NOLA Redux

Some strays that didn't make it into my facebook albums:

And, done.

Triptych, complete.

Preparing the final panel

Coffee staining

A full set!

Free-time Charlie

It's no secret that I like to make stuff. I use it as an outlet when I'm too busy to live, or when not enough work is getting done and I am frustrated, and sometimes just when I get an idea stuck in my head.
I've been channeling most of this sort of energy into cooking, but last week I ordered art supplies. Real, honest to goodness art supplies like canvas panels and acrylic paints.*

And with these art supplies, I am making a giraffe triptych for JWR. At least, it's for JWR if it turns out. Otherwise, it is a 30 dollar stress-reliever. It is modeled on a piece of artwork from Mad Men, except that it is not the 1960s, I have no hardwood or burlap, and I'm not really into tiki-art except for this one thing.

Anyway. It's several days from being completed, but here are some first glimpses.

Panel 3: Giraffe right.

Outlined

Panel 3: Giraffe finished

Panel 2: Canvas Template

Notes:
* Okay, acrylic paint. One color. Burnt Umber. And I accidentally bought a lot of it, because I apparently don't understand volume measurements or how to use paint.

Bronx Digs, v. 2.0

My apartment recently went from being single-occupancy to being double-occupancy; I guess that makes it "our" apartment. Such a move required a major overhaul, and the reconsideration of space.

The Results:

Based on your preferences

Amazon recommends  the following things to me today:
1) Solgar Folic Acid capsules, 800mcg (250 ct) -- "for your childbearing years"

2) John Jeffries Martin, Myths of Renaissance Individualism -- offering "a new typology of Renaissance selfhood which was at once collective, performative and porous"

3) The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion and Cooking Manual -- "destined to become a lifestyle mantra"

4) Jessica Marquis, Raising Unicorns: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Running a Successful -- and Magical! -- Unicorn Farm -- "Welcome to the whimsical and very lucrative world of unicorn farming!"
and

5) Accoutrements Yodelling Pickle -- "A great gift for the person who has everything but a yodelling pickle."

What the what???

Well played, Amazon. Well played.

Fastest Turnaround in the West.

This isn't the West at all, but I have just sent emails to every person on my Comps board.

Because I have a Comps board.

What has two thumbs and will be taking PhD comprehensives--for reals--in the Fall? Hint: I'm obnoxiously pointing to myself right now.