I have a confession to make. I have a thing for fabric. I love finding super cool fabric remnants. I have to reel myself in all the time from going insane with the purchasing of fabrics. When I left Guru.com, I went a little nuts and bought a bunch of fleece. I thought I was…

It’s 1:40 in the afternoon and I haven’t written a single sentence for my webmonkey article. Bad Alanna. I just checked my book page on wiley.com and found out my Photoshop book is a total of 720 pages! wowzers. Test tomorrow, lots of school stuff to do. Kinda stressed, but kinda far away in dreamy,…

Gotta love the 6 day weekends. I don’t have school thursdays or tuesdays so getting monday and friday off is like getting 6 days of freedom. Of course I’m spending the whole weekend writing papers and getting caught up on work. But it’s still nice to have the extra time. Yesterday I wrote 3 papers…

Last night we went to a Saturn lecture put on by the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers. It was held at the Randall Museum just behind Buena Vista Park and a short 20 walk from our house. I had no idea this museum exhisted. It is super cool and I think we will be returning regularly.…

“one should not increase, ambulance beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything”

1. New pajamas. My favorite pair disintegrated after many years of heavy wear. I’m very picky about my pjs and not just any pair will do. I took apart my old ones and used them for a pattern. I have groovy flannel material with lots of 1950’s nuclear family retro designs all over them. 2.…

I got some money for paintings on Thursday. Then Friday I got my tax returns back and found out I’ll be getting a bunch back. This is a huge relief. I may actually have enough money to pay bills and get through the next couple months. Phew! I just have to make it a few…

me: Tom? tom: yes? me: do you think I’m pretty even though I can’t say no to late night pizza? tom: yes. me: < giggles > tom: there is no other answer to that question.

Study Originally uploaded by angrypirate. Chalkboard study of a painting I’m working on today.

I forgot to mention saturday’s very wonderful hike. We tromped up to the top of Coyote Ridge out near Tennessee valley and packed with us the best damn Chicken piccata sandwiches the world has ever know. It was a day of delicious food and splendiforous company. I haven’t had any decent encounters with nature since…

We celebrated an early Valentine’s Day yesterday by going to Le Colonial. The food was so damn good, I thought maybe I should sue them. We started with a delicious chopped vegetable and fruit salad with lots of star fruit, my favorite aesthetically pleasing fruit, and some fall-off-the-bone pork ribs. Dinner was Prawns with eggplant…

Hello good people, drugs This weekend is your last chance to see my encaustic show at the Studio Gallery in San Francisco. The last day of the show is Sunday February 12th. So go see it. Hot Wax Encaustic Paintings & Sculpture Wednesday, online January 25th – Sunday, February 12th Saturday + Sunday 11 am…

He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist. Saint Francis of Assisi

Sunny day Originally uploaded by angrypirate. Can you believe its february? The sun is beaming and I actually feel better today. Even this morning I felt better, generic well atleast after I coughed up my daily bloody blob of phlegm I felt better. Yay for better!

Every night I feel like I’ve finally gotten a leg up on my sickness only to have another sleepless night and wake up with worse symptoms. Today I did some tax work and home work then gave into my weary, beaten body’s desire for sleep. Now, I have a volcano inside my stomach but I…