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Day Late Hot-or-Not Wednesday
3Dec2009 Filed under: Brian Andrews, Hot or Not, Uncategorized, art, family Author: NoraHello! I’m afraid I’ve been neglecting things over here, along with everything else that’s not a paper on database systems or intellectual freedom. But the semester’s almost done, which makes this a great time to explore the hotses and notses of the week a la Loobylu.  Brian's most recently-finished piece Hot! 1. Backyard Astronomy: Or in our case, Duboce Park astronomy. Over the summer, when I was visiting my folks, I asked my dad for advice on telescopes after Sweetney tweeted a question about telescopes for beginners (File under: sentences that would not have made sense in the Twentieth Century). Dad did some research (try and stop him), and found that one of his favorite telescope-vendors offered a relatively inexpensive option, good for city-viewing and simple enough for inexpert astronomers. Fast forward to yesterday, when Dad’s itchy Xmas trigger finger resulted in an early-December surprise telescope at our door. Brian and I braved the cold (and clouds) and spent a happy if frigid hour in Duboce Park looking at the moon before toddling home for some hot chocolate. Hurrah for astronomy! The moon is pale and lovely, especially up close. 2. Brian! The boy is all sorts of hot. He finished his latest piece Monday, and he’s just put a show up at Bean There, a cafe in our neighborhood. It’s got high ceilings and loads of morning light, and his pieces look great. We’ll be hosting a reception at 7 o’clock this Friday (tomorrow, that is). Stop by if you live in San Francisco! I might invite you to go moon-watching.  Here's a picture from outside at night. No morning light, but look at them windows! Not! Mess. The house is in chaos, and it’s 99.9% my doing. I need to clean my closets, but first I need to sort through the piles of things piled in front of the closets because the closets are in such chaos. Money. Being in grad school ain’t earning me any. In fact, it’s costing money. Whose bright idea was that? Alright. Enough with the notses, back to the hotses! Here’s another look at Fixed Landscape #4:
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I'm a freelance writer and perpetual graduate student living in San Francisco. Special skills include dog charming, brochure writing, slapdash cooking and long-winded nattering. I also enjoy watching the sunset reflected in the tall buildings downtown.
For a while there, I taught classes on Classical literature, philosophy, and the history of religion at New College of California. I have an MA and an MFA in Writing, and started library school in the fall of 2009.
Happydacks
December 6th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Love your dads itchy Xmas trigger finger and you already having a telescope…sounds fun! Chele x
Mooozart
December 7th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Brian’s show was so beautiful in that spot. We made sure to talk loudly about how awesome it was and you could tell that people were already really interested in the sculptures.
Nora
December 10th, 2009 at 3:05 am
Thanks, Molly! Love the family PR machine! And thanks, Happydacks. Sadly, it’s been too cold to stand outside looking at the moon, but we have high hopes!