woke up at 7:00 a.m
-out the door by 7:40 to catch my 8:03 train
-as I am walking up to the station my train leaves at 7:50

-caught a bus (after about 10 min of wondering around trying to find the bus stop)
-sat down in back seat (good for sleepn)

-Its already one of those days where everything is really annoying (my headphone chord tangled into about 42 different knots)

-finally get to the city (slightly car sick from all the stopping, going, and turning that metro bus rides entail)
-caught a subway headed for coney island (crossing my fingers that it takes me in the direction of work)

-decided not to push my luck any further and got off at Union square
-HBO was filming a doc

-stopped at one of the little cart venders and got me some juice

-mmmm architecture

-people watching

-ate a caesar salad w/ chicken for lunch

-worked on renderings for a the new RBDub clock as well as some salt and pepper shakers for Areaware (sorry no pics)
-around 7ish we headed out for a redbull party shindig secret show thing
-was actually really lame...but heres a vidi without any sound :)

red bull secret show from heck yes design on Vimeo.

-caught a cab

-caught a bus

-made it home

Day 43

2009-11-08T21:27:00.000-08:00

-absolutely gorgeous today

-people watching

-bling blang

-got to studio. met with the dudes a bit

-left studio. helped Alex Lin(our web site designer) bring a Excel floorlamp to his studio down the street

-During our 2 block walk we had a nice discussed Dutch design, Houston, and New York
-took a pic of this guy asking if I could spare a quarter (felt bad so I walked back and gave him a dollar)

-ate some spicy vietnamese for lunch

-people watched

-heckyes

-frog...thats cool

-finished the 3d model for the new table

-gave it a good rendering

-walked over to a new future perfect store in the process of being built with the dudes (forgot to take pics)
-left there around 7:00
-went and got some din din with pam pam

-shepard fairey action

-went to an improv show with pamage

-saw some kittens in a store front window

-explained to Pam how to distinguish between Helvetica and other lesser fonts

-had a beer and some nachos

-sleepytime

Day 42

2009-11-08T20:53:00.000-08:00

-slightly cold partly cloudy day

-people watching

-yet another scooter rider

-worked on a table today
-the process
-print out a template (full scale)

-glued it to some plywood

-cut it out

-grinded down all the gnarlyness

-cleaned it up with some 100 grit and elbow grease

-busted out the rubber cement and lamented some vinyl to the top

-cut it out once the glued dried

-mounted the legs
-final product

-at McDonalds for lunch

-the "secret sauce" tasted kinda sketchy

-more people watching

-cleaned up my mess before I left around 5:00

-couldn't help myself

-caught a bus with April headed for NJ

-about an hour later got to Pamages and had some of her Grandma's awesome crabs

-some flan too (def the best I have ever had)

-got back to the city watched dawn of the dead with roomies (this pic was taken during the zombie baby scene)

-went to sleep

Day 41

2009-11-04T22:14:00.000-08:00

-could not catch a cab this morn for anything

-walked a few blocks and finally caught one

-stomach was not feeling up to par either in the midst of doing this
-got to work

-had a meeting detailing current and future projects
-rbdub reviewed some pics for the club sandwich project

-had a wonderful organic meal from club sandwich (branding and packaging courtesy of RBW)

-solidworked some new furniture pieces the rest of the day
-went to Areaware meeting

-breathed some new life into the timer project

-reviewed a new sample of the coatrack fresh from China

-walked home (this is people get hit by cars)

-check out the sweet neon lightage

-subway sandwich man…you will not tempt me tonight

-philly cheese staked it for din din

-got home
-updated blog
-noticed my roommates dog licking a pillow

-sleepytime

day 40

2009-11-04T21:58:00.000-08:00

-beautiful day

-people watching

-these wrapper's will be a collector's item in a few years...so stop littering...u punks.

-ran into Jeff (other intern) around 2nd street

-got to work
-listened to this guy give a very eloquent commentary on his difficulties with his harness in a thick New York construction worker accent.

-worked some more on the pendent render(probe the most complicated render I've ever done)
-dined with a vietnamese sandwich for lunch

-got it without out carrots this time

-look at al this model awesomeness we got going on

-met up w/ pamage and saw "New york, I love you" (the NYC version of Paris Je T'aime)

-got some dinner w/ pam (subway)

-sleepytime!

Day 39

2009-11-04T21:05:00.000-08:00

-caught a cab this morn (bit cold outside)

-chatted with Alex about the progress of the renders for the pendent lamp
-some notes he gave me

-jeff (other intern) set up shop and began work on a new lighting concept model

-my renders are taking forever

-walked over to the Chinese dumpling place

-got 5 dumplings and sticky noodle soup

-information graphic

-people watching

-left work around 6:00

-my back was hurting a bit so I hit up the old korean nail salon/massage parlor

-the source of my pain

-got a nice big club sandwich

-sleepy timed it

Day 38

2009-11-02T21:51:00.000-08:00

-took a little more effort to catch a cab this morning

-got to work. the guys were ideating a bit

-worked on some renders of new stool concepts

-didn't have any boxes, so I made one. Quite possibly one of the sweetest looking packaging jobs I've ever done.

-ate some more pizza for lunch

-my white contact came in.

-headed out around 5:30
-got home and rested up a bit before the show
-got there around 8:30 expecting at east 100 people to be lined up

-there was about 15 people much to my surprise

-talked with peeps a bit about how much they spent on tickets (apparently I'm not the only one who spent a bit more than the original price (a bit more to say the least))
-after about two hours of waiting we walked in
-I noticed a nice little sign saying they were selling tickets at the door for $50…made me feel all warm and fuzzy. : /
-Jackson opened up (he killed it)

-Gaspard & Xavier

-I took a lot of sweet little videos (i'll try to have a sweet edit together pretty soon)

-during the concert this 7' 300 lb. security guard fell off the stage as he was trying to keep someone from stage diving

-part of his landing pad was my head…I don't know how or why but I was fine…he was pretty messed up though. (felt bad for him)
-the discs stopped spinning after a nice little encore
-walked home with my ears ringing and my mouth smiling at what an awesome night that was.
-thank you Justice

Day 37

2009-10-28T22:28:00.000-07:00

-nother nasty day in Manhattan
-did not feel very bueno today (bad salmon from last night)

-let the dudes know how I was feeln. Got to feeln better though around 3:00
-caught a cab. (don't have an umbrella)

-got to studio
-it was organic food day. the guys saved me some mixed veggies

-we had an intern applicant stop by (his stuff looked pretty sweet)
-worked on some more packaging renders for the coasters

-some notes alex gave me

-worked on a render for a Jason Miller collection

-worked till about 8:00
-got home
-Justice tickets came in

-oh trust me, I will enjoy the show.
-walked down to St. Marks with April and got some frigid awesome hotdogs

--Spicy Redneck (lower)-coleslaw, jalapenos, wiener wrapped in bacon
--Typhoon (upper)-pinapple, jalapenos, wiener wrapped in bacon
-April wanted to check this little thrift shop called Andy's Chee-Pees. Everything in the entire place was $10 dollars for only tonight.

