Listwork

A Quote About Lists

2012-01-29T15:09:00.001-06:00

"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

2012-01-27T11:17:00.001-06:00

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

List I Saw in Two Different Places at Flicker Street Studio

2012-01-26T20:27:00.001-06:00

Coast to coast
Extra low
Stir something up

Things on the Bookshelf Next to My Front Door

2012-01-22T14:23:00.003-06:00

books
four pairs of glasses and three cases
four bottles of sunscreen
a bag of geodes
bike repair equipment
a stopwatch
two packs of gum
Toasti Toes, self-activating foot warmer (one pair)
a bowl of Werther's
Rain-X
the dust jacket from the de Kooning biography I borrowed from Greely Myatt four years ago
artwork to be framed
artwork not in need of framing
a chess board
photo albums
yearbooks
diplomas
a 2009 road atlas
a Kindle Fire
one pipe in an ashtray with a Zippo
three candles
zip ties
a bowl full of keys and pens
a lamp
T's work badge
my keys

My Year in Art, by the Numbers

2012-01-09T21:14:00.000-06:00

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

2012-01-07T09:48:00.002-06:00

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

2012-01-05T16:11:00.001-06:00

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

2012-01-02T18:05:00.002-06:00

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

Things I've Already Done in 2012

2012-01-01T16:05:00.001-06:00

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

Happy New Year!!!

Extra Treats I Got When Playing "Christmas" Genre on my iTunes

2011-12-06T22:01:00.002-06:00

1. Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits
2. Christmas with the Devil by Spinal Tap
3. Christmas in Prison by John Prine

Tomorrow's CBS Sunday Morning

2011-11-19T18:23:00.002-06:00

The best ready-made list around:

The upside of fat in foods
chef Thomas Keller
actress Michelle Williams
Jell-O creations
toasters

Happy Birthday, Wanda June (and Kurt Vonnegut!)

2011-11-11T07:14:00.004-06:00

I'm a huge Kurt Vonnegut fan. Have been ever since my BFF Robin gave me Bluebeard for Christmas when I was 16. I plan to read everything he's written, but so far have just read about half of his books. Starting today - his birthday! - I'm going to start back at the beginning and read all of his books in chronological order (I'm also a big fan of chronological order.) But not in a row - I will intersperse them with other books.

I put this chronological list (yay!) together from the bibliography on the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library website:

Player Piano (1952); pub. as Utopia 14 (1954); repub. as Player Piano (1966) Novels
The Sirens of Titan (1959) Novels
Mother Night (1961) Novels
Canary in a Cathouse (1961) Collections (Short Fiction, Essays, Etc.)
Cat’s Cradle (1963) Novel
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine (1965) Novels
Welcome to the Monkey House: A Collection of Short Works (1968) Collections (Short Fiction, Essays, Etc.)
Fortitude (1968) Plays
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death (1969) Novels
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970) Plays
Between Time and Timbuktu, or Prometheus-5: A Space Fantasy (1972) Plays
Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday (1973) Novels
Wampeters, Foma, and Granfalloons (1974) Collections (Short Fiction, Essays, Etc.)
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More (1976) Novels
Jailbird (1979) Novels
Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage (1981) Collections (Short Fiction, Essays, Etc.)
Deadeye Dick (1982) Novels
Nothing Is Lost Save Honor: Two Essays (1984) Collections (Short Fiction, Essays, Etc.)
Galápagos: A Novel (1985) Novels
Bluebeard (1987) Novels
Hocus Pocus (1990) Novels
Fates Worse than Death : an Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s (1991) Collections (Short Fiction, Essays, Etc.)
Make Up Your Mind (1993) Plays
Miss Temptation (1993) Plays
L’Histoire du Soldat, adaptation (1993) Plays
Timequake (1997) Novels
Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction (1999) Collections (Short Fiction, Essays, Etc.)
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999) Collections (Short Fiction, Essays, Etc.)
A Man Without a Country: A Memoir Of Life In George W. Bush’s America (2005) Collections (Short Fiction, Essays, Etc.)
Armageddon in Retrospect (2008) Collections (Short Fiction, Essays, Etc.)

Things I Have Spent Studio Night Putting Together for My Sketchbook Class

2011-11-01T20:14:00.002-06:00

pencils
more pencils
pens
blank sketchbooks!
a plastic bin of filled-in sketchbooks
a big piece of foam core with examples of really good sketches pinned all over it
drafting dots
a pile of magazine clippings
a bag full of books
a bag full of apples
a bag full of hats
no erasers

The Sketchbook at Flicker Street Studio
November 3, 10, 17

Just a Few Creepy Songs to Suggest for Your Halloween Afternoon

2011-10-31T13:26:00.001-06:00

Pirate Jenny by Nina Simone (I get chill bumps every time I listen to this song!)
Lyle Lovett's version of Mac the Knife
Werewolf of London by Warren Zevon
Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon
Chicago at Night by Spoon (just has a spooky vibe)
Synchronicity II by the Police (a lot of this album is creepy, and then there's Tea in the Sahara ** shakes head **)
Machine by Regina Spektor
Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) by David Bowie
Tom Waits

Tomorrow's CBS Sunday Morning

2011-10-29T19:24:00.001-06:00

invasive species
actor Dylan McDermott
hauntings
candy corn
jousters
pet costumes

Set your DVRs!

S*** Michael Kors Says

2011-10-27T20:47:00.004-06:00

A collection of crazy phrases Michael Kors has used to describe the designers' looks while judging this season's Project Runway*

Flintstone disco pouch
ugly napkin clothes
sea vixen Barbie
Joan Crawford St. Patty's Day party (personal favorite)
Victorian cocktail waitress in Las Vegas
a hooker convention coming home
superhero ice skater
suede lobster bib
Brady Bunch dashiki

*Disclaimer: I purposefully did not watch the stilt-walker team challenge because, well, it was a stilt-walker team challenge. And I may have missed a couple at the end of the season, but really he got kind of lazy in his descriptions and just randomly threw out the word "disco."

