Good Morning Noon

Good Morning Noon, originally uploaded by snailbooty.

So I finally got all my marks and my final average is an 83! I was really happy. I ended up with a 94 in critical theory!

Yesterday I started summer school and really like the instructor. Thank goodness because I'm going to have her in June for the next class. So this one now is called Contemporary Issues: Art Today and it runs until the end of June. Here's the description:

This introductory studio-seminar course exposes students to some of the issues, theories, conceptual and formal strategies that inform contemporary art practice. This specific offering concentrates on drawing and painting with reference to other media. Each weekly seminar explores current ideas and discourses through some of the following: presentations of artists’ works, analysis of assigned readings, and students’ presentations of their own projects.

1313 Mockingbird Lane, originally uploaded by snailbooty.

The next one is a 3 week intensive course called Painting and Digital Imaging. I'm super stoked to take it, but am a little nervous about having a painting assignment due for each class. Here's the description:

The capacity to manipulate and synthesize images digitally from a vast number of sources allows artists increased latitude in generating ideas for paintings. In this studio/lab-based course, students use the computers, digital cameras and scanners to gather images and create compositions for their paintings. Through a combination of painting and digital experiments, students explore a range of possibilities for expanding the painter's vocabulary.


I've got a shitload of old photos and some crap from my teen years that I'll probably work into paintings. I also have a whole box of slides we found at Goodwill last summer that I'm going to try and use.

side dish, originally uploaded by snailbooty.

Then from the end of June to the first week of August I'll be taking History of Modern Art. Here's the description:

This lecture course surveys major artistic movements and artists from the 1860s to the 1970s. We begin by examining the roots of Modernism and proceed to a consideration of movements such as Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism and Constructivism. We then examine Duchamp and the Armory Show of 1913 to illustrate the influence of the early-20th-century European avant-garde on North American art and aesthetics, particularly Abstract Expressionism. We conclude with a discussion of mid-20th-century art movements, including British and American Pop, Conceptual Art, Minimalism, Performance, Land-based Art and Post-Minimalism.

This will probably end up being mostly essays and exams, and I have a friend taking it as well, so it'll be good to have someone to study with.

hush puppy, originally uploaded by snailbooty.

I have so many photos from my first year drawing class that I just haven't had time to tweak and upload yet but I'll get to it eventually.

OH last night I started a dance class.

A hip hop dance class.

...

STOP LAUGHING I'm serious!!!!

Katie Hip-Hop Dance - Delmar Loop 9, originally uploaded by kocojim.

I haven't taken a dance class since I was 9 years old and even then it was Royal Conservatory Ballet - ugh. I do love shaking my ass on the dance floor (the 2 times a year I actually go out dancing) so I thought what better way to get in shape an learn some new moves.

My ass and obliques are KILLING today though, ya'll. Maybe by the end of the class in June I'll have the balls to tape myself dancing and share it with you.

Maybe.

P.S. Here's a shot of a sculpture that I made last November. Just totally forgot to post photos of it!

Borderline Normal

Freudlo, originally uploaded by Tommykane.

I was supposed to check out a facebook-induced event last night at Kalendar, but ended up feeling all headache-y from my allergies so I wimped out and stayed home. Which is also why I'm inside writing this, rather than sitting on my deck, soaking up the sunshine. Sigh.

For the last 4 months, our condo looked as though an art supply store birthed a giant poo baby who wouldn't stop spontaneously pooing all over the place. I've never let my home get as dirty as I did this past school year. I spent the whole day yesterday organizing all the loft junk into an semi-cool workspace. Now that I've been at school, I finally have a sense of what kind of stuff I need to effectively complete homework without having everything everywhere.

Now that things are organized, I need to spend a couple of hours actually cleaning it. But I don't really feel like it. So, I'm online enjoying my flickr contacts' photos. I think I'm in love with Tommykane's sketchbook.

