All of My Paintings

... that are available and that I still like. There are 66 of them, and the four that I'm holding for people aren't on the list (that's 70). These are all in my house. They are not the only paintings in my house.

Daydreamland
No Cure for Memory
I moved home to save money the three months of patrol school
Nobody gets me anymore
It's okay though #1
It's okay though #2
I don't let these things tyrannize me
I might be in love with that woman
The only thing I have control of here is what I'm wearing
I have someone telling me I'm great every day, for life
Cupcakes
Punch
Party
I Remember You
Purple Shoes
Gift List
Petits Fours and Presents
Tables for Ladies
Clock
Calgary Tower: Stormy Day
Breakfast with Sam
Giant Pocky
24 Hour Pancakes
Next
Flower's Kiss 1
Center
Flower's Kiss 2 (Pink)
Watertowers 1 (red building)
Watertowers 2 (grey building)
Watertowers 3 (windows)
Watertowers 4 (green tank)
Spring Wedding
Condos
Coletta's
Flag
Kitchen
Phone
Far Low
Village
Parole
Watertower
Cathedral
Yankee Stadium
Little Italy
weekday special
Jenny Jet-O-Matic
Park-N-Shop, #2
All Skate
Tunes
Le Tour Eiffel
Restaurant du Tibet
Le Lustre
Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre
Extraordinary Machine 1
Extraordinary Machine 2
Centre
La Histoire
Le Penseur
La Porte
De Verre at de Pierre
Moulin a Vent
Extraordinary Machine 3
Million Dollar Band
We Are Super, We Are Great
Teacher's Pet
Sunday's Best

Uniformity

Here's a funny one for the first day of summer for most of the kids in Memphis - my friend Heather sings the praises of school uniforms:

Why I Love Uniforms:

1. Easy to shop for
2. They tear up school clothes anyway
3. No arguments about what to wear that day
4. My child doesn't have to worry about who is wearing the latest cool fashion and can concentrate on learning 

Editors Notes: The child in question just finished first grade, so the "latest cool fashion" part makes me giggle :)

Six-Year Old's To-Do List

Maybe the best list ever.

Giving an Off-the-Cuff Talk

Here's a list of things I wrote down to help me remember the spontaneous talk I gave at the Dixon a few weeks ago as part of the Present Tense exhibit, which features my tiny paintings.

• tiny outfits
• keeping a sketchbook
• going-out sketchbook
• cruise story
• Sketchwork
• Urban Sketchers
• Portland
• my people
• memUSk
• board, Barcelona
• Santo Domingo
• no assholes
• immediacy
• practice
• personal
• serious & constant
• teaching
• threshold
• New Orleans
• 1 1/2 drinks
• during the night
• lesson
• nervous
• not that bad

This is the last weekend of the show! I'll be in the galleries with a bunch of the other artists and we'll all be talking about our work. I can't find information about it on the website, but it's at 2:00 PM this Sunday, April 14. Hope to see you there!

Three-Year Old's To-Do List

Skateboard. Basketball. Pirates. Bikes. Swings.

Best New Year's Eve Ever

My friends and I tend toward hyperbole when we get together. Here are some of the best things from our New Year's Eve. Best. Things. Ever.

• This is the best toffee ever!
• Purple Rain is the greatest song ever recorded!
• Quincy Jones is the most influential person in music!
• Miles Davis's autobiography was the best book ever!
• Templeton Rye is the best whiskey ever!
• In Your Eyes is the greatest song of all time!
• He's the best person she's every been married to!

Thoughts on Belle & Sebastian: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Listen to Belle & Sebastian's version of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

1. This is the first time I've ever actually wanted to listen to O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.
2. Not even Belle & Sebastian could make it into something I enjoy listening to.
3. Until the female singer started - who knew this song could be so creepy!
4. I'm a sucker for a melodica.