• geeky things I like

    rssfwd.com grou.ps, advice I made my own, see! viget inspire

  • To do:

    Play with Ruby on Rails on my Mac Make more bug cards Redesign my website Apply to the BAC Juried competition Send in my slides for New American Paintings Make a wedding dress Sew beach bags work out on my wii fit Play with Grou.ps

  • Good morning starshine

    The earth says hello! I wonder how many blog posts I’ve done in my life with those lyrics. Did I just casually use “blog post” in a sentence? blog blog blog. I’m blogging our conversation right now. As you can probably tell by now. I’m a little punch drunk. My life roller coaster is soaring…

  • Here you go baby lamb

    Here you go baby lamb Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence Sorry I was away for so long.

  • lots to say, but not to you

    Well, I am certainly going through a transitional period in my life. I’m scared and confused and excited and depressed, all at the same time. So I don’t feel like talking to you, blog readers. Actually I do, really bad, just in private over some beers, and I hope you don’t mind a few tears…

  • I love you wii fit

    I got my wii fit from amazon today. It told me my bmi which was depressing but no surprize and then gave me all sorts of fun games and activities that worked towards my fitness piggy bank. It was so fun and I’m so excited to have it. Wii fit really inspired you and I…

  • Not making much art

    My new job has been a little stressful and I haven’t been making much art, or doing much wedding stuff either. So I’ve just been practicing the art of be a web developer and nothing else. It’s ok, I can take a break for a little while but art and wedding call, and I need…

  • Being out of art school

    Is sort of like walking around in a big chicken suit, only no one can see your chicken suit, and you want to yell and jump around and say “look at my chicken suit!” but they can’t hear you. They think you are just like them. And you worry if you don’t find more people…

  • Another Bay to Breakers

    And so another Bay to Breakers has come and gone. Each year seems to get nuttier and nuttier. I just stepped out to pick up a magazine and it seemed like all the insane asylums in the world were loaded up onto buses, given large quantities of alcohol and dropped of in our neighborhood. Although…

  • Angel island here I come

    View more Angel Island Pics. Angel island here I come Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence I was late getting up and late to the bus. I had to run to catch the ferry from downtown. But here I am. The weather is perfect and the seals at pier 39 are frisky. On my way to…

  • Things I did today

    Went to the Sloat nursery Planted a cherry tomato to keep my heirloom company and some squash and some seeds of various plants. Got my scooter running and took a ride to the beach (hey! I live near the beach, amazing). Returned my Ruby on rails book Got some make-up Told Alan I got a…

  • In Defense of Food

    I just finished Michael Pollan’s latest book: In Defense of food. That’s right! I get to read non-school related things now! I share many of the same beliefs about food as Michael does so although he’s sorta preaching to the choir with me, reading his book was a good wake-up call to start taking the…

  • Happiness is

    Vacation Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence Happiness is… a cappuccino and cookies given to you by your friends. Two loads of laundry, viagra sale fresh sheets and clean clothes Freshly pumped up bike tires and a ride around the panhandle dry rub and slow cooked ribs on the bbq with fingerling potatoes and brussel sprouts…

  • List of things to accomplish in three days and moving forward

    Lunch with Bradley and Zo â?? Scooter Bicycle â?? Sell more cds and books Get Fix-it ticket signed Find a rehearsal dinner place in HMB Wash car Sell old computer Merge IRA accounts Get Health Insurance â?? Close Macy’s Visa â?? Angela Island Conservatory of Flowers Return book DeYoung Clean studio Make 8×11 watercolors for…

  • Pressure cooker

    I graduated today. It was a cathartic and emotional experience. For the last year, I’ve been in a pressure cooker with 50 of some of the the finest human beings I have ever come to know. I love them. Ehren, Kara, Justin, Marcos, Angela, eddie, Emily, Michael, Sam, Matt, Jesse, Eiko, Ben, Hwei-Li, Justin O,…