Good news: I'm a golden baby

So, my marks are starting to come in. I'm still waiting on 3 courses but the verdict thus far, is an A!!!! That is because:

A. I'm a super, academically-inclined, mega-geek,

and

B. I'm a mature student.

Most of my peers were born in the 80s, and next year they'll be kids born in 1990. They have not really known a world without cellphones, computers, the Internet or the Simpsons. They're still sorting out the whole "growing up" thing. This is my killer advantage.

It's amazing how well you can perform when you have already experienced over a decade's worth of sometimes well-intentioned yet mostly unconsidered critiques of your work from 10-20 different boss/manager types.

I'm not at university to please my parents, to get a higher paying job or even to get institutional permission to call myself an artist. I'm there to learn as much as I can about approaches to materials, history, techniques and theory and to interact, network and collaborate with teachers, students and others as much as possible.

Even though I remember pre-VCR, I am certainly a TV baby, having learned to privilege visual experiences over others. I guess, in that respect we often find common ground and can be friends (facebook is eating my soul!!!!).

Anyway, there's nothing that could convince me to go back in time and relive years 17 through 23.

Ok, MAYBE if I had to save the world from a robot war or nuclear winter or something.

Bad news: R.I.P. Abigail

Abigail a.k.a Abby a.k.a. The Fluff a.k.a. Princess Prettypaws who, for the last couple of months, had been suffering from a giant, weepy cancerous tumor in her mouth, was put to sleep yesterday, in her home, with her loving family Melissa and Melissa (people), Freezer, Kiku, Shammie and Killer (cats).

in need a good raincoat, stat!

zebralo, originally uploaded by Tommykane.

this is tommykane's zebralo. his moleskine drawings are delicious.

it pissed and pissed and pissed cold rain down on me while i was walking to melissa's place this afternoon. the wind kept changing directions which made umbrellas kind of more of a burden than a help. now i'm cold...

and miserable...

and hungry....

sigh...

yeah. i'm soooooooo not the best company right now.

my mind is a firestorm

Your Brain's Pattern

Your mind is a firestorm - full of intensity and drama. Your thoughts may seem scattered to you most of the time... But they often seem strong and passionate to those around you. You are a natural influencer. The thoughts you share are very powerful and persuading.

What Pattern Is Your Brain?

I firestormed the shit out of that critical theory final. Now I will have a smoke and a pancake. Then i will sleep for 12 hours.

have you ever...

have you ever been sitting in a packed theatre, and had the sudden urge to take a shit. like immediately?

no?

well then, what about subsequently getting your period at the mid point of a play that has no intermission?

no again?

yeah well it's SO not as fun as it sounds.

and now this:

one more assignment done...

Kirk and I have been dreaming up fancy houses we would love to live in. So here it is:




Wanna see the whole fabrication process with slideshow-y goodness?

text message breakup

classic.

r.i.p. june callwood

the landlord

Perez posted a link to this and it was so funny I had to re-post it here for your viewing pleasure.

UPDATE: I had to post a lower res version from youtube cause the original annoyingly starts every time this page reloads.

old montreal - final piece!

old montreal, originally uploaded by poopee shmoopee.

oil on canvas
24"x36"
2007

To see previous stages start here, and follow the links.

hammies and broccoli!

mmmmmmmm.......i'm delicious!!

You Are a Red Velvet Cake

Rich, decadent, and sensual. You have a deep appeal that transcends all trends. You are the definition of passion: intense, adventurous, and seductive.

