Mixture Paintings

Blue Sun
Close Up

Here is a look at the painting still at Mixture in San Diego. The other sold yesterday. The title of the painting is Blue Sun AKA Joe‘s iris.

Glory, Glory Utah

I grew up in Utah. I know. ‘Nuff said.

Even while I try to distance myself from the weirdness, there is some part of me that loves and wants to protect what is ‘The Utah Way.’ There are at least 6 National Parks there and the best skiing on earth. You can get every kind of license to kill every type of animal known to man or God. From the Official Website of the State of Utah, I tried to find out about Utah’s Ethnic Diversity and found out from the Utah Department of Community and Economic Development that there is no page. I can tell you why. There is no diversity.

But here is my favorite reason to love Utah. (Via Wonderblossom) It’s the Utah Baby Namer website. The tagline? An online help for parents looking for that distinctive name that says “I’m a Utah Mormon!” Look for where the Cream of the Crop names are stored. You’ll find names like Delightra, Zestpoole, Sparkle, Wenderella and Templa, Templer, Tempella from the root word ‘Temple’ (in case you didn’t know…)

If I have another child, you can bet I’m going to look there first for a name so my child can be teased for all eternity with a name like Tempalia.

From Craigslist

Counselling for Craigslist addiction – support group
Reply to: XXXXXXX
Date: 2004-06-16, 2:41PM PDT

Do you have a craigslist addiction? Do you waste countless hours browsing craigslist
and even been reduced to checking the “free” section out of sheer boredom at work?
Well it’s time to get another job. It’s time to demolish those old work chains and
find a tremendous job that really takes advantage of your personality. See current
openings for used car salesmen, property managers, or landfill
coordinators….anyways..

my job sucks too. i gotta get back to work.

This Week

My kids are here this week. It’s our summer vacation together. It just so happens that I have a forced vacation of sorts since I’m unemployed. So, besides checking job boards daily, sending out resumes, returning phonecalls and going to interviews, my schedule is completely clear for fun, fun, fun.

Laurie Notaro's New Book

The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.

I Love Everybody (And Other Atrocious Lies): True Tales of a Loudmouth Girl

by Laurie Notaro

Laurie says, “I think it’s the best book so far, and I hope you like it, too.”

Here is what the book looks like.

She is going on tour but not to San Diego. Sad. But here are her other tour dates and places. Vegas is only 5 hours away. Maybe I’ll go to that one.

New Employment

Have I mentioned I’m looking for a new position?

Tomorrow, it’s a day with Geico in Poway. They have a pretty comprehensive benefits plan and the pay isn’t too bad. Can’t argue with that. The only problem is that the job is doing collections which I really don’t want to do. I hear in my head, ‘Beggars can’t be choosers.’

Later this week and the first part of next week I hope to have other options to compare with what they offer.

I’m learning about expectations and when and when not to have them.
It sucks.

I bought a $50 treadmill. It sucks, too, but I love it like an old pair of shoes.

My Kids

Here is a photo of the 4 of them right after Alexandra’s fast-pitch softball team won 1st place. Are they the best lookin’ kids in the world or what?

4kids

Letter

Subject: Question about your blog
From: “Amy R.”

Your site is amazing! Though I looked around and around and could not find the answer to this question: what kind of digi-cam are you using? I am saving up for a Minolta Dimage- small enough to travel with. Do
tell.

Thanks
Amy Koolaid
mskoolaid.blogspot.com

Hello Amy,

First of all, thank you and feel free to tell me how much you like my site anytime. Next, your question: I shoot with a Sony Cyber-shot DSC F717. I love the camera’s versatility and size as well as the kickin’ lens. The 5.0 megapixel raw shots are plenty big enough to do magazine work for North and it can pick up color like no other digital camera I’ve ever used. I hear that the 2005 cameras will be able to kick its butt but I’m not sure if I’ll upgrade. I love my 717. Here is another review.
There are many DiMAGE cameras and I’m not sure which one you are planning on getting but I hear that the G500 and the G600 are good and not too pricey. I’d stay away from getting one that promises amazing results from the enhancement features with optical zoom unless you plan to shoot with a tripod and lots of light, neither of which seem to want to be married to a slim cam that fits in your pocket for travel….which I noticed you have done quite a bit of from your photos.

Best,
lp