tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26343260525670639082024-03-05T08:01:50.666-05:00Small City SparrowArt stuff from a small bird in Torontomakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-83680523673192954602021-10-01T21:04:00.001-04:002021-10-01T21:09:26.016-04:00The Day Everything Changed<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;">Happy Friday everyone!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">It's become harder and harder to find the time to draw like I used to, so this post is actually dated from a year and five months ago (!). Believe it or not, this story takes place literally two days after I posted last time on the blog, so it's timely in that regard, I suppose. Anyway, exciting things have happened over the past 17 months and I wanted to write about the day it all started. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">This post is narrated again by Oreo, although Ran makes a couple of guest appearances throughout the story. 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;">So since a year ago when I posted about our trip to Collingwood, A LOT has changed! Instead of enjoying the spring weather and working at a normal job, I'm hiding at home (like the rest of the country) because of a deadly viral disease that has taken over the world since the end of last year. Currently, I've been home for about a month and decided to take an early maternity leave because I was laid off from my last job at the end of March. So basically I'm pregnant now and the baby is expected in mid-May, so in the meantime I've had a chance to draw a story about a trip that Matt and I took at the end of summer last year. Hope you enjoy it! It's narrated by Oreo. </span><br />
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makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-69284806614081380752019-02-06T22:23:00.004-05:002019-02-06T22:29:52.054-05:00Story 4: "The Adoption"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;">Happy 2019! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;">My first posting of this year will be about how it all started... the story of how we adopted Oreo (Rory) last March from Grimsby, Ontario. I thought it would be a nice way to celebrate a belated birthday with him too, as he turned 5 years old on January 30th. Happy belated birthday little guy!</span><br />
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I am proud to say that I finished the third Ran and Rory story (see below). I hope you like it...it's about how Ran and Rory (Oreo) finally became really good friends after first ignoring each other. I guess some quality "together" time in the same house will make even the shyest dog come out of his "shell".<br />
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For the past couple of weeks, Ritsy and I have been staying at Rory’s house with Matt and Maki. Ritsy is selling her condo so that she can buy a house with a basement, out of which she plans to run her own dog grooming business.<br />
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At first, me and Rory just ignored each other. I still couldn’t understand him and he smelled funny.<br />
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But soon after, we became really good friends!<br />
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Now we do everything together and even chase each other around the park. So much fun! We even stay at each other’s houses each week and cuddle together on the couch. Rory turned out to be a really great little guy and I don’t think he smells funny anymore.<br />
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THE END (<i>and Ritsy did end up buying a bungalow with a basement </i>😊)makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-57589051918054456542018-08-14T21:35:00.001-04:002019-01-12T15:04:49.427-05:00Second story: "The Beginning"Hi everyone! The second Ran and Rory story has been posted! This one is all about Rory and his journey from Korea to Toronto.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hi there! My name is Rory and I moved into Matt and Maki's house a few months ago.</span><br />
