A fun and inspiring project

Created my own Word Bowl...



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Weirdos

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Q&A

When I read the poetry of others and a line leaps from the page and shakes me by the shoulders, I always wonder...

what question did she ask herself to write such a fiercely exquisite reply?

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I just had a cute-induced heart attack

Word Bowl

Tonight in the writing class we did a fun thing where we passed around a bowl of cut-out words and phrases, and we grabbed a pinch full and laid them out in front of us. Then we spread them out and arranged them and wrote a poem using all, some or one of the words in about 10 minutes.


Pennies and chewing gum
line the driveway of your childhood home.
You stand there frozen
in a time when red hots were icy
on a sharp inhale,
your cheshire cat grin shimmering.
Wispy courage,
"They're coming." he said.
So your teeth sink in and
you will taste it...
and were you very sorry to come away?
"I'm youth, I'm joy."
A pearl eraser
skims lightly at the surface.

True Cat Lady Style

When I come home and enter my apartment, I'm usually thinking about nothing specific, nothing too exciting, no grand plans for the evening, just ready to unwind with my kittens. And for some reason when I open the door and see those two cute little fuzzbuckets with their cute little fuzz faces, weird things come out of my mouth, so I'm going to start documenting them. Here's how I greeted them yesterday...

"Hi, kitten kaboodle!"

and the day before...

"Hi, kittastrophe!"

and today...

"Hi, kitty kitty bang bang!"

And I'm sharing this because I have no shame.

The importance of being, like, really earnest

I think once in a great, great while
We should look out toward the moon--
You know, the kind of moon that is huge and sits real low in the sky
All big and bright and kind of orangey...
And yell a big FUCK YOU, MOON
Really loud like
And just listen to how that sounds, lingering in the still night air

Random weekend photos

This was a pretty productive weekend. I bought these pieces on etsy awhile back and finally got around to hanging them yesterday. They look so tiny on my walls but I love them...



Close-up...



Birds in my bedroom...



Close-up...



Here's the artist's etsy site...
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ingridartstudio


I happened upon Mac and Mindy in the bathroom today, and the only thing that came to mind was, "My, they sure do grow up fast." :/




Remember these guys? http://shes-taking-notes.blogspot.com/2011/03/these-guys-live-near-my-home-in-denver.html

Well, recently they were removed or painted over with plain 'ol mailbox blue, and it was sad sad sad. And today as I was driving by, I saw that they had returned, better than ever...

Cutest fuzzbuckets ever

I got a delivery today, and the box is their favorite new toy. I couldn't possibly throw it away. Dangit.


They take turns being the kitten-in-box who pops out to scare the other one. And the kitten on the outside plays whack-a-mole. So cute!

Normal adult hobbies

I forget how we got on the subject, but my friend Jen and I last week were talking about robots.

I said to her, "I love robots" and she asked "Why?" and I said, "because they're cute and cuddly" and she said "No they're not, they're metal and rectangular!" So I said, "No, not the robots of the 21st century, they're more roundy" and so I drew one to prove it... And then she said, "That's not a robot, that's a monster!" bah.



I forget how this next part came about, but I then told her I would make her a robot. So yesterday I went to the hardware store, which I absolutely love to do anyway, and I picked up a full basket of robot-making supplies. The guy at the counter started ringing me up and I'm watching his face just sort of snickering on the inside because my basket of supplies screams "WTF?!" and his face becomes more and more puzzled and my inner giggles get bigger and bigger. He then says to me, "I've worked here a long time and this is by far the most random assortment of things I've ever seen."

Yes! I secretly high-5 myself in my head.

And I offered up no explanation. Because #1: He doesn't need to know that a grown adult woman is making a robot in her spare time, and #2: I don't need that kind of embarrassment.

I then went home, got out even more supplies from my toolbox and sewing box and art supply box and went to town making a robot. Here we go...















Jen came over to pick up her robot tonight and the look on her face when she first set eyes on him was priceless. Another inner high-5. I call him the Utilibot2000 because he has tons of usable supplies all over him. She went to an engineering school and says she will motorize him so that he'll be a fully functioning robot soon. Oh, and she named him Jonathan. Then she took him home, but first we buckled him safely in her backseat...



I secretly want to make more robots.