12.11.12

1. A fairly productive morning 2. and very productive afternoon. 3. A good meeting with Terri. 4. Brainstorming an idea for a holiday styling promo. 5. Resolving a prop return glitch was easy. 6. Finally finishing my marathon xeroxing project. 7. A nice California red wine on sale at Chi-Lake. 8. Delicious leftover lasagna for dinner. 9. Chatting with David, David, Christian, Micah and 10. What a surprise--Raul! on Facebook.

12.02.12

1. Sleeping in on a sleepy, gray morning. 2. A lovely visit with Lauren H-B. 3. Finding four screenprints for Southpoint. 4. An interesting chat with Steve Lang 5. Who gave me his nice book about his Elsewhere residence for our swap. 6. A pleasant hour on the treadmill at the Y. 7. An easy, tasty meal of moros y cristianos, boiled egss and spring greens 8. With a nice glass of Beaujolais Nouveau. 9. No problem falling asleep 10. With a good book to wind me down.

11.18.12

1. Sleeping in, sort of... 2. Plugging away at my never-ending editing project, and knowing I'm pretty darned good at it. 3. Another warm day in mid-November. 4. Finally getting the front wheel on the cruiser and taking it out for a spin 5. To meet Jonathan for a coffee at Freewheel. 6. I sold my Jetta floor mats for $50 to a very nice guy from el D.F. 7. Hanging out with Dick, Neue and CP, but not for too long. 8. Sophie Bourbon accepted my friend request. 9. My kind friend David's bendable ear. 10. Lavender oil.

10.29.12

1. Waking up insanely early but feeling rested, alert and NOT dizzy. 2. Posting lots of pix of the weekend's festivities, etc. to Facebook, i.e. not procrastinating! 3. A nice FB chat with Ivon. 4. Getting shit DONE! 5. Completing election judge training. 6. Dad is doing OK in Balto. despite the hurricane. 7. Hearing from CQ, who's without power in VA. 8. Showing Matthias maps and photos of places I love on the east coast. 9. A nice hot lavender bath. 10. Reading Harper's for a few minutes in bed before realizing I was super sleepy and conking out.

10.18.12

1. A productive meeting with Kara. 2. Two interviews with promising potential housemates. 3. More fun at the Haunted Basement. 4. A pleasant brief visit with Mickey and 5. Funny chats with Eric and Ben at Bev's. 6. And Heinz, too, who has such a warm smile. 7. Not caring that I didn't make it to the MIA. 8. Delicious grilled chicken and teriyaki brussels sprouts with Mandy and Rik H. 9. I might do some grantwriting for their company Hempstone's philanthropic arm. 10. No problem getting to sleep!

10.17.12

1. Warm weather. 2. Linda's amusing students at SPA. 3. A nice Genius at the Apple Store. 4. Finally understanding how to back up my iPhone properly. 5. I think a family of cardinals has built a nest near the garden; they seem to hang out there frequently. 6. Teri's, CQ's and Ivon's kind offers to lend me an ear, and 7. Joan's, Beth's, Rosemary's and Leesh's kind words. 8. A long, hot, lavender-scented bath. 9. Valerian. 10. Having the option to sleep on my ugly but comfy sofa since my room has become a temporary storage closet.

08.12.12

1. Waking up without an alarm clock.
2. A lazy Sunday, sort of. I accomplished a lot.
3. Feeling more or less normal, clear-headed, after days of fogginess.
4. Nice brief chat with CQ, who is terribly lovely and kind.
5. Dinner with Jonathon, who is terribly lovely and kind, too.
6. Relaxing with the odd Agnes Varda film "The Beaches of Agnes." Again.
7. Getting distracted and looking at maps of Belgium, then
8. "Wasting" even more time searching for info about my Jenquin--Genquinne! ancestors.
9. Finding a blurry copy of my grandfather's WWII "Old Man's Draft" registration card. Seeing a clear version would cost money... it's semi-legible, enough so I can see the Arunah Ave address. Cool! Can't find much more online about Stanley Rene Jenkins.
10. Reading Harper's before finally falling asleep.

08.09.12

1. I can get up and dressed and out the door in ten minutes if necessary.
2. A nice day of work with Uncle Rik.
3. Going to West Photo and Surdyk's at lunchtime.
4. My paper for "Avenue of the Saints" came in.
5. Kyle still gives me the student/teacher discount.
6. A delicious Caprese sandwich and chocolate chip cookie for lunch.
7. Knitting at Drawing Club.
8. Chatting with Pete, Lisa and Andy.
9. R. didn't show up until I was ready to leave anyway.
10. "Stranger than Paradise."

