gettin' hitched.
paul and i got married by the justice of the peace in the courthouse. yvonne was there. so was barry. i wore a really cool dress i picked up at northpark and paul wore a new suit. we allowed no pictures. there were no flowers, music, seating of parents.... nope, just me and paul and yvonne and barry and yvonne's boyfriend at the time. (what was his name? chris?) afters we went out for thai food and then took my grandma to the airport.
a few days later we were at the airport again and off on our honeymoon. but not before doing a mass mailing of these fancy little embossed cards in wedding font that said something like, "surprize! we're married and honeymooning in spain. just thought you might want to know...." we spent three fantastic weeks back-packing spain and staying in youth hostels and visiting little dive bars and soaking in the orange groves. we took this one bus ride that lasted something like 10 hours from granada to valencia and for at least four hours of it we were the only two people on the bus..... it was so romantic.
many many wonderful pictures were taken and we had no schedule, no agenda, no where to be. when we got home, i was pregnant.
we had a keg party at sons of hermann hall a few weeks later and the lucky pierres played. there was no stress. no bouquets. no drama. it was the perfect way for us to get married.
different people choose different places.
Saturday, October 30, 2004 @ 10:31 PM my family | comments > 318
visiting galleries does this to me....
is it just me, or was that a-ha video 'take on me' like, totally life changing? remember those days when mtv was awesome? i barely have a tv now. funny. like a-ha funny.
Saturday, October 30, 2004 @ 12:22 AM proof that i'm a nerd | comments > 683
Nicholas Mathis: Magnolia Reception
prolific dallas artist Nicholas Mathis.
reception friday, october 29 from 6:30-8:30 PM.
magnolia bar gallery.
corner of mckinney and lemmon in the west village....
paintings and pen&ink.
all work from october 2004.
yeah, it blows my mind too.
Thursday, October 28, 2004 @ 09:15 PM gallery events | comments > 413
random tidbits. scattered.
1. mona lisa smile is a super corny movie. hey, i rent from the dallas public library, i'll take what i can get. selena was even better than this one. (i also rented it from the library)
2. i quit a stagnant organization the other day. and now they want to spring into action. oi vey. gosh, maybe i was holding people back... . . ?
3. this is a great website. who knew there was a patron saint of hangovers?
Thursday, October 28, 2004 @ 08:41 AM | comments > 136
love
after 6 years of being married and having two kids.... at 11:30 last night, mr semrad made me banana pancakes - from scratch. i had the leftovers for breakfast today. now that my friends is true love.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 @ 09:34 AM my family | comments > 2748
gallery photo
hal took this rad picture at the reception saturday. which btw was utterly fantastic. mine are en route to getting processed. me and my old film. arghhh.
Monday, October 25, 2004 @ 09:11 AM | comments > 80
IR Gallery reception
IR Gallery presents '500 pounds of clay'
Nan Martin is exPOSED pARTS
saturday, october 23
7-9 pm
the show looks so fantabulous. it's just beautiful. please come.
Friday, October 22, 2004 @ 04:04 PM gallery events | comments > 354
party pictures!
i have such great people in my life. and isn't paul just the cutest thing ever?
Thursday, October 21, 2004 @ 11:22 AM | comments > 59
pledge week is a bore, everybody say hey-hey
people who know me really well know that i get kinda' restless during the fall pledge drive on KERA. my nerd-o-meter starts beeping and my whole week gets disoriented. i can not wait until friday when this thing is over! seriously.
not all is lost though! the fall membership drive is also when i tune-in to all my rap stations. 106.7 KDL 'the texas party station' is my new favorite. there's this one song where the guy starts listing names of his ladies.... 'moesha, lavonda, crystal, yvonne..... sabrina, cristina, charquinta, shavonne....' or whatever. there's also this classic line about, 'i'm spawnin' now'. the best part is cranking it up with all the windows down (no kids of course) just to see people's expressions. i always flash a purty smile and look in the rearwiew mirror just as i hit the gas. i'm laughing right now just thinking about it. gawd, i'm a nerd. yo.
{good lord, i just googled the words to the freaky-leak song. i'm blushing.}
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 @ 08:35 PM proof that i'm a nerd | comments > 621
tidal wave
at the risk of sounding hokey and weirdly prophetic, something really big is happening. i don't know what or why or when or anything else, except i can feel it rattling in my scrawny little bones. i have talked with about 10 other people i totally admire in the last couple of weeks that say, "yeah, i don't know why i'm in dallas, other than i feel like i need to be here...."
well, me too. i'm a nomad by nature. a preacher's daughter can't possibly stay in one place for longer the 4 years. and yet here i am. in the same house for 4 years and the same city for 9. moving somewhere else right now just doesn't make sense to me. so in dallas we stay. for now.
