Holly Woodlawn, psychedelic scenes and nature
Current painting in progress: Holly Woodlawn, the 4th painting in my Factory series (first was Edie, then Jackie, then Candy). I’m looking forward to having time this weekend to spend on ol’ Holly here.
Speaking of psychedelic, here’s Don Draper looking extremely out of place at this fabulous trippy rich hippie party on “Mad Men”. Season 6 is SO GOOD. I was kind of losing interest for a couple of seasons back there but now I’m riveted again.
“This is what my ultimate dream party would have looked like when I was in my 20’s,” I said to Josh about this scene. Gladiator sandals? Mod babydoll dresses? Big hair and even bigger false eyelashes? Exciting, giant hookah puffs? Oooh yeah. I’ll still take the fashion, but skip the hookah now. Cough.
Speaking of coughing, I finally removed that youtube video wherin I’m smoking my last vanilla cigarette. It was my most popular video of all time, but I quit smoking 4 years ago, and really don’t need to encourage that kind of attention any more.
I suppose this is more my scene now: raincoat, pockets full of doggy poop sacks and lipbalm and a handkerchief for my perpetually drippy nose…
…with my three furry family members along for the ride. Er, walk.
Dear Seattle weekend weather: I’m not asking for a lot, mang. Just a couple hours of sunshine would be fab. ONE OR TWO EVEN.
Joshy looking cute. Last night I watched “In Dreams” for the first time while Josh finished up our taxes, and Robert Downey Jr.’s psychotic killer character wears a long-sleeved top JUST like the one Josh has on in this photo. “In Dreams” came out in ’99, that’s probably how long Josh has kept that shirt. When both members of the family are clothing packrats, there tends to not be a lot of closet room. The Dream: a massive walk-in closet. Some dayyyyyy…
I’m about to have my afternoon pre-dogpark coffee. Today is my running day–I like to alternate Blogilates with running days so I hurt all over my body, instead of just one or two places. I even bought a newfangled fanny pack–it’s called a “hip pack”, but we all know the truth! FANNY PACK FANNY PACK! It’s black and just large enough to hold my iphone and my car key fob. I haven’t tried it out yet, but I suspect it will be far better than my purse hanging down and slapping my ass every time I go for a run.
A closer look at the giant yellow lilies I always see at the park these days. They stink, but they’re so cool-looking!
Ooh ooh! In the time it took the compose this blog entry the clouds are starting to part. Time to go chase down that sunshine! Have a marvelous weekend blog-logs.
It gives me hope to hear from you that Mad Men has picked up its game once more. We intended to continue watching when we got S4 but didn’t. Thinking about it now, I think I felt the first three seasons were over-stylised. Everything was just too perfect visually. I like a bit of grub and mess to completely get into the heads of characters – Don was fucked up, but surely he could have forgotten to shave now and then? But, I think I’m ready to go back for more. xoxoxoxo
I’ll recap for you: in Season 4 Don gets dark, REAL dark, and it’s extremely hard to watch. He eventually hooks up/spontaneously marries Megan at the end.
Season 5 I found especially forgettable, for some reason–Roger does acid, that was the highlight. Skip those 2 seasons and go straight to 6! We just finished it last night and it made me REALLY excited for Season 7.