Joneses in Our CD Collection

2011-10-24T09:50:00.001-06:00

George
Norah
Sharon
Thad
Tom

The Four Albums in the "I" Section of Our CDs

2011-10-23T21:38:00.003-06:00

Indigo Girls, Nomads Indians Saints
Intersections: Music from the Motion Picture
Iron Maiden, Powerslave
Iron Maiden, The Number of the Beast

Famous People I Saw in New York City Last Week

2011-10-19T22:02:00.000-06:00

1. Mr. Noodle - but I recognized him because he played The Flying Man on Northern Exposure

2. Kathy Najimy - She looks great! Better than any picture I could find of her. Or, it was just a really nice-looking woman who favored Kathy Najimy.

3. Raunchy wedding singer from The Hangover - saw him within a few seconds of seeing Kathy Najimy or her look-a-like

4. Stuart Markowitz

New York City Restroom Rankings

2011-10-18T21:12:00.002-06:00

Pershing Square: Hands down cutest restroom in the city. Not only cute, but clean, roomy and well-stocked.
MOMA: Dyson hand dryer
American Museum of Natural History: Old-school tile. Actually, it looked like a bathroom in an old school.
Empire State Building: Kind of small but clean
Birdland: Clean but this is where the bathrooms start to seem like afterthoughts. Like maybe there used to be one big stall, then they split it into two.
Lou's: This was a cafe somewhere near MOMA. Nice and roomy, but a little cobbled-together looking.
The Applejack Diner: While this is pretty much my favorite place to eat in NY, the bathrooms are tiny and you have to go through a panic-inducingly small vestibule to get to them.
Famous Original Ray's Pizza: Plenty big, but painted dark brown with a dark red door.
World Financial Center: You'd think the restroom in a shiny financial building would be closer to the top of the list, but there were 4 things wrong with it, which means I'll probably make a list about it later.
South Ferry: Oh. My. Got. This restroom, and the whole restroom experience, were pretty traumatizing. I felt like Penelope Ann Miller in Adventures in Babysitting.

American Museum of Natural History

Recent Random Photos

2011-10-14T08:25:00.000-06:00

1. crepe myrtles and sky

2. Cooper Young flowers

3. kids selling lemonade

4. lantern in tree

5. cool old guy

6. neat clouds

What I Saw in Vancouver on My Birthday (in August)

2011-10-11T14:33:00.000-06:00

1. substation

2. crazy tree

3. Memphis local hero?

4. birthday sushi

5. Vancouver Gallery of Art

6. Hobbit House

7. clouds through buildings

8. wires in the sky

9. neat sign

10. Japadogs

My New Playlist: Chick Singers

2011-10-09T14:07:00.002-06:00

Nina Simone
Regina Spektor
Dolly Parton
Lily Allen
Lucinda Williams
She & Him (Zooey Deschanel)
Shonen Knife
Dusty Springfield
Fiona Apple
Carole King
God Help the Girl (Catherine Ireton, Brittany Stallings, Anna Miles, Asya, Dina Bankole, Celia Garcia)
Ida Maria
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
Amy Winehouse
Etta James
Loretta Lynn
Billie Holiday
Aretha Franklin
Edith Piaf
Dan Bern (inspired the playlist with his song "Chick Singers")

To Do

2011-10-07T10:05:00.000-06:00

To do list:
1. start smoking
2. grow hair long & dye back to original dark color
3. stop putting arms through sleeves in trench coat

From one of my favorite blogs, Garance Dorè

Food I Just Made Out of Food about to Go Bad in my Fridge

2011-09-28T20:36:00.003-06:00

chinese meatballs
- ground turkey on the verge
- 1/2 an onion
- old rice
fried rice
- old rice
- also used edamame and peas & carrots from the freezer, and someone else who lives in this house says I never use the stuff from the freezer, so... bonus!
cornbread
- buttermilk creeping towards that expiration date
banana bread
- brown bananas
- more of that buttermilk

Making Lists from Lists

2011-09-20T15:54:00.001-06:00

Looking at lists from my 2009 & 2010 trips to New York City to make my list for 2011.

Things I Took Pictures of Yesterday with my Brand New Camera

2011-09-17T09:01:00.005-06:00

1. meatball sub!

2. geese

3. Simon

4. dark hersheys kisses

5. wine and feet

6. ceiling

7. cat?

8. cat!

Borderless Books from Borders

2011-09-12T08:01:00.000-06:00

Yesterday we went to Borders for their next-to-last-day going-out-of-business sale. Seeing as how everything was 90% off and we both like to read, we bought 34 books for $54.72, saving $540! Now to go spend that $540 we just saved! (Just kidding!)

The novels and memoirs I picked out shared a common theme: they are from all over! Here are some of the places in which these books take place:

Trinidad
Brazil
France
Afghanistan
Iran
Taiwan
Ireland

Muses for Go Change

2011-09-09T13:33:00.001-06:00

Some of the things that inspired me while working on the paintings, stories and drawings in my show Go Change, which opens tonight at Flicker Street Studio (74 Flicker Street, 6-9 PM):

my friends
my family
Dusty Springfield
The album God Help the Girl by the guy from Belle and Sebastian
lots of photographs
nearly every book I've ever read, but specifically: The Help, Lives of Girls and Women, At Mrs. Lippincote's, Jane Eyre, The Elegance of the Hedghog, My Life in France
being a girl

Today's Sketch Group, by the Numbers

2011-09-03T14:27:00.002-06:00

Today's Memphis Urban Sketchers sketch group was at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens. Here are a few things I saw there today:

Chipmunks: 4
Mosquito bites on me after sketching in the garden: 7
Giant spider webs: 2
Giant spider webs I almost walked into: 1
Sketchers: 10
Other artists who happened to be there at the same time: 1

Some of My Day in Pictures

2011-08-31T20:10:00.001-06:00

Some me in my cubicle, outfit decorations, a tiny orange fridge I totally wanted to steal, gas station sushi, next gas station sushi is free!

