Girlfriend Club

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