sing-a-long time again

last night was the sing-a-long at the railway again. i haven't been in awhile so it made it extra fun! they're having a christmas eve one as well...all xmas carols! that will be one not to miss.

the hard rock miners gave it last night. aaron even had his musical saw out.....


:)

one day to go....

on day left of work! until the strikes over i guess....



that's a reason to smile!! :):)

i saw this full double rainbow today at work. amazing....i think it's a good omen.


:)

let it snow, let it snow.....

we got snow in vancouver today.....and i say bring it on!

charlie wasn't so sure...


last night i popped by the jem for a little "naughty not nice" art thingy with ani and rob.






tonight it's staying home with charlie and maybe a little iron chef. party on...

:)

'tis the season....

:)

rip evel knievel....

evel knievel died at the age of 69.

here's a little trip down memory lane....

http://www.evelknievel.com/

:)

here she is....

and she’s gorgeous....



i picked this up on ebay the other day. it's my "replacement" faile. an original print..meaning it's a hand finished print...limited edition and all are slightly different. it looks way more impressive in real life. have to figure out how i want to frame it now.

here's another print i picked up....it's not original or signed...but stunning never the less....


sorry my blogging's been a little lame of late. busy and tired...that's my excuse. next wednesday is most likely my last day till after the strike so you might get a bit more out of me then.

:)

long weekend wraps up......

busy weekend. i did some fitting for the show i’m volunteering on. it all went well and they seemed happy. it was pretty fun actually....which is nice...b/c i rarely have fun at my job. showed me that i enjoy calling the shots and feel pretty confident about the whole thing.

aaron rocks it at the commodore....


last night i went with anne to see the townpants at the commodore.....what a great gig. the opening band run gmc were pretty awesome too. anne and i danced the whole time. rebecca was suppose to come with us but she was too upset. she had just moved out of her boy friends place.....hopefully we can have a girls night together another time.

townpants, run gmc and swank do an SNL ending to there show. cheezy but good...


:)

happy yankee thanksgiving

i have the day off today and tomorrow. the show gives it to us off so our american stars and producers can go home and celebrate their thanksgiving.

i had lots of plans today.....did some stuff...not much though. mostly hang out with ani, charlie and sophie. i'll get stuff done tomorrow.

:)

one way to look at the world...

i was doing a little internet surfing today on street art and came across this guy. dan witz.....

he definitely has a sense of humour...;)




i laughed out loud when i saw this...can you imagine how the people who walked by it that day laughed?!






check out more here...
http://www.danwitzstreetart.com/index.html

:)

you'll be sick of faile soon....

....if you aren't already. ;)

today i received this in an email from sotheby's....

"The department also said that as they are so thrilled to have your work included in their sale, they would like to demonstrate their enthusiasm by waiving the illustration fee which is typically £500 GBP for a full color page."

they are giving me a fee add in their cataloge.....go figure.

:):)

my gal is off to london....

there she goes.

i packed her up last night and today took her down to be crated, then shipped to london. her big day isn’t ‘till mid feburary ....but they have to take pictures and do research for the write up in the catalogue.

one thing i have to say....sotheby’s is one of the most professional companies i have ever dealt with. i am small potatoes compared to much of the work they sell....yet they made me feel like i was the most important person in their day. i didn’t have to do anything. they arranged every step for me. it was amazing. yesterday they gave a shipping and insurance quote...and i won’t lie...it was high. i was a little worried about footing the bill considering the writers strike and all. anyway...this morning i get an email for them offering to front the bill for shipping. they just take the cost off the top of my sale. no interest, nothing. i would have put it on my visa and accumulated 3months interest....but now i don’t have to!

i feel like the gods are smiling on me.....on this aspect of my life anyway. there is another aspect....well......let's talk about that another day ;)

:)

even more faile...

i was surfing the internet looking for faile stuff, i came across this cool site. pictures of street art from all over the world...and loads of faile....

http://www.streetsy.com/streetsy/tag/faile/1







i think it's amazing they can go from this. street art...free for the world to enjoy....


to this....

fetching top dollar at sotheby's and shows at top gallery's in NYC

here's even more faile if anyone's interested...

http://www.faile.net/

:)

happy birthday rebecca and gloria

it was rebecca’s birthday yesterday and since i didn’t go down to seattle and was feeling a little better, i headed down to the eatery to join the group.

it was a fun night...despite the fact that i’m pretty sure i was the oldest person in the place....

cool light fixture made of plastic toys...


eric and michelle order...


becca and me...


michelle digs into her deep fried mars bar....decadent!


it was also gloria's brithday yesterday...no pics b/c she's in TO. sounds like she had a nice day with tom and the twins....happy birthday gloria.