(This is also a test of posting multiple pictures via email, so if these are out of order it's an accident!)

Art List - My Upcoming Art Stuff

2011-08-30T13:13:00.001-06:00

Where I, or my art, or both will be in the upcoming days and months:

Saturday, September 3rd, 8 AM - 1 PM: (That's this Saturday!) I'll be sketching with Memphis Urban Sketchers at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens. First in the gardens, then in the gallery. Should be awesome!
Friday, September 9th, 6 - 9 PM: My new show, Go Change, at Flicker Street Studio. Have I mentioned I'm having a show? Please stop by the opening and see the new work, I'm really excited about it.
Tuesday, September 13th, 6 - 9 PM: Interactive Critique at Flicker Street Studio. $10 per session, these sessions are for artists to get feedback on their work in progress and engage in discourse with other working artists. No instructor, but I'll be facilitating to help with the flow. Call Flicker Street Studio to book your spot 901-767-2999. (Two additional sessions October 11th, November 8th, facilitated by other FSS teachers)
Thursday, September 15th, 5 - 7 PM: Some of my work will be in the Cooper Young Invitational Exhibit at David Perry Smith Gallery. The show will also be up during the Cooper Young Festival, Saturday, September 17th.
Saturday, October 1st: With Memphis Urban Sketchers, most likely at (and in!) the Sears Crosstown Tower! Fun! More details to come.
Friday, October 7th: Opening event for Fragments at Harrington Brown Gallery, works by artists and poets, paired together for inspiration.
Thursdays, November 3rd, 10th, 17th, 6 - 9 PM: Teaching at Flicker Street Studio - The Sketchbook. Conquer your fear of the blank page!
Saturday, November 5th, 11 AM - 2 PM: With Memphis Urban Sketchers at India Fest! At the Agricenter.
Saturday, December 3rd: Memphis Urban Sketchers, location to be determined
Saturday, December 10th, 10 AM - 2 PM: Teaching a workshop at Flicker Street Studio - Exploring the Landscape, about drawing from direct observation.
Whenever: I have some work at Harrington Brown Gallery that you can see any time.

Things My Husband Just Requested While Working in the Yard

2011-08-28T12:02:00.002-06:00

cotton balls
Vaseline
lighter fluid

Pretty Much My Definition of a Sunday

2011-08-28T10:32:00.000-06:00

Formula 1 racing
CBS Sunday Morning
laundry
studio

Funny List Rattled Off by My Niece

2011-08-18T22:08:00.001-06:00

Five-year old Genevieve told 8-year-old Somerset to wake up Uncle Toby who was pretending to be asleep, to which Somerset replied, "Okay, somebody get me some tacos, a small wiener dog and a glass of tea."

Movies I Own with "Big" in the Title

2011-08-17T18:01:00.001-06:00

The Big Lebowski
The Big Sleep
Big Trouble in Little China

Non-Verbal Communication with Words

2011-08-12T14:01:00.001-06:00

Using instant messaging and texting has made me aware of how much non-verbal communication I use when I speak. I've noticed that I can't always convey what I would be able to if we were speaking in person when written in mere sentences (I'm old enough that I chat and text with sentences).

Here are a few gestures I've translated into words. I'll let you know if I ever figure out how to write out all of the shapes I make with my hands, sweeping hand gestures, or hand movements that don't even mean anything that I use when talking.

* shrug * (note that the * is used to indicate a gesture)
* shakes head *
* shakes head at self * (for when I'm conveying something I've done that is particularly dumb)
* snort * (more of a sound than a gesture, but I'm sure I make a face when I do that)
* thumbs up *
* rolls eyes * (might be my most-used non-verbal phrase)
* rolls eyes at self * (see #3)

Note that I do not use * smile * or * wink * because we already have those covered with emoticons, which I hope you make use of, because when I see someone write out (smile), it makes me not smile.

Some "Don'ts" of Airplane Travel

2011-08-08T10:05:00.001-06:00

Don't take up three seats in the waiting area at the gate. I know you don't want to sit next to anybody any sooner than you have to, but if you have yourself in one seat, your food in another and your newspaper in a third, then there isn't enough room for everyone to sit.
Don't bring a carry-on that you feel like you must kick forward while standing in a line. Either get some wheels or carry it.
Don't not follow instructions. There are instructions posted almost everywhere in airports, all you have to do is look.
Don't stand all up in the line for boarding the plane if you are not actually boarding the plane yet. You're in the way.
Don't eat a whole full-size bag of sour cream and onion flavored chips before take-off.
Don't bring a dog.
Don't spray perfume. Or even wear it.
Don't talk constantly through the entire flight. Particularly if you have a very distinct voice. For some reason those two always seem to go together.
Don't put your seat back. It goes directly into the face of the person behind you. Most of the seats are broken and won't go back up, and you don't want the flight attendant singling you out.
Don't bring kids on overnight flights. For their own sake, really.
Don't make gross noises with your nose or your mouth. Just blow your nose or wait until you reach your destination.
Don't move any part of your body past your own arm rest if you do not have a previous long-standing relationship with your seat-mate.

