to my sorely neglected website,

remember when we had interesting things to talk about? and life was about going to hear bands and hanging out with friends? yeah, i miss those days too. it seems all i do is go from one meeting to another and meet one interesting person after another only to have no moments to share with you... suffice it to say, the serendipity is high and although things aren't perfect, i'm hanging in there. i hope to have more time to communicate once i get through the 3 grants i'm working on, humongo meetings, leadership classes, and slew of appointments in between. get this, i'm even working on a series of collages. i've bought the prints and am ready to assemble. not all of them have crystalized in my head yet and i fear they'll be way to personal to post, but i'll see what i can do for you.

{insert hand on forhead here}

love,
sarah jane

Monday, February 26, 2007 @ 09:08 PM proof that i'm a nerd

eva

eva turns 8 tomorrow. watch me freak out - it can't be. she's such a lovely, beautiful, well-spoken little twit. i think i'll keep her.

Saturday, February 24, 2007 @ 11:52 AM my family

lenten woe

wailing was heard through my house when the realization struck that there was no cream for our coffee due to our lenten sacrifices...

so black coffee it is... my grandma would be proud.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 @ 09:02 AM proof that i'm a nerd

fat tuesday

i had a lovely lunch today scarfing down cheese goo and getting buzzed on cold beer at chuy's before lent starts tomorrow. the semrads are giving up alcohol and going vegan again this year. awesome. can't. wait.... i was there to meet a super cool chick named andie who has some really good ideas for denton. i don't know if i was able to help her at all, but it was really great just to have lunch with a like-mind, i suppose. thanks lady.

(no really, look at her site. she's got some pretty stellar work.)

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 @ 05:50 PM

who is this person?

Sunday, February 18, 2007 @ 05:34 PM

untitled

Sunday, February 18, 2007 @ 10:17 AM

THINK

i was on tv for the first time yesterday - to speak about la reunion. i wasn't nervous at all until i was in the green room watching the live taping of mayor laura miller and it occurred to me that i was about to have to go do that...! and then i instantly started sweating even though it was freeeezing in that little waiting room. in hindsight i suppose i wish i'd responded slightly differently to questions. and worn an outfit with a lapel. and not bumbled some words. and dropped the la reunion website into the dialogue. alas. it is what it is. and it was a great opportunity.

link. fastforward to about 19 minutes into the video for the segment featuring la reunion.

Saturday, February 17, 2007 @ 10:42 AM press

eva got inspired

eva rocks. i was catching up on all my blog reading this afternoon in an effort to stay completely distracted and smiled with delight at the article on unfair park about bob, who i first heard about from allison v smith. anyhoo. i said, "eva! come here! check this out!" and she marveled at the bird drawing in particular and was suddenly inspired to start her OWN blog. "ok" i said.

so here goes, mimms: cool times. i typed her first entry in an effort to save time and go with the inspiration. but in the future, she'll do her own updates. awesome. like mother, like daughter.

Thursday, February 15, 2007 @ 05:28 PM my family

infosthetics

OMG. infosthetics kills me. i have a friend who would love this one. and this one as well. oh hell, me too for that matter - it's something i'm always trying to express in my own work. ooo, and this one turns me on because, well, it's local.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 @ 06:53 PM proof that i'm a nerd

quiet

suffice it to say, there's lots going on and perhaps i'll be able to write about it freely someday. i have a real love of my community and my friends and my family. we're a complex rubix cube of shifting squares with a constant strive for completion and perfection. the only part we forget sometimes is that we are already perfect and complete and the challenge of our life experience is to not only give ourselves over to the process but to take an active role in it. sitting on the sides watching and complaining doesn't accomplish anything.

so here's to the process, friends. and happy emeff valentine's day.