First A few words about Spam:
“Good friends are a lot like this can of spam in my cupboard; always there for me and I know I can eat them in an emergency.” – tweeted by Rob@imaudihere
In keeping with WordPress’s weirdness this week, I was alerted by Mags at Magsx2′s Blog that my comments have been going to spam . . .sigh – which is probably happening to lots of people, so before hitting delete be sure to check for treasures!
And Sharp Little Pencil came up with a solution for comments slamming your inbox: http://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/05/06/antibiotic-for-wordpress-glitch/ Thank you Sharp Little Pencil!
And now for today’s post — freshly fished from the archives just for you, Dear Readers:
Lookee What I Found!
I was thumbing through a book that was on the coffee table when this drawing fell out:
Pretty good isn’t it? Guess who drew it? Guess who just dashed it off, didn’t even show me, then stuck it in a book like it wasn’t any big deal. My husband, 37, that’s who!
Just Being Methodical?
As you can see 37 can draw! But when I gushed over it, he simply shrugged it off — explaining that he’s not a good artist at all — he’s merely methodical. Methodical eh? Well, I’m methodical too, but when I tried to copy his drawing, it turned out like this:
I think I might need to re-read the definition of methodical.
Unused Creativity Coming Out of His Ears!
Anyway, 37 is a wonderful artist and painter and wood-carver. When I first met him he had an entire room in his apartment dedicated to all things creative. He was designing and building a chess table, putting together a model of the U.S. Constitution, painting, sketching and carving wood.
Then he decided he wanted to go back to school to be an engineer. After that, work and the demands of life took over. And he forgot about his creative side. But sometimes I’ll find his sketches here and there. Stuck in random places . . .
My Laughter Addiction
I came to terms with my lousy drawing abilities years ago. And I would have given up trying to draw all together if I weren’t addicted to the sound of the laughter I get whenever I hold up my latest creation for my family to see.
I only wish I would have kept my infamously inept drawing of a woman wearing a beret so I could show you.
I’ll try to describe it. I drew a lady wearing a beret with a feather in it. (Well I guess it wasn’t that hard to describe.) Only somehow the feather looked more like a piece of bacon. When I showed it to my daughter, Nikki, who was about 8, she took her pencil and quickly improved upon it by drawing another piece of bacon and an egg and presto! The lady I drew was no longer wearing a beret, but a Denny’s breakfast platter.
- “Could somebody pass me the beret, I’m starving!”
Luckily the kids inherited all their “drawing ability” from 37. PHEW! That was a close one!
My Brain, Peanuts
Here’s another picture I drew. It’s actually a self-portrait of me and my brain, Peanuts. You see, one day, just out of the blue, my brain decided it wanted a nickname and came up with Peanuts. I didn’t want to be rude and tell it no, so now my brain insists I refer to it as Peanuts. I guess you could say my brain has its heart set on it. (Peanut’s humor, not mine.)
It turns out Peanuts can’t draw either.
Well at least I’m not the only one in the family who can’t draw.
Until next time . . . I love you
Oh my goodness. I laughed so hard I am practically wheezing. Thanks for the delight this morning. Keep drawing…you’ve almost got it.
Averyanne! Wheezing is always good! And I promise to keep drawing until my very last wheeze!! ha!
I dunno Linda, I think your version of 37′s drawing is much better than his! Perhaps I will come back later when I get my galsses on to take a 2nd look!
Haha! No need to come back with your glasses on Ginger. First impressions are always right!
I will say Peanuts did a good job on your hair! I was laughing out loud at work looking at 37′s drawing compared to yours. The chin is especially funny. Are you sure you weren’t trying to draw Jay Leno?
I don’t what happened. All I know is I was giving it my best effort! You’re right he does look like Jay Leno if Jay Leno were a cartoon alien.
Hi,
Wow, 37 drawing is fantastic, really nice work.
Your drawing, well let’s just say that you did a lot better than what I would of done, I’m only good at stick figures.
Love the peanut hair.
Oh and thank you for the mention as well, I hope WP will get all these problems sorted out quickly if not sooner.
