Dishes are done, man!

And so is my painting!! What do you think?? I love love love it. I can see where I could've spent more time on things and done things differently, but at the same time, I'm glad to be done.  Phew!

If I can post two pictures, I willl... The other is a flower I painted for me mum...

crash and burn girl

robyn is becoming one of my new favorite artists.  she even gets called out at the beginning of a ramble!  check her out.  she dances cool, too.  i might try to learn her moves.  they're stylin.

anyway, i really liked this video about oscar nominations that should've happened.

i agree with a lot of them... especially drive, shame, girl with dragon tattoo, hanna, 50/50... oh and young adult (ha!)

so enjoy!

Ampelmann update from phone

Let's see if I can easily post pics from my phone...

oops!

so yesterday was a weird day... i really really wanted to see the artist before the oscars tonight, so at 4:15pm i bolted out of my apartment to utrecht to take advantage of 25% for the day.  i got some new paints and disposable palettes and a few other things... i then took the t to the movies and, of course, it was sold out.  grr!  so i walked home and then watched nikita with my roommate.  i spent the evening painting and it was great.  i'm doing a lot of "prep" right now - painting backgrounds, putting tape on and then taping that section, etc.  its taking me a long time to finish... but thats ok.  i painted until 1:45, BUT i thought it was 1145.  when i got into bed i watched smash while falling asleep.  my plan was to go to yoga at 1030 today because i am picking up my little at 1 to go see hugo and then dropping her off and heading to watch the oscars.  of course, i woke up at 1045!  oops!!  totally was NOT expecting that.  so i missed yoga, which is kind of a bummer.

i'm pretty sure i have some work work to do this weekend, as well.  ugh.  there's never enough time for everything!

ok, i have to finish breakfast (eggs, brussels sprouts, and sweet potato tots!) and pick up my little...

who are you cheering for in the oscars?

grasping to control

sigh.  another day.  wait.  rephrase.

another day!

so i was at work until after 10pm last night.  it was a long, long day and i was super tired.  at 7pm i saw my coworker was still there so we popped open a bottle of bubbly and chatted for a bit (i keep some spare in my desk, of course).  i took a cab home after a few more hours of work.  i came home and chatted with my friend in ma-nil-a (not mi-lan).  that was a good chat.  then i got ready for bed and hit the sack.  i think i put criminal minds on to watch as i fell asleep and i think i woke up in the middle of the night holding my glasses.  AND i didnt set my alarm until 7am, and i woke up before it!  zaz!

so anyway, yesterday at work i booked a trip to cal-i-forn-i-a in 10 days time.  headin out for some work.  bo yah.  the hyatt i stay at was sold out, so i called my special diamond line and they FORCED THEM to give me a room!!  so now i get to stay there.  where i want.  AND i got a suite - bo ya!  bo yah?  boo yaaa?  hmmm... so that worked out.  hopefully didn't kick some poor schlep out of his room.

this weekend i have a whole lot of nothin planned.  trying to see my little.  then i think i'll do some more painting - oh, here is my updated pic.

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nope.  dont have it on here.  will have to post it from my phone separately.  and my fancy new phone app!!

oh, right.  i'm going to watch the oscars at kc's house.  and do some yoga.  sunday is always busy for me these days.  i should probably do my taxes, too.  and an expense report.  although, to be honest, i am fairly caught up on those.  and maybe some more work.  good idea me.

so what have you got planned for the weekend?

[song by green day]

things that are making me happy

when people overcome obstacles...



see background here.

crap.  i'm late for work.

my lovin' (you're never gonna get it)

i am mad.
fachée.
pissed off.
annoyed.
grumpy.

argh!  now i'm mad at blogger!!  i can't change the stupid font for fachee.  UGH.

i dont know why i'm on a rampage today.  i have no idea.  oh wait.  yes, i do.  my clients are making me upset, people are not doing their jobs properly, UGH.

i need to think of things that will make me happy... painting is making me happy.  have i shown you my picture recently?  its this big project i'm working on... hmmm... how do i get it HERE?  i have a copy on my phone and on my computer (at home) and my ipad.  hmm... email it to myself from my phone, you say?  brilliant!

omgosh i'm an idiot.  i just sspent a bit of time looking for my phone - it was in my cell phone cleaner that i got for xmas.  silly me!

ok, so here is a picture of my painting thus far.  oh, actually i just realized it isnt the most recent.  i have since painted the green dude.  the ampelmann.  i'll have to take another picture later.

and this is making me happy - i got some calendar prints framed (paid beaucoup d'argent for it!) and my roommate suggested we hang them in the hallway!  how cool do they look??

i feel slightly better.  what do you do when you're in a bad mood?

or

how can you cheer me up today??  :)

[en vogue.  duh.]

I will buy that big house

So I just discovered blogger app for my droid. This is AWESOME and will totally revolutionize my rambling and your blogging experience. I can't type a lot right now bcs the bus is coming so I will add this trinket for today:

While getting ready this morning I actually paid attention to the u2 song and its really frickin depressing "I can't live with or without you." How crappy is that??? So basically you just can't live. Nice song, u2

i work out!

just following orders... (if you like this, share it)

nodak in the news

once again, i've been saving articles and various things about my homestate. as such, here they are:

• audio (and transcript of audio, actually) on npr about the oil boom in western north dakota - fracking, the lack of housing, etc.
• audio (and transcript, again) on npr about honey bees and nodak
• america's 25 coldest cities - as a side note, i was in ohio last week and it was in the 20s.  i FROZE.  i was sooo cold.  it was soo embarrassing.  i felt like i was an imposter.  a non-north dakotan.  maybe i shouldnt be living in boston anymore.  its taken my edge away.
• the first article about a guy cycling through nodak
• article number two he's in medora or so
• another article by the same cyclist in more eastern nodak.
• i dont know what to say about this ad... i wouldnt' have looked twice but a lot of people think its dorky.  thats sad.  a friend in boston tweeted me and it at the same time.  someone from ENGLAND sent it to me.  how did they see it??
• another sad/weird thing: a lot of people were talking to me months ago about nodak not being a state.  how weird is that?? i'm from no country!!!
• et... finalement... le piece de resistance!  nodak is the best place to live!!