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There have been 127 posts since 2019, but I've been complaining on the internet since long before then.
Weeknotes #4
- It feels like it hasn’t stopped raining in Vancouver for months. The occasional clear day isn’t quite enough to make up for it. Dreaming of somewhere sunny.
- Work is picking up after a long slow season, and it looks like …
January 21, 2023
Is everything annoying and bad and wrong or am I just in a mood? Nah, pretty sure it’s not me. I’m a goddamn delight.
Have reached the point where I could upgrade from my more-than-a-couple-years-old iPhone SE to … well, something else. But am I impressed or excited about the iPhone whatever? No. The Samsung or Pixel options? Also no. What’s a guy to do?
Weeknotes #3
- It has been two whole weeks since I stopped smoking weed. Is that a milestone worth celebrating? All I know is that I don’t have any desire to start up again. New year, new me, or something.
- I have been feeling a bit …
January 14, 2023
I quit smoking weed two weeks ago — which means 90% of what I see on instagram has become videos from stoners talking about how great smoking is. Thanks, algorithm!
Weeknotes #2
- Updating to the latest version of Kirby caused one of the plugins I use to help create custom post types to fail — rendering me entirely unable to create a new post as long as the plugin was …
January 07, 2023
Weeknotes #1: ‘Twas the week after Christmas
Weeknotes: why the hell not? I guess I won't promise that these will actually be weekly, but I'll try. Or whatever.
- After many years of trying to organize a Christmas vacation with my family, my flight from Vancouver to …
December 31, 2022
Going to the movies on Christmas Day is something of a tradition in my family. I couldn’t be with them this year, but my partner and I stuck to the tradition and went to see Avatar: The Way of Water tonight. The movie is pretty, obviously, and it’s perfectly fine, as movies go, but we absolutely need to stop pretending like 3+ hours is an acceptable runtime for a movie.
Flight was cancelled, so I guess I won’t be drinking mimosas in a hot tub in Las Vegas this Christmas.
A portrait in black and white
Painted Dec 19, 2022. 8x10 oil on primed paper.
I'm still trying out different approaches for these sketchbook pieces — this one started with a grid drawing, then I basically painted from darkest to lightest. Working in just black and white helps me focus on value, which can be difficult for me. I did run into some trouble with overworking, especially around the eyes, and kept ending up with too much paint in areas that needed to be adjusted further, but I think I got close enough in the end.
December 22, 2022
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