Salt of the Earth

All signs of Christmas are gone from our house now. I packed up the tree, decorations and all my little houses today. Usually i keep it up until after New Years- but I just wanted to get a jump on it this year and be done with it. I so enjoyed putting together my little village this year. I love my little town of eternal Christmas where everyone is so happy playing in the snow. I even got some white glitter (specifically made for these little villages) that really gives the appearance of fresh snow….

We went out to dinner tonight to one of our favorite restaurants- Jungs. Anyone that come to visit us has probably been there with us. Good food and close to home. Graham was very cranky (hunger) and just being pissy and arguing with Mick. (about what-who knows) The tea came to the table and Mick poured himself a cup. Graham, who was still angry, reached for the little plastic container ( that holds all the sugar packets) and he stared at his dad and moved the sugar to another table. Mick and I started laughing so hard at Graham’s attempt to ‘haw-haw’ on his dad. Pretty funny.

Everyone is sleeping now- it’s so quiet here. I was sitting at my other desk doing some calligraphy and sketching some figures. Trying to learn all I can about the human form before I go back in a few weeks. It’s still just facinating to me. I find such beauty in the body. We had some spectacular models last term. One of my favorites- whose name was Graham- model for us several times. I find that I can draw his body from memory now-. I’ve barely spoken to this man/model but I know his body so well. It’s kind of weird when you think of it that way. I can talk to him before class-mostly about the weather and very superficial things. He once tried talking to me (about my drawing) while he was getting dressed and it was just way to weird. Guess I’ve turned into a prude.

I’m watching the first season to The OC. Got the DVD’s from the library as a recommendation FROM the library. Even though I know I’d REALLY enjoy it if I was 20 years younger I find that I am sucked into the teenaged drama. High school was never like that for me but then again- it’s TV.

We went to see King Kong the other day. WOW…… it was SO good. Graham got scared a few times and jumped into my lap at the scary parts. I don’t know that Thomas even blinked during the entire movie. He REALLY enjoyed it as well. While watching it I kept thinking of an interview we saw with Peter Jackson (the director). He talked about seeing the original King Kong as a boy and was over come with emotion when Kong dies in the end. He portrayed this SO well in the movie. There were several times when I was close to tears and one point where I was actually crying because I felt so badly for Kong. I’m not really used to crying in movies well, crying actually. It’s just not something I do externally. I blame my therapist and this whole art thing for opening the flood gates- or my ‘awaking’ as i like to cal it.

enough from me- off to draw
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i can’t figure out spell check on this new format- so you’ll have to tolerate my mis spelled words until i do!