Self-Portrait, all done.

This is what two days away from work gets me. I hope I never have to go back. Painting all day is much much much much much much much much more fun. I need to get something to rest my palette on though, other than my skinny girl arms.

It's me again

I took the day off work and went back to my self-portrait. I scrapped the first one and started a new one. I think I might be sick tomorrow and work on it more. Hopefully that'll finish it. The picture has some glares, but I think you get the idea; I'm full of myself. I think the wife beater is a much needed alteration. I'm also thinking the background needs to be a not-so subtle pink.

Holy famous People!!

I'm terribly sorry about my Kentucy Derby picks. Who would have thought I couldn't pick horses?

I'm even more sorry that I forgot to bring my camera to work today. Why? Well, it's the annual Costume Institute Party of the Year. Hooray for gala events on Mondays.

I saw Naomi Campbell and some other Victoria's Secret model, whose name I don't know and google hasn't figured out how to search for faces yet so, I'm still at a loss. I would describe her as tall and also pretty.

I heard Jennifer Hudson was doing a sound test in The American Wing court which is decked out in all these crazy, motley colors and the Great Hall is covered in roses and has a giant birdcage with four live peacocks in it. The plates for the dinner are going for $5000, although that might just be the entrance fee. It's all for a good cause and it's probably tax deductible, but drinks are extra.

It makes the Greek and Roman opening look like a dinner at Denny's. Man, why aren't there Denny's in the city? Also, while I'm talking about old posts, I went to the Cooper Hewitt yesterday with my friend Peyton and you know what? They had that cool Labbit stool on view.

Run horse, RUN!!!

Firstly, I don't know aaaanything about horse racing, much less The Triple Crown. But I do like acting like I know a thing or two about things I do not know a thing or two about. So, I'm making some picks for the Derby today.

1. Nobiz like Shobiz
2. Imawildandcrazyguy
3. Curlin

I would also like to give a shout-out to all the people who come up with horse names. Seabiscuit? Hello? Is that some sort of poop joke? It sounds like slang for when you don't feel like going to your beach house, so you just wander out in the ocean. Am I wrong? Tell me I'm wrong.

Happy Cinco de Mayo. Anybody know what we're celebrating other than half-price margaritas?

Mudawna and Keed

So, my friend Peyton sent me a posting from CL Philly. A guy wanted a helmet painted up. Which would be great but I have no time or know-how, outside of work. So, I doodled this at work. I thought it was funny. It's a trailer-park madonna and child.

Going Green

Boy is that a phrase you hear/see all the time. On the sides of buses, in the subway, in magazines, news reports and campaign pledges. You know where you don't see it? Email.

You say that sounds absurd? Well, I don't.

Sure, hybrid cars are quite chic these days. Recycling is cool, any 2nd Grader will tell you that. Heck, I even saw a short piece on the news last night about a beer company that has gone green (remind me to buy stock in them or get drunk on them, whichever). But no one thinks about email. Why should you? Well, if you work in an office or possibly like printing out emails to track purchases you might start taking this into consideration.

I work in an office and every time I'm sent a receipt by email I have to print it out then file the thing. But you know what happens? Two sheets of paper. Everything I need to know on one, then another sheet of paper that says, "thanks" or simply has the URL. What's the deal with this? Yea, I put it in the recycle bin or the scrap paper heap, but that's ridiculous.

Orbitz, Amazon, you name it. They do it. Why hasn't someone fixed this? Can we pass this message around? Give me my email receipt as ONE page. Sure I could say, only print the first page, in my print options. But I don't want to!! We have a hybrid cars, but you can't give me an email confirmation that only occupies one sheet of paper? It's stupid. I mean, I use Outlook. Isn't that that the standard? Jeez. Way to save the planet.

I mean, if I had my way I wouldn't print anything out. Unfortunately, I don't have it my way and I work for a mindless bureaucracy.

Seriously, can we start some sort of campaign? Who wants to hand out leaflets with me?

day 2, electric boogaloo

this is day two. i got tired.

Back to Where I Started

I realize my readership is waning. Did I have a readership? Am I just kidding myself? Who knows. At any rate, I've applied for a few grants and the deadlines are looming. I also found out that I was short a month worth of full-time classes to be eligible for the grants. So, guess I'm going back to the Art Students League for a month. I know that didn't sound excited, but I am.

I hope to finish two paintings by the time the deadline rolls around. This is the beginning of a self-portrait. I'm wearing my favorite hat and yea, I wear v-necks.