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Unimportant Things About Me

  • •As a child, I did not like gathering eggs on the farm because the hens were mean.
    • I played the Doris Day part in “Pillow Talk” in a high school play.
    • I played defensive line woman on my girl’s football team in high school - real football, not powder puff.
    • I ate dinner at a restaurant next to Vice President Bush’s table in Fort Smith, Arkansas surrounded by secret service agents.
    • I played the French horn and the cymbals in my high school band – horribly.
    • I was the Sports Editor of my high school paper.
    • When I moved to California, I lived in Malibu. I now live near Skid Row.
    • I did not finish kindergarten.

101 Things in 1001 Days

  • THE START OF MY LIST 1 Go to Paris and shop flea markets, thrift stores and garage sales 2 Go on a holiday trip with my entire family 3 Do stretching exercises five days a week for one month 4 Write the second edition of the Raile Family History 5 Finish the Harry Potter series 6 Create “gorilla art” 7 Make a map of every place I have been 8 Elaborately decorate my loft for Halloween 9 Invite at least four guests for dinner at the same time and everyone wears red 10 Go to Yosemite Park 11 Host a pajama party 12 Go on at least one date 13 Turn the big room into something whimsical 14 Change jobs 15 Keep a better diary 16 Set-up a trust fund 17 Write my life story 18 Create a web site to sell things 19 Make things that I am willing to sell 20 Send an admiration letter to RK 21 Visit New York 22 Attend Artfest in Seattle, Washington 23 Visit Watts Tower 24 Send out secret friend packages 25 Create a margarita bar and a coffee bar in loft 26 Read five books that I should have read in high school 27 Create five photo studies

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Pantin

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I snatched this pantin from a French blog.  Pantins date back to the Court at Versailles( c.1740s) where ladies of the court on one of their visits to the French country side visited the village of Pantin where they found local craftsmen making toys for their children. These toys, some of them shaped like our JUMPING JACKS, would move their arms and legs in a most interesting and entertaining fashion like they were doing wild, strange and fascinating dances! The Ladies of the French Court brought them back to Versailles where they became wildly popular. So popular that... they were soon banned from Court for their disruptive influence!

Lots of fireworks at court yesterday.  Latino men and their hot tempers!  The judge was not happy and called one a liar and sent the other to jail for the evening.  Can't wait to hear what crazy thing is going to happen today.

April 04, 2007 | | Comments (0)

Jen_stark

Hurry on over to Jen Stark's web site to view some fantastic art work.  She has paper sculptures, drawings and sketchbook work.  I took in everything.  Amazing!  (Thanks for the heads-up Ann.)

Since I did not get to go to Artfest 2007 in Seattle, I had my own little version of Artfest at home.  I made a really ugly stuffed creature and a Java Cat tote bag for mother.  I also did a lot of sweeping and cleaning up cat hair which could/should be a full time job.

The trial finally started today.  Looks like fireworks will be going off.

April 02, 2007 | | Comments (0)

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