Well, it's Super Sunday, and I'm pulling for the Raider Nation, mostly because of Tim Brown (Notre Dame boy) and Jerry Rice (who's glory years were with Joe Montana who went to - oh yeah - Notre Dame!). Only 8 hours to game time!!
On to other topics: Glenn, I must say, you've inspired me. The coffee shop that I frequent, the Jet Fuel (Toronto's best espresso coffee, and the cheapest, too!) shows artists on a monthly basis. I've been screwing up the courage to put together a portfolio, and talk to the proprietor, but now I'll have to. I keep telling myself that I can do better than some of the crap that's been up on his wall over the last year or two, and this is the time for me to get serious! One of my bike courier friends who is also an installation artist, lives in an old storefront in rather run down area of town called Parkdale. In the last couple of years it's become populated by various artists, along with some shabby (and now not so shabby) art galleries. Scott (my friend) offers his front window for "budding artists", and I'll be showing a few pieces in May - it's not a very large storefront, so there's probably room for about 4 8x10's, nicely framed. This is actually pretty cool, because May is Contact month here in Toronto, which is sort of a photo festival - lots of big exhibitions and the like. Obviously my little showing won't be sanctioned, but the timing is wonderful, and there are other "real" galleries on his block, some of which will have sanctioned exhibitions, so who knows who will see my stuff? One never knows... I don't expect to sell anything (I won't even have prices on them), but it'll be cool just to be "out there". Today I awoke to a very cold apartment, with no hot water. Obviously the boiler room's broken down. I must run off to the Jet Fuel, warm up with a Latte or two, and talk to Johnny the owner. There's no time like the present. Hopefully, I'll return to a warm apartment to watch the Raiders kick butt! cheers, frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
