art classes vs dating

Art classes are very similar to dating to me.

Insert either....ART CLASS or a DATE....

(1) I get nervous before , sometimes I even try to get out of attending.
(2) I get apprehensive and doubt myself before - what if I can't pick it up quick enough
(3) what if they don't' like me
(4) after a success my mind spins. It's all I can think about. I obsess.
(5) i can stay up all night long after a good
(6) Days after I still daydream and think about new techniques

I need to do more of in my life :D

Welcome to YAC

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i blame the weather change

I am starving all the time right now...totally blame the weather change!

yummy - eggplant lasanga

With losing weight, I am starting to become obsessed with food...in a much healthier way than before! Before eating looked like: as much as I wanted as long as it was delicious...and processed/packaged food was ok as long as it was quick and yummy.

Now: i am just obsessed with what people are eating, new ways of cooking, new foods and HOW to make things.

So I have to confess. Up until this point in my life, I have never bought an eggplant. I have tried it a few times, but never have I prepared it.

So i bought an eggplant. For a few days, I tossed and turned. I asked a few people how they prepare eggplant. I looked up recipes at www.sparkpeople.com...I do what I do best...THINK. Until eventually I thought, this eggplant may go bad (and now, wouldn't that be a sad story to tell everyone!)

How I ended up preparing it...was. I wanted to make an eggplant paremsian (I have had it prepared this way before---delicious) however, i didn't want to bread it. So...I prepared an eggplant lasanga!!

I fried the eggplant before using it....(apparently frying is good for eggplant..who knew?) Anyhow. I fried it in an olive oil. lightly.

Then I used the eggplant in place of noodles.

The sauce was crushed tomatoes, with garlic, spinach, red peppers, mushrooms, soy-ground-round and a dash of feta cheese. Topped with low-fat marble cheese.

Bake in the oven. and you have one delicious and yummy meal. I am salivating just thinking of it. It was so good, I shared it with my roomate!

career

My dream career:

A book reviewer!! I could read books day and night. How divine? The drawback would be when I had to read books I don't love.

I was reading the book" Love in a time of Cholera". And while the book and the writing is good, I hate the premise. Perhaps I'm over the whole serendipitious love thing, or maybe even a bit cynical. The whole entire book (ok, the whole half of a book I read) was devoted to two people who were 'soulmates' and tried to live their life apart. Each part of the book the other would be unhappy with their decisions to be apart of the other. OI OI OI. really? A whole book belly aching about the lost love of their life......I guess I want to believe that there are number of people out there that I could match and marry. Its not some kind of one-for-one debauchery. Rather, it's a type or traits that are matched. I also found it disheartening that two people would choice to live without the other, yet be miserable and do nothing about it.

Then again, maybe I am missing a major premise around the book......so I ditched it to read "the house I first believed' by Wally Lamb. So far. I am in love.....it's about the Columbine Slayings. I'm on page 78 and thus far can't peel it away from me.

progress.

It's funny how everyday i read blogs, but only once every 2 weeks do I think to update my blog.

My life is very full at the moment. It's kinda like the jiffy oven-top popcorn. when you see it overflowing and it's almost ready to burst. and almost ready to burst in such a delicious way.

Speaking of delicious. I have lost 10 pounds. 10 healthy pounds. I started working on health on July 18th. And today - September 12th I am down 10 pounds. Not too bad. Somedays I feel like this is the progress of a turtle....but the turtle eventually gets to the destination right? I have been walking a lot in the evenings that I am home, so I feel very bonded to Jack and to my neighbourhood.

The Toronto Clothing Show preperations are coming along quite nicely. I say i need to do every show with a pack of amigos. It certainly makes the lead up a lot LESS stressful. I mean, the Toronto Clothing show itself is pretty daunting to me. As up to now - i have only participated in festivals (and outdoor festivals) so being inside at a large convention hall (or the Better Living Centre at the Exhibition) puts a whole new feel to the game. So its really nice to have a slew of amigos to rely on. The other thing it does, is help us PLAN things better. When I set up my own booth - I often wait on the most important aspect (set and marketing) so it's nice to have it all set up and ready. now. I am working on packaging (so Carmi's post here was great!) and inventory. Resin is oozing from my ying-yang....not too mention i have encapsuled Jack and Jeff's DNA a little too much! I am starting to see little jack and jeff hairs everywhere...that means the studio needs a good vacccuum!

Off to read a bit - -- imagine that? A full and active life and I am reading a FICTION book. Life is grand.

community classes

I am looking for artists or talented people that would like to share their skills and talents with others! I am hosting some classes in my local community (Bloor and Lansdowne) and need some poeple who would like to share their talent with others. Your skill/talent can be anything...knitting, guitar, painting, etc.

Want to teach? contact me billijo.cox@gmail.com