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check out my friend jen’s nooworks tees & stuff – she’s awesome! and she linked to me! oh my! I *SO* need to redesign – gah! but stoked on the linky none-the-less. she rules!

getting ready for coachella and am SO STOKED… our house we rented is only a few minutes miles away from the polo grounds so we can walk home if we want & avoid the horrible parking lot hell! And there’s a pool! and we’re going to be roaad trippin! Which I was thinking just might be one of my last road trips for awhile… I’m starting to get to the age that I will *so* spring for the flight & rental car. Speaking of – I’m planning a trip down to LA now, like in July or August! I have a ton of ppl I want to visit & need to make it happen! :)

Stoked also that this weekend the temps are high’s of mid 80’s (instead of the sweltering 104 we endured last year!), but the bummer of that is the evenings will drop to 60 – which I know we’ll be even bigger babies about since we’ll have been in the hot sun all day, even though we’re totally used to it being 60 degrees all the time up here. Either way it sorta sucks we have to bring long sleeve shirts. I have to carry a bag! Last year Rick was my human carry-all :) His pockets fit my camera, lipshit, etc… so this year I’m on my own! oh well. I’m starting to psych myself up – a bag will be a good thing. I might even bring a little journal & doodle some indie rocker kids while I’m there! :)

I worked out yesterday & today – yesterday we did some hard core legs.. lunges and stuff.. which means tomorrow whenever we stop at a rest stop, getting out of the car is going to be stiff and painful. hahaa. And then the worst of today’s arms workout will hit me Saturday and I’ll have a hard time lifting the water to my mouth. hahhaaa Probably not that bad, but I’m actually stoked to be sore. Makes me feel all tough & in shape (even though I’m *SO* not – but I’m getting back into it!!)

I’m sad I’m leaving my kitty this weekend – but he’s got my downstairs neighbor who he knows & loves… and I just took care of their kitties all week, so it’s a good trade. He’ll be fine – he’s home & gets to play in the garden all day and then sleep in this cozy house at night.

Work is still a tad crazy – but getting a little more manageable which is awesome. Today is my illustrating day – which means it’s dedicated to working on the 2 illustration projects I have! Not so bad to spend the day drawing. I love my life.

I’m not used to having a huge gap of 8 hours where I’m doing *nothing*, so I’m already feeling myself planning uber productivity for the car ride down. I can read! (currently reading The Kite Runner) I can draw! And if I were super motivated I might even go buy the transperancies and indian ink to start drawing up some things to silkscreen next weekend with Darren!! But part of that sounds messy & stuff… so I think instead I’ll just sketch out some solid ideas for what I want to silkscreen.

I’m also tempted to bring my laptop. This is when I need that solar power charger for sure! I could just set that in the back window & be charged the whole trip down there! Bummer is I’m not sure we’ll have internet down there – and taking it for it only to last 2 hours on the way down, and the way back seems somewhat silly – especially considering the cramped quarters I think we’ll have with 4 of us in Jem’s little car. BUT I could watch a movie on it on the way down, which would be cooL!

OK enough typing all these silly thoughts out… I must get back to work. :) Have a great weekend everyone!