-I figured it was a good place to get my halloween costume (hipster zombie)

-stopped at Ricky's

-bought some fake blood

-looks pretty decent

-I think I'm all set
--80's reminiscent colored clothing
--neon headband
--1 white contact
--fake blood

-good night

Day 36

2009-10-27T22:45:00.000-07:00

-up bright and early today (feels good)
-nasty nasty day but still walked to work though

-people watching

-look a scooter

-preferred to coffee

-made it to studio
-worked for a few hours finishing up the last touches on the stool series for design miami
-walked with other intern (jeff) to get some lunch

-saw some interesting looking flats

-mad style

-Luis Guzman was filming outside of our studio

-prob a half million dollar camera under this plastic bag

-mmm pizza

-walked over to the noho star to pick up my notebook (forgot it in the bathroom yesterday)

-very pleased it had no signs of bathroomness on it

-shortly after taking this picture I ran into thaat umbrella

-got back to studio
-drew up some sweet coasters in 3d

-lots of woodworking going down today. always wear a mask when sanding formaldehyde laden mdf

-got home and decided it was time to get a vidi nano
-hoped on a train headed for 59th and 5th ave

-sleepy time

-got off the train
-realized I was in Brooklyn at 59th and 4th ave. (made the oh so common mistake of going uptown instead of downtown)

-note to self: Brooklyn Bridge is uptown from Manhattan

-made it back on the train and headed downtown
-got to the beautiful apple store

-iron maiden. heck yes.

-caught the ftrain back. (yay for information graphics that make absolutely no sense)

-check the friggin sweet Bdub

-I wont deny it. I like the rest of my generation am novelty obsessed, but goodness this thing is foxy looking.

-ate a salmon salad for dinner. The salmon smelled like eggs…kept eating for some reason…. mmmm food poisoning.

-now I must sleep

Day 35

2009-10-26T21:07:00.000-07:00

-woke up at an absurdly early hour this morning (7:00)
-then realized I didn't need to be in studio til 10:00
-went down to the laundry mat and picked up clothes

-walked to work
-another beautiful day

-people watched

-got to work and finished up sanding and clear coating the stool legs from last week
-had a blue cheese/steak salad for lunch (by the time I thought to document it, I had already chomped down half of it)

-headed out for another areaware meeting with Alex

-took some good notes

-going to these type meetings is prob one of the most important things you can do during an internship.
-alex and I left. asked me to make a run to Blick art supplies for some pigment (we are dieing epoxy for the stools)

-found Blick (prob the radest art store ever) (found some really sweet silk screens)

-bought the goods

-made it back to studio
-mixed up some epoxy and black pigment test pieces

-updated the press book (featured in surfaces avante guard issue)

-we have so many projects going on in this joint its beyond awesome

-got off around 7
-got home
-chilled for a bit
-became unchilled at the sound of my roommates screaming at the sight of a spider
-got a cup and saved the little friend

-just realized I left my note/sketchbook in a public bathroom (crap)
-worked the rest of the night updating all these durn blogs I been so behind on ;)

Day 34

2009-10-26T19:25:00.000-07:00

-got out the door just in time to be on time with a cab

-slightly chilly/windy day

-got to studio
-the dudes ideated a bit over curent projects

-worked on some a a few stools we've got in the works

-ate a cuban for lunch

-worked some more on the stools (sanding & scraping to perfection)

-sent off to packages via ups
-we got some beer and chips to end a good week

-got a pretzel on my walk home (ridiculously salty)

caught a cab to the port authority (bus terminal)

-rode the bus to Jersey

-chilled with pamage her gam over some good dinner (Dominican pot pie)

-made snooze time

Day 33

2009-10-26T18:28:00.000-07:00

-absolutely gorgeous day today

-people watched on my way

-got to the office

-finished a 3d model of a milkstool concept

-dudes had a skype meeting

-did some photoshopping for the website
-got a hotdog on my way home

-people watch some more

-ate a cuban sandwich from the deli downstairs

-layed down on my wonderful air mattress and got 40 winks

Day 32

2009-10-25T19:06:00.000-07:00

-out the door right on time today
-I would of taken a lot of people watching pictures but the memory card on my phone was filled up (just about 1300 pictures on it)
-called my dad to get the status on my sister (whos over 9 months pregnant)
-turns out she had just gone into labor as I called
-got to work right on time
-finished working on the RBW sampler binders
-got snow leopard installed on mac

-called my dad to see how my sis was progressing
-worked some more on the stools for areaware

-ate some vietnamese sandwiches

-called to see how my sis was progressing again
-we reviewed the stool and critiqued it a bit

-my lack of good sleep caught up with me around 4. red bull fixed that though.

-got off work around 5:30
-called again to get the status on my sis
-saw this girl was playing pic-a-boo with her kid...kind of a creepy pic unfortunately.

-met up with pamage and got some burritos and beer

-accidentally started to drink the hot sauce instead of beer (they look similar out of the corner of the eye)

-got home and fell asleep for a bit
-at 11:57 Case Michael Kosut entered this world (8.6 lbs 21 inches)

-you may call me uncle wyatt ;)

Day 29

2009-10-20T19:40:00.000-07:00

-had work off today (the dudes went to RISD to give a lecture)
-got up at a decent hour (10:00) and got some clothes washing done

-as i was sitting there watching all the little chinese ladies fold clothes I realized that carting my clothes around in plastic bags isn't very sustainable so I bought a nice big orange dirty clothes bag.

-walked down yonder to get some lunchtime grub
-NYC is green (sometimes)

-went to Mcdonalds
-the clerk and I had some communication problems

-I couldnt fight the the call of the Mcganger

-saw some rad looking hipsters
-got back to find that my new rasta headband had shrunken significantly during the drying process

-got all my nice dry clean clothes and headed out to New Jersey
-caught a cab to the bus terminal

-walked into the bus terminal and realized I had no idea what gate to go to
-jugding by the forlorn confused look on my face Joe stopped and helped me

-the conversation went like this:
Joe: Where you trying to go?
me: umm gate 212
joe: no no, thats the area
me: oh
joe: what town are you trying to go too?
me: (my mind goes blank) (I had never been to Pams town before)
joe: how do you not know what town your going to.
me: i dont know I...(trails off) (I had completely forgot Pam had written the name of the town and everything down for me)
- we made our way to the ticket clerk and figured out the gate number.
-he asked me if I was from New York and I proudly proclaimed I was a Texan
-we inevitably talked politics as we went up the escalator
-found the right gate
-shook his hand and thanked him
-headed out to NJ

-sat in the very back seat next to the window
-two hispanic children (about 4-6) sat next to me
-as our train came out of the station to a spectacular view of the city I herd the two kids yell something like "!hay qué mundo!"

-their look of wonder made me smile

-watched all the big skyscrapers turn into quaint little houses and shops
-helvetica is such a uniform font

-the trip lasted about an 1.5 hours
-got to Pam's. unfortunately, something had exploded in my bag as I walked into Pam's house and dripped unidentified fluid everywhere (turned out to be contact solution)
-met pams sister Denise

-ate some flan

-opened a 4 hour can of sleep

Day 28

2009-10-08T20:32:00.000-07:00

-out the door right on time
-another beautiful day in the neighborhood

-Did a lot of people watching today

-got to the design layer and started working on changes to the projects Areaware selected
-
- French guy (Jaques Cristo) stopped by to talk with the dudes about publishing some of their designs.
-we breaked for lunch, I decided to mix it up a bit and wrap my steak salad in a tortilla (was friggin awesome)

-sign says"lettuce toss your salad"

-the rest of the day was pretty much a blur....but the timer design is def progressing
-got off work around 6ish
-walked over to the little novelty street vender place and bought my rastafari colored headband ($2)

-walked home talking to my dad about life etc on the phone
-I'm a little more subtle with my picture snapping (at least I like to think so)

-the 80's are so hot right now

-got home and in the midst of showing of my new rasta headband my roomie April showed me the top of our roof...got some pretty sweet shots.

