Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Gray …
Today, please join me in wishing my best friend, my husband, my support, my refuge, my hunka-burnin-love, my giggle monster, my heart a very happy birthday. Go say hi to my Gray!
I 
you, baby!
True Confession
My most recent art projects have been taking images from my dreams/nightmares and putting them on paper. The last one is of my step-father, mother, grandparents and ex-husband with huge ghostly faces, smiling and laughing at me. They were surrounding me and all had demonic tails. I was about 1/100th their size and wrapped in a cocoon-like manner. Their faces were all twisted and maniacal. Bizarre, but I got a really good response from my classmates. I’ll have to scan it in when I’m done.
Emailed Joke
Books Not In Your Library
Dad’s New Wife Timothy
Pop! Goes The Hamster….And Other Great Microwave Games
How to Become The Dominant Military Power In Your Elementary School
Safe Sex And The Zip-Lock Bag
Testing Homemade Parachutes With Nothing At All But Your Household Pets
Egghead – And Other Things Mrs. Dumpty Gave Humpty
The Complete Set Of “Mother Got Goosed” Nursery Rhymes
Those Great Childhood Fragrances…Apple Pie, Cotton Candy And Bicycle Seats
Bob the Germ’s Wondrous Journey Into and Back Out of Your Digestive System
The Little Engine that Could Becomes Intoxicated and Kills Civilians
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’s Games of Revenge
Dick, Jane, and Spot Wander Into The ‘Hood’
Clifford The Big Red Dog Accidentally Eats His Master And Is Put To Sleep
The Hardy Boys, The Barbie Twins, And The Vice Squad
The Tickling Babysitter
Charles Manson Bedtime Stories
Daddy Loses His Job and Finds the Bottle
Babar Meets the Taxidermist
Controlling The Playground: Respect Through Fear
Curious George And The High-Voltage Fence
The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables
Start a Real-Estate Empire With The Change From Your Mom’s Purse
The Pop-up Book of Human Anatomy
Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will
The Care Bears Maul Some Campers And Are Shot Dead
Behind The Scenes
What Is That Profile Pic, Swirly?
Marilyn Monroe, while still Norma Jeane, drawing a heart in the sand.
I like it because, before I found this image, I had my ex take a picture of my writing “I love my Dad” in the sand at the beach. I framed for him (dad) for Father’s Day a few years ago.
I also like the fact that the finger could be writing or drawing almost anything. All of the potential that lies there in the wet sand … ah crap, I’m getting all weird. Geez.
Finish Me Off
Write a small-bloggish-comment using the following words: because at that moment I knew that I would never cut my hair. Be as creative or as blah as you want to be. Bonus points for humor.
The New Semester Begins
Back in school and in the computer lab as of this past Monady. Here is the schedule for this semester:
ART 109 – Figure Drawing – MWF 1130-0120
ART 232 – Intermediate Drawing – MWF 0800-0950
ART 300 – Comp Graphics I – TR 1230-1515
ART 428 – US Art History – TR 0930-1045
MAT 105 – College Math – M 1830-2110
M=Monday T=Tuesday W=Wednesday R=Thursday F=Friday
All times are military in nature.
I’m also doing work study again, babysitting the Art dept’s Mac lab Tuesday and Thursday. It’s not glamorous but it’s a helluva lot better than other jobs I could have and HAVE had.
I have also been begged to tutor a lady in Intro to Computer Graphics, so that will be added my list of “have to do”s. That will be a Monday, Wednesday, Friday between classes kind of thing.
I have another part-time job as an art therapist. I work there Friday through Monday. Is half an hour away from my apartment but not too bad of a commute.
Fifteen hours and a few jobs is going to be a tough row to hoe, but I think I can do it. I just have to stay focused. I have to do things to let myself unwind and remember to work on my art projects – especially having three studio classes.
Swirly’s Six
Acts I’ve Seen Live
1 Metallica, Days of the New, Jerry Cantrell
2 John Anderson, Linda Davis, Leroy Parnell
3 Gwar
4 The Misfits
5 Creed, Sevendust
6 The Embers
(sad list, eh?)
Behind The Scenes
What Is That Profile Pic?
A tree, as depicted by Sarah McLachlan. What ever happened to her? She was all over the place for a while and then *poof*. I guess I should watch VH1 more often. Perhaps she will show up on “Where Are They Now” or something.
Swirly’s Six
Thoughts Two Days Into The Fall Semester
1 Does this mean it is going to cool down outside soon?
2 Who is the fool that signed me up for MWF classes at 8AM? Oh … that’s right.
3 I’ll be glad when the first week is over and the freshmen learn how to NOT bathe in cologne.
4 How long will I be able to bribe that lady doing the Honor Roll submissions before she grows tired of twenty-dollar-bills and cinnamon rolls?
5 I’m glad to see all of the other freaks in the art department again. 
6 When is Christmas break starting again?
Ways To Kill Time Online
http://www.hairytongue.com/
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