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“Get higher” she said
In case you’ve missed her many other mentions on this blog, I just thought I would mention her again. My friend Janae over at You’ve Got Nae spoke several times in her blog while she traversed...
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SOLD OUT
Last week, I learned a valuable lesson. If it’s a big, well known venue in San Francisco and its not a Monday through Wednesday, buy a ticket to a show ahead of time in a city that loves live music....
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So I cooked the other day…
That’s right, internet! I cooked. It’s actually not that big of a deal. People cook all the time. I think that if you type almost any word into Google, you’ll get at least one porn website and one food...
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A Letter to Valentine’s Day
Dear Valentine’s Day, Let me start off by saying that I don’t hate you. I really don’t. You’re not my favorite holiday, but you’re not the worst. I think secretly any girl really wants her crush or...
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With ink-stained hands…
… I write this post. Actually there won’t be much writing. This post is mostly about artwork. My next post – which I’m going to work on tonight – will be written with ink-stained hands. Sort of....
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What are the rules of paying it forward?
Last Wednesday, I bolted into line at Peet’s Coffee in the Ferry Building in SF for my last day of retail work. It was 850 and I needed to be at work at 9. As I wait for the barista to take my order, I...
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A little bit of photography and a little bit of art
What! Two posts in one day! I think I’m just trying to make up for the utter lack in communication that I’ve had with my world of blog readers for the past few months. Here are a few photos I took a...
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My trip off of the face of the planet
Greetings, dear readers. Before anything else, an apology. I’m so very sorry that I have been gone so very long. I would assure you it was for good reason, but I’ll be honest. Part of it has been for...
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Night’s Journey
A while ago my friend told me about Coursera this amazing website where you can take college classes for free online. I’ve signed up for a few but never managed to actually finish one mostly due to...
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Artful Thursday
Never again will I look at a photograph that seems simple to paint an say ‘hey this looks really easy, I guess I’ll give it a go as a quick painting in 30 minutes’. 3 hours later this was born: Acrylic...
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I’m getting too old for this: Outside Lands
I haven’t been to a music festival since Warped Tour 2006. I must say, this festival definitely felt better. I don’t miss being slammed among massive amounts of sweaty bodies in 98% humidity in the...
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Tuesday Afternoon Art Projects
Yesterday I stumbled upon this nifty photo of a leaf that someone found in a lake. I loved the little designs and have been looking for different patterns other than my trees for a special project...
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So… a guy called me fat.
Lets set some things straight here. I’m a little over 5’2″. On a good day, I’m 138 lbs. On a bad day, 142 lbs – bad days are that gross time before that time of the month where I just feel massively...
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The decline of my good opinion of San Francisco
On October 10th, I will have lived in San Francisco, California for 2 years exactly. I would say that it has taken me a year and 7 months to slowly start to dislike SF. I know, I know. It is a...
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Observations from a bike commuter
I am relatively new to cycling. I’ve had my old, heavy steel framed bike for a little over a year and it has definitely had a positive impact on my life. Daily commutes to and from work are the main...
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Acrylic Thursdays
Remember when I took the water based media class? Well, I’m taking another art class at Root Division. This time I’m taking the Intro to Acrylics class and I’m a fan of it so far. In the first class we...
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One happy little tree
I had my art class last night. This week we did landscapes. If you’ve checked out my work that I have posted on this blog previously, then you should gather that I love painting landscapes. This week I...
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Still Life
I’m sorry this is late. I’m not sorry that my first post of this new year is about art. Hopefully there will be many more this year focusing on my art. In my second to last art class, we walked in to...
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I’m back! For real this time.
Remember that time around a year and a half ago when I promised to write more and then didn’t? I remember that too. I’m going to make that promise again and this time I actually mean it. I’ve been...
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On painting
I’m sitting here watching paint dry. Literally. Just watching paint dry. I haven’t painted much over the last year. My creativity and drive to paint comes and goes – mostly it just goes. Lately I’ve...
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