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</style>makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-25997801417866482802018-07-07T14:15:00.000-04:002019-05-24T10:53:24.777-04:00First story: Ran and Rory's chum-chum talesHello hello! Well, it's been a SUPER long time since I posted last, but I'm happy to finally be back. I mean, what is 3 years anyway in the grand scene of things? 🙂 Lots happen in a short amount of time, but the most notable thing for me is that I adopted a dog. Yay! This "new acquisition" is the main reason I've decided to start posting again...<br />
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Over the past few months I've decided to draw a little comic series about my new pooch Oreo. He's a tiny mixed breed dog and is hilarious and quirky in so many ways. He makes me laugh every time I look at him because he has so many strange habits and behaviours. What a wonderful thing dogs are; they're great company and they're good for exercise too!<br />
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Anyway, here is my first bunch of drawings about Oreo (and Ran, my mother's dog). I changed Oreo's name to "Rory", but everything else is as-it-happened. Since Oreo is a rescue dog, I wanted to show how interactions with him and his new environment might confuse local dogs (not sure if this is true at all but I thought it would be intriguing). Enjoy! There will be more to come...<br />
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Today, I finally finished a small drawing for the <a href="http://www.animalalliance.ca/">Animal Alliance of Canada</a>, a local animal charity who is planning an art auction for October as a fundraiser. All artworks are to be 4" x 4", so I decided to create a drawing of Ran (mother's dog) in a snowy background, since he's mostly white and would look cute surrounded by snow. Here is the drawing (below):<br />
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I started off with the puppy more centered on the page, but decided to make him bigger and closer to the bottom for the final. I might finish the other one off in a similar colour and give it to my mother in a few months (when it's actually snowing). Ran is pretty photogenic–always smiling and happy. I based this painting on a photo of him that I took last week, below (with the red body harness). This is how he looks ALL the time. </div>
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In other non-dog related news, I also did a small drawing of Matt walking into a flying cicada. It was pretty funny to see, as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada">cicada</a>'s only come out once every 17 years (!) and they're <u>humungous</u>. We were heading out to a new bar in our neighbourhood when this happened and I remember it was totally weird to see such a large insect flying drunkenly into his face. Matt recalls the insect having "red eyes" and making a loud noise as it heading directly for the side of his eye. Bizarre!<br />
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Anyway, wish me luck with the auction! Woo-hoo!<br />
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Also, I've just created and <a href="https://instagram.com/smallcitysparrow/">Instagram</a> account, so feel free to follow me there too. I haven't posted anything there yet but I'll start doing so real soon. Have a great week!<br />
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makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-54146718838723686372015-07-10T16:17:00.000-04:002015-07-10T17:00:59.410-04:00Drawings for our parentsOver the past month, I spent some time making illustrations for my mother and M's parents, for no particular reason (see below).<br />
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I have more free time these days, so I thought that they would be nice gifts for our parents, since they're easy for me to make but personalized enough that they might enjoy them. I always feel a bit awkward that M's parents are always so nice to me and I never really do anything for them in return (except show up at their house). Hopefully these small contributions can act as a form of appreciation, as I know that it's difficult to accommodate a finicky vegan city girl at the best of times. </div>
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In other news, next week is Ran (the dog)'s first birthday! Yay! He is the light of my mother's life and such a wonderful companion that we decided to buy him a cake and celebrate in the park. Awwww.....dogs are such amazing creatures. </div>
