GAWD, that was good! Spent most of the day at the MIA lounging about negligently & people-watching. I saw the Sin & Salvation exhibit for the last time. I simply adore "The Afterglow in Egypt."  There is also another painting that has the same model, but she has a cow by her hip, and has a basket of birds on her head instead. I saw the one with the wheat sheaf.

 I bought a cheapie little MP3 player (WHY did I not have one of these sooner? Gah! Sometimes my disdain of technology works against me, urk). Oooh, I'm always going to be somewhere else, now. Whirr.
 I also bought a fantastic book on soups for ridiculous cheap. But wait, it gets better! I had divine buffet food at Great Moon (Chinese-American style), with a crapload of veggies & fruit. I feel GOOD! I got to watch Chinese-American women speak perfectly fluent Spanish to their coworker, who replied, somewhat haltingly & with lots of pride, in what I think was Mandarin.

I might actualy be on my way to being well-rested. Holy crap, how amazing!

But now... now I think I need some ice cream. I think I hear a banana split calling my name. I haven't had Dairy Queen for at least a year (I think? and I know I haven't had a split for a verrrry long time.

Mmmm. Decadence at its finest.

I might even watch a couple episodes of Torchood, tonite. Oooh. Ahhhh.

Cheers & All 

 

Damned sticky caps. Darned fingas of Caps Lock doom.
Hee.

Today was good, all things considered. I think that going to the MIA this morning helped about 110%. Ahhhh,  uplifting! 

I have just decided that I am going to make caramel apples, with and without peanuts, for my co-workers, come the official first day of Autumn (three weeks from now!).  This idea might simply have come about due to the fact that I am eating an apple & some Planter's mixed nuts, and they are damned tasty together.

And now... Now I am going to send Netflix a "damaged dvd" comment. Aww, darn! I was looking forward to finally being able to watch the first "The Dead Zone" series. Quit gawping, I know I'm behind. I still haven't finished "Heroes," "Dr. Who,"  or "Torchwood," either. Hell, I'm still working on "Quantum Leap."

OK, off & running.
 

Aw, damn. I would have loved to have seen "Water Fools" performed on the 21st & 22nd at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. *sigh*

 Speaking of Shakespeare, anybody have any of Trip Shakespeare's work, still? The last of mine died a natural death. I need replacements.

 Cheers & All

 P.S. Dear Lawd, I am soooo not feeling well. Fawk. I sincerely hope it wasn't something I ate.
 

 P.P.S. Oooh.  I was going to go Irish, but I might just squoogle a different concert in; Bat for Lashes is playing on the 7th@ Varsity Theatre in Minneapolis (another artist found in a roundabout way, thanks to Southern Brit). I get off work just in time to change, punt the dog outside to do his business, grab a gnosh, and attend. Hmmmm. Tickets are $12 plus inconvenience fees & disorder processing charges & whatever else they can think of, that increases the cost by 75%, to just over $20. Ticket Bastard, indeed. May their crotches start on fire & never be doused. Hmmm.  I'll decide later today. Wait a minute. Fuck it. I would love to see her, and know that I'll regret it if I don't go. Parking fees will suck, as usual, but I'll have done the good thing. Off to pay out me arse, then. discover the Inconvenient Bastard site is under maintenance. Go figure. Going to bed, now. Buy ticket in the morning.

Cheers Once Again. Because I can.

These are just a few of the pictors I took. Many did not turn out, as I have yet to perfect the nature of my fiddling about with F-stops & such-- and I really didn't want to use a flash. Eh.

For information on the pieces/artisits, drop a line. I am too pooped! Time for bed.

Cheers & All

 Ahhhhh.  I am restored!

 It was a good work day. Apparently my wonderful visit to the MIA this morning must have just lit me up like high-octane booze, without the drunken sot effect, as my co-workers were all "Wow, you seem like you're so much better!" I realized that I was much better, at least in spirit, which is half the battle.

 I was able to meet and talk to the designer of the Lucretia floral counterpart, and he was just a real sweetheart who had a great interpretation of the piece (yes, I will upload pictors, I promise!), and explained why he used certain flowers & material to emphasize certain points of the painting. I explained my interpretation of his piece, which was somewhat different, and he accepted my enthusiastic response graciously... honestly, aren't there any people out there who get so excited & passionate about something that they want to spring right out of their skins?  Hmmf. Maybe I need to work on having compelling, ultra-modulated speech & movements. Eh, not today. Today I'd  rather be my honest self, who becomes animated & joyous & inspired by simple things. 
 
 If the past week hasn't shown me that I need art, music, architecture, water, the beauty of the outdoors, and driving as much as I need oxygen, I don't know what will. I suffer so much-- frequently without truly realizing it--without these things. They are as much a part of me as the marrow in my bones.

 And now... now I must see about making some vindaloo chicken for tomorrow's lunch at work. Vindaloooooo!  Oooh. This also means that I have ONE more day of work until I have a total day off. YES!!!

 Cheers & All