By Request...

Ginger Squash Carrot Soup
(serves 6 or 2 with leftovers)

Ingredients:

1 Squash of your choice

5 - 7 Carrots

2 pieces of Celery

4 Potatoes

1/2 Sweet Potato (optional)

1 Onion

3 - 4 cloves of Garlic

2 Apples (peeled and chopped)

3 - 4 cups of Vegetable stock

2 Tbs minced raw ginger

1/2 can of Coconut Milk

Cumin, tumeric, curry powder, some cayenne pepper, and salt to taste.

Instructions:
Cook onions and garlic until soft (in a pot), then add veg stock, carrots (sliced), celery (chopped), potatoes, squash and let simmer until veggies are soft (ie:cooked).Once ready, then add spices. Give 'er a stir and pour all ingredients into a blender of food processor. Puree the soup. Return ingredients to pot and add the coconut milk. Then take peeled and chopped apples, puree them in a blender or food processor and add to soup. Congratulations, you're done. Give the soup 5 mins for flavors to marry and serve.

Ex Nihilo 2002: The catalogue has officially gone to print and I survived.

It was a long process, I learned many things and I'm so, so glad it's finally over.

Here's what the final product will look like:

This is a layout of the box that will hold the artist cards

This is what the artist cards will look like. Recognize the fonts? Century Gothic and Skia. Nice, heh? Pulled right from Windows 98.

These were the designs I submitted that instigated much controversy among the Grad Class of 2002.

Design A: Comments included generic, boring and the font was too trendy.

Box . (the gray was to be printed in charcoal metallic ink)

Artist Card - vertical option

Design B: Comment: Brit-Pop, 1960's Retro Kitsch. No one liked the pink.

Box (the gray was to be printed in bright silver metallic ink)

Artist Card - horizontal option

Now I ask you were my submissions awful? Was a 1992 David Carson rip-off justified to replace them? Regardless... all's said and done now. If you're interested in seeing my vision, please come to the opening reception of my graduating exhibition.

Ex Nihilo

April 19, 2002.

4:30pm - 6:30pm

Nickle Museum (U of C)

I'd love if you would come.

You Weren't Supposed To See It Yet.

Yes, I've been nagged by some people and others have inquired on my well being, but I just haven't been ready to blog (I guess for fear of what I'm about to write). But from what I hear it's been announced and people are checking, so I'd best be blogging.

It's true. I haven't been very well lately. I think I've been on the verge of a breakdown for a while now, those who know me best know the hectic lifestyle I push myself through Ð with very little sleep. I've been doing it for years but... a few things occured over the holidays that made me realize I couldn't keep up with how I had been operating. Both physically and mentally, my body has been shutting down and I just can't ignore it any longer. For the past year or so I have had major anxiety, we're talking heart palpitations and panic attacks, over very basic everyday things like: going to school/ work/ parties/ whatever. This coupled with depression, an irritable bowel (plus other lovely side effects) and some fairly serious paranoia made for a pretty paralyzing existence. Now I've never been one to play the victim, so when I almost flunked out last semester and didn't want to get out of bed or leave the house, it was time to get some help. My doctor says that it is quite common for women in their late(r) twenties, who have suffered a traumatic event in their youth, to experience a breakdown Ð often triggered by stress. My prescription: take a break, eliminate any obligations or disctractions that caused me anxiety and go easy on myself Ð that and some medication. So I'm trying to relax, I've been reading a lot, I'm not doing radio, I do my work from home and go to school when I feel up to it. Some days are great and others not so much, but overall I think the medication is helping. I'm slowly starting to deal with some long neglected issues, I'm less paranoid, less emotional and I'm even going out a little. I guess I didn't want to blog because I was afraid of embarassing myself by writing down some crazy ass melodramatic shit. No one needs to be subjected to that. I know what I'm going through isn't unique and it doesn't make me special but... it hasn't been very much fun and the last thing I've wanted to do is blog. So for those of you who asked, thanks for your concern and those of you who want me to blog... be patient, I will. I promise.