The postcard sets are up in the shop, now! They're my "featured items" of the day.
I just gotta add this in. My new computer (hooray!) just came via UPS. And you know what I realized? My UPS man looks exactly like John Doe. The singer from X. Exactly. Except for maybe more handsome...in that vaguely alchoholic way.
I spent yesterday being a total lazy layabout with my sweetie, which entails lots of movie watching, which equals little projects that can be done in front of the television. I paint alot while we watch movies (a habit that sometimes can be annoying, I know, especially when it comes to foreign films...Clint says "If you can't even listen to the movie (as I can with movies in English) why are we even watching?!" In my defense I have my methods of knowing what's going on in the movie. I look up sometimes.
Anyway, the whole rigamarole about my movie watching rituals was to bring us to several actual points. One is: The Godfather Pt. Three is not that bad. After being told by every film-god-fearing movie buff that it is terrible, it was actually pretty good. It's only bad in contrast to the "eerie perfection" (-boyfriend) of the first two. And Sophia Coppola is an unbelievably bad actress. Everytime she came on the scene and had even the silghtest bit of dialogue, I was chanting "shut up-shut up-shut-up". I think it's her voice. It's a good thing for many reasons that she became a director....though, am I the only smarty pants girl (or boy) in the room who never really saw what the B.F.D. was about The Virgin Suicides? I really liked Lost In Translation, though, so it's all apples and oranges I suppose.
The other point (point two?) is my little felty hand stitched friends that were made yesterday.
Tomato Family/Potentially cruel pin cushion set
Appparently, baby tomatoes don't develop
mouths until later in life. Who knew?
Cranky Bluebird.
Sweet little Mushrooms. These are also going to
double as pincushions, I believe. Or they could.
They are my favorites.
Some of these guys are off to live in the The Little Moth shop, and a few are staying right here.
Oh, before I completely get off the subject of films for today, we also watched Broadcast News , which was great. A borderline romantic comedy about people with principals that are important to them! It's so rare that I see a movie, especially one from this unfortunate genre, that makes me feel like less of an alien. I love Holly Hunter something fierce...mostly because of The Piano , one of my favorite movies, but also because of her dexterity and realness (real in a witty, clever way, not a depressing way).
Happy Thursday!
Comments (7)
it's official. I said yes to the internship lady today. June/July/August = superfuntimes. I can't wait.
Elizabeth · April 27, 2006 at 01:54 PM
That cranky blue bird lives at my house... tho he's not blue here. Maybe its a disguise? Anyway, love them all!
Sarah · April 27, 2006 at 01:55 PM
how funny i feel the SAME way about films with subtitles. i used to like watching foreign films, but have realized that if they have subtitles i loose a lot of the content because i am nose down stitching or something else! on another note - as someone who just left brooklyn, where are you moving to and what do you plan on doing once you get there? good luck!
janelle · April 27, 2006 at 02:02 PM
Love those itty bitties Emily, that bird especially. I took my kids to a kid's concert John Doe had here in town a few years ago. It was so much fun, although it was a tiny bit weird listening to him sing songs like "This Land is Your Land". I was tempted to yell out "Johnny hit and run Pauline!!"
Blair · April 27, 2006 at 08:09 PM
I was wondering if you wouldn't mind either emailing me or posting your techniques for photographing your canvases. Its never been something that I've been skilled at and your photos come out so wonderfully, that I thought perhaps I could learn something from you!
Also, what is the process for getting your art turned into cards and mugs and other various goods?
Sorry for all the questions. I'm such a newbie.
Sarah · April 28, 2006 at 09:48 AM
The Purolator man who comes to my office a couple of times a week looks exactly like Nicholas Cage.
michelle · April 28, 2006 at 04:15 PM
Huh? MORE handsome than John Doe?!?! Is that even possible? Lucky you!
Marianne · June 14, 2006 at 01:26 AM