Jinked

Things went a lot better than I thought they would. I think I have my sister to thank, in some ways. I love you mom. Oh, and I love Modelo Negra too.

It’s late, but I wanted to say how much I enjoyed my birthday today. I got a wonderful card from my parents, a text from my sister and a birthday song from my brother (created with his newish sampler). Donna gave me a book she loves. Mary gave me dinner, chocolate and a Kohls card. Rahsaan gave me a book and a gift card to my [...]

My brother, who is beyond creative and ever-motivated, organized an art party with our family last night, where everything we made that evening would go home with him and into a zine. We’re all on a zine kick. Awesome. I love hanging out with my family, eating good food and now we can enjoy the company of one another while making art. An exceptional time. [...]

Since I worked on Saturday, I took today to go to my parents’ house and make soup with my dad. I had a bunch of vegetable stock I made that I had to start using up, and I thought making a soup with my father would be the perfect thing. We love making soup together. We started out wanting a recipe, but later decided just [...]

WTF is right. Out of the people I know (and I know plenty) my brother has to be one of the more creatively-driven, the kind that when he says he’s going to do a project, he sticks with it. He’s the kind of guy you envy yet want to kick in his teeth because he always delivers and never seems to fall victim to laziness [...]