37 really is a very good artist. I just wish he would do more of it!! Haha! Stick figures . . .I can do those ok, I think . . .maybe!
And I’m keeping my fingers crossed that WP will get it’s act together as soon as possble. Thanks for all your help Mags!
Yes I got an email from you in spam but thought it was just a one thing quirk…I scanned the message quickly but didn’t read it all.because I thought since I approved it..it would turn up in my email but it didn’t… p.s. Your husband is quite the artist …I am worse than you at ‘pretending’ ever to draw…so I don’t pretend very often…Diane
Wouldn’t it be fun to be able to draw lilke that? Gosh if I had that ability I’d a drawing fool! HA!
Oh shoot! It ended up in your spam huh. Well I’m glad I put that in the post today because you can’t communicate with anybody if it keeps going to SPAM! Hope they get it fixed soon!
Linda, you should know that I went to lunch today with Lily and my son and my iPad. On the drive home I was telling them how much you crack me up and then I pulled out this post and, well, they laughed loud and long! They kept handing it back and forth to each other in hysterics. We must have driven 5 miles before the laughter died down.
Thanks for making our outing so much fun!
“Could somebody pass me the beret, I’m starving!” LOL!!! I think this should be the title of the book you’re going to write or draw? I’ll want an autographed copy.
Oh Lisa really? Oh that makes me so happy! I just knew god wouldn’t have given me such a horrible writing talent for nothing! You laughed for 5 miles? That’s about the best compliment I ever got! Oh I can’t wait to tell my family about this because they will really get a kick out of it! And you took your Ipad to lunch LOL!!
Two thoughts:
(1) One of your comments on my blog went to Spam, too. Dang..I meant to tell you! I couldn’t figure out what you could’ve said to send it to Spam, but there ya have it.
(2) 37 is an AWESOME artist!!!! Methodical, my rear end! He’s fantastic!
Help Cathie!!! It’s me Linda!! I’m over here in Spam Cathie, I know you, you have two children, I read your wonderful blog, can I come out now?
37 is an awesome artist! Truly! But he hardly ever does it. I, on the other hand LOVE to draw! LOL! Aw, well what are you gonna do!
Hahaha! You always crack me up!
Wow – he can draw – but i I like yours too…it has its own special character…just like you
peanuts is kinda a cartoonists.. but I just got a brilliant idea from you….took it right out of your head.er Peanuts. I am going to let other people – um first of all YOU post their Artsy Brain Farts on my artsy fartsy blog.. is that a good idea? Will you do one? pleeaasseeeeee.. 
Art is the product of creative expression my BBFF – so if that is your creative expression ..it is art…. and I love your drawings.. I DO!!!
I think they reflect your free spirit and humor very well…
Oh Lizzie! On behalf of myself and My Brain Peanuts, I would be honored to have my art posted on Artsy Brain Farts! I never in a million years could have guessed that anybody would ever want to post my art! LOL! I am so touched BBFF. and thank you so much for what you said. It means the world to me Lizzie!! BBFF Cyberdaughter. Please feel free to post anything you want off my blog! (You just made my day that much better I hope you know!)
I think that while 37 did a brilliant drawing, yours brings the viewer in with its room for…interpretation.
Truly, you have broken the wall between artist and viewer!
Well, I couldn’t find the word “enigma” in this post, but after studying Marlboro Man, Take #2, I think it’s clearly implied… : P
Your drawing is excellent. 37′s is OK, but– look at that unfinished bit of jacket!– it sticks out like a sore shoulder! Yes, he definitely lost points there… : (
Your Smoker Guy, however, was practically flawless. The only part I didn’t understand was why he has that piece of bacon growing out of his cheek. What’s that? His ear?? Ah! of course– my mistake… : P
You guys should consider doing a book. I’ve got the perfect title: 37 Vs. Peanuts– It’s a Draw!! The facing pages would all have two takes on the same subject. I’m sure it would sell a billion copies!!!
Well… I can promise you it would sell one, anyway… : )
LOL!!! Yay! So that means my drawing came in first! Well it was going to be a huge enigma if I came in second because my guy doesn’t have any shoulders! I figured with a chin like that who needs anything else!