i’ve been looking for a new desk. the one i have right now has a broken leg. i have it propped up with a cd box, an address book and a stack of stolen post it note pads. and, being the thoughtful girlfriend that i am, i want to carve out a nitch for dan [...]
Entries from August 18th, 2009
our search for jars
August 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, our garden, our house
the passion fruit are starting to drop off the vine by the dozens. it’s literally sprinkling passionfruits over here! it’s great but we need to start canning them before they go bad. we started our long and arduous task of looking for mason jars. and we finally found them! who’d thunk that it would be [...]
music go music’s new dance video
August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · friends
music go music, the new band that dan is in, just finished their video for “warm in the shadows”. they’re a cross between abba and blondie. groovetastic! (dan’s in the braids. the chapin sisters are in the back. and aaron’s on drums.)
here’s what stereogum had to say about it: “For their first ever video, MGM [...]
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my first art sale!
August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Pinch Me! Ceramics
yesterday i participated in my first art sale!
it was in venice in sue’s front yard. she and some neighbors put together the whole thing. there were like ten or fifteen artists selling stuff (and i think more came later on in the day). it was kind of a crazy weird neo-hippie-burning-man-raver vibe going on next [...]
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hanging with the fam
August 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Family
i went to disneyland. summary: 14 hours. 17 family members… more details later.
me and sara.
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passiflora edulis
August 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Food, our garden, our house
it’s the beginning of passionfruit season! this is the first year that we’ve gotten any fruit. with the last weeks’ heat, tons of them have ripened and are now falling off the vine. soon we’re going to have to break out our canning gear!
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first official craft day at liberty street
August 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Craft Day
my back aches, i’m tired, there’s paint everywhere and i can barely move. it was a great day! we ate, we drank, we bonded, we crafted! all in the shade of a beautiful palm tree. granted, there were ants and sometimes they bit, but all in all, it was a great day. thanks to all [...]
back tracking
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Pinch Me! Ceramics
last week, i went to the clay center to pick up my finished pots and to glaze the ones that came out of the bisque fire. i didn’t get a chance to fill you in on what i did. so. let’s catch up now!
i was exhausted after the four hours, but managed to snap [...]
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first attempt
August 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Crafts
tonight i did my very first linoleum block carving!! it takes a while to get used to the carving tools. but it’s really fun! i got the wrong kind of ink, so i can’t see how it looks on paper yet. i’ll have to do that part tomorrow.
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