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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So here it is...my unpublished labor of love.

And the man just keeps knockin' us down.

Our big labor day plans involved furniture re-finishment (Is that a word. Spell check says no). Chris left me alone to finish the task as he's one of the few who actually has to work on this national day of rest* and it took about 20 minutes of my inexperience to royally mess it up. Here's a tip. Don't use a power sander on ancient unidentified paint after soaking the piece down with a hose. Our last piece of fine grit sandpaper is now completely gunked up with blue paint...which is surely lead based and now seeping into my pores as it's covering my hands as well. And Chris made it sound so easy! I'm supposed to be at Lowe's right now buying more stain for our night stand...but the way thing are going I think the world is safer if I just stay indoors.

*Why is it that the downtrodden masses who inspired this holiday are the only ones forced to work it today?

Time again to vote for your favorite Oklahoma bloggers---> 2006 Okie Blog Awards. The fact that I've been nominated for bugger all should be enough to legitimize this contest (no Emmy like snafus there). Maybe if I hadn't offended the entire population of Stroud I might've had a chance. Lincoln County has mad voter power.
My favorite pre-marital counselor, Tim Youmans at Anabaptist Monk, has been justly nominated again this year for Best Inspirational Blog. I've officially begun my campaign to see that he wins it big.

Labels: art, holiday, life, oklahoma, politics, see jane work

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9/04/2006

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