i’m really getting tired of looking at my past entries, every time i come here. it looks so stale as i scroll down the page. i haven’t been keeping a good pace around here lately. i’m a slacker. so i’m going to blog it up!! Yeah.

hey, did i ever tell you that one time i blogged for 24 hours straight, putting up a new entry every 1/2 hour for charity? i think i slept for a week after that. i made a lot of money for my charity, though, so it was worth it.

oh, damn. looks like blogathon just happened on july 28th this year. too bad. i’d sooo do it again. it was really fun once the delirium set in. heh! and it did! oh boy, did it!! but i had lots of friends from around the world who kept me awake by sending ims and email. i also had a lot of coffee. it was silly, crazy, incredibly boring and too quiet at times, hysterically funny, never ending and emotional. i’d do it again in a heartbeat, though.

oh hey, i put up a section for my photographs the other day. haven’t mentioned it here because i didn’t have many uploaded. there’s a few there now, so have a look if you like. i’ve been told my photographs are “moody”. i think so, too.

okay, i’ll be back in a little bit with photos of a new scrapbook/photo album/art journal i’ve made, and another mixed media piece on wood.

i had no idea that lilies only last one day. sort of disappointing, really. just one day of pretty and then they dry up and turn crispy brown.

anyway, this is another one of those choppy entries. I’m pretty excited. i was approved to join the VAST (Visual Artists Street Team) last weekend. I’ve been feeling my way around a little bit, and trying to figure the ins and outs of the group.

Honestly, I’m a little nervous about being new in groups. i just joined 5 or 6 yahoo groups, and I’m always afraid I’m going to mess up and do something wrong. Each one I join always has a different set of rules, and I often times can’t remember which one has what rule. ACK! So, i’m cautious, but I did post tonight on the VAST blog. I figure they’ll let me know if i messed it up too badly.

some of those yahoo art groups, though..man, you really get your hands slapped and a stern talking to if you do something not according to the rules. well, that was a couple years ago, hopefully things have calmed down by now. relax people, it’s only art.

speaking of yahoo groups, my fairy house collage made the home page of collagecats on Sunday. Collage cats is a cool group. No hand slapping or stern talking going on there. Just a bunch of ladies doing collages every Saturday. it seems like a pretty cool bunch. i know the head lady cat because she had a livejournal a couple years ago. maybe she still does? i tend to lose track sometimes.

oh yeah.., the reason i posted on the VAST blog is because i finally got all the note cards from the last post listed on etsy. i hate to complain, but etsy really needs an overhaul of sorts. i know they are working on it, but it is just sooo unstable. yesterday all my hearts disappeared, then reappeared, then disappeared again. Listing was impossibly slow and too unpredictable for me, so i only listed two cards and ran off. sometimes it’s just not worth the effort.

Hey! The Alchemist: a fable about following your dreams is available for FREE on iTunes in the audio books section until July 14th (i think it said). I just downloaded it. Jeremy Irons narrates. Should be interesting, considering his English accent and all. I think it will be lovely to listen to while painting. so, i shall.

deep breath! okay, i think i’m done. i’m going to go paint now. and listen to the alchemist. hopefully, if i turn it up loud enough it will drown out those very annoying dogs barking next door. grr!

man, my scanner is dirty! it’s covered with beeswax from scanning my collages. i didn’t realize it until i went to scan in this fabulous card and buttons i received from Linda Woods. i won these cool little buttons in one of linda’s giveaways. woo! it happened about a month ago, and i’m just now getting around to blog about it. i may not be a girl who is on top of things, but i AM the boss of my own art. i’m going to hang this on the wall in my studio, so i every time i look up from my work, i’ll see it.

my thoughts are kinda sporadic today. i’m hungry. i get that way when i’m hungry. just had a sweet potato cooked with onions. it was tasty, but i’m still thinking about a granola bar recipe i saw on altered diva’s site. mmm..granola bars. i just may have to make my way into that cobwebbed kitchen of mine sometime this afternoon. (nah, doubtful) (well..maybe)

i think granola may go well while i’m reading this free download on To Get Unstuck. a girl in one of my yahoo groups posted the link this morning. i took a look, and could relate instantly. i definitely have too many interests. i feel very ADD most days, flitting from one thing to the next. my mind is never at rest, not even when i sleep. probably the reason i have insomnia all the time. heh there is too much to do. i don’t even know if i can focus long enough to read the first chapter, but i’m going to try. but first, i think i need some coffee and perhaps a bit of studio time.

For the month of May, I am challenging myself to update my art journal daily. I have kept up, so far. These shots were taken with my toy camera, and I love how they came out. I really didn’t want to share the text here, so the camera captured exactly what I wanted it to. The slightly blurred look is also something I love.

I was listening to the new Counting Crows CD while painting the second ATC. I stole some of the lyrics to go around the outside. It says, “There she goes walking on my skin again”. I think it’s my favorite song on the CD. It inspired me to paint my younger self on the ATC. My hair is still that long, but my waist isn’t that small. heh! It happens to the best of us, doesn’t it?

If you want to join me in the May challenge, feel free. Leave a comment here, so I can follow along in your blog.

U are twisted.