-stayed in and worked on various side projects the rest of the night
-although, I did get out and ate me a reuben sandwhich around midnight

-came back and this guy was having sleepytime on my front door steps

Day 27

2009-10-07T18:27:00.000-07:00

-caught another cab this morn (a bit strange being in a cab with no dividers)

-got to work and got things all nice and ready for the Areaware pres
-walked over a few streets and up the stairs to the Areaware office

-presented the projects to Noel and Laura (head peeps of Areaware) and took some notes

breakdown of the notes

Rotary timer "DIAL"
-scale timer disk down to the size of a regular phone dial (3-4" Diameter)
-materials discussed: Corian and other plastics, Porcelain, wood, painted metal
-under $50
-pursue same language as coat rack
-gradient behind circle
-RBW to propose second colorway

Bell Timer "LIBERTY BELL"
-"looks like a ghost"-Noel
-key to being a good product is having a genuine Bell ding
-have to be able to hear it from the toilet
-Ding could be a mechanical spectacle
-beautiful noise = classic

Trivets
-want material variations
-materials (bottom to top): cork, silicone, wood
-Under $40 moves as gift
-packaging: pizza box style

Stool
-sell it flat packed or assembled
-make a prototype of leg
-not visually appealing with two different materials
-looks top heavy
-Laura really liked the stool version better than bar stool
-pursue mini bench combination or table
-they would like people to start coming to Areaware for small apartment solutions

Modular Candle holder
-Not elegant enough
-pursue Jewish market (Menorah)
-different colors (vintage colors)
-rugged man themed
-sell in sets of 5
-fabricate out of toy metal (nickel)
-nesting tube candles
-decide who consumer is
-really emphasized using RBW language

-overall I would say the meeting went very well. We only threw out one idea...so we got 4 on the board. (def an eye opener seeing how everything works)
-looked at a few timers after the meeting

-ate some vietnamese vegan food

-got back to studio and worked on redesigning according to the notes I jotted down
-found Papabubble (candy store featured on coolhunting)

-we had a winter intern applicant stop by from Parsons

-left studio around 6ish
-for the sake of breaking this repetitive routine of walking 3rd ave everyday I took 2nd (its nice and dirty/smelly)
-unfortunately took a deep breath of air as I walked over a very stinky manhole

-took the sub to meet up with Pamage

-walked the trail

-ate some amazing Korean food

-awesome fried dumplings

-took the sub home

-sleepy dude

-another sleepy dude

-got home and became quite a sleepy dude

Day 26

2009-10-06T17:43:00.000-07:00

-caught a cab this morn

-got to work around 9:40ish

-worked on polishing up the renderings for the presentation to Areaware

-brought my lunch (club sandwhich)
-went down to the bodega to get some side dishes for the club

-this guy is always yelling about something every time I stop by

-worked a bit more at polishing up those renders

-headed out with Theo and Alex for a lecture (project H) at the Cooperhewitt

-subwayed it a bit

-walked a few blocks to the lecture

-def a really good lecture (thinking about getting involved with the Austin H project)

-pretty sweet goods in the cooper hewitt sto

-got some grub after the lecture (Torta)

-rode the sub back home

-watched the roomates play guitar hero and took notes (I'm still terrible)

-got my sleep on

Day 25

2009-10-05T21:24:00.000-07:00

-I love mondays (solely because I get an extra 30 min to sleep)
-got out the door and decided to walk even though I was a little less than on time

-people watching

-got to work and got down to business
-It may look like a simple little equilateral triangle, but trust me its been a few notches above hard to model

-spent the rest of the day making em look purdy
-a tease

-another tease

-we walked around the block and got the usual monday lunch (Vietnamese sandwiches)

-got some wings and yuengling with the arrr B dub dudes around 6:30

-sorry if that pic grossed you out
-saw a very depressed looking dog on my way home

-walked around looking at a bunch of cheap novelty stuff on a street I forgot the name of...amongst all the junk, I found a really sweet Rasta colored headband for $2. I'll def grab it tomors (didn't have any cash)

-got home and played rockband with April and Pam for a bit (I friggin suck) (they need a turntable version)

weekend action 03

2009-10-04T22:32:00.000-07:00

Saturday
-woke up at the painful hour of 10:00 am
-caught a cab
-got stuck in cab (shut door on backpack strap)

-went to Penn sation to catch a train bound for Orange city

-hung out at Pams work (Steve Mohn furniture)

-ate a sandwich
-played fetch with Steves dog Garth

-designed a bracelet
-talked with Steve about my work, 3d modeling and electronic music
-drove to Jersey city

-had some dinner at Pam's brother's house (Tuna Casserol, salad, and sugar glazed squash)

-sugar glazed squash

-watched two friends play a Grand Piano

-caught the subway back to Manhattan
-lots of sleepy dudes on that train

-got home
-stomach started to feel kinda not good (for 2 long hours)
-stomach finally chilled out a little bit
-fell asleep around 3

Sunday

-awoke around 12:00
-immediately started craving greasy cheesey american food
-walked down to Blue burger w/ Pam
-gave the burger a 4 out of 10. The fries a 7 of 10. and the cheese a 0 of 10 (tasted like flavorless goo)

-washed my clothes

-people watching

-puma ice cream truck

-had a lay around and not be productive period of time for about 4 hours
-this guy had an awesome afro

-saw the Toy story double feature in 3d (still 12 at heart )

-seriously, ever movie I go to there is always 4 people who are having a popcorn eating contest directly behind me. Its not just calm normal style eating by any means...they were literally grunting and eating small parts of the bag.
-once the first movie was over I bought a small bag of popcorn and moved behind these popcorn eating professionals

-It was a little cold out after the movie... but hot chocolate and pink donuts always fix that.

Day 24

2009-10-04T22:27:00.000-07:00

-it was a little cold today

-got to work a decent time
-set up a nice little workstation

-worked on final touches on the Areaware stuff
-went to cafe habana with Theo and Charlie for lunch
-saw 2 of the biggest dogs I have ever seen

-ate a chicken diablo sandwich but it wasnt very diablo tasting
-too cold for him

-Charlie found a slightly used plotter in the Lobby downstairs in the give away area
-helped him bring it up to the studio
-couldnt get it to work

-got off around 6:30
-this guy was walking down the sidewalk singing his heart out...he had an amazing voice

-I was like, "whoa this thing looks fast"

-people watching
(Im starting to get pretty good at these around the back shots)

-had some excellent mexican food with Pam (Beef Ranchero Burrito)

-being that there was a Astros/ Mets game that night, the 2 guys in the foreground decided to yell unintelligible things about the Mets because of the colors she was sporting (Pam has no idea what colors the Mets wear)

-met up with old friend from studio (Mason B)

-had a good talk about nyc life, design, and David Letterman
-rode the sub home (i friggin love the subway for some reason)

Day 23

2009-10-01T22:37:00.000-07:00

-out the door at 9:10
-design like this is no good (its designed so that people (mainly homeless) cant sit or lay on the ledge)

-still feels like I've got a frog and a feather stuck in the back of my throat from this bug I've got...bought some more fizzy fluid

- If you look really closely this picture you will see the slightly provocative picture mounted to the front of the forklift...not real sure why its there being that this is a vegetable packing place.

