Diary of a Snarkaleptic - zzzzzzz...

Current Mood: productive

• Sci Fi and Mystery books
  
• Size 9 1/2  womens shoes in new or good condition (owner can no longer wear heels - even low ones)
  
• Window blinds - 30" wide horizontal wooden slats, still in package

Current Mood: creative

Cool Neon Soldering Party:

Friday, July 24^th 6-9 PM

Come get hands-on experience soldering Cool Neon wire,

check out our newest products, and brainstorm with other Burning Man participants to create the glowing project of your dreams.

And more to be announced!

Our entire product line will be available for purchase and perusal.

Burning Man is always green, making our Cool Neon wire, and LED

Products not only the most beautiful choice for your safety, and decorative lighting,

but the most energy efficient too.

*** Always Free ***

1433 Mandela Parkway Oakland

Just up the street from the Crucible

(510) 547-5878 www.CoolNeon.com

Current Mood: hot

OMG!!!
The Fire Festival is AWESOME this year!

Last night was only the first night, and it runs through Saturday.

I'll be in the Machine Shop area on Main Street every night.
Come by and say hi, or call my cell phone if you can't find me.

http://thecrucible.org/events/fire-arts-festival
 

Current Mood: anxious

Save the Date:

Grand Opening of the Atrium Gallery

Tuesday June 30, 5:00 - 9:00pm
3rd Floor of the SF Central YMCA Building
220 Golden Gate Ave @ Leavenworth (1 block from the Civic Center Bart / Muni station)

Food, entertainment, and of course, my gallery featuring historic photographs from the YMCA archives and works of art from both our youth and adult members.

Current Location: on fire
Current Mood: creative

I will be working with the Crucible at the Fire Arts Festival  evenings July 15 - 18, and need help operating the Harmonograph.

I know it doesn't *directly* involve fire, but you would still get free admission for helping out on a shift. (Fire-related positions are off limits to people who haven't taken a training course anyway.)

As of this post, I can still take volunteers on any of the four nights (but spaces are limited).

Let me know ASAP if any of you are interested.

Current Mood: accomplished

Apparently it takes a REALLY long time to get articles published in the Journal of Ecology, a publication of the Ecological Society of America.

Whatever.

Mine is FINALLY out in February 2009, Volume 90, No. 2: pp 419 - 429.
Cryptic seedling herbivory by nocturnal introduced generalists impacts survival, performance of native and exotic plants

Current Mood: geeky

Saturday, January 10, 2009, 10:00 am-5:00 pm

South of Market region, San Francisco

Six cultural institutions are teaming up to offer their members reciprocal admission. All participating museums will be offering free admission to two people per membership. Please bring your membership cards when visiting participating institutions. For more information, contact (415) 581-3740 or members@asianart.org

Asian Art Museum*

Cartoon Art Museum

Contemporary Jewish Museum

Museum of Craft and Folk Art

Museum of the African Diaspora

San Francisco Camerawork

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Current Mood: excited

 
Museum of Ancient Civilizations
San Francisco State University
Humanities Building, Fifth Floor, room 510
Font Boulevard at Tapia Drive 

Current Mood: curious

Runs: Now – October 11, 2008
Chinese Culture Center Gallery
750 Kearny Street, Third Floor (inside the Hilton Hotel)
Gallery Hours: Tue-Sat, 10-4
Admission: Free

Chinese Puzzles: Games for the Hands and Mind is an exhibition of antique Chinese puzzles from the Yi Zhi Tang Collection and will include traditional puzzles, such as tangrams, nine linked rings, and sliding block puzzles. But it will also have examples of puzzling objects, visual puzzles, and cleverly designed practical objects, such as puzzle rings and multi-step padlocks.

Chinese Puzzles will be the first exhibit in the U.S. devoted exclusively to the subject of Chinese puzzles. Bay area residents Wei Zhang and Peter Rasmussen created the Yi Zhi Tang Collection after spending twelve years crisscrossing China and exploring Western antique markets to collect these rapidly disappearing handcrafted objects.

An important part of the Chinese Puzzles exhibition will be its hands-on component. While the antique puzzles on display will please the eye, visitors will also have a chance to challenge their hands and minds by playing with and solving an assortment of newly made Chinese puzzles.

For more information, please see the website
http://www.c-c-c.org/archives/2008/06/15/opening-chinese-puzzles-exhibit/
 

Current Mood: artistic

The Crucible:  Fall Open House

Saturday, September 6, 2008
12PM to 6PM

I will be there working, so drop by and say "Hi"
You will most likely find me in the Glass Flameworking Lab

FYI - the Crucible is just a 1 1/2 blocks from the West Oakland Bart station.

Current Mood: productive

The SF Zine Fest is in my neighborhood this year.



What is the SF Zine Fest?

It's a FREE annual two-day conference for independent and underground publishing. Exhibitors come from all over the West Coast, and while the focus is on zines, all walks of DIY life are represented — comics, arts and crafts, literary presses, and more.

When and where is the SF Zine Fest?

Saturday, July 19 from 11:00am – 8:00pm
Sunday, July 20 from 11:00am – 7:00pm 

SF County Fair Building  (formerly called the Hall of Flowers)
9th Ave. at Lincoln Way (in Golden Gate Park)

for more information see:  www.sfzinefest.com

Current Mood: lonely

Photography this time. Totally old school (35mm manual camera, wet lab development, etc.)  Actual prints are 9"x9"
Inspired by the single exposure negative overlays done by Imogen Cunningham way back when...

Let me know what you think of my stuff

   
                     Reflection                                                                Ghost  Orchid

   
                     Maple  Dream                                                         Leaf  Spirit


                  Within  Reach

Current Mood: artistic

Ceramic tiles based on the oil painting I did for the 2007 NOW calendar.

Don't know what I'll do with them, (like most of my art stuff)
but they are pretty strong - about 1/4 inch thick and fired at cone 10.
Actual size is about 7"x9"  **Feedback & Comments Much Appreciated**



   

   

Current Mood: artistic

I have decided to start posting art in LJ. Let me know what you think.

About seven years ago, I co-founded a program which recruits volunteers in order to offer free tutoring to high school students with learning differences. More recently, I added this painting to the door of the main tutoring room.

I was just playing around, and attempting to brighten up the place on a zero budget,
but the kids seem to like it (and teenagers are a tough audience).

Current Mood: nerdy

Disclaimer: I am not actually old, so for those of you who are older than me, don't bother getting your knickers in a twist! These are just things that make me feel older than I am.


Top Ten Reasons I Am Old Before My Time

10.  I enjoy getting home from work in time to watch Jeopardy

9.  The waiter at Chevy's said he didn't need to card me

8.  I have lots of vinyl, and NO - it's not kinky fetish wear
     Furthermore, I have no music in digital format and no i-pod or i-anything else

7.  I own (and use) a completely manual 35mm camera

6.  I say that nice things are 'great'  'awesome'  or  'neat'
     I may even use words like 'groovy'  'neat-o'  and  'keen'

5.  I frequently forget things, and repeat myself

4.  The waiter at Chevy's said he didn't need to card me

3.  I've been known to keep pencils in my hair - I'm wearing one now...

2.  In the Six Flags commercial, I'd rather be the old lady making the kitten chase a flashlight beam

and the number one reason I feel so OLD . . .

The kids at work tell me so - constantly.

This is usually preceded by "Wow" as in "Wow, you're so old!  My teenage brain can't even imagine being so totally ancient!"

Thanks kids.

6/3 Update: Then today someone asked if I was my mother's sister - and no they weren't trying to flatter her because she wasn't even in the room :(