So the times, they are a changin'! I've got friends that are movin' on and away and I'm happy for them but sad to see them go. What can I say? I guess I'm a little bit of a baby when it comes to things like that.

What else? I'm trying to cultivate other relationships I have so I'm not alone on Valentine's (Sal-entine's depending on who you talk to) day this year. Basically what that entails is probably two dates prior to a date on Feb.14th. So I suppose I'd better put myself out there, but of course money is tight and I don't start my job until Sunday. I hope it pays weekly. God I need money. There are just too many beautiful girls out there right now. I'm pretty overwhelmed that some of them actually are eager to talk to me. Go figure.

Bands of the moment include:

The Strokes
Say Anything
Metric
Elvis Costello
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

I started writing some music today and I was really happy with it. I layed it down on a little microcassette as not to forget it. I have a friend coming over tommorow to play guitar with and hopefully it can be fleshed out a bit.

I've been tinkering with making stencils lately as I've got this new fascination with street art and pop art. I just dig clean lines and assemblyline efficiency. I was talking to a friend who's an art student and she was taken aback that I can do between 3 and 5 paintings a week. I don't think it's terribly difficult to do. I don't have any true fondness for them either so wasting time on getting every detail right just doesn't seem rewarding.

O! Last night I totally remembered something: I can figure out most combination locks just by holding them in my hand and tinkering (average time is about 3 minutes). I'm not kidding. I don't know how I forgot that bit of knowledge. I think the last time I really applied it was in the fourth grade. Totally weird. I found a couple of old Masterlock combination locks in the basement and just thought it'd be fun if I could still do it and sure enough i could. Pretty neat, but also pretty useless. haha.

I think that's all I really have for right now, but I would like to extend birthday wishes to (e:jessika)! happy birthday!

So I'd like to say that I got the job at the Lexington Co-op and I'm very happy about that! I begin work on Sunday and that's alright by me!

Lemme tell you about this dream I had last night. I was changing contact lenses in my dream and when I switched them, I switched bodies too I think. I became this really good looking red headed chick, though she was flat chested. It was very weird. My/her face was very pretty, I got to see it in the mirror changing contacts. So in the dream I was a little freaked out by the situation, but I don't remember it being super awful. I remember saying to myself that my body was temporary and that I wasn't allowed to touch my/her boobs (or lack of) because that wouldn't be right. So I woke up from that a little messed up. I think it must have something to do w/ the headache medicine i've been taking.

TANGENT

I've been having these really awful headaches and I don't like it one bit. I'm assuming they're sinus headaches because when I take sinus medication it makes life bearable once more. I can feel it in the back of my neck and above my jaws and in the bridge of my nose. If anyone has any suggestions about a possible sinus infection, I'm all ears.

Back to dreamland





So anyhow, I can't really describe the girl's/my face other than it was very pretty and there was red hair. I think she sort of looked like the red head from the film "Urban Legends", Alicia Wit, though maybe I'm stretching. Which leads me to another bit of thought: is it possible to dream a face you've never seen or does anything go in dreamland? Perhaps the face was an amalgamation of other faces or maybe it was somebody I subconciously recognized. I dunno. Well that's about all that's new w/ me for right now.

Wishing everyone the best!

I say the right things but act the wrong way
I like it right here but I cannot stay
I watch the TV; forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young, and they are too old
Oh, man, can't you see I'm nervous, so please
Pretend to be nice, so I can be mean
I miss the last bus, we take the next train
I try but you see, it's hard to explain

So today I had drawing class at 8:10 this morning! That is uber-difficult for someone like me who has NEVER been a morning person, but the class went well nonetheless. My teacher is painting the retirement portrait for Masiello and is mostly a painter by trade and I think that's cool. He mentioned that he has had exhibitions in the past and has more coming up in the future and I think that's cool. Maybe I can gain some tutelage from this fellow and he can give me some direction as to what it is I need to do to have a proper exhibition. He seems alright, he's a younger guy and name dropped "The Pink" so I can't imagine he's some hard ass.

Me and my dad made a 3'x3' canvas today and I can't WAIT to get started working on that one. I promise no more Clemente'-esque portraits, but rather something a bit more surreal, so look out for that in the coming week.

I'm seriously broke at present time and it seems that everyone wants to hang out with me this week (blah). I need to buy more art supplies for my class and pay my phone bill and a few other things I'm sure. I really want AND need that job at the Co-op and I'm praying that I get it. It's so close to school and everywhere else I frequent so that would be ideal.

So this weekend was sort of sedate for me, but there's much to be said about sedation. On friday i was at off the wall and I had a few drinks with friends and that was fun. On saturday i was at spot w/ another friend and that was cool. There was no place to sit so instead in went for a walk and saw all the great buildings around Elmwood and Delaware and that was fun. Good conversation was had. Later on we had dinner. This morning I went for another job interview and that went superlatively in my opinion, so hopefully I'll hear something back soon. And right now I'm just jotting down art ideas and dl'ing some music. So i mean it when I say it was sedate. Hope everyone else's weekend was good.

Ciao!

This is the newest painting I've done. It's called "Fabbish Face" and I think I'm going to send it to the Impact Gallery for a show they're doing. It's acrylic and water color with pastel on 2'x4' canvas.

More photographs of Montreal!

































A sexy and pretty city by all accounts!

Okay, so looks like I finally got some of the pix from my trip to montreal! I hope you enjoy them! It was such a rad trip, believe me!

Me and a friend brushing up on our french.




At a trendy little cafe'.



Smoking a cigarette and taking it all in.



Looking a bit like George Harrison, in my own opinion.



Wearing a parka, because that's what gorgeous men do.

These are the newest paintings I've done. The first is obviously called "Attention" whereas the second is called "Pencil Neck". The latter is the largest painting I've done thus far, and it's 2'x4'. I hope you enjoy them!

Hello! I was in Montreal from Thursday to Sunday and I must say, it is a very beautiful city and makes you feel differently. It reminded me a lot of NYC, but it was much more my pace, as I'm just a little country mouse. What can I say? the language is beautiful, the women are beautiful, the architecture is beautiful, and it's totally worth the hellish car ride, though I am thinking about a plane ride for next trip. What else? Haha. Took to smoking cigarettes while i was there, drinking a lot of beer, and strong coffee. I figure I was on holiday, so vices can rule. Made it into a strip club and was reading a French Phrase book the whole time (uber cool, i Know). Hit on some Quebec girls (no use. No bullshit tolerance from them). Really made a go of it I think. I look forward to more travelling, even further away. I'm sure I'll look back on this excursion fondly for some time to come.

So I was a little bored today and I decided to start my own comic strip. It's pretty offensive sometimes but it's very adolescent humor I think we've all enjoyed at one time or another. Let me know what you think. They're called "Father and Son".