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Does anyone really enjoy parties?
My work X-mas celebration is tonight. Lots of booze, drugs, the usual junk that goes on when we're open actually. Nothing different, except I won't be working. It's extreeeeemely boring to be sober when everyone around me is high. So how is that fun for me?
Well, it isn't.

Charles Bukowski. yes he is an asshole, but I love him ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm home. LA is exceeding all my expectations. So many people walking around here, people like me. I don't feel like an alien here, like I do in CO. Certainly, no one has asked me to pray with them for a cash tip! The first day here, we hit the beach, then a movie at the Arclight theater in Hollywood. Yesterday we did the ( Read more... )

The most horrible thing happened to me at work yesterday. I approached this table of eight people and this old blow-hard says to me ,"If you don't pray with us, you don't get a tip!" WTF ( Read more... )

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I'm thinking about giving up my studio space. I didn't use it all summer. It's sucking 150 bucks a month right outta my wallet. My main objective in getting it in the first place, was to be among other artists. That hasn't happened. The "artists" are insipid hobbyists painting dreadful landscapes and the ever-wonderful VASE OF FLOWERS!!! ( Read more... )

I'm going to LA only. Disappointment all around.