http://nmurillo.codebeta.net Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:34:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en They floated there, the ballons, tied down like captive bubbles. They looked at me, so tempting, so inviting. Maybe I took one too many... Maybe not enough. But if they take me to you, it's all that matters. Cheers, NM http://nmurillo.codebeta.net/2008/08/up-up-and-away/ The wind blew strongly from the sea.. yet they all held fast to their ground. Only their huge arms gave in to the winds' desire... only thier arms... and my hair. Slowly, slowly it dies away but it does not go with out a fight, with out speaking its mind, without leaving it's mark in the world, it ... http://nmurillo.codebeta.net/2008/08/windmills-and-sunsets/ "An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination." -Eduard Hanslick I love the serene look of a person contemplating, thinking, lost in their thoughts, and with their eyes lost in their thoughts. Recently, I drew some small sketches ... http://nmurillo.codebeta.net/2008/08/contemplation-and-paperpens/ So, here in Taiwan, 7-11 has a tendency of having lots of promotions every few months. Recently, it had it's 30th anniversary of being in Taiwan, and of course, it made a promotion: for every 30nt$ you spent, it gave you a point, when you collected 30 points, you could ... http://nmurillo.codebeta.net/2008/08/she-really-does-love-7-11/ Typhoon today over Taiwan, that just means one thing: rain, lots of rain, and wind. Most of the central and southern part is flooded. News keep showing all the damage in those areas, which is quite a lot. Rural areas were flooded so that only rooftops were visible, and in some ... http://nmurillo.codebeta.net/2008/07/bye-bye-umbrella/ At the early hours of 11:37 am of Thursday morning my friend called me. Yes that is early, considering I went to sleep at 6 am, it is early. No my friend is not evil. My celly is Evil*. Anyways. She called me to go off on the trip of the week: ... http://nmurillo.codebeta.net/2008/07/evil-woke-me-up/ So today as I was strolling after my dinner, I went into the bookstore near the uni campus (I, btw, just love bookstores and office supplies stores :D if I could I'd buy everything in them... but then I'd be broke) and started looking at the art section. Now, for ... http://nmurillo.codebeta.net/2008/07/day-dreaming/ Hallo everybody! Yay! Classes are out! Finals are over! and now... comes the time for nail biting and waiting for final grades, sigh. Let's just hope all is well. So let's see, where shall we start. I did one last update on the Sketchbook Month challenge, though unfourtunately my goal wasn't met... :( ... http://nmurillo.codebeta.net/2008/06/summer-vacation-_/ Hallo everybody, This is the first "Riddle me this..." post. The idea of these posts is to place a question/challenge/riddle/puzzle at least once or twice a month, where anyone can discuss the riddle, propose a solution to it or just ponder about it. The riddles can be from any field of ... http://nmurillo.codebeta.net/2008/05/riddle-me-this/ Hallo everybody, This semester I took a printmaking class, so we had to make preliminary drawings of what we wanted to draw on the plaques, this is what I did for the last plaque: hopefully I'll be done with the plaque this week and by the next I'll be able to print ... http://nmurillo.codebeta.net/2008/05/printmaking/