alexandra temple powell

This Week's Candy.

2011-08-28T11:24:00.000-07:00

Dimebags.

2011-08-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

manicure.

2011-08-22T18:33:00.000-07:00

there's a vending machine near my desk.

2011-08-22T18:28:00.000-07:00

say yes.

2011-08-22T18:27:00.000-07:00

a happy house.

2011-08-22T18:26:00.000-07:00

shoe game.

2011-08-22T18:21:00.001-07:00

dimebags

2011-08-22T18:18:00.000-07:00

Been workin' on the collection:

more dimebags

2011-08-22T18:14:00.000-07:00

more dimebags

2011-08-22T18:07:00.000-07:00

so anyways, my computer caught on fire...

2011-05-10T18:54:00.000-07:00

...and blog posts have been scarce.
here are some shitty poems:

i saw an empty bottle of
that whipped cream vodka and
i wondered where you were

there's food caught in
the crack where
my teeth tried to snap in half

everything is the
special version
of its worst self

steppin' up my shoe game.

2011-04-03T15:05:00.000-07:00

i've been a huge fan of irregular choice shoes for a long time, for having totally insane combinations of materials, prints, and constructions, paying lots of attention to detail, and making a quality shoe that won't fall apart after one evening. the interiors are often a bizarre and lush material (such as neon orange crushed velvet on 2 of the 3 pairs below) and they always have a cool print on the sole of the shoe. something like a robot with laser eyes or an elephant with hearts coming out of the trunk, or whatever. they even provide heel replacements with the shoes, so you can fix them yourself when the rubber wears down. this saturday i stumbled upon a selection of them (while looking for something that was actually practical) and consequently ended up at home with 3 pairs of these beauts.

(i wore these already, thus the creases and scuffs)

underemployed in pa

2011-04-03T14:43:00.000-07:00

made this over the winter when i had 4 day weekends every week!

photos from the interior

2011-03-03T08:10:00.001-08:00

when my camera takes pictures inside my purse:

the end of an era

2011-02-28T16:31:00.000-08:00

i have been working at Fabric Horse since graduation in 2008, and my time there is (fingers crossed) coming to an end. it was a great company, and a great first job. (cue Sarah Mclachlan's "i will remember you") here are some of the things i designed while there.

photos be Carrie Collins

tuco kitty!!!

2011-02-25T15:46:00.001-08:00

patrick and i agreed to paint portraits of tuco, thomer's kitty. here is his. below is a sketch (yes, a sketch, i don't think this is a good painting) for my future attempt, with which i want to capture the brief yet terrifying period after she was "fixed" when she was possessed by Satan (with a capital s) for about 24 hours. stay tuned for finished painting.

glass fail

2011-02-25T15:34:00.000-08:00

got a bunch of free glass, and tried to paint on it. here are some terrible pictures of my terrible fails.

after these dissappointing material experiments, i realized, maybe there are not many paintings on glass for a reason.

also, i need a tripod.

watercolor

watercolor

watercolor

tried pressing acrylic paint between 2 sheets of glass, like a slide (after trying to paint with acrylic on the surface of the glass which was a total disaster)

ready for spring (a haiku)

2011-02-25T12:36:00.000-08:00

frozen human spit
frozen puke between parked cars
frozen roadkill blood

a hyperbolic update

2011-02-17T14:45:00.000-08:00

(computer mouse for scale)

hyperbolicawesome

2011-02-10T12:34:00.000-08:00

recently i attended a lecture on hyperbolic crochet,"Diana Taimina: folding mathematics, craft, and art", the bulk of which was about the awesome geometric powers of the hyperbolic plane. they're basically like "hey Euclidian geometry, fuck you." for example, on a hyperbolic plane,

a²+b²≠c². also, you can create lines that are not parallel, but never intersect. it is impossible to create a grid of squares (in which all lines intersect at 90°) on a hyperbolic plane. i was all "whaaaaaaaaa(t)!?!?!? and took a stab at it myself. (i am still working on this one, it's about the size of a soccer ball right now, but i'd like to make it much bigger.)

this is her blog about crochet and non-euclidian geometry:

i had trouble finding good pictures of her work, but there are a few on her blog. they're hard to appreciate without seeing them in person, most of the pieces are pretty gigantic (which is awesome).

raptor cannon!

