9/25/10

Happy Birthday Beloved Arija!!!




Written September 24, 2010
I was taking a beauty rest and then my mobile phone chimed. It was Arija, leaving a comment and telling me that she was on her way to the Farmer's Market (in Australia) for her birthday breakfast. I know her birthday is tomorrow but then I realized that today in Australia is already my tomorrow so I hurried up and got together my Birthday Greeting Crew (Elie, The Elephant, Piggy, The Pig and Beauregard, The Mouse). Oh goodness! I have never squiggled so fast so I can send this birthday greeting on time for Arija. So here it is my beloved sisterfriend, it arrives today on your birthday the day before it becomes today here, so I will pre-date this post so it will look like I sent it on the right day which is actually the day before the real date here and tomorrow, the date will be right but it will be your yesterday...I think, I have successfully managed to confuse myself!

Update: September25, 2010
Okay, okay! So that was confusing. Explanation: Yesterday in Australia was Arija's birthday which is today in Texas. So in essence, Arija's birthday was yesterday when you consider geography, but if you refer to calendar dates, it is today. So Arija celebrated her birthday yesterday and hopefully will continue to do so by celebrating it today. Simple!!! Don't you get it? See, I understand these things because when I first came to the US, I left the Philippines on my 24th birthday and 24 hours later, it was still my birthday in the US! I celebrated it with my twin Gemini sister who only had one birthday cake, unlike me who had two birthday cakes...


Since it is Arija's birthday, I will spread her love and give this coveted award. You may read about the award here.

Shirley Ng Benitez
Julia Christie
Steveroni
Andrew Finnie
Amalia
Lakhsmita Indira
Audrey
Linda Cardina
Jan
Janice
Silke
Tammie Lee
K.H. Whitaker
Martinealison
Jack Foster



My dearest darling sisterfriend Arija,
my Pink Rose;
my beloved sisterfriend;
the giving one;
the one with beautiful seeing eyes;
the one with the healing hands
and green thumbs;

the one with comforting words;
the one with a soothing soul,

Happy Birthday my Beloved Sisterfriend, Arija!

I love you!

9/3/10

Housekeeping



There was a time when I was not drawing nuts.
A time when I was drawing rocks and trees;
Pachyderms and humans;
Genus musa and Lady muses,
Forests and mountains;
Women falling;
Men cracking;
Corpses hanging...
Ah yes, I was prolific...
I drew over 300 over-sized and standard-sized images
covering every inch, every white space of the Bristol Board.
I had the best muses,
I still do.
I am not lamenting the fact that I am drawing acorns and leaves.
They are mind soothing exercises.
It is a sign of the times.
When before my drawings instilled me with emotions,
and fired my ire,
Now I draw to calm and soothe my nerves.
I don't have some of these drawings any longer.
They have been gifted to the people who inspired them.
Soon I will display all of them on my online gallery blog.
As I clean my home where these drawings are scattered everywhere.
In the meantime, here's a preview:






In the year 2008, I was blessed with the friendships of Arija and Bella Sinclair. They brought into my life, abundant love, inspiration and friendship.
I meet Renee, Vanessa and Linda through Bella,
Deborah and Marie through Renee,
Manon through Linda,
Then Tessa and Karin, Caroline, Anne, Annie, Shirley, Mita, Amalia, Tammie, Jan...
Andrew, Steve...I will get in trouble for leaving out some names here and I will feel terrible but my mind is so full right now... please forgive me if I am too dense to remember...
I keep meeting new friends!
My friends at work who likewise fill me with love, support and inspiration...
My family and I thank you!!!
I am so blessed.
Some of these friendships have transcended the blogs
where I find the most loyal and steadfast of friendship, love and caring
when I find myself crumbling and cracking like an egg,
like that he-man up there in one of my drawings...
Thank you!
Tsup!



...and Steve, "Tsup" is an onomatopoeia for a kiss. It's when you let a sound pass through your puckered lips.