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makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-68512457412500522662014-04-27T19:14:00.003-04:002015-07-10T17:01:28.231-04:00Sunday drawing Sundays are always the best for drawing in cafés. Today was a slightly overcast, mid-temperature spring day, which prompted an americano at our favourite spot and a walk in the park.<br />
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Here is a drawing of M, working on a drawing for the Mutek music festival. Happy Sunday!makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-60462843607211525312014-04-24T21:43:00.001-04:002015-07-10T17:02:06.398-04:00More drawings from 2013Here are two more drawings from 2013, February and April respectively.<br />
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The original idea for these drawings was to create a calendar for 2014. However, the cold winter and sheer laziness made it difficult for Matt and I to be organized enough to make it happen in time, so we decided to just draw one image a month for the rest of the year. This weekend, we will be working on May!<br />
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Another great thing that happened this week is that spring is finally here, hurray! The days are getting longer and the trees are budding. Such a great thing to see after so long a winter.</div>
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So this coming weekend will be my last weekend in Montreal--next Friday I am driving a car (with all of my stuff) back to Toronto. It's a bittersweet return, and one with which I have mixed feelings. In the first place, I wasn't planning on staying in Montreal longer than my contract of 8 months, but since I've been here I've come to realize what an amazing city it really is. Montrealers seem more relaxed and friendly than in Toronto, and there is so much more history and pride with Quebecers than there ever seems to be with Ontarians. It's nice to live in a city where people are excited about being who they are, and where they still partake in historical customs from the past. While living here, I never felt like I was missing out on anything, and I totally understand why Quebecers choose to stay here. </div>
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Honestly, if there was any chance for me to find a permanent job here, I would have considered staying. I suppose Quebec is like a cool secret that one can only find out about if you speak the language fluently (which I sadly do not). Big sigh.</div>
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On a different note, here is a photo of a cool little depanneur that opened up near my apartment:</div>
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makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-90040158970133524742014-04-21T15:05:00.002-04:002014-04-24T22:18:44.879-04:00Drawings from 2013Time flies when you're constantly moving. Last year, I moved 3 times (!) and it has made me never want to pack another box as long as I live. With all the organizing, packing, moving, unpacking, and apartment hunting, there wasn't much time for drawing or painting. I also changed jobs, enrolled in an intensive French language program, and travelled constantly. What a year!<br />
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Now that it's April 2014, things are finally setting down. Thus, to commemorate the busiest year of my life, I have started to do drawings for each month in 2013. Below is the first one for January, when my boyfriend and I moved him to Montreal from Toronto (on January 1, in a blizzard!).<br />
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I'll add some others for February and April soon, as well as some photos that I took over the long weekend during our visit to the old Biosphere (leftover from Expo '67).<br />
Sadly, I'll be leaving Montreal soon, so my stay here hasn't been well-documented, but hopefully I can make up for some lost time by posting a few events posthumously.<br />
