GJ Willis' Art Notes

MORNING COMMUTE:
This morning I got on a bus that was labeled, Not In Service. I believe it was in actuality a #2. I don’t know for sure, all I know is that there were people on it when I got on. It was being driven by the 1960’s looking Diana Ross driver. The bus smelled a little like urine as did the light rail train. It should be noted that the shuttle bus was on time and no harsh scents emanated from it.

CONCERN OF THE DAY: WILL I GET FLASH 5?

I’ve been trying all this week to win Macromedia Flash 5 on eBay. I’ve always been interested in animation. I currently own Ray Dream Studio 3D. I tried a couple of years ago to use the software to render 3-D animation. I wasn’t too happy with it because it constantly crashed. So as you can imagine I rarely go near it.

After recently running across a web site where Flash was used to animate 20 second synopsis of movies I became re-interested in the possibilities of animation. The name of the web site is called Angry Alien.

I also found it neat that the female animator who’s responsible for the site is around my age and she started at around the same time I did. Also she was never an art major in school.

I see it all as a fresh DIY attitude. You know if you want to do something you have to Do It Yourself.

I know that in all likelihood I will never be hired by an animation studio. They tend to hire young male grads straight out of school. Me? I’m a woman vastly approaching middle age.

In the end I hope to either win it on eBay or find a web site that specializes in older discs for Macintosh computers.

I know, Flash 5 isn’t the latest Flash product, Flash MX is. However, Flash MX costs mucho dineros. So, thus I’ll settle for Flash 5 until the replacement for Flash MX comes along. When that happens I’ll plunck down my ducats for Flash MX.

WHAT I’M WEARING:
Today, I have on blue jeans, a blue sweater, and a black button down sweater. The shoes I have on brown leather lace ups.

MORNING COMMUTE:
In the wee hours of the morning I got on the #1 bus headed to Ft. McHenry. The driver wore a white baseball cap. He looked a little like L.L. Cool J. The light rail train and it’s corresponding shuttle bus were both on time.

CONCERN OF THE DAY: PAINTING FOR NO REASON
Last night I thought that I had up until 5pm tomorrow evening to turn in the painting for MAP’s Out of Order Show. It wasn’t until late in the evening when I went back to the site and noticed with shock and horror that I actually had up until 9am tomorrow morning. I now realized that there was no way I could turn in the completed piece and be on time for work.

Despite the fact that the piece will not be in MAP’s Out of Order Show I’m happy that I completed it. In fact it was kind of nice to paint for no reason. Albeit, that’s what I do almost everyday.

WHAT I’M WEARING:
I have on a royal blue short sleeve shirt, blue jeans, and brown leather lace up shoes I also have on a very colourful stripped cotton jacket. The stripes on it are turquoise, yellow, royal blue, and black.

MORNING COMMUTE:
I got on the #2 bus. It was being driven by a woman who kind of reminded me of a 1960’s circa Diana Ross. The light rail, as well as the shuttle bus, were all on time today.

CONCERN OF THE DAY: Spring Art Projects
Today, it’s supposed to be in the 80’s. However, I will be indoors working on a painting for Maryland Art Place’s, Out of Order Show. I hope to have it in the gallery either this evening or sometime Thursday. The show will be on Friday.

I think I’ll even buck tradition this year and actually go to the Out of Order Show. If my painting doesn’t sell, then who cares?

I also found another art opportunity with Maryland Public Television. This year they will be holding a charity art auction.

Also this year I plan on doing another poster for the SOWEBO Festival. I probably will be submitting some art as I did last year. That is of course if I haven’t been banned or anything...

I haven’t decided if I’m going to participate in Artscape this year. None of the categories that they have up this year really caught my imagination. However, I’d hate not to submit anything. I like to keep my art out there even though no one’s really paying attention to it.

WHAT I’M WEARING:
Today, I have on a long sleeve white button down blouse. The blouse has a floral design running down where the buttons are. I also have on a button down red sweater and blue slacks. For the first time this season I’m wearing my spring jacket. Even though it’s supposed to be in the 80’s today I’m wearing a scarf to work. I’m still a bit afraid of catching another cold. I’ll probably be taking off the scarf when the weather heats up. Yes, I’m also wearing brown leather lace up shoes.

MORNING COMMUTE:
I know it will take a while to get used to this daylight savings time switch over. If it wasn’t for the fact that I heard the people who live up stairs walking around I probably would have overslept this morning. All in all I feel much more rested than I did yesterday.

This morning I got on the #2 bus. It was being driven by a dark skinned woman who wore her hair in a pony tail. The light rail and the light rail shuttle bus were all on time.

CONCERN OF THE DAY: Why’s the Mo Better Man On?
This morning I turned on Magic 95 and found that they were simulcasting the WOLB’s Mo Better Man Show. He was talking about how when he was young he used to have 27 women. He also told how one of the 27 women still calls him up once a week just to see if she could break his resistance down.

The Mo Better Man is an old guy that has this late night talk show. I used to listen to him when I couldn’t get to sleep at night. It would be mostly senior citizens who would call in to his show. I always found it very entertaining to listen to.

What made it entertaining was the stories that he told. They were always outlandish to the point where you weren’t entirely sure if he was making it all up.

My concern isn’t over the Mo’ Better Man, it’s over what happened to Magic 95’s overnight DJ. Has he been fired? Will the Mo Better Man now become a permanent fixture on Magic 95’s overnights? Or was this all just the result of a one time radio transmitter mishap?

WHAT I’M WEARING:
Today I have a chartreuse long sleeve pink t-shirt. Over the shirt I’m wearing a floral cotton jacket and blue slack. I also have on brown lace up shoes.

DAILY COMMUTE:
This morning I got on the #1 bus. It was being driven by woman who looked like Denise Nicholas from that tv show, In The Heat of the Night. I wonder what ever happened to Ms. Nicholas?

CONCERN OF THE DAY: Spring Forward
Last night I had a hard time falling to sleep. This is normal.

I have a hard time falling to sleep after daylight savings time takes effect. I find myself doing this because I’m afraid that I will oversleep. Also I hate the fact that everything has been moved up an hour. So now I’ll be starting work at what last week was 6:00am this week becomes 7:00am.

I can’t wait for fall to come back so that I can get my extra hour back.

It felt nice when I came into work this morning and looked around at some of my co-workers and noticed that I wasn’t the only person who looked half asleep.

WHAT I’M WEARING:
Today, I have on green slacks, a yellow turtleneck, and a multi-coloured cotton jacket. The multi-colored jacket I have on is dark blue. It has a medallion pattern of red and gold. The shoes I have on today are my usual brown lace up shoes.

I’m feeling a lot better today than I was on Friday morning. My cold is almost gone. My fever is gone. I feel like tap dancing! The only thing now is the phlegm...

Since almost every one with a blog and a healthy dose of paranoia has done it. I have a device on this blog that tells me who has visited, how long they’ve stayed, and the key words that brought them here. None of the keywords have been anything salacious or funny. However, the most frequently keyed in words thus far has been Josh Spiegel. I’m simply surprised by the number of hits this blog gets everyday looking for information about the OTL news guy with the funny voice.

I wonder if I could have t-shirts made up at Cafepress that say,”....and I’m Not Joshing You!”? I could make some serious coin...

The only scary visits are those where I’ve noticed that there were no keywords that brought them here or the ones where I’ve noticed that they’ve been reading entry after entry, page after page, all day long.