dreams of travel

This Monday, my fiance and I will be heading for California! (After I receive my hard-earned BFA diploma on Saturday, hurrah!)

I am beside myself with glee (if that is possible.) I was looking at another person's travel images (they happened to go to Tokyo) and a lot of the images involve food. Looking at their plates of Japanese sausage etc, I was reminded of what it's like to eat in a foreign country- how different the food tastes, looks, and smells compared to American food.

While we will still be in America, I am excited to take in West Coast yummies and sites and smells. I plan on uploading some images when we get back.

new blog!

Ah yes. It's that time of year again. Summer. When my thoughts turn to blogging, journaling, eating, drawing. Having fun. And generally loving life. Not that I don't feel these things during the other seasons. I just don't always have time to write about them :).

I must say, I am psyched to finally have a blog with {free} photo uploading. Maybe I've just been out of the scene for a while, but even a couple years ago I never could find one. In any case, it pleases me.

In other news, I have my eye on a table top that has mysteriously parted from its legs and ended up in a dumpster near my apartment. I am interested in it, but not for eating or the regular table-top use. I have been wanting to paint on wood for some time now, but never made the leap. So, a table top meant for the landfill seems as good as any surface to me.

What will I paint on it, you ask? Something map-based, most likely. I was thinking I'd like to paint the world on it- working from a world map that I have. Suggestions, anyone?