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

i start school in 8 hours and i can't sleep...figures...

I'm not sure how often I'll be posting while school's on, but I will try to stay on top of the blog and share more of my projects and stuff.

In the meantime, here are some super cute photos of my nephew, Kirk, who we visited in Kingston this past weekend.









Oh and here's two of the cat and dog together after spending the night apart. Usually they are fighting:





And here's a creepy croissant Kirk bought for me:



Oh! And some Christmas presents. My new mini mouse for the iBook and a GINORMOUS pepper grinder (IT WORKS!) from my brother.

twiggy the waterskiing squirrel

every time i do stuff, i plan to write about it here, or post pictures and then i end up doing something else, or not having my camera or whatever.

i wish i could be more committed to it.

here's some photos of my current painting in progress.

sigh.

Happy 2007!

Ok, so I've stayed away from my computer as much as possible over the last few days. I was starting to get that weird carpal tunnel feeling, which could also be from the repetitious nature of shovelling food and chocolate and booze into my gullet over the last 2 weeks, but who can say for sure really. I think that's the only resolution I plan to make this year, to take better care of my physical self. I'm going to be 33 in a couple of months, and have definitely felt the lack of physical activity and overeating. Any resolutions of your own?

I did finish a painting finally (see above). Though, I'm not totally satisfied with it, I have decided to leave it for now. What do you think?

I also totally forgot to take photos of our little New Year's Eve soiree. The Melissas came over and we ate a roast chicken dinner that I cooked, plus the salad the Missys brought, and THE MOST DELICIOUS PUMPKIN DESSERT I HAVE EVER TASTED that Kirk made. We also drank 2 bottles of wine, 2 bottles of champagne, a lot of coffee and amaretto. We also played a game of Texas Hold'em with a $20 pot. I totall lost my $5.

How was your New Year's Eve?

In case any of you are interested, here are the recipes for what we cooked:

ROAST CHICKEN WITH CITRUS AND MARJORAM
======================================
adapted from a recipe in The Conran Cookbook

1 chicken, preferably free-range
2oz butter
1 small onion
2 oranges
1 lemon
1/2 cup of Jack Daniel's
1 tbsp of black pepper corns
4-5 sprigs of dried marjoram or 1tbsp crushed marjoram
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat the oven to 375F.
Rinse the bird, then loosen the skin from the meat.
Slice 1 orange and 1 lemon, about 1/4" thick and slide them and half of the marjoram under the skin.
Quarter the last orange and the onion.
Stuff the bird with the remaining orange, onion and remaining marjoram, and pepper corns.
Put the bird in a roasting pan and spread the butter all over the breast and legs.
Pour the Jack Daniel's into the roasting pan, then roast it. It's about 1hr for a 3lb bird. Since ours was 6 lbs, it took just over 2 hrs.
Baste the bird often with the pan juices.

Use the leftover crusty bits and citrussy-jackdanielsy-pan juices to make the most delicious gravy ever.
Deglaze the pan with 1/2 cup white wine and bring to a boil.
Add about a cup of water and simmer for about 5 minutes to evaporate the alcohol. Dissolve a tablespoon of flour into a bit of cold water and pour into the bubbling sauce.
Then whisk until it thickens to the desired consistency.


LENTILS AND LEEKS
=================
from The Winter Vegetarian

2lbs leeks, rinsed and sliced 1/2" thick, including some of the green part
2 large carrots, peeled and sliced 1/2" thick
1/4 cup olive oil
2 1/2 cups water
1 cup green lentils
1 tsp sugar
1 1/4 tsp salt
Fresh ground black pepper

In a large saucepan toss the leek and carrot slices with olive oil.
Cook over a medium heat for 5 minutes, until the vegetables are lightly browned, then stir in the remaining ingredients.
Cover the pan and simmer the mixture for 1 hour, until the lentils are tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
To keep the leek slices intact, do not stir.
Serve hot.

