vines in the garden

09.13.05 17:31

One of my favorite things about the city is seeing buildings and metal, crumbling and rusting, with plants growing in between. Few things make me happier.

 

Speaking of happy…I just got released from two long days of jury duty! Hurrah! Now I will be able to play at the CMJ party tomorrow, at Scenic, at 12:40 in the afternoon. Come on out and rock out with us. I’m going to be playing with The Pages, who are always fantastico and real-class acts if you know what I mean.

illustration friday

09.14.05 22:50

Ahh, here is a painting for Illustration Friday. The theme for the week is, depth.

 

Thanks to everyone who came to the CMJ show today. Kind of strange to play in the afternoon, but really fun! I especially loved playing with The Pages. Awesome-o.

brooklyn

09.16.05 17:52

Here is a Brooklyn painting I made with my niece in mind, to show her what it's like where I live. I'm working on something new for her now, but I thought that this painting should have it's day in the sun....

 

Also, special thanks to Michael for posting such nice things about the Hanner show at the Black and Red a week or so ago on his blog. Aww shucks. And thanks also to Carrie, for posting more pictures of the show and an awesome live audio version of psychic. These folks are very talented and should receive crowns made out of bottle caps and ukulele strings...along with thousands and thousands of high fives....

snooze

09.21.05 10:34

Ahh, what a week. Busy times around here. Tonight I start my first writing class for children's novels, at Gotham. Whoo-hoo! I'm pretty excited, but pretty beat after a long (but fun) time at the Delancey last night. Naoto and I played Hanner tunes late into the night. It looks like we're going to be playing there again on October 4th! Also, I made a My Space profile for Hanner, which has proved to be endlessly entertaining. I know I'm a little slow to discover it, but dang, it's so cool! I love clicking around and listening to tunes that people make.

chariots of fire

09.25.05 09:27

This lovely building near my apartment has been polished for a couple of years to get this warm glow on the copper. Gone is the green top that I could spy from an airplane or the top of the Empire State building...

 

This weekend I am kitty sitting for Wendy and catching up on lots of little projects in her nice and quiet apartment. I am also watching episode after episode of one of my all time favorite shows..Third Rock From the Sun. So awesome.

 

It's finally starting to feel like fall around here, which means one big exciting thing to me. The New York City marathon! Whoo-hooo. Now you might think that this is a strange thing to be obsessed with, for someone who barely ever goes jogging...but I am, and I can't help it. Even when I was little I would get up at six in the morning to watch it on tv, all the way in Oregon-land. And for the last seven or so years that I've lived in New York, I've been lucky enough to walk just a few blocks from my house to see all of the runners zip by, right at the halfway mark. It's so much fun. Herds of people turn out to cheer them, out here in Brooklyn... little live bands, people in costume, little kids and hipsters and punk rockers all clapping and hollering with extreme gusto. I cheer and flail and scream and hoot for the joggers like you wouldn't believe. Last year, we high-fived and jumped and hoorahed for hours, and the next day, I was so sore, I could barely move. How embarrassing! When people asked me why I was moving like an old lady, I said "Oh..the marathon..." hoping I could just leave them to assume, I ran it. And who knows, maybe this year REALLY will be the year that I start training for it. I can safely say, at this point, I can run a mile pretty comfortably. Ahh yes....one down, (insert Chariots of Fire theme song and montage of me running in slow motion..) twenty five to go....