Birthday Guestlist

2011-08-07T09:52:00.001-06:00

People who have already sent me birthday cards (One day before my birthday) by Stephanie Chockleyblog

1. The HR staff at work
2. My incarcerated cousin
3. My husband's grandmother
4. My Jazzercise instructor

Recent Pictures from my Phone

2011-08-02T12:20:00.000-06:00

1. My tiny paintings at Harrington Brown Gallery

2. Sketching at the Peabody Hotel

3. A baby blanket I made

4. Riverboats

5. Downtown Memphis

Common Sights at Paula & Raiford's Disco (aka Raiford's)

2011-08-01T12:16:00.000-06:00

1. Hand-written signs

2. "Sexy" hand stamps

3. Beers served in 40-ounce containers

Guestlist: Vocabulary Lesson

2011-07-31T11:25:00.003-06:00

by My Husband:

Here are 23 words or phrases that, based on usage over the past few weeks, are completely misunderstood by practically every D.C. politician, pundit and journalist in America, in alphabetical order:

American People, The
Armageddon
bipartisan
breaking news (Is it really? No, it's not)
budget
compromise
credit rating
crisis
deadline (You'd think journalists would know better.)
debt
debt ceiling
default (seriously stunning misuse)
deficit
eleventh hour
full faith and credit (Hint: It's not about foreign debt.)
kabuki theater (Aaaarrrrrggghhhh!)
leadership
limit (or ceiling for that matter)
Market, The
negotiation
plan
revenue
Ronald Reagan

Seriously, can't we force these people to watch "Schoolhouse Rock!" and read "Macroeconomics for Dummies" before letting them have these jobs? A vocabulary test maybe?

Fantastic Visual List

2011-07-25T10:00:00.001-06:00

Check out this list by Hilda Grahnat about places she'd rather be right now. Perfect visual break for a Monday morning.

Contents of Stephanie's Girls' Night Out Purse

2011-07-23T20:05:00.001-06:00

1. ID
2. Credit card
3. Phone
4. 4 lipsticks
5. Ponytail holder
6. Tampon
7. A pen

Mentioned in Today's Sketchwork Sketch

2011-07-21T09:31:00.001-06:00

See the sketch here on Sketchwork.

Purse by Moop
Flower pin by The Bean and Bear
Ad (spelled "Add" in my sketch - whatever) for the Jane Eyre movie that came out in the spring
Article about the Art House Co-op Sketchbook Project that I participated in for this year
Photos of Paris featuring orange accents by Little Brown Pen
Travel mug from the Memphis College of Art, given to me as a thank-you for making a presentation to students about public art
Coffee mug from Casey Jones Village in Jackson, TN, with my name on it, given to me by my husband in the early early 90's

Guestlist of Lists

2011-07-19T13:13:00.001-06:00

By The Memphisotan

Before going on a long car ride, I combine a bunch of iTunes Genius playlists into one and then sort them alphabetically to mix them up. This results in stretches of thematic songs, as follows.

Suggestions Made By My iPod Playlist, in order:

1. Let's Get Married

2. Let's Go Crazy

3. Let's Stay Together

Admonitions Made By My iPod Playlist, in order:

1. Don't Ask Me Why

2. Don't Go Back To Rockville

3. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight

4. Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You

5. Don't Make Me A Target

6. Don't You Evah

Personal Statements Made By My iPod Playlist, in order:

1. I'd Like To

2. I'll Be That Girl

3. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

4. I'm Still In Love With You

5. I'm The Man Who Loves You

6. I've Committed Murder

7. I've Got Dreams To Remember

8. I Can't Get Next To You

9. I Can't Stand Myself

10. I Can't Stand The Rain

11. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

12. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

13. I Don't Know Why

14. I Don't Like Mondays

15. I Got The Feelin'

16. I Hope The I Don't Fall In Love With You

17. I Should Have Known Better

18. I Thought I Saw Your Face Today

19. I Try

20. I Will Dare

21. I Would Die 4 U

Hall and Oates' Unfinished List of the Best Things in Life

2011-07-15T12:54:00.001-06:00

1. your kiss

Actors I Am Surprised to See in a Cast List for Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011-07-14T14:42:00.001-06:00

Patrick Dempsey
Frances McDormand
John Malkovich
Alan Tudyk
Ken Jeong
Buzz Aldrin

Three Ladies Who Inspired My Tiny Outfit Paintings

2011-07-09T07:58:00.002-06:00

These are... outfit blogs? I don't know what else to call them, but I LOVE them. I don't know these ladies, but they inspired me to get over my winter-clothes boredom by paying more attention to the whole outfit, which led me to take pictures of my outfits, which led to me painting my outfits, only tiny.

Kendi Everyday - she is funny, reminds me of my sister, and makes bold color choices
Unusual Form - she is an architect (yay, design profession!) and lives in Arkansas, so she's practically a neighbor!
The Other Emily - I'm not sure who the other other Emily is, but she's probably not having as much fun as this girl, who is traveling the world and having adventures one outfit at a time

Tiny Outfits by Elizabeth Alley, oil on paper, 3" x 5"

All About Me: The Me Edition

2011-07-08T09:41:00.001-06:00

Here are a few blogs I'm mentioned on this week!

Spillmanville mentioned the show that I'm in opening tonight at Harrington Brown Gallery
The Memphis Blog wrote about Memphis Urban Sketchers and our sketch outing tomorrow at the Peabody Hotel
Artbutcher mentioned the Memphis Blog interview
Click (Daily) caught me being silly on the Fourth of July

Wildlife I Saw in Rural-ish Georgia

2011-07-04T16:04:00.001-06:00

deer
bunny
red-headed woodpecker
Carolina wren
wasps
more deer
crows
chipmunk
lizard

Elizabeth Alley

www.elizabethalley.com

www.sketchwork.blogspot.com

CBS Sunday Morning

2011-07-02T19:22:00.001-06:00

Tomorrow's Show for Your Viewing Pleasure:
1. call centers
2. a profile of American gangster Al Capone
3. singer Katy Perry
4. former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
5. the Miles City, MT, bucking horse sale

All 'Memphis Beat' Needs to Become a Good Show

2011-06-28T21:42:00.004-06:00

new writers who are also good writers
for the actors to spend time in Memphis to hear what we really sound like (hint: not like people in Savannah and not like people in New Orleans)
to film here

Easy peasy.

photo from wikipedia.org

A Few Awesome Beards My Husband and I Found on the Internet

2011-06-26T10:52:00.000-06:00

1. William Cullen Bryant

2. Lawrence Weiner

3. This guy from The Sartorialist

Sounds of Rural Georgia

2011-06-25T21:02:00.001-06:00

1. Bugs
2. Frogs
3. Fireworks
4. People yelling "Woooooo!"

More Overheard in My Office

2011-06-25T11:41:00.001-06:00

"Have you ever seen me drunk?"

