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:: Friday, January 08, 2010 ::

omg nomnomnom plz!

Labels: cheezburger, dogdogdog, dogs, kehoe, toki

:: ewee 11:16:00 AM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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tis the season
thanks to auntie cwee for the doggles' hannukah gifties! and for the seasonally inclined, a little flashy sno for your enjoyment (yesh, it impairs your ability to click on some of da links. sorry. lemmeno if you're annoyed...).

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, flash, hannukah, sno, snow

:: ewee 11:20:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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More fishcake!
Worked on a few more little paintings. There's also something strange happening with another set of these boards. I'm not happy with how that set is turning out, so no photos yet. More to come soon.

Labels: art, dogdogdog, dogs, doodle, drawings, fishcake, illustrations, one-a-day, painting

:: ewee 11:06:00 AM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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proof positive
photographic evidence that i have not been neglecting the little one of great brattiness. (the tiny dot in the middle of the first photo is toki at fort fun--and i needed it as much as she did...)

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, fort fun, toki

:: ewee 4:53:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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The cone of shame...
Since Kehoe proved herself to be too adept at removing the various e-collar alternatives (thanks Becca! thanks Dr. Dunn!), we have resorted to the cone of shame. Kehoe's clearly not happy about it, but she's quickly learning to smack us with it, when we're not being responsive enough.

The second photo is of Kehoe in one of the cone alternatives. This one, she can get off within 5 seconds (even when sedated).

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, kehoe, the cone of shame

:: ewee 4:41:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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kehoe update
Well, good news and bad news. (ain't that always the way?)

So far, what i know is that it's a grade 2 mast cell tumor. That's vague enough that the doctor sent the info to the oncologist, who gave her more detailed info. I'm hoping to talk to the doctor on Friday, and get a clearer picture. But, basically, it could be worse, and it could be better. It's not benign, and it's not crazy aggressive. We might be in a holding pattern of just watching for any sensitivity that might indicate that there's more going on, or we might have more aggressive options to pursue. Either way, i won't know a whole lot more for a bit.

In the meantime, I was feeling all tough that Sy and I were able to remove Kehoe's tension stitches (supportive extra tubing and stitches that helped keep the main stitches from having too much stress during the critical first 3-5 days). Sy's been taking photos, so I'll post them when I can bear it.

Just now, I found out that Kehoe manage to tear out some of her head stitches. The ones I wasn't even worrying about. Sigh. So they're back at the vet now, and I'm just waiting and hoping that it isn't too traumatic for them all.

More when I can. But at least I'm glad we're here this weekend, and not heading out of town. Good time to reflect on all that I am thankful for, and to spend some time appreciating all the good shtick that's around me everyday. (Likely, if you're reading this, this includes you--so thanks!)

Labels: belly palace, dogdogdog, dogs, heartbreak, kehoe

:: ewee 12:51:00 PM [+] :: 1 comments ::
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Sunny Kehoe
We found out this weekend that a tiny bump on the inside of Kehoe's back leg is a mast cell tumor. Fingers crossed that it's benign, it's coming off on Thurs, and we'll know more afters.

Update 11/22/09: Both bumps (nonscary one on her head, and the mast cell lump on her leg) have been removed. She also received a spa treatment (ears and teeth cleaned and nails trimed) while under. So far, the recovery is slowly improving everyday. Now the challenge is to keep her relatively still for the next week and a half. Oh, and I'll be removing the tension stitches myself. Wish me luck.

There's a few photos on flickr, I'll post more when I can bear it.

Labels: belly palace, dogdogdog, dogs, heartbreak, kehoe

:: ewee 1:52:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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she sees right through me
kehoe's always been able to see right through me. it's partly why i adopted her in the first place. even as a puppy, she had those eyes. right through the puppy prison bars, she looked at me, and it was hook-line-and-sinker. i never had a chance. she's proven to be a very interesting, and at times challenging, dog. with her, i take less for granted. and despite the difficulties, it's hard to express how much i love her, how much she means to me, and how my heart fills with love for this surreal little pup...

Labels: art, dogs, doodle, drawings, illustrations, kehoe, one-a-day

:: ewee 4:19:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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Therapeutic
My wandering web ways have caught up with me. Nothing as spectacular or as humiliating as some (well, not yet anyway). It's been a long long time since I've been outta college, and I've been a reluctant alum at best. Since they've never managed to get much of a bead on what I've been up to, I thought I was safe.

