want to sleep cant sleep!

same spot again. i had lunch and iced coffee, then hot coffee, and did some of a crossword puzzle that i stole from work this morning. i'm feeling inspired to do some carving tonight, but i have no where to sit and do it. pity :( i think i'm going to buy a pair of canvas shoes and scribble on them. this week i will be purchasing this bike. Almost the bike of my dreams, and it will do more than perfect!

no more red.

I'm a brunette now! Kinda. I don't think my red can ever be covered...


BEFORE... i miss it already.


AFTER.



ps. happy may.

jabber

I have quickly fallen into the habit of only keeping up with this when I am having lunch by myself, which is usually once a week. I used to be in this cafe nearly everyday for breakfast or lunch or coffee. I cringe when I think of how much money I have wasted on dining out one way or another. For the past two years, my main meal of the day has been eaten at one of the few restaurants I have worked at. It's a shame, because I really enjoy cooking, and it is far less expensive in the long run, but when it comes to cooking for one only a day or two out of the week my grocery list just becomes a waste of food and money sitting in the refrigerator. So here I sit again, with my computer and a cup of weak coffee, nerding out in the corner of a cafe. I've come to love eavesdropping on conversations amongst the other customers and the employees, but in a small town like this, it gets old; I find myself sitting down with the same strangers nearly every time I come in.

Today the weather is dancing between sunshine and hailing in five minute intervals. Yesterday it rained all day and watching movies, drinking wine, and napping was the perfect thing to do, but not two days in a row, no sir. Today I am going to be counterfeit productive and do things like... this, laundry, sketchbook work, and hair curling. I suppose I don't really feel productive unless I receive a paycheck for the things I've spent my day doing. That sounds like trouble, I don't like that.

Oh, prattle, prattle... some terrible photos of prints I'm working on.

monotypes :)


I think I'll do an overprint on this one.


This one especially look much better in real life, but I'm still not crazy about it.


drypoint.


Since these prints I have started doing something other than the same woman over and over...

sketch sketch sketch

I often find myself in envy of professors that are grading papers across from me in the coffee shop. They always seem so content and secure. And I figure they get a steady paycheck.

I have never been so poor in me life! It's funny - there have been quite a few times lately when I feel like my life is closely mimicking things I have been reading in Patti Smith's memoir, "JUST KIDS." Minus my boyfriend being bi curious and giving me gonorrhea and all - phew.

A dodgy sketch of an idea for a dry point plate. I'm supposed to do something inspired by Loutrec. My final will be something else, but I'm etching it out anyway.



I always sit at this corner table, because it's tucked away in the back and there's a drawer in it that has more and more little napkin notes every time I'm here.

Figure with Rosary - Linocut

Figure with Rosary - 8 x 10 Linocut.









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http://www.etsy.com/listing/45049115/figure-with-rosary---9-x-12-linocut

developing pictures, doing laundry, buying coffee, an apple, and making a blog! woo!