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 @ 09:54 AM | comments > 3
oh, blessed day!
i can finally listen to the album leaf and not feel all weird. how fabulous is that?
Monday, October 18, 2004 @ 06:42 PM proof that i'm a nerd | comments > 1260
man...... austin is so cool.
what a wonderful little weekend. went to austin by myself and hung out on south congress for waaay too long drinking shiner and reading auntie mame. then i got together with a friend from high school, carrie, and saw the shakespeare-in-the-park version of mid summer night's dream, in which her boyfriend was playing a part. lovely. and hysterical. then out to some mexican place for the cast get-together. so nice. then sleep. austin motel. so deluxe. i had the waterfall motif room. sweet. this morning, i had a lovely breakfast at guerro's with lisa, vaughn's lovely wife..... looooong talk. she's so great, i just wish she were in dallas. then home. no work for 24 hours. so unlike me.
Sunday, October 17, 2004 @ 09:52 PM | comments > 275
they wore the same tie!
i think i was most distracted by the fact the kerry and bush wore exactly the same thing last night. the jacket, the tie, the shirt, even the flag pin on the right-side lapel. my mind wandered around the idea that maybe there is an equation that's been generated to produce a 'look' for a candidate so he'll appear more 'presidential' and official. maybe both camps got their hands on such an equation, thinking they had the advantage. (this is beginning to sound like a flaming lips song) i wonder if there was alarm and surprize when both candidates walked out in exactly the same clothes. like, did the wives snicker and chuckle to one another?
or maybe it's just somewhere in the long list of debate rules.
Thursday, October 14, 2004 @ 09:22 AM | comments > 595
jiri
my baby boy fell asleep in my arms. he hasn't done that in a looong time. as i held him and looked at his eye lids twitching and feeling him dream, i just fell in love with him all over again. he's just perfect. i think i'll keep him. i love being his mama.
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 @ 07:49 PM my family | comments > 671
sarah jane swank
swank events in the suburbs are great for people watching. and for free wine and cheese. thank you MILK. (no links available) they're also great for putting everything in perspective. the dallas caste system is truly a sight to behold, especially all in one night.
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 @ 09:30 AM | comments > 422
i love this time of year
my good friends john and monica had their baby last night. translated to: i got to hold a newborn! i love holding babies. they're so perfect and wonderful and smell simply divine. i missed the birth, which is a bummer. i get great joy in watching babies be born. i'm very happy for them and sometimes wish it were me having a new baby. it's the best feeling ever to give birth. i'm so grateful for my little ones.
yesterday at the fair, they did so wonderfully. we saw the 'flying housecats' and the 'amazing chinese acrobats' and an amazing array of hot tubs. (do people actually buy hot tubs at the fair?) eva road her first 'roller coaster' and jiri got to sit in a bunch of brand new cars. i was fascinated watching the ladies with perfect skin and hair, sporting the britney-spears-headsets and extolling the benefits of a car that can go 240 mph. (that would be fun, actually. anyone who knows how i drive can attest to that one) are they fulfilled and happy selling cars at the state fair? i wonder... we ingested a 'tater twister'. if you've never had one, you must go right now and get one. they're deep-fried amazement. it was fun to hang out with my parents and sister and all the kids. it really was. no drama. just good times.
and then the tone changed... i know it must seem sometimes that i'm incredibly shallow and only wallow in the joy that is children and goodness and i could sprout my polly-anna pigtails any second. the truth is i'm blown away by hatred and poverty and evil and my way to counter that is to be proactive and alert and freaking happy! what else is the answer? there's nothing wrong with being aware that two nit-wits are running for office and being aware that some people lie, steal and cheat. but me? and my life? and my family? and my sphere of influence? there will be joy and hope and generosity and inspiration and beauty and love. there is so much to be grateful for and i loooove this time of year.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 @ 09:36 AM | comments > 186
yawn. i'm exhausted, but happy.
the SOTA show friday night went great. thank you to all who came out. i know the debates kept many away, and that's ok. good reason to stay home, in my book. the only other thing i have to say about friday is i'm terribly bummed i missed the bright eyes show in ft worth. my inner 14 year old is devastated. simply devastated. let me not lie, i am a huge fan. no shame.
saturday. ah, saturday at the gallery. what else can i say but thank you texas/ou fans for a delightful afternoon of people watching. the chanting back and forth in the coffee shop was especially fantastic when i had the realization that all these people had driven many many miles to watch a game on tv that was happening across the street. superb. and thank you to the boys who rented out an exposition avenue storefront and brought in a couch, a big screen tv and a rug (can you believe it?! a rug!) to watch the game on tv across the street from the actual event. the irony of course is they were selling "tickets" to the game. and supposedly really good ones at that.
and the hootenanny in my bedroom that lasted until 2 AM? that was great. thank you. i'll post all those pictures once i can get them printed. good memories.
