Joy Lai

State University of New York - College at New Paltz, Attended 2007 - Present, Class of 2009, Bachelor's Degree, Art Education
Mercy College, Attended 2004 - 2006, Class of 2006, Master's Degree, Elementary Education
Bard College, Attended 1998 - 2002, Class of 2003, Bachelor's Degree, Sociology

student/yard laborer/studio assistant/housesitter

http://joyintransit.blogspot.com

conversations/rants, unlikely situations/places/exchanges, making babies laugh, learning about myself by analyzing my parents, doodling, service with a laugh rather than a smile, staring at tiny objects or persons, not making sense, drooling, shaking my booty and getting a bit scandalous, napping in the sun, jogging, pupil dilation, attending modern dance performances, karaoke, making shit up, google-ing, working on a graphic novel in my head, passively resisting fulfilling routine tasks, reprogramming ego, gushing over re-mastered prints, middle finger as friendly gesture, lucid dreaming, beach combing, ping pong, libraries, theories and theorems, biking, tropical fruit consumption, being cheap and extravagant at the same time

vonnegut, woolf, calvino, parker, murakami, brautigan, garcia marquez, daniel clowes, bell hooks-- i have a tendency not to finish books. i also enjoy comixs and graphic novels.

Burnt by the Sun, Roman Holiday, After Life, Woman in the Dunes, Celine and Julie Go Boating, Shaolin Soccer, Exterminating Angel, High and Low, The Leopard, wuxia pian, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Playtime, Amelie, Chinatown, Microcosmos, Winged Migration, Duck Soup, 400 Blows, Charlie Chaplin shorts, Room with a View, Sans Soleil, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Why has Bodhi-Dharma left for the East?, Anne of Green Gables, Stranger than Paradise, bits of Fellini, the Hepburns and Bergmans, shots by Christopher Doyle, anything "sumptuously" photographed, dialogue with innuendo, double entendre, obscure references; sight-gags; screwball comedies or anything where the characters pour themselves a drink in the middle of the day

recent cravings consist of: cocorosie, 2pac, radiohead, lou reed, nina simone, billie holiday, tito puente, anything by ellington and strayhorn, most cole porter, cibo matto, m.i.a., girl groups from the late 50's to mid 60's such as The Chantels and The Shirelles, baby dayliner, le tigre, naz, jay-z, mcp bootlegs, $10 carnegie hall student rush tickets, juilliard recitals, any form of live music, anything I can copy from the NYPL, and I also have a weakness for "popular hip hop of the day"

I grew up tv free. Yes, I am one of those freaks.

Sagittarius

I laugh hard and cry hard, mostly at myself. I wave to babies and listen to strangers. I will try most things once, twice even. I am generally patient and level-headed, except for the manic outbursts. I answer to compulsion, intuition, and whim--all of which gets me into trouble but I don't seem to mind. I know the difference between monoprints and monotypes, however I may be lacking in social graces (read: I can be blunt at times) and pop culture familiarity. I do believe in ice cream as a meal, dancing as a form of exercise, and karaoke as a form of expression. I say that I hate school but I can't get away from them. I am pursuing yet another degree, this time for art education. Lately I've been feeling further from 20 and closer to 30 and it scares me.

amy sedaris, benjamin franklin, new paltz people.