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makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-16765211278300792622012-08-10T20:34:00.001-04:002012-08-10T20:36:51.349-04:00Owl Painting!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Last weekend I finally finished the owl painting for T and J. It was a present for their wedding, which took place over one and a half years ago (!) Better late than never, but due to being in school, moving every three months, and not having my painting supplies or easel, I wasn't able to work on it properly until now. However, it has been burning a hole in my conscience the entire time, so I'm glad that I can finally hand it over to them and take back the "placeholder"wolf painting, which I gave them to hang in the meantime. (here it is, below)</span><br />
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I was super jealous of <a href="http://rufflesandsequins.blogspot.ca/">Tasia</a> last weekend, as she attended the Osheaga music festival in Montreal! Normally I would have gone too, but I was just in Montreal a few weeks before, and I'm also planning to go to PEI next week to visit <a href="http://lindaluau.wordpress.com/">Linda</a>, so I had decline due to budgetary constraints. But no fear! I needed to clean up my place because I'm moving again soon (sigh), and I also finished off some projects, such as the owl painting and planning for my first Indie Pop Night at Fountain Bar. If anyone in the Toronto area is free on the 25th, I hope to see you there! (: Can't wait to play my new favourite song from my new favourite band, Little Dragon. So awesome!<br />
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Today was a nice warm day, but I was busy running around looking for a new apartment, and was also hung over. Also, the streets were packed with shoppers! Toronto can get totally nuts as soon as the warm weather starts (:</div>
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On a side note, here is a painter who I love: Christer Kaarlstad from Norway, amazing oil on canvas (see images below).<br />
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Check out his website to see more of his awesome work: <a href="http://christerkarlstad.com/">http://christerkarlstad.com</a>.<br />
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<br /></div>makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-46609637429238330392012-05-01T22:30:00.003-04:002012-05-01T22:34:09.238-04:00May 1st!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">Yikes, time flies! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">Been back in Toronto now (officially) for 4 months, with the exception of a few trips to Ottawa and a 2.5-week stint in Montreal in February. It's been crazy, mostly because of my (lack of) secure job situation in January, and the mounting stress of paying for an awesome sublet while trying to organize all the stuff in my mum's storage locker. Who knew I had so much stuff...and why did I even keep it? I soon realized that a good way to purge anything not essential to your life is to move every 3 months.... le sigh.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">In the meantime, I've done a bunch of cool things since I've been back. I went to see Grimes with my friend Jen, and <a href="http://rufflesandsequins.blogspot.ca/">Tasia</a> came down to go to the Youth Lagoon concert. A few weeks ago for Andrea's birthday, a bunch of us went to see <a href="http://azariandiii.com/">Azari and iii</a> at the Hoxton. They were great! However, my most recent girl crushes are Grimes, Charlie XCX, and Coeur de Pirate. I listen to the three of them almost every day, as well as the new Sleigh Bells album, which is amazing. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: sans-serif;">Each weekend, it seems that someone I know is DJing at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fountain/236050883104637?v=info">Fountain</a> bar, which seems to be the only place I ever go to on Saturdays. Last weekend Dan (DJ Sexhelmet) was spinning, and the week before </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://basic_sounds.blogspot.ca/">Andrea</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">, Erin, and Andrew were playing. This Saturday </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://oldskateboarder.blogspot.ca/">Terence</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> (Mr. Furious) will be there. It's crazy! The main reason that everyone is there, though, is because of our friend and bartender <a href="http://ithinkxblog.blogspot.ca/">Vince</a>, who happens to also be a music writer for Exclaim magazine. He's one very cool guy (and makes good drinks too!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Anyway, I hope that I can get my blog and my art stuff back on track, now that I've sorted myself and my stuff out. I am planning to finish one of my paintings this weekend, so fingers crossed! It seems like I went from being very seldomly employed to working 6 days a week and trying to take a french class on the side. Needless to say, mon francais souffre a cause de ma vie tres occupee. C'est mal. </span><br />