Sunday, October 10, 2004 @ 04:27 PM | comments > 1494
SOTA open house tonight
tonight.
7-10 PM.
3601 routh street.
15 artists. a jazz band.
complimentary espresso drinks and desserts served.
i'm showing four new pieces. taken just last week.
come get jacked up on sugar and caffeine and check out some art.
Friday, October 08, 2004 @ 09:58 AM gallery events | comments > 326
log in log out
i was going to write about it but then i chickened out instead. it's generosity. and that's ok.
Friday, October 08, 2004 @ 01:02 AM | comments > 2
friday night what?
the movie opens tomorrow. will i go see it? sure. (but not tomorrow. i have a gallery event to attend to.) yes, it's true, i went to high school there. i ran track and cross country. played flute in the band, even marched at half time. and it's a good thing, that's pretty much the only way i would have ever gone to a football game. that i can assure you. i can't wait to see my high school experience blown up and cheesified. can.not.wait.
Thursday, October 07, 2004 @ 04:30 PM | comments > 350
we've all met 'the man' before
he's kinda' lean, but you can tell he's pretty self-conscious about his weight. great teeth. you can tell they've been 'altered'. rich, saavy, well spoken. has the one-minute-elevator-speech down pat. george-hamilton-tan. possibly gay. maybe? if not, eveyone asks themselves if he is. he 'works out' alot. eats well. and in the most fantastic restaurants. old money parents. he understands the effects of having great lighting in his home. part of him really sincerely wishes he could be a bohemian-type character, hanging out in a coffee shop and reading a deep russian novel while smoking cheap cigarettes..... but there's pretty much no way because he so damn rich. and self-conscious about his weight.
note: any likeness of the above 'character' to a real or fictional person is sheer coincidence.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 @ 05:00 PM | comments > 1219
H.W. ACK.
got up. printed joe's head shot. printed another 11x14 diaper print. (the first one just sucked) dropped off the kids. hung art for 4 straight hours. met the 'man'. (yeah, and we didn't hit it off. i think he's kindof spacey, maybe) got all jacked up on caffeine. met stefan up at the gallery. picked up kids. two thousand emails later, here i am...... still all jacked up and still so much to do. the running joke with me is that i'm in over my head about 90% of the time. dear lord, is it ever true today.
exciting things? i'm gonna let the lady do whatever she wants to with my hair on friday. anything. it's such a mess. the reception friday eve will be pretty cool, i have to say. the two artists that i hadn't met yet that snuck in on the show at the last minute are fantastic! thrilled to be showing their work. the kids are getting along today. miracle of all miracles. other good things? miscommunication, with all of its downfalls, is pretty damn funny when it's actually put into perspective. still thinking about 'the man'. chuckle.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004 @ 03:29 PM | comments > 1430
friday night: gallery event.
heads up on a friday evening gallery event i've been coordinating over the last few weeks. october 8 from 7-9PM. 15 artists, a jazz band, a poet (cross my fingers), complimentary espresso drinks and desserts. 3601 routh street, just off of oak lawn here in dallas.
the SOTA building is having a fall open house and gallery night, sponsored by citychurch. some of the local artists showing work include edward ruiz, daniel miller, rachel hathaway, martha box, jeremy roden, david clanton, michael jimenez, karen burt, hal samples, jason woefel, allan arp, ross prater, and myself, of course. paintings, photography, hand-made cameras, you name it. fabulous stuff. a good time is guarenteed for all. childcare is available. sweet.
on another note, aren't rainy days just the best? hot tea and wild kids. can't beat it.
Monday, October 04, 2004 @ 08:55 PM gallery events | comments > 403
i'm so lame
i have no will power. i was attempting to do the stanley burroughs master cleanse, and well, i caved on day two. high five to anyone who can stick with that one, geez louise. i ate and ate and ate tonight. and it was soooo good.
Saturday, October 02, 2004 @ 08:58 PM proof that i'm a nerd | comments > 21875
new exhibit up
after today, i think i can manage anything. gawd.
two words: flat tire.
two more words: two kids.
ack.
i hung a new exhibit of my photographs today at Spike over in mockingbird station. i'm showing with cabe booth. pretty exciting. i've been a fan of his work for years. anyway. there will be some kind of a closing reception at the end of the run. mid november or so is my guess. go check it out. the show is a mixture if lith prints.... some i've shown before and some have just been in boxes. all i have to say is i'm glad they're out of my house and hanging somewhere.
