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Self-Portrait Tuesday

If I was a spy I would always have dramatic lighting like this....

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Here is my new haircut...kind of a punkish mullet...Love it! I have been told by many people today that it is only something I can pull off...quite a compliment.

Self-Portrait Tuesday

Last Pop Art post and have decided to go with something incredibly stark. Sometimes the most beautiful things are honest and candid, some of Andy Warhols' most beautiful pieces came in the tiny form of polaroids of his friends and Factory People.

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Up close and personal as a Pop Art Smurf

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This is me at 7:00 in the morning, beware!

Self-Portrait Tuesday

Someone once told me that if I was fruit I would be a peach...would I? They are kind of fuzzy and my legs don't grow hair...would I be a peach? I guess because I am extremely fair and their are red hues in my skin tone....Can anyone be just one fruit??

Every fruit has subtle hints of something else. For the longest time when I started eating mangos I thought they tasted like carrots. Now after years of eating them they now just taste like mangos. I really don't know where I am going with this. ..maybe it is about this whole idea of Introducing yourself...can you introduce who you are when maybe you don't know right now.

When I meet new people I feel a pressure to make conversation and I try to ask a lot of questions even if I don't really care. They introduce themselves as do I and you play a game with them. I think about how many introductions I have done and how many really turn into friendships....not too many. It is funny I can remember numerous introductions with people I will never see again, but I don't remember the first conversations of the people I am actually friends with.

I guess at 11:34pm your mind starts wandering...so here is my Self-portrait...nothing too glamourous.

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Here I am a little Au Natural. Since 8th grade I have had short hair and never looked back from it, but now I am taking the big leap...growing it out...and going to let it get curly...only when it reaches the right length. In my mind that length is super long. I normally keep it straight via flat iron and some light product, but here you get a little sneak peak into what my hair REALLY looks like.

Recent Interests: French New Wave Cinema, Kiki Smith, Jelly Beans, Reassessing things, Shadowboxes

Recent Disinterests: White Stockings, Cranberries, Sideways, Clinique Simple perfume

Self-portrait Tuesday

If I was a Squirrel I would probably look like this. This month in the world of Self-portrait Tuesday it is all about introducing yourself. I think this first photo is a great way to start off the month! Do you agree?    

Self-portrait Tuesday

My muffin is amazing this morning. The ratio between chocolate chip and buttery cake is well...delicious! I usually throw away the bottom because frankly I am more i nterested in the chocolate chips and crumbly top than the actual cake part. That is just mainly filler to me. So instead  I make a big latte with fat free milk and mostly espresso and I drink and eat at the same time. My tongue has a field day and seems very happy with me by the end! It also gets my brain going in the morning especially on days like this when I am not   feeling this whole work thing I have gotten myself into.

       My mom got these tea roses at a gala she went to for her job. They are one amongst many  bouquets that are now living in my  home  Although not a huge rose fan I think these are very beautiful and the picture does not do them justice. They are refined and delicate yet wild in their arrangement and color.

Check out these T-shirt designs. I might have to break down this weekend and get one. I love robots, I have a collection of metal ones and I just love the emotion coming out of this tiny sad robot.

                                                                            

I was meandering through the internet several weeks ago and stumbled on this great artist Evah Fan who has the cutest work and t-shirts.  Her stuff is sold at Giant Robot. I love her use of negative space and she just comes up with some really great ideas.

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Self-portrait Tuesday

I have decided to join in on this Self-Portrait Tuesday movement. Here a picture taken early this morning as I was getting ready for work. I like the shadow of my hair across my neck, though the flash put an interesting shadow on my cheek.

I seem to be running around today like a crazy woman. My boss just came in and we are going over a ton of notes from the various meetings I had while she was away. I have tried to keep a precise record of everything that went on so I can answer all the questions she will not doubt ask me.

I thought as I am new to this whole experience, I would start to introduce the various aspects of my life and the places that I see everyday. This bus stop is one of them, it marks the beginning and the end of my work day. Most often it is seen with groggy sleep filled eyes. That blue newspaper dispenser wouldn't give me a paper last week so I have decided to not use it anymore. A shame because I am hungry for my crossword puzzle even if it is from a local newspaper. I have become a little bit of a snob when it comes to that, it has to be the New York Times and nothing else.

My friend Jen bought this amazing little book while she was in California visiting her brother. I immediately fell in love with the little ink drawings inside so I pulled it apart and had to frame at least one of the pictures. I like the pistol image with the ornate border on top. Although the glare of the flash kind of mares the rich black background of this picture. I have this picture leaning against some others on my desk, but I will hopefully hang it shortly. These other photos are of some of the other pages for this book that I think are fantastic. I like the ones best with the inanimate objects with the nonsensical writing underneath.

Last night I went out and played pool with my friend Claire and ended up discussing relationship crap for like 3 hours over drinks and mango smoothies. I was more on the mango smoothies than the drinks.

I plan on doing very crafty things tonight while watching Disc 3 of Northern Exposure Season 1, these include:

1. Getting packages together for Swaps

2. Making a card for my friend Nicole's Birthday, which is arriving shortly.

3. Developing the CD booklet for my Music Swap that needs to be sent out

4. Doodling (something that should be done everyday)

One Last Photo of a very important Cat who purrs at me on a daily basis