Wednesday already - the days melt away.
Finally got out some commissions out today after the lag in printing. Screens still showing pinholes, but they didn't really affect the printing much.
No work over the weekend - and monday was a holiday, so it wasn't really productive. I have a lot to do, but im dragging my feet (as usual).
Printing Nancy on paper right now. Mystified why I can't get the registration right - makes zero sense. So I plod along color by color, the hard way.
Its friday night - - -
ok day, but probably got half done that I should have. Made screens for commissions, and they all needed to be made again. Thank god, I figured out how to fix (pinholes galore) - - shorter exposure time.
When I'm working on these prints, I lag so much. And then problems arise, and all gets delayed. Its a clusterfuck.
Anyway, back on track, and just plodding along. Every day, I get more anxious about SM, and the fact that days are going by, stacking up, week by week. I let time slip away. I fool myself into thinking it's in abundance, when really it's not.
Thought about taking tomorrow off, but its smarter to work all around. And emma to great falls, she needs it!
Day was spent cutting and preparing wood for printing. Found a great long piece of plywood in a dumpster on my walk with Emma yesterday. Perfect timing. Easy to cut, and will be great to print on.
I also had plywood that I bought a few weekends ago, but I forgot I put it on the light table, and lost my mind looking around the studio for it. I was convinced that I had maybe used it? Because I remember interacting with it, but I was so stumped. Typical of the time - the digital and real world are blending together, and reality warps a bit. It's really strange.
Much warmer weather, so easy to be in and out. Poor Emma having an episode, but it's not that bad.
Feel blah.
Got postcards in finally, and mailed out all my club envelopes. The whole excitement about it has diffused. I don't know why. I hate when that happens!
I let myself get out of the habit of blogging, and days go by, and I say to myself, ahh, just skip it. But I think that's a mistake, so maybe I can course correct.
Good day after a few days of lousy discipline over drawing and being productive in general. I got a few good orders in for commissions, then stalled on actually doing them. Well, after torture drawing Piper for cord, I think I finally have something I like, so I was able to move on to others and forward. YAY ! ! ! ! !
Got postcard club up and running, but stalled on that too with delay from vistaprint, and just a feeling like I've over-pushed it already. Without the cards in hand, I feel bad with all the promo I did. Got a bunch of subscribers, which only makes me want more. High hopes for it all.
SM really stalled, and not sure how to proceed. No check for Jan yet, but I'm expecting it to be small. Ugh, what to do? Partially just time of year, but still, wharf has me most concerned...
Really need to set out on new paths, and motivations. And STOP WASTING TIME monitoring all the websites I use to waste time.
Ok, enough for today. oh, also my credit card was stolen for somebody's UBER trip, Glad I spotted online, but so violated, and pissed I have to get a new card. FUCKERS,
Thursday. Productive - made BEARS REPEATING and finished NOSE print. Realized that hey, I can print these on paper too if I want to. Maybe I will.
Prepared cards for ShopMade and Buzz, and last minute decided to put off delivery of both for tomorrow. Snow is forecasted, so I was all high on doing it tonight, then all fizzled when i contemplated driving all around. Easier to do in morning. I get so caught up in the timing. Suddenly it's just U R G E N T that they have these things, so they can put them out on the floor, and they can sell ! ! ! ! ! Now now now ! ! ! ! It's dumb. The reality is so different. They take their time. ugh
no word from Wharf which ticks me off. Another reason for not rushing out tonight. I wasn't up for the upset (that I anticipate when I see what is there)
Dad doing ok - which is nice to hear.
Super cold. Snow coming tomorrow but will probably fizzle. Hope it doesn't mess up Hex's travel, but of course it has potential too.
sort of productive days
Time shifting - coming in late, eating late, leaving late, and going to bed late.
Worked on Valentines and finished. Never satisfied - haha. Anyway, like them for now. Last year was such a super duper dud. Think I'm just bypassing SM, but well see. Tried to design so they could be year round.
Lots of things I want to work on. Get in gear, Dave!
Dad has Covid
John has covid. Fingers crossed.
Kind of sort of productive today. Got another mini out, and a reprint. And cards to shopmade.
Always discouraging going to SM Canopy and Roost. The shops there are sort of dead "closets" where nothing moves. And then when they ask for more inventory, and I drag myself there, only to see that they don't really n e e d more after all. Ugh. At least, I dropped only half of what they requested.
Weather getting colder, and snow forecast for Sunday. Funny how that taints the days ahead. Scheduled get bent around the IDEA of snow, and you get pre-lazy. Ahhh, Winter (january)
Miss the gym and the sauna
Growing a beard, which hex hates. He thinks it makes me look lazy. Could I look any lazier? I guess so. Its itchy and uncomfortable, but I'm committed this time to see it thru. Something to do. Winter sucks.
News is all dread. Years ahead will be rocky, for sure.
Ok, well, I decided to not work late Fridays. So time to go home! I'll be back tomorrow (saturday) anyway, at least to pay my dreadful citi card. December's charges are the worst. SM check coming in soon. I'm so scared to look at the total. I bet I don't for a few days. I have to psyche myself up for it.
Good productive monday after dicking around last week. Ready to get to work and be creative (and productive)
Saturday had a wonderful time with Emma at Great Falls. Snow was still deepish in the woods, and it was a sunny day, so just wonderful to be out with her. Fund dinner with Bill and Anne at lorial plaza. Love that food!
Sunday was super sluggish. Made it to Gburg with Hex, but then just rest.
Finishing loose ends today. Want to clean the studio top to bottom, it's really a pig sty, and full of junk I am not using.
VERY January! Lazy dave, dark gloomy weather, and dragging out projects that would have taken me no time in hyper productive December.
Snow day monday, and some mild snow last night as well. Nice to take the time off with Hexy hibernating and watching netflix. Feel sadly and strangely liberated with jimmy no longer on the radar. its really strange not having to worry about her, and think about her. Still visiting Dad weekly, which has been nice. It takes some mental effort to get there, but always glad I did.
The light is super gloomy, so days feel like they go by so fast. Not much motivation to do much of anything creative, but I push myself forward. Inch by inch.
Dropped stuff at Gtown Shopmade, and sad/happy to see my area bare. Feel pressure to keep it stocked, but that just means working around the lagging projects (not thru them). A constant tension!
Frustrated with screen production and tiny pinholes all around the artwork (from the acetate not exposing well). Really sucks and wastes time and ORANGE. Grrrrrrrr
Thought today about t-shirts. NOW IS THE TIME TO DEVELOP FOR THE SPRING. Now is the time, dave.
