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April

WTF

About Me

Artist. 30 something obnoxious, loud, crazy woman. I like people, and love to learn everything about them, except when I can't stand them. I love to make art, always. Laughing is fantastic. I want to live in a condo, a whole floor of some building with tons of windows all to myself, preferably with a view of the river or foothills. Or perhaps in Portland. The only walls required are for the bathroom, and probably the bedroom. I'm into open architecture for the time being. Oooh, and entertain, have parties, paint with people, and paint ON that special person. I want to buy a Canon 5D and learn to take photographs that aren't amateur. I want to make a movie (no, not that kind) or be an actor. If wealthy, go to college for several different degrees and BE THE MASTER OF ALL, DOER OF NONE, except doer of art of course. I want to write a book about my hilariously tragic childhood, my experiences so far as an adult, something, but some people have to die first, or they'd be pretty pissed. I don't want to be a procrastinator anymore, there's already not enough time in life to accomplish everything I want. I want to always keep my word, I frequently fail. There's much more, but maybe later. Check out my art
Your Personality Is Like Acid
A bit wacky, you're very difficult to predict.
One moment you're in your own little happy universe...
And the next, you're on a bad trip to your own personal hell!
At your best: You understand the world completely, and every ordinary experience is sublime.
What people like about being around you: You say and do the craziest things. You're very entertaining.
What people dislike about being around you: You're unpredictable. Your mood swings are quite intense.
How addicted people get to you: They pretty much don't get addicted to you. What Drug Is Your Personality Like?

My Interests

Learning, painting, drawing, ceramics, printing, photography, good food, picking huckleberries, pickin' asparagus, trying to snowboard, music, watching films, movies & t.v., [ laughing, talking, listening (especially with my son) ]listening to Spanish, speaking Spanish (un poco), having intelligent conversation with people smarter than me (mind sex), my computers, loving some people, and the list goes on…

I'd like to meet:

Those people in my head that won't shut up! Oh, also Piet Mondrian and Kay Rosen.

Music:

Pink Floyd, Ghostland Observatory, Interpol, Air, Cold Play, Pink Floyd, Damien Rice, The Doobie Bros., The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Did I say Pink Floyd?, Godsmack, Moby, Neil Young, Eagles, Eric Clapton, Goldfrapp, Um... PINK FLOYD, ZZ Top, Fleetwood Mac, The Cars, Stevie Ray Vaughan, She Wants Revenge, Nirvana, U2, Oh yeah, and Pink Floyd!

Movies:

The Matrix (first one's best), Sweeney Todd, Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, What Dreams May Come, FightClub, 12 Monkeys, The Silence of the Lambs, Gone in 60 sec., Alice in Wonderland, Lady in the Water, The Village, The Others, The Wall, The Shining, All Star Wars, Harry Potter movies, All the X-Men movies, most superhero & sci-fi movies.

Television:

X-Files, Surface, Law & Order SVU, Veronica Mars, Grey's Anatomy, Matlock, Perry Mason, CSI (Vegas), Lost, Prison Break, The Twilight Zone, The Simpson's, King of the Hill, maybe some more I can't remember 'cause I don't get to watch much.
You Are Marge Simpson
You're a devoted family member who loves unconditionally.

Sometimes, though, you dream about living a wild secret life!

You will be remembered for: your good cooking and evading the police

Your life philosophy: "You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head." The Simpsons Personality Test

Books:

The Four Agreements and Everyone I Know Lives On Roads
You are a Self-Discoverer
You're not religious, but you've created your own kind of spirituality.
Introspective and thoughtful, you tend to look inward for the divine.
You are distrusting of all forms of organized religion.
You especially dislike religious gurus and leaders, who you feel are charlatans. What's Your Religious Philosophy?
Your Psyche is Blue
You are deeply emotional and very connected to everything (and everyone) around you.
By simply understanding other people, you are able to help them heal and let go.
While you are a very deep and thoughtful person, you do have a very silly, superficial side.

When you are too blue: the weight of the world's problems hangs over you

When you don't have enough blue: you lack perspective and understanding What Color Is Your Psyche?

Heroes:

X-men & a few other freaks.

My Blog

Finding old written bits

Finding old written bitsEver find old stuff you wrote laying around in some pile and wonder to yourself, when did I write that and how did I forget this little bit of wisdom I tried to tell myself?Her...
Posted by April on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:51:00 PST

Here a blog, there a blog

Everywhere a blog blog. I have a new one associated with my artwork/website. Find it hereThe story:So a friend of mine had me put a website up for her business a while back, and recently asked me to ...
Posted by April on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:18:00 PST

I Invite the Storm

Many years ago I planted a maple tree. Without my notice, it grew tall and wide, reaching 70 feet high and trunk rounding eighteen. Each year its roots quietly and gently spread deeper and wider int...
Posted by April on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:46:00 PST

Algebra

Yea! Blog doesn't seem to be broken now. As for Algebra, I'm getting re-schooled because my son has a student-teacher that can't teach. Almost every night I get to re-teach him the day's lesson. Go...
Posted by April on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:13:00 PST

Broken Blog

So, not long ago I tried to post a blog five different times, but each time it returned an error. Little did I know it would be seen from my profile anyway. This is just a test to try and clear the ...
Posted by April on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:06:00 PST

Blog Blog Blog - Check out my Artwork

Nothing to say, but here's my website:April Hoff.info
Posted by April on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:02:00 PST