08.06.12

1. Another fun day of shooting at Armour Photography.
2. We finished at 4:45.
3. A much easier commute home than the drive in.
4. The amazing Jessica Hanson at
5. Southpoint Community Acupuncture.
6. Finding Chauncey snoozing happily under the lilacs when I got home.
7. Enjoying the last of my Odell St. Lupulin's Ale with
8. A delicious cold supper of dolmades, hummus, flatbread, and a salad of mixed greens and nasturtiums while
9. Watching the last episode of Season Two of Treme.
10. Early (and very tired) to bed.

08.05.12

1. Sleeping in till 10.
2. A real breakfast, or brunch, for a change: an omelette with roasted red pepper, fresh basil and mozzarella.
3. And delicious rice from Morgan. An interesting combo, rice and eggs.
4. Super lazy weeding in the garden
5. Interspersed with an amusing texting conversation with Jonathon.
6. Delicious mojitos and snacks in
7. Doug and Krista's shady backyard.
8. Seeing that they have a really normal, messy, many-projects-half-done house like mine, not your typical architect's show-offy house.
9. Deciding I was enjoying their company more than I would enjoy a critique at the Soap Factory.
10. Early to bed again, so tired.

08.04.12

1. Getting things done BEFORE work.
2. A very pleasant work day, with nice people,
3. Free breakfast and lunch,
4. Jake's excellent music mixing,
5. And no overtime.
6. Several nice chats with friends and acquaintances at Michael G's farewell party.
7. He liked the little gift I gave him.
8. My card had a really sweet message from Michael in it.
9. An Odell's St. Lupulin ale.
10. Early, deep, long sleep.

08.03.12

1. Not having to go to work till 10 AM.
2. A quiet, pleasant day of unpacking and pepping clothes for Saturday's shoot.
3. Free lunch!
4. Finishing work earlier than I expected.
5. Delicious pizza and Lucid beer at Pizza Luce.
6. Giving Brian the bartender crap for not telling me how crazy hot the jerk chicken was.
7. Nick Howard's beautiful drawings at Rosalux.
8. A quick but nice chat with Tara C.
9. Getting home early.
10. Falling asleep very easily.

08.02.12

1. Studio purge day with Uncle Rik.
2. Wearing my old gray cashmere hoodie in his cold studio.
3. MPR.
4. A delicious Rachel sandwich for lunch. Mmm! Protein!
5. Finding more green thumbs up pens at Target.
6. The herbs in my garden.
7. Remembering that I still had the second half of my chocolate chip cookie from lunch.
8. Treme.
9. Kindness and support from Jonathon.
10. Sleep.

07.22.12

1. Yorkshire tea.
2. A mojo bar.
3. Lots of empathetic comments on my Facebook post about missing the grant deadline.
4. Including one from someone I always think of has "having it all."
5. A comfortable sofa to nap on.
6. Chocolate-covered marzipan for lunch.
7. David's kind visit.
8. Sierra Nevada pale ale in a can.
9. A long video chat with CQ.
10. A really good night's sleep.

07.15.12

1. Sleeping in for the second day in a row.
2. Yorkshire tea. Hot and iced.
3. A real breakfast of scrambled eggs with cheddar and an English muffin with my yummy, but runny, red currant jelly.
4. Learning lots of interesting things from proofing CAP's Evans-Frank-Friedlander catalog.
5. Getting better at remembering proofer's marks.
6. A call from Kahlil, who wants to volunteer with helping to clean up the free wall area.
7. Two great ideas for Constellation and confirmation from Henry that he'll do his acorns.
8. A silly FB chat with CQ.
9. A brief What'sApp hello from Xan.
10. Waking up early and not tired despite terrible insomnia.

06.29.12

1. Sleeping in till 10:30.
2. The luxury of time to work slowly and rest when I'm not feeling well.
3. A wonderful walk and time to catch up on things with Lacey.
4. A woman's comment that we had on awesome summer outfits.
5. Pleasantly hot, not stiflingly hot, weather.
6. Introducing her to my super nice neighbor Paul.
7. The lovely work he's doing on the house he just bought next to his own.
8. Two Kraft mac-n-cheese-in-a-cups for a super fast easy dinner.
9. Mike T's generosity, patience and brilliance.
10. No problem falling asleep, despite the heat.

