day 3

My roommate has grown to like me very quickly. The first morning, while the alarm was ringing, she stood by the side of my bed mewing and plaintively looking up at me. She tried to jump up on the bed, but I leapt back in surprise and then she was surprised and fell back on the floor. Now she sprawls, seductively, on the carpet, lazily blinking her eyes at me, like she's trying to lure me into scratching her neck, or giving her food.

Day one

I opened the door today and Kisa, my new roommate, was there to greet me. Apparently I was not who she expected to meet; she shied away from my friendly advances and ran down the hall, through the closet, into the bedroom, and ended underneath the bed. She hissed at me whenever I came near, and remained under the far corner of the bed until the alluring sound of the dry food bag shaking brought her out into the kitchen. Shyly, she examined her bowl to see if I had given her anything good.

If I went downstairs now, she would briskly install herself under the bed again.

musicians

Two weeks ago, my brother and I and two other friends, danced at a church talent show. Our Lindy Hop was the second act. We sat down at our table, breathless and exhilarated, then the show continued for another two and a half hours. There was a lot of singing, a couple comedy acts, and one other dance act.

My brother accused me of drawing people like anime characters, so toward the bottom of the page I had to show him what real anime characters looked like. An adorable anime Marie Elizabeth is to the left. DBZ style anime brother is to the right.




The next evening the Po'Boys performed. They are very fun performers. Their music is a blend of funk and rock, a dash of jazz, and a lot of brass.



Last Night, the Spring Trio (which consists of five musicians) played at Nasty D's. They were great to dance tango to. Moshe is in the center he playing hiss accordion, he also had a violin. My pencil snapped when I was drawing the violinist in the lower right corner, :-(.

wedding bells

Patrick and Marie were married this Sunday. The mass was held at the vast and impressive chapel on the Nazareth campus. Dinner was served at the Green Lantern Inn. Scribbles of other people include the cellist who played before the ceremony and at the reception, the grooms brother (they looked like brothers until my pencil killed the resemblance), a Ted (random boy who was sitting midway down the hall), and my dearly beloved coffee cup.

mother & daughter

Chloe sat at the table munching on peas and dry ham. Her large almond eyes darted from her neighbor's conversation to her plate of food. Throughout the meal she was unaware that on the other side of the water pitcher lurked the stealthy sketch stalker, who was busy capturing her portrait



Sunday, she sat, her gaze fixed forward to where her husband paced as he taught the lesson on Psalm 73.

You can see the family resemblance in the forehead and lips especially. The light was incredible, I wish I could have captured it accurately.

southern tour

Went south of the Mason Dixon Line on a road trip. As soon as I took my seat on the plane, a little 82 year old, sitting in my row, greeted me with her life story. Once the plane ascended through the clouds she ignored me in favor of the window. Her profile was fascinating.



We drove down i95, which has to be one of the ugliest stretches of road I've ever been on. Usually on long drives I make sketches of the scenery, but there was no scenery, just a straight 6+ lane highway with minimal trees, minimal hills, minimal curves, no bridges, no farms, no lakes, rivers, or marshes. So I drew the driver instead.



A messy montage of our day in Columbia.



our hostess.



The tour of the lake.

Mid trip, I thought the month had changed to July, I don't know why...



On the return trip we decided to be cultural and stop for a play. "Lend Me A Tenor" was hilarious. Above are my Row N impressions of the cast.



The hunger pains were so intense, that I couldn't lift my pencil before we arrived at a Waffle House outside of Richmond.



Flying home.