Welcome to my, Brandy Agerbeck's personal blog. It has ebbed and flowed since July 2000. Contact me with questions and suggestions. Here's the past archives.

My Genius Friends I know I'm just so "Brandy" that I can be a little predictable. That's 100% all right when I get HILARIOUS Facebook posts like this from my friend Josh Nathan. Last night I updated, "loosetooth's calendar and index cards (how she organizes a BIG chunk of her life) are in total disarray. Time to array." Josh responded: "I saw your update that your index card system is in disarray, so I thought I'd help. I think some of your cards got mixed up and fell onto the Internet. Happens all the time, I hear. I managed to recover one of your cards; I think it's a recent one." I seriously can't remember the last time I laughed this hard. ROTFLMAO doesn't do it justice. Why yes. I do have a sense of humor about myself. My ridiculous self. posted on 4/06/2009 12:34:00 PM The Gray Family The Professor (Big Man), The Cat (Little Man) and me. His parents gave him a cuddly gray bathrobe for Christmas. We celebrated New Year's in a Philadelphia hotel room in matching white robes, eating treats from Trader Joes. For my birthday, my beau gave me a matching gray robe. I noticed how they were Gunther Gray. Photographic proof. Gunther was not digging this, as you can see here: posted on 4/04/2009 09:09:00 AM Round Cat Gunther on his favorite blue chair. posted on 4/03/2009 03:47:00 PM Cat in Sink Gunther doesn't normally do this. But tonight it was vitally important he got in the sink. And with crazy eyes. More cats in sinks. posted on 3/21/2009 10:21:00 PM Make the Obvious Jokes I never eat the kiwis in time. posted on 3/20/2009 07:22:00 PM Desk Duet Here's a little ceramic self-portrait who looks she's singing with Laura Berger's charming print. One moment in this print of a girl guitarist. Laura's work is at Laura George and is the bee's knees. Here's three of my favorites: Stress:Release Noodle:Cook Tree:Hug posted on 3/19/2009 01:23:00 PM posted on 3/18/2009 05:40:00 PM Visiting the Last Ice The Professor and I went for a walk. Very brisk air. Watched the last pieces of ice slush around. The Prof loves to climb, so he had to truck out to the edge of the snow. posted on 3/14/2009 04:46:00 PM Live Sunshine It's been maddeningly overcast here. I ended up moving my vase of 2 dozen daffodils to my desk, about 10 inches from my face. That side of my face felt better. posted on 3/10/2009 09:50:00 AM My NATURAL Hair Color I haven't really seen it 5+ years. I like my black hair. But since The Professor has no idea what my real haircolor is, I thought I'd grow it out and show him. And see what I think of it. Meh. It's an alright color, but compared to my personality, it feels like a mousy brown. I like my black hair. It makes a mark on my head. It has a shape. posted on 3/09/2009 07:56:00 PM Bought this great vintage green velvet. Set it on the floor hoping that Gunther would sit on it. He obliged. posted on 3/09/2009 02:00:00 PM New Territory, Must Sit On It I'm cleaning out my closet this weekend. Gunther would a spot in the closet he's never sat on before. Thank goodness he did. He's doing very important work. posted on 3/01/2009 10:04:00 PM Extremely Cute Sewing Distraction What a flirt. posted on 2/28/2009 11:11:00 AM Birthday Do Over My actual birthday was eaten up by client calls. Today I had my do over. Including this pretty sushi from Bentonara and great sauna sweating at Thousand Waves. posted on 2/24/2009 08:16:00 PM My Crush on Oscar I stopped watching tv last March. Tonight as the first night in the past 11 months I really wanted it, to watch the Academy Awards. I got caught up in some sewing, finding a site to watch online about an hour in. I totally dug the five past acting winners introducing one of the nominees. A real sense of occasion, even if they were a bit uneven. Kate Winslet and her whistling dad was SO awesome. "I know how hard I've made it for you to like me" - Sean Penn. Totally won me over with that line. After I got over my shock that he showed up. I thought he was amazing in Milk, gave a fantastic speech and really loved his nod to Micky Rourke. I've been trying not to get run over by the Hype Train of Slumdog Millionaire. Perhaps I'll see it begrudgingly someday. Or better yet, I can