06.10.12

1. Sleeping in late after being up till 4 AM for Northern Spark. 2. Being lazy all morning and early afternoon and watching three episodes of "Mad Men" in a row. 3. Keeping the house fairly cool despite the New Orleanian summer weather. 4. Making a little progress on the tangled up mess that is my iPhone and digital photos. 5. Scott's willingness to do a nasty garden chore on such a hot day. 6. Iced tea. 7. A brief Chat with Morgan's sister and her friend about printmaking. 8. They liked my tags, even the poorly-done ones! 9. Tacos and Sierras with Heidi. 10. A beautiful thunderstorm that brought in wonderful, cool air.

03.20.11

1. Only feeling a little bad about skipping almost a week's worth of posts here. 2. That means I can just list a few highlights from several days! 3. Kip's advice that I change to a sunnier look on here, rather than black. I like it. 4. An enjoyable, successful, rewarding shoot last week at Orbit. 5. All the great people I worked with and around, especially Liz, Kelly, Sarah, Kirki and Bobbi. 6. Delicious catered food by Laura Bonicelli for our lunches. 7. A spontaneous afternoon of walking and sitting at a sidewalk cafe and going to Icebox with Christian. 8. A guilty pleasure: chili con queso at Pepito's. 9. Convincing Christian not to drive after a few too many cocktails. 10. Not freaking out, but just resting peacefully, when I woke up at 3 last night and had insomnia till 7.

03.18.12

1. Bedroom spring cleaning and mattress flipping, with Scott's help. 2. Weather so bizarrely warm I needed to get out and install my window screens. 3. Morgan's help finishing sanding and painting the screen frames. 4. Having nice roommates who do their "weekly chores" promptly and pleasantly. 5. Seeing a wild turkey run through the yard! 6. JoAnn's delicious Thai shrimp and noodles dish. 7. Going to a goofy art event at Wing's Third Place gallery. 8. Stopping to have a beer at Mi Sinaloa with Morgan, JoAnn and two friends and seeing some hilarious Mexican karaoke. 9. Being invited up to a party from the porch of JoAnn and Morgan's neighbor's house. 10. A lovely chat with Kathleen at the party.

03.11.12

1. Yorkshire Tea. 2. Getting paid to work while sitting on the sofa in my pjs. 3. Actually getting in 8 full hours of work, a hard task for me with such dull, solitary computer work. 4. Kind messages from two friends. 5. Making plans to chat soon with Justin 6. and go biking with James. 7. Pizza Luce leftovers for dinner. 8. A Fulton IPA with the pizza 9. A nice hot sea salt and lavender oil bath. 10. Being good and tired and falling asleep easily.

03.10.12

1. Waking up early and easily. 2. Hanging out with Xavier while he shot 3. my black eye portrait 4. and pix of my two ponytails. 5. Extra time for scoring work. 6. An awesome lazy Saturday nap. 7. Nice company for the evening from Pete. 8. Pleasant chats with Sheila Regan 9. and Andy Ducett, which surprised me. 10. Realizing I might not care as much about art events as I thought I did.

2.07.12

1. Getting out! 2. Going to Augsburg Library 3. and the Y with Christian. 4. Seeing a gorgeous key-lime pie colored Jaguar E-type on our walk to Target. 5. Laughing at the absudity of all the things they were out of: Rit dye, Mojo Bars, food scales, Old Home cottage cheese... 6. A kid walking along 31st Street with his mom, holding a huge tree branch. 7. Feeling a bit hyper but not anxious 8. Bath fizz from Soon's clothing swap 9. Actually seeing Chauncey when I fed him. 10. Sleeping in my own bed.

01.28.12

1. Sleeping late.
2. Yorkshire tea.
3. Raisin bread with pear-currant-rosemary jam.
4. Braiding Eva's fine straight hair--and it stayed in almost all day!
5. Fun thrifting with Eva and Eliot.
6. Finding a couple good Ts at the "Kidworks"
7. And a 50s planter at "Houseworks."
8. Good laughs over dinner at the "old folks' restaurant"
9. And the absurd cover of a senior magazine in their lobby.
10. Blue the cat keeping me company at night.