Guiding Tunes

Working on a painting, realized I don't have gold paint, when i thought about this tune...

the swiss x2

I have no idea where this is heading. I found this in my draft box, something I must have typed up in my sleepytime delirium:


"My parents built a house when I was a kid. We went to open houses every weekend for what seemed like a year. I'm sure it wasn't.
Driving through neighborhoods to fetch for ideas. Openhouse, blueprints, the discussion of square footage, formica? stone. marble. The small appetizer platters, pigs in a blanket and the swiss cheese and smoked turkey and swiss cheese"

No Luck

Not today. 
Feeling agitated, restless and yet lethargic at the same time.
I don't know where these kind of things come from but they manifest in the strangest ways.
Mostly pacing and twitter watching sprinkled intermittently between reading an absurd amount of random political articles and short fiction stories on the interwebs. It's a bother really.


Maybe I exhausted my extroversion at Easy Tiger (bar) last night. Had a good time.The place was packed like a tin of sardines though. "Dude Brah" Bro Sardines that is. 
I was content with my ping pong skills. 
A little rusty though, I could use some work.
Yes, just like this:

Wondering why I am not getting paid to illustrate my ridiculous life. 

DinnDinn

Dinner a couple of nights ago was simple & fast; fantastic! Last week as I wandered around the farmer’s market I spotted some beets. I had never been much of a fan up until recently. I like them raw maybe in a salad with mixed greens, feta, and red onions. Nom Nom.

So I searched for a very elementary cooking method to exercise those basic cooking skills and try the little suckers hot. So I steamed the beets and then sauted them in butter. Turns out I enjoy them cooked as well.

I made the usual staple in place of rice--quinoa with sauted garlic and zucchini.
It was a tasty night.

(kinda looks like sausage, weird.)

Tonight I'm taking it easy at Easy Tiger.
Ping Pong time. Hell Yes.

Should Be Sleeping...

but im wide-eyed.

that is all.

Futura

From wikipedia: In typography, Futura is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed in 1927 by Paul Renner. It is based on geometric shapes that became representative of visual elements of the Bauhausdesign style of 1919–1933.^[1] Commissioned by the Bauer Type Foundry, in reaction to Ludwig & Mayer's seminal Erbar of 1922, Futura was commercially released in 1927.


From myfonts.com: In 1927, stimulated by the Bauhaus experiments in geometric form and the Ludwig & Mayer typefaceErbar, Paul Renner sketched a set of Bauhaus forms; working from these, the professional letter design office at Bauer reinvented the sanserif based on strokes of even weight, perfect circles and isosceles triangles and brought the Universal Alphabet and Erbar to their definitive typographic form. Futura became the most popular sanserif of the middle years of the twentieth century.

This has to be one of my favorite fonts. It's popular all right and for good reason. I think the clean geometric shapes may have something to do with it. I am partial to the above style, Futura Book.

Notably Noble

At Workhorse last week for a Jester King German Gravity Keg.
Noble King Hoppy Farmhouse Ale

New Kicks

Just to clarify: I enjoy running, but I am not a runner.

Either way, I am considering a new pair of kicks. Trail running shoes to be exact. The experience of running on a winding trail, hopping over roots and rocks-- far removed from pavement, makes me feel so connected to my environment. Okay so that spaced out, lost in the woods feeling is mostly due to the runner's high and maybe even dehydration, but it's far better than the gym.

I am partial to aesthetics and design rather than fit at this point but will eventually get fitted for a shoe.

I especially love shoe design and am keenly aware of my sick shoe addiction.
So here's the running (ha!) line up:

Adidas Running Kanadia 4 TR

I'm diggin the colors, nice and spiky tread, overall solid look.

Adidas Clima Ride Trail 

Love the low profile, classic style, flexible sole.

Saucony Progrid Peregrine

Minimalist(barefoot?) style maybe for just gravel trails, silly bright pink,  I'm a saucony loyalist.

Saucony Exodus 3

Nice touch of color, low-profile shape, tread-y with a vibram sole.

not too loud

I appreciate quiet ambience more then anything right now. I'd much rather sit and listen to the sounds outside my window then hear the buzz of a television, loud music, or engage in loud conversation. Of course there's always the exception of classical or jazz. Anything ambient, anything instrumental is just fine.

Let's keep things low-key...

2 for 1

working & dancing in the dark

Apartment search continues. It's a few months out, but why wait? I may be too picky and want something that may either be 1)out of my price range or 2)does not exist, all the more reason to start now. 

Unfortunately I've generously (read: foolishly) given away my brightest living room lamp. I am left working in the worst dim light in my apartment. I could always work in the kitchen. But that's for cooking right? 

Also working on a woodblock and another self portrait to go along with this one. It's wonderful going back to these things that I have time for now. 

I'm hoping I can keep this ball rolling.

listen:

Here and There

I've been distracted for a while now.
I think things will go well soon.
Let's stay positive.
Everything in it's right place.