-got to work right on time surprisingly

-a new Matryoshka table is in the works

-had some vietnamese sandwiches for lunch

-as we were walking back the guy on the left tried to sell us crack

-very glad I work for a firm that can ideate and make toilet humor jokes at the same time (thats what was going down in this pic)

-ideations

-worked on getting the tech drawings and renderings nice and sweet looking for the presentation to Areaware on Wednesday
-just a tease of one of the things im working on

-left around 6 for a material-shindig-party-promotion

-lots of designer types

-some materials

-left there and got a vegetarian hamburger with the dudes (I wasn't aware that it was vegetarian...actually better than a reg burger)

-walked home and saw a viking

Day 22

2009-09-30T21:14:00.000-07:00

-bit behind getting out the door...my roommate grabbed the bathroom first. I gotta give her credit though, shes usually super quick.
-first thing I saw today (Its all blurry cause I still had sleep in my eyes)

-The coldness is already here (this is suppose to be one of the coldest winters in a very long time)

-living in New York has made me want a Bull Dog (I see at least 5 a day)
-This dog was playing the don't friggin move a muscle game.

-hey look, bikers.

-I think the two on the right could tell I was taking a picture of them (definitely Europeans)

-Got to work..had an awesome little multitasking set up going (2 mbook pros 1 for rendering one for tech drawings)(forgot to take a pic of it though)
-Charlie and the other cats were ideating over different color choices

-Organic food day was top notch (cheese sandwhich, pomiganite seeds, organic vegies w/ a sack of almonds, and some sort of apple bread bar)

-worked on some more renders and techs for the rest of the day

-modular candle holder
-trivet set
-cologne bottle
-table top timer
-kitchen timer
-Around 6.5 we headed out to meet up with the graphic designer to talk about the new RBW site

-got there...walked up 4 flights of stairs. (original stairs and walls from the 30's at least)

-sat down and for some reason half of the lights cut off.

-after about 10 min of standing in a very delicately lit room. I felt my legs get a little tired so i decided to sit on one of the panton chairs around the studio. I soon moved to the couch were my eyes began rolling back in my head while I started doing the head bang think that sleepy people do when they're desperatley trying to stay awake.
-as a way of waking myself up I tried to Twitter "totally bout to pass out". Instead, I wrote this.

-eventually I woke up a bit...it was pretty interesting listening to the guys, the graphic artist and the programmer (from AOL & Google) talk and understand what it takes to pimp out a website.
-Once we left the desire to engulf a cheese steak overcame my stomach.
-I went all out and got the cheese fries...it was so sinfully american.

-came home and passed out for about 3 hours. Bout to go back for more and totally getting up way early tomorrow.
-Happy October.

Day 21

2009-09-29T22:19:00.000-07:00

-got up and out the door right on time this morn
-since I had a good bit of time to walk to work I stopped and smelled the roses a bit with my camera
-10th st

-nycers

-As I made my way across the street I saw these two girls coming from opposite directions and run right into each other..they hugged it out.

-straight to the awesome album

-got some french fizzy water to sooth my aching throat

-got to studio (early)...
-my current desktop background on the studio computer

(I'm a dog person)
-worked on tech drawings and final renderings...should have em finished tomorrow or the next day. (They're due on Tuesday so I'm in the good)
-lunchtime came around...got a applegate turkey/smoked gouda salad....it was goud.

-helped Theo move a Matryoshka Table (I was kinda starstruck when I saw it in person...I love this table

-yeah... had a few awkward encounters at this restroom since I started.

-got off around 6:00
-just as I was about to get home I walked into Theo's friend Pascale...we chatted about my current apt and some other sublet options that she knows about (in case I stay past January)
-hung with the roommates...gave Travis a complement on his cowboy boots (that means a lot coming from a Texan)
-took a nap for a little bit
-went to meet up with Pamage at Times square. For some reason I couldnt get the flash to turn off on my phone and yes, my gps wasnt working either.

-got lost a little bit...but in the process found the vitra store

mmmm...designer furniture
-met up with Ms. Pambam in Times square

-got some food (blue cheese burger)
-had a beer that was just below par (tasted a bit on the soapy side)

-had a decent conversation going until I spilt water all over myself.

-road the subway home without getting lost at all

-and now I shall bust out with some sleep

Day 20

2009-09-28T22:24:00.000-07:00

-got out the door walked 2 blocks and even though it doesnt really matter if I'm a little late or not wth these guys I decided to run.

-being that it was 9:46 I started to think about my days running track in highschool and figured if I could run a 13 min mile I could surely make it there by 10:00.
-being that I still have a quart of gunk in my lungs from this unfortunate cold...I realized after running 10 blocks that it wasnt a great idea.
-got there right on time
-I walked into studio beet red and completely out of breath...we had a good laugh
-started working on corrections to the Areaware projects (they're starting to look pretty niiice)

-I ideated with alex over the design of the table top timer a bit and we came to a very simple clean-muji-esq design.
-got a prosciutto/ caprese cheese pannini for lunch
-I kept having coughing fits, to avoid spreading this miserableness i put on a dusk mask (which I pretty much wore the entire day)
-I finished all the changes to the models (just havta render and make some tech drawings) (cant wait to see these things manufactured)
-left around 6
-this muscinex seems to get my thirst into high gear so I got me some grape drank at the Bodega on the corner

-It was quite nasty outside walking home

-the lonely woman at the cafe

-This pic is just rad

-let the nasty water get a little less nasty before i went out to grab some food and medication
-went to the deli downstairs (got a club samich)

-went to Duane Reade (Wallgreens)

-got some more anti cruddy feeling stuff (zinc and vitamin D to keep my immune system nice and strong)

weekend action 02

2009-09-28T19:04:00.000-07:00

Saturday
-slept til the wee hour of 2:00 pm
-met up with pamage and her amazing Gma
-I was hungry as a horse so I got a chicken parmesan sandwich while they went dress shoppin

-went and chilled for a bit a Union square park and watched some breakdancers rip it up

-saw some Buddhist monks protesting the Junta presence in Myanmar

-saw a Columbian Juggler

-a few hours later ate some Snapper/shrimp/clam ceviche

-saw pams Gma off at the Bus station
-bought a foldable toothbrush and sketchbook from the Muji store

-walked through times square a bit

-got home and realized that scratch in the back of my throat was turning into something less desirable
-went to the drug store and bought some vitamins, some rip off immune system booster junk, and some chicken noodle soup (the soup courtesy of pamage)

-hit the hay around not sure what time.

Sunday
-awoke around 1.5 oclock
-had brunch with the roommates (i feel like such a yuppie saying 'brunch')
-ever since these Dyslexic eyes first read the classic Dr. Seuss book, I have always had a hankering for Green Eggs and Ham...today, the chance came to cure that hankering.

-Wasn't quite what I expected (eggs mixed with a pesto sauce on ham and a english muffin) but it was still wonderful.
-nice bluegrass band playing up front made me miss Texas just a tad ;)

-I had to part with everyone due to not having a single clean pair of clean clothing to my name (thats a lie I have a few pairs of boxers and sweaters, but I haven't worked up enough courage to wear that in public yet)
-got to the washateria. crammed every dirty piece of laundry I had into that tiny little washer (I was postive one of the little chinese ladies was going to come yell at me...but they didn't..cause they're cool like that)

-while caught in another trace watching my clothes spin around covered in suds, the radio inevitably started playing phil collins (for those who don't know me, just know that I have hated phil collins since I was a little boy...and every waiting type of place I go to ( i.e. a shuttle ride, grocery store or washateria) always has him blasting...its literally like Im stuck in some bad Disney soundtrack.