What Kind of Cake Are You?

my husband is an rc geek. sort of.

this is his new favourite toy: the WowWee Flytech Dragonfly


this is what they sound like:

i rode my bike today and it was windy, a bitter, bitter wind. my advice to anyone contemplating riding into the wind from west parkdale to cabbagetown on a bike with no gears, post-therapeutic massage and starving cause it was 2 o'clock and you hadn't eaten yet. don't bother.

i had to pull over a couple of times cause my hamstrings and calves felt all explody. i was hoping to make it home to have some tomato soup with grated cheddar cheese and toast but by the time i got to college and grace i felt like i was going to pass out. so i stopped at bar burrito and ate a 8" chipotle steak burrito, then rode home. the burrito was pretty good but i kinda wished i had gone to utopia across the street. oh well.

in other news, i have 2 projects to go before my critical theory final on the 25th. i'm currently working on:

• a new painting for colour and composition class
  
• a 3D model, something architectural, for art and design in the social sphere class.
  

i'm also working on getting shots of all my drawing and printmaking work so that i can post more for your viewing pleasure.

oh and weirdest connection made recently on facebook: my first boyfriend. yikes!

I smell a duel: Pussy Golightly vs. Connie Lingus

My real name generated THIS:

Your Drag Queen Name Is:

Pussy Golitely

Drag Queen Name Generator

My blog name generated THIS:

Your Drag Queen Name Is:

Connie Lingus

Drag Queen Name Generator

I'll let you decide which is the more awesome. Awesomely laaaaaaame.

Oh also, I recently joined facebook. Since then I receive at least 10-20 emails a day. What have I done?

WHY????? what personality disorder are YOU!!!!

You May Be a Bit Histrionic...

Dramatic and over the top, you crave attention. And you'll do anything it takes to get noticed. You love to be seductive, even when it's inappropriate. If you're ignored, you're easily hurt ... and act out even more!

What Personality Disorder Are You?

Hm. I choose surgeon. Or maybe boxer. Hmmmm...nonono....dancer. yeah. dancer.

Your Aura is Red

You have a high level of emotion. This can mean passion, but it can also mean rage. Usually, you don't take these emotions out on others. You just use them as motivation - and it works! The purpose of your life: embracing all the wonders of the life, lots of travels, and tons of adventures Famous reds include: Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Jennifer Lopez Careers for you to try: Dancer, Boxer, Surgeon

What Color Is Your Aura?

bruce lee!

homer's odyssey

closer to the bone

Ink and pencil on paper.
18" x 24"

SUBJECT: Using a split-image format, based on the Golden section, create a juxtaposition (visual and conceptual) by drawing 2 parallel images - one a description of part of a human skeleton, and one image is selected from another context. Consider the comparison and contrast of the elements - analogy, metaphor, symbols, etc.

CRITERIA/MATERIALS: 1 of 2 images may include colour. Tonal structure may be pre- or post-Titian. Variety of chalks, conte, ink, pencil. Minimum 18" x 24".

holy crap! i'm a 34C!

Since school started, my sleeping schedule is all over the place, so I basically eat smaller meals whenever I'm hungry, which is about every 2-4 hours. I've also been a weight training once a week with my personal trainer brother.



Last fall, and now that the snow has finally melted, I've been riding my bike 4 times a week to and from school which ends up being 10-15 minutes each way.



Just one year ago I was a 38D and 2 dress sizes bigger. I also pretty much sat on my ass all day at a desk, sometimes in front of a computer that I shared with 3 other people.



These are shots from the last project I submitted to my Art and Design in the Social Sphere class.


SUBJECT: Create a recording of something. Interpret the word "recording" as you see fit. This could mean a literal recording, a trace, data analysis, a copy, etc...

CRITERIA/MATERIALS: Format and materials are open.

MY INTERPRETATION:


'7 DAYS'
mixed media on canvas
32" x 36"

I saved 7-days worth of packaging and non-perishable trash from whatever I bought or finished and used a glue gun to collage it to an old canvas I had lying around as a record of my consumption.

Blades of Glory

I don't know what it is, but Will Ferrell could shit in a bucket and I would laugh my ass off.

Every time.

soundgarden kinetic sculpture? yes please!

Hey ya'll,

With 4 weeks left in the school term, the pressure is now firmly on and I'm not really at my computer as much as usual BUT I just finished a series of projects that I will post to the blog as soon as I get a minute to get the photos off my camera.