2011-02-10T12:33:00.001-08:00

R.I.P. four loko

2011-01-22T12:47:00.000-08:00

four loko, as we know it, has, sadly come to an end. while the drink will still be available, it has gone the way of sparks, and now has none of the caffeine or energy supplements. basically, they made it suck. i have been collecting pictures of four loko cans for some time now, and so i present to you a few of these, as a tribute to our fallen friend. rest in peace four loko, and know that for your short and glorious life, you were truly loved.

it's knot time.

2010-09-20T20:28:00.001-07:00

my scissors are sick.

2010-09-20T20:26:00.001-07:00

i had to.

2010-09-20T20:25:00.001-07:00

it's fall!

2010-09-20T20:20:00.000-07:00

that means:

whiskey scribbles

2010-08-31T19:52:00.000-07:00

the pen ran out of ink.

damn pen.

i drew you an apology...

2010-08-31T18:55:00.000-07:00

new workspace.

2010-08-31T18:47:00.000-07:00

i got one.

good medicine

2010-08-25T10:06:00.000-07:00

the best thing for a cold? a hot toddy of course!

mix tea and whiskey. that's it.

add honey if you feel like it.

drink out of a ben franklin mug if you are awesome.

if you don't feel better, something is clearly wrong with you.

gnar gnar

2010-08-25T09:57:00.000-07:00

so i needed to get from philadelphia to moorestown nj last weekend and being that i do not own an automobile, i ended up taking a train to haddonfield nj and riding my bicycle to moorestown. it was an interesting experience being on a bicycle in places where i had only driven, you can really get a good look at the details, for example:

it may be hard to tell, but this was a cat. it is now possibly the gnarliest piece of roadkill i have ever seen. at first i thought it had eaten a plastic bag, but no, that's its skin. it had been stripped of fur from being constantly run over by cars and tanned like leather from lying on the highway. you could've made a shoe out of this thing. GNARLAWESOME!

new digs

2010-08-25T09:27:00.000-07:00

just moved this month, and i must say, i am very pleased with my new room. here are some of the highlights:

i am obscenely happy with this wall. guatemalan prayer masks from my brother, handlebar curtain rod extender (invented by yours truly) complete with skull stem, home made Rx bottle christmas lights, and trash picked (can't believe someone threw this away) leopard painting.

i have wanted a hanging plant since forever. now i have one. i can die happy.

bauhaus poster, prints by aaron cossrow and john sandy, bottle of blood courtesy of eric welch, my old volvo license plate, mec. doodle by andrew mccandlish, trash picked american flag, and a corny as hell dream catcher purchased at carnival in upstate pa approximately one eternity ago.

ceramic tiger, some material explorations from intro to furniture with the world's greatest human being, don miller, one armed army guy found in the sand at the jersey shore, and drunken pirate figurine.

some watercolor experiments

2010-08-25T09:20:00.000-07:00

over the 3 days it took me to pack, move, and unpack, all i had was my watercolor kit, 1 brush, and my sketchbook. viola.

transcontinental doodles

2010-08-25T09:13:00.000-07:00

some crap i drew on the plane from philadelphia to san francisco.

(crush and debauchery are the names of the strippers from whom i received 1/2 price lap dances. i wanted to remember their names in the morning.)

workin' in my workbook

2010-08-25T09:08:00.001-07:00

sloppy new friends

2010-07-29T08:02:00.000-07:00

i was always frustrated with watercolors in the past, but i found this little $2.49 watercolor set under my bed and, turns out, i love it now! can't wait to move into my new room and start splashing around with these guys.

what's your dream job?

2010-07-29T07:59:00.000-07:00

crash city

2010-07-24T10:36:00.000-07:00

managed to crash so awesomely, i bent a steel bike frame. injuries incurred already posted. (see darth bungle post, vs. spring garden st.)

home brew business cards

2010-07-22T19:25:00.000-07:00

i've been wanting to make my own business cards for a while now, and i finally got down to it today. here is the first batch. 5 out of 11 went in the trash, but i'm certain i'll have more success on the next go 'round (and they'll get more interesting for sure (stay tuned for that (practice makes perfect! ))). ingredients: watercolor paper, watercolor, ink.

what do you when you can't find a drinking buddy?

2010-07-22T14:53:00.000-07:00

make your drink into your buddy, of course!

(also, this doubles as a rattle.)

darth bungle

2010-07-22T13:09:00.000-07:00

here are some of the ways i've managed to fuck myself up recently. enjoy!

vs. machete

vs. sprinklerhead

vs. redwood

vs. spring garden st.

yours truly

2010-07-22T12:45:00.000-07:00

i wish i could remember how to actually draw. while i'm working on that, you'll have to settle for crap like this:

some texty things

2010-07-22T12:32:00.000-07:00

fuck dryers.

