Every Friday Sinus Man and some mates, who are known affectionately as the girlfriends
meet at Celtic Corner for a drink or two
Now this whole thing is shrouded in mystery
as whenever we ask what was discussed we are met with nada, nothing, no details
we assume they speak the universal language of men
and grunt at each other and discuss sports type things
while affectionately slinging rubbish in that way that men do when they truly care
Phants and I have discussed that maybe it is all a bit more mysterious
and have spent many an afternoon wondering what may be going down at the bar
Phantom Steve thinks they sometimes sit, have tea and cakes and braid each other's hair
or maybe have a little shrine built to the oracle that is Taylor Swift
or they all secretly speak Russian and discuss complex maths problems,
ways to hack governments, who killed JFK,
how to launch a low cost airline that is actually viable long term
or perhaps they are just having a knitting circle while pondering life's big questions
I tend to think they lean towards scratching their nether parts while burping
or perhaps plotting their takeover of the cricket commentary from the current blokes
of course maybe they are discussing tools and home repairs
which is mildly hilarious as I don't know that Scary is any better in this area than Sinus
I have fond memories of the pair of them trying to assemble a bbq
it took forever and a day and required many beers while the air turned blue
having said that I may be selling a few of the girlfriends short
as I know have no clue whether Brian, Niall or Jase are secretly adept in such areas
and I have no clue because the first rule of girlfriend club
is, of course, never discuss girlfriend club
The fact that I was allowed to do a quick sketch of the bar for Christmas cards from Sinus
feels kind of huge... and they look kind of cool if I do say so myself
The girlfriends meet up today for the last drinks before Christmas
and I feel mildly honoured to have been allowed to have had any small part
of the sacred and mysterious goings on of the men folk
plus I got to use my new Japanese watercolours
which are all sorts of cool and have fabulous strong colours
I do like the large pans, and I also discovered Fineline Masking fluid pens this week
dear god where have these little beauties been my whole life
I have been masking anything that sits still on my desk
well except for this sketch
and the one of the golf club I am drawing up for Sinus' work cards
and the sketch of the watercolours
so maybe I haven't been using the masking fluid so much at all it turns out
But overestimating masking fluid use aside
I have had fun doing some more structured sketching for the cards
I am enjoying the different style and concentration that it requires
and it is a nice distraction from trying to work out how to put up my post on Monday
which will contain my interview and giveaway for Soul Food 2015
Had I told you all that i was teaching at Soul Food next year?
well I am and I had to do a filmed interview
which in typical me fashion was shot with the ipad the wrong way round
and is slightly off centre and has led to much teasing from Sinus and Phants
regarding my apparently gloriously nasal tones
nasal tones aside I will be running a giveaway for a place in the whole course
so swing by Monday to enter and have a giggle at my chemo tinged spikes called hair
in the mean time I am off to finish the clubhouse painting... happy painting all...xx