Sunday, 02 October 2005

• For the first time in a long time, I went running. It actually went better than I thought it would. I felt good and didn't take it too hard, yet still got a good solid run in. Ben and I went together, which made it more pleasant, as running alone makes it much less enjoyable, and him and I shared a good reasonable pace. Ben has been really good company of late, and I'm really appreciating him being around. He cooks for us every once and a while, and has cleaned the house that last two Sundays. Ben, you rule.

  Yesterday I went to a party with Skye. I tried to make up for the lost time by working on my art project early in the morning before I had to go, and worked for about two hours. Awful how I have this much free time during the weekends and yet choose not to work. The party was pretty fun, I had a relatively good time, though I'm not much of a party person. A good portion of the people there liked to play World of Warcraft and were in the back room for a while playing, and I joined them to watch for a while. Funny how at ease I feel with gamers. One of the guys we met was interesting, only because he was typical and normal that he was different. He fulfills many a male stereotype; none too sentimental, just a really straightforward guy. I played two rounds of Scrabble at the party, which was quite enjoyable except that I got last place both games. I just got dealt badly, really. The first game the letters I pulled were all vowels. The second game, things just didn't work out for me. I was getting pretty tired too. I still love Scrabble, though. We watched a bit of Sin City, which seems really interesting, but I only had a shallow viewing and ought to get my hands on it for myself.

  Skye and I went back to her house and I slept there, since it was so late and I didn't want to be out any longer than I was already. Admittedly, I was really quite frightened by being out and going through Queens and Brooklyn at two in the morning. Residual trauma from being robbed, I suppose. Plus, keeping on your toes that late at night is important; having a friend nearby is always good too.

  The other day Ben and I were talking about Martha Stewart, because he actually works for her in some fashion and he's met her before. Anyway, apparently she has a bunch of different magazines. All kinds of Martha Stewart that I cannot remember, but after Ben said "Body and Soul" I said that Martha Stewart owned every part of our being and that she "died for our sins." Oh Martha, how nice.

  As part of my musical education, I'm listening to David Bowie and The Beatles. I'm thinking that this is a good idea.

  So I finally finished this project I've been doing at the museum. I've been working on drawing the statue of Ugolino And His Sons for a while now just during my lunch breaks and after work on Fridays. I also finished a really great rendering of Paris at the museum a while ago that took about twenty-five hours. This one only took about seven hours or so and is more a very finished sketch than it is a full project.

  I've rediscovered Don Hertzfeldt. His work is totally genius.

  I think complex people like things to be simple and simple people like things to be complex.

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