Frame of Reference

I would like to start this entry out by saying that NORMALLY I consider myself a smart person and that there is absolutely NO OFFENSE meant to the victims of the earthquake in Peru. I know it is a devastating situation down there. I can't help but share this conversation though. It's from what I remember so it's not word for word, but hopefully you will get the gist. Adri: Have you heard anything else from your relatives in Peru? Heidi: Yeah, they seem fine. Something about weird lights during the earthquake. (Said rather offhandedly) Adri: What?! Are you serious? Like BEFORE the earthquake or what? Heidi: Oh, during I suppose. I don't really know. Adri: Oh my gosh! Isn't that crazy?? Heidi: Umm, well I don't know. I suppose it would just be the transformers or something like that. Adri: Ohhhh yeah! (snorts) It could be U.F.O.s too, like in the movie "Signs". You know, they hovered over Mexico City and all the other large cities before they attacked...

I just finished a new drawing. I'm actually liking how this one turned out. I've never drawn someone looking into a mirror. I thought the perspective was really cool since the viewer is actually looking at a reflection. Anyway, I also experimented with watercolor paper. The texture came out perfect and I really like the effect. I have a lot on my plate at the moment. I'm nearly finished with a waterfall painting. That is also a first for me...I don't consider myself a painter and I found it EXTREMELY challenging! But that's the point isn't it? After that I need to start sketching out blueprints for upcoming commissions. I have a lot of ideas floating in my head and I just love it! I'm ssssooo glad my muse came back! WOOO!

Monday morning errr afternoon recap. Always so enjoyable. Friday night we all went to Stir Fry Cafe. We've become known as "The Friday Ladies". I don't know if that's incredibly cute or kinda sad. The food is just so good. One goes into withdrawls if one doesn't have sushi every week. Woke up kinda late on Saturday and walked Casey before going to my aunts house to help pull up carpet. This woman....we get half of the house done before I realize she has no plan. She has no person coming to install hardwood. I shake my head before calling a friend of mine to come and save the day. I hope everything works out with that. On Sunday I woke up at Buttcrack 30 a.m. and was wide awake. I hate it when that happens. I decided to just get up and go for a walk. Came back and worked on my painting and drawing. I also just got a new commission and possibly one more in the works. My Star Wars client sent me the framed finished product. I think it looks pretty rad, but who am...

"I'm almost there Everything I say I say to me first Everything I do I do to me first So what, I lied I lied to me too (so what?) So what, I lied I lied to me too Hold out for the ones you know will love you Hide out from the ones you know will love you Dark you can't come soon enough for me" ~Tegan and Sara - Dark Come Soon~ I think the lyrics are amazing and so true, at least for me. Anything you do to someone else...you do to yourself first. I was out in our front yard looking at the coy pond. We've been having trouble with it recently. I think one of the reasons is the temperature. It's warming up the water way too much. Anyway, two bats were flying around. I never noticed how much they look like kites when they veer and dive. They were so tiny though I thought they were just large butterflies at first. Very cute! I attempted to watch "What the Bleep do we Know?" last night. I didn't get more than halfway through it though. It was very deep a...

Tegan and Sara obsessed. I have listened to nothing else but their newest album "The Con" since I got it last week. I think because my life is so crazy right now I need 'something' to focus on. Their lyrics and voices are simply amazing. It's incredible how much I seem to connect to it. I saw them live two years ago in Nashville, but just this week my interest has gone through the roof. Honestly, blasting them in my headphones is ten times preferable to what's in my head already. *Walks over and gets a soap box then balances on it with one foot before tapping the microphone* You know what really really irritates me? I'm a very ambiguous person. I like to throw a lot of ideas out...but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to do it. Why do people have to keep nagging me about decisions I haven't even really made? Things happen and things change. And they wonder why I don't talk much..... *hops down and kicks the box over the cliff*