No Hair

Found this image looking around the web and am in love with it!

Blush

Hey everybody, my artwork has been featured today on Mr. X Stitch’s blog!!! It’s a great blog all about stitched art, mostly embroidery and cross stitch, but they’ve put my Beastie Boy portrait, They’re Crafted, up on the site.  Thanks guys!!

Today I Am A Craftivist!!

I’m very excited.  I’m all hopped up on me!

I found a blog recently, A Lonely Craftivist, that really inspired me.  The author is a crafter in the UK who uses her crafting politically.  I thought I’d jump on her band wagon, and so have done my first piece.

It’s on a bus stop on Melrose at the corner of Spaulding, in West Hollywood.  It came out even better than I hoped. The cops rolled by once while I was stitching (from 10.30pm until almost midnight), but didn’t hassle me.  What would they have said? “Ma’am, step away from the yarn?”  We’ll see how long it lasts.

Yay!

My Top Five Online Dating Mysteries

I’m blogging for my pals over at the Lek, here’s a piece I posted this morning:

Howdy all, Schinders here.  Been back in the online dating pool a few weeks now, and I’m finally adjusting to the temperature.  I’m beginning to remember how this all works.  I’ve also seen, and remembered, some things that just seem inexplicable.  So, here they are, my top five things that make me go Hmm, the stuff you don’t know why anyone would do, my Top Five Online Dating Mysteries!

1. A CONFUSING PHOTO – Why did you post that photo? You claim to be a non-smoker, yet in this picture you’re clearly smoking.  Or, I think that’s you in the picture, but it’s taken from so far away, who can tell?  Or, wow a picture of a group of guys… I wonder which one I’m communicating with… People, post a photo of you that looks like you, that’s clear, that’s attractive… this is common sense stuff folks…

Crazy4Christ

Again I have been remiss in the writing, but only because I’ve been making.  Behold, “Untitled Buddy Christ #9.”

A Lovely Cage

I’m in NYC at my Dad’s place.  I was looking at the downstairs, livingroom bookcase and came across a book from the mid 70’s on Duchamp.  I gave it a flip through, as I’ve always liked the readymades, and came across this poem, by Cage, on Duchamp:

let Me
hAve
youR baggage:
I will Carry it for you.
no nEed:
i’m wearing aLl of it.

By The Gods!

Are you looking for a great summer read? Have a kid you’re trying to hook on a book? Loved Harry Potter, thought Twilight was eh, but you’re willing to suspend belief? Well I’ve got your summer series right here. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan.  I’m late jumping on this band wagon, the fifth and final book in the series was just published, but hey, now we don’t have to wait for the next one.  I’ve read them back to back to back, great summer page turners.

I don’t want to say too much, because there are too many good reveals in the first book, The Lightning Theif, and I don’t want to spoil them.  I’ll just say that it’s a modern take on Greek Mythology, has a male protagonist – for all you parents of boys who won’t read “girl” books – with a female best friend, is fast paced and fun, and will make you want to go pick up a copy of D’Aulaire for nostalga’s sake.  And if you’re not nostalgic for it because you never had it, go treat yourself!

Zee Avi!!! Ghezuntite.

Are you listening to Zee Avi?  Why not? She’s great, jazzy, poppy, sweet. A friend said it’s the kind of stuff I would sing, if I could sing, so there’s that.  She’s one of those artists who’s so good businesses are using her music out of context for commercials. There’s a Walmart ad for summer with her la-la-la-ing, and it’s all summertime lazy day, but it’s actually from a song called Poppy, about how her boyfriend became addicted to heroine.  Ah summer.

How Tangled Do You Think Their Traffic Gets? (Sorry)

Meant to post about this when it came to my attention, but life get’s busier than I’d like. So…

Ladies in the UK knitted a replica of their village!!!

How cool is that?

Kate Flannery Redux

I used to work for a fansite which is now defunct, and while there I taped an interview with Kate Flannery, Meredith on The Office.  It occurs to me now that the site is dark the interview is nowhere on the web, so, to that end… here it is in transcript form. She’s a pretty funny and cool lady, and super talented. If you’re not already a fan, go check out The Lampshades; you’ll thank yourself for doing so.

Schinders Hi, I’m Schinders and I’m here with Kate Flannery, Meredith, on The Office.  Knowing that we are FanLib, the first thing I want to ask you is, what are you a fan of?
Kate I am a fan of the fans.  I like the fans. I talk to the fans. We all have these MySpace pages that we started the second season of The Office, only because our computers didn’t work the first season. And it’s actually been kind of cool to talk to people that are – actually having access to the people that they are admiring.  I mean I wish I’d have access – I still don’t even though I’m on the Office (laughs) but it’s kind of interesting.  I actually was a really big fan of Annie when I was a kid, and it’s so funny I just saw that documentary which is called … Life After Tomorrow, which  sounds like a soap opera – and it’s all these girls that I admired when I was a kid and it’s their lives now which is kind of a strange mix of not what anybody expected… and … it’s just really really weird – it’s like a weird thing – so it’s kind of a full circle for me.  I don’t know why I  mentioned that first, but I was always obsessed with that show so I wish I would have had the access back then that the kids today have now.

Craft Your Message

A woman came into the restaurant Friday night wearing a self-made sweater that was so great, I had to run and grab my camera.

You can check out more by Lisa Anne Auerbach at stealthissweater.blogspot.com.  Her stuff is terrific!!

Wowsy Wowsers

Also from the afore mentioned Forget Me Not Show opening next week in NYC, this amazing Price is Right Piece.  Wish I were home for this one.  Sigh.