Plath a-Nonplussed

I've been reading much Sylvia Plath of late. I tend to skip back and forth in her unabridged journal for heightened contrast. Cheery, abysmal, excited, despairing, cheeky, morbid. Here, she is seen modeling a chimeric outfit assembled from the various black and white photos available. She is currently more on the pensive side, with potentially negative tendencies.


Actually I have no idea what I'm doing. I keep opening the book at random, reading a page, closing it, and repeating the process. No bookmark, no brain, no problem.

Holiday Journals From Wisconsin

I have a sloppy Journal, and I prefer it that way.

I slept 2 hours on the plane and 2 hours in the condo that first day of traveling. I'm reading my nephew 3 of Kipling's Just So Stories, and killed a bajillion zombies with my brother. Good stuff. Same thing next year, please.

Back to Biz

From the strange land of no blogging, I return with many books trod upon.

Recommended reads:


Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil – Makes me want to settle down in a Savannah townhouse and drink gin. Almost.

Isaac the Pirate – Wow. Read in one go, half the time on the can. And I don't spend much time on the can these days. Wow, with flat-cheeked applause.


Feed – M.T. Anderson read Maxim magazine and eavesdropped tweens at the mall while writing this. Needless to say, I love it, unit.

Miracleman : Olympus – Finally caught up with this out of print puppy. Gorgeous art. Ridiculously gorgeous art. Eye-popping stippling action unheard of in Photoshop.


Not recommended reads:

Crooked Little Vein –Wretchedly single layered, a 275 paged scummy film best wiped from memory asap.



And here are some random sketchnook pages:

Tottering On Potter Bling

Meanwhile, I've been up to my shin guards in catching up on that whole Harry 'Canon Fodder' Potter craze, initially instigated by my fellows and ladies at work and later driven by the fun of it all. Today marks my finishing of the series, half-read by the page, half-heard through the riveting Jim Dale. Luckily, my hands had plenty of manual labor during the audio-imbibing process. After the second coat tomorrow, our dining room is finished, its numerous cracks healed and sealed, its many scrapes covered and smothered.

A major force in the painting movement. Who knew?

Da Gig Sneeze

We had the grand summer reading kickoff last Monday night--

I made headlines! Watch for my teal-clothed cameo in the following News Journal video:
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070619/VIDEO01/306190015


These are some of the drawings-on-request I made for the youngsters present.

Won't You Doo-Rag, Doo-Rag

Jane came up with the ridiculously fitting name, right in front of me, right on the spot. Kudos!



A little random ramble featuring the mascot (not endorsed by any library, whatsoever):