More Photos!!!

Heres's just a small update of photos for our readers out there! Sorry we haven't been updating very often but we will update some more tonight. We have job interveiws with the Scarehouse today at 4:30 and hopefuly we can get jobs... http://www.scarehouse.com/

Rainbow!

The fountain at Point State Park supposedly shoots up to 150 feet in the air...

My charcoal drawing!

My hand drawings!!!

Just some random little sketch I have been working on...

The view from the lookout on Mount Washington

The lift that took us up to Mount Washington

Another view from the lookout!!

Matt's Place of the Week

"Hello world, and Internet pedophiles"

Matt here and I'm here to present you with my hot spot of the week which will be added every Friiiiday!

This week I would like to introduce you to (the self titled) "Hobo Park" Hobo park is a nifty little corner located at the imidsection of Fourth ave. and Smithfield st. Hobo park seems to be a huge attraction of the street locals or "Hobos" maybe it has to do with the fact that there is a large ATM in the middle of it and it is in the shadows of a mighty looking bank...I don't know. But anyway while walking to class I try to avoid hobo park by crossing Smithfield so I don't get asked for money... I mean sometimes I would like to toss them a quarter or two but then they try to con you for more so I just try to avoid it generally. But I have learner one thing.. as long as you don't make eye contact with a "hobo" you will not be asked for money... its some weird thing they do... but as soon as you make eye contact you know what happens next.. you can just FEEL it coming.

Lessons learned:

1.) Don't give a hobo money...they are professional con artists.

2.) Don't make eye contact with a hobo

and last but not least.. don't use the ATM in hobo park.. then all the gangstas and hobos know you have cash!

-Matt :)

PS: As I was about to post this a quite loud verbal (I can hear it from the 8th floor :)) and almost physical fight erupted in hobo park :)

Country to City and Everything In Between

Helloooo!

So we're all settled in now and ready to start class in the morning!!! But because we had no access to the internet net for a while I'm going to update for yesterday and today. Enjoy!!!

Tuesday morning we packed everything up and hit the road for Rural Vanago to Phillis' house, just an hour away for Pitt. We stayed the night enjoyed a sweet ride in a 1930 Ford model A and also enjoyed the wide open country before heading off to the city. After arriving, we went to the college and finished paperwork and what not, and received our very own IDs!!! We moved in, met our two roommates, Thomas and Daniel (who are realllly cool by the way), and we've just been scouring the city ever since. It's been a little crazy going from the wide open country to the city, a little culture shock for us but nothing we couldn't handle. The city has just been amazing so far and we really love it, but we're still kind of tourists and I'm sure the luster will probably ware off in a few weeks... but we're just having fun while everything's still new. I'm still amazed that we haven't gotten lost yet! But Matt's like a human GPS so it's pretty good having him around.

This morning we got up before noon and took a little walk around the city seeing the sights and doing some shopping (we have some photos!!!) and we even got our schedules! (We have class only on every Thursday and Friday, from 8AM 'till 5:20PM) So we need to get up a little eariler tomorrow morning... But anyhoo; Whithout further delay! The photos!

We'll update more as the week goes on!!!

-Jake andddd Matt :)

High School Gripes

Ya know what...school does damage on ones wallet. Today me and Jake finished up some shopping that needed to be done, buying the last of our shared items that we will need such as an iron, toaster etc. So far we have spent about $500.00 on supplies for the room... that doesn't even include personal stuff that we have bought for ourselves such as shampoo, soap, towels...

But as the days go by I am starting to realize more and more that a whole new part of life is about to start. New people, new places, new "home" and no more of this high school stuff (thank god by the way) and while I'm on that topic i would like to rant about high school for a minute :) Okay so high school "the greatest years of ones life" HELLO high school consists of crappy food, annoying people and random old people who didn't even go to high school walking the halls telling you to show them a little signature that gives you permission to walk down a hallway. Ah I'll never forget the time the one lady told me i need to go back to the cafeteria because i didn't have a pass.. as i kept walking away from her she screamed "DON'T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE AND GET YOU" (why does this old lady think shes a cop?) oh god was that funny.. why would she even attempt to leave her precious workplace...she wouldn't it was too far of a walk. But really.. you do meet some great people in high school and you do have some great times just high school is feeling more and more like pre-school.

But yes, I will miss good ol' Horseheads, I will miss my family, I will miss my friends, I will miss the wiener club and maybe I'll even miss my job...maybe. But its time to push onward to the real world. I mean its not like i wont ever be back :)

-Matt

The First Post! Or, The Orgins of Jake and Matt

Half out of boredom, half out of curiosity, I've decided to start this blog chronicling The Adventures of Jake and Matt, two Graphic design students who are just a week from starting our first years of college at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. I'm starting this blog to keep people informed and updated on our trivial lives as we live and go to school in the city. We leave on August 18th and 19th, with school starting August 21. Yeah, we're feeling a bit rushed with everything, but it will all work out and with the days winding down, we're both feeling a strong mixture of anticipation, excitement and nervousness with a hint of fear, all building and meshing into one as the days pass and as the realization that we're leaving this small town and it's people for a while grows steadily in our minds. It's quite a feeling and it's left us truly perplexed.

We've been working on getting things lined for the leave but we still have some shopping to take care of before the week is over. But I'd really like to start out by introducing our selves to the blogging community. My name is Jake, I turned 18 in May, as did Matt. We've know each other since the 10th grade, are going to the same college and we're rooming together. Matt and I are pretty much not alike at all, which kind of surprises me that we get along so well. Matt is extremely outgoing and I, well, am not. He's tall, I'm short. He has black hair, I, blond. We live in a small town, the kind of place where nothing ever happens, ever. As cliche as that sounds it's very true. Our town has absolutely nothing to brag about except for having the biggest WalMart on the east coast (well - when it was designed). we have that and lots of trees. That pretty much sums it up. We're just two teens, about to be launched head first into real life away from friends and family.

So this is it for tonight, I'll be sure to update as our adventure continues, as we move in and start classes, but for now not much is happening.

-Jake. (Thanks Matt for the awesome poster!!)