In the meantime, enjoy this:

beatbox flute guy!

Hey Murl! He's back with a new video.

playing with hue and space

study#2 for colour and composition class.

goal: develop a composition which incorporates an illusion of 3 dimensional space using one or more of the following devices: linear & aerial perspective, scale, position, overlapping, depth of field, warm/cool contrasts, transparency, context/viewpoint, saturated/desaturated, value contrast and spatial relationships.

size: 9"x12"
media: gouache, watercolour paper, card stock

linocut for printmaking assignment #2

more tree-rat fun!

Pervert's Guide to Cinema

We watched this recently. If you are as much into psychology, philosophy, films and documentaries as I am, you'll prolly appreciate this. Was screened at last year's Toronto International Film Festival. Here's a clip:

explody with cuteness!

chester

Starbucks or...

phil hanson rocks.

Surprise!

I know this is old news, but I just around to reading PC World's "The 50 Most Important People on the Web". Did anyone else notice that of the 50 there were only 4 women, 3 Asian men, and 1 queen of all media?

Oh and the other 42?

It's whole wack of white guys!

BTW - I had to turn word verification back on. Spammers suck.

ummmmmm......

I have 2 major projects due tomorrow! Besides that I'm feeling much better now. So much so that I miss actually having a life outside of school and my home. As Raymi so eloquently puts it...

le sigh.

In the meantime, enjoy this:

Can't get enough of complaining, whining or bitching?

Well then you've come to the right place!

The last few days have been way below normal temperatures, super dry weather and extreme winchills. Today it's not too bad, and all the snow is starting to melt.

Why poopee, you say, you should be happy it's warming up and the sun is shining!

My response: I wish I could be. For someone who is allergic to molds and dust it's pure hell. For the last 2 weeks, I've had an inflammation of the nasal passages and a sinus headache with serious light sensitivity from all the massive weather changes we've been having. I'm taking (legal) drugs like crazy, just so I can get out of bed and not have to wear sunglasses, even indoors. At least it hasn't turned into a cold and my period is mostly over.

Besides all that school is going super well. I finally got a couple of homework things back, so I'll be posting more photos soon. I am also killing in my critical theory class, I got 96 on my mid-term and have started tutoring one of my classmates.

Oh yeah, here is the a shot of my window painting, after session #5, which I did a couple of weeks ago and forgot to link here.



Previous sessions

dear period that came 5 days early,

fuck you.

i want to die.

love always,

poopee shm-oh-my-gawd-get-me-some-painkillers-please

p.s. i don't have any photos from my birthday dinner, which was the most deeeeeeelicious meal i've had in a long, long time, because we were all too dumb to bring a camera and my camera batteries were dead. sigh. then we forgot to take pictures of my cake, before we ate the whole thing. so yeah, sorry or whatever. i'm going to go back to bed now, lie in the fetal position and cry myself to sleep.

currently experiencing massively uncomfortable digestive issues....please stand by...

