4/3/11 to 4/11/11

The girl in this photo is my old principle. As you may have noticed, I like to paint pictures from film stills. For Christmas one year, my brother gave me a book of Hollywood photographs. In it was this picture of Dana Andrews with his family. And there was Susan, sitting on the stairs getting her hair pulled. How strange to have a part of your past present itself to you in such an unexpected way. Dana Andrews is in Laura, one of my all time favorite film noir movies.

Lyrics from the song Laura:

Laura is the face in the misty light
Footsteps that you hear down the hall
The LAUGH that floats on a summer night
That you can never quite recall
And you see Laura on a train that is passing through
Those eyes how familiar they seem
She gave your very first kiss to you
That was Laura but she's only a dream

3/25/11 to 4/2/11

I saw a dear old friend I had not seen in two years last night. We had a yummy dinner, played writey drawey, and chatted it up. Hats off and drinks up to old friends (since I'm too old, shy, and cranky to make new ones).

3/16/11 to 3/24/11

I went to the dentist today and had my teeth cleaned by a woman named Queenie. What a great name. She told me she was getting married soon. In my imagination her soon-to-be husband is named Kingey or Kingsley. Some of the unique names of people I know:

Teiwaz

Castle

Alden

Zanna

Teja

Pepper Ann (Okay, I don't know a Pepper Ann, but I do know a girl who might as well be Pepper Ann, who goes by the nickname Chaco)

When I was growing up, I fantasized about having a son and naming him Tuppence the lovable chimney sweep.

1/9/05 to 1/16/05

Here is another old entry. This one is from January 2005--the days of skirts/ultimate Frisbee, college, Santa Barbara, sleeping in late, and part-time jobs. It is crazy to realize how long I have been doing the daily drawing entries (although it has been on and off throughout the years). I started looking at my old journals to find out when I started it; 2004 is the magical year. The old entries are pretty funny. It is interesting to see how my drawing style has evolved and to see what in my life has changed and what has stayed the same. I think I may start posting more of my old ones, interspersed with the new ones.
Changed:
My life does not revolve around ultimate Frisbee
Alden has long brown hair instead of short blond hair

Stayed the same:
Mike Brown
UCSB sweatpants
Sore shoulders