BookLust

Turning Over a New Page

Very slowly over the next few weeks I shall be re-working my portfolio web site. It really needs to be updated with new work, and well, it just seems so blah to me these days; it needs some sort of life in it.

I'm saying that the site will be re-worked very slowly because I suck at html, and any sort of web tech stuff. I mean I really suck. So every little change will be like sticking pine needles up my butt. Yeah, I love web stuff that much.

Anyway, that's what the new front page looks like.

Cartoon Buddies 3

I wouldn't necessarily categorize this gal's work as cartoon-like, but quite frankly, it's difficult to put her work, or her, for that matter, into any type of category. Meet my pal, Esther Sanchez. She creates colourful, hip, sexy, vibrant paintings of big-eyed beauties. But that's not all she does. She illustrates for magazines and designs amazing logos, and it's just a matter of time before she becomes more popular and way more cool than that other illustrator guy, Paul Frank. Esther is one amazing, energetic, beautiful, sexy, funny and smart lady. Oh yeah, and I've got a big crush on her man, too, but that's another story entirely.

So look out world, 'cuz Esther has arrived.

TRANSITory Reading 4

Middle-aged man on the subway holding a book open in his hands. Occasionally reading said book, then looking off into space, lips quietly moving, obviously memorizing what was in book. Am fascinated. What is in the book? Why is this man doing this? What's the title of the damn book? Can't read it. Keep staring at him. He sees me staring at him. He looks back at me. No, no, I'm not hitting on you, buddy. Ahhhhh.... I see the title of the book. It's a play. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. So why is this guy memorizing lines on a subway? Is he on his way to a play? Did he not study his lines hard enough? Is he memorizing these lines to impress somebody? To piss off his wife who is driving him nuts? Or is he just memorizing these lines from this play because he's nuts?

What's Your Favourite Position?

So now that I'm back in the swing of things with reading, the hubby and I last night decided to have a peaceful evening with our current books. Me with my Language Visible, and he with his The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Conversation ran the gamut from A to Bush-bashing.

We were sitting comfortably on the couch, in our usual laid-back reader position mode, when I suddenly asked hubby the question: "Do you think other couples read like this?" Hubby just smiled and shrugged, and told me to keep my feet where they were, because they were holding his book up quite nicely thank you very much.

So I am compelled to ask the question out there to anyone and everyone. Does anyone else ever read like this with their significant other? I have even provided a detailed illustration (Fig. 1) for reference.

Please note the following:

Object of affection A. on one side of couch.
A.'s better half, B. on other half of couch.
B.'s legs in between A.'s legs, resting on A.'s shirtless stomach, holding up The Best Democracy Money Can Buy with B.'s feet (C.).
A.'s legs place outside of B., A.'s feet giving support for B.'s arms (D.).

I hope this helps. I would like to collect enough data in order to provided a detailed summation report at a later date.

Snippets 1

Oh the hell with it. If Pammy can share her creative writing with the rest of the world, then so can I. That may not be the best excuse for inflicting my creative words on unsuspecting others, but it's all I got. So a new regular feature has been created. Snippets of my creative words, usually kept only for yours truly. I was inspired to do this by this guy and this guy. Oh yeah, and by Pammy, of course.

STARtling News

Yup. It's true. Pamela Anderson has written a book. A work of fiction she says, with some help from ghost writer Eric Shaw Quinn. "Anderson tells the New York Post the story is "inspired" by her own life growing up on a small island to having sex with rock stars."

The book is called Star. And yes, that's her on the cover. Simon & Schuster apparently have been nagging her to publish something for a while; they wanted either a biography or a children's book from her. She said she wanted to write a fictional story based on her own life. They said, "Oh yes, a roman a clef!", and she said, "Who?".

She's already busy writing the sequel to the first book. And I'm sure she'll be writing children's books in the future. She could write inspirational lessons for children all about living your life as a real and authentic person. I'm sure Madonna would be only too happy to give Pammy some professional advice.