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what the last few weeks have looked like

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every party should have confetti and a midnight kiss

things are slowly coming together.

order.

Oh, and check this out. This is a painting you made.
Remember when you used to make paintings?

No, neither do I.

MAKE MORE PAINTINGS, DAMMIT.

Still Life October 2009

Oil on Canvas

36"x24"

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in the sun

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Hello adorable Zooey :)
Ohh, what I wouldn't do to get inbetween you and your equally adorable husband..


I've been feeling very melancholic lately, with regards to most aspects of my being. Nothing here has changed in a long time. It should have been, but its not.

Words that could be used to describe my current state include but are not limited to the following:
lacklustre, snagnatic, listless, apathetic, pensive, apprehensive, lethargic.

The Son of Psoriasis.

So I very recently discovered that that book by Hemingway is actually called The Sun Also Rises.

What a nice title for a book. Just four short, easily decipherable words. NO.

I must've only ever heard it being spoken about on TV and suchlike and never actually saw the book in physical form because I have spent a lifetime thinking it was called THE SON OF PSORIASIS for craps' sake.

I should get trophies for reaching new levels of retardom.

I've kind of always pictured it being about some awkward "coming of age" dude, (suffering from of a long-term bout of psoriasis, conveniently) stumbling about life, trying to find his way all the while feeling controlled by his infliction. Whatever.

Way to go Scottish education system, way to go.

Studio, lately.

So this would be more accurately titled as "Things I have been doing in the studio when I should have been doing more useful things in the studio, lately."

I have slowly been getting better though. Getting more settled into a routine.

Kind of.

Things are looking good on the clothes front though! I haven't slipped up and have been discovering hidden gems in my wardrobe.

I have however been fantasising about what clothes I will be buying for the summer when these 3 months are over. I have a modest, "summer must-haves" list. How very cosmo of me..

I, Sir Emmalot, hereby pledge from this day until the 17th day of May to refrain from purchasing new items of clothing.

My reasons for doing such are as follows;

1. I have a heck-load of clothes. A heck-load of clothes whom I claim not to like. These clothes spend their precious little lives hidden at the bottom of wardrobes or drawers. They are constantly overlooked in favour of prettier clothings. I vow to go forth and show these clothes the loving they deserve!
2. I am rather horrendously in debt. Yet despite this, I seem to spend an average of £100-£200 a month on said clothing items who casually sit on top of uglier (albeit very wearable) other items of clothing. My simple calculations tell me that by refraining from new purchases I will soon see the light at the other end of my overdraft.
3. I don't know my clothes very well. I don't know which items are true staples in my wardrobe. By doing this exercise I will hopefully be able to downsize my wardrobe to what is really needed. And then It will be much easier to get dressed in the morning.
4. There rarely comes a day when I can see my room below the various mountains of clothing it possesses.

My only exceptions from the plan are as follows;

1. I may purchase clothing only from money I have made by selling old clothes on ebay.
2. I can sew up anything I like, so long as I do not spend money on materials.
3. I will allow myself one emergency purchase. Think of it as my "Get out of jail free" card. For example, someone may decide to invite me to a purple pajama party. If this occurs I will not want to miss out on such a valuable social affair and will use my emergency purchase card to purchase said purple pajamas.

Ok?

Lets see how it goes...

Num num num.

This, believe it or not, is pancakes.

And they, believe it or not, were delightful.

Blueberries seriously know their shit.

ducking for apples

I like Mr. New Telephone.

He enables me to take photos on the go.

And when I upload photos that I take on-the-go it makes it look like I do things and make things and see things.

Almost as if I have a life.

He's lovely to me.