The Golden Age

I'm getting a late start today because I spent the morning/afternoon at the Aquarium. Someone gave me tickets to go because I helped them with a gallery exhibition.

I decided to walk for a number of reasons: 1. I didn't want to have to deal with parking or paying for parking 2. It was a really nice day 3. It's only about a 25 minute walk from my apartment.

I just rolled my neck and it popped about 20 times. lol

It was a nice visit to the Aquarium. It was very crowded and a lot of children. I was trying to use the opportunity to make some field sketches. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to not get spotted by children or otherwise while I'm drawing? Something in my mind kept telling me that I'm "killed" if someone catches me. And I guess I was "caught" once or twice. I don't know how I'm supposed to remain invisible when I'm literally the only person around with a book sketching the fish right next to the tank. But my mind says I'm "killed" about 300 times a day -that is not an exaggeration. It's something that tortures me day in and day out.

Anyway. I want to paint today and I know it's already 5p but I want to paint for a bit and then practice guitar and then shower and then read and then sleep. In precisely that order.

So I guess that means I have to pick an album to listen to and todays pick is:

Recorded Live! Shanana: The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll

1973

Kama Sutra Records

And already I am getting serious Cry Baby vibes. So I guess this is some cover album of 1950's rock n roll. Which I am all about. I love Cry Baby it's my favorite movie of all time and has been since I was 4 years old, The first time I saw it I remember I came downstairs really late at night because I couldn't sleep and I was watching the revolving guide channel and I read "Cry Baby" and I was hesitant to put it on at first because I thought it might be stupid and finally after a couple of revolutions through the guide, I put it on and I loved every minute of it. Always have and always will. And extra bonus points because it was filmed in Baltimore 🫠

So, I've deviated from my plan, I'm instead printing some pictures I want to hang on my wall as inspo. And then I'll get to painting.

I noticed something weird about this album. It is labeled Side A and Side D on one record and Side C and Side B on the other. I realized after listening that the songs aren't supposed to be in any particular order since they are all covers. So the order in which they are listened to isn't exactly important. But its still weird.

Okay, so I just printed this artwork from one of my favorite contemporary artists: James Flames. And I realize that printing them without buying them makes me the anti-christ but in my defense the ones that I want to purchase are always sold out immediately after they are put out. He's a screen printer and show poster creator. That's my dream. To make show posters. Even if it's for little local shows. I'm getting there.

okay. now I'm going to paint.

6:36p

Using a lot of blue, which may sound strange, but I don't tend to use a lot of blue in any of my paintings and I don't exactly know why? One thing about this particular painting is that I did something in the very beginning that I can't change now that I wish I wouldn't have done. I'm tempted to just start over on this painting or just use this as a learning process and get over it. The way I paint just takes so long. I am not a fast swish swish painter. I move inch by inch, layer by layer.

I think I might get dinner started. I'm just going to make some noodles with pesto.

::Mira is so cute, in her little spot next to my computer. She's all curled around herself::

I was out on my deck a little today hanging some bird houses I made and I noticed that my blueberry bushes I planted last year and my hydrangea from my dad's funeral are both budding new leaves!!! One thing about the Aquarium is that I realized that I have absolutely no desire what so ever to have an aquarium with fish and stuff. I love looking at them and I enjoy their presence, but I don't want to have to maintain it. However, I do love terrariums and I inherited my dad's fish tank and I want so bad to make it into a terrarium. I found a bunch of drift wood that I put into it, but I need to get the rest of the supplies to bring it to life.

I would just buy the stuff and get started, but I'm trying to be a little tighter with money right now. I lost one of my jobs due to downsizing. I'm not really sure what to do about it, I have a couple of different options that I really don't want to discuss at the moment due to the sensitive nature of the situation, but I'll probably say more when I know more.

But I do still have my job at the warehouse and the farmers market, it's just the cafe where I was a barista, closed permanently. I'm honestly not really that upset about it closing... Like I said I'll say more later.

okay. dinner. brb.

7:17p consuming dinner. It's very good. And I also really love this album. At first, I thought I could live with only listening to it every once in a blue moon, but I've changed my mind. It's fun and it reminds of good things.

Daylight savings time is so weird. I feel like I have so much time left in the evening, but it's already after 7 and the sun is just now setting. I still have a lot to do yet tonight and I don't think I'll be getting to bed early. Which is fine as long as I wake up in the morning (which is my problem).

I see my doctor on Monday. I never know what to talk about. I try not to complain. I try.

(Fire truck just went by. Hope everyone's okay.) But I don't know what to talk about. Should I express my worries or should I just say everything is okay and put my head down? That's what I usually do. I know I said practice before shower but I always practice after I get a shower. So I don't know what I was thinking. I'm going to clean up dinner and probably clean up paints and move on only because it's already so late.

In conclusion, this concludes.