Normally my conversations involve at least one well placed anecdote. So, I figured I'd post some on my journal.

Here's one of my favorites:

My first ( and last) drawing class.

I get a lot of people to ask me, through many conversational means, why I refuse to take a drawing class and here is the story I tell them.

Around seventh grade I tried to take an art class. I don't remember where it was but I certainly remember that there were kids that had taken the two week course rather than the one week course( instantly making me feel ill-informed).

The teacher, some crotchety old geezer, asked us to do one thing: Draw something.

Well, I was hungry and thought macoroni and cheese sounded good, so I drew cartoony noodle superhero ( noodle-man) and a cartoony hunk of cheese ( His sidekick, Cheezy).

The teacher, looking like he swallowed something nasty already, stalked his way around the room, briefly scanning each of the drawings for what seemed like no more than two seconds. After his rounds, he got up in front of the class and said something I won't ever forget:

" It's official, none of you can draw. I want you to forget everything you know about drawing, right now, so I can teach you the correct way."

He stared right at me as he said that.

Even back then, my first thought was ' excuse me....'

Needless to say, he never saw my mug there again.

Since then, I've had a problem with people telling me how to draw. whenever someone tries, no matter how nice they try to be, I tense up and go into my stubborn mode. If I half-ass something, I know I did it.

but anyway, that one of my messed up stories.

The rules

1. Make 100 pics each pic having a theme listed below. Each pic should have ONE and only ONE theme to it, for it to count.
2. No time limit so have fun
3. The main picture should be drawn but not limited to. for all fair purposes, people are allowed to use their paint programs and photoshop to create the pic.
3.a) pics should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the Da etiquette policy. Your pics can be anything from sketches and doodles to great master pieces. Just have fun with it.
4. The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that......
A) You are in the challenge
B) What you have completed
5. make sure to update this list and check off what is done and make a link to the pic
6. In the comments for your art work note if it is part of the list and what ONE theme it is.

THE LIST:
1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head *
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic *
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation


Have Fun!

I think I have discovered why adults shouldn't watch children's television...

because it makes NO SENSE!!!!!!!

Okay, I was watching theat stupid show whith the Mexican girl and her naked monkey this morning and I kept asking myself,' What's the point of this show.' Then I discovered it... THERE WAS NONE!!!!!

Okay and maybe this is just me, but I find it a bit odd that the mexican girl is going to have chocolate covered strawberries with her partially naked monkey ( He was wearing boots) on 'Rainbow rock' after she got through the gate and the monkey got over crabs.

I bet you're thinking " She's got to be kidding." I AIN'T! The monkey... got over the crabs... to get to 'Rainbow Rock.'

And the fox character on the show really pisses me off. He steals things from the mexican girl and all she does is hold up her hand and chant a mantra. AND THEN THE FOX DOESN"T TAKE IT!!When I watch a show and think ' Hmmm, that would start to piss me off fter a while.' and imagine myself bludgeoning the thing to death, there is a problem.( And I already take happy pills so it isn't me.)

So that's my rant about the show I watched this morning.

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

To those of you who have put gracious comments on my latest pic, I thank you.

But guess who decided to come stolling up to the front door this afternoon? that's right, Buddy.

I wanted to kiss him and ring his scrawny little neck!

Anyway, Sukini and Silvy, Thank you for your wishes.

We just got done with 4 nights of a 4 hour show and boy am I tired.

To better explain :

First Night: and

Second Night: and

Third Night:

Fourth Night: :angry: and

Oy.

Almost everyone on the cast got sick. Although, I thought the show went well. That's all that matters.

To She Wolf: Fire Extinguisher!

To Fox: Dukies!