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I didn't mean to be away so long, but school and then my prolonged internship has meant that I haven't been sketching or painting very much this past year (except for my job of course, but is only "inpainting").<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGTBfTq7Q4emob7rPyLVFrlVHDNZSp0M_h5EIZEFkTX5YKnxyqyFJ74sYkGEKMgNW5yNLMNa0W2S-5JwVW93wn2h_-z16G4_Ojva3l2f7yG0oXvRS0pe7bvHjxzX7pMOI1GeRSO9AezrS/s1600/IMG_6035+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGTBfTq7Q4emob7rPyLVFrlVHDNZSp0M_h5EIZEFkTX5YKnxyqyFJ74sYkGEKMgNW5yNLMNa0W2S-5JwVW93wn2h_-z16G4_Ojva3l2f7yG0oXvRS0pe7bvHjxzX7pMOI1GeRSO9AezrS/s400/IMG_6035+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679438606760358514" border="0" /></a>Anyway, a lot has happened to me since January. First, I finished my Master's of Art Conservation program of two years at Queen's University (and just graduated last week!).<br /><br />Second, I left Kingston, moved to Montreal, and then started my internship at a private paintings' restoration studio. It was pretty tough at first, but I managed to get the hang of working quickly and efficiently. In fact, I did such a good job that I got offered an extension until the end of the year, which is why I'm still here in la Belle Province.<br /><br />At first, I moved into an apartment in the Plateau with two girls from the West coast. I only knew a few people in Montreal (Marc and Rob, below), and they were kind enough to hang out with me during my "initiation period", which I really appreciated (:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5jXo0Y3QfSw_5vzXunLbqImBxmfPeWn-6uAwwU4mLIX3XAShROtYte6pnNt7TfZJDAdliY8Rnr4uMciIA_WVhIHMlGzKNgiNEKPRldNtKGkOc5nW4-jMyJsLft1qJ1T4qlALPUflcc2m/s1600/IMG_5698.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5jXo0Y3QfSw_5vzXunLbqImBxmfPeWn-6uAwwU4mLIX3XAShROtYte6pnNt7TfZJDAdliY8Rnr4uMciIA_WVhIHMlGzKNgiNEKPRldNtKGkOc5nW4-jMyJsLft1qJ1T4qlALPUflcc2m/s400/IMG_5698.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679439350143060802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDh_70LTdAIBZ_0SZRmPdGPgkODrCCWVE9J_u71K10F91VoMaMsz4p706Zd4GUQZDpDD0FaOhtrZGS5_r3r44sLsg53FIM_PICc27KkKzYTaePge0VesB2nhjm35GSqc98rKBraQv2LST0/s1600/IMG_5689.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDh_70LTdAIBZ_0SZRmPdGPgkODrCCWVE9J_u71K10F91VoMaMsz4p706Zd4GUQZDpDD0FaOhtrZGS5_r3r44sLsg53FIM_PICc27KkKzYTaePge0VesB2nhjm35GSqc98rKBraQv2LST0/s400/IMG_5689.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679439207438518770" border="0" /></a>Some of my Toronto pals also came to visit me so all in all the first three months went by quickly (despite the language barrier). I was originally going to England for a month-long internship in August, but since my Montreal contract got extended I had to find a place for August to December, which proved really difficult. In the end, I got a place for just August (near Park la Fontaine), and then a place for September to December after that. Luckily, I became friends with my neighbor, and we've hung out a lot the past few months (below, at Halloween!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Js9yc51z8t81kQSgHgPEFzEJl_yazg23pTDWjZLlVFHhLFWxpxaMOv1SkpZd1m60gG8jKxyJIinrN7FGZNGUGPbm8Ng8apYb2eoItUOzyuCR7xN3Zs3OWDiyfPbf0j-Df4z9-BD7ytL6/s1600/IMG_5990.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Js9yc51z8t81kQSgHgPEFzEJl_yazg23pTDWjZLlVFHhLFWxpxaMOv1SkpZd1m60gG8jKxyJIinrN7FGZNGUGPbm8Ng8apYb2eoItUOzyuCR7xN3Zs3OWDiyfPbf0j-Df4z9-BD7ytL6/s400/IMG_5990.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679439975329664882" border="0" /></a>So anyway, since September I've visited Toronto twice, went to England and Scotland for a week, and have been back and forth to Ottawa every two weeks for work on a mosaic site. Hectic! I'm looking forward to returning to Toronto at the end of the year. My pal Emma is now working with me at the studio, so we travelled together to Ottawa yesterday to work on the mural site (photos below of us in Ottawa).