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As part of the weekend's birthday festivities (psssst... my 25th birthday is tomorrow...), The Chris and I will be attending The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition's 12x12 Show.
You can come too! The show will be held at 410 Walnut Ave. in downtown OKC. Tickets are $24 in advance and $30 at the door. All proceeds will go to OVAC's many programs and grants that they offer to artists in Oklahoma (last year they raised $40,000). For more info visit OVAC online.
Labels: artists, event, oklahoma
posted at 4:19 PM
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Labels: cnn, current events
posted at 3:10 PM
"Saying something like, "Is indie rock dead?" is useless because nothing is ever dead. Everything is alive to the people it matters to.
Does that mean culture is paying attention to it? That's a different question. But it's kind of an irrelevant question because if it's something that you have to pay attention to, for it to become "alive," then that's not what indie means."
-Kevin Smokeler, in an interview with CNN.com
CNN.com is currently running a series of special reports titled "Inside the Indie Scene". The series includes various spotlights on "indie" personalities (Grant McLennan, Sufjan Stevens, Garrison Keillor) and articles that question our very definition of the word (clue: it's a state of mind")... and, of course, there's always the ubiquitous "How indie are you?" quiz.
I'd imagine that the cable channel (CNN, without the ".com") has been broadcasting special reports as well.... but as you all know, if it's not on PBS I'm not watching it. Cause that's how indie I am. Suckas.
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Gocco on Flickr! Created and posted by flickr member "holty"
Labels: craft, design, flickr, gocco, indie shop
posted at 1:26 PM
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Labels: artists, craft, design, gifts, indie shops, shopping
posted at 11:36 AM
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9/26/2006
Cruising Anthropologie.com so you don't have to... but you will anyway because it's siren song is inescapable. Oh cruel poverty!!
Labels: anthropologie, fashion, gifts, shopping
posted at 5:38 PM
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Labels: life
posted at 12:42 PM
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9/25/2006
It's not too late to get in on the ground floor of the Wee Wonderfuls Make-a-Long.
posted at 1:10 AM
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9/18/2006
You know what I'm craving today? A nice spinach salad. It's a cruel, cruel world.
My dream of becoming the "best juror ever" was cut short this morning after being in the courthouse for a total of one hour and 15 minutes.
I knew that the jury duty elves were working against me from the beginning. While in line for the court clerk, I overheard the attorney for the defense talking to the DA, something about having "no witnesses, and no case"... ohhhhhh bad sign.
When we checked in, the court clerk divided us in half with red and blue badges. Within an hour there was a coin toss (no really...a literal coin toss) and all the red badges were told they could leave. Weeks of excitement and anticipation led up to this single moment, and my jury duty fate was left up to a coin toss? Bah!
I don't care how light your docket is, I had a full week of pay on the line that didn't require actual work! Give me charts to file, envelopes to stamp, I'll pick up your pretty robes from the dry cleaners... anything to keep me in that courthouse for longer than an hour and 15 minutes!
I didn't even get to watch the orientation video! I love orientation videos... in college I went through training at Denny's for the sole benefit of watching sensitivity videos while drinking free coffee. Best 5 hours of my life.
I won't complain too much though... $20 for less than two hours of work? I made more money as a juror than I do at the day job. How many people can say that? Suckas!
Hey marriage licenses. We're in there!
posted at 3:17 PM
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9/15/2006
Hey Sports Racers! Today, we're going shoe shopping! Time to troll Zappos.com
Labels: fashion, gifts, shoes, shopping
posted at 4:06 PM
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9/12/2006
From cnn.com
Angered Hussein: 'We will crush your heads'
"Congratulations! you are in a cage, Saddam," witness Ghafour Hassan Abdullah said as he stared at the ousted president. Hussein later lashed out at "agents of Iran and Zionism" in the courtroom and vowed to "crush your heads."
That wacky guy. At least we know that, along with his Doritios, Saddam is allowed access to Kids in the Hall... See! We didn't just ratify the Geneva Convention...we hook our prisoners up!
Labels: cnn, cnn pics, current events, politics
posted at 9:49 AM
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9/11/2006
I'm trying to ignore today's coverage as much as possible, but this AP photo is stunning.
A victim's young daughter during a moment of silence.
Labels: cnn pics, current events, politics
posted at 9:42 AM
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Top 5 reasons why I wish we had a dishwasher:
1. Raisin fingers
2. Cheese graters
3. Muffin tins
4. Colanders
5. Sharp knives
Today's in-law visit went well...or at least better than last time when I inadvertandly called Chris' mom "tacky" and felt like an idiot.
And now for aprons:
Chris and I went trolling for antiques last weekend and scored a new globe, an old step ladder...and these three vintage aprons! I especially enjoy the turquoise one with red trim. Neat!
On Saturday morning I actually did my house work in this get-up. Very Donna Reed. I should've pulled out my pearls and pumps but felt that was more fun than I could handle.
posted at 12:45 AM
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9/09/2006
New kicks...fresh from ebay via Hong Kong. I love me some corduroy.
My first mother-in-law visit is tomorrow and I should be cleaning house...but instead I'm taking pictures of my shoes. I am the perfect picture of maturity.
posted at 9:03 PM
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9/06/2006
Labels: life
posted at 11:18 AM
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9/05/2006
Labor Day...just...won't...die....
Okay, now it has. I'm done.
The final copy is at flickr. Download it at original size so you can make copies and pass it out to Starbucks workers and incite conflict in the workplace... be an organizer. Keep in mind that the poor thing was killed before the proofing process began so pass it out at your own risk.
Labels: art, craft, life, politics, work
posted at 11:45 PM
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9/04/2006
Happy Labor Day
Last week I worked up this illustration of "The History of Labor Day" for a special section in our paper. Sadly the piece was nixed as it was viewed by our publisher to be a little too friendly to organized labor and "not the message that we want to send out". Well. Fair enough. The guy is from Michigan so I understand his distaste for unions but when I was told to illustrate the history of Labor Day I wish someone had told me to keep the Labor Movement out of it.
So here it is...my unpublished labor of love.
Labels: art, holiday, life, oklahoma, politics, see jane work
posted at 5:17 PM
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9/02/2006
Green's Corner & a camera phone- Shawnee
Labels: life, oklahoma, thrift
posted at 12:12 AM
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