Unrelated bits & pieces
Posted on | January 17, 2007 |
* I drove back from the ophthalmologist (a random unidentifiable pain & redness in my eyes prompted the visit) tonight, and it was the most disorienting and sweaty palmed trip ever. Headlights in dilated eyes: not fun. Now I have blurry vision and the feeling of vertigo whenever I look at anything up close. But look at me, I’m still blogging. Wheee! Oh, and despite the redness and/or agony, I apparently have perfect eyes. Some good news. I like that.
* I’ve been enjoying creating small pieces of art nearly every day. I’m going with the idea of altering a book. This particular book was found in the basement at my inlaws house, and is called The Love Affair, which offers bits of advice such as the following:
The average man decidedly shrinks from what he calls a ‘brainy’ or ‘highbrow’ woman, and if she is in the unfortunate position of having to secure his attention, no man of her own type being available, she must conceal her intellectuality instead of trying to use it as a blandishment, which is a mistake very frequently made.
Better off as an altered book, don’t you think? Or perhaps this is my problem. I use both my brainy and highbrowness as blandishment. Don’t you? It’s fun to paint blithely over the text, watching how certain words or bits of text come to the fore while others become completely submerged.
* I’ve decided that I’m going to spend several months taking a picture of DH every day. A sort of practice in observation. I want to see what I notice. I’ve never made him the focus of any creative/artistic endeavor and want to spend some time with the images I take and see where it goes. See what I learn, about him. So much of him I don’t really know. Isn’t this almost always the way it is with the people you love? You think you know them, but really, you only know these small slivers, like looking up at a new moon and thinking that tiny sickle is all of it.
* The cold snap that has swept across the country and left orange groves in California frozen, and people without power in Oklahoma has hit here with a vengeance. -15 degrees out, and our pipes in the upstairs bathroom froze. Huh? Yeah, you read that right. Tomorrow will be day three without a shower. Really. Whimper.
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January 17th, 2007 @ 10:21 pm
i love the idea of photos of DH — I hope you’ll be able to share a few here…hope your eye feels better! (and that you find a useable shower soon
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January 17th, 2007 @ 11:18 pm
i’m lovin’ the altered book pages. yummy.
you’re idea about photographing bean is great. now if only mine didn’t run every time he sees me with my camera…
January 18th, 2007 @ 11:07 am
Oh no! Your pipes froze? I can’t think of anything worse, but then again, ever since our “flood” I’m deathly afraid of indoor plumbing mishaps. Love the DH photo idea.
January 18th, 2007 @ 11:13 am
Thanks for telling more about your altered book - very interesting and a very interesting choice of book!
Your idea of taking photos of your DH is wonderful too and I very likely will steal it. Pearl is the main subject of my photos so when I do turn my lens his way it is sometimes amazing to see what comes out, like in this pic: http://flickr.com/photos/elaina_pearl/324523338/ which is one of my faves ever.
Yay for healthy eyes and here’s hoping you get a hot shower soon! We’re looking at a second winter storm again this weekend… boo…
January 18th, 2007 @ 11:16 am
Gee, I really love what you did with that stupid book! (Any other book would be too precious) I wish I had thought about it
Yeah, it’s one of those things
January 18th, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
Okay, time to boil some water and make a nice bath for yourself - no shower for three days? My hair is so greasy, it would just be horrible for everyone I encountered. They would run away SCREAMING in fright.
Brilliant idea of taking a picture of your husband everyday - it guarantees a little attention, some creativity, and you’ll probably fall in love with his handsome face all over again. I love it when I get a great shot of Beaux - now if he could only reciprocate!
January 18th, 2007 @ 4:38 pm
Frozen pipes? And here I was complaining that we had only six minutes’ worth of hot shower water. You poor thing!
January 18th, 2007 @ 6:47 pm
Oh yes. I miss those days of the pipes freezing in the middle of January in northern MN. Those days without showers really tell you who your friends really are
January 20th, 2007 @ 1:47 pm
Brrrr.
February 20th, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
My equivalent to the DH would never submit to being photographed. Barely once a year much less daily.
Lucky woman. (More) open man.
I have no hot water either, but it’s due to sharing with so many in the building. Cold and lukewarm is such a common thing I don’t even notice come November.