The Sky Warning II
Jun. 24th, 2011 08:09 am
And a little moodier here.
Oh, I love how creepy it is.
This one you might want to click through and find the large size to look at. It really wants to be 20x30 when finally printed.
The cloud did that, the whole hand thing. I didn't digitally put that in. Because when I put in my shot requests, even the weather gets with the program.
And we're back.
Or as the White Knight would say here, "It's a fair cop."
Love this series. Love.
And here are my Dancers again...
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The bankjob has inquired with my recruiter about keeping me. I am waiting to see if they took my request for pay or if they're going to counter offer. If it's not too heinous, I'm taking it. Silly, but they have a lactation room. A nice one. And considering I want another baby...
Anyway, that's the update on work.
Writing has been going great guns. Between The Artist's Way and all the quiet, I'm banging it out. Now if only I could get it transcribed...
Canvas is still laughing at me on my easel.
Photos also defy me.
As for everything else? Eh, I'm getting through. The cash flow sitch resolving shortly is a relief. It's not full time art, but hey. I'm attached to having a warm roof over my head. Sue me.
And weirdly, very urban spaces do something for my well. I love all the concrete and steel. And I've seen more public art downtown than I have in the last five years combined.
Steel sculpture.
Nom.
And a current favorite of many people...
I just dig it for all the texture and the way her hair falls on the floorboards.
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Week three of bankjob. Jobhunt continues.
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Have written a fair amount on Broken Rainbow, have gotten none of it transcribed. I'm losing my kitten mind.
Have also restarted The Artist's Way. Am getting my ass handed to me.
Put a new canvas on the easel yesterday. The blankness. It laughs at me.
Photo editing has slowed down due to bankjob eating my daylight hours. I am committed to getting a stack done this week, even if it kills me, as I need to start culling for the photochapbook.
Have I mentioned that I am very tired?
Seemed appropriate in honor of Labyrinth of Jareth coming up....
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Bankjob is going well. That is all.
Signed the listing agreement for the house last night. We are officially on the market as of today/tomorrow. Open House is this Sunday. Think good house selling thoughts for us!
The Mouse is understandably stressed out about the whole situation and to be frank, so am I. I have no clue where we'll end up. I just know that we'll get through. We always do.
As I'm always muttering, this too, shall pass.
In the meantime, I have been banging away on Broken Rainbow on my lunches. Nine pages of wordcount/notes since Monday. Another 1K of words shaved off of Strange Weather from my frantic editing in the mornings. Slowly, but surely the work is getting into shape.
And of course, I managed to upload more photos.
Painting probably won't happen this week or weekend, as a result of LoJ. Gotta sew. And speaking of sewing, the petticoat on my gown is nearly complete. At which point, it's just trim, trim and more trim and did I mention trim? to get the gown finished.
Fingers, don't fail me now.
Another from the Actor series. Again, dig the contrast and I like the feel of a scene in motion, being worked out.
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Today's the new temp job, what I am jokingly referring to as the bankjob. Wish me luck.
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Have finished basic construction and some trim on the robe portion of my gown for Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade. Will I finish in time? It's anyone's guess. Considering that I've pulled off dresses before balls before, I probably will, but it's a drive to the finish now.
I will say that with the sleeves on now, I don't think it sucks. Improvement!
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Managed some good work on both Strange Weather and Broken Rainbow. Also got some new pix uploaded to flickr, including in progress photos of my dress.
And now to throw something out there: Dear Lazyweb, where would be a good, kid-friendly venue for a book launch that was basically free? Don't suggest the park, anything over 25 people and I have to pay for a permit. I already checked. Chuck E. Cheese was a thought, but the noise makes it possibly difficult. Suggestions? At this point, I am utterly stumped.
And with that, I need to mosey to the new job.
Something different.
The colors and skin tones make me very happy.
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Tired.
However, did see Wall-E yesterday with the Mouse. OMG, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. So damn clever and beautiful and wonderful, sweet story. Came out of there singing and the Mouse singing with me, to the point of that I now have to rent Hello, Dolly.