-As I was waiting to cross the street I noticed this woman...I was intrigued by how strong willed and independent she seemed to be. To me, that is true beauty.
-met up with Pamage again for a movie (District 9)

-sat next a wonderful Dominican girl whom felt the urge to call everyone and their mom during the most important parts of the movie.
-got home to my awesome little twin air mattress and opened a can of sleep

Day 19

2009-09-25T22:18:00.000-07:00

-I slept like a friggin rock last night
-in an attempt to get another 5 min I wound up getting about an extra hour
-around 9:33 I texted Alex that I was going to be a bit late and he texted me back that I was fired
-grabbed a cab...

I think every time I have ridden in a cab and told them Chrystie street they have never understood me the first time.

Me: Hi, 195 Chrystie street
Cabbie: (in thick accent) qwhat?
Me: 1-9-5 Chrystie street
Cabbie: qchrystal street
Me: No, Chr-ys-tie street
Cabbie: Oh, ok. Chrystie street.

Maybe its my thick southern draw

-got to work, Alex asked me if I had saved up enough energy for tonight (We're going out to the sweet paradise lounge to celebrate Charlie's Bday) I replied, ohhhh yesss.
-I printed out all of the 3d stuff I 've been working on this past week and we broke out the red pens and made final adjustments

-Theo "alright we're in the home stretch"
-We got some more of those amazing Hamburguesas

-Two journalists from 'The Architect Newspaper' stopped by to meet with us about current projects..the guy in the picture took great pride in mentioning that he had a 4,000 sq ft loft in Tribeca..made me want to boast about how I am sharing a 10' x 10' room with my former girlfriend while I sleep on a twin size air mattress.

-Spent the rest of the day making corrections to the 3d stuff
-around 5 we got a package from a former intern from Norway with a bunch of Norwegian goods (chocolate, Liquor, potatoe chips) for Charlie's Bday
-Around 6 we got some Genesee Creams and had a toast for Charlie
-head back to the apt again to get a bit of rest in before all the nighttime craziness
-went out with pam and met her toally rad friend Amy whom has awesome taste in music
-Ate some bbq quesadillas

-went to go meet up with the RBW crew at the "Sweet Paradise Lounge" ( was iffy about what to expect of a place with a name ike that )
-got a tid bit lost
-eventually found the place...all things considered, it was actually my type of place. It seems to be designed to just sit back on the plush tufted leather coaches under the very dim lighting and strike up a conversation about french existentialism.

-I met some of their old RISD friends and struck up some random conversations
-we all moseyed on out after Charlie left
-after about 5 min into my walk to meet back up with Pam and Amy I realized that I needed to find a bathroom very quickly
-being that they were still about 15 blocks away I realized that the most sensical thing to do was to stop by The National Undergound to pee and run.
-waited in line behind about 5 other people...it was pretty crowded to say the least

-gave April and Isaballa a big hug and confessed that I was only stopping by to pee
-got hit on by the girl in front of me
-met up with Pam and Amy
-had this awesome spicy chipotle pepper beer

-talked with them and their friends a bit about random things
-got home and conked out

Day 18

2009-09-24T19:43:00.000-07:00

-walked to work this morning
-stopped by the bodega there was latin man yelling about something...I almost joined in on the yelling but realized my spanish was limited.

-worked until lunchtime on some 3d models for Areaware
-set out for brooklyn to meet up with Jason Miller

-Brooklyn bridge

-This next picture (below) was as close as I got to snapping a picture in his studio...I decided it would be a little awkward to start snapping pics of everything when we walked in.
-He had a friggin sweet studio. To be honest I was a bit surprised with him as a person though...I thought he would be as warm and welcoming as his designs, but in fact, he was quite the opposite.
-As we sat there discussing the RBW's future with Miller's studio I felt my eyes open a little wider listening to his short blunt statements about niche markets, manufacturing, and fabrication.

-hit traffic and it was right about here that I felt all the stopping and going start to take its toll on me in the form of car sickness.

-Hey look a scooter

-Got some grub at cafe Habana

-mmm cuban sandwhich

-hell yes to orange soda

-butchered my finger opening the bottle with my house key

-got back to work...my favorite part of 3d modeling (rendering)

-left around 6:00
- not real sure what direction they are taking this yoga flyer as far as branding...but I'm gonna check it out...my mind and body need to be realigned.

- Saw a horse dog on the walk home

-went and chilled at Union square for a bit. Saw a guy in a ballerina/clown ensemble and pointed my phone at him to document his awesomeness. Normally I am a little more discreet when I take pictures..but I figured this guy was used to be people taking pictures of him so I didnt think I would have any problems. Wrong.

Heres how the dialogue went down:

Ballerina dude: "Hey man why you pointed that at me?"
Me: Turns head looks at grown.
Ballerina dude: "Hey, why you taking my picture" (he's now right in front of me)
Me: (total loss for words) should of said, "what do you expect man you look friggin awesome"
Ballerina dude: points rolled up paper like its a gun at my head "Hey man, you know this is a high crime rate area?"
Me: I laugh "whatever dude."
Ballerina dude: Walks off

>enter cool dude
Cool dude: "hey what did he say to you?"
me: "ahh some junk like, "this is a high crime rate area. Then he pointed his paper pistol at me."
Cool dude: Introduces himself and gives me five

(Its kind of a junk picture...but hes the one with an afro in the center of the pic)

-got me some din din (Its a big mac + chicken sandwhich) (Its way better than it looks)

Day 17

2009-09-23T23:08:00.000-07:00

-woke up super duper late this moning (8:55)...but somehow made it to work only 10 min late
-got out both doors

-got some cash (after about 3 trys...all the buttons are worn out)

-walked down the street and payed the vendor
-he's such a cool old man...I walked up to him and asked if he remembered me...and he crossed his eyes like he was going to pass out.
-Im sure I will be a regular now :)
-caught a cab
-its always a little disconcerting to see an unknown liquid on your cab seat...but being that it was morning I figured it was someone's morning water or juice that they spilled reading their morning news feed on their iphone...or something.

-everytime I walk in the dorr to work I always say one of two things
"Top o' the mornin'" (in an irish accent) or an exaggerated "helllllooo"
its funny how when your with people in a small sapce like our studio (15x20) you start to immolate each other...Im just waiting for them to start saying y'all.
-I'm actually starting to get pretty good at solidworks...Arvin you were totally right about the whole pressure thing. (Arvin, my friend has had 2 internships and he spoke about how when your under so much pressure you progress at an extraordinary level)
-I didnt catch his name but he was a big shot and he stopped by to chat a bit with the dudes

When I first met him we had a quick conversation about where I come from. It went as follows:
Dude: "So where do you go to school?"
Me: "Houston, Texas."
Dude: "Theres a school named Houston, Texas"
Me: "Well, its he University of Houston"
Dude: "Houston is a great city, I thought I was going to hate it but it really isn't bad"
Me: I laughed a bit
He had bright silver pumas on...I couldnt stop starring at them for some reason

-Finished up:
Table top timer concept
Kitchen timer concept
votive candle holder

It was orgainic food day today (slices of pair, brussell sprouts, mango, creamcheese, other unknown stuff) all between to hearty slices of bread.