50 things about me

1. I am 32 years old (I'll be 33 in 5 days).
2. The two middle toes on both of my feet are webbed.
3. I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canada is the home of Shania Twain, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Canadian National Exhibition, Kraft Dinner, Anne Murray, Canadian Club, Celine Dion, Corey Hart, Alanis, Mike Myers, Norm MacDonald, William Shatner, John Candy, Bret “the hitman, Hart, Jennifer Tilly, Kids in the Hall, The Tragically Hip, Steve Nash, David Cronenberg, Sarah Polley, the Barenaked Ladies, Stompin’ Tom Connors, Sum 41, Bob and Doug McKenzie,Neil Young, Wayne Gretzky, Red Green, Tom Green, Matthew Perry, Paul Shaffer, Mike Weir, Phil Hartman, Leslie Neilsen, Peter Jennings, Pamela Anderson, Alex Trebek, Todd MacFarlane, Farley Mowat, Naomi Klein, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, James Cameron, Douglas Coupland, Lorne Michaels, Emily Carr, The Group of Seven, hosers, hockey, maple syrup, back bacon and poutine
4. I have 2 tattoos.
5. I’m half southern Italian and half French Canadian.
6. I was raised Roman Catholic.
7. Due to an overabundance of Catholic guilt instilled in me as a child, I would much rather punish myself than lash out at others.
8. Though I am a feisty hellion when pushed too far.
9. My ultimate comfort foods are: gnocchi, poutine and butter tarts.
10. Farts ALWAYS make me laugh.
11. I drive a 1988 Volvo 240DL station wagon. The colour is tan, but the official name is “champagne”.
12. I prefer driving standard to automatic. Automatic transmission is for pussies.
13. To me its colOUr and favOUrite and alumiNIum not color, favorite and aluminum.
14. I CAN SPEAK LOUDER THAN MOST OTHER PEOPLE IN ANY GIVEN ROOM. (See #5)
15. I have perfect C-cup breasts.
16. I've never had children (explains #15)
17. I look best in red.
18. I look worst in yellow.
19. I can’t NOT watch television if it’s on.
20. I look better naked than dressed.
21. My favourite book is Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land
22. My favourite movie is Blade Runner.
23. I have naturally curly hair.
24. I talk back to movies, television shows, commercials, the radio, magazines, books, OK pretty much everything - call me the one-woman peanut gallery.
25. When I watch TV I always flip between shows to avoid the commercials.
26. I don't have cable, but when I do, I enjoy watching Discovery, TLC, Comedy Network, IFC, Documentary Channel, HGTV and the Food Network.
27. I can’t cross my eyes.
28. I can rrrrrrrrrrrrrroll my “r’s.
29. I can twist my tongue into the shape of a clover leaf.
30. I went to all-French schools from junior kindergarten to high school graduation.
31. I bugs me when people misspell my name.
32. According to my husband and past roommates, I am a kitchen nazi.
33. I’m really bad a memorizing things.
34. I am a visual learner.
35. When I was 18 I worked at Paramount Canada’s Wonderland (not as fun as it sounds)
36. I love cheese, except for the goat ones and moldy ones that get passed off as gourmet.
37. I am far-sighted.
38. I love and appreciate music of all kinds.
39. I started wearing a bra in 5th grade
40. The first and only fist fight I have ever been in was in the 5th grade with the first boy who made fun of my bra.
41. I have one younger brother.
42. My parents are still together and seem pretty happy about it.
43. I have a dog named Oscar, he's a border-collie/australian shepherd cross.
44. I have a cat named Luna. She is black and is a bitch to everyone but me.
45. I always wanted to have a dog named Petey, like in the Little Rascals.
46. The best man at my wedding was a lesbian.
47. I love me the homos and the dykes.
48. Except for the super faggy/butchy ones who act the way they think gay people should act, instead of acting like human beings. Them I diss.
49. I only take prescription drugs if absolutely necessary.
50. I am kinda paranoid about immunizations like the flu shot (though I'm sure glad I'll never get smallpox or polio)

yay for photomonkey!

Big up to my good friend Ren and her partners in crime! This has been in the works for a while, so if you're in Toronto in May, you gotta check it out.

worst. headline. ever.

Eco-pilgrims gather to 'heed the Goracle'

see now that's what i'm talking about

Prince Harry to be deployed to Iraq

snakes in a motherfuking house.

in toronto. seriously.

dear weather,

what is up with you the last few days? hunh?

first we get a foot of snow, then a few days of sun and warm weather where most of the snow melted into a disgusting filty mess and then and i wake up this morning and what do we have?

thundersnow

thundersnow??? seriously????

because now oscar is hiding in the bathroom. and it's your fault.



i hope it was worth it.

anyone remember this show?

