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Today I have little to offer. Except Captain Kitteh, who comes through the wormhole to save his universe.
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In less ridiculous news, I wanted to rec a local painter I've just stumbled upon: javachickn, who is ridiculously talented and has of late been working on a series of coyote paintings that make me deeply envious of all that talent.
I'd love to try painting... and sculpting, and all sorts of other things that are kind of too messy to be doing in my bedroom. I see now why people have studios. I am branching out into pastels, though, so I'm attempting color again; the limited black/white/sepia palette of technical pens and charcoals just isn't thrilling me quite as much anymore. I really have an urge to use oils on massive canvasses or something, but for me art has always been limited by budget; I started out in pencil and pen simply because I had them, and I've never been able to afford all the supplies to try all the mediums I want to, nor had a space where I could really make a nice artistic mess. (Lately I've been wanting to paint on shirts and also leather. And I traditionally don't paint. So you can see how I have an addiction problem.) I am pleased to say though that I've finally realized the need for good tools, and invest in them when I can; I'm not drawing in ball-point pens anymore, much to the relief of my high school art teacher. ;)
Anyhow. Hi. Good morning. I hope you're all doing awesome today. I am, being it's sunny and nice outside and I'm at my cool job and I actually remembered to bring food with me today and later I'm treating myself to Starbucks just because I can. The only thing that would make this job cooler is if there was a nice locally-owned coffee shop nearby, but I can live with selling my soul to Starbucks. (Also it's Friday. Did you know it's Friday? Tomorrow I get to sleep in. I'd forgotten was a glorious luxury that was.) And anyway, I don't know if you realize this Sal, but Sal's Myrtlewood Lounge is just a few blocks from here. When I drove in for the interview I thought it was clearly a sign of impending awesome.
see more Lolcats and funny pictures
In less ridiculous news, I wanted to rec a local painter I've just stumbled upon: javachickn, who is ridiculously talented and has of late been working on a series of coyote paintings that make me deeply envious of all that talent.
I'd love to try painting... and sculpting, and all sorts of other things that are kind of too messy to be doing in my bedroom. I see now why people have studios. I am branching out into pastels, though, so I'm attempting color again; the limited black/white/sepia palette of technical pens and charcoals just isn't thrilling me quite as much anymore. I really have an urge to use oils on massive canvasses or something, but for me art has always been limited by budget; I started out in pencil and pen simply because I had them, and I've never been able to afford all the supplies to try all the mediums I want to, nor had a space where I could really make a nice artistic mess. (Lately I've been wanting to paint on shirts and also leather. And I traditionally don't paint. So you can see how I have an addiction problem.) I am pleased to say though that I've finally realized the need for good tools, and invest in them when I can; I'm not drawing in ball-point pens anymore, much to the relief of my high school art teacher. ;)
Anyhow. Hi. Good morning. I hope you're all doing awesome today. I am, being it's sunny and nice outside and I'm at my cool job and I actually remembered to bring food with me today and later I'm treating myself to Starbucks just because I can. The only thing that would make this job cooler is if there was a nice locally-owned coffee shop nearby, but I can live with selling my soul to Starbucks. (Also it's Friday. Did you know it's Friday? Tomorrow I get to sleep in. I'd forgotten was a glorious luxury that was.) And anyway, I don't know if you realize this Sal, but Sal's Myrtlewood Lounge is just a few blocks from here. When I drove in for the interview I thought it was clearly a sign of impending awesome.