I spent the day with J. yesterday. We drove to Richmond, hung out at H.’s antebellum castle (I have to do a whole entry on this house some day guys. Don’t let me forget. It is just gorgeous.) and then went to the farm so the boys could scout out a location for hunting this Read more >>

I just spent seven hours with Federico Fellini and Mr. Mackey from South Park. I was invited to crash my friend’s college class at the local arthouse-theatre. She promised Italian neo-realism and a professor whom rumour says controls his Tourette’s with an interesting set of verbal tics. I said I was totally in. I stayed Read more >>

How to eat a pomegranate. So you know.

October cover is up at Utopian.net. It’s barebones at the moment, but I have a bunch of stuff to add to it as the night and weekend progress. I just wanted to get the framework up before we got any further into October. Total hours: three. Total days spent procrastinating: three. Hmph.

I ate the first pomegranate of the year today. I had to buy one once I found them, and even though I wasn’t feeling well I ate it because I just couldn’t resist. And I figured if it didn’t stay down then I’d get all ceremonial with the second one and pass it off as Read more >>

I woke up in foul mood today. It could be because I was awakened by a police telemarketer/fundraiser. A year ago I wouldn’t have minded, but the cops around here are obviously underfunded, and their telemarketers are annoyingly aggressive as a result. It could be because my house is full of flies after leaving the Read more >>

Didn’t finish October’s cover, but did remake The Commuter web feature that I had done several years ago for Kenneth Tindall. I won’t be linking to it from Utopian.net, but you can view it here. Looks a little off because its meant to be a pop-up. One of my favourites of his poems – and Read more >>

Got a little tense this afternoon – fatigue and caffeine leftovers, plus I had a Krispy Kreme binge that sent me into sugar-space. So I went for a little teensy walk, and found an old stone wall that had been embraced by an enormous oak growing within it and around it. I brought home a Read more >>

J. mom brought us a shamrock seedling Saturday, and so far it’s Monday and I think I’ve almost killed it. It’s in the world’s tiniest flower pot, for transport, and it’s so delicate that I’ve been terrified to transplant it until it settles in a little better. Problem is, it holds next to no water, Read more >>

I’m about half done with this one. Not terribly thrilled with it, as it is just a damned painting of a coffee cup, but it did satisfy my need to make a sparkly art-nouveau poster style something or other. I will be adding a lot more shading and mood to it (though I think the Read more >>