Kirk also bought Ark II recently. There is not one thing about this show that I can remember. Not a single thing. I've watched a few episodes and it's OK I guess. In a hilariously preachy sort of way.

anyone remember this show?

Last month Kirk bought the whole first season on DVD. He just couldn't resist his childhood appeal of a show with a yacht, a speedboat, a helicopter AND a ro-boz.

I was about 12 when Riptide aired so for me I mostly watched it to see Perry King. At that time, I regularly crushed on Dirk Benedict (A-team), John Schneider (Dukes of Hazzard), Lee Horsley (Matt Houston), Jon-Erik Hexum (Voyagers & Cover Up), Bruce Willis (Moonlighting), Tom Selleck (Magnum P.I.), Scott Baio (Charles in Charge), Daniel Kelly (Hardcastle and McCormick) and Jason Bateman (It's Your Move). Man, I know that last one seems out of place but Jason Bateman was pretty close to my age, and in that show he was a total brat, so I totally went for him like the crushing retard I was.

That is until 21 Jump Street in 1987. For many years to come, it was all about Johnny. Sigh.

ding fries are done

the original is here

best animation mix. ever.

fuggy fuggy

in the navy

influences

Art and Design in the Social Sphere - Project#2

Art as a collaborative effort between producer and viewer/receiver.


I handed out hand made Valentine's Day cards to everyone in my class, as an example of the practice that often happened when I was in grade school where we had to hand out Valentines to everyone in the class, whether you liked them or not, just to be sure no one would felt left out. How we were, in some ways, being brainwashed into buying into the bullshit concepts of romantic love. Seriously, no wonder so many people want what they can't have, or think that that's the only kind of real love there is.

Inside each card was a quotation about the notion of love in a few different contexts, minus the romantic aspect. The crass commercialization that is displayed every February nauseates me, but I didn't want to the project to be too cynical about it either. My hope was to provoke in the receivers some kind of thoughts about what love meant to them.

OK. So, it was kinda simplistic, but the idea was to present a prototype of a larger project I could do outside of the school setting, with enough time and effort, based on the ideas of unconditional love and random acts of kindness. I could randomly pick names out of the phone book, take their address and send them a pretty handmade card on Valentines Day (or any other holiday or for no reason, really), with no expectations for anything in return. Since I didn't sign them, I told my classmates that they were free to pass the cards on to anyone they wanted, sort of paying it forward (so to speak).

Anyway, it's giving me a few ideas of a couple of collaborative projects I can do with the great folks I've met through blogging. That means you!

I'm still working it out, so stay tuned for that.

grindhouse

oooooohhhh! i'm all giddy!

yo, here are some of the raddest DIY electric cars ever!

my husband found these this morning.





from the moment i met him i knew he was a keeper.

okok. since i know he sometimes reads this i will have to admit that it actually was from the second time i met him that i knew. the first time i was introduced to him, i was all, "yeah, yeah, nice to meet you. so anyways....." and kept talking to whoever it was i was talking to at the time.

yeah. i'm lucky he has the hots for me.

meditation on light and dark

colour and composition class project#1

acrylic on 3, 5x7 canvasses

project guidelines:

• Light and dark is a fundamental fact of our existence as the cycle of night and day demonstrates. It is a powerful metaphor, which is at the core of many of our narratives. It underlies the structure of all composition and visual organization. It is a major contrast present in all colour relationships.
• It is the starting point for the first project, one that might take you in many directions. Explore it physically, metaphorically, culturally, symbolically and in any number of ways. Think, imagine and challenge yourself.

UPDATE
this is the photo that inspired my project. i took it last summer while up at the cottage. i miss it there. sigh.

this is how i feel now that stoopid exam is over

Did anyone else notice those white hairs? Yeah...it's because I'm getting old. On the 28th I'll be 33.

Lately I've been thinking a lot about procreation. Not just the practicing part, but the actual spawning part (I know, I know, real romantic).