My folks would be mortified to know that it wasn't producing progeny or six figure income that got me into the alumni rag (in case you're wondering, I have neither). Lo and behold. It's my noxiously gassy dogs that garnered me a mention--along with my FB tendencies, my predilection for Asian food, and the continued doodling disorder. All-in-all, not as bad as it could've been, and a remarkably good summation of my life. (And marginally better than the fictions I'd meant to send in.)

And despite my best intentions, my one-a-day project has slipped a little behind schedule. But I suspect that my gentle readers will forgive me the lapse (if said readers are even noticing the lapse). But I have been happily doodling my way through all sorts of occasions--the daily drawing is still mostly on schedule. So I'll post them as I can. I've also been working and reading a ton, so perhaps I'll use some of that fodder for my consistently random blog.

Labels: art, dogs, doodle, one-a-day, sketches

:: ewee 5:17:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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For Better or Worse
Been thinking a bit. lots happening offline these days. There's plenty of flak that happens everywhere, and I know that randomness means that anything can happen anytime. Yet, the killing of Marlon Mayorga gave me a bit of pause. A guy walking his dog a block away from his home, on a block that I love. Senseless and close to home, literally and figuratively. And been feeling overwhelmed and hopeless with all the changes at work. Decisions are made, people are discarded, and I don't expect business decisions to make sense to me all the time, but it's hard to keep rolling when it keeps happening, and things don't add up.

So I'm finding myself, on this rainy beginning to a rainy weekend, hunkering down, and thinking about living a right life, and how to appreciate and live life meditatively. We can't control how we enter or leave this world. Shoots, I'm fairly certain that I wouldn't want to have that kinda knowledge or power. But then what can we do? And what a perfect time to read my Buddha books. All we have, all we can do is now. In this moment. There's so much anxiety that drives me. It's good, in that it keeps me working hard and pushing to keep ideas flowing through me. It's bad, in that it can cripple my ability to enjoy the moment, to be here and now.

And to tie it all back to the posting-drawing schedule. Looks like posting once a week is about my speed, tho I'm still drawing nearly daily. It makes sense. Drawing comes to me easier, because it's the way in which I can reach that good crunchy present moment meditative state. When I draw, the constant dialogue is still there, and the lists of things I must accomplish are still there, but none of it is pushing on me as much--it flows, and sometimes, when it flows, it untangles and gets solved on its own. But mainly, it just flows, and I'm able to sit and look and truly see what's in front of me. And if I'm working on something that means something to me--a sketch, a painting--it can move me. Drawing my dogs makes me calm, and sometimes moves me to tears for loving their sweet true dogly selves so much.

So most of the sketches I'm posting this week are of my dogs. I'm working on a couple other paintings and bits, but this week I really got back into spending time seeing my dogs. Kehoe curled up tiny is how I imagine my pup--tiny and curled up and in need of protection. Funny thing is, she's a formidable looking rotty mix, and she's busy with her own defenses for herself and us against all manner of dangers--real and imagined. So many things worry her, and I wonder if she would've been better with an owner who wasn't so predisposed to anxiety and worrying. But dog and people are for better or worse (at least that's my theory), and so we keep on keeping on together.

The other sketches are of the mischievous little Tokimonster at rest. Despite all my defenses, she's carved out her own little curled up spot in my heart.

Labels: art, dogdogdog, dogs, doodle, kehoe, one-a-day, sketches

:: ewee 1:47:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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Sketchy spring
Happy spring! Dogs and home.

Labels: art, dogs, doodle, one-a-day, sketches

:: ewee 10:55:00 AM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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painting chaos
the corner of this painting is the only bit i really like so far. the lines on the chocolatey brown makes me feel somehow cosy and warm.

the first layer of painting was an abstract i did in my city college painting class. i'm not much good with abstraction, so it didn't go anywhere. from time to time i put paint (and other bits) on this canvas. it's becoming quite the jumble. but when i draw that way, sometimes it works out. we'll see if it works out here. i'm also forcing myself to work much larger (total canvas size: 4ft-square).

the sketch is from my late-night ride home on bart last night. everyone looked so tired. or mebbe it was just me at the end of a very long day...

