re·i·fy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-f, r-)
tr.v. re·i·fied, re·i·fy·ing, re·i·fies
To regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence.


It's the birthday of artist Georgia O'Keeffe, born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (1887). She's particularly well known for her giant paintings of flowers, though she once said, "I only paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move." She said, "Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not." O'Keeffe said, "I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality. I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say . . . in paint." -excerpt from (today's) The Writer's Almanac (go figure...)

History day has come and gone, I, (perennial as always...) survived (that was the big project that I was putting off). I wrote a piece that supposedly condenses all of the research for my project (the influence of the Dayton Hudson Corp. on the development of Nicollet Mall) into a 3 minute and 52 second work of, well, um, not quite brilliance and Copland emulation/channeling. All in all, it is alright but I know that I can do better, and who knows, I just may...

I think that I will try to keep a journal and then I will post bits and pieces of it because when I finally have the chance to actually write about my goings on, I suddenly cannot remember any aspect of my (receexistenceexistance. It is kind of like I am trying to remember what someone else once told me that they did once... sometimes.

Age is a funny thing, no?

and Time, oh, do not get me started on Time.
(Life... don't talk to me about life...)

That reminds me of a poem I wrote for mi clase de espanol, maybe I will post it at one point or another (if I ever get it back...)

For now though, for me at least, I have some serious claymation to enjoy. (Wallace and Gromit-- cheese holidays with wacky vending machines to clean up the moon who just want to ski and ant-eater mice and lawn gnomes, also self vs. self tic-tac-toe... Electronics for Dogs, anyone?)