putter woos

my hard drive crapped out on me this weekend, not totally unexpected but still it sucks, i was 98% backed up so no important data was lost, will still try to recover the rest if i can, re-install opperating system or get a new hardrive...i am hoping to be up and running by tomorrow, so if i am extra quiet this is the reason.now i want to say to everyone, BACK UP YOUR DATA (PHOTOS, MUSIC, WRITINGS AND ALL IMPORTANT STUFF) weather it is on cd's, dvd's, external hardrives, memery sticks, or what ever, you can loose it all if you are not carfull, do it today cause tomorrow could be to late...I MEAN IT

nigerian scam

i have gotten 1000's of e-mails from nigerians over the years, as you can see i have a ton of nigerians friends and they all want to give me money! not just a few bucks but a shit load of it, at times 50% of 100 million, sometimes just 10% but hey, thats a lot of doe to play with! so all my nigerians friends are rich, rich, rich, got to love rich friends!in recent times i seem to have gotten a lot of other rich african friends and some arab ones too, but today i got an e-mail from a good ol' boy, a soldier in iraq, and he wants to give me money too! how can i be so lucky? From Sgt Duncan Czar.US Army,2nd Battalion 502nd,Infantry Regiment, Iraq.Good day,I am Sgt Duncan Czar an American Soldier. I am serving in the US Army of the 2nd Battalion 502nd,Infantary Regiment, Iraq. As you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs. We managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussein's family. The total amount is US$25 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100-dollar bills. We want to move this money to you, so that you may invest it for us and keep our share for banking.We will take 95%, my partner and I. You take the other 5%. no strings attached, just help us move it out of Iraq, Iraq is a war zone. We plan on using diplomatic courier and shipping the money out in one large silver box, using diplomatic immunity.If you are interested I will send you the full details, my job is to bind a good partner that we can trust and that will assist us. Can I trust you?When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest including your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for quick communication also your contact details. This business is risk free.The box can be shipped out in 48hrs.Respectfully,Sgt Duncan Czar.- Sgt Duncan CzarWill this scam ever endi find these scams to be quite funny though...

shhhhh

be vawy vawy quiet, i am huntn' wabbeteheheheheheh~

this weekend we go...

this weekend we got some new furniture, a cool ass chair (as seen in previous post), a glass and iron coffee table, and a desk that is really nice! all for free! the neighbor across the hall is moving to cali and did not want to move anything since she is moving in with family (step or half brother) to be the nanny for his kids. got some other things but the chair is so comfortable and is where I am sit most of the time now!

photo of what

ok, little meme thingie i was thinking of...photo requesttell me what you want a photo of (from my life and my environmnet), and i will post all the photos in a new post (as soon as i get them all done that is)all requests will be screened...pass it on if you wish!

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...apirl 23 (in new chair) more about new stuff soonapirl 24

god, i d...

god, i don't know how i got so far behind on comments and e-mails, but if i missed someone i am sorry, i am still working on catching up and i may have just missed you do to being un-orginized and stuff...

you may have noticed

the last several entries have been more written based then i normally do, some of you may be wondering why? the simple fact is i really want to regain some confidence in my writing and writing style. i need to re-articulate my and improve my writing. the biggest reason for this is i am thinking very seriously about graduate school to get my mfa. something i do not talk about a whole lot is that when i was a kid i had some learning disabilities. speech, reading and spelling were my areas of difficulty, and i still have major troubles with spelling. i think the severity was heightened because i was in the highest level classes in the early part of elementary, so i feel i messed some basics at an important part of my development. by 4th or 5th grade i was in the lowest level classes. by high school i was in special classes for english along with the regular english classes that were offered. 9th grade i read at a 5-6th grade level.well this is the time i discovered d&d and fantasy books, and started to read ferociously. by the time i graduated i was reading at my grade level and my vocabulary was much higher then most of the people i knew. i still stumble and i read rather slowly but i have a wonderful understanding of what i read. i also have a quirky way of writing, but i don't like to sound like everyone else so i am fine with it!

mood

my mood is quite a bit better today, although i did not get much in the sleep department last night. on the bright side i did make a wonderful stake on the grill last night, with a mixed green salad (with cucumbers and tomatoes and a garlic vinaigrette dressing) and roasted mushrooms on the side. it was very tasty to say the least!now i have to focus on some art tonight after work, i need to be much more busy with it then i have, i am thinking of doing a series of abstracts based off of space/time, sort of like a landscape but much more painterly forming the open (spaces) areas more as objects and how they interact with the real objects, i think this will help me with the negative spaces in my figurative works. speaking of the figure, i really need to start thinking about the direction i want to move with these, not the abstract ones but the more expressionist/impressionist ones, i want to build in allegory/story more into the work. I think that the focus of these should be political in nature (and spiritual or lack there of). a title (for the series) has been swimming in my head for quite so time, i think i will use this as a starting point. the tentative title is "of saints and of prostitutes". at least it is a starting point for thought and for conversation, plus it is a good juxtaposing metaphors. i would be interested some thoughts from you all.