Labels: art, dogs, doodle, oil painting, one-a-day, painting, sketches

:: ewee 12:47:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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sketches: gassy dog
going back to some older sketches to finish the workweek...this started as a kehoe sketch (i think), and became a kehoe-toki morph. it was prolly inspired by our amazingly gassy dogs (you'd think they'd show discomfort with the noxious fumes they emit). for awhile, i had a series of superheroes that were powered by (natural) gas. they're hilarious enough to me that it's likely they'll reappear in my doodles. the left page was filled with sketches of ppl i saw from the rnc (on tv), including the very few poc's we spotted. the same part of my brain that likes the bangoo jokes, also enjoys the thought of our dogs releasing their gases toward the rnc...

in the two below, i used removable white tape to block out parts of the drawing, and then went back in between the lines (as it were), and under the torn half of the page.

Labels: art, dogs, doodle, one-a-day, painting, sketches

:: ewee 9:27:00 AM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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Doodle dogly
Well, not the most spectacular or unique of doodles--sketching the dogs as I sit brainlessly on the couch after a long day is a fairly common occurrence. (I do wonder, sometimes, how many dog doodles I have...)

It's been interesting to see how my training is intersecting with the rest of my life. There's something about art (and martial arts, paddling, etc.) that keeps me focussed on the here and now.

Some of that focus occurs when I'm truly able to see--usually when I'm drawing or painting from real life. But some of it happens when I'm mindlessly doodling, or working on shape/form/color in painting. In some ways they're very different processes. But in both cases, when I look at what I've made, I can remember vividly all the feelings, sights, and sounds associated with the moments spent creating.

Not sure why it is that certain types of focus allow me to take in everything. But it's definitely the main reason for my constant doodling. There's something in it that brings me ease. The more I can access that, the less my work tends to suck, and the calmer I can be. And making shtick that doesn't suck (be it a painting, a website, or a crazy office supply doodle) is the whole point, ain't it? (The calmness is an added bonus.)

This one-a-day exercise has been fun so far (only three days) and has generated some ideas of what I'd like to do next. I'm going to load up with some photos of ongoing paintings and my tons of old sketches to keep the momentum going. I'm curious to see where it goes...

Labels: art, dogs, doodle, one-a-day, painting, sketches

:: ewee 8:08:00 AM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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snuggly kehoe
she's got her come hither* look down pat. (*or more precisely, "come hither and feed me kibbles, foolish human!")

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, kehoe

:: ewee 1:25:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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Toki does osoji
Good day at home--Cleaning house, planting greens, walking with the pups. Toki's accidentally helping by throwing her toy into the trash.

Had one of those intergenerational/twinkie moments...I asked my mom if there was a Korean word for cleaning house/self for the New Year. She looked at me like I was slow (yes, I could see her look over the phone), and said "chung-soh," which means cleaning. When I pressed her for a more specific word, she said "dae chungsoh," which means big cleaning. And I could hear the look on her face--if I cleaned properly all year, I wouldn't have to look for special words to describe it.

Since I didn't make it to a Korean bathhouse, I scrubbed about a pound offa myself this morning (guess it's a traditional thing). I didn't bother to ask my mom if there was a word for that tho.

Labels: 2008, dogdogdog, dogs, toki

:: ewee 2:02:00 PM [+] :: 2 comments ::
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whirlwind
It's nearly 2009, and much has been neglected lately. Thinking about a little osoji tomorrow before the New Year begins.

2008 has been a good year, and I'm considering how to sum it up. Looking forward to 2009 (hello, day after tomorrow!) and hoping for good change.

So best wishes to all and good end/beginnings to all.

Labels: 2008, art, change, dogdogdog, dogs, doodle

:: ewee 2:24:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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Curled up tiny
...or why i run late most mornings.

Labels: belly palace, dogdogdog, dogs, homey, kehoe, photos, toki

:: ewee 9:49:00 AM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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Too cute
Pau hana time. Gotta get home and get some snuggling time in with the pups. I'm fried. Phew. Whadda monday...

Labels: belly palace, dogdogdog, dogs, homey, kehoe, pau hana, toki

:: ewee 5:30:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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irony
caught this moment on the way to work this morning...treadmills, on the way to my treadmill job, and the dog looking on in disbelief while his mom works out (indoors!) without him.

yeah, i'm imagining i know how he feels (tho mebbe he has a penchant for step aerobics. who knows...)

Labels: dogs, moblog

:: ewee 9:29:00 AM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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tgif


Ah home at last. Toki barks at Kehoe. Kehoe pulls the big sis routine and (mostly) ignores her. I'm enjoying some downtime in our yard. It's a bit chilly and barky, but very very nice way to tgif.

