A Quote About Lists

"You do not seem to come in the old lists that I learned when I was young. But that was a long, long time ago, and they may have made new lists."
-Treebeard
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

Words I Have Saved in My New Phone's User Dictionary

• grown-ass
• HAAAAAAAAA
• Hm
• non-fat
• ok
• Sheesh
• u
• Woohoo

List I Saw in Two Different Places at Flicker Street Studio

Coast to coast
Extra low
Stir something up

Things on the Bookshelf Next to My Front Door

1. books
2. four pairs of glasses and three cases
3. four bottles of sunscreen
4. a bag of geodes
5. bike repair equipment
6. a stopwatch
7. two packs of gum
8. Toasti Toes, self-activating foot warmer (one pair)
9. a bowl of Werther's
10. Rain-X
11. the dust jacket from the de Kooning biography I borrowed from Greely Myatt four years ago
12. artwork to be framed
13. artwork not in need of framing
14. a chess board
15. photo albums
16. yearbooks
17. diplomas
18. a 2009 road atlas 
19. a Kindle Fire
20. one pipe in an ashtray with a Zippo
21. three candles
22. zip ties
23. a bowl full of keys and pens
24. a lamp
25. T's work badge
26. my keys

My Year in Art, by the Numbers

After a relatively quiet 2010, art-making-wise, and actually a slow start to 2011 (thanks, gallbladder!) I got on a roll and I did not stop. In 2011 I painted/drew/sketched/created/wrote/taught/organized/took/exhibited the following:

• oil on canvas paintings, exhibited: 8
• oil on canvas paintings, edited out of my show Go Change: 4
• new and reworked acrylic/oil on panel: 4
• tiny outfit paintings: 19
• stories I wrote: 6
• stories I illustrated to create a 12-foot-long drawing with narrative: 1
• tiny paintings I made to go with paintings for Go Change: 6
• commissioned paintings (tiny): 2
• tiny paintings, other: 6
• shows I was in: 6
• classes and workshops I taught: 3
• sketch groups I organized: 12
• sketch groups I led: 10
• classes I took: 1
• projects I did that don't fit into these other categories: 3
• sketches I made: a bazillion

CBS Sunday Morning Never Disappoints

The description for tomorrow's show:

• The power of charisma
• Judge Judy Scheinlin
• artist Maurizio Cattelan
• college football uniforms

Number of Supplies It Took Me to Write That Thing for Work

• one mechanical pencil
• five pens of different colors
• two highlighters: one yellow and one orange
• five legal pads, using only the top page of each one so I could spread them out and see them all at once

Books I Read in 2011

1. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (loved)
2. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King (liked)
3. At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson (bookclub; really liked)
4. This is Where I Leave You, by Jonathan Tropper (I don't remember anything about this book)
5. At Mrs. Lippincote's, by Elizabeth Taylor (LOVED, favorite Elizabeth Taylor book so far)
6. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, by Douglas A. Blackmon (bookclub; good, heartbreaking)
7. The Ladies Auxiliary, by Tova Mirvis (bookclub; I wanted to like this more than I actually did)
8. The Simplest Pattern, by Richard Alley (LOVED)
9. Oreo, by Fran Ross (bookclub; liked)
10. Tishomingo Blues, by Elmore Leonard (really liked)
11. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte (bookclub; loved it the most)
12. The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain (liked)
13. The Great Night, by Chris Adrian (bookclub; didn't do it for me)
14. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (liked, but ugh)
15. Camille Pissarro: Letters to His Son Lucien, by Camille Pissarro (loved)
16. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2), by Suzanne Collins (liked, but ugh)
17. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3), by Suzanne Collins (hooked, liked, but geez)
18. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest, by Stieg Larsson (loved loved)
19. Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman, by Nuala O'Faolain (really liked it, as it broke my heart)
20. French Milk, by Lucy Knisley (liked okay)
21. Carnet de Voyage, by Craig Thompson (liked)
22. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot (bookclub; liked but heartbreaking)
23. Player Piano, by Kurt Vonnegut (liked much more than I remembered!)
24. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte (GEEZ, but liked it)
25. American on Purpose, by Craig Ferguson (good stuff!)

Things I've Already Done in 2012

1. Made what my husband called "the best french toast of his life"
2. Bribed my husband with more french toast to get the trash taken out early
3. Napped
4. Finished a book
5. Got 100 likes on my artwork facebook page. Well, I got one like and added it to the other 99.

Happy New Year!!!