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Sunday, 16. March 2008, 02:43:48

gourmet, sons, poem, fireplace, random facts tag, gourmand

"i owe much; i have nothing. i give the rest to the poor." francois rabelais. last will and testament. eight random things tag: this is a list of eight random things about me with a bonus test. thanks to sarah for tagging me. makes me feel like 'one of the gang'/ 1. fate has made me a traveler but i'd rather be at home.

2.i was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. i still have it.

3. i am almost a gourmet cook, but i am a gourmand eater.

4. i used to be a boy with big ears (sign of a buddha)

5. i am more of a philosopher than an artist.

6. when i write a poem it comes straight out.

7. my oldest son builds fireplaces. i taught him all the building trades.

8. this bamboo staff crossed the pacific ocean after the worst tzunami.

that's all folks... oops forgot the rules. and new taggeees. the rules were: ‘Eight random things about me’. the tag was from sarah i'll choose my taggees later. they will be from visitors to my page who don't comment. kidding... you knew that didn't you.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

i did it my wayyet another tag and some more irrelevancies.

Comments

Beautiful letter/poem to your son Ryan.

A grand fireplace...YES!!!

Nice pic on the beach!

Hey, by the way, are you sure you're BLUE??? Doesn't seem like you.

I played with it and seems it thinks I am WHITE. I'm sure glad I wasn't green or red!!!!

OK, I'm off to the hut to do some woodworking! Have a grrrrreat Sunday!!!

Big Hug...Jillee:)

By JilleeBean, # 16. March 2008, 15:15:05

jill,
yes i came out blue... probably because i am just devious enough to answer the questions on a different level. thanks for delving into my little pile of irrelevancies. have a groovy white sunday.

By I_ArtMan, # 16. March 2008, 15:23:48

What an amazing gift to your son!

By cakkleberrylane, # 16. March 2008, 22:52:10

thanks lois for the comment. yes, i think he was surprised by it, but he appreciated the poem.

By I_ArtMan, # 17. March 2008, 02:35:17

You are so very talented. Thank you.

By Cynthia23, # 19. March 2008, 03:33:16

thanks for the compliment cynthia23. good of youto comment.

By I_ArtMan, # 19. March 2008, 05:25:56

Cool photos and poem! A nice bit of insight to you.

Am now going to take the quiz.

By momable, # 25. March 2008, 00:53:02

I am white!

The thingee says this:

You value law, order, community and light. You love to protect the social order and the rule of law. At your best, you are just and protective. At your worst, you are authoritarian and dogmatic. Your symbol is a sunburst. Your enemies are black and red.

By momable, # 25. March 2008, 00:58:28

cool mom... white is good.

By I_ArtMan, # 25. March 2008, 01:23:49

By momable, # 25. March 2008, 01:25:27

Totally cool & interesting post.

Nice legs.

By CultureSurfer, # 25. March 2008, 18:57:35

you had to notice my legs... they were a little girlish, now they look like trees. thanks for surfing by and for commenting.

By I_ArtMan, # 25. March 2008, 19:11:12

Um...I beg to disagree. Those were not girlish by any stretch of the imagination. I think we need input from more women on this issue, though.

And who is the hottie in your banner, a younger version of Scott perhaps?

By CultureSurfer, # 25. March 2008, 19:13:13

yep, that's 21 year old scott sitting in the window of prince st. loft in manhattan.(that was before they called south of houston st. SOHO.

sometimes people using my camera that was a pentax SLR wait for the right moment. using triple x kodak b/w/400 asa

By I_ArtMan, # 25. March 2008, 22:58:15

Scott, you were a cutie!!!

Wow, I'd love to hear about your life some time. SOHO, Venice Beach? I bet you have some cool stories. You should write posts on some of them, the ones that won't get you thrown in jail, that is.

By CultureSurfer, # 26. March 2008, 04:47:57

lol, i'm covered by the statute of limitations.

i remember once i resisted arrest in woodstock, n.y. about a month before the big festival... they were going to arrest me for kissing a girl in the middle of the road. yep, lots of stories... leary and millbrook, greenwich village adventures when i was sixteen (1959)before the music explosion when there were beat poets reciting in coffeehouses and the musician was just an intermission.

i'm working on it, bit by bit.

By I_ArtMan, # 26. March 2008, 05:16:07

Ok, now I have to get out to Venice Beach to interview you. Leary? Seriously?

Sometimes, I feel like I missed out on all of the fun of the 60's although I consider myself fortunate to have missed out on Vietnam...

My only memory of 60's sub-culture was my parents pointing at a hippie at the zoo & making some comment which led me to think they were something to be feared.

By CultureSurfer, # 26. March 2008, 05:41:48

sure, i can talk about timothy leary and richard alpert. i lived at millbrook in 1965. ginsberg was hanging out there when i was there. over a hundred and twenty people... and i was the fire-keeper and the the 'watchman' .
i went on one road tour because i was dating his daughter susan. dating is a soft word for it. it was a whirlwind fairytale. too long a story for comment section.

By I_ArtMan, # 26. March 2008, 06:09:34

OMG, tell more!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to read posts about your life.

By CultureSurfer, # 26. March 2008, 14:21:05

Jeff asked me to ask if you met Andy Warhol?

By CultureSurfer, # 26. March 2008, 14:21:35

yeah, i knew him... i didn't like him. but i went to his parties, because it was part of the 'scene'. in those days, every night we raced around, making appearances everywhere. warhol's place was 24 hour; that made it a good place to go.