"I wasn't aware they launched any satellites from Nashville!"

"So now we have to add BS to this list."

"That's just a speedbump, man, in the road of life."

"That just proves that I don't drink box wine!"

"Do you want these pancakes?" "He's vegetarian."

"Oh really? You don't eat beets?"

"No... beadspreads, not comforters!"

"Have you ever had a snake chase you?"

Guestlist: The Incredible Edible Egg

2011-06-24T13:10:00.001-06:00

Dishes I've Eaten Recently That Were Improved by the Presence of a Fried Egg by Stephanie Chockleyblog

A/M Breakfast at Andrew Michael
Duck Fried Rice at South of Beale
Sunshine Burger at Huey's

(editor's note: fried eggs make everything better)

Celebrities I Have Dreamed About This Week

2011-06-24T07:01:00.001-06:00

Chris Hardwick
Alyssa Milano
Diane von Furstenberg
Jeff Goldblum - Contest closed! We have a winner!!!

Useless Keys on My Keyboard

2011-06-22T15:39:00.001-06:00

Insert
End
Num Lock

Camper-Like

2011-06-10T06:38:00.005-06:00

While perusing my favorite blogs yesterday I came across three with a similar theme: Camper-like structures!

1. First was this cute little office pod on Poppytalk. I think every writer I know needs one of these.

2. Next was a video on Unclutterer about a family of 3 who live in a 320 square-foot house! It's like a camper, only it doesn't go anywhere. (I don't know how to post a video so this is a screen shot. Also, I watched the video without sound, so if the lady cusses through the whole thing don't say I didn't warn you.)

3. And last were actual campers, also from Poppytalk. I didn't realize at first that this and the office pod were from Poppytalk. She must be on a camper kick. She's got some great examples of old and new campers on that post - take a look!

Found List: Words New York Magazine Doesn't Say

2011-06-07T13:22:00.001-06:00

Saw this on A Cup of Jo:

When Kurt Andersen took over as editor of New York Magazine, he wrote a list of all the words he found annoying and told his staff not to use them during his tenure.

(Via Swissmiss, via The New York Times)

I'm sure I have my own similar list of annoying words up in my head somewhere. Unfortunately, I cannot order anyone to not use them.

Why I Am Seeing the New X-Men Movie

2011-06-05T18:08:00.001-06:00

1. The previews
2. Michael Fassbender
3. 'splosions

List-Related: Museum-Worthy Lists

2011-06-04T10:05:00.002-06:00

An exhibit about lists opened at the Morgan Library in New York yesterday. Sure wish I could see it!

Testing: Posting from Email

2011-06-01T08:54:00.001-06:00

Why it will be cool if posting from email works:

I can post. From email.
I can post lists as I think of them! Imagine the possibilities!
I can post during the day without really posting from work. (wink!)

Superlatives of The Big Lebowski

2011-05-31T18:00:00.001-06:00

Best California Accent in a Movie: John Goodman
Funniest One-Car Wreck: Involving The Dude and a dumpster
Best depiction of rubbing a pad of paper with a pencil to reveal what the last person wrote on it: You have to watch the movie for that one.

List-Related: Springpad

2011-05-31T09:00:00.001-06:00

Remember when words were separate things?

Anyway, Springpad is a list organizer I'm trying out for keeping lists on my phone and my computer. I call it ListPhoneComputer.

I'm pretty sure it's going to be a keeper. I like the interface, so far it is easy to use, and it will be a better place to keep stuff to be accessible from my phone, home computer and work computer, than as draft emails.

5 Things for Introverts to Do in Memphis This Weekend

2011-05-28T10:51:00.003-06:00

Friday Night: Stay in and catch up on your DVR'd shows while recovering from a week of talking to people.
Saturday Morning: Drink a leisurely cup of coffee as you read the week's magazines.
Saturday Afternoon: Visit 1 friend.
Saturday Night: Watch a movie with your sweetie in your own house, with some take-out.
Sunday: Do some things around the house. Take a walk around the block.
Monday: Memorial Day - Bonus! You've had 2 days of limited outside interaction, and are feeling social again. Have a barbecue with friends!

List-Related: Listgeeks

2011-05-27T18:38:00.000-06:00

Two people sent me information about this. One more and I'd have a list!

Listgeeks is "a socially-oriented platform for creating, sharing and comparing lists of things."

It's cute. Wish I'd thought of it

.

