Last night, over beers and fried chicken at Magnolia, we talked about our future wedding. I’ve been starting to feel a little pressure to include some more traditional aspects to our wedding that I really wasn’t interested in. Once you announce you are engaged, everyone wants to pitch in and help you plan your wedding.…

I no longer feel able to paint for the shear pleasure of it. I sure hope this passes with graduation. I think much of it has to do with school. It just seems to be mising something for me. I do feel tremendous pleasure in making paintings out of non-traditional materials like felt and wax,…

We walked into the Pork Store this morning for some pre doctor appointment breakies. First thing Amanda (my favorite waitress in all the world) said to us was “Did you guys get married?” Just out of the blue. She’s psychic. We said, nope, but we’re engaged, then she oggled over the ring in just the…

I have become a swimmer again. I used to be addicted to water as a child and I suppose that adiction never really went away, I just stopped accomodating it. I was in the water so much as a child that I was given the nickname “Frog” for behaving more like an amphibian than a…

It’s crunch time this week, trying to finish up these 7 paintings by friday. I suppose the whole time has been crunch time, but seeing how good I am at procrastination, I’ve managed to compress the final crunch days into much crunchier ones, just how I like it. Nearly every painting I ever make goes…

We live in a world of conveniences. Pipes magically take away our poop, men in trucks take away our garbage. We rarely give a second thought to how much we consume on a daily basis and how much trash we generate. Take a look in your cupboards, what do you see? packaging galore. High-gloss full…

It’s noon and I haven’t left for the studio yet. I went for a swim, made some juice, mailed some packages and had a post workout snack. I’m dilly dallying, I should have woken up early today. But I made a decision to ride my scooter to the studio today and I’m just a big…

We had breakfast at Alana’s Cafe in Burlingame this morning and it was GOOD. Every time the woman answered the phone, “Good morning, Alana’s” I would giggle. They supposedly have the best oatmeal pancakes on the planet plus lingonberry jam, which I’m a sucker for, but I had to have me a potato mess. I…

I sure couldn’t. I found it on the street near Tom’s work. It’s so beautiful. I certainly don’t need any more crap in my life, but some things are too special to pass up. It actually works! The sides have little glass windows so you can see all the exciting mechanics inside.

Black & White Television A Narrative drawing collaborative book by Jason Jagel, Ariel Clute, Alanna Spence, Rebecca Hendin, Gabriela Hernandez Lepe, Jen Grafton, Tomo Crackitbaby, Marcos Weiss, Faye Dennis, Sam Snowden, Jee Kim, Stewart Uoo I never shared my latest book with you! My Narrative Drawing class put together a book of our drawings. The…

The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love and be loved in return.

Octopads Originally uploaded by angrypirate. Working working working! Wow, am I going to be able to finish all these paintings? I’ve got 1st layers for five of the seven I need done. It usually takes 4 or 5 sessions per painting. I have a deadline of may 17th to get them all done and photographed.…

a contrived list of things I think about my life when I consider my daily life before becoming obsessed with art and after. BA: â?¢ Lots of exercize, at times, too much â?¢ Lots of baking â?¢ Heavy drinking â?¢ Poor nutrition â?¢ Confusion about future â?¢ More time with friends â?¢ More time to…

I bought a juicer last night. I was trying to hold off time a birthday or something, but I found a refurbished one for a fraction of the price. I couldn’t say no. Now I just have to figure out where the hell I’m going to keep the thing. Our kitchen is, how do you…

Back to the octopus Originally uploaded by angrypirate. I have a solo show at martha brothers coffee on california in sf next month and I’m painting a new set of underwater paintings. I’ve got underpaintings done for two new octopus paintings. I have just 12 days to paint 7 paintings! Yes, I sure know how…