Man, I don't know why I'm awake right now. I've been going to sleep later and later and it's starting to catch up with me, I think. On Tuesday I saw The Clientele at Cafe DuNord with Jess and Halley. Great Lakes opened for them and both were great. The Clientele were even better than when they opened for Spoon. They've added a violinist and I like ( Read more... )

Joe is visiting from Boston. His wife sent him away so that he can focus and finish his portfolio. We went to my welding instructor's gallery opening tonight. Beautiful work. It was inspiring and made realize that I need to get a studio space. So many friends that I talk to say that they want to share a space but no one wants to pull the trigger. I ( Read more... )

With all of the crap going on in the world, I was drawn to this headline. It's not something one sees everyday. If it said 60 Iraqis die in vehicle fire, I wouldn't have clicked on it. Fucked up, I know. Jaded I guess. I would have just cursed the Bush administration and skipped over it, but seeing that 60 puppies died in a vehicle fire piqued my ( Read more... )

The Yerba Matte' package says that it's "more that just an invigorating beverage". No shit, I didn't fall asleep until 4am. Invigorating beverage my ass...it's a crack salad that you can drink. The biggest difference is that I will never have to suck dick on Polk and Sutter to support my Matte' habit. Melanie, if you're reading this, that's a joke.

The matte' has taken the edge off. Or maybe it's the valium. No, it's the matte'. And I'm NOT made of gold, just green with envy.

I'm a jackass. After letting the lasercutter work it's magic for over an hour on my project I went to checkout how my job turned out and found it cut into about fifty pieces. At first I was baffled as to why such a thing happened but then I recognized where the extra cuts were positioned and I realized that I forgot to delete the guides in ( Read more... )

I saw Xanadu on Thursday at Dolores Park Movie Night. I need an Olivia Newton John in my life to inspire me. The movie sucked in the 80's and it sucks in the 00's but it was entertaining watching it for free, outdoors with several hundred people providing commentary. I can't believe that people voted for Xanadu over Grease last month. Grease is the ( Read more... )

How does one go about finding, leasing, borrowing, cajoling a muse? I keep finding art that moves me, that makes me want to make art, that stirs creativity within but I have trouble starting. I start sketching the beginning of a painting then I stop. I can't sketch unless I go to a figure drawing class. There's shit in me that wants to come out but ( Read more... )

So, I'm currently unemployed and soon to be interviewing. I just have to say that I think my portfolio is going to kick ass. I'm so close to finishing and once it's done I can head out into the big bad world and whore myself out. Fun. In the meantime, I've been surfing, freelancing and doing pro bono work. I went to my friends Emil and Maria's ( Read more... )

After staying up late last night working on stuff that I had to submit this morning, I woke up before my alarm went off (7am). Not only that, I felt remarkably lucid considering how much I thought I had to drink last night. I got ready for work, ate breakfast and left on time, all the while thinking to myself, "Dude...your shit is together this ( Read more... )