Summer Syllabus by Richard Alley

2011-05-27T13:59:00.001-06:00

My brother made this great list of things to do this summer in his column, Because I Said So, in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

First, take your school pants, the ones with the knees that are frayed and worn thin, and rip the legs off there at those knees. This is your summer uniform.
Next, go outside and stay there until called in. And then complain that the day is over.
Catch fireflies.
Explore the woods.
Build a fort.
Tear it down and build another.
Spend an entire day reading comic books.
Have your fill of snow cones.
Learn the names of the birds in your backyard.
Drink from a hose.
Track down kids in your neighborhood and get to know them.
Read “Tarzan, the Ape Man” beneath your largest tree.
Spread wildflower seeds around your neighborhood.
Build a sand castle.
Laugh at the tide the next day when that castle is gone.
Build a kite.
Fly a kite.
Use chalk to make a sidewalk mural an entire block long.
Go barefoot. Everywhere.
Learn new songs and sing them.
Draw a picture of your house every day and color it a different color each time.
Camp in your backyard.
Write a story.
Write a poem.
Plant a garden.
Wash your neighbor’s car.
Go whole days without putting a shirt on.
Play in the rain.
Shoot 20 baskets in a row.
Eat new foods on a blanket on the lawn.
Drink lots of lemonade.
Make your own popsicles.
Eat a popsicle for breakfast.
Read your parents’ old encyclopedias; they were the first Google.
Conduct a census of the squirrels.
Climb trees.
Oil a baseball mitt.
Dig a hole.
Read the funny papers.
Watch a Marx Brothers film.
Forget where you put your video game.
Roast marshmallows.
Count the stars.
Lie in the grass and listen to the cicadas; you’ll be adults the next time they sound like that.
Make mud pies.
Operate a lemonade stand.
Nap in a hammock.
Run through a sprinkler.
Visit the zoo.
Stay up all night and watch the sunrise.
Tell ghost stories.
Build a birdhouse.
Ride your bike farther than you ever have before.
Swing on a rope.
Find some shade.

5 Reasons I Should Not Have Been Awake at 5:40 AM

2011-05-27T05:23:00.001-06:00

It was 5:40 AM.
I woke up at 5:40 AM yesterday, so I already knew it was ridiculous.
It wasn't 7:00 AM.
Didn't go to sleep until midnight.
Sleeping is my favorite.

What I Saw in Sacramento, Part 2

2011-05-26T21:27:00.000-06:00

1. Tiny drawings by Don Moyer

2. This crazy awesome sculpture by Luis Jimenez

3. Thiebaud!

4. Sacramento River

5. Yellow bridge

What I Saw in Sacramento, Part 1

2011-05-25T18:28:00.000-06:00

1. Myself, wearing a GIANT name tag, courtesy of the conference I went to

2. A giant suspended sculpture by Alice Aycock in the Sacramento Convention Center

3. Orange trees. Those are oranges. Just growing in the trees.

4. My own sketch of the capitol building

5. The state capitol, from my hotel room. Hi, Governor Moonbeam!

Southern Comfort, or A Few Reasons I Love the South

2011-05-24T18:08:00.001-06:00

biscuits
grits
old ladies call you "puddin'"
people say "y'all"
dogwoods
azaleas
crepe myrtles
the Mississippi River
the Tennessee River
talking to strangers just to be friendly
people open doors for you, and you open doors for them
fried chicken
catfish
thunderstorms

Art Words Used at a Technical Writing Conference

2011-05-23T17:43:00.000-06:00

curate: I hear this one all the time everywhere. Not sure how I feel about it.
foundry: as a place where fonts are made?
medium: not like a size, but as a choice of material such as oil paint, watercolor, etc., or in this case: video, audio, tutorial-based, flash, simple text, forum, or screen capture

I'm Singing! I'm on a Blog! And I'm Singing!

2011-05-20T20:45:00.003-06:00

If I could sing,

I would want to sound like Mavis Staples.
I would probably sound like Catherine Ireton from the God Help the Girl album.
that would be awesome, but I actually sound like 2 cats fighting in a garbage can.

Inspiration from the Internet

2011-05-06T22:15:00.002-06:00

Because I really just look at the pictures.

1. This tiny orange clock from How About Orange

2. The way this Urban Sketcher divided a sketchbook page into panels

3. This sentence from Lost in Cheeseland: "I moved to France with a wardrobe that was black, brown, blue and grey, with the accent color of mustard yellow."

4. Ze French Cuff from Garance Dore

5. The bedside table/lamp combo (top image) from sfgirlbybay

Guestlist: iPhone Apps That Christa Needs

2011-04-20T06:47:00.000-06:00

By Christa's niece Camille, age 8

1. Cube runner

2. Cupcake maker

3. Cake maker

4. Cookie maker

5. sundae maker

6. doode jump (should be "doodle" according to Parker)

7. impossable game

8. applets*

9. angry birds*

*Added by Parker, age 12

Potluck Sign-Up Sheet

2011-04-17T13:20:00.000-06:00

Dishes on the Sign-Up Sheet as of Friday Afternoon for Next Friday's Potluck:

strawberry cake
Chick Fil A chicken minis
orange juice
TBD

Guestlist: Schwag I Got at a Work Conference

2011-04-16T13:12:00.001-06:00

by Heather

16 pens
2 hand sanitzers
1 cookbook
2 totes
1 hat
1 mousepad
1 umbrella
1 laptop case
1 backpack
2 tumblers
1 ice cream scoop
1 cup holder
2 luggage tags
1 notebook
2 envelope openers
1 note card set
1 tin of mints
1 team building book
1 TN tour book
1 set multi colored highlighters
2 thumb drives
1 pedometer
1 sewing kit
1 mobile phone stand
1 stress ball
1 smiling stress ball that laughs when you squeeze it
1 magnetic clip
3 post it pads
2 chapsticks
1 mini sewing kit
1 pair sunglasses
some candy

Guestlist: Trend Proctoring

2011-04-15T20:03:00.005-06:00

Trends in Seventh Grade Footwear, Noticed While Proctoring the TCAP
by Stephanie Chockleyblog

1. For girls: All sandals are a thong/t-strap like this one. Every last pair.

2. For everyone: Chuck Taylor All-Stars!
3. For boys: Big, huge man-sized feet and shoes on little, scrawny 13-year-old boys who have yet to grow into them. So cute!