<br /><br />The BIG mission now is to complete Terence's painting in the next couple of weeks. I can't believe this gift will literally be an entire year late! Phew!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUxF_7RPv7QNsHqiMaHAWnUYzSazgh5XqD2NAsUUniHQx7iRIFQodXLi1ME6PMuivmjuwf74VOsTmj_WZuAAloSaPoE6rfAxC7DwiHl_je8otUfhgC4Gyr2uf2Sri8Nv082O6YwmOi5PM/s1600/IMG_5998_crop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUxF_7RPv7QNsHqiMaHAWnUYzSazgh5XqD2NAsUUniHQx7iRIFQodXLi1ME6PMuivmjuwf74VOsTmj_WZuAAloSaPoE6rfAxC7DwiHl_je8otUfhgC4Gyr2uf2Sri8Nv082O6YwmOi5PM/s400/IMG_5998_crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679437998529631378" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgm5PoN9vfJQKgEC9ZEo6tCWaL_VorfRVq0vjxlxTwkfSgwh3enJEZDn0E2LHNr5rsC5Y19Jve2HudZZ0pTEIZDFPpKJrkRt8bUG_UDZdEjPNS6aNU9Ove-KWhYIPR5XNtxF5UsltxZz8/s1600/IMG_6088.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgm5PoN9vfJQKgEC9ZEo6tCWaL_VorfRVq0vjxlxTwkfSgwh3enJEZDn0E2LHNr5rsC5Y19Jve2HudZZ0pTEIZDFPpKJrkRt8bUG_UDZdEjPNS6aNU9Ove-KWhYIPR5XNtxF5UsltxZz8/s400/IMG_6088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679441492172481906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGis9QvwyRBQBYmG32ADqkrNGaxQ91_4uhU7IpgsfGBpIOm1S00pD9Bpp41I_iqLzOMu7SzX59Gul1P8IRQ3wzGQXHPbu5wO1kNIU9R3hh0CfRp_AEDlFdkKX0Qvc20cRgEDj8O0y4TTo8/s1600/IMG_6091.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGis9QvwyRBQBYmG32ADqkrNGaxQ91_4uhU7IpgsfGBpIOm1S00pD9Bpp41I_iqLzOMu7SzX59Gul1P8IRQ3wzGQXHPbu5wO1kNIU9R3hh0CfRp_AEDlFdkKX0Qvc20cRgEDj8O0y4TTo8/s400/IMG_6091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679440876098473298" border="0" /></a>makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-57686698396732158502011-01-22T08:51:00.008-05:002011-01-22T09:16:19.841-05:00Sketches for New Painting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1A1B47EIiDk6LZlYfDXn8-15b6Nd1u6XTw3K1DI6XC9RJaG4uJro2Y2rsA83_lxEXs-wGZnPs6X72wTMGJJ-NWzSKz1e0QejrNhRAffkTJ5ZBycrX7tTBtMc6Z9VEOTpovWylG0X_Ysb/s1600/Owl1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1A1B47EIiDk6LZlYfDXn8-15b6Nd1u6XTw3K1DI6XC9RJaG4uJro2Y2rsA83_lxEXs-wGZnPs6X72wTMGJJ-NWzSKz1e0QejrNhRAffkTJ5ZBycrX7tTBtMc6Z9VEOTpovWylG0X_Ysb/s400/Owl1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565010531940203906" border="0" /></a><br />Speaking of new paintings, I've started these sketches almost two months ago but didn't finish them in time for <a href="http://madebyjill.wordpress.com/">Jill</a> and <a href="http://oldskateboarder.blogspot.com/">Terence</a>'s wedding (the painting was going to be their wedding present). Soooo....I'm hopefully going to finish it during reading week, and then I can give it to them while I'm back in Toronto. Fingers crossed!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkU_6Z4UG1swxEoh98uVwu8d44zKtNibaYuO1G_6Pba08WQXc-tqUqBRxC_X3PGPcGu8eIV46YoEUmFKaz4SpzCYaBoYRXHonCI_RWXTUmn3kWZJteA1qoHpbdXE-n_LM7kCOEwxsncZN3/s1600/Sketch1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkU_6Z4UG1swxEoh98uVwu8d44zKtNibaYuO1G_6Pba08WQXc-tqUqBRxC_X3PGPcGu8eIV46YoEUmFKaz4SpzCYaBoYRXHonCI_RWXTUmn3kWZJteA1qoHpbdXE-n_LM7kCOEwxsncZN3/s400/Sketch1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565010808267638242" border="0" /></a>Here is the actual composition sketch for the painting (above)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEvmQ9h_rrPOnvZsIthyphenhyphenJDfD6PIQVEHM49RSOwiIHA1ohQ5a5O_lnZrmsaqhQtjAVLUYqDia0_xcpyIHS5uItpUJNtV-YH5t0HTDyQsA8XC24TrBUm6NrOzdLO_-NRdZ689TtjCnKtet1/s1600/Owl2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 346px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEvmQ9h_rrPOnvZsIthyphenhyphenJDfD6PIQVEHM49RSOwiIHA1ohQ5a5O_lnZrmsaqhQtjAVLUYqDia0_xcpyIHS5uItpUJNtV-YH5t0HTDyQsA8XC24TrBUm6NrOzdLO_-NRdZ689TtjCnKtet1/s400/Owl2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565010646524458690" border="0" /></a>This is the close up of the second owl (it'll go in the foreground)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgN9bCya8LhImRLIm8n9fSYcQo-0WURu7Dxfi2EHjT-r2KXtS-a5DZPn4TqT-q6coAnfIfTAzipRKpoPP2pag9bH53UrlmFl8UPhjjpBA4WS6Yfv1w4q8rnBjtzOZMt8GMUBjfnYdvP3J/s1600/GumbyPokey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgN9bCya8LhImRLIm8n9fSYcQo-0WURu7Dxfi2EHjT-r2KXtS-a5DZPn4TqT-q6coAnfIfTAzipRKpoPP2pag9bH53UrlmFl8UPhjjpBA4WS6Yfv1w4q8rnBjtzOZMt8GMUBjfnYdvP3J/s400/GumbyPokey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565012731978527378" border="0" /></a>And....here are the two little guys who sit on the window ledge in front of my desk. I see them everyday and it's become an inside joke between <a href="http://rufflesandsequins.blogspot.com/">Tasia</a> and I that they represent the two of us (in a "plasticine friendship" kinda way)!