forget about it, and be pleasantly wowed some day. Here's to more great movie watching. Today, I watched Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains. I had never heard of it (never had the pleasure of seeing it on Night Flight). Found it thanks a post on the Bust magazine blog, "BUST’s Movie Hall of Fame." Totally loved it. Loved it even more listening to Diane Lane and Laura Dern's commentary. And this has gotta be where The White Stripes got their name. It's a great grrl movie about style, show and substance. posted on 2/22/2009 10:48:00 PM Look at that Set of Luggage. In four days: two graphic facilitation gigs, many errands, a surprise birthday party (surpriser, not surprisee), a brunch, a soup swap, a gabfest with girlfriend, much cooking. Ergo, these tired eyes. posted on 2/02/2009 08:28:00 PM Oh, poo. Earlier today I mistyped "opportunity" "pooprtunity." That's funny. Not funny is that Domino magazine had closed its doors. Happy birthday to me. I've got a very simple, post-graphic-facilitation-gig ritual. Take it easy (I'm a zombie afterwards from concentrating so hard), eat dark chocolate and read a magazine. I don't go for most women's magazines, and I love "shelter" mags. I've mourned the loss of Blueprint. Now O at Home and Domino. Sheesh. I'm going to have to discover new magazines or alter my postgame. ___ I need a "do over" for my birthday. Talks with potential clients ate up most of my day. Plus felt very fickle and indecisive. Did manage to eat Garrett's Chicago mix popcorn and have two great conversations with The Professor today. posted on 1/28/2009 10:51:00 PM The Face of 35 Or rather, my face at 35. My birthday breakfast was dark chocolate with orange. Today's a whim day. We'll see where my whims take me... posted on 1/28/2009 10:23:00 AM President Obama's Inauguration Speech This morning, I drew Obama's speech. The full image and story is here. Plus a PDF to print Gunther, my cat, was a real pest this morning. I drew the speech on paper laid out on my worktable, not taped up to the wall. Gunther laid down several times on the nice smooth surface. I kept pushing him off. Then he climbed into the shelves that serve as a base to my worktable. Never saw that before: Thank goodness my gigs are Gunther-free. And check out the detail above. See the two arms with wrenches? It wasn't til I photographed the image that I realized that they look like tiny arms for the O. Fun, silly side effect. posted on 1/20/2009 02:09:00 PM 2009, The Year of _____? Well, it’s the year of the wood ox. A friend told me it doesn’t bode well for tigers like me. But she wouldn’t tell me why. Hmph. A few focuses (foci?) for this year - Start 2010 with NO Debt April 2008, I had my “come to Jesus” moment about my considerable debt. Why, yes, right around tax time. Funny you should mention that. I KO'ed a BIG chunk of my debt, thankyouverymuch. Looking to polish off the rest this year, workload willing! Love Continue to love The Professor. For every thing I'm learning about him I'm learning two things about my self. Shed Here’s something that’s on my mind, but I don’t have an eloquent way to describe it. In fact, I feel like it’s kind of obnoxious. But here goes. Falling in love has made me realize what’s important to me. Made me want to get the extraneous crap out of my life. I felt 100% copasetic being single. And now finding love makes me feeling like I was seriously searching and filling up my life: with stuff, with activities, with commitments. That really makes Single Brandy want to puke. But that’s how Coupled Brandy feels. *shrug* The Professor’s job search willing, this year will mean making some kind of home together. Makes me want to get rid of some of the insulation I’ve built up. A big part of that being all the “One day I’ll get this done” projects. I’ve got a clearer sense of what will and won’t get done. Breathe This is finally the year I’ll begin a meditation practice, or some kind of breathing practice. Uncertain what path this will take. All I know is I spend 90% of my energy inputting. 10% outputting. Considering just how much I output, that should let you know just how much I’m cramming into my brain. The system can’t handle it. Need a breather. Cheers! posted on 1/05/2009 10:08:00 AM

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