{"id":1571,"date":"2009-02-01T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T06:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2009-02-01T07:29:26","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T13:29:26","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-drumroll-please100featuring-up-and-coming-illustrator-katherine-siy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1571","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #….drumroll, please…100!
Featuring Up-and-Coming Illustrator, Katherine Siy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jules<\/font><\/strong>: Jump back and slap the floor seven times! It’s our 100th kicks post. Now, I have to say, that just snuck right up on me. If I were more organized, perhaps we could have planned some big celebration, but I’m just now realizing this anniversary as I type. Just think: One hundred weeks of reflections on the beautiful things (starting way back here<\/strong><\/a> in March of 2007). I love it. <\/p>\n

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Anyway, yes, welcome to our weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. Absolutely anyone, of course, is welcome to list kicks — even if, or especially<\/em> if, you’ve never done so before.<\/p>\n

\"Verisimilitude<\/p>\n

Since it’s the first Sunday of the month, we’re here to welcome a student or newly-working illustrator. This week’s artist, Katherine Siy<\/strong><\/a>, falls into the latter category, having recently graduated from California’s Art Center College of Design<\/strong><\/a>. Katherine is cruisin’ now—literally, near Mexico—so she’s not able to stop by and say howdy, but if you like what you see, you can keep up with her at the “news”<\/strong><\/a> portion of her site. Since she’s a bit shy talking about her own work, I’m not entirely certain what her plans are, but there is a link to some children’s illustrations<\/strong><\/a> at her site, as well as some of the editorial and exhibition pieces shown here today. <\/p>\n

Thanks to Katherine for stopping by, and we wish her happiness and success in her illustration career. <\/p>\n

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* * * Jules’ kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n

\"Go,I think I’m going to leave a long list of seven kicks to Eisha, assuming she has some this week. I promise that I can always find seven simple joys, beginning with my health and happiness and the health and happiness of my family. And I can especially do so during a ONE-HUNDREDTH KICKS ANNIVERSARY! YAY RAH! But, honestly, I just had a frustrating week rather absent of any<\/em> kind of grace on my part. I will quickly add these things, though: Congratulations to Shadra Strickland<\/strong><\/a>, pictured to the left and featured here<\/strong><\/a> in May of last year, for winning the John Steptoe New Talent award this week (first female to win, damn skippy) at the big ‘ol ALA awards (Shadra will stop by for a breakfast interview soon-ish to chat); thanks to reader John E. Simpson for giving us a blog award<\/strong><\/a> and for the nice things he said (my favorite part being, “the people who frequent {7-Imp} are so nice<\/em> \u2014 that I just can\u2019t look in the other direction”); and thanks to Farida<\/strong><\/a> for listening and being my friend. <\/p>\n

Here’s one kick — this fabulous book I read this week (thanks to Colleen<\/strong><\/a> for the tip). A thing of beauty it is. More to come on it: <\/p>\n

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* * * eisha’s kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n

100? Seriously? Does that mean we’ve each posted 700-ish Kicks over the past couple of years? That’s kind of cool.<\/p>\n

1* Oh, that art. Very very nice.<\/p>\n

2* When it’s -17 degrees outside, it is super-handy to have friendly neighbors in the same building. I’ve hung out with the Poets Upstairs a few times over the past few weeks, and we’re making plans for another movie-viewing. I can be sociable and avoid the dangerous skin-freezing weather at the same time!<\/p>\n

3* My boss gave me a pair of boots that she’s only worn once and realized she probably won’t again, even though they’re awesome. She has also promised to leave me her Doc Martens<\/strong><\/a> collection in her will. It’s substantial – I’ve counted eight pairs so far. I love my boss.<\/p>\n

Looking out over Ithaca from Cornell\u2019s Libe Slope at sunset4* I really, really love snow.<\/p>\n

5* I live in a very pretty place. It looks good in snow.<\/p>\n

6* As I type this, I’m on a bus to New York City to join my husband who’s already there on business, and hopefully we’re going to see some theatre tonight. It was a very last-minute spontaneous thing, and I love that I live close enough to the city to be able to do that.<\/p>\n

7* Really, though, I was supposed to work this weekend. When I couldn’t get anyone else to cover my shift, my boss took it for me. I tried to protest but she wouldn’t have any of it, saying she’d fire me if I didn’t go, because life is short and should be enjoyed. Have I mentioned how much I love my boss? I am so lucky to have a job at all, especially one I love, and even more lucky to work with the incredible people I do.<\/p>\n

Bonus Kick: That John E. Simpson! How sweet. And all of ya’ll too. Thanks for Kicking with us for 100 posts. Here’s to the next 100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jules: Jump back and slap the floor seven times! It’s our 100th kicks post. Now, I have to say, that just snuck right up on me. If I were more organized, perhaps we could have planned some big celebration, but I’m just now realizing this anniversary as I type. Just think: One hundred weeks of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seven-good-things-before-monday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}