-I washed everyones silverware once we finished (we take turns)
-we have some awesome religious stuff by our sink for some reason

-Stayed late today working on the votive candle holder
-talked with the guys abut their newest seating project
-Its gonna be awesome.
-Left around 8:00
-saw these ladies in gents playing soccer....I felt the urge to be active again

-Ate another falafel

-Nothing much happened after that
-I like this painting

Day 15 & 16

2009-09-23T18:30:00.000-07:00

-Ok, I have had wayy too much craziness happening over the past 2 days to update
-so let this be the belated updation

Monday Day 15
-Just a tid bit of an uneventful day
-I'll do my best to make it seem interesting
-awoke a little late...took a cab again

-got to work around 9:40ish
-the dudes were having a ideation meeting

-its really cool to watch them come up with stuff because they have this really awesome assertive get it done approach to their projects but they are also very playful with their designs and design process.
-they busted out a few different ideas for the firm Areaware
-had me start modeling em in solidworrks once they got their ideas straight
-2 different timers and a set of modular trivets
-got some steak salad w/ bluecheese and bacon action for lunch

-3d modeled and did a bit of illustrator work for the rest of the day
-as I was sitting there listening to the four of us clicking away on our computers I started come to the realization that I have go to be clicking a mouse at least a several thousand times a day...

-finished up around 7:30
-walked home-ate a sandwich

-Im going to leave out the most interesting part of my day..because I dont want this to turn into an emo blog :)

Tuesday Day 16

-woke up refreshed and feeling like a friggin lion
-forgot that I had got up before my alarm and woke up my roommate
-got out the door and stopped at a street vendor to get a donut and something to drink
-as he was bagging up my water and donut I realized that I didn't have any cash on me. The conversation went as follows:
Me: "uh, do you take plastic?"
Vendor: "oh, sure...whats your card number" (takes card)
Vendor: "How much money do you have in the bank? I will give it to you tomorrow..."
Me: "uhhh...what?"
Vendor: "whats the matter you dont trust me?"
Me: "No."
Vendor: (Hands me donut and water) "Take it."
Me: "What? Are you sure?"
Vendor: "Yes, yes.. You can pay me tomorrow"
Me: "Dude, thank you very much.. I promise I'll pay you tomorrow"
Vendor: "ok."

-I smiled for about 3 blocks after that :)
-Got to work about 10 or 15 minutes early
-Worked on more 3d stuff
-Im starting worry that all this sit on my butt stuff for 9 hours is not good for my physical state...thinking about starting to do some yoga or something.
-Jeff Miller stopped buy for a talk

-I feel like a spy when I take these pictures...problem is I cant get my phone to not make the camera shutter sound when I take it...so I have to wait til everyone raises their voices a bit or make some noises to cover it up.
-Ate an amazing burger for lunch...it had a strong mexican influence...almost like a torta but not
-today was one of those days were I couldnt get a decent shot to save my life

-finished up around 5:30ish
-walked down to chinatown to buy a new silk screen

-Chinatown is smelly...but its still pretty cool to see all the people and all the little sidewalk shops

-got to art store and all they had was the lame little speedball kits that were about $100
-came home for a bit
-more interesting stuff happened that im going to leave out :)
-hung out with a friend for a bit
-ate some falafel

-there was a sink in the middle of the restaurant...kinda felt like exhibitionist handwashing or something...

-got home and thought about updating my blog..but felt like a Sloth
-Lion to Sloth in about 14 hours

weekend action 01

2009-09-20T21:48:00.000-07:00

Saturday
-awoke at the bright hour of 2:00p.m. (all of these 4:00 o'clockers caught up with me)
-cleaned up a bit and washed some clothes

-decided to grab some food while my clothes were washn
-walked 2 blocks to get my cheesesteak on
-saw the most awesome dog ever

-ordered, had my card stamped (once you get 9 stamps your tenth is free-I was on my second)
-tried to pay with plastic (only cash)
-got some money out of the atm
-diff guy rung me up and stamped my card again (that put me in a pretty good mood ;)
-looking at this meal made me realize how happy I am to be alive

-went back to the Laundromat and got a stuck in a trance watching all the clothes spin in the driers
-decided to go buy some pants

-met up w/ pamage
-saw Renaldo at the Living Room again (I never thought I would enjoy absurdist comedy ensembles...but its friggin awesom)

-swung by National and leaned against the back wall drinking my yuengling...while Pam danced her buns off.
-Eventually I started to feel a bit anxious and tired of listening to the same bar songs over and over again...so I made a walk around the block a bit.
-seriously within 5 minutes 4 people asked me for directions..some nice some not so much. (I gave them all the same, "sorry I just moved here and have no idea" response.)
-went back to National and the whole place kinda smelled like vomit..so I decided to get some food and get a lil shuteye
-talked w/ Pam and April for a bit
-retired around 6:00 a.m

Sunday
-We (pam & I) headed out around 1:00ish ready to dominate Central Park picnic style
-rode the subway

-weather was friggin perfect for a park day (deep blue sky /no clouds /slight breeze /about 85)

-I have to say without a doubt in my mind that Central Park is the best thing I have seen since sliced bread.

-ate some lunch (turkey panini,some dominican chips and grape soda)

-people watched for about an hour

-layed in the shade for another hour

-helped pamage with some crossword puzzles

-eventually made our way to a kmart to buy some towels (I've bee drying off with shirts and other random things since I got here)
-so many people

-saw this guy with some amazing juggling skills (knife, torch apple..while balancing a plank of wood on a round pipe thing) he then ate 3 bites of the apple as he was juggling.

-ate some taco bell and got hassled by some huge black guy with a red hoodie
-the hassle went like this:
-Rude guy: "Hey, you got 20 cents? I gotta catch the bus.
-Pam: "No, sorry we dont have any change"
-Me: "Nah, sorry dude."
-Rude guy: long awkward stare at the receipt on the table
-Rude guy: Well, your receipt says otherwise
-Pam: "No, actually it doesnt. it says we payed with a visa credit card"
-Me: "Yeah..."
by this time the indian clerk walked up and chased him off...apparently he comes in quite often
-hung out with Pam and her old friend Isabello at his new apt

-Even though we were both pretty full we ate some more (chicken wth spinach and pasta) twas very good
-left around 10:30ish hung out with Pam for a bit at Penn station til her train came
-She gave me directions home (I seriously had no idea where I was at that point) and then we parted ways
-saw some more sleepy people

-I actually made it home without a hitch...I am making progress ;)

Day 14

2009-09-19T14:05:00.000-07:00

-got about 4 hours of sleep last night (stayed up talking with pam for a few hours)
-got out of the door with a bag packed with 2 days worth of clothes (got invited to marthas vineyard with the rbw dudes)
-I was a bit late (to say the least)
-thought this was kinda interesting

-finished the birdhouse clock for Jan van der Lande
-shipped it off to Holland

-there seemed to be some conflict with too many people going in the van to M's vineyard so I dropped out so I wouldnt cause any probs.
-headed home for a bit
-thought this guy was the guy fro al the Magritte paintings ;)

-headed out to make a few errands
-got lost for a good bit

-got back to the apt
-saw this

-Its ok, comes w/ the territory when you share a bathroom with 3 ladies
-went out with pam
-caught a cab and saw some guy almost get demolished on a motocycle

-ate some tradtional Domican food (fried chicken, rice & beans, presidente beer)

-drank a few yuenglings w/ pam

-saw the hurt locker (very good film)
-the clerk told us if we could guess his sign (horoscope) he would give us a free movie ticket the next time we come
-I got a free movie ticket (he was a Scorpio) apparently, I need to text him the next time I come to the theater and he'll hook me up.

