GJ Willis' Art Notes

The bus and light rail were both on time this morning. This time the driver was the anal retentive middle aged woman from a few weeks back.

The one big disappointment this week has been rain. It seemed that forecast after forecast local weathermen were predicting record amounts of rain. The only rain that surfaced was a little bit of drizzle on Wednesday. I love rain and I felt let down that I did not get the chance to experience my favorite type of weather.

Today, I’m wearing a fuchsia top with blue jeans and Payless tennis shoes.

Most Listed To cd’s This Week

This week was short because of Labor Day. Overall, I’ve been listening to a lot of extreme old school music. Of all the cd’s listed Tom Jones is a guilty pleasure. His music is and sound is so campy over the top. His cd is always a go to if I need a quick pick me up. Anyway, here’s the list in no particular order.

Ella Fitzgerald-Best of the Songbooks

That’s Entertainment:The Best of the MGM Musicals-Motion Picture Soundtrack

Louis Armstrong-All Time Greatest Hits

Tom Jones-Best of

Bobby Darin-The Bobby Darin Story

Etta James-20th Century Masters:THe Best of Etta James (Millennium Collection)

Today the bus and light rail were both on time. I had the same bus driver as yesterday. So far this is two days in a row with the same driver. I wonder if she’ll survive long enough to last another day. You know I’m starting to get the feeling that the bus I take in the morning might as well be dubbed the Murphy Brown bus. Remember how on every episode of Murphy Brown she would have a different secretary? Well, every day it seems I have a different bus driver.

All I have to do with my zine is get it printed out at Kinkos. I plan on taking it their either tomorrow or Saturday. The main reason I want to get it printed out then is because I get paid tomorrow and with money I can pay for things like making copies of my zine. I am happy to say that I now have the freedom to do this not only because of pay day but also because I got an email from Gary Kachadourian from the Baltimore Office of Promotions saying that he was willing to extend the due date on artists books. The books are officially due on Monday, September 13, 2004.

Today I’m wearing a beige khaki skirt with a pale blue flower print blouse along with my black Payless shoes. Since I’m wearing a skirt it could mean only one thing, business casual day. I wonder who the visitors are that are coming to our company today?

Since my department rarely sees who is visiting I always imagine that they are like the aliens in that 1983 NBC TV movie called, V. They always describe them as visitors just like they did the aliens in V. So my mind always goes Eeek, when hear I visitors coming!

greenshirt1, originally uploaded by willisgirl.

The above is a painting I recently completed. It's one in a of series of paintings I''m working on. If you can recall a couple of weeks ago I got bored painting females and decided to switch to males. The painting is acrylic on canvas paper.

The bus today was slightly late. It was driven by a driver I had never seen before. The bus driver was a heavy set woman with a blond twa (teeny weeny Afro). When the bus made its way downtown I had to run to catch the train. Also I noticed that there were less people on the light rail stop than usual.

Yesterday, I went to the library. I went to return two books that were due. I was surprised to find that I owed $11 on the books! This was shocking because I returned the books on time. I think the library made a mistake. The books were clearly stamped on the back that they were due on September 7, 2004. They were previously due on September 6, 2004 but I went in and got them renewed on the day that I returned and paid fines for another set of books. I think this is where the mix-up came from.

When I tried to plead my case the librarian told me that they do not keep records of when people check out books. She told me that the only records they keep is when we have fines. I feel that what she told me was bogus. They use a computer when we check out books and return them. Those records are going somewhere. Also didn’t the ultra creepy Bush administration start some kind of an act where they keep tabs on citizens such as the books they take out from the library. I believe it was called the Patriot Act. I never imagined that I would look to the Bush administrations nefarious tactics to help clear me of bogus over due fines.

Today, I’m wearing a white t-shirt that has a black floral design around the neckline. I accidentally scorched one the sleeves with the iron. I hope it’s not too noticeable. Also with the shirt I’m wearing jeans and my usual black shoes.

Today, I’m running late. I caught the train at 6:15. I’m not sure if that will get me to work on time or just a smidge late. Oddly, enough I caught it with some of the usual suspects that I catch the 5:55 train with.

I’m not sure but I think today might be the first day of school for the city. I saw a couple of teens on the morning bus with notebooks. To the best of my memory I can’t recall seeing anyone with notebooks last week.

Today at work I was absolutely stunned beyond belief. I saw a sight I thought I’d never see. A noted cotton twill Dockers pants wearer wearing jeans!! It was simply shocking! There was no mistaking it this time, Arnold, was definitely wearing jeans today. I am simply shocked and flabbergasted!

My Labor Day Weekend

I didn't do much over the Labor Day weekend except watch movies. Lets see, I watched Excalibur (rented from netflix), Rushmore (bought from eBay), The Royal Tennebaums (bought from eBay) and the first half of Camelot (rented from netflix). I still have to finish watching Camelot...

I had planned on reading Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix but the 870 pages in the book made feel apprehensive about approaching it. I wonder if there’s a books on tape edition at the library?

The most exciting thing that happened over the weekend was that I got a postcard from the Guthrie Theatre. I have no idea how I got on the mail list of such a prestigious theatre. Anyway, they are looking for proposals from playwrights on collaborative efforts with non playwrighters. I can’t think of anyone who would be interested in collaborating with me on a play. I don’t know I think I should check the due date again and think of possible collaborators. Again, this is really weird what am I doing getting mail from the Guthrie?

I had a last minute costume er wardrobe change this morning. I was going to wear a brown shirt but decided to wear my black Today Show shirt with blue jeans and black Walmart shoes instead. I was feeling rebellious and punk rock.