For the next two days I’m in edit mode, trying to get three chapters out the door by tomorrow night, then finish up another 4 chapters by Friday. I’m not sure I’m going to meet Wednesday’s deadline. I kinda want to curl up in a ball and cry but I have too much to do.…

I’m still about 40 pages away from meeting my deadline on Wednesday. Will I make it? To add insult to injury, I have a two page paper due at 10am tomorrow. I haven’t started on it yet. I hope I do finish this deadline on time, I need a nap. I wrote at the Reverie…

Tom had a special dinner for his birthday lasst night. We started out with some Gloria Ferrer champagne that I picked up on sale. I made a salad with fresh mozarella, buy heirloom tomatoes, sick fresh basil, sales and portabellos marinated with balsamic vinegar and olive oil, sauteed with diced red peppers and onions. Main…

Here’s this week’s Finders Keepers drawing: This is a portrait of me as a chair. I am not feeling very good today. I drank too much last night and I’m feeling sorry for myself for sabotaging my day. This poor chair is all crooked and awkwardly placed on the paper. It feels vulnerable and wants…

I got a very wonderful complement from a stranger today. She works for ArtWorkSF and was at SomArts helping artists pick up their paintings from the Cafe Show. When I told her my name, she started gushing about how much people loved my paintings. He said they made people smile and everyone wanted to eat…

tom: Hi me: hi tom: How is your day going? me: pretty good. my back hurts and my arm hurts me: and I’m farting me: and I’m hungry me: and I can’t write very good today me: but I have two chapters at 4200 tom: Any other ailments? tom: How about some dinner? me: yeah,…

I wish someone would give me this sun tea jar for my birthday. Although I suppose it’s pointless since we get no sun here. fog fog fog fog fog fog fog. 100 oz verona italian sun tea jar.

Here’s yesterday’s sketch: One of my assigments for the drawing class is to keep a sketch diary and make one entry per day. It can be of anything I want and I can use any medium I want. I gotta say, this beats any other homework assignment I’ve ever gotten. I was caught off guard…

This book is calling out to me to read. Does anyone know why this book keeps appearing in my life? Who was I talking to about this book? “He put the old cant of the lawlessness of art and the art of lawlessness with a certain impudent freshness which gave at least a momentary pleasure.…

My destination is at the end of a fast moving river. I have no boat to carry me. I must swim. I cling to a branch, afraid to let go. The longer I hold on, the more tired I become, and the more afraid I am of the river and of the unknown. The water…

Here’s a quick sketch from class today. We got to choose from some still life items in a closet at school. I of course grabbed the stuffed animals.

She’s one of my favorite San Francisco artists. Go look at her stuff. There was a piece at the Hang gallery earlier this year that I wanted, but had no money for. It involved closets and bunnies. The subjects of her paintings and drawings are family photos, children, wild animals and family pets.

Well, I know it’s not my birthday yet but I couldn’t live another day without Caran D’Ache neo color crayons once I tried them. I got a set of 30. I wish I owned all 150 colors. They are super colorful, they blend together, and you can use them with water. They are everything crayola…

Last night we celebrated the official exhistence of my book. The contract is finally signed. I am officially an author. Hurray!!!!! We went to Le Metro Bistro on Divisadero and Page. We’d been wanting to try it out for a long time. The restaurant is cozy and nice. The service was very excellent, our wine…

This week’s finders keepers drawing is called “Sometimes it’s imagination that bites, not reality” I don’t like the title but I’m afraid the drawing isn’t clear. Why do I care? I don’t know, it’ll probably get thrown in the trash anyway. It was inspired by a moment this week when I realized that the reality…