monkeyball

les poissons

went to karaoke with jef and amy last night.























amy and i picked out surprise songs for each other. in the video below, you will see what i was sweet enough to choose for her.
sorry it's so dark...but the sound is all that matters, really. priceless. listen to the applause she receives at the end...
i love my cousin.



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shenanigans

Laurel and Chad are here, and on Saturday Laura and Thad came over. we got their names mixed up a lot.
my mom got us all to sit down for a while to wire jars (lanterns for the wedding).

and then, to Sarah's dismay, Alec tried to steal Chad from Laurel. and Laura experienced a sudden fascination for stomachs. Laurel and Thad thought it was all well and good.



then they posed for prom pictures. zoom into the second one for some pretty awesome faces...


and no evening is complete without a little telepictionary!





i dare you to try and guess what we are reacting to in these next 4 pictures...




general fun-ness...







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3 basic and obvious facts of life

Sarah makes amazing cake

tea parties are simply marvelous

and water balloons kick ass.


just thought you should know.



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i knew it

march mustache madness retrospective

just a few pictures i stole from Beau of the party last Saturday night...see how many of my staches on sticks you can spot :)
Beau's opulent culinary magnificence...

the host himself and Phill

Phill, myself, Tiffany, Nicole, Jared, and someone whose name i do not recall...

Jared and me

the sweet dj

this picture makes me extremely happy...i had no idea people were really using my mustaches!



woo hoo.

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i heard my first Tupac jam last night

here's that underpainting i slapped on so begrudgingly last friday...


my friend Beau (not McFarland, this guy is a total art hipster to the MAXX) had a "March Mustache Madness Retrospective" party Saturday night...and i went nuts and made 20 'staches on sticks (because some of us are not as blessedly endowed as others)...


apparently, they were a hit :). I'm waiting for someone to get pictures out there so i can post some...

Sunday morning Blondie (the dog ) had puppies...


she got to have some ice cream...


She gave birth to 9, but they lost 2 of them :( so she's got a lovely, healthy litter of 7.

The Ashlee painting is about 90% finished!!! here's a crappy picture!!


last night i was in my studio until 1 a.m. in turns painting to 90's hip hop that my friend Robin was blaring, and talking to Danny. i'm really going to miss it here...

a few more in-process peeks at Nick...



we just had the reception and awards ceremony for the Student show where my painting of Edan is displayed and i won an award for it :) along with about 10 of my other friends. so that was excellent.


today is Edan's birthday, and his party starts at 9. it is 8:33. i should probably leave soon.


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OMG

hi.


I like it when it rains because it makes things amazing.

green back on the hills

silver water

Working on a painting in class...

preliminary drawing of Edan for a life sized figure painting...slightly blurry and glared...


Pip had a STELLAR show on Friday at the No Future...in which we witnessed the debut of his new project:
The Secrets of All Hearts On Earth




Saturday there was a lunch for the women at church...it was absolutely lovely. The speaker was a woman named Shirley Peters, and her message on Grace was very timely. Laura especially enjoyed it.

Mother and Daughters...






Saturday was also Alec's 24th birthday!! complete with a small gathering of some of his work and art center mates. David, his old roommate, was there of course:

Sarah made a super duper coffee and chocolate 3-layer cake...







and Dancing. there was some rad dancing...that's Alec's other friend Dave on the right...

Pip was there too, he's just not in any of these photos.


ooohkay back to work...


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