Peter::Pan

The lovely Gwynedd M. Hudson
Illustrations 1931

Happy::Daddio

Population::1,973

Welcome to my hometown
They got a new sign
It's painful
really painful

Meringue

First time

Isn't it gorgeous?

My Grandpa always says that the reason I don't have a boy friend is because I don't bake. As if that's all one needs in life.

The boys will flock. HA

LOOK::BOOKS!

I've received new additions to my book collection. a really old autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, a poetry book, a really old math text book, and 9 Dick and Jane Books. All equipped with discolored pages, illustrations, notes in the margins, and they smell Oh So Good!


The Dick and Jane Books came with a newspaper clipping from the New York Times. I found it worth reading. I'm not from the Dick and Jane generation so I don't have that baby boomer nostalgia of growing up with the stories. But I see it in my Mom's face when she sees the books. I don't really think there is anything like these books in my generation. Maybe Sesame Street... Nope. I don't feel myself getting all emotional when I turn on the TV and it's still on. hmmmm...

well here's a part of the article for you to enjoy:


By Trip Gabriel
1997ish (guessing)

Look, look.

See Dick in a museum. See Jane in a documentary. See copies of "Fun With Dick and Jane" rescued from oblivion after years of use by sticky-fingered first-graders, selling for $300. The Dick and Jane stories, which taught millions of school children for 40 years to read with simple vocabulary and sunny narrative pictures, are being rediscovered as icons of mid-century American culture.

They are the subject of two popular museum shows, a PBS film and a recently published book, "Growing Up With Dick and Jane" (Collins Publishers), which examines how the candy-colored world of the primers -- once used in 85 percent of American elementary schools -- reflects the values and aspirations of the postwar suburban middle-class. The book's subtitle is "Learning and Living the American Dream."

The social and cultural upheavals of that decade made Dick and Jane seem increasingly irrelevant to some. There was pressure, sometimes shrill, from groups that said the series was sexist and racist. The pendulum of reading theory swung from the whole-word method to sounding out words phonetically.

Current reading theory stresses a combination of phonics and what is known as whole language giving children multiple opportunities to read, listen to and write about topics that touch their lives.

Poor Dick and Jane tried to become up to date in the '60s. They did more cool things, such as watching TV. They sometimes had attitude, saying things like, "I don't want to" or "Get away." When Jane defeated Dick and Father in ring-toss, she put her
hands on her hips and laughed.

In 1965, the publisher was the first to introduce black characters to a first-grade reading book.

But the 1965 edition was the last. Although the books were sold until 1970 and remained in some classrooms through the decade, the tattered copies were eventually retired. And largely forgotten.

In 1993 David Thompson, a TV producer, attended an exhibition in Indiana of the work of Zerna Sharp and noticed that of all the items, two illustrations of Dick and Jane riveted the crowd. He decided to make a documentary for WIVP, the PBS affiliate in Peoria, but Scott, Foresman was reluctant to open its archives.

"They were so criticized because of Dick and Jane at the end that they were scared to death to let them out and get bombarded all over again," Thompson said. But he prevailed, and the documentary, "Whatever Happened to Dick and Jane?", became his station's most popular ever. In three years it has been on more than 80 PBS stations.

Collectors hunt for the books in antiques shops and used-book stores. The most sought-after titles are "We Come and Go," "We Look and See," "We Work and Play" and "Fun With Dick and Jane," from the editions of 1940, 1946, 1951 and 1956.

At the Prince and the Pauper children's-book store in San Diego, a 1946 copy of "Fun With Dick and Jane" that sold for $45 in 1988 is going for $300. James D. Keeline, the store's manager, suggested a reason for the popularity. "For a person who's lifelong reader," he said, "a Dick and Jane book is an artifact of their earliest reading experience."

Happy Little Fungi

I took a walk and came across this little family of mushrooms. Apparently they found a really good spot.

Start::Finish

It's the end of junior year.
FREAK OUT
one year left, is that scary or what?
looking for an internship.. tricky.

You're Tricky

I had my first real interview today.
I think it went pretty well.
Find out next week if i get a call back.
It was fun, we should do it agian sometime.

ps I ended up winning the mcad mug design contest, pretty cool.
mug shots to come.

99 years

Happy Birthday Great Grandma!
She can woop all your butts at cards.

ALL::RIGHT

my website is up and running!!! YEAY
samifoust.com
let me know if anything isn't working or possible improvements
spelling errors?
anyone want to be linked?
thanks jared for the help

xx

bag::bAig

I always get lame forwards from people. Usually they are trash but this one was somewhat interesting. The bad thing about these forwards is that they never say where the images are sourced from or who designed them....... so I have no idea.

Coffee::Break

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Took a little break from homework today. Made a little image for the mug competition. Lets see if it wins... I never win anything.

Facing::Fears

I opened the back door today to find a woodpecker just laying on the step. It freaked me out. If I hadn't looked down I probably would have stepped on the poor thing. It startled me so much that I closed the door and was even considering walking all the way around the house out through the front just to avoid seeing him. I have never been comfortable with death, not people, or animals/amphibians, or whatever. But then I thought about it. I shouldn't be scared of him. He's just a bird, and a gorgeous one, who just happened to have an unfortunate encounter with the window. Why is it in our culture we are soo uncomfortable with death. or it is just me? I envy those cultures that celebrate death, even people who are able to be around it on a daily basis. So to get over it, I got up close and personal with him and took a picture.

Today::Work

Picture of the day. I'm working on my type. The piles are accumulating around my desk. You can tell it's getting towards finals.
work work work

Ally Haigh

Holga Experiance 2007


U+2124 2007
a collections of people's
suspicions on numbers


Spot light on Ally Haigh, one of my good friends from England. She came to MCAD last semester through the exchange program from Brighton. She just sent me her newly completed portfolio. Looking good Ally! xx

Elementary :: Bugs

So an elementary school teacher from my mom's work asked if I would be able to make a series of paintings for her new baby room for a little extra cash. Of course I agreed.

I haven't even started yet.

Today I got a call from my mom saying that I lost the job. Apparently the teacher explained to her class what she was having me do because they love hearing about her new baby. One boy was soo interested in fact that he went home and did his own version of what I was going to do and gave it to her.

I didn't really loose the job though, but his drawing is soo GOOD. The "y" is awesome!