<br /><br />Have a great weekend!makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-26652383643148634042010-09-13T16:30:00.002-04:002010-09-13T16:32:30.681-04:00No new work yet...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARlMrQXBOVWdVMYWagP8TNmNJNLPni80ht3f00kGa_GB0xzWVTcDz3cTefeEOsiZXfHUBHwPem9iGKfytBzAZ_whlsii-Nb-tipak9H4HZT_LcNyRJtwYCjn5PP_WAzrLa0vxepLxoKKI/s1600/letsdesign.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARlMrQXBOVWdVMYWagP8TNmNJNLPni80ht3f00kGa_GB0xzWVTcDz3cTefeEOsiZXfHUBHwPem9iGKfytBzAZ_whlsii-Nb-tipak9H4HZT_LcNyRJtwYCjn5PP_WAzrLa0vxepLxoKKI/s400/letsdesign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516498602354476946" border="0" /></a><br />well, it's been a while since I've done any painting, so in the meantime this little drawing is pretty cute, no? (and true!)<br /><br />will post some new art sooooooooon....makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-42870003998522669172010-08-15T14:05:00.006-04:002010-08-15T14:53:59.153-04:00new wolf painting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpR7sT9OFOBnMcpbKhSgLFbQMW0YEiF48cwm1j_NO62Z5uVF3OGsfCTNZ0ffdDxm8Xa38wcVpxN4yDl-ntUxWJL2hAdG_o7N5kBXoOK24UBYfXuyYKAMx_QxxOMGB70-Qccho0Z9WgMI15/s1600/Wolf_Painting.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpR7sT9OFOBnMcpbKhSgLFbQMW0YEiF48cwm1j_NO62Z5uVF3OGsfCTNZ0ffdDxm8Xa38wcVpxN4yDl-ntUxWJL2hAdG_o7N5kBXoOK24UBYfXuyYKAMx_QxxOMGB70-Qccho0Z9WgMI15/s400/Wolf_Painting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505703710773243634" border="0" /></a>My first painting in almost a year! Time sure flies, even if it's spent not being productive... (read: underlying guilty conscience). Anyway, this is a small mixed media collage/acrylic painting that I started months ago but only finished yesterday.....although I may still go back and work on it more in a couple of days (: I'm planning on doing two more paintings that are similar to this over the next two weeks so stay tuned!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gROqtBqO4TB5wNOvKS_qGtqMjOmHVE9aoBBjdYUwW0P4DhAiL2TZ94HoYwgaZx7_pbUvvNN8r0KdOoCoKWjNLmiVYPnwuAPrY6Qviy9_fMlbdCWNxAd7-agXrqW8pEkgHWHN2yHVutW2/s1600/Wolf_Sketch_for_Painting.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gROqtBqO4TB5wNOvKS_qGtqMjOmHVE9aoBBjdYUwW0P4DhAiL2TZ94HoYwgaZx7_pbUvvNN8r0KdOoCoKWjNLmiVYPnwuAPrY6Qviy9_fMlbdCWNxAd7-agXrqW8pEkgHWHN2yHVutW2/s400/Wolf_Sketch_for_Painting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505704043706289954" border="0" /></a>Also, here is the sketch for the painting, which actually looks quite different from the finished product...I always find it cool to see other artists' sketches, so I thought I would post my drawing for the sake of comparison. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh">Van Gogh</a> always did a bunch of sketches before he actually painted, and he was definitely an interesting guy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSVCqs7JDqspEUDkXkaE82WVPs2eJ2o5Voj4oiu4OVwFiKARss2k7NiZaInv6I8YPpnszDVcWe21CwZ2hEMbbLk_hBD2KYZhlF-2LVdDY1sN6-OFhZ7XzmCzHwyRo0AqTA0sMXe5W_jrm/s1600/IMG_4112.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSVCqs7JDqspEUDkXkaE82WVPs2eJ2o5Voj4oiu4OVwFiKARss2k7NiZaInv6I8YPpnszDVcWe21CwZ2hEMbbLk_hBD2KYZhlF-2LVdDY1sN6-OFhZ7XzmCzHwyRo0AqTA0sMXe5W_jrm/s400/IMG_4112.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505711541098090018" border="0" /></a>Finally, yesterday was my friend <a href="http://missurchinsophisticate.blogspot.com/">Edie</a>'s birthday dinner, and <a href="http://madebyjill.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/birthday-goodies/">Jill</a> made some awesome vegan cupcakes for her, which you can read about on her blog. They were soooo cute!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw_K-B10dFFvds0Q7ZzWWVMXKYq3q2oF7DXEaU8FryLcZ3jfpjiCofzgTz0ENwu5pWepUesCIgVOKhPcZ5ePuKT1n3x9Gab5HXV9OmG7l2hUM-T8PTLC3E7v6PTp4YtKeA1Kunjvv2ekf/s1600/IMG_4114.