My Honda Element just turned 20,000. I was out at the Hobby Show this weekend and as I left the show I realized I was 9 km from rolling 20,000. Rather then head out on the highway I decided to just drive the streets, then stop at 20,000 and take a picture. Then I realized I was probably within range of Calum's place. I thought it's always fun to have a goal and Calum is one of the few people I know that would get a kick out this. So, I set out for his place.
To make what is really rather a short story longer, I missed the turn on to Martin Grove and had to head down Kipling instead. I knew how to get back on track, but I had to consider two things.
I needed to get over to Calum's, but if I wasn't going to make it, I need to be within 1 km of finding a safe place to stop and take a picture.
Once I made it to Eglinton I knew for sure I was running short. I also knew there would be precious few places to stop along Eglinton, so I continued along Kipling. From my experiences driving with Calum I knew there was another street though a residential area I could cut back towards his place.
I turned right on Princess Margaret just as the odometer turned 20,000. A this point I knew I had blown it. There was no way to make it to Calum's. I also knew if I hadn't missed the turn on Marten Grove I would have been spot on when I arrived in his driveway. Instead I had to stop at the first cross street. I parked the car under the street sign so I could get a good picture.
Up until this point there had been no traffic at all in the area. In fact I sat in the car for quite a bit preparing the camera and taking a picture of the dash. Then I go to get out. What is it about drivers, a car is pulled over at the side of the road with it's four ways on and they line up behind it. Granted I was at the stop sign, but come on, it couldn't be clearer I wasn't going anywhere.
I got out and waved people around me. After I cleared all the cars from around me I managed to snap a few pictures before the next batch of cars showed up. And really this was a quiet neighbourhood, and I was on a side street, off a side street. Everyone came out of the wood work at once. Once I got back in and drove off, I didn't see another car till I got back to highway.
My car is now 20,000 km old. I finished the drive to Calum's to confirm I was only 1 km from my goal. Then I drove home.
On a historical note I did the same thing when the Element turned 5,000 km. I was on my way home to London, looked down at the odometer and realized I was a few kilometers from rolling 5,000. I pull off the 401 at Towerline Road in Woodstock just as it rolled 5,000. I was able to pull off to the side of the road right by the road sign. Funny enough no-one got confused by me being there.
(October 2001)
This is the first seated pose I ever did. I got quite a ways with this one. Had I had more time I might have even kept it. I like the sense of a slouch in her posture, and the look of weight in the way she's sunk into the ottoman.
(November 2000)
The teacher says start with a good base of clay and try and model the surface the model is lying on be for modeling the model. (The use of the term model for what the model is and does and what the arts does can get very confusing, but that's way it's done.) In this case I definitely made a good base. I wish I had done that with my current piece. But more about that when the time comes.
If you look closely at the pictures you will notice that the board I am working on is warped. It didn't start out that way, but it gradually happened over the three classes we had with the model. It made for an interesting problem. Each week I returned to the piece it had a big crack right through the centre. She got split at the belly button. This was definitely annoying, but it did help improve the arch in her back.
One of the problems with this piece is the proportions. The arms and legs are a little shore and they end in hands and feet that are way too small. A good measure of the size of your hand is that is will cover your face.
My Honda Element just turned 20,000. I was out at the Hobby Show this weekend and as I left the show I realized I was 9 km from rolling 20,000. Rather then head out on the highway I decided to just drive the streets, then stop at 20,000 and take a picture. Then I realized I was probably within range of Calum's place. I thought it's always fun to have a goal and Calum is one of the few people I know that would get a kick out this. So, I set out for his place.
I needed to get over to Calum's, but if I wasn't going to make it, I need to be within 1 km of finding a safe place to stop and take a picture.
On a historical note I did the same thing when the Element turned 5,000 km. I was on my way home to London, looked down at the odometer and realized I was a few kilometers from rolling 5,000. I pull off the 401 at Towerline Road in Woodstock just as it rolled 5,000. I was able to pull off to the side of the road right by the road sign. Funny enough no-one got confused by me being there.
It great to see the building at it's full height and wow is it big. My current building is 22 stories, my new one is 40.
The other way is through a upscale area of downtown with lots of small shops and several theatres used for concerts, plays, operas and ballet. It's also just gone through a revitalization by the city, so new sidewalks, roads, trees, flowers, EST. I wonder which way I'll be walking every morning?
It's a great design. Jack it four stories in the air so you can put another hiway underneath it. I'm fairly high up in the building so I'm hoping the noise won't be too bad. But currently I live on a major route for ambulances heading to the downtown hospitals, so I am used to the noises of the city.
