I know when flowers are ready to be thrown away. I know when bread should not be eaten because it has gone bad. I know when it’s time to stop wearing my bathing suit and switch to sweaters. I do not, however, know when to place endings in my life. It [...]

Last night was Back to School Night at Torrey Pines High School, and I greeted the parents with a smile and blue hands. I’ve been working on three Emily costumes to sell on eBay. My apartment is a tangle of black garbage bags, sinks full of dye, and various dripping and painted costume [...]

San Diego smells sweet. Does anyone know why? Is it the trees? There’s something unique and visceral about the smell, and it makes me take a deep breath when I walk outside. My car has been negating this wonderful effect by spewing black messy exhaust into the air at an abnormal [...]

I have photos for you!!!
photos of my new apartment
photos of Ashley and Stephen’s wedding
self-portraits of me!
photos I’ve taken with my cellular phone
portraits of my wonderful family
or go to my flickr site and see them all —> www.flickr.com/photos/smilinglaura
hugs!
laura. =)

My last glance at the video that sucked out 3 weeks of my life before it overnighted to Boston, and my first meal (from Taco Rey across the street!) at my new apartment.

How small I feel being here, for the first night. in my own little one-bedroom-layers-of-white-paint-echoes-of-cat-apartment in San Diego. After being in this space for about 10 minutes I scrunched up my face and asked aloud, “what am I doing here?”. While I am grateful to finally have a place to store my [...]

I can’t keep my eyes off the TV when this commercial, featured on the GAP website, comes on. I adore it. Not only is it adorable Audrey Hepburn dancing in one my of all-time favorite movies, Funny Face, it’s also the beatnik part of the movie, which the people at GAP have juxtaposed [...]

I get to make art all day. Some days. =)

This is yesterdays art. Blind contour line drawings (each drawing was drawn in about 30 seconds) filled in with watercolor. =)
My life right now is all about this video and getting it completed and to Boston on time. It will be overnighted or [...]

This afternoon I wandered around Ocean Beach looking for “for rent” signs. I only saw two. I sat on the beach, writing in my journal, when a man, that I assumed to be homeless, came and sat next to me, introducing himself as Lucky Love. He was a sweet man, and I [...]