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October
2003 Archive
Wednesday, October 29, 2003Hooray!Life is superbusy but kicking all sorts of ass right now. This morning, I taught 4 classes of 7th & 8th graders what graphic facilitation is. A daunting proposal, but it all worked out great. I've got some modifications to make to the site - a structural shift. But don't quite have the time to tackle it. But the story of this morning will make it to the site. Back to the grindstone... posted on 10/29/2003 03:59:28 PM
Friday, October 24, 2003I've Said It Before and I'll Say It AgainI've got the best friends in the world. On the ride up to my floor just now, I opened an unexpected, oversized envelope from a one Mr. John Ward. In it a booklet. "How to Make a Chicken Skeleton." I laughed so hard in the isolation of the elevator. So cool. John won 150 points for that one! posted on 10/24/2003 05:14:53 PM
Thursday, October 23, 2003Nine WeeksTomorrow is Take Back Your Time Day. Tomorrow is 9 weeks from the end of the year and represents the nine fewer weeks that our European counterparts work in a year. I recommend clicking on the link and reading more. It's a perspective maker. Personally, I've been trying a new schedule. Normally I roll out of bed at 9 am and turn on the computer. I spend at least the first hour puttering around on email and the web. I am a slow starter in the morning and it sort of eases me into the day. But I often look at the clock and think, "It's NOON, where the heck did my morning go??" Despite being a total night owl, I'm trying to get up two hours earlier. An hour of showering and eating and puttering, then an hour of drawing, then I turn on the computer. I started on Monday. It worked 1.5 mornings. Still trying to go to bed earlier, which just does not feel right. The idea is that I give myself two hours in the morning before I start the work day and client work. Nice in theory, but not working yet. We'll see if day light's savings helps or hurts after this weekend. posted on 10/23/2003 10:27:26 AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2003From Russia With LoveJackie Lannin sent me unpainted nesting doll set last Spring. It's been sitting on my CPU staring at me since whispering "paint me!" Seeing The Wurst's show of nesting dolls has kicked my ass in the best possible way. Check out the awesome array of approaches. posted on 10/22/2003 10:02:11 PM
Monday, October 20, 2003Apple Pickin' and Donut Eatin' and Picture Takin'Yesterday, Gwen, Dan and I headed out to Curtis Orchard in Champaign. It was good ol' fashioned fun and I took plenty of photos. Here's the gallery of images for your perusal. posted on 10/20/2003 11:08:20 PM Sigh
of Relief
Friday, October 17, 2003VortexI've got two posts started and not enough time to sit down and write out all the stuff that in my head right now. Soon. yours, Tornado Brain. posted on 10/17/2003 02:50:43 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2003Home Again, Home Again"I'm California." Nice. Ok, I was in California. Now I'm Illinois. I'm in a recuperative mood, so no report yet. Perhaps tomorrow. It was a good trip. posted on 10/14/2003 10:52:21 PM
Friday, October 10, 2003Left CoastI'm California. My visit with John Ward was fantastic. Now I'm at the graphic facilitation conference. Great to see these peers I only see this time of year. posted on 10/10/2003 07:56:45 PM
Wednesday, October 08, 2003ZombieHappily, I'm happier. I'm working my way out of my megafunk, like wriggling out of a dress that's too small for me in a store's dressing room. Last night, I got a much-needed haircut from my friend Nancy. Back to the bob I haven't had since May of 2002. I'm working on the last requirements before I head out of state for a week. I adore the limbo of travel - getting time alone away from home to think and sketch. At the moment, I'm too tired to think. Or sketch. If I weren't chewing gum, I'd be asleep................Zzz......... posted on 10/8/2003 02:41:47 AM
Monday, October 06, 2003Aw, C'monWill someone buy me this Lucky Lymon figure. I happened across it in a very strange way and it makes me happy. Please? UPDATE: My super sweet friend Shea has bid on Lymon. Don't outbid him! Unless you know he's not-so-sweet and is going to keep the Lymon for himself. posted on 10/6/2003 05:39:15 PM
Sunday, October 05, 2003Crabby, but StackedToday, I showered and pulled on some unstinky and unpocketed clothes and toddled off to the fabric store in my neighborhood. I've been in all weekend and have been eschewing hygiene. The hair was unclean enough that it became waterproof and sculptable. Yes, this state of affairs in partly because I'm in a very rare bout of depression. But really, my freelance and single status allows me to be lax even if I'm happier. Ok, so I toddle off to the fabric store. I needed a spool of mint green thread for one, small specific project. I buy it. I start carrying it down the street. Hmph. No pockets. Normally, not a big deal, but I was stopping to get an, uh, late 4:00 pm breakfast/lunch/dinner*. I popped the spool of thread into my bra in my cleavage. That's a definitely plus to an ample bosom. Ample room between them. It's rare I utilize this extra space, but this afternoon it came in handy. * I discovered today that orchata is a comfort beverage for me. All 32 oz. of it. I can't cry in my beer, being a teetotaler, but I can cry in my rice drink. posted on 10/5/2003 11:41:36 PM
Friday, October 03, 2003TGIFAfter a rocky week, it's very nice to hear this from Marg, whose Your Plan-It site I designed, "I think you are a bloody marvel." And how do I know I'm an introvert? Because by the time Friday rolls around the last thing I want to do is go out of the town. I want to crawl into my head and make stuff. Worked splendidly in college when I had the studios all to myself of Friday nights. I'm going to go draw something now... posted on 10/3/2003 08:54:11 PM
Thursday, October 02, 2003SexieEddie Izzard has a very lovely left leg. Last night I had the perfect perspective on his leg, superblue eyes and all of those great expressions, front my first row seat at the Schubert theater. The first half of the show he was wearing a sparkly lycra type skirt with a very immodest slit up the left. He claims that triangular panel was stolen. I never knew I liked a man in knee high boots and fishnets so much. Or maybe just Mr. Izzard's. Oh, the comedy? Excellent, of course. I gotta say I was happiest that I was sitting close enough to catch all the nuance. I totally dug that Izzard called the audience on laughing too hard at a not-very-funny joke about Ajax in a riff on the Greek gods. It's too early for me to remember anything right now. But more than the jokes specifically enjoy Izzard's style - that stream of consciousness style that feels fresh and flexible. And he can stop and say something referentially to the joke or to himself and it works. All that and he just knows a lot. But what really made the night for me was that sandwiching the comedy was Tom Jones on the speakers. I went to the show with two men I really like to see a man a really like and surprisingly got to listen to a man I really like. Not too shabby. Rollercoaster Yep, I'm doing all this cool stuff like Tufte and Izzard, but in the in between spaces I'm about as despressed as I get. It blows. I've got really good stuff going on and some really sucky stuff too. Right now I'm trying to take the To-Do's step by step and try to keep my brain from eating itself when I'm not stepping by stepping. posted on 10/2/2003 08:29:11 AM
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