Labels: belly palace, dogdogdog, dogs, tgif

:: ewee 8:44:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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workin for the kibble
Tired, and sloughing through work...and these wide-big-loping grinning dogs are what keep me working for the kibble. Sweet pups.

Before work this morning, I sat and soaked up our warm-cool breezy garden out back with toki, and the sunny patch of bed next my sweetly snoozing kee-de-hoe. Some mornings it's hard to leave our little belly patch and face the day. But ya gotta keep on keepin on to get paid. And getting paid is what keeps our pups in the kibble. So I guess I'm not workin for the man so much as I'm workin for the kibble. Or at least, that's what I like to tell myself.

It's feeling somber at werk. No, that's not quite right. It's more sober than somber. We're all keeping our heads down (right next to our morale). And you know, even the promise of happy hour no longer helps quiet the dragons of worry and fear. But there's cats to be herded, and details to be oriented, and sometimes a paycheck is enough.

Labels: belly palace, dogdogdog, dogs, homey, inspiration

:: ewee 8:30:00 AM [+] :: 2 comments ::
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can you say procrastination?


ugh. i'm doomed. why's my site so large and outdated? sigh.

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, toki

:: ewee 4:11:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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toki looks at my resume... kehoe's not interested


today's a homey-work day. guess what, laundry's going, the largest of the hairballs have been captured...and I went to brunch. sigh. distractions distractions. but it is nice to have a random mellow day...ok. back to my attempt at work.

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, kehoe, toki

:: ewee 2:24:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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Glad to be home.


Camping was more like a 24-7 battle of the bands. It's good 2b home. Indoor plumbing is nice too.

Labels: belly palace, camping, dogs, homey, kehoe

:: ewee 6:59:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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apron strings


Things have been fairly stressful at work lately, but this is the real reason it's so hard to get up and leave the house in the morning. Aren't they gorgeous? I love our girls...

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, homey, kehoe, toki

:: ewee 2:35:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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sleepy dogs


part one of lovely day off: tired dogs (after a lovely ramble through redwoods). they've been unwillingly hosed off, and are mostly dry, and mostly clean, so i'm loathe to kick them off the bed (there's also no more sun on the deck, and i can't have my dogs sleeping outside in the cold shade or on our cold hardwood floors, can i??--oh, well, i guess they have their own beds. and the guest bed...)

Labels: bay area, belly palace, dogdogdog, dogs, go stay come, homey, kehoe, toki

:: ewee 5:06:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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dogs gone wild


kehoe and toki look so good...they're F-I-N-E.

(excellent song by chi chi palace. i hope they don't mind us using it. if we make any money, like when we come out with the uncut version of this, we'll totally slide ya a nice cut of it, ok??? but meantime, it's all for love.)

this whole dang ting was shot and edited on my fine-a cellphone. dats how come we gots sucha cool gritty effect and all. yeeeah!

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, kehoe, toki, video

:: ewee 12:12:00 AM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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Happy dogs


Smiley Kehoe and happy dogs (photo thx to karin).

Being an ultra nervous mom, it's always hard for me to leave the pups. Especially during the holidays (travel during the holidays gets traumatizing, and c'mon, I wanna be home with my doggie family!). But Karin did a great job (dogs, home, neighbors all still there when we returned), and she sent us a photo (or two, plus sometimes an email) most days we were gone. It was wonderfully reassuring to see that (at least for as long as the pose) no one was squabbling or whatnot. Plus, we missed our babies so much, it was hard not to compulsively check for d-txts (doggie texts! quick! should i patent it?) throughout the day.

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, kehoe, toki

:: ewee 12:30:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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Sweet pups


Waiting to play fetch...

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, kehoe, toki

:: ewee 12:01:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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kehoe wants a cookie


(photo by lpba.net)
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second photo from our dogsitter (yay!). note the line of drool on the side of her face? happy sweetie...

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, kehoe

:: ewee 8:21:00 PM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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smiley!


this cute sweet lil service dog is smiling despite airport stress and tons of attention from strangers (including hyper bored kids...) and he helped with the interminable delays in houston. (really, he looks fierce, but he was smiling!)

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs

:: ewee 6:10:00 AM [+] :: 0 comments ::
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toki!


first photo from our fab dogwatcher. looks like toki is about to launch. and notice the bed? that's the last time it'll be made...but they're safe (and we miss them!)

Labels: dogdogdog, dogs, toki

:: ewee 6:05:00 AM [+] :: 2 comments ::
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