Lonita

Always a relieving letter to get.

One of these days I should do a test to see how much all my watercolours move. As I recall, Caput Mortuum was a real goer.

Dear folks who comment online: FFS. Stop using an LLM to wtite your comments. But, if you do, clean them up so we can't tell it's bot fodder. It makes you look like a ding dong.

I tried to do a wash using the bead. And let me tell you, though this is by no means shocking, it sure as shit doesn't work as well on cellulose paper as it does on cotton.

I must admit that one thing the internet has done is given me a vomitous dislike of the word mindset.

Here's my Wednesday Going to the Dojo Bus Ride Depeche Mode playlist: https://link.deezer.com/s/34ck6eG3Ccw1J2KmmzSJB

I am really craving a couple of those seaweed and rice triangle things from that Korean place in the farmers' market. Yum.

Sometimes the blotter paper turns out more interestingly than the art you made on top of it.

I accidentally bought deodorised garbage bags again. Gross. Someone needs to outlaw those things.

Since Cadbury, Nestle, and Hershey are off the table. Short of artisanal bars I can't afford, I need a new chocolate bar go to.

It deeply bums me out that I can't really partake in mudlarking or beachcombing or found object anything. That's one thing I really wish I could do.

Abdul Al Sayed, running for senate in Michigan, was approached by a voter who said "I don't like you, but I'm voting for you." When asked about the reason, the voter said it was because Al Sayed wants to provide healthcare. Al Sayed: "I don't need you to like me. I need you to like you."

We did "Little Boxes" at choir last week, and now it won't stop earworming me.

I have to clean my sword. The oil smells like crayons. At least it isn't choji oil.

While the sky is no longer the colour of the devil's taint, there is still a very noticeable blanket of smoke in the air.

They switched me to the generic semiglutide. I figured they would. And, relievingly, it's coming from APO and not Teva.

It's good to know that the acrylic inks and India ink pens I bought almost a decade ago are still in working order.

I'm deeply enamoured of watching vids of male powwow dancers specifically, because they appear to me like mad, frenetic birds.

I crave eating a whole jar of olives.

I lament the not having of the 18"x24" gel plate. One day, however. In the meantwixt, we embrace the beauties of working smaller.

These are a few of the bookmarks I made out of my old art, failed things, doodles, and scratch/blotter paper.

Come out and sing along! Look for related events in your area! #hamont #worldsingingday https://worldsingingday.org/

Am I the only person online who hated "Infinite Jest"? I see plenty of adulation, but never any negging. Bear in mind, though, it's been well over a decade since I read it.

3/ It should be illegal for companies to destroy products that could be donated or sold at discount. The reworking of Canada Post to turn it into a truly useful entity - banking, delivery of items other than mail, etc. There's a whole site out there about it, but I can't recall it offhand. The switch, for some industries/workplaces, to a task-based model from the current one. If handled properly, this would open up a lot of work and earning opportunities for those who need a more flexible schedule. Expropriation of all corporate-owned empty housing for redistribution to the homeless or underhoused. Expropriation of the Loblaws/Westons corporations to turn them into crown corporations. Free public transit. In Finland, private schools are not allowed. All kids go to public schools. I'd like that here. Fully-funded childcare. The alteration of the school day to better sync with the standard work day. This would necessitate the addition of more activities, meal times, etc to fill the extra time.

Son of a bitch. Faber-Castell's gone and released acrylic markers AND the 20 new Polychromos pencils are coming soon as well. I shake my first at the desire for new art supplies hampered by the frustrations of poorness!

I might be an atheist/antitheist, but I really want to win a massive lottery so I can pay to have a moque built using that Iranian mirror mosaic style for its decor just so I can enjoy its beauty.

On my way to volunteering on Friday, I found someone had left a PSA for us all. It's not like we haven't all heard the stories, so it sure wasn't a surprise.

That's the randomest thing I wasn't expecting to find today. Sun-bleached and a bit worse for wear, it's the tassel from my high school grad cap. It should be royal blue, and lessed tarnished.

At 7 AM(ish) this morning, there was a tremendous bang and the power went out, because

Sometimes this sword oil smells like crayons.

One of the more annoying of the household adulting tasks is trying to get the tray centred back on that spindle thing in the microwave.

There's a difference between being defeatist and experiencing defeat. I wish people wouldn't assume that expressing the latter automatically means you're doing the former.

I wish we still had these.

I do love me a good Second Sunday.

2/ The creation of a stipend for those in healthcare education such that it's like an apprenticeship, and the creation of more healthcare learning spaces for all levels and applicable professions. Complete eradication of customer-facing for-profit healthcare. Healthcare that includes pharma and mental health care. More front line community care workers to deal with situations that police shouldn't, or don't need to, be part of. If we have to keep the police, they shouldn't be allowed to join the force under the age of, say, 25, nor should they be allowed to join any force without at least a two-year college diploma (minimum) in community services of some kind, including training in psychiatric care. It should be illegal for food to be disposed of by grocery stores (unless it's actually spoiled). All unsellable food should be distributed to food banks, soup kitchens, shelters, or any service that can mitigate food waste.

Some watercolour/gouache don't move much when placed. Some fast, some slow but far. The (Qor) Bohemian Green Earth moves a little but light. The (Winsor Newton) Caput Mortuum moves like it's being chased by the devil itself. See the vid on my Bluesky account if you're logged in there: https://bsky.app/profile/lonita.bsky.social/post/3mr6ui3p7sk2l

I wonder if anyone's made charcuterie with actual shark. I know someone did a regular one on a shark-dish.

I love me a good blotter paper.

Does anyone have an explanation for the appeal of affected vocal fry? Because I find it deeply obnoxious.

I look at the increase in poverty, violence, and bigot-fuelled rage in this country and am sickened by the continued utter lack of will to do anything about it. End poverty, provide housing, and give people something functional to do.

Don't spend a lot of money on expensive porcelain palettes (unless you want to). Just get a cheap set of sushi plates like the one on the left.

I can't hear Foreigner's "Urgent" without seeing Richard Hell in bed.

"If you had the opportunity to change a piece of art, what piece would it be, and what would you do?" I would personally love to add a slice of cheese to Claes Oldenburg's "Floor Burger" (at the AGO). While I appreciate the pickle immensely, I think it's lacking something vital without cheese.

I booked a bloodletting for Monday. Let's hope they actually let me donate this time.

Well that was almost a heart attack. I couldn't find my sageo. But thar she blows.

It is unpleasing to have a paper cut on the tip of the pointer finger of your dominant hand.