Covered in Birds

2011-04-11T09:09:00.000-06:00

I hear birds are the new black, but I went a bit overboard when I accidentally wore the following things covered in birds one day last week:

earrings
t-shirt
purse

Guestlist: Top Ten Ways to Improve NBA Basketball

2011-04-09T13:57:00.001-06:00

by T. Christopher Long

10. Shorten the games to 5 minutes since it's only the last 5 minutes of a basketball game that matters. Reduce the shot clock to 12 seconds.

9. Eliminate dribbling. It sounds silly. It looks silly.

8. Raise the goal to 15 feet.

7. Eliminate the playoffs or eliminate the regular season. It doesn't matter which, but one of them has to go.

6. Unicycles.

5. No blood, no foul. With fewer fouls, free throws now count for 10 points. No fouling out.

4. In fact, revamp scoring completely. Shots in the paint count for 2. Shots inside the three-point line but not in the paint count for 3. Field goals count for 5. Backcourt shots count for 10.

3. Contract the league to the Lakers, Celtics, Bulls since those are historically the only relevant teams. I guess you can throw in Miami to balance things out mathematically and geographically. Now that I think about it, even the best teams typically have only two good players. Let's cut teams down to 3 players each.

2. One member of each team must be blindfolded at all times.

1. Change the channel to a baseball game.

Things Students Were Carrying Around at the Critique I Just Attended

2011-04-07T22:19:00.001-06:00

a carafe of coffee
a large stapler
a small dog

Why You Should Take My Sketching Class

2011-04-05T20:33:00.003-06:00

You will get your own sketchbook.
We will do fun exercises to loosen you up.
You get to sketch and hang out with people who sketch.

Sketching from Life

INSTRUCTOR: Elizabeth Alley
DATE: 3 Sessions - Thursdays April 14-28

TIME: 6:00-9:00pm

COST: $135 - Materials included

This class will help you to get in the habit of quickly drawing in your sketchbook from life to document a subject while capturing the a feeling of the moment. We will focus on shapes, mark-making and shading, while experimenting with a variety of materials.

EMAIL: flickerstreet@gmail.com
PHONE: (901) 767-2999
ONLINE: class schedule

Epic List: Every Book We've Read in Bookclub

2011-04-01T07:56:00.000-06:00

This list of all the books we have read in the almost 10 years we've been a bookclub was put together with the help of Goodreads and my very own brain. I sure hope this is really all of them. I remembered to put one book that I straight up did not read, but it's possible there was more than one in 10 years. This was already too big of a list to include authors, and inclusion on this list does not necessarily equal a recommendation, but if you have questions about either of those things feel free to ask!

Ladies Auxiliary (currently reading)

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

An Object of Beauty

Freedom

Of Bees & Mist

The Pickup

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Wild Ginger

Code of the Woosters

The Recipe Club

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Julie & Julia

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid

Midnight’s Children

The Yiddish Policeman’s Union

Suite Francais

Waiter Rant

Sharp Teeth

A Wild Sheep Chase

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto

Franny & Zooey

The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency

The Odyssey

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Nowhere Else on Earth

Gilead

The Great Gatsby

The Year of Magical Thinking

Olive Kitteridge

The Pleasure of My Company

Without Reservations

Water for Elephants

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Unbearable Lightness of Being

Myth of You and Me

Lady Chatterly’s Lover

God is Not Great

Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Wild at Heart

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude

The Namesake

Under the Banner of Heaven

The Optimist’s Daughter

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Book Thief

Cat’s Cradle

Lucky Jim

The Awakening

The Little Friend

The Time Traveler’s Wife

Reservation Blues

Wicked

I Know This Much is True

Consuming Passions

Paula

Confederacy of Dunces

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Mrs. Dalloway

One Hundred Years of Solitude

The Eyre Affair

Ella Minnow Pea

The Red Tent

Choke

The Godfather

Oryx & Crake

Breath: Poems

Caramelo

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Who Do You Love

Primate’s Memoir

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Known World

Ishmael

Freakonomics

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

The Corrections

Hold the Enlightenment

The Soccer War

Empire Falls

The Secret Life of Bees

Three Junes

Hummingbird’s Daughter

Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque

Sin in the Second City

The Lord and the General Din of the World

About a Boy

White Oleander

Losing Battles

Memoirs of a Geisha

Bee Season

Memphis-Related Things I Recognized in the Movie "Nothing but the Truth"

2011-03-27T20:15:00.004-06:00

I actually yelled these out as I noticed them:

The Arcade!
Federal Building!
local guy! (I recognized him, but didn't know his name. Even so, his accent gave it away.)
D'Army Bailey!
Tom Lee Park!
Is that Shelby Farms? Shelby Farms!
Commercial Appeal! (Actually I just knew it was the CA, but I didn't actually "recognize" it - I haven't been in there in years)

(It was filmed here but set in DC.)

List I Found in a Sketchbook from June 2008

2011-03-26T21:57:00.002-06:00

marching band
Quincy, IL
"travel genre"
monkey knife fight
Fairhope, AL
acapella junkie
Edwin

P.S. I have no idea what any of this means.

Some Places Where You Can Find Me

2011-03-20T15:31:00.002-06:00

Flicker Street Studio: I will be teaching a sketching class there next month!
Art House Co-op: I participated in their last Sketchbook Project.
Etsy: I sell small drawings here; soon tiny paintings as well.

Current Mix of Topics from my Twitter Feed

2011-03-18T13:37:00.001-06:00

Play-by-play of U of M basketball game
The current state of science education
Whether art reviews should be discontinued
News from Japan

Smart Things 4-Year-Old Clara Said at Dinner Last Night

2011-03-17T10:37:00.003-06:00

Why does the moon follow us? (She asked this because you can see it everywhere you go)
Why don't you drink beer with a straw?
This isn't a race. (In response to Uncle Toby when he teased her for not being finished with her pizza after he had already finished)

What I've Learned Sketching a Soldier a Day

2011-03-15T21:33:00.000-06:00

Over the past few weeks I've been sketching a soldier a day, as an exercise in reminding myself on a daily basis that there are approximately 90,000 Americans currently stationed in Afghanistan. Here is what I have learned so far:

It is difficult to find news about the war in Afghanistan on the internet.
Soldiers have to carry a LOT.
Sometimes I start drawing the soldier's gun without even realizing what it is; it is so much a part of them.

