Dreads are a do, life is too

I don't think I've posted very much about myself here at all, so. I have green hair and I am in the process of giving myself dreadlocks (which is a dreadful process, let me tell you). I've read 1984 at least fourteen times, my current reading list includes The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, The Cottagers' Daughter, 1984 by George Orwell(yes, again), Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman & Dirt Music by Tim Winton. I have seen every Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie, and also Easter Parade and Silk Stockings. I can't say much for my musical or artistic aptitude or talent because I've never been a very good judge of my own creativity. I can tell you that I draw and write songs and I will always continue to do so because I'm not quite sure what else I could ever do, no matter how shitty my art is it's mine. 

My brother is an artist, my mother was a dancer, my father's a musician, and I'm just me. Maybe someday I'll be able to slap a label on myself with the same kind of confidence I put into labeling them, but for now I suppose I have to be okay with doing what I do and living how I live. Because what else can you do in life? Even when you change it, it's still your life. When it's not your life anymore, well that, that is death. You might as well live and see what happens. You're going to die eventually, why not see what else is going to happen while you're here?

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"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative." 

--Woody Allen

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Spring has sprung and the day is done for all these fears we've had in life. That the sun wouldn't come but the day is done and it will come again after night.

 




 

Sculpt through it

 "He not busy being born is busy dying." --Bob Dylan

Working on sculpture today....

Baked White Cheddar and Garlic Chicken: A Recipe

Baked White Cheddar and Garlic Chicken

Ingredients:

- About 2 lbs. of chicken breast, cut into 3-4" cubes

- 1/2 cup shredded extra sharp white cheddar

- 2 minced garlic cloves

- 4-5 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil, divided

Recipe:

Step 1: Pour 2-3 tbsp olive oil into a skillet and heat.

Step 2: Place your chicken in the pan and cook on all sides for about 6-8 minutes

Step 3: Preheat oven to 350°. Pour the remaining olive oil into a casserole dish to coat it.
Step 4: Put all of the chicken into the casserole dish and put into the oven for about 10 minutes.
Step 5: Combine the shredded cheese and garlic in a small bowl.
Step 6: Sprinkle half of the cheese mixture onto the chicken, return to the oven for about 10 more minutes.
Step 7: Sprinkle the remaining half of the cheese onto the chicken and return to the oven for 10-15 minutes or until cooked through.

Attempted a recording session, got distracted by overdrive

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"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

And by opposing end them." 

--William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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Neukoln Knitting

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"Don't you wonder sometimes, about Sound and Vision?" --David Bowie, Sound and Vision

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I know that here I haven't put very much up about my crafting (a lot or really all of it is over here) but anyway, I'm working on a new pattern for a scarflette/cowl/shawl type thing (the Ravelry project page can be found here if you're interested in more details)

Roses Are Red

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"We hustled our way in, and everybody had long hair. It's groovy. It's groovy, I guess." -Velvet Pants, PropellerHeads

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Batteries are wearing thin

I took these pictures yesterday, (before the clouds came back out) but I was terribly busy finishing up a song that I didn't have any time to upload them. I think its probably time to go get some new rechargeable batteries instead of having to rub these ones between my hands to get them working for a few minutes. In knitting news - Stephen West released  a pattern for his Amazing Technicolor Dreamsweater which I am IN LOVE with...it makes me wish I had more yarn to knit with....

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"The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins." --Bob Moawad

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Is this spring breaking through?

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"I hear babies cry, I watch them grow, they'll learn much more, than I'll ever know. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world." --Louis Armstrong, What a Wonderful World 

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