Below are the 5 most recent journal entries recorded in studiojorge's LiveJournal:

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
7:44 pm	family and holidays I told myself that I would not put another entry here until I became a little more computer savvy. I still have no pic of myself because I have not created the time to do it with Ed. I also still have not created a account with photo bucket for the same reason. Anyway, here is another entry with NO visual stimulus what so ever. The reason I am writing is to vent some of the holiday madness that begins around this time of year. Yesterday me and my wife put up our Christmas tree, after me and my dad went to buy one. This is probably the biggest tree I have ever bought. It must have been at least 8 feet tall. Anyway, when me and my dad went to put it up on the tree stand, we realized it was hitting the ceiling. So then the "pruning" begun. I nipped a little here, and nipped a little there, my dad hacked a piece of the trunk and then all of the sudden it fit. Then the nightmare of trying to keep it upright began. Me and my wife Richie decided to buy a new tree stand because we always had issues with the "old" red iron one with only 4 fasteners. So we bought a "new" supposedly heavy duty plastic one with 8 fasteners. Well it was plastic and really was not holding up this tree. We ended up stripping 2 of the fasteners because it is PLASTIC. Then we thought after 40 min's or so that we had it up. The wife and father were putting up the lights as the tree decided it did not want to stay up and wanted to lay down. Well we saved it, and then we were at it AGAIN trying to make this FUCKING thing stand up. After repeated arguments with my father about STUPID SHIT, my brother came home and helped us fix the problem. He went downstairs and got me a 5 inch screw and we screwed the tree to another piece of wood to give it added support, and now our beautiful tree stands up and looks beautiful. It just seems like the holidays never come easy. I have a lot more SHIT to pour into this journal right now because my dad is with us for the time being before he leaves for Portugal. He makes me and everyone else around him uneasy because he is a miserable soul, and that is putting it nicely. He hardly ever says anything positive. Actually yesterday was the first time in like a year that he made a positive comment. After me and the wife were done decorating the tree, he came by and said that the tree was beautiful. That comment was nice and unexpected. However, to make a positive comment, I believe he feels he needs to make 1,000 negative ones. That is the unfortunate truth. I love the man, but I just CAN NOT live with him. He brings out the worst in me. Current Mood: aggravated Current Music: none (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 16th, 2006
9:35 am	saturday morning So I am trying to make this LJ thing a habit, but I am not quite sure if I can. IT is Saturday morning here in CT. Another day in which I have to return to Foxwoods and deal with people that like to gamble there money away to complete strangers. This morning is a pleasant morning. The sun is out and the birds are churping. Much better compared to yesterdays muggy and rainy day. Last night me and my wife Richie went to this art opening in Old Lyme CT. It was mostly landscape artists doing there thing of CT. There were "some" good paintings there. Most of them were generic and unimpressive. The one aspect that did impress me was the artists ability to make time and work on their paintings. I guess I hope the each time that I go to a art show or see paintings that impress me or interest me that I will be one step closer to doing my own work. I believe that to be true, so that makes it true. Anyway, I just figured that I would share that with you art folks out there. (Comment on this)
Friday, September 15th, 2006
2:18 pm	rainy day I believe this to be my 3rd entry in 6 months or so. I felt inclined to post a entry today. Even though it is muggy and rainy here in Connecticut today, I feel enlightened. I wanted to share this with my friends and the people I care about. I received a painting from Mr Ed Luce a few days ago. It is a collaborative piece that he and I and Mr Dan Schank will work on in the next month. I do not want to give too much info on the piece because I know Dan will read this. Anyway, today I was in my studio for a few hours. I was writing in my other journal. What I realized was the Ed gave me a reason to paint again. For so long I have been feeling as if I was paralyzed and could not create art anymore. So consumed by everyday life of working and paying bills, that I forgot about the little simple things in life. The things that give us the greatest pleasures. Such as painting and drawing or just having a stimulating conversation with someone on your intellectual level. When Ed sent me that painting he gave me a reason to paint again. To have fun again. He gave me a excuse to be the Jorge Almeida I was 6 years ago. Even though it is muggy and rainy out today, my spirits are high and my out look is positive. Even though I am not completely out of my social rut, I want everyone to know that I am slowly getting out of it. Thanks Ed for being a great friend. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
9:33 pm	A uneventful day Right now I am sitting in my office infront of my computer attempting to listen to the NY Mets play the Washington DC Nationals. The reason I am attempting to listen to the game on a AM station is because today the game is not on tv. Living in Pawcatuck CT I have to share tv time with Boston teams, so my Mets are not on tv each night. Tonight is a night where they are not on television. So I am in my office attempting to get some paper work done. Trying to pay some bills and organize some old junk mail. Currently I am avoiding that, I am not adding my second journal entry on Live Journal. I also wanted to add my good friend Darrin to my friends list. I just have not figured it out yet. On my 31st birthday, which was a couple of days ago, me and my wife Richie went to Providence RI for the day. We walked through their huge mall and ate at the Cheesecake Factory. In the mall we walked into Borders. Reluctently I purchased Lucian Freuds latest book. It was $75. Today I read the entire book in a hour. Good book with wonderful color plates of Freuds most current work. It displays his latest works from 1996 to 2005. I was hesitant to buy it because it was pricey, but I figured it was important for my work. I love Borders. I love laying down in the art section with my coffee and just reading art books for hours. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
9:42 pm	First entry at live journal Well, this is my first entry on a virtual journal in cyber space. I did it for you mr Ed, or shall I call you Mr Bearbait. Anyway, I do not know if I will like it. I have my old fashioned journal in my studio, which I have been tending too quite regularly lately, and I like the pen on paper affect, but this might fit my fancy in time as well. I still have to figure out how to download my images onto this site. I will in time. Richie was attempting to help me, but I could not find my image at Shea Stadium. Anyway, today I went to work in a mini blizzard in New England. Today was a some what relaxing day at the casino. No DRAMA, that is always good in a casino environment. Anyway, it is almost 10pm in the east coast. I do not know if I will go to work tomorrow. I just might call in a weather day tomorrow and go to my studio and work. I hope this is acceptable to you Ed.