ph. mb. pt. five- These Routines

May 2009

This was my last quarter of my Junior year in college. I remember being so nervous about becoming a senior. I knew things were going to be so different, I just never knew how different until it was over. This was my third year away from home and my idea of home started to change around this time. I was living in a two bedroom apartment with four friends that I really cared about that somehow became my family. I remember these days were so routine but so free at the same time. If I didn't have class, work, or work to make, I did a lot of "routine adventures", things that were so mundane but didn't quite fit in my day as routine.

What I always really liked about my school was the view, we always had a pretty cool view. 

I was pretty proud of this, I think my roommate was bragging about being on the dean's list and I remember checking to see if my name was there and it was! 

Waiting for the bus always gave me enough time to take pictures like this, I remember on this particular day, one of my classes let out really early and I made a trip to oakland to check out some galleries and do some exploring. I remember I found out on this day that there was a skatepark in Hayward that was right down the street from our apartment. This changed EVERYTHING!

"When I Grow Up" 2009 Mixed Media

This was one of three panels I did, I did this triptych for my painting class at the time. My friend Kenneth now has two of them and a woman who works at the college bought the other one.

I think unknowingly until I moved away from Hayward, my favorite thing about the end of my day at school was riding home on the bus. Most of the time, the bus was really empty and I really liked that, it was always a nice way to end a long day. These routines became so normal to me, I miss these particular routines but I'm finding new ones now and I'm learning so much from them.