INSATIABLE said:

I so all y'all!

Here it is in our friend's home (the other painting is mine as well):


PS. At one point I will finally have my shit together enough to do a Web-exhibit (here and at the NPGU) of Prince song-inspired paintings.

INSATIABLE said:

I so all y'all!

Here it is in our friend's home (the other painting is mine as well):


PS. At one point I will finally have my shit together enough to do a Web-exhibit (here and at the NPGU) of Prince song-inspired paintings.

My Boss told me I need to smile more Whose ever heard that @ work? What am I supposed to roll oughtta bed smiling?

I was fired from my first job when i was 16 at a grocery store because i didnt smile enough!

complete strangers tell me to smile all the time. One of these days, they are going to get a smile and a "FUCK YOU".

Vendetta1 said:

Well, geez, Ivy - you only have the bestest smile in the whole world.

Vendetta1 said:

LAWD!!! I had no clue about that!

For those who have no fuckin idea WTF u talkin about:


Joy in Repetition
Acrylic on canvas
24x36"

This thread brings to mind Jermaine Jackson's performance of "Smile", which he sang at MJ's memorial performance:




Lyrics to "Smile" by Nat King Cole
Words by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons and Music by Charlie Chaplin

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though its breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, youll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
Youll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
Thats the time you must keep on trying
Smile, whats the use of crying?
Youll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Thats the time you must keep on trying
Smile, whats the use of crying?
Youll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile



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psychodelicide said:

It always makes me cry

johnart said:

WANT!

Yeah, I've been told that.

My favorite time was when a supervisor had just learned that I was interviewing with a bigger, better company. He didn't want to just come out and have that discussion with me, so he tried to act as if he were imparting some professional wisdom, master to apprentice and such.

"You should smile more, tell more jokes," were his words, I believe. (I'm not even going to get into the subtext to that mess; I'll simply allude to it.)

The irony lay in this: That day, I was wearing a tie featuring:



When I pointed this out, he just sputtered....

... and that's when I smiled for him.

PurpleRighteous1 said:

Ok, I'm thinking I might have to revisit this painting and then have it scanned so I can also make prints.

And guess what? Just to keep it relevant to the thread:

I'M SMILING!

Vendetta1 said:

LAWD!!! I had no clue about that!

For those who have no fuckin idea WTF u talkin about:


Joy in Repetition
Acrylic on canvas
24x36"

Okay, here's another question that I want to ask you all: How many of you have ever been told that you don't talk to your coworkers enough. I have heard that from several employers, and it drives me batty! The last time someone told me that, I told them, "I don't talk a whole lot to my other coworkers, because I got yelled at several times, because a boss thought I was talking too much." The person who I told that to probably thought I was lying and/or exaggerating, but I was telling the truth.

I think part of the problem is that I have a loud voice that carries, and when bosses hear me talking to someone, they think to themselves, "She's talking too much! I need to talk to her about that!" Either that, or I just pick the wrong damn times to talk to someone. On the other end of the spectrum, I have had people tell me that I don't talk enough to my co-workers. WTF, I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't.

I am very friendly and approachable to the people that I work with, but I never can seem to find a happy medium as far as what constitutes too much talking and not enough talking. So I tend to keep the conversations brief, short, and to the point. I would rather be seen as someone who may be a bit standoffish but is dependable and gets my work done, then someone who stands around gibber jabbering and wasting time, and is not getting anything done.
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psychodelicide said:

I have never been told, I do not talk enough. Ever. I am one of those...

My Boss told me I need to smile more Whose ever heard that @ work? What am I supposed to roll oughtta bed smiling?

Actually, I'm a talker. I was the kid who always had "Lynn is a Social Butterfly" in the comments section of my report card.
In my Jr. High Yearbook, my SS teacher signed it, "LynLyn- Shut up!"
My b.f. will say to me, "Can we just have quiet time now?"

But at work, I stay in my classroom during my preps and put on music and work. One of my coworkers came to me and said, "U don't like me, do U?" I looked at her like she was crazy!
She said I never talk to her. I said, "I don't talk to ANYBODY here!"
I thought it was weird that she felt the need to walk up to the 3rd floor for that.

ThreadBare said:

Did he ask you to tap dance with a watermelon under each arm too???

When I was a waitress people used to tell me that shit ALLL the time.

I'm busy, working my hustle, got a shitload of drinks memorized and ya'll fools want me floating around with a goofy grin on my face to make YOU feel better. Kiss my damn grits!

When I was a waitress people used to tell me that shit ALLL the time.

I'm busy, working my hustle, got a shitload of drinks memorized and ya'll fools want me floating around with a goofy grin on my face to make YOU feel better. Kiss my damn grits!

SCNDLS said:

SCNDLS said:

That's what my sister said

She's a waitress in your area, working 2 jobs and going to school, she's tryin to make money, not buddies