renée michele andolina

2009. ready?

me? yes, terribly. i feel it’s going to be a good one, the year i mean, not today. I have no plans yet…and I honestly don’t really care.

In the next 2 weeks i will be putting myself on a drawathon, and getting much needed work done before the semester begins. im halfway done with grad school, and it feels great. I am already sick of the winter and hoping for spring to pop up sooner than later.

Below is a drawing of my buddy Jimmy, with his laptop, watching weird videos and looking at sex position websites:

www.reneemichele.net

it’s finally up and running, the new layout and all.

check it out!

http://www.lomography.com/holga/ i will love you forever!! 

I currently have 2 new books that I would like to read:

I just read SPOOK:SCIENCE TACKLES THE AFTERLIFE , also by Mary Roach. So I could just keep up with the death theme, or go onto this other book I have been sooo wanting to read, which is about circus freaks. And you all know how much I love circus stuff. Any suggestions on which to read first?

I updated this on a daily basis? Yea, things have been hectic over by me. In the next week or two expect the new website up, and new work for upcoming shows.I promise this time.

i felt it…
at that first time you stared at me outside the mall.
on the floor in his house, staring at each other with sinatra playing.
at the carnival, you told me it was the happiest day of your life.
in your eyes.
laying on the ground in the woods, looking up at the stars.
resting my head on your lap on the bus, i opened my eyes and you were looking down at me.
those times you me in the street to get my attention.
when you hugged me on the floor of the grass under the tree to keep me from freezing.
when you waited for me outside the bathroom dorms with those eyes.
when you held my hand in the taxi, to keep my world from spinning.
when we kissed on the train, and everything blurred.
when you told me i was capable of loving so deep.
when i kissed you in the car at four in the morning.
when we drove to montauk in the pouring rain.
trying to keep warm in the hotel bedroom, we were the only occupants.
the night we drove to pirate’s cove, and you sang to me.
the night we smoked green tea and spent hours in the diner talking and sipping on tea.
the night you told me you were leaving, and we will see each other again soon.
the night i drove us to the beach, i held your hand and climbed up the mountain.
when you touched me in the car, and bit the seat.
those kisses that took me away from everything.
when you yelled to me “we are more than friends and you know that” outside the school.
that day we sat on the swings and talked about nothing.
the night you finally kissed me at the show.
when i saw a post on the zoo board looking for a girl named renee.
the night we drank on the bleachers, and you held my hand on the ride home.
the night you cried your eyes out when your cat was screaming of death.
when we walked out of starbucks, holding hands.
the night you drove me around to look at christmas lights.
walking onto the frozen lake of lake george.
drinking hot chocolate in that dead diner of that dead town.
when i told you i would go anywhere with you.
that night we saw a fire from the window, and walked to see what it was.
when we were in the bar i went to kiss you on the cheek, you turned your face and met my lips.
the night you tried to drive in the snow storm to come to the island to see me.
the day you made me chicken parm and lit a table with candles.
the night you told me there was something wrong with you, and I told you it didn’t matter.
the day you held my hand and kissed me under that tree.
that time in the clubhouse we kissed on the count of three.
when you threw me into the dorm showers with all my clothes on and kissed me.
that time you didn’t care what anyone said about me.
the drive to the lake in the dead of winter.
the day you opened your heart and exposed your feelings.
the moments that left me, never given a chance to take them in once more than a single breath.

Turkey week, which means long break, which means get a ton of work done.

I finished my graphic book, finally! This semester’s almost over and I have 2 big shows coming up as well. The new website is ALMOST done, and I am going to make a goal of getting it up and running by this weekend. Thanks to my buddy Jimmy who more advanced than me at html coding.

Take a look at some of the pages below from the book. You can click on them to view larger images:

A few things happening in the next few months! First off, I am getting back to my colored roots and going back to pink and purple hair in 2 days! I cannot stand the basic brown and hopefully will never go back again, it’s just not me.

Another thing is that my website redesign is coming along great, and I also got some help from a very nice friend who knows a little more about web codes than I do. So I am shooting for the end of the month to get this new site up as long as my HW doesn’t get in the way

Upcoming duel show will be announced in February with a very good friend of mine Krista Biedenbach which will feature Valentine’s Day themed work as well as collaborations. Stay tuned for more info on this! I am also working on more shows after December with new artwork and hopefully more handmade wallets and other goodies.

I am glad this sememster is almost over. I am glad it is cold out. I am glad I can enjoy hot chocolate. I am glad i got some sweet new boots for the kickin’ weather.

However, I am NOT glad that I am getting up at 4am Tuesday morning to drive some buddies of mine to the airport. you know who you are!

I’ll post some new sketches tomorrow, and upcoming ideas.

reminds me of a time in my life many years ago.