February 21,  2004

      Up and down emotional week for me.  i think a whole lot of it has to do with a general malaise about work, and the fact that my hands are hurting.  And Himself has been high stressed with things from the theatre - which makes Him a grumpy gus.  We have a quiet weekend scheduled however, so maybe we can rest and catch our breath.  i'm just hoping my hands get un-pained so i can do some painting.  The fingers are moderate at the moment (typing seems to help) but the "heel" and wrist is not doing well at all.

       Today i am responsible for supplying the pictures to the artist's site i visit - and i've got a nice collection from some friends.  i just hope the viewers like them since i think my taste is a lot different than most of what i've seen from them so far.  But enough of flowers and cows already!  i tried to find bright, colourful and interesting images - and in my opinion, succeeded.  Although Himself seems a tad put out that none of his black and white photos have been included.  What i haven't mentioned yet (He'll read about now though) is that i intend to have a black and white event and feature them.  :-)

       i've been really weird about my last name lately.  i think it's because of all this art stuff and having to sign your name to your work.  It doesn't help when you aren't crazy about your name to begin with - toss into the mix the fact of the controversial parentage and suddenly i'm reluctant to use my last name on my work.  

      i discussed it with Himself last night.  His first reaction - and rightly so - is that changing your name gets messy at the best of times.  It was easier for me to change back to my maiden name after the divorce(s) (heh) because i have a birth certificate clearly showing the maiden name.  i wouldn't have that advantage this time.

      So the only way i can see easily adopting my real father's last name would be to use it as a 'pen name' ... and perhaps socially.  But then, if i do a piece of work and sign it with my pen name, will it still be recognized as me?

      Baffling.

      Okay, gone.  i don't feel like i have much to say these days.

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