Do You See?

I was talking with Kelly First the other day about drawing horses. Here is my first attempt at drawing a horse (from about six months ago):


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Originally uploaded by Tokyorosa

I call him "Shadow." All I need is a paper cutter and some tape and I think I could fix him. Of course, with two broken ankles, it might be more humane to just shoot him.

Have you ever tried to draw a horse? They're hard. Well, they're complicated, actually. They're complicated animals and they do not lend themselves easily to interpretation or amateur artistic renderings, do they?

I was never a horse-girl. You know those horse-girls, don't you? Those teenage girls who live for horses, who eat, breathe, and sleep horses. I had friends who were horse-girls, but I was never one. I always thought the horse-girl obsession was just a socially acceptable way for a teenage girl to have something big and powerful between her legs. (Parents could save a lot of money if they just got their horse-girl daughters one of these.)

Chemistry

I met with my niece this morning at S'bux to do some chemistry tutoring. We went over her homework that consisted mostly of forming and naming compounds and we reviewed ionic and covalent bonding. We spent about 3 1/2 hours on a single chapter's worth of material and I wish I could say that the amount of time we spent to review that material would prompt her to understand that she has to put at least that amount of time in on her own to understand that amount of material, but I am not and never have been an optimist. Anyway, it was fine. I feel like I accomplished something and she feels like she accomplished something and at the moment, it's enough.

Sickos

Dave is sick and I'm not feeling too hot. I know I said I'm not an optimist, but I know that I'm not going to get sick. I'm not going to get sick. I'm not going to get sick. I'm not. Just because I feel all achy and tired doesn't mean that I'm getting sick. Because I'm not.