4 April 2019 Thursday

[KathyB]

If my e-mail is to be believed, it is National Burrito Day today. That is probably a holiday made up by Qdoba, but it worked, because it got me thinking of burritos for lunch, and I went out and got one. They weren't that busy, either.

Other than that, I can't find much that is happening today. It is the birthday of Robert Downey Jr. and Natasha Lyonne, along with a whole bunch of Canadian hockey players and Australian footballers. It is also Senegalese independence day and Angolan peace day.

[scenicdesign71]

Chipotle agrees, according to the text they sent me yesterday touting free delivery in honor of the "holiday".  So if it's made-up, it's an industry-wide conspiracy, which... well, yay consistency, I guess.  (I wasn't able to take advantage of the offer, but I'll probably grab a burrito when I get back into town, because yum).

Mme. Sec'y has wrapped for the season, but last week I worked for a few days on a new pilot (fun work: overpainting several oversized [reproduction] Goyas, for color-correction and brushstroke-y goodness, plus age, varnish and craquelure).  Now I'm in Montauk for a couple days working on some reshoots for a different show, and a few weeks from now I might be starting yet another painting gig, this one on a major new movie musical.  All of which sounds glamorous, but it's really, really not; even the Goyas weren't altogether as fun as they should've been, due largely to exhaustion (though time pressure played a role too).  I'm feeling apprehensive about diving into another several months of this without a real break since MS wrapped, and also guilty about feeling apprehensive.

Still, the ocean here really is sapphire blue, as Little Edie says.

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[Chris L]

You did a marvelous job color correcting that ocean, @scenicdesign71.  I'd almost believe it was real.  

[scenicdesign71]

Fixed it.   

Like I said, exhaustion.  Hopefully the Goyas came out a little less... overzealous.   

Happy birthday, @Chris L !