Its winter in Portland! Rain, few snow, Pea coat, scarf, winter cap, high tops, gloves, and hot chocolate. I had to install fender on my bike... Did I mention I bought a new bike? Now I have two bikes. My first bike, Hermes, yes, my boyfriend named it for me. I told him I wanted to name it Mercury or something along speed in the Greek or Roman mythology, he said Hermes is cuter. Though it can sound like herpes if you say it real fast. I named my new bike, Peri, he's a race bike with low handle bar. He is also much lighter, that means I can go faster on him. I name Peri after the the Persian name for angels. Anyways, my Seattle Marathon was fantastic. I beat my LA marathon record by 1 minute. I really thought I was falling behind, but I guess I run better in colder weather. It was still a torture though. I don't recommend it to everyone. I was disappointed that Seattle only has bus public transportation, no street car or train or subway whatsoever (except the lame monorail that only has one stop). I've been working on some gallery work for this up coming show in downtown Portland. In the mean time I wanted to get back on my gouache paint, so I did some color test with portraits of my friends and peers. Here are few.... and more to come!
I'm also working on my website, revamping it with a different name. Edwardjuan.com is stolen by some jerk. I'll let you know once I have everything running again. I haven't write HTML and javascript in such a long time. So it may take me a while.
Oh yeah! I'm going home, Toronto, for Christmas! Its been about a year since I saw my family. So if anyone is gonna be in town (Mr. Tom Knott and Jon Klassen???) please don't hesitate to give me a call. We'll pick up a drink at the Green Room or hang out at the Kensington Market. I miss Toronto!
Also I got to hang out few times with Chantelle (Brigette's sister) and her boy, Dylan, here's their cute website.
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