well well well

well won't be posting art on this blog since that now can be found at the new blog just for arta.......i need a massage from sitting at the puter too mucho.

http://www.artarefugiatei.blogspot.com/

so check it out and comment if u will. so wow my back hurts. finally posted some more recent meaning beyond 2000 works - a bunch from sketchbooks from 2004. most of the stuff though if not noted 2004 is from 2000 and inainte (before) and mucho mucho more to come...so.....

romania is treating me very well. i have friends here that are very kind to me, smart teachers, i live in a beautiful home in a beautiful neighborhood. i have things that i love around me and food on my table. i have a dog without the full responsibility and i have met many interesting people. thanks universe for supporting me in my endeavor to make a life here...it's only been a short time but i cherish my moments here. even when i'm feeling fat :) i have named the extension of my winter love handles 'talie paine' pronounced tal-e-ay pwe-nay - means bread waist. the bread here is incredible. it's fresh and delicious. so i'm allowing myself to indulge the pleasures of fresh baked bread until the end of the month...then time to prepare of costum de baia - that would be a bathing suit and since i have 3 cute bikinis...although i'm indulging in paine i am working out to offset any long term effects. lots of crunches and some light weight work - now that i have some stuff to work with...looking forward to warmer weather. the weather is what it's supposed to be like in the ny metro area (know that area is expereincing an unusually warm season) in winter. cold is tiring but it makes u feel alive. just wish sometimes that it wouldn't fall below 0 grade - bunica (that's grandma) she used to say 'if wishes were horses beggars would ride' and well speaking of grannies, yesterday i had a great experience with an old woman that lives here. she had all the makings of a warm and loving bunica. went with my friend christine to romtelecom so she could order a fixed line and she had to take a number sapte zeci si opt (78) bunica was sapte zeci si doi (72) and so we sat and waited. bunica started to ask some questions of us and then engaged me in a conversation for 20 minutes all in romanian. she asked me all kinds of questions in romanian and well i answered her. she was holding my hand and looking at me while she spoke - she was really in the conversation. so it was a great expereince for me to practice my skills speaking the language and well i was happy when she told me that i spoke beautifully in romanian :) a good confidence boost for me since sometimes it's challenging. so that's it for now. need to get some rest and veg out for awhile.