Guestlist: Hungry Little Dog

2011-03-14T19:23:00.002-06:00

List of (Unauthorized) Things My (9 lb.) Dog Ate Last Week: by Click (Daily)

1. 3 Benadryl

2. 3 airhead candies

3. Some wood set aside to burn in the fireplace

4. Some wood that was partially burnt in the fireplace

Guestlist: Thoughts While Biking the Greenline

2011-03-04T16:45:00.003-06:00

By Click (Daily)

1. Oh good, they cleaned up that mess at mile marker 6. Thanks Shelby Farms Conservancy!

2. ACK, watch out squirrel…whew.

3. I wonder if she is going to move over…"on your left!"

4. Please don’t pop my rode tires, little wooden boards.

5. Dang..it is windy. I almost can’t keep my bike straight.

6. That is why those jerseyed guys need long bike rides – gears.

7. That prison food smelly yicky.

8. At least the wind will be at my back when riding back west.

9. Why isn’t the wind at my back?

10. Why do those concrete trucks have non-profit logos on them (Civil Rights Museum, Sun Studios)?

11. Butterfly!

12. How can you jog with those big…nevermind.

13. Thank you, kind drivers, for stopping while I cross.

14. What a nice screened in porch.

15. I wonder if Toby Long and Richard Alley will have gone to lunch yet when I get back. And I wonder if they will invite me along.

16. I should write a list down for Elizabeth Alley.

Things I Did During Studio Hour

2011-02-28T21:30:00.002-06:00

My Studio Night is being preempted this week by a mixed-media drawing class at Flicker Street Studio (so excited!) so I'm squeezing in some work here and there. Here's what I did tonight:

scanned sketches
drew a soldier
prepped paper for a few tiny paintings
took apart a spirograph

Early on Studio Night: Some Things on my Drawing Table

2011-02-22T18:21:00.003-06:00

3 sketchbooks
digital camera with a tiny tripod attached
3 packages of wacky erasers shaped like food
1 barbie in a bikini wearing sunglasses
an orange pen
a picture of an old man I don't know
tiny paintings
4 photographs from my trip to Spain
60 photographs of old neon signs from Las Vegas
a cigar box full of Werther's Originals
a ruler
an Atlas from 2003 of the US, Canada and Mexico
scribbled-on and taped-up 3x5 index cards
just found another sketchbook
a mirror
an empty bag of Baked Lays
disc 1 of Mad Men season 2 to be returned to Netflix

Guestlist: Chloe's Nightly List of Wishes

2011-02-19T20:53:00.000-06:00

By Stephanie Chockleyblog

1. I wish we never got sleepy
2. I wish we never had to go to sleep
3. I wish that the stay-home days were school days, and the school days were all stay-home days
4. I wish there was no school or work at all!

Guestlist: Dumb Ways I've Seen February Spelled In Advertising

2011-02-17T20:48:00.001-06:00

By Memphisotan

1. Freebruary

2. Februany

3. February

I am a Nerd: Gym Edition

2011-02-16T18:47:00.002-06:00

Today at the gym, I:

stood at the foot of a treadmill, waiting for someone to wipe off their sweat, but no one ever did
listed to the Amelie soundtrack on my iPod
read a book while walking on the treadmill - not just a book, but the for-bookclub, academic (to me) Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

CBS Sunday Morning

2011-02-12T11:35:00.002-06:00

One of the many things I love about CBS Sunday Morning is the description of the broadcast. Here's tomorrow's show:

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
new realities of marriage
actor Jesse Eisenberg
boom boxes
musician Herb Alpert

Driving in the Snow

2011-02-09T18:37:00.004-06:00

1. The first time I drove in the snow... you won't believe me, but it was in Panama City, Florida. I was 17 and had only been driving a short time, when I drove across the bridge (we lived on the beach side; PC and PC Beach are connected by a bridge) to visit Robin on a day when snow was predicted. My mother said to drive straight home if it started to snow. I was convinced it wouldn't because, come on...that's ridiculous. Then it did and I tried to drive but freaked out and called Mom from a pay phone. She likes to say that I said, "You were right! You're always right!" I spent the night at Robin's. Mom loves that story.

2. ICE STORM! '94! The storm came and our power went out and we heard branches breaking off trees. Then I got ready and went to work, because how the heck was I supposed to know every street in the city was covered in ice?! I drove down our street, around a corner, slid on the ice and my poor little orange 1972 Volkswagon Superbeetle hit the bumper of a parked van. I went and found the owner, and I can't remember exactly what transpired, but I do remember him saying, "I can prove you did this! I have witnesses!" And I was all,"Dude, I'm standing between my dented car and your dented van. Of course I did it! I told you I did it!" But, honestly this was before I would've said "dude" and I was pretty timid, so I probably just apologized. Then I still tried to drive to work! But I eventually gave up and made it home without further incident. Then I sat in a cold, dark apartment all day. The End.

3. Today I drove farther in the snow than I've probably driven since ICE STORM! '94! This is due partly to the fact that this is the farthest from home I've worked in years, and partly because I now work at a place where I have to wait to be told to go home. Honestly, it's kind of nice to have one less decision to make. The drive home was fine, if slow, until I got to Midtown and people were driving with dangerously inflated senses-of-self-importance. But I made it home safely and my house is warm and bright! It's just too bad Robin's not here.