Wetting down the kitties...
Some people pet, I wet...
It was 100 degrees in my apartment last night, even with the a/c on 24/7. Driving to a teeth-cleaning appt. in Encino last night, my car temp registered a whopping 118 degrees. The wind was horrible, and when I arrived home after the short walk from the car (and from the dentist office) I felt like my skin had 3rd degree burns (of course it didn't, but touching my arm, my skin was extremely hot!)
I'm glad my 21-year-old is still eating, I worry about her in this heat. I was supposed to visit my parents today but called it off. Just going to stay home and do small projects around the house instead. Too hot to do ANYTHING much! I might call off a visit to Long Beach tomorrow to visit the ex and his wife if this heat continues.
It's so weird. It feels like the Apocalypse or something (I'm not religious, but this global warming extreme weather stuff is just so bizarre). CNN is practically the "extreme-weather" channel these days. Flipping through cable channels, it seems at least a fourth of them are devoted to stories about extreme weather. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical cyclones, heatwaves, you-name-it it's happening!
On another note, I just called Karl Johnson after sending his wife info on the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Seems he has the sculpture garden on Radford at the CBS studios project wrapped up, however the big fourth of July unveiling is slightly altered. Instead of all of the sculptures being unveiled to the public, six sculptures will be situated in the VIP room (the head of the studios has conferred with the Studio City chamber of commerce and came up with this compromise, as they are busy filming on soundstage 10 where the sculptures were to be placed). What a coup for Karl! Now if he could just get the LACAC involved (they don't have any opportunities posted now, but Karl needs a lot of prep - such as a website - first anyhow).
I found out about LACAC while researching Lola Scarpitta's artist parents. Salvatore Scarpitta did the same thing my great-grandfather did, sculpture and bas-relief on the outside of buildings. Please read the wikipedia on Salvatore (I wish it would get into more detail). Info about Leo Castelli is very interesting too.
I should call Diana Zlotnick back today, and my friend fussboots. Are you reading this fussy?
The apartment I'm losing (whole building getting evicted).
