‘Suup! I’m dedicating today to learning new visualization techniques. There is a lot of exciting stuff in motion, and the next couple of months are going to be a beautiful tornado of activity, travel and, oh shneep, most likely moving in the midst of it all. As such, extra helpings of level-headed tranquility and organization are in order. Hence today’s plans. Here’s what’s going down.
June
MOVING
Unless something goes horribly wrong, in the next 24 hours A and I will be signing a lease for a little amethyst house nestled on a hillside in Echo Park. It’s magic.
Naturally, preliminary painting plans are in place, albeit a little prematurely. Here is what we hope to do with the place, assuming our Feng Shui adviser approves. A’s mother studied the art for ten years and is a seasoned interior decorator, so we shan’t spill a drop of paint until she gives the go-ahead.
If you’re in LA and have spare boxes, I’ll be most grateful, because literally the moment the lease is signed we’re going to start packing. You see, the move must be swift, because…
DARK ARTS FESTIVAL
In the second week of June, I’ll be hitting the road to make an appearance on the 11th at the Dark Arts Festival in Salt Lake City with a certain Clint Catalyst and Paris Sadonis. I haven’t taken a road trip in ages, and even though this one will be brief, I’m very much looking forward to the drive. Will be documenting everything. EVERYTHING. Details to come.
Photo-break
RECENT FOODS
- Breakfast of soft-boiled eggs, sliced tomato and French cheese
- Maple bacon-wrapped garlic and rosemary pork roast, about to be cooked. FUCK this is good, and here is the recipe.
- Sesame oil scrambled eggs with crackers topped with chipotle hummus
RECENT TUBS
Right. So! Here is what’s happening immediately after Salt Lake City.
Sawa and I will be shooting at the APB booth in the South Meeting Hall of the LA Convention Center. This is going to be quite an undertaking, as we’ll be at the booth all day, every day of the convention. Then…
July
NYC
A and I are heading to NYC, 8th through the 14th. On July 10 we’ll be posing for a very special Doctor Sketchy as Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita. It’s a Devil in Moscow Sketchy’s, so be there or be damned for all eternity.
On the 12th I’ll finally be getting my back tattoo finished by the incomparable Tim Kern. Those are the only in-stone plans as of this moment, and more slowly brewing. Very much looking forward to squishing my East coast peeps.
COMIC CON
A and I will make our annual pilgrimage to San Diego. I’ll be covering all sorts of fun stuff for Chinashop, while A zooms around taking care of bidness.
I love Poladroid so very much. Here is my head:
So that’s my grand 2-month battle plan, as I see it. I also want to shoot more, draw more, Coilhouse more, read more [currently reading A Rebours, as it’s perfect for moving time], blog more, travel more, and spend more time doing nothing at all. Doable, right?
…Right?
What’s your plan?
Adorable spirit guides to ensure that your week is a success.
How is it possible that I’ve lived in Utah all my life and didn’t know about this dark arts festival? Seriously?
Well, now that I do know about it, I’ll try and be there on Friday at least. That weekend’s gonna be crazy for me, but perhaps I will see you there!
Hope to see you at SDCC!
is coilhouse going to have a booth at sdcc? i found out AFTER the fact that you ladies were there last year and since i’m not fancy with a smartphone didn’t find out while i was there working the work booth.
you’ll have to stop by my booth!
NYC Smooshies. SO SHALL IT BE!
Trishelle, I hope you can make it!
Angela, yesss.
Stephanie, we don’t have immediate plans for a booth there, but it hasn’t really been discussed in light of Issue 05 being wrapped up as we speak! I will definitely visit you, what’s your booth #?
Samantha, [CRUNCH].
Such exciting plans! I love it when activity-whirlwinds are made up of only positive things like that.
That very last picture…it is so, so amazing for some reason. With a spirit guide like that, I know anything is possible.
So happy and excited for you!!!
I love making plans for decoration!
Really like the colors you choose for the workspace.