PUMPKIN POUND CAKE
==================
adapted from the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Family Favourites (don't bother looking for this, I got it from Kirk's mom)

1 cup cooking oil
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
2 cups flour
20oz tin of pumpkin (we used a 28oz tin and put in a little extra flour)
2 cups pecans

Preheat the oven to 325F.
Mix all the ingredients together and bake for 1 hour.

This is what it is like talking to my father.

pip squeak says: (11:18:21 AM)
haha!

pip squeak says: (11:18:22 AM)
hi

Dominic :) says: (11:19:28 AM)
poop says hi

pip squeak says: (11:19:33 AM)
poop?

pip squeak says: (11:19:41 AM)
who is poop?




pip squeak says: (11:19:44 AM)
i am pip

pip squeak says: (11:19:56 AM)
pip squeak

Dominic :) says: (11:19:59 AM)
yes popo

pip squeak says: (11:20:04 AM)
??



Dominic :) says: (11:20:33 AM)
poop pop papa

pip squeak says: (11:20:44 AM)
aaaaaaah poopoo aka papa?

Dominic :) says: (11:20:58 AM)
yes

pip squeak says: (11:21:01 AM)
you are weird



Dominic :) says: (11:21:49 AM)
ok so what?

pip squeak says: (11:21:50 AM)
i think i may blog this conversation

pip squeak says: (11:22:01 AM)
it is the weirdest one i've ever had on chat

Dominic :) says: (11:22:24 AM)
what is blog?

pip squeak says: (11:22:28 AM)
oh god




pip squeak says: (11:22:45 AM)
i'm just going to have to go ahead and tell you that you're

pip squeak says: (11:22:53 AM)
too old to understand ;)

pip squeak says: (11:22:56 AM)
haha

pip squeak says: (11:23:02 AM)
it's an online journal.

Dominic :) says: (11:23:41 AM)
please stop harrasing me

pip squeak says: (11:23:54 AM)
ok. i love you. i'm going for a massage now

pip squeak says: (11:23:57 AM)
bye!

Dominic :) says: (11:24:21 AM)
bye

overheard while doing christma eve lesbian potluck dishes...

"i'm thinking about convincing kirk to let me take the summer off working full time, so i can take some courses to get a head start next year"



"really, shmoopee? does he know that?"



"no, we haven't really talked about it yet, why?"



"cause he's sitting right next to me here. in the same room as you."

santa is my bitch

Venture brothers is the best cartoon ever. not everyone gets it, but the more absurd, the better, I say.


Last night we went out for dinner with my parents and my in laws. The food was fantastic. so was the booze. We walked Kirk's parents to their hotel, and then walked home from there.


We were all giddy from actually having a decent time with our parents, and totally started making out as soon as we walked through the door. At some point I felt a little gassy and thought I'd let a little go. Well. It ended up being the most hilariously foul silent but deadly fart ever beefed. A real clinger.


I was horribly embarrassed, but couldn't stop laughing about it. Definitely a mood killer.


Lucky for me, he eventually got over it.


Tonight, Angela joined us for lesbian Christmas Eve potluck with the Melissas (yes, my best friend Melissa dates someone with the same name). They are the raddest bitches. I planned on taking pictures but got ripped pretty much right away and totally forgot.


I drank red wine, limoncello and eggnog spiked with Cuban white rum. I ate a lot too. Eggplant parmigiana, venison meatballs and red cabbage salad with honey mustard dressing. Then I ate a shitload of chocolate and pot butter cookies and we walked Angela to the subway.


Tomorrow will be another whole day of eating with my family. It's a non-stop Italian gorgefest from about 2pm until 6pm. We're going over to my parents a little early, so I can have a run on their treadmill before I get started. I've been slacking off in that department since school ended and I am starting to feel it. Sore neck and lower back, oh and I've started grinding my teeth at night again. Time to wrap that shit up, yo.

'tis the season

My bitch

Venture brothers is the best cartoon ever. not everyone gets it, but the more absurd, the better, I say.

Last night we went out for dinner with my parents and my in laws. The food was fantastic. so was the booze. We walked Kirk's parents to their hotel, and then walked home from there.

