The Good Stuff

The bad stuff in my life right now is getting a little better. There is a plan of attack to make it go away. It is complicated and frustrating and scary and exciting all at once. It won't be easy, of course. Why should it be?

But there is also some good stuff. I got home yesterday and found a surprise waiting for me. My awesome friend Richard, aka Horsebites, had gifted me with a print of my favorite of his paintings.



Growing up, I spent a lot of family vacations in Orlando, Florida, and at Disney World in particular. There are both good and bad memories. Some dark stuff happened...like the time my dad jammed cigarette butts from the car ashtray into my mouth while we were stuck in Orlando traffic because I was being a smart-ass. (Yeah, we don't talk anymore.) The same dad would ride every roller coaster with me and act like a giant goofball. For some reason, I feel like this picture adequately captures those memories, the good ones and the bad ones. I've coveted it since I saw the original hanging in a gallery in Lancaster.

Thanks, Richard.

Now, after reading this, go buy some of his stuff, pronto. He's staying at my house right now, and he eats like a horse, so he needs to be making some cash! (I might also make a comment about his penchant for passing very loud gas on my couch, but I am a respectable lady, and will refrain from such talk.)

Artsy Fartsy

CPM and I have lived in our house for ten years. Only recently have we begun to actually put things on the walls. Mostly, we are displaying vacation photos that I've blown up and framed.

We have a few prints of original art. One is by the talented Horsebites. Two others I purchased for CPM from an artist named Nik Scarlett.

We've now added another two pieces, purchased at an art show held at the Toothless Cat gallery in Philly. The artist is Leila Marvel. We got prints of two pieces from this collection. There were other creepy prints that we liked by other artists at the show, but the two that we bought were the only ones that we could agree didn't creep us out so much that we'd be afraid to pass them as they hung on the walls.

Here's one of them. The other isn't showing on the Leila's flickr page, but we plan on framing them and hanging them side by side.

Artsy Fartsy

CPM's bandmate Richard will be visiting us from Florida in early April for band practice and for an art show. You should go. I will be there. That is all.

Oh wait. I realized on an earlier trip to the ladies room that I have my underpants on inside out today. You may now laugh at my natural blond tendencies, internet.