It's hell to be at the age when you can tell that it's no good but don't have the skills yet to make it good.
(I may still be at that age. Sigh.)
It's all about the coat.
Host ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Dec 12, 2011 5:55:58 pm PST #11243 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
DavidS - Dec 12, 2011 6:02:34 pm PST #11244 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well, she hasn't cried for ten minutes now and after one time out and two threatened timeouts seems to be close to finishing a thoroughly charming, entirely apt for a five year old drawing.
le nubian - Dec 12, 2011 6:04:52 pm PST #11245 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm with Theo.
I cannot draw worth two damns. I would be crying too.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2011 6:07:06 pm PST #11246 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm definitely at that age. I can't make myself pick up a pencil again. Ration has nowt to do with it.
Consuela - Dec 12, 2011 6:12:04 pm PST #11247 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Chicago, I can haz all your good food!
I ate at my brother's restaurant last night, and tonight I had a beer there while waiting for him to finish, and then I had an excellent steak and really good wine at a French place, followed by tarte tatin. Nom.
I am caught up with Natter, but have little to add except for peace and strength to Matt's family.
And now to sleep off the food & wine...
Consuela - Dec 12, 2011 6:12:07 pm PST #11248 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
JenP - Dec 12, 2011 6:15:31 pm PST #11249 of 30001
I feel her (Matilda's) pain, and I also know that one of the best things anyone ever told me was, "Done is better than perfect." And I was in my twenties. And it was a revelation. Kind of a sadly late one, in retrospect, but revelatory nonetheless.
(How is "revelatory" not in my spell check dictionary? That's weird.)
lisah - Dec 12, 2011 6:16:25 pm PST #11250 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I am going to eat at Consuela's brother's restaurant next week! I'm very excited about it.
Not exciting but irritating is that I FINALLY put a wedding album together in iPhoto and tried to buy it and the upload failed and I can't figure out why and grrr. It took me a million years to organize and I don't want to have to recreate it for some other photo book program or whatever.
And I should have gone to bed about an hour ago.
le nubian - Dec 12, 2011 6:19:56 pm PST #11251 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
No, I would be crying NOW.
Probably at age 5 as well, but definitely NOW. Don't make me draw.
JenP - Dec 12, 2011 6:27:20 pm PST #11252 of 30001
Heh, yeah, I should say that that person was talking to me in the context of writing papers, not creating artistic works (though, some of those papers were certainly creative in the "Now is the time when I draw a conclusion based on... shit, what the hell did I even say???" sections.) I was a horrible, very bad, not good student when it came to turning things in on time. I'm so sorry to your kind, buffista teachers. I'd have smacked me upside the head, probably, but none of your colleagues ever did. Well, maybe in their minds.