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw_K-B10dFFvds0Q7ZzWWVMXKYq3q2oF7DXEaU8FryLcZ3jfpjiCofzgTz0ENwu5pWepUesCIgVOKhPcZ5ePuKT1n3x9Gab5HXV9OmG7l2hUM-T8PTLC3E7v6PTp4YtKeA1Kunjvv2ekf/s400/IMG_4114.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505711780375946562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yvgavu2mL6JTHVQL0jxWy6R8zKenyHLyAj5SgTV2piPvrfwAtk4b0pEWo8FJxbrlSqdr9l9Lh27zmrh0IIT_Uaw14KdpZdrN2nrEZQxWjHd2zDBE9HdC-23mQy-Jks0kJtqbfBe-n_5w/s1600/IMG_4112.jpg"><br /></a>makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-36853742805552549852010-08-10T22:20:00.000-04:002010-08-10T22:50:26.793-04:00Comic strip of our flight....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYSBAaRZYDaTcsF9Vug84F4fxnGz1kPeEP4E-6d1eFmRecL1kbmzMKBj7Ik8Y-xN0O9HAX3Ssc1EIE82zCPASGpn0quZVW21cxvG-jGer6-p6hMGmskmDZWZd56_ZbUv-kMjLuJZsgqs4/s1600/May2010_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYSBAaRZYDaTcsF9Vug84F4fxnGz1kPeEP4E-6d1eFmRecL1kbmzMKBj7Ik8Y-xN0O9HAX3Ssc1EIE82zCPASGpn0quZVW21cxvG-jGer6-p6hMGmskmDZWZd56_ZbUv-kMjLuJZsgqs4/s400/May2010_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503978499930559362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDChZg7Y8wO6v7VnaVvrTM3CMK-je57m5mdoHU9-gJU0rysLPlQxWQPJ3aXuqSJbUYwHBK2f4gyDwQb68jxYAXpaTU6OszRQnfk7yFKNZWYd8h1ybgbV3jeGXCxk-E0yMPS161I-rVti3/s1600/May2010_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDChZg7Y8wO6v7VnaVvrTM3CMK-je57m5mdoHU9-gJU0rysLPlQxWQPJ3aXuqSJbUYwHBK2f4gyDwQb68jxYAXpaTU6OszRQnfk7yFKNZWYd8h1ybgbV3jeGXCxk-E0yMPS161I-rVti3/s400/May2010_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503978569036589122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YoebrQU-Nvdh_lkcLzf7ytgMjds6i9ewGWc3hk-KeP4dpkj_bBnUfJrAo53odE090uLlp9uq3glZH9XrgWD2CRMJ6YC_5pyvdQshSaQ9Dxxc1yQEqq9buppTXOoNlDvCy__rO3WGp-Sj/s1600/May2010_03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YoebrQU-Nvdh_lkcLzf7ytgMjds6i9ewGWc3hk-KeP4dpkj_bBnUfJrAo53odE090uLlp9uq3glZH9XrgWD2CRMJ6YC_5pyvdQshSaQ9Dxxc1yQEqq9buppTXOoNlDvCy__rO3WGp-Sj/s400/May2010_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503978643378283426" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a short illustration I did of me and <a href="http://www.emcheng.com/">Emily</a>'s flight into New York City:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8LTZnP1f8EqH_DOSnNZe3S6-llG0ztIyRaTb7NbpNj9YPnGvZcDcouy-JumNaTHzX0niajezpH7CBk2pQbzMjnMtjdqXj5twj97GuEojwQtiORBYNTvHw8btSpVvrtasAde58EPbu3pU/s1600/May2010_04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8LTZnP1f8EqH_DOSnNZe3S6-llG0ztIyRaTb7NbpNj9YPnGvZcDcouy-JumNaTHzX0niajezpH7CBk2pQbzMjnMtjdqXj5twj97GuEojwQtiORBYNTvHw8btSpVvrtasAde58EPbu3pU/s400/May2010_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503978721197271202" border="0" /></a>makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634326052567063908.post-82450939741179752672010-08-10T17:34:00.001-04:002010-08-16T14:56:37.104-04:00First post!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuyEIjRC67LFHTCTOg2X0LgY7DYxHwFSzHD3EYd6V5EEb0w3EPtLzWqnjl7_UfPftt7bMIyBz-OvpYET0n12-sJGtj0uxUTIkY75dlLR_ZVn3u5Zy2WVLdmhMFvTRoZMS6xs0LniVGB8l/s1600/Brooklyn_Building.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503908661866296290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuyEIjRC67LFHTCTOg2X0LgY7DYxHwFSzHD3EYd6V5EEb0w3EPtLzWqnjl7_UfPftt7bMIyBz-OvpYET0n12-sJGtj0uxUTIkY75dlLR_ZVn3u5Zy2WVLdmhMFvTRoZMS6xs0LniVGB8l/s320/Brooklyn_Building.jpg" /></a>Yippee, the first posting for my new blog! Who knew that setting up a single blog page would be so time consuming??<br /><br />Anyway, I'm glad it's up before the end of summer, as my days of glorious freedom and sweet stressless bliss will soon come to an end...to be replaced by horrible essays, strict professors, and a clampdown on summer awesomeness....but I digress.<br /><br />Later this week I'll try to post my first bunch of drawings that I started while I was in Brooklyn this past May. Why is architecture so much more inspiring in NYC? Maybe I would get tired of it if I lived there permanently (doubt it). Brooklyn is home to <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><a href="http://yovia.com/blogs/musicmonday/2010/04/28/sleigh-bells/">Sleigh Bells</a></span> and they're all about intense urban coolness.<br /><br />Stay tuned!makihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352254711967803620noreply@blogger.com0