Gawh, I love this post as I am a fan of planning, lists, and Polandroid pics. Hopefully I run into u at SDCC…I’ll be the weirdo, fellow cartoon haired woman asking to take a pic with u.
Definitely doable.
If I had spare boxes, I would give you them all. I’ll scrounge a bit.
The house looks adorable! I hope that your mother-in-law approves of the colours, because I do, and therefore think you should paint away.
you can probably go to any supermarket in your area and and anyone in the back(near the stockroom) if there are any empty boxes you can take-I imagine there has to be at least a few.
For now I shall only focus on passing descriptive geometry….
And learn to knit. There’s this homeless guy that made his little bed with a couple of sheets UNDER my college, and it’s winter… so I want to make him a blanket or something. (If I DONT learn fast, I’ll give him mine).
And good luck with everything!
Such a cute house!
Ah, I have such a massive heap of boxes considering I moved not too long ago, and I would love to give you some, but it’s a tad hard to give you them when I live in Northern California. :( But I hope everything goes well for you! Good luck!
And I hope to see you at Comic Con too. :)
I’m reading ‘A Rebours’ for the second time at the moment. The dandy-decadent’s Bible; one of my all-time favorite books. It should be enjoyable for you to read about a man who does nothing but sit in his house while you have so much going on. Enjoy!
Congratulations on the house! (And the lease, just saw the tweet)
How very exciting, sounds like quite the adventure over these next months. I hope it all goes well!
PS
I share your fondness of Poladroid!
that dog does an excellent impression of a proper muslim woman.
What day/s will you be @ CC? I want to check out Chinashop!
Congrats on the house! I’ll be sure to send along a proper house warming gift…some sort of houseplant maybe? Hehe
Quite the battle plan. Totally doable. With the combined energy and fortitude of you and yours…it’ll be a breeze. Okay maybe a bit of a hurricane more than a breeze but total fun regardless.
My battle plan is much simpler. Finish a story I started then burned all the art for last summer.
These sound like great plans. Wonderful plans. EXCITING PLANS. I think seeing what you’re going to do, setting it out, etc, helps actually get it done for real.
So, since -you- asked, my plan for the next twoish months?
– Create another little limited edition run of short-short fiction (in the press I run out of my bathroom, of course). Probably all handbound and such. Little pieces of speculative fiction art. I can’t wait.
– Work hard, teaching arts & crafts to small children. get paid, save money.
– Learn to drive (26 and can’t drive? oh gosh…).
– Dance.
And really, that’s all I’ve got. Best of luck, dearheart!
Coming here? To lil ole Salt Lake City?
My goodness, I should get my camera ready for any Zoetica sightings!!
Well, depending on how long you’ll be here I can only offer food recommendations.
And enjoy it here! :)
It all sounds awesome, you’re (hopefully) house is super cute.
Since you ask, I’m moving to NYC in September, so preliminary plans are in affect. Selling stuff on Ebay, making the rounds and enjoying Seattle one last time, etc.
I also am planning on getting my tattoo from Tim Kern, after seeing your amazing back piece. I never knew tattoos could look like that. He is incomparable, every other artist I look at, my reaction is, meh. He could put anything on me and I’d be happy.
Have a fantastic and wild ride this summer!
Okay… Photo Nerd question… what kind of Polaroid do you use? I am guessing SX70 from the slightly blue cast of some of them… though I could be wrong.
sounds like a great two months :)
hmm my next two month plan
1. do some digitail printing my my fine artist friend for garments.
2. finish making items for photoshoots in June
3. finish of a customers feather jacket
4. look at visa’s to the lovely USA
5. chill?
hehe
Exciting plans! I too will be moving in June (or… perhaps July, depends how roommate plans go/how lazy I am in finding a place) so do post many many pictures of decorating so I may be inspired!
In the meantime, I have a new job editing a scientific journal so that is new and exciting every day, and then plans to go frolicking about the US and the wild northern lands of Canada with my BFF-no-really-were-not-lesbian-life-partners-probably, so many adventures are ahead!