The other day I met Rachel at her studio so we could take pictures of her new work. Here is a picture of her sitting in front of her 8'x4' fabric plant wall, quite the undertaking. She is submitting for the Connor Award which is given by her school. If she wins then she will be awarded some money that is applied towards school, possibly $1,500. Though she is good and I believe she should get it we must always be ready for rejection. Speaking of rejection, no Yale for me, maybe next year. But it is not enough to have Rachel and I competing in various activities (jobs, schools, awards) but we have forced Isabelle into it also. No she is not applying to Grad school but she did just get signed up for "Chihuahua Races".
That's right, those abnormaly long legs might pay off because if she beats out all those chubby, short chi-chi dogs then we win two human tickets and one dog ticket to San Diego, California. Can you imagine that the ability to finally see the west coast would be granted by a fast dog? Lets hope that we've trained that dog good, but either way the experience should be fun. The race is May 5th. And now that we are on the subject of experiences, this one could have gone bad. I did ear cones! What the heck is an ear cone you may have asked yourself. Well, this slender, pencil shaped cone is about 10" long and made out of wax. Placing the small tip through a paper plate or tin foil for protection you insert it into the ear canal and light the top on fire. BURN BABY
BURN! why the heck would someone place a flame near their head is probably your next question. Well, the fire's warmth slowly heats the wax in your ear and the air that is feeding the flame creates a vaccum that sucks the earwax right out. It works. You feel a little warm sensation and hear a slight crackling, 10 to 15 minutes later and you're done. We found a generous dollup of wax at the base of the cone that came from my ear!
This city is full of people re-inventing themselves. You can be anyone here. So while everyone was climbing the corporate ladder, driving cars, eating, meeting friends, doing stuff, etc. I was taking pictures of myself with a mustache. But at least it was a real mustache, and that counts for something.
The other day I met Rachel at her studio so we could take pictures of her new work. Here is a picture of her sitting in front of her 8'x4' fabric plant wall, quite the undertaking. She is submitting for the Connor Award which is given by her school. If she wins then she will be awarded some money that is applied towards school, possibly $1,500. Though she is good and I believe she should get it we must always be ready for rejection. Speaking of rejection, no Yale for me, maybe next year. But it is not enough to have Rachel and I competing in various activities (jobs, schools, awards) but we have forced Isabelle into it also. No she is not applying to Grad school but she did just get signed up for "Chihuahua Races". 
That's right, those abnormaly long legs might pay off because if she beats out all those chubby, short chi-chi dogs then we win two human tickets and one dog ticket to San Diego, California. Can you imagine that the ability to finally see the west coast would be granted by a fast dog? Lets hope that we've trained that dog good, but either way the experience should be fun. The race is May 5th. And now that we are on the subject of experiences, this one could have gone bad. I did ear cones! What the heck is an ear cone you may have asked yourself. Well, this slender, pencil shaped cone is about 10" long and made out of wax. Placing the small tip through a paper plate or tin foil for protection you insert it into the ear canal and light the top on fire. BURN BABY 
BURN! why the heck would someone place a flame near their head is probably your next question. Well, the fire's warmth slowly heats the wax in your ear and the air that is feeding the flame creates a vaccum that sucks the earwax right out. It works. You feel a little warm sensation and hear a slight crackling, 10 to 15 minutes later and you're done. We found a generous dollup of wax at the base of the cone that came from my ear! 
Isabelle the dog has many nicknames
Old Man Chicken Chest
One of my jobs is working with Steve Keene (www.stevekeene.com) and we finally finished building this huge wave/ramp at his store. Since I only worked on it for 3 hours each week it really made it longer than it should have taken. So last week we painted it. Here is Steve applying the first bit then we left to eat at this place 'Pies and Thighs' under the Williamsburg bridge. The place was closed and Steve was disappointed. After 
eating hamburgers we went back to put a second coat of paint on the structure. The parts sticking up will be holding his paintings. 
stuff. Euni has another year in her MFA program and Charlotte just got offered the job of Rosenquist's studio assistant down in Florida. I had chocolate cheesecake. 
