August 29, 2006
They Taketh And They Taketh
Monday Morning
4:20 AM Central Standard: Driving from Oswego, IL to Midway Airport, Chicago. Two hours bad sleep.
5:10 AM: Overshoot the last gas station before Midway
5:15 AM: Fillup
5:25 AM: Car is returned and I am heading into terminal, no caffeine.
5:30 AM: Walk up to baggage check and I hear, "hope you're not expecting to check that." Yes, I am, I say, confused that I am the only one in line and the two clerks are standing there twiddling their thumbs. "Are you on the flight to Denver?" I say I am and he tells me, "Cutoff time is 45 minutes before flight departure, you missed it." It's not till many minutes later in a caffeine-less haze and a few "you gotta be kidding me's" and his several shoulder shrugs before I realize that it was only a five minute f-ing difference. Five minutes that I cost myself after missing the route 126 curve and the gas station.
5:37 AM: I am standing in Security with a TSA agent watching him pull 150 dollars worth of creams and toners and toothpaste and mascara and hair product out of my bag. He decides to leave me the last few drops of eyedrops which I will obviously need later.
6 AM Mountain Time: I am changing planes in Denver and because the airbus is so small and the overhead bins are so small they tell me I need to check my bag.
10 AM Pacific Time: I am looking over my mail and see that I have received a screw your financial hardship plea it's too damn bad that you will leave your clients high and dry and make zero money for however long mandatory summons for jury duty.
12 PM: Out walking some dogs and picking up shit and thinking what my father always used to say when things were screwed up - I got a turd in every pocket.
Literally.
3:45 PM: Found a Chinese silk floor-length robe at the Cancer Society Thrift Store for $15. With really big pockets.
August 20, 2006
It Was SOOO Close
This is LuLu. She is the cutest damn AmStaf with the nicest disposition...
She was offered to me. Offered to me because the people trying to find her a new home wanted me to have her. I wanted her. Dj wanted her. We instantly loved her. We fostered her over the weekend for a trial....
This is Oscar. Oscar on occasion liked LuLu. But not much.
In fact Oscar thinks he succeeds in getting rid of all the dogs in my life because they all seem to come and go and he stays so he thinks what he's doing is working. And it does work in this case. He 's a SABOTEUR!! Oh, LuLu, it could've been such a beautiful...
Oscar, you are so grounded!
August 18, 2006
Reception Date
Mark the calendars and join me for art, foodlettes and cocktails on
Saturday, September 9
7-9PM
Barsac Brasserie
4212 Lankershim Blvd.
N. Hollywood
One-night-only artwork to be displayed!
Hope to see ya. Pass it on.
August 14, 2006
A Day At The Ballpark With Friends
11 innings, 3 1/2 beers, garlic fries, 10 friends, a blazing sun and a parking lot so badly designed it makes me want to move out of LA.
August 05, 2006
Brasserie Walls
Show went up at Barsac this morning
with the help of two able assistants and a crying dog
who thought we were moving away and leaving him
as we hauled piece after piece out the apartment door.
Filled two quite large rooms and two hallways with Nora T. Murphy art.
(And that didn't even include any 9/11 stuff.)
Reception to be announced.
Proprieter says any Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
Any weigh-ins on that?
Decisions, decisions.