spending a few hours....

in and amongst getting ready for england, icbc, doctor and banking appointments i managed to keep and appointment i had made a while ago and something i've been planning for almost two years. i thought what the hell...i have the time right now (sorta)...even if i don’t have the money....and this guys is good...he has a waiting list!

so this is what i spend a few hours getting done today....

here's jory at funhouse tattoo doing his magic....almost no pain! i said ALMOST...;)

it read from top to bottom..... whinifred, oonagh, jojo & tessah-rose in japanses, hiragana. eventually a rose will go where the gap is by the knee


i think i looks great! better than imagined. here's a close up of the bottom half...


:)

strike satire

here's a little short i found on the web while i was looking for news about the strike. enjoy....



:)

xmas is over....it's birthday time now...

another birthday...this time my friend michelle's. we celebrated last night with all you can eat sushi at tampopoo....was a fun night. a few people i know...some i didn’t...got to make some new friends i think.



and then we had cake...you gotta have cake

oh...that reminds me...i have left over cake in the fridge!!

today i had a low key day. had to go see vicky for my massage..it was pretty intense b/c of the car accident so it pretty much wiped me out for the day. i’m sure i’ll be feeling much better in a day or two....i hope.



since i was too tired to go out tonight i decided at take down my xmas tree (i know it's late) replacing it with my shepard fairey print that i finally managed to frame at opus. i really wanted to put the new faile piece there....but i can’t afford to frame it the way i want...so it will have to wait ‘till either the strike is over or after the auction.

:)

happy birthday tom

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!!




hope your having a nice day...and don't forget...you'll always be older than me!! ;) hehe

love jojo

:)

element verses sunfire. element 10...sunfire 0

i was rear ended today....again.

not sure why but every 3-7 years or so the universe throws a car at me.

today it was a sunfire. i was going up victoria in traffic today when the woman in front of me stopped...i stopped....the crazy woman behind me....well....she didn’t stop. went flying into he back of me......fuck. i thought...not again. my forth time being rear ended. i heard the familiar crash and the force pushed my car...almost into the person in front. luckily i had left enough space that didn’t happen. charlie...also luckily...was in her bag so she was safe...scared but safe.

i grabbed charlie got out to investigate expecting to see a smashed in rear end. i was shocked to see no damage what so ever to my car!.....lots o’ damage to the sunfire. wow.

i went home in a little shock...a little tingly. had a hot bath in epson salts and hoping i don’t wake up tomorrow with whip lash again. just in case i will go see the doctor, message therapist and chiro.....

gotta say....i wasn’t sure if i like my element....until now. now i think it’s a good car! :)

:)

more....

Herakut At The Leonard Street Gallery



:)

inspired....

:)

easy saturday

fairly low key saturday today. did errands, cleaned then met up with garn for sorta of a new year's coffee...it was see nice to see him again. i have a few people i didn’t manage to get together with this holiday season....and he was one of them. still have a few more to go....

this evening i went for a bit of dancing at the legion....not many people out since there’s a big blues thing i seattle this weekend. it was still good to get out there again after too much holiday cheer.

:)

what now?

ok...it’s a new year. whooow hooo! i was fed up with last year anyway. although...i am still single and now seem to be unemployed....so soon i’ll be single and broke! right on!! ;)

oh well...this year should be full of new beginnings. a little nervous about it....but excited.

janurary....grandpa’s 100th birthday in england. tried to book it today but had some technical difficulties...hopefully tomorrow.

february...hopefully i go back to england for the sotheby's auction...if i can afford it.

march....portland lindy exchange...maybe my last visit to portland for awhile.

april....who knows...most likely back to the big TO! maybe somewhere else....most likely toronto and start my new business...details TBA....

before that i have some major downsizing to do. so i’ll be hitting craigs list...ebay and all the second hand stores in town.

wish me luck...i may need it!

:)

new years day....08

tired and a little hung over today. had a nice tea and pancake brunch/dinner with the kyds....now i'm just gonna chill and watch a movie.

more updates on new year's shenanigans later.

:)

happy new year!

it's been a very up and down year for me. when i look back on it. art and new friends....good friends...seem to be the theme.

here are some of the events and people that stand out in my mind...

ani drives me home after rob's bday bash


dan and me at the sing-a-long...


spider charlie...


getting ready for a sinful halloween in ani's bathroom


anne at my favorite new restaurant cobre


i say goodbye to my faile


luv-a-fair reunioun with ian


brenda comes up to dj


the world's worst scooter rally....:)


garbs at art tee shirt thingy


liz and i in portland


garbs puts up my angry icecream...


two hot chicks hit the town...


two hot chicks with tattoos...;)


ani's birthday


getting divorced! :)


dancing with brain at VLEX


charlie and jazz get to know each other.


brent and charlie on canada day


the kyd family....ani meets rob.


i get my tattoo...


birthday in halifax. me with anne pickard


si and kat


birthday in TO


picking out charlie....


charlie and sophie play


ani teaches me how to ride...


rebecca and ani...my cheering team...


my new scooter


blues dancing at jim's...


jen was always good at keeping it real at work....


blog buddy hez....


the jem gallery. met lots of new people there....including ani.


i scooped this from garns blog. it's a long story...but if it wasn't for this picture...i may never have become friends with ani. hands down the best thing that happened to me this year. (next to charlie)


doug and me at the ray condo memorial reunion. another new friend i'm thankful for.


sophie sticking her little head out of ani's... the first time we met for tea.


ani and i drank alot of tea this year...


the arch in st louis..


happy new year....

:)

it's new years eve....day

i took this last night while watching a movie. the kids relax by the fire....


i've been doing lots of work around the house in the last few days. mainly focusing on the bed room. i figured i needed to improve my bedroom feng shui. i got a new dovet cover and sheet...some pillow covers....i also put up this faile shower curtain as a room divider. i think i looks good.





i'm getting a a bunch of prints framed as well in the next week or so. my faile "replacement" piece and a few others. the place should be looking good soon.

more new years post later....in the mean time...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! :)

more xmas pics

here are a few more pics from christmas a friend sent me today...

charlie observes the festivities


darren and me fixin' dinner


:)