A Night in the Life

This blog post begins with my office life, takes a trip to my night life, and then tucks me in.

Things are heating up as I prepare to leave for my trip to Europe. Yesterday I had a number of appointments in the morning, and when I got to my office, the amount of work was utterly overwhelming and bewildering. I just started hammering away at it. I stayed a couple hours after people usually leave on Friday (usually 4:00 at the latest on Fridays), and once the incessant interoffice pages stopped and all the people who come to my office to interrupt me left, I got a lot done. I went through all 52 of my voicemails, got a lot of tasks dealt with, wrote an affidavit for an old case that is now a problem, and did a little bit of filing. It was amazing how productive I became. I thought I'd have to go to the office all weekend, but it turns out, all I really have to do is write this reply brief. Don't get me wrong -- that won't be fun, but I think I can do it from home and won't have to go in to the office.

After my hard day of work, I went to the "Venus" art opening at Roq la Rue, celebrating the portrayal of the female form in art. See www.roqlarue.com What a scene! Very well attended by some of the more attractive "art people" I've seen, the show featured DJ Vodka Twist (you can see him with me of his Vespa if you go to my pics), along with his co-dj, Barbarella (what a charming, gorgeous creature she is!). They played the best stuff; I must ask for the playlist. I recognized a Cibo Matto song in there.... and of course they played some groovy soul, and some French ye ye. I don't know what it all was. Anyway, the art show was so good.

Oh my God. I totally want to start collecting art prints, And even some of the original pieces were only just a leettle bit out o' my reach. Such as this AMAZINGLY cool portrait of a girl by Joseph Parker, called "There Is A Light That Will Never Go Out." http://www.roqlarue.com/showpages/Venus/gallery/gallery_petker2_det.jpg When you are a distance away from it, it looks like an old, faded cover of a gothic pulp fiction novel. But once you get up close, it is a modern pop technicolor dream, where the girl becomes this collection of wild streaks, smears, and globs of beautiful, glorious color. So awesome. Unfortunately, it was $850, which I don't have, what with the trip to Europe and all. The jpg on the website does no justice to this piece whatsoever. I can't believe no one bought it. Can someone please buy it for me? I must have it. I tried to convince Marcus to invest in some good art. Work by artists showing at Roq la Rue have generally been increasing in value, besides looking great on your walls. However, Marcus was unconvinced, and our walls shall remain unadorned for the time being. My friend and art collector Anne Wallace was in attendance. She has great taste in art. I am so glad for her that she got to purchase three of the most fabulous pieces in the show: both of the Chris Reccardi pieces, which are angular, cigarette-slim, vaguely alien-looking women loungeing in their space age bachlorette pads. So hip. Better still, she got the Lynne Naylor "Venus Rising" which is a portrait of a modish, stylized, buxom babe in a teal dress and long black gloves, who seems to be looking over our shoulders at some sexy man approaching with a martini glass and a rakish grin. The other Lynne Naylor piece "Cashmere," did not sell yet, which surprises me. This one is in shades of magenta, purple, and salmon (three of my absolute favorite colors for clothing this season, in case you care), and features a beautiful dark-haired beauty, knee raised in a come hither fashion, as she drops her handkerchief on the purple backdrop. It's fabulous. And it's only 2 Gs. Will someone please buy me that? I'm serious. I deserve good art.

Afterwards, Marcus and I went to Clark Humphrey's birthday party. See www.MISCmedia.com for who Clark is. What a fun time that was! Gillian Garr was there, and we had fun talking about this wild night we had with Krist Novacelic, and Kim Thayil, and Leaf Garrett. I also told her my going-to-a-strip-club-with-the-White-Stripes story. Nice to see Dean (aka DJ EZ Action). And Kurt, who owns Cafe Racer and wants me to do a mod night down at his scooter club in the Sodo. There was a fruit and cream cheese custard cake there; it was said to be delicious. So I'm told; I'm not really eating cake right now because I need to look hot in my bikini when I'm in the Balkan Riviera. Plus I'm saving room for all the chocolate and cheese I'm going to eat in Switzerland.It was a fun, happening night. Wish you could've been there (unless you were, and then it was great to see you!) After the night ended, I cuddled in bed with Romeo. He purrs so loud that it's like having a white noise maker. I slept a long time and I'm doing to go bang out that fawking brief now and pack. Maybe I'll go out again tonight.... we shall see. Maybe I'll see you out there. Hope so!