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Today I went to Crossroads Trading Co. and got a few clothes to transition from Summer to Autumn. I have been reading lots of style blogs and streetstyle sites, and they have given me lots of inspiration for wearing less pieces in a more creative way. I got this great short olive dress that is super comfy and loose, so that it will be nice and breezy in summer, and look really cute over jeans and boots in fall. It drapes on me really well, and it’s got a nice asymmetrical hem. I also got a black wrap with sleeves that is just gorgeous…originally from H&M, and it makes me feel like an extremely elegant bat. XD I also got a grey tiered dress for the opera (also from H&M), and three tank tops in neutral colors to wear under t-shirts. Yay!! I’m also very excited that three H&M stores are opening in the Seattle area!

1) Copy the list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten (I starred mine as I cannot figure out how to bold w/blogger)
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
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The 100

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile I’ve had alligator…does that count?
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi I’ve had mango lassi?
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted Cream Tea
38. Vodka Jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal I love Indian food…and I hate to cross something off…but I don’t handle spice well. ^^;
44. Goat’s milk I’ve only had goat cheese!
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine This sounds familiar, but I can’t remember if I’ve actually had it.
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears, or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost or brunost
75. Roadkill …WTF??
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang Souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom Yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. 3 Michelin Star Tasting Menu
85. Kobe beef (I may have; I don’t know.)
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

And my missing jughead has been found. It was right there, right where I had searched high and low yesterday. I’m so confused. LOL. I glazed it, and we’re going to raku fire it Tuesday.

My last David Bowie piece (Moss Garden teapot) was ready to be loaded on Thursday, but no one loaded it. I came in today to paint it, but it was still sitting there on the greenware shelf. Also, my jughead is no where to be found. I put it on the greenware shelf the same day I did my Moss Garden teapot. But it is no longer on the greenware shelf, and it is not with the other bisque fired things on their shelf. I can only surmise it must have asploded.

The last month of classes are always crazy-busy, but this quarter has been saner than most. I’m still working on art daily (including weekends) but it doesn’t feel like a drag. Getting up in the morning at six a.m. does, but the actual work itself is fulfilling and fun.

I love the final projects for my ceramics class. We’re to pick a person to have a meal with…famous or not, living or dead, fictional or real, and then design a set of dishes to be used. Of course, I chose David Bowie. I’m making a small Asian-ish set with pieces based on various songs of his. Primarily, “A New Career in a New Town” from Low, “Some Are,” which was a bonus track on my Sound and Vision version of Low, “Moss Garden” from Heroes, and “I’m Deranged” (specifically the line “and the rain sets in”) from Outside. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to see how they turn out. I hope they turn out. The act of creating something as a tribute to him, one of the most inspiring people to me, has made this project one of the most deeply satisfying, rewarding, and peaceful things I’ve ever done! : )

In my art class, our final project is in-class, and it’s basically a six hour drawing. I’m really taking my time with it and not hurrying and trying to make it my best. The model is female, so that helps.

I’m really not sure what to do for my photography class. I’m meeting with the teacher tomorrow to talk to her about my “plans.” I have an idea to do a series based on one color. I would like to do pink, of course. I have lots of pink photos from my birthday party. LOL

Oh yeah, I’m 33 now! I just had a birthday weekend! Dan and I had dinner at Lampreia Friday night, and it was awesome. I had a couple of foodgasms. LOL. I discovered that pretty much anything with truffles in it (mushroom truffles, that is) does it for me every time. One of the appetizers was a duck egg poached? in black truffle puree and covered in melted provolone. I went to heaven right there. And the cheese course before dessert was served with a white truffle honey…OHMIGAWD I died again. Everything else was delicious as well. Dan commented that it was everything the Herbfarm was trying to be, and less expensive to boot. I have to agree. Of course, it’s in the middle of downtown instead of in the middle of the country, but that just made it more convenient to get to.

I had a fun little party on Saturday. I will be posting pictures of that sooner or later. I wish I would have sent out invitations sooner so more people could have come! But that’s OK…we had a great time anyway! I made everybody wear pink. It was so awesome. And I had the most delicious cake from Madison Park Bakery. The frosting decorations were weird, but the flavor was outstanding. : ) Everyone was raving about it.

The last two I did with various dilutions of ink. I stopped working with “pain” and “light” and was just kind of playing around basically. I had never used ink washes before, so it was great to experiment.

This one was about fifteen minutes.

I think this is probably the best drawing I’ve ever done. It was 1.5 hours.

Practice at home.

And this one took about 3 hours.

I really like the thighs in this one: