Sunday, January 22, 2012

My Exciting Weekend

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Greg left for San Diego Monday and has made great progress this week. He's tackling his father's study, and is learning lots of things about Mr. M. I'm still waiting on pictures, but I'd rather him keep chugging along than stop to photograph everything.

There has been a definite theme to this week. I saw the movie The Artist and loved it.

SOPA / PIPA were the talk of the tubes this week. We need to protect artists' rights, but I personally don't want Big Brother. Perhaps we could find a happy medium to keep things fair for everyone.

I attended the Affordable Art Fair at L.A. Live and saw so many wonderful things.

Had lunch with my friend from kindergarten, Sam, and took him to Hyaena Gallery to pick up a painting I had bid on. We had a quick tour of our home which I'm so proud of, and showed him the custom work other artists have given me.

For the first time since I started this blog, I fell ill with the famous artists' disease: Writer's Block.

And last night I attended an opening, also at Hyaena, and fell madly in like with one artist's work.

What was the theme? DECLUTTER, PEOPLE! Just three things, and keep on smiling.

Also, I have some findings to share from the interwebs.
(All attribution can be traced back through links. Please go visit them.)
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Bands of the Week:
Jackson State University - Sonic Boom of the South

SOPA and PIPA:
Darth Vader is against SOPA/PIPA
The day LOLCats Died
SOPA/PIPA from artists at risk of piracy
The Day Wikipedia Died - Carolyn
Colbert

R.I.P.:
Sunday Kind of Love - Chris
Ain't Nobody's Business - Sabine
And we can't forget Johnny

Design:
Ice Cube <3s the Eames

Thinky Stuff:
Piracy Schmiracy - Joel
Solitude 
The Badass Project 2012  - Sandra
I Have Learned - Sabine

Comedy:
I don't drink coffee, thank goodness.

Words:
Just say it!  - Shari
Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!  - XXX

Animals:
Otters Holding Hands - Scott P

Girl Crush:
Aunt Carol - Ellen

Drunk History:
Volume 5 - Freaturing Will Ferrell, Don Cheedle, and Zooey Deschanel

Boy Crushes:
Breakdancing Filipino Traffic Cop

Hoarding & Organization:
Recycling from Portlandia
How do YOU motivate yourself to clean? - Amy
How to work with the Brilliant and Disorganized
The Bill Cunningham Show 

Food:
Cheeseburger, cheeseburger - Michael

Music & Media:
Playing for Change!!! - Sam's friend, Steven, from Rice 
You should be Dancing - Rebecca
Bob - Rick
One More Shot - Chris
Aladdin's Friendly Lamp-O-Rama - Karen
Korla Pandit Chiu Chiu - Pee Wee
John Cale's cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
Carmen Orange - Susan
The Popcorn Song - Various COH
Disco Duck - Chris
If - A.J.
Ah, Ah, Ah - Mike
Punk Rock Girl - Chris

Have a great week, everyone!!! And enjoy some art, won't you?

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