By I_ArtMan, # 26. March 2008, 17:01:15

You knew Warhol? What didn't you like about him? Too freaky weird artsy, too insecure, too egotistical, or all of the above?

By CultureSurfer, # 26. March 2008, 17:21:28

pastey effeminite maggot pervert? con artist, yup.

By I_ArtMan, # 26. March 2008, 17:34:38

Oh, my.

By CultureSurfer, # 26. March 2008, 19:07:21

shouldn't speak that way about the departed... but... i did.

By I_ArtMan, # 26. March 2008, 20:22:21

Like he's gonna come back and get you?

By CultureSurfer, # 26. March 2008, 21:25:09

well, i'm the one who is not in a safe place. he is. but i am unafraid. it's just that i shouldn't have maligned the poor misfit.

By I_ArtMan, # 26. March 2008, 21:53:56

You can always hit the delete key.

By CultureSurfer, # 26. March 2008, 22:55:30

i know. but i have a principle... edit before erase. even in drawing, i almost never use the eraser... just make use of the mistake.
incidentally, there is a very unflattering comment on my blog, which i was tempted to erase. but i thought, "those are not my words to erase." so i let them stand. i guess i am quirky that way.

By I_ArtMan, # 26. March 2008, 23:08:59

Well, now I know what SOHO is.

By momable, # 27. March 2008, 00:37:11

ah... you are well read mom... but do you know what NOHO is?

By I_ArtMan, # 27. March 2008, 01:43:22

I've deleted a few nasty comments off my blog (and nicely told a few jerks to go away if they don't like the fact that I demand respect on my blog).

I figure if I can't delete the nonsense people say in real life, I'll do it here. lol

By CultureSurfer, # 27. March 2008, 04:51:26

I give, what is NOHO?

By momable, # 27. March 2008, 05:06:12

North of Houston Street, right?

Do I get 10 points?

By CultureSurfer, # 27. March 2008, 12:57:02

naomi, but a nasty comment somehow balances... a full spectrum.

i don't get many and the one i mentioned is very interesting, so opposite to my way.

mom,
NOHO is fairly new... it's north hollywood. of course it's a play on SOHO, south of houston st. in manhattan; which is of course a play on london's artist haven. or, you could say a hotbed of avante garde seething. rents are cheaper at first. then artists, who always fix up their rented apartments, storefronts and rooms, cause the area to become 'quaint' and decorative. colorful. this is where "its happening"

there are many little theatres for new playwrights and actors to cut their teeth in. not enough galleries though. not enough real artists either... all dilletants dabbling on sundays.

By I_ArtMan, # 27. March 2008, 17:20:39

I don't mind opinions opposite of mine; the ones I delete are the nasty ones or the people who say they are right & everyone else is wrong (usually men, I am sorry to say, and no reflection on you, Scott).

Did you get a white supremacist on your blog, or what?

By CultureSurfer, # 27. March 2008, 20:20:22

no, it was somebody who impugned my masculinity because i did a pastel of 'rose' from the movie "titanic".

march 22, 2006

http://my.opera.com/I_ArtMan/blog/show.dml/189621

his name is busta... lol you can read his comment. it's four from the end. i just read it again. it makes me laugh.

By I_ArtMan, # 27. March 2008, 23:10:42

Scott-That's super offensive & I would have deleted it.

There is free speech but then there are morons. Judging by the message he left, well, need I say more?

By CultureSurfer, # 28. March 2008, 13:08:23

i knew you would be impressed. i'll stick to my guns... i decry censorship of any kind.

By I_ArtMan, # 28. March 2008, 17:34:44

Nice you stick to your principals.

Thanks for explaining NOHO. So I assume once the artists fix the joints up, they can no longer afford to live there???

By momable, # 29. March 2008, 01:03:24

that's what usually happens. but if one out of a hundred of the starving artists is lifted to notoriety with financial security assured, they get to stay.

By I_ArtMan, # 29. March 2008, 03:03:57

This is a sad situation. Same thing happened to my cousin.

By momable, # 29. March 2008, 21:46:09

everybody can't be lucky.

By I_ArtMan, # 29. March 2008, 23:00:46

I am very glad for having an artist like you in my friends´list. Your excellent pics, your fantastic poem, your words, make this blog one of my favorites. Maybe you are not going to recognize me with my new users name, but I am Rocio, now Greenwitch.
Hugs for you, from Mexico.

By greenwitch3, # 1. April 2008, 00:02:23

ah yes, i remember you now. we had a little dialogue not too long ago.
it's nice to have back and commenting. your block is still improving my knowledge of spanish, as i struggle through it with my dictionery.

By I_ArtMan, # 1. April 2008, 00:12:31

that is spooky... you are a cyber bruja. you've transformed my avatar.

By I_ArtMan, # 1. April 2008, 00:14:00

sorry, greenwitch3, it wasn't you... opera monkeys are playing in the trees.

By I_ArtMan, # 1. April 2008, 01:10:18

Uhmmmmm, I was feeling an important witch, hehehe. And now you told me that it is an Opera´s problem, hehehe. I promise you that I am going to write my blogs in both languages, so you can understand my posts with no problems. Thank for your answers. Hugas for you my dear friend.

By greenwitch3, # 1. April 2008, 02:17:37

cool... now turn them back into people's avatars. just kidding

By I_ArtMan, # 1. April 2008, 02:48:23

I caaaaaaaaaaaant, I hate my lions avatar. Tell me, is it true that it is a kind of joke, because April´s Fool Day ?

By greenwitch3, # 1. April 2008, 03:06:01

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