Up and Dancing

This weekend a few gracious (and patient!) friends came over so I could practice the talk I'm giving later this week. The talk is long, and many of the quirks haven't been worked out, so it was really, really nice of them. On Saturday, a quick trip to the Salvation Army to drop off some old clothes turned out to be an odyssey around Greenpoint (to find a Salvo that was open!) Such a nice walk through those parts that I've only ever done in the summertime. We had a cart full of clothes and Sprout was making many sporadic horse-like movements, so it was difficult to get many/any pictures. On the way there I had a delicious donut from Peter Pan. On the way back, some sub-par enchiladas. In the evening I watched not one but two feature films (perhaps partially to prove to myself that my attention span hasn't been ruined by tv-length formats?) It was a great evening of eating and relaxing and playing Super Mario Bros. On Sunday evening there was a screening low-key dance party of Girl Walk, which was so super fun. My favorite character is The Creep played by John Doyle (pictured above). I want a skeleton sweatsuit like his so badly but cannot seem to find the right one...The vibe was great, made even greater by the fact that the event was put on, in part, by some Episcopal priests (and was hosted in an Episcopal church downtown). Watch Girl Walk asap if you haven't already. It's so nice.

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Very eventful week. I went uptown and downtown and got some good work done. On Friday we found a super tasty BBQ place in the neighborhood. There was a great hang out on Saturday and in the evening an excellent program of educational films. Plus the first proper snow of the year. The pretty part was melted away to gross slush within a few hours, but it definitely feels more wintry now. This evening I saw a friend perform some live music. I wish there was one more day of weekend, but even so, I'm ready to hit the books with a renewed enthusiasm come tomorrow morn.

Two good breakfasts last weekend

Waffles from a new place in the neighborhood (this one was filled with hummus, cucumber, olives, arugula), and fresh juice I made in the juicer (apple, pear, blood orange, strawberry, carrot...they all make such a lovely color). The next day I made a mix n match plate of delicious things: hummus, olives, etc.

Macro

For Christmas my sister gave me a cool lens set that attaches to the iphone (fisheye, wide-angle, and macro) and I've been trying it out (obviously using Sprout as one of the main subjects, despite her tendency not to stay still). You've got to get very close to the object you want to photograph, but it works great. Here are just a few shots (Sprout's paw and claws, a houseplant, superball, some dried lavender).

Vroom.

This is a drawing I did on my ipad this evening. I had sort of an image of it in my head as I fell asleep last night and was excited to draw after I finished work tonight. I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Moonrise Kingdom

Foxes

Yesterday I drew some snoozing foxes.