I’ve been worried about how untalkative I’ve been on this blog thing lately. One of my fellow students was boasting about how she has been writing in her blog every day since last summer. I wanted to pipe up “I’ve been writing in my blog every day since 2001.” But it’s not true these days.…

A little more progress Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence The light in here right now is pretty weak so this photo might look awful on my camera phone, but here’s one of the paintings I’m working on now.

Aaron Peterson Terry Hoff  Amy Sillman  Laura Owens  Terry Winters  Monika Steiner  Frances McCormack 

I realize that I posted about coughing up blood then didn’t post for several days. Sorry about that! I’m ok, just worn out and sleeping too much. I’m just trying to keep up with classes while trying to get as much sleep as possible. So the weblog has taken low priority. Sorry!

Slow progress Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence Working on these beasts some more. I have no idea where I’m going so I don’t know when I’ll get there.

So… I was coughing up some blood. Which was kinda scary. It happened Monday and I waited to see if it would go away. It did, so I wasn’t worried. My cough from this terrible flu virus has been very violent and the idea that I could be coughing so hard to cause bleeding seemed…

Happiness Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence Sometimes you start painting and all the pieces come together. This is when I feel completely self endulgent. It’s a good day in the studio today.

This is the greatest website design. I wish my site looked like this. It’s a website for a curated exhibition that took place in 2005. And to see the cutest rendition of Moby Dick, check out this video by Guy Ben-Ner. Thanks Hildreth.

Man was I sick. That was rough. I was seeing visions of the virgin mary kind of sick. I seem to be over the worst of it now and I’ve got to get caught up in school work. What a crappy time to get sick. Not a good start to my last semester.

Inigo: I am waiting for you, Vizzini. You told me to go back to the beginning. So I have. This is where I am, and this is where I’ll stay. I will not be moved. Brute: But the Prince gave orders — Inigo: — So did Vizzini — when a job went wrong, you went…

Back to the beginning Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence Had my senior project talk. Buy the ticket, take the r8ide. That’s my school motto. Swarms are winning over bee suits. Who knows what that means right now but I’m starting here. And all these things I’ve been clutching to my chest, bees, patterns in nature,…

Jessica mcl8intock outlet Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence So I went to the outlet store by cca today. They have assloads of wedding dresses for under $100. They are generic wedding dresses. Some are ok, some are a waste of fabric. So I feel like, yeah, if I can’t find the vintage dress of my…

Today started off nice and slow. Mondays I have a noon to 6 class woodcut/linocut class. IWe got done at 3 today and I zipped down to Hida Tool and Hardware on San Pablo and Gilman in Berkeley for my very own set of Michi Issaku woodcutting tools and a sharpening stone. Cool store! After…

I am in love with these things. I saw them at the Vera Bradley store in the downtown sf westfield center while Christmas shopping and it took a great deal of restraint to keep myself from buying one. I gave in today and bought the mini notebook in apple green and coral. it comes with…

me: [ pulls report card out of pocket ] “Look at me! 4.06 GPA!” tom: “I can’t believe you are carrying your report card around.” me: “Yeah! I’m gonna show mom and dad at dinner!” tom: “Um, Randy and Cheryl aren’t your mom and dad.” me: “Sure they are! They are tonight anyway” So yes,…