My So-Called Blog: need advice

My So-Called Blog: need advice

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GRRRR

ARG MATEYS I'LL BE SHIPPIN' OUT TO TENNESSAAAAARG IN 13 DAYS, ARRRRG. LOCK UP YOUR SONS!

I had to do one more.....

I had to do this too.

Coonskin Ponytail.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEANNETTE!!!!!!!

I hope you get pewped on by a unicorn today!

Bat for Lashes

This is my new favorite band I think. This video is so amazing. It's the kind of video I dreamed of making when I was in college.



And I am obsessed with this song:

Library Card

So I live next to a library. Today is my first day off in about 3 weeks and I went for a long walk and decided to pop in and see if I could get a library card. Seems uneventful right? Well, it was probably the most awkward conversation EVER.
I walked up to the desk where this butch looking woman with a crew cut and the biggest bosoms ever was working. Here is what transpired:

Bosoms: Yes?
Me: Hi! I'd like to apply for a library card please.
Bosoms: ...........long pause................Well.............you have to prove you live here.
Me: Here's my driver's license!
Bosoms: ............long pause....................Well. It'll be a while. Go sit down and fill this out and someone will get to it eventually.............
Me: *laughs* Okay.......*sits down next to homeless man and fills out application*
Me: Okay, here's my application!
Bosoms: Okaaaaaaaaay...........it'll be like 4 hours before this gets processed.
Me: *looks around and sees no one else who looks REMOTELY busy* um.....why?
Bosoms: Because everyone's doing other things.
Me: *looks around again and doesn't see anyone doing any 'things'* Why can't you do it?
Bosoms: It'll be around 4 hours.
Me: Right............well, bye!



I won't be going back in four hours.

Disney store antics

We had a hurricane go through Chicago yesterday and it was awful. Jenny and I were stranded at the mall after work so we made the most of it by going to the Disney store.




This is Jenny as Alice.



This is Jenny as Cinderella.



Here I am as a pirate.



I'm supposed to be Jack Skellington, but I think I look more like one of those mushroom guys from Mario Bros.



Ratatouille's brother.



Just, really really creepy.




Tomorrow is the Glenwood Ave. Arts Festival. I am going to be showing/selling some of my artwork there. I really hope people like it.

Movies!

So I saw Harry Potter with my friend Nic last night........IN FUCKIN' IMAX! The last twenty minutes were in 3-D which was pretty amazing. I think it was my favorite HP movie besides the third one.

But the weirdest thing of the night was this:
Can you tell what that is? Well, I'll tell you. It's a pigeon. A dead pigeon embedded in cement. Underneath Michigan Ave. in downtown Chicago. What the hell? How did it get there? Did it fly into the cement at the right moment when it was still wet? Or did it somehow get poured in with the cement itself? What do you think it's last thoughts were? I have to know.


Today I saw Hairspray.....which I hate to say this but I loved it. I was dreading seeing John Travolta in drag but....oh god....I hate saying this....I thought he was HILARIOUS. It was just great....go see it. Not as good as the original of course, but still wonderful.

Hey Mr. Owl, you've been framed.

I framed this at the gallery the other day. I really like how it turned out. It is a screen print of an owl from 1966. It was glued to a backboard and when I peeled it off, there was another screen print of an ad for a sidewalk sale or something behind it. It was so retro and sixties looking.

Today I'm going on an architecture boat tour of Chicago. You go all around the river and the lake and learn all about the history of the crazy buildings in Chicago. I'm excited. :) I'll post pictures later.

Ugh.. this was hard to get.

Wow. What a day. That was probably the most nerve wracking experience I've had in a very long time.

Hello, loves.

The other day I got a book on one of my favorite painters, Hieronymus Bosch. He was a painter who lived in the 1400's, and he painted crazy paintings of heaven and hell. It's funny because I'm really enjoying reading the book. When I was in college and actually minoring in Art History I was always supposed to be reading books like this, but since I was forced to read them I HATED them. Now that I picked this book out on my own and I can read it without the pressure of worrying about being tested on it, I'm actually really enjoying it.



I have next Monday through Thursday off from work. I was planning on going to Tennessee, but I have way too much stuff to take care of here (sorry Lew...). I'm pretty sad about not getting to go to Tennessee but it will be really nice to have a few days to get stuff taken care of. I think I may go down to the art institute, and Kat is supposed to be in town as well. OH, and I've got to work on making some art for the Glenwood Ave. Arts Festival! The Gallery has rented two booths, and I have NO idea what I'm going to sell......any ideas?

Do you really want to blog me?

So I'm really going to attempt to do this. By this, I mean keep a blog that's regularly updated. You can read it if you're interested.

Right now I've got nothing to really write about. I just had ice cream with my friend John in downtown Evanston. I had cappuccino chip, two scoops, and a side of crazy homeless people mumbling obscenities at us.

I'll write more later when something eventful happens, I just wanted to get this bitch started.

:)