i just got a studio. 100 dollars a month!! in bloomington where there is no studio space for less than 4. basically its the same amount of space/privacy as the kendall studios ( Read more... )

i moved. 6 blocks north, 5 blocks west. tiny little place, one bedroom, beige wall to wall and the heat works. there is a garbage disposal, although, from the looks of things the only items i'm allowed to dispose of there are the ones i suspect would wash down anyway without mechanical intervention. the cats are doing ok. lucien was pretty ( Read more... )

i got an e-mail from a friend today. she went to the same grad school as me, graduating a year after, and then married another friend of mine who also went to the same school. (they didn't meet there ( Read more... )

thank God.

all the 18-year-olds were born in 1990. remember 1990?
i was in the 11th grade. my freshmen were just getting born. no wonder they think i'm old.
where does the time go?

if you're curious about the cultural differences, beloit college produces an annual list of 50 assumptions of incoming freshmen.

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for two years now on saturday mornings i've been spending an hour helping Dee Dee. Dee Dee is really Mildred. Her daughter and most of her other relatives call her Mil. When I met her and asked her what she'd like me to call her she told me that the girl who helped her previously and who she was already missing badly called her dee dee. So, i ( Read more... )

it's hot here most of the time and oh am i broke. besides that its been a strange summer. i've been painting four or five days a week. it's awesome. this is the first time since i can't remember when that i'm not scared and i'm not painting for anybody else except me. ok, i'm a little scared. but what i mean is, i feel like i get it now that ( Read more... )

for about 48 hours last weekend i was in california. my friend christine and i had a show at the school where she teaches so i went for the opening. i haven't been to california or anywhere out west since i was about 3. i can't believe the vastness. vast mountains, vast desert, vast ocean, vast LA ( Read more... )

i have a red phone that takes pictures. when somebody calls a picture pops up with their phone number. the phone keeps track of who i talk to, who i try to talk to, who tries to talk to me and when and how many times for how long ( Read more... )