-went to national for about 15 min (the bouncer at the door cards me every time just to be a jerk)
-came home super tired
-hit the hay

Day 13

2009-09-17T20:33:00.000-07:00

-got about 11 hours of sleep last night
-got out the door right on time..this is the first thing I saw

-got some coffee and tums..when the clerk saw that I was getting tums he told me he hoped I felt better...I told him the pizza I ate the night before was killing me.

-walked to work..then on up 5 flights of stairs.

-worked on a bird themed clock

-got the cob salad for a change today
-got invited to Martha's vineyard for the weekend
-around 6:00 we all left for a design meeting concerning RBW's website

-discussed some really sweet concepts

-saw this guy talking very passionately about something I didn't quite catch as I was walking by

-went to a store opening with works mainly by Dieter Rams and Ettore Sottsass

-lots of interesting people with black turtlenecks and glasses of fine wine

-Talked with girl from Areaware about internships in the spring

-randomly met the head guy at Salvor (Ross menuez)
-Saw Chuck Close going into his studio

-ate a burrito with Theo, Alex and Laura

-walked home and now Im bout to sleep :)

Day 12

2009-09-16T23:04:00.000-07:00

-just as I was walking out of the door I noticed some dude my roommate brought over last night with a stream of blood dripping from his nose.
-he said "whats up dude?"
-A bit dumbfounded, I walked out of the door at 9:15
-it was cool and overcast
-got a text this morning from my roommate saying "dont worry, nothing happenend with nose bleed guy"
-starred at the ground in deep thought attempting to figure out the best possible reason as to why there was some dude in my living room with a bloody nose.

-got to work around 9:35

-they asked me how my night had gone..I replied with a deep sigh and said eventful. Then went into the details of how one beer with a friend can turn into shots and $10 dollars worth of deerhunter with lots of other friends.
-the guys were having another design meeting

-after a bit of trial and error I figured out my solidworks issue
-exported the tech drawings for illustrator awesomeness time

-it feels so good to go from solidworks to illustrator...almost like that moment a caterpillar emerges out of its pupa as a butterfly

-for those that do not normally work with solidworks, it is one of the most frustrating constrained programs on earth. But unfortunately, it has to be that way because its a prototyping program.
-As we were working Theo looked to us and asked, "you ready?" Then blasted Testarossa autodrive by Kavinsky.
-That was rad..reminded me of being with my peeps in studio
-It was organic food day (eggplant sandwiches, fresh chopped tomatoes and a nut bar)
-as we were all sitting around the table we discussed all the new zombie/vampire movies and all agreed that Dead Snow looks like it will prob get a few oscars.
-around 5:00 the guys had a design meeting with Laura, girl who we order organic food from (whom I presume is German from her accent)
-They discussed her branding strategy, packaging and means of delivering the food.
- she gets up and starts making food for New Yorkers at 7:30 a.m and finishes around 11:30 then her partner delivers via bicycle.
-left around 6:30 I'm not sure why but I completely fall down these 2 stairs everyday when Im leaving

-Its about a mile walk to my place but it gets shorter every time I walk it
-These two guys were in a heated argument

-I ran into a girl whom I think was Swedish, asking me if I new where the street Dunlavy was. Unfortunately, I only know a handful of streets in the area...she was the 6th person asking me for directions in the last 3 weeks. I need to start doing some map studying.
-around 14th street i decided to grab some pizza (apparently this place is Opra's favorite pizza place in the city...Im not really sure why.)

-I came home around 7:30ish and passed out til about 2:00 a.m
-feels good to know that I'm finally caught up with my sleepage.

Day 11

2009-09-15T16:03:00.000-07:00

-walked out the door at 9:10
-decided to run to work
- I bet I probably looked a bit silly, but I felt o good running down the NYC sidewalk
-around 10th street I realized that my lifestyle consisting of cheesesteaks, club sandwiches, and lack of exercise had caught up to me in the form of sharp stabbing pain to my side.
-feeling as though all saliva in my mouth had turned to battery acid I stopped and bought some water at this crowded little store around the corner.

-Got to work a 9:28
-the dudes were having a design meeting. Its really interesting to hear them talk strategy and future plans of the firm.

-Finished illustrator work from yesterday..but realized that there was still plenty more work to be done considering there is an ottoman, love seat, lounge, and table left.

-ate Chinese dumplings and sesame pancakes for lunch

-Got the lounge and ottoman finished.
-started working in solidworks for a bit to readjust the table length
-left around 6
-On my way home it seemed like everyone was really sleepy

-there was this guy
-and this guy

-this guy had a metal detector (red shirt)

-chilled at home for a bit until friend Travis suggested having a beer at Black Bear (Bar)
-had a few beers and played hunting arcade game for a bit
-went to meet roomates at another rooftop bar (had a gret view of the empire state building)

-went back to black bear and got some food and hung out with the roommates a bit more

now I'm home and its 2:00 in the a.m

Day 10

2009-09-14T20:17:00.001-07:00

-grabbed another cab this morn

-walked out the door at 9:50 (10:00 on Mondays)

-got to studio (which is on the 5th floor of the big white building)

-the shipping crate for the playground model was wayy bigger than I had anticipated

-Jeff and I got the studio all tidy while theo, charles, and alex got the crate all ready to be shipped
-There was about 1 inch of clearance in the freight elevator

-Started working on a sweet furniture series the guys are doing for another firm (I got to rip it up in illustrator. heck yes)
-The illustrator work took me a bit longer than I had anticipated because I was applying a mask textures to different views of the chair and I kinda got stuck in perfectionist mode.
-had a Vietnamese vegetarian meatball sandwich...which is way better than it sounds
-we jammed out to a bit of the 11 gigs of musicy goodness I gave them last friday

-I left around 6:00
-saw this little Asian lady putting lettuce in a dumpster

-I kinda felt like a tourist taking a picture of everything..now that I have a decent camera on this Bberry but I couldnt help but do a little panarama of a NYC block

-I walked down Bowery (I love that this building is right behind the studio)

-got home and talked to the roomies a bit
-got some din din from the deli below the place (club sandwhich + grape soda) i would say that grape soda is my new vice...but I just had my second one in a 4 hour span and I'm afraid I'm already burnt out. Your right April, orange soda is wayy better.

-babysat roommates Jack Russell Terrier (Emma) its kind of interesting how dogs here know not to be picky when they do their business...Im starting to get used to them pooping on the middle of the sidewalk.