"There's a whole wide world out there..."
There's nothing cuter than a three-year-old singing her own words to a musical.
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Have sent out gallery queries and gotten some good solid writing done. Finished the painting as well, which means I owe you all a finished photo.
4th of July is around the corner, and the neighborhood is already busting out the illegal fireworks, bless their hearts.
I'm looking forward to a short week. We go on the market next week. Which reminds me, I need to talk to the agents.
And that's me.
How's your Monday, world?
And at last, the dance is done.
Photographer's Note: again, no feet in the shot. Hee!!! Love it.
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My day has been wobbly. Other freelancery fell through.
I did manage to get about 1,000 words written on Broken Rainbow though. Bonus. It's beginning to flow again, which is awesome. Out of it spawned an idea for two different short stories unrelated to the novel. I'll probably start The Night is an Adder tonight and start The Beauty of Uncertainty tomorrow.
In the meantime, I need to get more stories sent out. The Witch of Nob Hill and another story are still looking for homes, so I gotta schlep, which I haven't been.
I gotta paint tonight too. The canvas is yelling at me every time I look at the paint corner.
Oh bugger, I forgot to buy batteries... No in process photo of the painting yet. Sorry.
And yes, must edit more photos. Still a long way to go in sorting the April shoot.
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House: still no word.
Jobhunt: nada. bupkiss. yeah.
And even so, the pull of the Red Shoes cannot be denied...
Photographer's Note: LOVE this one. Love. Right here, this is what the story of the Red Shoes has always been about. I've always felt like the Girl knew what she was getting into, put the Shoes on anyway and at the end, even dying, still wanted them. That feeling. Even if it killed her.
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Today is Monday and feels like one. I am beat. It was an amazingly long and productive weekend.
Now to just figure out a launch party for Deschooling Gently...
Writing is coming along again. Tonight, I hope to get in some painting. Editing on photos continues.
Really, I would like to fall down now.
And the Girl is undone from the Red Shoes...
Photographer's Note: it ended up being accidental that her feet are completely out of the frame here, implying him having severed the feet off. This was one of those moments where I saw the test image and went, "WHOOT!" and ran around like a mad thing. Viewfinder image is never quite the finished product and this was an awesome happy accident.
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Also, I've been quietly putting up my paintings over at DeviantArt. Prints are for sale over there as well. Please take a peek:
http://quennessa.deviantart.com/
I'm quite pleased with the site. Is anyone interested in me putting photographs over there for print sale? These would be unlimited and unsigned editions, just FYI, and nothing over 11x14 in size.
Comment with feedback, please.
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What else?
I've got a book party to go to tomorrow in Burbank for one of my authors, the wonderful Tammy Takahashi (http://justenough.wordpress.com), to celebrate the release of Deschooling Gently (http://www.lulu.com/content/2199986). I'm also working on the the official book launch and will have an update on that soon as well.
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Jobhunt continues. Everything else still in Limbo. Today, I plan to sew, watch some TV and otherwise be a slug. Tomorrow looks to be an intensely long day.
And that's me.
Too tired to go on...
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Happy Memorial Day, everyone!
My hands are covered in paint this morning, even after the scrubbing I gave them last night. Like Jilly, I can't ever seem to clean it up off of my skin entirely, and I rather like that.
The pillars are in on the new painting and I'm waiting for the compound to dry. The downside of working with sculptural media is that it dries slower than just straight acrylics. I'll probably move on to the hills today and get those in instead. If the gods are good, the pillars will be dry by this evening and I'll be able to put in the shadows on the base color.
The sun appears to have come out for Memorial Day itself, which cheers me up. I've grilled in the rain before, but I was not looking forward to it. The plan is to take it as mellow as possible today and possibly watch really cheesy comedy. I'm thinking Danny Kaye and The Court Jester are in order. Something of that nature.
What else?
Hmm.
That's about it. Very happy with the painting.
Anyway, it looks to be a lovely day outside. Someone turn on Sheryl Crow and Soak Up The Sun... I'm going to go outside and drink some more coffee in all that gorgeous sunshine.