2010-07-22T12:29:00.000-07:00

even if you live in an overly cluttered cell between 2 bookcases, you can still air dry your laundry. don't be a pansy.

san francisco

2010-07-18T19:48:00.000-07:00

visited the west coast recently, and all i can say is that it was insanely rad. here's a bit of local color.

this was scratched into the concrete with a muddy stick. this person was clearly pissed.

"erotic" ashtrays found in a store in chinatown. regrettably, i did not purchase any.

this is the view from a friend's apartment in mission. i was really psyched to learn that the neighbors all know and talk to each other from their kitchen windows.

if you ever get the chance to drive along route 1, you should probably take it.

the west coast had the most colorful variety of dead stuff washed up on the beach i've ever seen. and i've seen a lot of dead stuff washed up on beaches. i'm from new jersey.

BRAINS!!!

2010-06-30T19:50:00.000-07:00

it's true.

2010-06-29T18:50:00.001-07:00

black hole.

2010-06-29T18:18:00.000-07:00

too much scribble = wrinkle.

poor man's bloody mary.

2010-06-29T18:11:00.000-07:00

1. mix equal parts v8 and biggest/cheapest.

2. drink it.

this wasn't in my job description...

2010-06-29T18:00:00.001-07:00

how Fabric Horse gets to the post office:

a few blind contours.

2010-06-26T16:41:00.000-07:00

hand

thomer

john

eric

thomer, punching her problems in the face.

i am a scribble machine.

2010-06-26T16:39:00.000-07:00

vices.

2010-06-24T16:53:00.001-07:00

we could never kiss...

2010-06-22T10:11:00.001-07:00

scribble obsession

2010-06-22T10:07:00.001-07:00

is it just me, or is this book the worst?

2010-06-22T08:33:00.000-07:00

Possibly the biggest waste of time and paper ever. This shit really grinds my gears.

Here is an image of the cover. As you can see, this is a book. A book about complaining. As if there wasn't enough complaining and negativity in the world. Now some prick, actually 3 pricks, are GETTING PAID AND PUBLISHED for COMPLAINING. (I'm aware of the fact that I'm complaining about it, which contradicts everything I seem to be trying to accomplish here, but...whatever. I do what I want).

Here is a bit from the blurb inside the front cover. I don't even know where to begin with how much this type of garbage burns me up. Everything is not shit. Have you been outside? Have you ever had fun? Do you have friends? You probably have like 73824713471341 friends because you spend all your time writing books about how much you hate everything. People LOVE that.

Also, "the standard reference for everyone who believes that everything is shit". Oh great, I've been waiting for an encyclopedia-style reference for all the papers i need to do on how much i want to KILL YOU FOR WRITING THIS.

What is your problem?!?!?! Dance music is awesome! Have you ever tried, I dunno', dancing to it? Plus he spends half of this entry talking about moving mountains or something... further proof that dance music rules and you don't know what you're talking about. Also, nobody ever thought dance music was "the future of everything". That is not the story of dance music.

This guy hates doctors. Best of luck to you when you discover you have prick cancer, which is caused by being such a prick.

As ridiculous as some of the stuff in the Guinness Book of World Records is, at least people are getting off their asses and trying to do something no one's ever done. It seems a lot more interesting and worthwhile than, say, writing a book about things that you don't like. Just sayin'

this is highly unprofessional.

2010-06-21T22:50:00.000-07:00

that's why it's funny.

kickin' the can.

2010-06-21T22:04:00.000-07:00

before and after.

history chapter V: senior year (2007-2008)

2010-06-21T18:42:00.000-07:00

history chapter IV: junior year (2006-2007)

2010-06-21T18:39:00.000-07:00

history chapter III: sophomore year (2005-2006)

2010-06-21T18:36:00.000-07:00

history chapter II: freshman year (2004-2005)

2010-06-21T18:32:00.001-07:00

history chapter I : high school

2010-06-21T18:00:00.000-07:00

here's some of what went on:

hello.

2010-06-17T18:41:00.000-07:00

i'm alex. i felt like it was time to begin a public record of my existence, because people seem to be entertained by it, and maybe it'll get me a job. or a reality tv show. anyway, enjoy yourself.

alex

mixing business and pleasure since 1986