We were all giddy from actually having a decent time with our parents, and totally started making out as soon as we walked through the door. At some point I felt a little gassy and thought I'd let a little go. Well. It ended up being the most hilariously foul silent but deadly fart ever beefed. A real clinger.

I was horribly embarrassed, but couldn't stop laughing about it. Definitely a mood killer.

Lucky for me, he eventually got over it.

Tonight, Angela joined us for lesbian Christmas Eve potluck with the Melissas (yes, my best friend Melissa dates someone with the same name). They are the raddest bitches. I planned on taking pictures but got ripped pretty much right away and totally forgot. I drank red wine, limoncello and eggnog spiked with Cuban white rum. I ate a lot too. Eggplant parmigiana, venison meatballs and red cabbage salad with honey mustard dressing. Then I ate a shitload of chocolate and pot butter cookies and we walked Angela to the subway.

Tomorrow will be another whole day of eating with my family. It's a non-stop Italian gorgefest from about 2pm until 6pm. We're going over to my parents a little early, so I can have a run on their treadmill before I get started. I've been slacking off in that department since school ended and I am starting to feel it. Sore neck and lower back, oh and I've started grinding my teeth at night again. Time to wrap that shit up, yo.

happy ho ho

I finally finished my christmas shopping today. We tried so hard to do the Buy Nothing Christmas but it is SO HARD not to get something for the people in my life that I love. So Kirk and I decided to limit it to our immediate families. I did make something for a few of our friends, which I'll tell you about later, so I don't spoil any surprises. We decided against mailing out cards this year, and instead have started calling people and trying to hang out instead. Sometimes that's better than getting something you can't use, or being stuck in the malls for more than 30 seconds. I fucking hate malls and this time of year I double hate them. People are rude and blind and stupid.

This year is way better than past years though. The in-laws are coming to Toronto tomorrow, so we'll be spending the day with them. Just ONE DAY. They will be heading out on Sunday morning to Kingston to visit Kirk's sister, her husband, and their super-ultra cute baby son, Kirk. Then we're spending Christmas day with my family and that's it! WOOHOO!

OK. I gotta go finish cleaning house, wrapping presents and decorate our tree. If I don't post again before Monday, peace and love to all, whether you celebrate or not.

now with blogrolling goodness!

I've now added a blogroll. Just scroll down to the bottom to see it. If you want your blog listed, just tell me so in a comment, and I'll add you.

'who's retarded now, hunh?! who's retarded now?'

My next favouritest line from Talladega Nights: "When I wake up in the morning, I piss excellence."

I, on the otherhand do not. I am retarded.........ly hungover from a great party last night. And I think I may have to go back to bed. Right now.

tgif motherfuckers!

I don't really have much to post about, except for the fact that I'm bleeding like a stuck pig, have cramps from hell, took some advil and am now drinking red wine. So's I'm flying like a reckless, bloody, uterus-shaped kite ya'll!

Also, I came in 5th place in poker last night. Awwww yeah. I gamble too, bitches!

Sorry, I sometimes I get a little mouthy. I'm definitely going to hell.

Call For Submissions - Help Create The Shapetionary!

What is the Shapetionary? It is a visual index of objects.

It started from looking at the dictionary and wondering why some words are illustrated and others aren’t, then thinking it would be interesting to illustrate the whole dictionary, or all the object nouns...then organize them by shape.

So Margaret Flood extracted all, or most (aprox 9500), of the object nouns, and is now setting out to get them illustrated by as many different people as possible.

She is interested in our subjective and collective understandings of objects. So far over 400 people are participating, and she estimates that between 1200-1500 drawers are needed.

If you are interested in illustrating some words, email Margaret Flood at velvetbicycle@hotmail.com and she will send you a list of 6-8 words, along with complete instructions. All contributors will be acknowledged in the final project.

I'm doin' it and if you like to doodle or draw, so should you!

Anyways, a big shout out to Instant Coffee for turning me on to this project!

Dudley the Fearless

Dudley the Fearless, originally uploaded by micgormit.

micgormit is one of my favourite toronto-based flickr photographers, and dudley is the cutest puppy ever!


oh, i mean, besides oscar of course...