Russel Brand's School of Vocabulary

This past Monday I followed an impulse to buy Russell Brand's autobiography, My Booky Wook, and it's so goody wood I can hardly stand it. It's a joyride. It's lighthearted. It's incandescent. It's naughty. It's a vocabulary lesson. I haven't whizzed through a book this fast in the longest time. Though I'm always reading it in close vicinity to dictionary.com, and I'm constantly pausing myself to look words up like vertiginous, pejorative, vitriolic and priapic. I love it! I'm always laughing and eager to learn a new word. It should always be this fun to learn stuff.
So, I've come up with a plan (that I'll start when I'm through with this blog post) to make learning vocabulary even more awesome. Since I've always entertained the thought of having a 'word of the day', and since I really could be putting more time into making art, I'm going to fill up my empty sketchbook with words and drawings to associate them with. This excites me. I'll post pictures of the fruits of my labor soon enough. For now, here's a picture of my inspiration :)

The Moon and Stars

It's not the most common thing in the world for me to be inspired to post a blog entry, but I am right now, so I'm rollin' with the feelin' and doin' it! I find that some of my best journal entries are spontaneous, unplanned ones with unknown destinations. It's fun to document a train of thought and then to read it back later on down the line and to observe what's the same and what's different about the way my neurons fire.
Wow, so I could hardly believe how bright the moon was last night. It was really really beautiful. All of the clouds were illuminated, and at 3am it looked like it was about to be dawn. The only thing close to being a downside about the moon being full is that the stars get washed out from all that light. But honestly, I hardly ever look at the stars like I used to. I used to love making an event out of stargazing every night. It's amazing how many shooting stars make them selves known on a nightly basis if you're willing to be patient and if your neck can hold your head back long enough without cramping up.
Welll, I should go take my shower. I think a reading session is in order after that. And maybe some night sky observation on the balcony with some candles. A romantic evening of self. The moon should be even brighter tonight than it was yesterday.