Antikva Art & Design

this is an important announcement LOL

antikva@gmail.com (antikva) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:45:00 +0000

I am lurking at blogspot now.

Please alter your bookmarks/links to antikva.blogspot.com

Moving along!

antikva@gmail.com (antikva) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:22:00 +0000

I have made a decision. heh.

This blog at this address is kaput. I will be posting only at antikva.blogspot.com from now on. The new feed is available at http://feeds.feedburner.com/antikva

If you are unable to locate the new feed, drop me a line at antikva. at. gmail dotcom and let me know.

Ta muchly :-)

update

antikva@gmail.com (antikva) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:26:00 +0000

Still can't see my site. Not sure exactly where the problem is but hopefully will be resolved sometime in the next year. Soooo, can't put up the new design as I can't live test it. sigh.

Very frustrating.

In other news, in my effort to kick my own arse into gear I joined NAVA [National Association for the Visual Arts]

Anyway, I'm off to watch clouds :-)

Acrylic Paint

antikva@gmail.com (antikva) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:11:00 +0000

I used to paint in acrylic but since Uni have painted only in gouache and watercolour. Decided to use acrylic again today and figured it was like riding a bike...

Ahem. Nope. Not even close. I ended up grumpy that it dried so quickly and was really gluggy and thick.

Back to gouache LOL

Got some bookshelves today for my studio. I don't have enough storage space and I can't find anything unless I hunt through piles of books and reference material stacked on the floor. Which makes me even more grumpy. Afterwards I went to Dymock's to order a book and picked up 2 more Aussie SciFi Fantasy writers to read and a book for the boy. He's reading a series by an Aussie as well but I couldn't remember what number he's up to [ about No 7] so I got him the new Skullduggery Pleasant book. He's happy.

His other sleep problem is caused by not having a book to read when he goes to bed. Didn't even factor that in. He's been read to since he was a baby then when he was old enough, he's continued to read before going to sleep. It didn't occur to me that he'd developed a ritual.

And, speaking of which, I am off to bed as well.

Photo's up

antikva@gmail.com (antikva) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:05:00 +0000

I just put some pix up from World Superbikes at Phillip Island.

http://picasaweb.google.com.au/antikva

my car

antikva@gmail.com (antikva) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:12:00 +0000

I just got back from Melbourne. I bought a car *G* A VN Group A SS replica to be exact. Of course, my favourite car is the Maserati MC12 but in the meantime this one will do me...

Space Launch...

antikva@gmail.com (antikva) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:42:00 +0000

Anyone know how to stop a drafting table from suddenly releasing its locking mechanism and launching everything onto me with no warning?

No glass or water to be flung randomly around this time luckily LOL

Don't know why it's doing it, it's weight balancey thingy must be off. It was locked and I made the husband check it too.

Gremlins!

If you wondered....

antikva@gmail.com (antikva) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:45:00 +0000

hehe. just kidding!
I will be transferring my blog back to here as it was but mirroring the posts to the blogspot one as well. I really don't want to have to go through all this drama again as it's such a pain to shift gears. le Sigh! Yes, I have just dramatically thrown my hand against my brow for effect. So the logic behind this is if the server drops again I will still be around to annoy everyone :-)

Oh and if you didn't see the post on my other incarnation, go visit Anthony's new blog and send him a pic www.whatiseeoutmywindow.blogspot.com You'll even be able to see what I see *g*

We have a problem developing with our 13 year old [ 12 yrs 9andabit months corrected] son and I don't know how to fix it. Well, I do, but then I'd be in jail ROFL. Anyway, I am a night owl and have always been up till the wee hours of the morning then snooze like a cat during the day. It's how I started watching motorsports and soccer [ err football for the rest of the world] He has started the same thing. Unfortunately there are no schools open during the night, so therein lies the dilemna...
How to retrain the monkey?

I have tried to retrain myself many times, which causes much pot clanging and dish dropping. My parents [and other busybodies] still lecture me about my sleeping habits to no avail. The only time I have ever gone to sleep willingly before 3am is when I was in the States on holiday and kept snoring by 10pm. Obviously I am an American trapped in an Aussie body [which explains a lot] heh.

Anyway, back to the boy.. anyone got any solutions?

76m2 and all I'm missing is my brain and a dvd*

antikva@gmail.com (antikva) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:54:00 +0000

At this point I'm pretty damn sure I packed my brains in a box and labelled it PBO shed or lounge. That's what every box we have seems to have been labelled. And. not by me.

How the hell can you lose 100 cd/dvds in a removal under 200 klms? I am gobsmacked that they've been moved the length and breadth of the country but 200kms and they've run away from home! maybe they felt neglected?

Backups from 1994. Client files. Floppy disks Cd's and Dvd's from computer magazines, which btw I found every last one I ever bought since 1994 BUT not the freaking dvd that contains the software that is vital to a current project. Shit. i even found the disks for my Apple circa 1992.

I can buy the latest version of it but I'd have to play catchup learning the new stuff *pouts* and I LIKE the version I have from last year.

* Sorry, I'm not creative enough to do 2 posts at a time, I barely remember to make 1 a day sometimes!

Trying again...

antikva@gmail.com (antikva) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:29:00 +0000

Hopefully the serverh*x have stopped, I did see some weird traffic but doesn't affect my filetypes. Tis the reason I am sticking with blogger over the other blogging tools at the moment. Anyway, I am thinking to use this one as my art etc only and personal stuff on the existing one at www.antikva.blogspot.com or that's the theory anyway! LOL

Then again, I may change my mind. I'm allowed :-)
What do you all think?

Hugz Bunnies, I'm off to get some sleep. as you can tell it's badly needed!