Look Ma, I'm blogging

This is a blog about my last 24hrs. They were pretty arty. So, for some reason, i feel like i should blog, though i'm not really going to talk much about Art. Or maybe i am, i don't know. I'm new to this whole blogging thing.
Last night i had to give a presentation on my work at the Artist Saloon (i had to do this because 2 other artists cancelled at the last minute, don't even get me started on how much artists are annoying me these days.) Because of late notice and technical difficulties i showed slides that i loaded into the slide carousel in random order. It was kind of like putting your music on shuffle. But was fun, hopefully the audience agreed. For those of you who have never come to an Artist Saloon, you're seriously missing out. Free food, free booze, and all you have to do is listen to a few people talk about their work. It's good times, i swear. After the Saloon, i headed with some friends to my favorite bar Alice's Tall Texan. We drank, we talked about art, we drank some more. Needless to say, woke up this morning a little hung over.
When in this state of being, i need some serious breakfast. So we went to Telwink. This is the place to go to get more food than any normal person should ever eat in one sitting. This is an image of my breakfast feast. Followed by an image of how much of my feast i couldn't stuff in. (these two pics are the main reason i wanted to blog today.) The hashbrowns are the most fabulous greasy goodness. And they refer to pancakes as cookies. And the entire mess of food cost me something like $5.50.
After food, since JoAnn had me kidnapped by driving, we went to UH to go to a lecture by Ken Little. Ken has a show opening tomorrow at Finesilver, and everyone should go. His lecture was entertaining. He started off reading us an essay about his "utopia" which he wrote when he was 13. His utopia involved being a serious artist. He showed images of art he did in 1st grade. It made me want to go to my parents house and photograph crazy old work of mine and work it into my lecture. So expect that in the future.
While at UH i also stopped by JoAnn Park and Woody Golden's studios for little studio visits. I dont think i'm very good in studio visits, but i do like to see what my friends are up to, and try and talk it out with them.
Outside of the painting studios i saw this:
Don't know why the sign is there labeling it "student work", but, for some reason, i was highly entertained by the entire installation, especially the sign. Did they have to label it so people wouldnt throw it away? Did someone feel like they were being degrading by putting up the label? Was this a sign to show people where to place their work? I have no idea. And i dont care.
We also went through the shows at the Blaffer. I really kind of enjoyed the giant photos with wide west horizons, and always a bird somewhere, and one fantastic pair of cowboy boots. Nice. Amy Sillman was upstairs. I'm not sure what i think about these paintings. I wasn't all that into them. It looks like a lot of work i see these days. JoAnn really liked her color palette. I was reminded what a great space the Blaffer is. Beautiful white walls, seriously tall ceilings in one of the rooms. I've seen some good shows here. Too bad its on the campus of UH. And dont even get me started about the parking.
Since getting home from my art outing at UH, i've been trying to get some work done. And as soon as i finish this blog its back to the crochet and watching some baseball.