:)

the news just keeps gettig better

two more faile pieces up for auction dec 12th. i'll be watching this one closely....

http://browse.sothebys.com/?q=faile

the rumour on the faile chat board is they are expected to go for 40,000-60,000 pounds!!! AND.....they're estimated value is 1,000 pounds less than mine!

:):)

i have the emerald city blues....

so for 4years i've been trying to get to the emerald city blues fest in seattle and having no luck at all....

the first year i didn't make it b/c it was roger's last weekend in town...so i spend the weekend with him. the next year was roger's fault agian...he came for a visit that very weekend. the 3rd year...lucky came to town.

ok ok this year for sure i was going. well....maybe not. i seem to be getting a have a cold....or super bad allergies....not sure which. i'll have to see how i feel tomorrow but there maybe no emerald blues for me once again. sigh....

:)

if i fell....

i had this beatles song in my head all day......

If I fell in love with you would you promise to be true,
And help me understand?
‘Cos I’ve been in love before, and I found that love was more,
Than just holding hands,
If I give my heart to you,
I must be sure from the very start,
That you would love me more than her.
If I trust in you, of please,
Don’t run and hide,
If I love you too, oh please don’t hurt my pride like her.
‘Cos I couldn’t stand the pain,
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain.
So I hope you see,
That I would love to love you,
And that she will cry when she learns we are two.
‘Cos I couldn’t stand the pain,
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain.
So I hope you see,
That I would love to love you,
And that she will cry when she learns we are two.
If I fell in love with you.

:)

time to sell....

so sutheby’s london wrote me a nice email. they are having a contemporary art auction mid February and have invited me to put my faile in it! pretty damn exciting!!!....and kinda surreal....

they estimated the value at 12,000-18,000 sterling!! nice. it could fetch alot more.....which would be awesome.

i may be needing the money b/c it looks like the writers union voted to strike. not sure what it means for our show yet. we have scripts 'till dec 4th...so hopefully it's not too bad.

:)

RIP papa G

gunther....kimba and daisy’s dad died last night...he was 15. a good age for a big doggie.

even though i never knew him....that pup touched my life.

if it wasn’t for good old gunther...kimba and daisy wouldn’t be on the earth which i am truly thankful for. kimba walked into sean and my lives at a time when we really really needed him and i’m very thankful for that.

another great thing about gunther is he had a hand creating my friendship with ani. one of the reasons i ended up talking to ani on the phone the first time is because she saw kimba and daisy’s pictures on my myspace page and wanted to figure out if they were his puppies....so she sent me her phone number. i remember the message.....

“holy shit dude...i think you dogs are my dogs puppies! (not the chihuahua’s....HAHAHA) call me.....”

if she hadn’t have seen the pictures we may never have talked on the phone and become friends.

:)

more halloween action....

more halloween stuff today. lots of people dressed up at work. jenn and i had fairy wings on.

here's jenn doing her petty cash with wings....



diane let us leave early and i headed ani’s and had tea while rob handed out candy and the puppies played. all and all a nice night....









:)

happy halloween

have a happy halloween tomorrow everyone....

....love from spider charlie and me


i have to go find something to wear to work tomorrow. can't really wear my sincity costume.....

night night...mind the goblins don't bite....
:)

autumn

i often feel a little homesick at this time of year.

the leaves just aren’t as red....missing the sound of them dry underfoot...instead of soggy. the air's not as crisp.....the sun...well...you know....

saw some of the familiar signs today though. geese flying south, bulrush and an odd scent of clover in the air.

:)

sinful halloween

last night was outrageous at sincity's halloween bash. ani, rob, ann, dan, liz and i got ready at ani's had a little pre-party tea and getting ready. that was almost more fun than the party itself

here see for yourself.....

ani becomes cupid...


spider charlie...


liz cops a feel!!


ann's so hot she's on fire!


liz tries on dan's wig for size



:)

silly little things 111

i posted something like this before.....a few times....but i guess i feel like doing it again.

it’s the little things that are special to me. all kinds of little things....
things like going for an ice cream or making me a tea.
making something special that’s just for me....
holding the door open....a flower or writing a silly note.

these things that make me feel special and mean something to me.

i know it sounds silly....i know.

i use to call myself a closet romantic b/c people are often surprised when they find out i’m like that. i'm trying to change that these days. i'm a loud proud romantic and i don't care who knows!!