There's part of me that feels more capable now of caring for another human being, which I never really felt before. But the truth of the matter is, I'm having a hard time imagining myself pregnant, or toting a babe around with the hell of a school week I just experienced.

That being said, I wonder if there's ever really a perfect time to do something like this?

I smell a duel

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society VS. Greenpeace

dear ignorant jerkoffs on the college streetcar,

it's not my fault we had a huge snowstorm and pardon me for having to carry a largish box while you sighed and rolled your eyes at me after i had to shove you out of the way when you wouldn't give me a little room to pass.

go fuck yourself.

to everyone else, happy valentine's day!



oh and here's another shot of missy, this time with my dad.

ideal subject position my ass

Isn't it obvious tell that I am PUMPED for my upcoming critical theory exam?


I spent the whole day yesterday, studying for that exam with Cheryl and felt so braindead that I didn't do a lick of homework last night. Instead, Kirk and I watched Bon Cop, Bad Cop, which was really good. Being half French Canadian, and bilingual, I got a real kick out of the dialogue. I wanted to watch it without subtitles, but Kirk gave me stinkeye about it, so we watched it with English subtitles. Basically it's about the tensions between Ontario and Quebec explored through the buddy cop genre as Colm Feore and Patrick Huard investigate a series of murders that take place within the "hockey community". I don't even really like hockey but I LOVED this movie.

Here is a shot of Oscar sulking with his mini-teddy because we were watching a movie and not playing with him.


Oh and thanks for all your advice on the stink problem I was having with my sweater on Friday. Please note that I have HEARD of deoderant, and understand how it works, it's just that damned sweater that needs to be burned like all future news items about Anna Nicole Smith.

i smell

A few years ago, I stopped using anti-perspirant. I was starting to get pimples in my pits and figured that smearing aluminum there every day might not be such a good thing to do. So far natural deoderants seem to work great - as long as I wear clothing made of natural fibers. Right now I'm at work, wearing my favourite black turtleneck sweater. It's acrylic. And I stink - but it's not even a normal sweat stink. It's acrid and makes me want to cry.

I love this sweater but hate that it makes me sweat more and smell after only a few hours. I totally showered today and everything. Ugh.

more Missy!

turns out she's a purebred yorkie. and only one ear sticks up! even cuter!!!!

Karla has baby boy

oh my god. this sickens me.

This is my brother's new puppy. Her name is Missy!

She's a 10-week old yorkie/poodle cross.

haha. i totally forgot about this!

my favourite part is the opening credits theme music. the rest is kinda funny and kinda dumb.



the painting is on hold for a while, so i can work on mid-term stuff that's due in 2 weeks. yeeeehaw!

painting update: session#4

Session #3
Session #1 & 2

Because I have a billion other things to do...like sleep...

Thanks to Squid and Tense Teacher, here's a taste of what's in my iTunes party shuffle:

1. Rudi, A Message To You - The Specials
2. She's Automatic - Rancid
3. It's My Own Fault - John Lee Hooker
4. Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
5. Headlock - Imogen Heap
6. If Your Mother Only Knew - Rahzel
7. Portland, Oregon - Loretta Lynn
8. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys
9. Is That Love - Squeeze
10. Rental Car - Beck
11. Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. In Heaven - The Pixies
13. Hung Up - Madonna
14. Out In The Park - Sarah Slean
15. Refugee - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    
16. Deep - Pearl Jam
17. Grass - XTC
18. Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
    
19. Come and Get It - The Beatles
20. Kid A - Radiohead
21. Path of Thorns - Sarah McLachlan
22. My Doorbell - The White Stripes
    
23. Mozart Serenade in B-flat - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
24. The Weight - The Band
25. My Favorite Plum - Suzanne Vega
26. Sanctified - Nine Inch Nails
27. Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo - The Bloodhound Gang
28. A Taste of Honey - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
29. Spiderman - Tenacious D
30. Mr. Ambulance Driver - The Flaming Lips
31. Flappin'my Pie Hole - Rodolfo Wehbba
32. Tenderly - Oscar Peterson
33. Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie
34. Clinically Dead - Chad VanGaalen
    