i say happy, you say birthday

happy b-day to saint_narcissus (a few days late) hope you had a grand time in reno!

reflect

ok this on is neat:

rest of the weekend

after Friday’s fish fry, there was some marry making to be had. we met up with some friends for happy hour for some beers on the patio. I always enjoy sitting outside with friends watching the world go by, as I can be an avid people watcher, and there are always a good mix of people walking on Lyndale avenue on nice days.Dave was in the hankering for a stake, so he took some of us out to the Monticarlo. it was not crowed at all, people must have been observing the no meat on good Friday thing. We all had a good time and enjoyed ourselves greatly, not to mention eating like pigs, the girls had the fillet, except shae, she had fried chicken since she is not a beef eater, dave and I had the new york stripe. from there we all went our separate ways and I crashed hard.Saturday was laid back, went for a killer long bike ride and did some art and house work and finished up taxes, then wondered to Stella’s house for a bbq. I was tired so I left early. Sunday was brunch with the folks which was uneventful and then to filio for early evening get out of the house thing, joked with varying strangers who all seemed in good moods and talked a little politics too.yesterday took the bike out for a bit, and grilled pork chops and green beans, oh so good! first grilling of the season, I think I will do a roast soon, I am getting better at the grill, but must still learn a lot!friday eveningshae and annenew downtown library opening soon as seen from my bikearbby's from parking lot by stelle's house, also you will not the liqour store is convenently to close to the party, another reason to leave early

friday was a...

friday was a beautiful day, i ended up taking a half day from work, and met my folks for a fish fry in the afternoon (i did not do it for good friday or anything like that, i just like (free) fish) in my home town. it was held at a local bar called the city club (i use to mow the lawn there as a kid). i ran into sever people i graduated with, one of whom is my 3rd cousin staci, the other was a jock in my grade named tim. i knew i should have known who staci was but her name just wasn't coming to mind. basically i just said hi to her. i talked to tim a bit more, found out he is married with kids and works at the furniture store in town, makes me happy that i moved on from the small town life...it was nice to hang out with the folks and have good fish and the like, but it was nice to get home early and go out with my friends later that nighthere is my mom, posing as a diva:my dad does not like his photo taken, so i had to get him when he was not looking:overview of the bar:

this painting is from last weekend

the white area is a bit of a light yellowuntitledoil on canvasapprox size 12 x 9 inchesfor salesold

Quote

Art is offensive. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. - Pablo Picasso

cyno knock off

last thing for this day

one more reflect

because i am a tard

more reflec...

more reflecting

a raprieve

minnesota is now in full tilt on spring and i am loving it, yesterday was our first 70's degree day. the trees are just starting to bud and by later today or tomorrow there will be a beautiful green haze in the trees. so yesterday i took a half day off. got home at 12, by 12:30 i was biking around the lakes, down the greenway, to downtown, to the walker, then to the commuter bike trail which took me past hidden beach on ceder lake, then back to the other lakes back home. hour and a half was the total time, then there was some dinking around the house (laundry and the like) and then off to happy hour, few beers out side watching people, it was stellar, then off to uptown for a little walking around, i also bought the new modern painters.today i wish i was off again but i think i will take friday off (half day i think) to go to a fish fry with the folks in my home town, but i am not sure about that yet either. tonight i shall do taxes, and lay low

wood frogs

this video has wood frogs cherpping away, they are not doing there haunting song but i am happy this sign of spring is upon us here...little pond at the park i hike in at lunch time...video here

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a visual post of days gone by~

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as winter fades

yesterday i finaly got to get ye o' bike out and ride for a bit. it was a little cold yet 55dF or so, and my knees hurt a bit after but it was all good, it is forcasted to be in the 60's today so i will get my bike out again tonight.ok, nough of the point-less posts...

i belong to a gro...

i belong to a group called reflect_it so you may be seeing this type of stuff from time to time

fuck art, ...

fuck art, let's killthats if from this side of reality~

my goodness

yesterday i woke up with my left eye all bloodshot and hurting, not the right one just the left, and for no good or apparent reason. i was dreaming that someone was in the other room, like a thief or something, it was one of those i am sleeping but half awake dreams, to real for compfort creepy feeling dreams, back to the point, in the dream i was desperately trying to open that eye and i could not, it was like when you have pink eye and your eye is all crusted shut...so here is what my eye looked like after about 1/2 an hour of being awake and looking a lot better then what it was to begin with~

painting

i started this forever and a day ago and finaly finished it sunday...Reclining Femaleoil on board12 x 16

Mickey's Diner

I finished several paintings this weekend, this one is for my brother and sister in-law, not typical of my work as many of you can see, but it was a fun experiment to work on. i wanted to keep it loss and impressionistic, i think it turned out well!Mickey's Diner12 x 16oil on boardi will post the other one tomorrow...