Some more sketches

These are sketches from various locations.






This is a pier/ building I was on in a dream. It stood out alone in the middle of an ocean. Below it is a computer rendering I created.





This is a pool on the cruise ship I took around Italy last year.






My sister's living room last Christmas.





Elephant holding area at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.



Hotel room in Chicago.



Hot springs in Colorado.




Jessica's doll house that my father built.




Mountains and a bridge near Dubrovnik Croatia.

Terminal Illness

I like to take advantage of the waiting I have to do in the airport or on an airplane. Here are some sketches from my travel sketchbook.

Back in the Water

Back to the gym for a swim. I want to form a habit of going. It really doesn't take a long time, and honestly I feel so much better afterwards. I am thinking of different things to paint. I cannot seem to come with a definitive idea.



Madame Gautreau - John Singer Sargent

Advice

"We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves." - Some random quote I found online

In giving some advice today, I realized that I, myself need to be following it. Yesterday morning, I laid in bed wishing my headache to go away. Staring at the ceiling, I began replaying this past year through my mind. What progress have I made in a year? Well, none. Its a bad answer, but its the honest one. I am terrible when it comes to discipline lately. Today, I cleaned the house, cleared out my workspace in the garage (and even painted a bit), and I went swimming at the gym. Will I be able to keep to the plan tomorrow. I guess that remains to be seen.

Here is a list of things to complete:

- Paint/ Draw (there is no deadline, I just need to do it more often)
- Rotate my tires, change my oil, and wash the Mini (by next weekend)
- Repair my carb and get my 442 running (by Feb)
- Put my 2nd shelf up in my room (by Dec)
- Paint Johnna's phone case (by XMas)
- Finish painting my cabinet thing for my shot glasses (by Jan)

Strain

Our Bodies was a great exhibit. It was amazing to see inside of the human form and really view it as a system. I wish I'd thought to bring a sketch book. Anyways, everything seems to be in order. Hopefully, my back will feel even better tomorrow. My lower back is tight once again. I am really looking forward to the party on Friday. Still no sign of my costume though.

I'll schedule it in...

A lot has been going on this week. The Halloween party is scheduled for this Friday. Hopefully my costume makes it here from Singapore soon. Tomorrow I am going to the Bodies exhibit at the Science Center. Should be really interesting. I got to stop by Uberbot and see the Phil Noto artwork today. I also picked up his sketch book. I am a sucker for art books. I went out Wednesday night and last night. I have been feeling really good lately.

We are your friends!

Better than

I have been in a really good mood the past few days. I was pretty stressed out last week. I guess my weekend was restful. I got to talk to chat with a friend I'd been thinking a lot about recently. I was down a bit going in to the weekend. I had been thinking about how this time last year there was so much going on. And Halloween being two weeks away made me remember exactly what I was doing a year ago. I feel like this year has been unremarkable. I know, its not over yet. The heat starting to drop off is great. That is one thing that always brings up my spirit. I'd felt extremely apathetic lately. There wasn't much to change it.
Hopefully, I won't fall into my general malaise. I went swimming today, and the plan is to just keep going. I ordered my Halloween costume. Its nice to stop wondering what I am going to do for a costume. My new favorite thing is Assassin's Creed. I had seen the trailer a while ago, but I have really taken to the style of it. I also really like the UNKLE song that is used. Things like this game make me wonder why I waste technical writing when I could be creating cool games or videos. Here is the trailer.