35. In Repair - John Mayer
36. Honky Tonk - Brian Setzer
37. Chilly Will - Spank Rock
38. Space Lord - Monster Magnet
39. A Satellite's Return - Ammoncontact
40. Lookin' For Love - Karen Ramirez
41. Summer Turns To High - R.E.M.
42. Gonne Leave You - Queens of the Stone Age
43. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
44. All We Are - Fischerspooner
45. Losing California - Sloan
46. End Theme - Zero 7
47. Best of You - Foo Fighters
48. Boomin' Granny - The Beastie Boys
49. Falling Elevators - MC 900ft. Jesus
50. Yellow Sun - The Raconteurs
51. The Marshalls Are Dead - Bloc Party
52. Heavy Metal Christmas - Twisted Sister
53. You Wouldn't Like Me - Tegan and Sara
54. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
55. Folkloric Feel - Apostle of Hustle
56. Dear Confessor - Immaculate Machine
57. Way Down in a Hole - Tom Waits
58. Blow at High Dough - The Tragically Hip
59. Sugar - Ladytron
60. Boy From School - Hot Chip
61. It's All You - Sebadoh
62. What Sarah Said - Death Cab for Cutie
63. Valerie Flames - Starlight Mints
64. Fistful of Steel - Rage Against the Machine
65. Never Give Up - Common
66. The Eraser - Thom Yorke
67. Anniversary Song - The Cowboy Junkies
68. Demon Days - Gorillaz
69. Out of Egypt - Sufjan Stevens
70. Oh Shooter - Thicke
71. Cubicle - Rhinocerose
72. White Fang - Bill Frisell
73. Lacrimosa - Regina Spektor
74. Just Friends - Charlie Parker
75. Better Off Dead - Death From Above 1979
76. Ghetto Rock - Mos Def
77. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
78. Angel - Massive Attack
79. All Hail Me - Veruca Salt
80. Cruisin' for a Bruisin' - Reverend Horton Heat
81. Rough House Blues - Buck 65
82. Funtime - Iggy Pop
83. Try Honesty - Billy Talent
84. Legs - ZZ Top
85. Silent Seven - Controller.Controller
86. La La Land - Green Velvet
87. SOS - Rihanna
88. Louie, Louie - Toots and the Maytals
89. Boyz-In-The-Hood - Dynamite Hack
90. Sexy Ladies - Justin Timberlake
91. Feelgood By Numbers - The Go! Team
92. Glorious Day - Weezer
93. Get Back - Ludacris feat. Sum 41
94. Sunday Morning - K-os
95. King Without a Crown - Matisyahu
96. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
97. You Gonna Want Me - Tiga
98. Bro - Goldfinger
99. The Police and The Private - Metric
100. Memories are Made of This - Johnny Cash
     

our dog of perpetual motion

Oscar, originally uploaded by 35mmMonkey.

Tasty!

Tasty!, originally uploaded by 35mmMonkey.

The second week of school is almost over and it's been pretty good so far.

Except now I'm considering changing my major.

To printmaking.

Yeah.

After only 2 classes. I'm working on some stencils. Photos soon.

It's FUN!

My printmaking prof is Jack Cassady, and of all my homework, it's the only stuff I'm at all excited about.

I feel a little insane.

I guess the thing about it is, is that I LOVE painting, but I guess I'm feeling that I already CAN paint. What's interesting to me right now, is learning new ways of getting colour on paper or canvas. I'm all about the HANDS ON work.


Anyway, the deadline's not until February 2nd. So I won't worry about it yet.


sigh. Why am I here again?

session #3

you win some, you lose some

AGO gets $50M sculpture

Heritage painting stolen from OCAD