[Bucket List] 7am Boogie Boarding : Outdoor Bouldering : Color Run

onto the next adventure!

Saturday, May 4 - The boshy duo set out on an adventure to Newport beach at 7am to go jump into the water - I know insane right? Maggie went off and dabbled into the water while I went boogie boarding for the first time - again, insane right? It was truly an experience, not being able to paddle back onto shore, getting hit by a huge wave, drifting into the rocks, you know life threatening things :p I'm glad I can say that I was able to do that, but would I? Probably not...I have a huge fear of the ocean, the fact that I went out there with little knowledge of how to swim was ballsy as is... but yay :)

After we took a break and fueled up at Denny's and headed over to the Evolv store sale and bought some new shoes! Oh and there was also a tank dunk activity going on to get free stuff, all the boys did it.

Next we headed up (or maybe down) to Corona Del Mar to the "Cove" where for the first time ever I bouldered outdoors! I told myself as I was standing under the cove that I wasn't going to be able to climb anything because I was too scared to do it. But I wasn't going to let my fear get the better of me so I strapped up & chalked up and climbed up anything that I could of grabbed and my goodness was it an amazing experience ! I was able to climb about 3 problems all of which were all beginners but I didn't mind, it was the idea that I finished one that made me happy! I also encouraged a little girl to start climbing, she was super cute and her dad was extremely supportive (he held her all the way through) I asked to take a photo with her and I let her borrow my chalk bag so she can look legit, her smile made my day :)

After climbing we headed home where I basically KO'd since my day started at 6 and ended around 4. I want to go back out and boulder fairly soon, just as long as there's baby routes...eventually I'd want to climb a more intermediate route, but baby steps! Baby steps!

Fast forward into the next weekend, May 11 (which for this post, yesterday) I participated in my first 5k marathon - The Color Run! With me was, Maggie, Jourel, Natasha, Frances & Christine. The location was in Irvine a little ways away from each of my homes but we made it just in time to be a part of the 3rd/4th wave.  I didn't really know what to expect from the color run other than the fact that I was going to run and get splattered with color -- haha, duh. I honestly thought there was going to be people constantly throwing color at us, but nope, it was more like every mile we were awarded with a shower of color. It didn't take us very long to finish 3 mi. although it felt like it cause of the heat. Soon after the marathon ended we found ourselves at the stage jumping up an down and counting down until we all threw color up in the air... IT WAS SO COOL :)  After the long walk (seemed like it was longer than the marathon) to the car we headed over to eat some, what I called "fancy pho" and headed back home where again, I knocked out, still in my color run clothes. In fact, I drooled on the arm so it has a nice rainbow gradient -- it's awesome.

The past two weeks have been a great outdoor adventure, I'm so excited for summer knowing that I can head out super early in the morning and it'll be bright enough. I'm not sure what the next adventure is, but, ONTO THE NEXT :)

Cheers!
Krislam

The idea is scary

It is April 21, 2013. Currently sitting at my bed sans the bed sheets as I am washing them in my tiny little dryer in my studio. Laptop on my upside down Angry Birds pig and a tub of ice cream within arms reach. Pondering, pondering, pondering -

Last night I attended my first Art Center Grad Show, for those who know me well enough, you all know that I want to attend that school some time in the near future. But it didn't occur to me until last night, just how much I wanted to attend that school. Walking around and seeing all the work that STUDENTS made was just so inspiring. I had half a brain to just go up to admissions on Monday and apply - LOL, but that's obviously not going to happen.

After getting my mind blown for well over 30 minutes (we showed up really late but just enough time) I started to question what my life is going to be like in the next 6 months. If I really wanted to go back to school the smartest decision would be to go back home this September, keep working at Hypothesis, hone into my practices and self development, SAVE MONEY & then go back to school in 2015 and become a full time student. That would be the "ideal" plan, but becoming a full time student would mean I have to let go of working full time (duh) - I'd let my experience and well, my income, suffer.

I also thought that if I move back home I'd be letting go of my lifestyle here in LA and it really does bring a tear to my eye to potentially let go of what I have here. I'm happy but I know that I've plateaued with my design adventure/journey. If living here in LA means I can't go back to school, then maybe going back home would be the best option for me regardless of what my plans may be soon after I move back. I think about how much money I could be saving... (I could save up to 9k a year if I go back home.) But what does moving back home mean for me other than to save money? I'd go back to living under my parents. Rules will be instilled, curfews & limitations - do I really want that? Does my $800/month for rent buy me my freedom? Yes. But does it take away from being able to go back to school to broaden my talent and go to the school I've been wanting to go to? Yes.

Another option would be to transition to a new job, become a production designer and learn from a new company that way I'd be making money AND learning something new. It brings up the question of whether or not I need to go back to school. A lot of what I've learned in this past year was based thoroughly off of work experience and teaching myself new things, a lot of which school did not teach me in two years... so do I really have to go back to school? Not entirely.

I guess the bigger picture here is ... should I move back home in September?

Everything else after that will play itself... but moving back... do I dare?

Doin' Work!

Haha - Alrighty world time to check in to future self. I've been MIA lately and it's for a good reason... what reason? These reasons:

Been working on some personal projects! The first two were produced through the task of a Skillshare class. I am absolutely ecstatic that I found Skillshare -- actually, I lie, I didn't find Skillshare a friend of mine did (Thank you Peter) so I'm super happy that he shared that with me. My first class was a handlettering class, the next was an illustration class. They were both amazing and extremely helpful, I'll write out an entire process post on each of my projects soon. The third one was just something I wanted to do during my vacation, I forgot when I had a vacation that allowed me the time to illustrate this BUT there was one, haha. Again, I'll go through the process later. But yesm, I have been practicing and I am really proud with what I made. Dear Future Krislam, in the next year or so you better be looking at these illustrations/handletter pieces and scoff in disgust, seriously. 

Otherwise, things that aren't design related...I've also been up to (okay, I lie most of it is design related but not necessarily GRAPHIC design, nom'sayien?):

 OH, I also have a gym membership now :) 

Okies, taking off... blog later. Au revoir world !!