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The 16 Sparrows blog moved to here: http://16sparrows.typepad.com

I am going to keep this journal for personal things & mostly friends only.

I am in the process of trying to figure out how to have the 16 Sparrows blog have an RSS feed in livejournal. I have been looking up and down int he FAQs and can't really figure it out. Does anyone know how to do this? Can you help a girl out?

Syndication of Behind the Curtain here: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/16sparrows/profile
(Thanks Erin!)

I feel like I lived a whole lifetime in this one little week. The past seven days have been a roller coaster of confidence, frustration, giving up on myself, disappointment, illness, drinking, encouragement, extreme joy, research and rest.

Sometimes you are so concerned with the end result you miss out on what you are really here for. I kept saying to myself I just had to get through this one thing and I kept missing out on the experience. I mean, isn't this why I am here - because I love art, enjoy researching and have an intense curiosity? I kept letting it go right past without ever taking it in because I was so scared this path wouldn't take me where I want to go.

It was my unwillingness to take in the moment, to breath in and experience it all that led me to my spiral of frustration this past week. Everything was piling upon me and getting so hard that I forgot to take a second and asses my goals and the situation. Living in the moment and accepting the experience is something I need to learn to do, especially through tough times.

So here I sit, drinking my tea, making an effort to commit to my dreams and to school. I have no idea where this experience will take me, but I will enjoy the walk down the path.

"Every artist needs a monster."
- Jeanne-Claude



Michal Heiman
Self Portrait with Cindy Sherman

I just finished this last night.

The white part was a "finished" piece that I found the other day. It was just this thing that was too wide or short to be anything much, so I added a small strip of mint green and joined the pieces together to make a shoulder warmer. This is going to come in very useful this weekend as Savannah is suppose to get into the 40s (which makes me very excited).

Crock text messaged me this morning to tell me it's snowing in Chicago.
Oh, I miss snow.

azzie and I are having a weekly tea date.
It's a nice break from the drunk encounters we have during the rest of the week.

I figure I should post a pic of us being decent ladies in a tea house to counter balance the drunken pictures.
I'm on the left trying to keep my shit together and she's on the right un-amused with my antics.
(Heehee, just kidding dear)

A little while ago I acquired some cooking booklets from the 1920s. This one is all recipes that are made with bread. There are some interesting recipes in here, but I haven't had the time to make any yet.


( click to view recipes )

I'm officially a nerd.
I just bought my Halloween costume...it's the Bride from Kill Bill.
The main reason I am doing Kill Bill these year is because I have the shoes and Milly has been telling me I've been needing to do it for that purpose alone.
I spent quite a bit of money but this is a really good pleather reproduction of the outfit, so I'm excited. I'm going to see if Ric will be willing to do Bill and if Ray would do an 88 Man since he's a baldy.

For my paid-account pleasure, here is a poll so you can rate me lameness:

Poll #840711
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

Am I a super-nerd for choosing this costume?

Oh crap, I just realized I need to buy a blond wig and some nunchucks.

"Biff" from Back to the Future, sings a song about all the questions he gets.
(via sourisverte)

Extremely cute children's "twirly dress" from angry chicken.

Most comfortable tights ever and the cutest tights ever.

Tie One On's October theme is apron as a costume.

I just got my new stash of Editions de Paris books. I've only had a chance to look at Createurs a Paris (ISBN4-573-01127-7). Yes, I have an addiction when it comes to these books and I promise to go into counseling after I get all the pretty ones. Anyway, it is quite a lovely book of artist's spaces and they even have little diy projects from some of the artists.



( Click for eye candy )