i can't draw

I can't draw for the LIFE of me, but it doesnt stop me. These are two portions of a drawing im doing of all my friends. They look better altogether, but i mean, they arent that wonderful. They are hilarious though, and super fun to draw. lets all laugh at them together, okay?

sister-bear

Today is my little sister's 20th birthday. I found some silly photos of us growing up and scanned them in order to properly embarass her. My sister is amazing! She is hilarious, smart as fuck, and probably the sassiest girl you'll ever meet. Once, she was even dubbed the "hyphiest white girl in petaluma". Take that!
Happy Birthday sisterbear. I loveeeeee you!!!

foods.

The good thing about working a farmers market is the insane amount of free food i get every week. Right now the farm i work for is growing amazing fall and winter foods- we have beets, winter carrots, turnips, radishes, chard, kales, mustard, fennel...etc! Last week I took home three bunches of baby beets and decided to make a kind of risotto. I was inspired by my friend Jessie Mae of Vegan Soldier who made a vegan beet-risotto dish. I have been trying to eat a variety of grains and came across a recipe for barley risotto. You know, creamy long cooking grains with lots of veggie broth and onions and garlic. yum. Anyways, i combined the two recipes, stealing Jessie Mae's beets and the barley risotto recipe from Super Natural Cooking. It was delicious. I had (free!!) pine nuts on hand so i toasted them and added to the whole deal. It was bomb. I took a few photos. Come over for dinner sometime. I will make this again. It's too good, and the barley really stands up against your typical arborio rice for the risotto...its slightly nutty and has a great texture. Okay, enough pretending to be a pro chef. Go make yourselves dinner.



Washing baby beets!


Chopping red cippolini onions from the farm. They are so small they look like little leeks inside.


The finished project! Barley Risotto with Roasted Beets and Pinenuts. And its vegan, too.

Big clubhouses and many pictures.

On Monday, the lovely boys down at Matrix threw a holiday party. There were fortune tellers, masseuses, and caricature drawings. Pin ball machines, karaoke machines, and kegs. It was amazing. I took many a photo and this post is going to be brimming with all my best friends faces. Enjoy.

winter hat/self portrait

when im vegan, i wonder if i will still wear this hat.

holiday parties.

i feel like this "holiday season" has gone by so fucking fast. i decided about an hour ago that i should have a small little cocktail-home alone-watching party at my house. i made a silly flier out of a photo that miles took of samm and drew! i am going to make little cocktails and wear a hat and watch home alone on tuesday. you should probably come over.

its winter.

its really, really cold. and it gets dark too early to take photos of anything! i went on a blustery walk today and drank hot coffee along the way. i stopped and took a silly photo of myself in front of a pretty colored garage. you cant see the pretty color because i dont ever remember to take the flash off my polaroid before i use it.
in other news, i hope to start working on a photo project that ive been meaning to do. i learned how to scan negatives so i think i will be working with film for this next project. film, or miles' fancy camera. (if he lets me!)
here is a silly polaroid.
more photos later, maybe. im going to make a bomb lunch. if theres enough light i will have photos.

little mice.

we have atleast two hundred toy mice in our studio. these are the favourites. the left one is a faux suede hard little mouse. the middle one is the plush catnip mousie, and the janky mouse with no head in one i crocheted and stuffed with catnip. he has a white looped yarn tail. anyways. mouse mouse mousehouse.

film.

i took some film photos about two months ago with miles canon ae-1. i sued 1600 speed film and aimed to get contrasty shots. im not too impressed with any of these, but i think im gonna keep experimenting with film, and more specifically, contrast. anyways, i leanred alot today! miles taught me how to scan negatives and now i feel like i can learn anything!