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I’ve been tired and busy. I’m working on my RN degree while working full-time as an LPN in a skilled nursing unit. Actually, I’m exhausted. I haven’t had the energy to make anything lately. It’s a triumph that I turned on the sewing machine and made this scrub top. Now I feel like making stuff [...]
I had a birthday and I graduated nursing school. I was valedictorian. It was really hard, but I did it. I wish I could feel good about it somehow, but I just can’t. Part of the problem was the fact that some of my classmates didn’t finish. I would have given my blood to save [...]
Untitled, originally uploaded by Drucilla Pettibone. Here is a piece from the lovely and amazing Drucilla Pettibone for the Gay for Eagles show. I love her. I love that her artwork has her hand all over it. I can tell by looking at a thumbnail that something was made by Dru. She mixes vintage fabrics [...]
I finished my portrait of Penny Nickels. It took a long time. I had a mostly finished portrait for a while, but I just wasn’t happy with it. I couldn’t get the phrase Owl-Eyed Athena out of my head when I was working on it. Since so much of Penny’s work is about mythology, I [...]
Many good things are happening these days. The lovely and talented Dru curated a show based on my Gay for Eagles piece. Check it out! A couple of my pieces didn’t make it to the studio, but I have some weapons and a self-portrait hanging. I’m extremely depressed that I spent my day taking a [...]
Catch me if you can!, originally uploaded by maltoodle. *This isn’t my embroidery. Click through to see who owns it. I don’t have a lof of self esteem, especially when it comes to body image. That should be no surprise to anyone. I wear a size 14. My butt bounces when I run. No matter [...]
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2010. That’s about 24 full 747s. In [...]
Don’t get me wrong, I have always hated sporty jock-talk. I was the slowest, fattest kid in gym class. Mean boys would hum the theme to Chariots of Fire while my chubby legs tried to finish a one mile run five minutes behind everyone else. I hated sports of all kinds. I don’t even watch [...]
I’m a little late announcing this, but here is the information on the show where you can buy a Pez portrait. The theme is childhood holiday memories and consumer consumption. Artists with very different media all contributed. I was pretty impressed with David Todd Trost’s ceramics (below). The whole show is really fun, though. You can purchase by contacting [...]
1. Lace portrait with cast shadow, 2. Untitled, 3. The Ladies of Aeschylus are complete!, 4. I Bleed, 5. For the Craftivist Collective’s bed-in quilt, 6. thank you note for my hosts, 7. Amyclae Commemorative Stamp, 8. Broke a Man’s Heart, 9. “You Are Cordially Invited”, 10. Untitled, 11. I was never fully comfortable…, 12. [...]
The best way to learn a foreign language is to be submersed in the culture. You need to order your breakfast, ask where the toilets are, and pay for movie tickets in the native tongue. Medicine is the same thing. You can’t dip a toe. You have to dive in. If you’ve never been to [...]
I’ve been a little busy. I’m in clinicals 3 days a week and working my butt off studying for two tests a week. I mean I’ve literally been working my butt off. I’ve lost 48 pounds. I average over 10,000 steps per shift at the hospital. My pedometer doesn’t measure moving patients, making beds, and [...]
This piece by LUKE Haynes has been on my mind a lot lately. Secrets vs. Revelations is an intriguing battle. You should check out his work if you haven’t seen it yet. He is a quilter unlike any other. His images are bold and photographic. His lines are clean and striking. I haven’t seen anything [...]
Nursing school is going well. I’ll soon be on site at my first clinical experience. I’ve learned to do amazing, healing things with my hands and I get to use my skills to help people. It’s pretty damn exciting. I’ve lost so much weight that I had to buy new scrubs. My prepregnancy jeans (circa 2003) are [...]
Heather’s Suicide Note WIP – 2, originally uploaded by schinders. I’m so busy. I only have about 2 minutes to blog, but I wanted to share some awesomeness with you guys. Here is a WIP from Schindermania (Ellen Schinderman.) She’s working on one of the suicide notes from Heathers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathers Click through to see the [...]
January 31, 2012
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