*no worries, she didnt pee on the bike ;)

Day 9

2009-09-11T23:49:00.000-07:00

-awoke to a shower with little to no hot water
-as i walked out the door double checking my daily list of must have things (keys, wallet, phone, brass knuckles)
-got a small cup of coffee
-about 6 blocks into my journey I realised it was a terrible day to be wearing all cotton products and not have an umbrella.
-stood under an hotel awning with another girl avoiding the monsoon
-Gulped the last bit of coffee and decided to run it out to work
-Got to the studio a bit early
-There really wasnt a whole lot to do on my part
-finished painting the two slides

-made some other misc parts for the climbing structure
-went on a lunch run with alex(wiling) got a steak/bluecheese salad (had to counteract lastnights philly cheesesteak
-talked with alex about how I like to document everything and would really like to film all of us working in studio. He thought that would be cool.
-Talked with Charlie(brilliant) about creating fonts. He asked me what I wanted to name my font, I replied 'Helvetica Newer'
-We got all the final parts glued in and ready for presentation

-sprayed a final clear coat on the model and we all took a shot of tequila to end a well executed project
-got home and met with the beautiful Pam

-went out and had some delish cuban samiches
-went up to house-ton (Houston) street and visited April at her bar
-hung out there for bout an hour or so and watched this guy (David Kolker) destroy it on his guitar (he looked like he could be Eric Claptons nephew)

-got tired and walked home. decided to take 2nd ave. (it makes me feel like Robert DeNiro from Taxi Driver when I walk it)

-Cued up a new vid render for my Bling bench but passed out before I could even open hypershot (rendering program)

Day 8

2009-09-10T21:30:00.000-07:00

-Took a cab again(I keep waking at 8:45 and the hot shower just feels so damn good I dont want to get out)
-I was on time
-immediately got started on finishing the two slides for the playground (Its kinda difficult to figure out the support colums because they are tubular slides, but I gots it.
-It too all friggin day for the epoxy to set up so we are gonna havta paint em tomors.
-made on a side climbing structure made of simple tubes and cylinders that are suppose to imitate logs.
-ate some vietnamese sandwiches for lunch (spicy chicken w/ pork and all the goods)
-talked with jeff (other intern) about how we really dig werkn at RBW
-I really cant think of anything else I did today. The climbing structure and slides were a massive sucker of my time.
-towards the end of the day we put this super rad pattern on the planetarium dome of the model (see picas)

-left around 7:30
-got a cheessteak it was goood.
-the clerk asked for my name. The conversation went as follows:

-Clerk: Whats your name?
-me: Wyatt.
-Clerk: what?
-me: Wyatt..
-Clerk: Ryan?
-me: hahah. no, Wyatt...
-Clerk: I'll just put 'W'
-Me: Thats cool man

5 min later

-Clerk: "W!"
-Me: yeah
-Clerk: Ok, you had a philly w/ onions, fries, and a coke.
-Me: yep.
-Clerk: I bet you like being called "W"
-Me: hahah heck yeah man

day 7

2009-09-09T19:12:00.000-07:00

-woke up a bit late today
-got to the office and got right to work
-worked on mending box pieces that had broken, painting final pieces, etc
-had another organic lunch (sandwhich with some kind of thick creamy cheese bri maybe? as wel as corn, squash, and carrot cake)
-Jeff (the other intern) almost died from the carrot cake-hes allergic to nuts-there were finely ground nuts in his cake.
-stayed til about 7:15 taled to Theo about diff kinds of music we're into...were gonna have a badass music tradeoff tomors
-we are finally headed towards finalizing this thing...sure hope we kill it.

Day 6

2009-09-08T22:07:00.000-07:00

-woke up a bit late (8:45) but still made time to eat some cocoa pebbles and take a hot shower
-amazingly I got to the studio a bit early thanks to catching a cab
-sat in on a meeting with the guys about future projects and business stuff
-worked on more parts of the model
-all 4 of us at subway
-alex mentioned that babies keep staring at him and he thinks its because they think he is a giant baby. We all got a decent laugh out of that.
-ran into a friend I met just yesterday as we were walking back to studio
-there are models everywhere here. We ran into one in the elevator. she was a looker.
-stabbed my leg by accident with an olfa when I was working on a part to the model..got a nice big hole in my new jeans now.
-met a very beautiful girl in the restroom of all places. Here name is Niki, whe works in one of the studios down the hall.
-worked on various parts of the model until about 8:00
-came home and talked to my dad and sis about girl problems for a while

Day 5

2009-09-04T22:18:00.000-07:00

-woke up a tid bit late, but what the heck its friggin friday.
-as I walked the mile walk to studio I couldn't help but feel horribly creative for some reason.
-I think it was a combination of appreciating NYC for what it really is (dirty) and freeing my mind up and being happy.
-got to studio. Charles was out for the day. Theo got me started right away on some pieces for the model.
-He explaind to me that he believes that we can have everything painted and almost ready to assemble by the end of the day.
-We came pretty damn close.
-Theo grabbed me a cuban sandwhich from around the corner while he was out getting some pieces he sent off to be laser cut. I was goood.
-We got everything primered and started assembling the lasercut pieces (they look so friggin badass, I cant wait to see this thing finished)
-We worked some more
-Alex had to leave early for a trip out of the city
-I worked with Theo for a bit until about 8:00

Day 4

2009-09-03T22:29:00.000-07:00

Day 3

2009-09-02T21:45:00.000-07:00

-right on time again today
-Theo immediately got me started in solidworks
-Said he needed a helix shaped slide with 3.5 rotations at a size of 4'x 13" and he neeeded it 45 min
-got that shiz modeled with relatively no probs.
-worked on more parts for the playground
-ate some interesting food (wrap-spinach, goat cheese, slice of plum, proschuto, and some other various flavors)
-went out on a supplies run for the model (copper pipe attachement & mdf)
-realized chinatown is probably one of the worst smelling places in NYC
-Couldnt find copper attachement because my gps was all f uped and the plubing store was no where to be found
-worked on more pieces for the playground
-We all left around 6:00 to go have 10 cent wings and beer
-I talked to the guys about what I would like to learn about while Im here (business/consulting)
-We eventually started talking about why I chose ID and I explained to them about how I had made up my mind by reading an article on Marcel Wanders. they told me that they had met him several times. Once in Milan he told them that they look like they are in a band. They also explained to me that they could possibly hook me up with an internship with moooi (marcels firm) which would be a toatal dream come true!
- After that i went up to the bar to see Isabel (swedish roommate) sing. Shes friigin amazing.
-crashed around 2:00 ish

Day 2

2009-09-01T19:19:00.000-07:00

-walked to work this morning (right on time)
-worked on box pieces for playground model
-went around the corner with Alex (willing) and Jeff (intern) and got me a bluecheese/steak salad
-worked on more box pieces for the playground
-left the office around 5:30
-walked home
-talked with april and roomie for a bit
-left apt in zombie like state muttering to self 'must have cheessteak
-after about half a mile of walking and wondering I got serious and whipped out my p.o.s HTC and gpsed it
-walked for about 2 miles and found the cheessteak factory
-gobbled down a cheessteak + a sice of mad strawberry cheesecake
-left with a full stomach and a slightly off internal compass
-walked around for about 3 miles and admitted to my self tat I was lost
-haled a cab
-turns out 3rd ave turns into Bowry (were my apt is)
-I was around the corner
-got home and conked
-around 12:00 a.m

Day 1

2009-08-31T16:55:00.000-07:00

-haled my first cab today
-arrived at RBW 30 min early
-met all three guys + other intern
-immediately went to work (which was what I was hoping for)
-rode a bike to pick up model supplies for a playground concept contest
-ate lunch with Theo Richardson and discussed Houston and NASA
-starting building parts for model
-rode subway across town to pick up some laser cut parts for the model
-got a rich brilliant willing email account
-left work at 6:00