:)

the story my faile....

it was last october...just after thanksgiving. garnet and i had just broken up and i’m not afraid to say i was pretty depressed about my whole situation. i had moved into this apartment in early summer...hadn’t been here much....hadn’t fixed it up. the walls were...are still are...yellow. a colour i’m just not big on. i decided i needed some art. i had a 4day weekend coming up and thought....hey, why don’t i go to portland and check out some art...do a little dancing..it will be fun! i knew ferris plock had collaborated with kelly tunsell and were having a show at the compound gallery and thought that might be a good place to start.... so off i went.

i went to the show at compound....bought a piece. not my first choice...it was sold but a nice one never the less. then i went across the street to upper playground. the gallery was closed. i poked my head in to try and get a look. the guy who was taking the show down saw me and asked if i wanted to take a look. i was wowed but the work. it love at first sight! almost every piece was sold except my canvas, an original framed piece on paper and one giant canvas...which was awesome as well. i was instantly drawn in. the guy said that the only reason the one i got was still there is b/c the person had changed their mind.....lucky for me! i told him i had to think sleep on it and i made an appointment to come by the next day. they would be closed but will be there taking the show down.

i called garnet for advice. he was on a road trip to arizona and had seen the show on his way out there. he gave me some positive reinforcement including what may have sealed the deal for me...he said “you can always sell it if you change your mind or need the money” and he was right.

thanks garn...i owe you one.

ok. i need to finish the story....

after i had some dances and slept on it....i made my way back to the gallery the next day. had another assurance phone call with garn...went in a bought the thing! then i realised i had to get it back to vancouver in my srx...hmmmm. ok... empty my trunk and put all my luggage in the front seat...that’ll work! it did...it just fit! hehe

oh boy...the border...crap. i should have gotten a dummy receipt ! shit. oh well...it too big to hide so i was honest at the boarder... paid a whack in gst and got back in my car. arrived home at about 4am and had to try and get it to my apartment. i really didn’t think of any of these things. you should have seen me. i only dropped it once.... luckily they packed it well at upper playground.


:)

busy as per usual...

it was a nice weekend...have to say. busy as usual...but nice.

brenda was in town from seattle and spun some wicked blues tunes Friday night over at jim’s.


bluesy goodness at jim's


saturday i did a little halloween shopping with ian then we had a really great meal at an ethiopian place on the drive. after our bellies were full headed to the railway to see my buddy doug's band play. lots of friends were there...ani, rob, liz and others.....

ani fools around at the railway...


i get kissed...


liz shines...


then to top it all off i meet up with brenda and her dad a feenies this morning...well...afternoon i should say...for an awesome brunch!

i figure my weekends about done. just going to chill and surf the net. maybe do some more research on my faile piece.

pics to come...

:)

not sure what this means...

....but do you remember this piece?

i got it in portland at the end of last year. my first purchase of original work.

garnet forwarded me this link today. i wonder if this means my piece has gone up? would be cool to find out. maybe i should message my art expert niece....

http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2007/10/faile_crushes_estimates_at_sot.php

:)

got the funk...

here check this blog post out. this bird is rockin' out....

http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/2007/09/may-i-have-this-dance.html

:)

sleepy monday....

it's monday...i'm sleepy. i stayed up way too late eating watching a movie with ian. started the movie late. i really should making dog food right now instead of playing on the computer. yes i make her food....oh boy. i spoil her...but she's little and doesn't eat much.

had some good new the other day. my friend lucky might be moving back to vancouver...maybe even as soon as november! it will be nice to have him back from the windy city...


:)

shadow of a man

i bumped into someone yesterday.... i don’t want to say who...just in case he reads my blog.

after i saw him the saying “he’s a shadow of a man” came to mind. shadow of the man he once was. you can see that man you knew and loved....yet he’s far far away. you can just make him out through the sadness of his face and it made me sad......

:)

max and 99

i lifted this video from lulu's blog. i wanted to share the love....(hope you don't mind lulu :) brings me back for sure. i think i saw every eps of that show!



apparently they are doing the movie. check it out...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/

:)

ska on...

last night i went to see chris murry and the one night band with ian and some of his buddies at pats pub. chris and his band played some mean ska tunes for us. i was pretty tired from what has felt like a very long week....for a 4day...funny how that works.



:)