well, been a few weeks since i last wrote. just cooked some lemon fried onions with some ground up steak after a fun night at the pit.  trying to focus more on school. enjoying the aztec art hist course.  i wonder where the pliedes are in the sky (if the pliedes constellation didnt go thru the night sky, that meant that the world would end, all the stars would fall down to earth as monsters, all kids would turn into mice and all women would become monsters.  no real epiphanies lately. working on some cool paintings, one of kylie minogue. got some career advice from an ex mayor the other day. just starting my serving training at work. trying to make some decent house music for my cousins short film which he is fimling in montreal later this year.

more later.

paul

Damnn talk about precursors! That song i used to LOVE 'how was your evening so far' turns out to be

by..... LIL LOUIE! gah, and i sold it!  now im infatuated with his dirrrty blend of chicagAH lounge

sound.   more paintings may go up in a gallery downtown! Just kicking it. i should be studying for my

looming PSYCH100 test tomorrow. school may be cancelled??????! that would be nice.  did a cool

painting of my lil sis, and one for her friend.  i'm completely trippped out over a question that

psych brought up.... where is the image in our head that we see?  infatuated with miguel mig's DO IT

FOR YOU. blah, gotta work tommorow night. NOT looking forward to that. i was thinking alot about the

stuff we learnt about Voltaire in SINO-history.  We should pursue happiness. I guess he was a part of

the basis for the US constitution, well the '... the pursuit of happiness part.' speaking of the US

constitution, i heard someone mention that it may have been the 6 Nations tribes rather than franco-

greek societies...... something to pondor i suppose. i think ive actaully had one of the best summers ever this year. a big warm breath of fresh air. vive l'house music!

welll.... been an interesting (howeverlongsinceilast posted). I got some art up in a chic clothing

store/gallery in the stylish West End, and I believe two paintings sold.  I got a 67.5 on my PSYCH

205 test which is above average. Been sorta a vegetable in my psych 100 class so i got some insane

catching up to do for the midterm this friday.  Pretty much just a chapter a day. my job is eating my

soul.  Jammed with a couple buddies on guitar today (well me on the drums obviously).  Had to skip

kickboxing because my lil sis locked the keys in the car on 2nd street close to main.  We walked to

McD's and met up with my mom and other sis over some greasy food.  Monopoly is back which is awesome.

 Yet another excuse to visit the golden arches. got a couple paintings in my near future.  Ive

decided on doing a huge one of tokyo. i find Tokyo surrounded by a huge ultra modern/chic mystique

that i want to capture in a huge black and white.  Im currently fascinated by huge TV towers like the

one in Hamburg.  I really want to go to Europe, be in Bucharest on a rainy day.  
 

WOW big two days! actually fought someone in kickboxing on Weds night, the I went and worked out my arms and chest. ouch.   worked an insanity shift thursday (8-4) then met up with the director of the AYDEN gallery and left 4 of my paintings there to sell eventually.  Stoked about that.  Bought 3 canvases after at the new Loomis on Main St.  I did find one of the blue clipboards and my binder AND my psych 205 textbook so I am happy.  I should go to bed. I work at 8am. Naw, I shouldnt.  Went downtown tonite and met some cool people.  Hadda steak at the SIP.  Massive pool of blood at the granville skytrain station.  Rowdy busride (8) home at 1am.  2 really drunk guys tried to take a sign into the bus through the back doors at a stop, and tried to sneack a guy in.  The driver made him come to the front, and when they got off the two guys yelled 'F*^%ing fascist' at the top of their lungs to the driver.  Nice crisp day. Wrote a poem about the mountains earlier.  I cant beleive Margiies gradding.  It seems like yesterday i was late for my Artona shoot, in my crumpled white dress shirt having no clue where it was. What a journey ive been on since then.  I look back and smile though.  Used Tammy and Dwaynes punching bag and gave Dwayne the 'Dizzy' painting for his Bday on thurs nite.  Drooled over the latest Hed Kandi and Defected CD collection in HMV earler, WAY outa my price range, but its a nice thought.  Took back my 'RED CHINA BLUES' book in wretched condition.  They took 10%($2.00) off cause of that, but whatever.  Uncle Ron (who i saw in Oakridge when i went with Marggie) had just finished reading it.

vida es bueno!

wow, its been a crazy two weeks.I think i am behind on just about everything. broke up with my

girlfriend. we had some excitement.  back in the grind at UBC.  thoughorly enjoying PSYCH (both 100

and 205).  great to be back on our beautiful campus for the wonderful big open blue sky days of

autumn.  The SFU campus was designed by Arthur Erickson who also designs prisons.  I think i may have

lost my PSYCH 205 book already which is not good. As usual I am working too much.  My insane schedule

means that I willnot have time to regulary volunteer at the CPC.  Kick boxing is enjoyable as always,

an insane workout.  I have finished a number of great new paintings including a Charlie Chaplin I

practically gave away to Brad, this great one of an Art Deco miaimi beach hotel, one of harbour

centre at night, and finally this great one of Vancouver at dusck on a clear winter night with an old

car in the fore ground.  I bought some amazing records this weekend including this 2xvinyl set

selected by the best -Dimitri from paris- under the Defected label.  Bought this little book on Frued

which is quite interesting.  He remarks that religion keeps us all from going nuerotic, I find that

quite interesting.  He's got some deep ideas.  I went with Mom and Dad to the Ayden gallery for the

opening of 'sideshow' friday night.  To say the least it was terrific.  A great 'carnivale' band was

playing which just hyped up the energy, and some of the works  inpired me,  Especially this metel

red, orange and yellow one by Zebulon Austin.  I think the experience will one day let me put blow

ups of my photography onto larger canvas.  Yesterday I had a great conversation with a friend

regarding where I would be if I had not gone to vc.  I figured I would probably be living in a

cramped apartment that smelt like cabbage somewhere on the New West/Burnaby Border with at least one

tatoo, a pregnant girlfriend, a job at McJob that probably paid me around $9.30 p/h, no ambition, no

education, and a bitterness towards life.  This is an extreme example, but I think it is infact a

glance into what could have happened to me.  Well, just pulling up to UBC now, gotta meeting with my

Ethiopian friend.
'shes just like you and me, but shes homeless, shes homeless. she sings on the corner for money,

ladadee ladadaaa ladadee ladadaaa'
 -GYPSYWOMAN - montefiori (a DIMITRI reTOUCH)