My xmas present from Peaches was an art class.
It was really more of a 3-hour session with access to paint/tools and
an "artist" you could ask questions. Took it this past Friday.

Intended inspiration: Paint a peach, utilizing techniques from Jean Metzinger's Paysage avec un Bosquet but,
I discovered pointillism requires more practice/time/talent ( Read more... )

Definitely did different things on the break, including on odd occurrence I had no hand in.
Kind of cleared my head -proof will be how things are when I hit the data center tomorrow.
Didn't check work email once I left on Wednesday, so that probably helped.

Giant Cowboy Immolation
The annually held state fair of Texas features a 60-70ft.tall Cowboy ( Read more... )

No calls. The weekend slid by with some personal projects taking shape planning-wise.
Contemplating things; multiple thoughts going through my walnut-sized brain. Guess the beer isn't doing it's job.

Now the machines call someone else to say they’re broken.

Came across notice for an opera that captured my imagination:

The Lighthouse. Expect to be thoroughly freaked out. This opera is based on the true story of three isolated ( Read more... )

It started on Thursday as I took Thurs & Fri for vacation. Recharging/relaxing/sleeping to recoup from
Dallas Beer Week but kept going all the same.

Friday: The Leisurely Ones
Scotcharina took a vacation day and we visited The Nasher Sculpture Center, lunched Stephan Pyles [boring ( Read more... )

BeerDiabla is the business manager at the theater we attended opening night for a Neil Simon play. This was an interesting experience as high school was
the last time I attended a play -plus I got the whole behind the scenes view and VIP access [free beer].

Thinking ahead at what I’d like to see in the future -plus she hints at going to plays later ( Read more... )