Talk to the Goat
Like they say in Monty Python's "The Life of Brian" Always look on the bright side of life! Good attitude Jay. Next time take pics though. I'm ahveing a hard time visualizing your potato. Maybe I need an interpreter. LOL Have a good one hun and keep plugging along. What's next by the way?
TG
WOW , I took that in high school and I liked ceramics better too, then one persons piece would explode in the kiln and wreck all the other pieces, you would have shards all over your sad clown that you painted for hours......sad
I like the new look 
all red
Ah, pushy, stuck-up assholes, you should've taken the wheel, stood up and started some kindof revolution...chant with me now "take the wheel, take the wheel, we are taking the WHEEEEEEEL"
Tommy, I have no idea what's next...any ideas? I totally feel the pressure now that this is a weekly thing.
Hey love the new 'do' lovely
apples
Every day I pour milk from a jug that Emily and I painted blue with white stars (quelle surprise, moi and stars)and every day it reminds me of what a nice time we had at Michaels when they still did the paint-it-yourself thing. Of course the fact that we painted it enthusiastically in June and didn't pick it up until October continually slips my mind. Emily and I are both in-the-moment guys.
I actually used to go to pottery club back in school. All we'd do is sit around and make whatever. I never got good at it, but it was fun making strange figurines (I was about 13) while everyone else was doing pots and sculptures.
Sherri: crazy AND articulate. High on glaze fumes? Far out! Next date: rent a room.
We did clay in highschool but we moved before I was ever allowed near the exalted wheel. I do remember some inept folks not centering their piece properly and bits flying around the room but then I could be making that up too - it's been over 30 years after all and the mind is starting to go.
Yes but did he nuzzle your neck?
I know exactly what you mean about pottery. Except for the spoon rest and hot-pot rest I made in Girl Scouts when I was ten, any skill at pottery has escaped me. It is the only art/craft at which I never gained at least a little expertise, and it made me mad!
Awwwhhh, the glaze fumes!
Doing the wheel is soooooo much fun! And I'm terribly sorry you didn't get a chance to try it.
We did it in high school, and I loved it.
Yep I would say the pressure is on! LOL
Had to laugh at this- I go to pottery every week and so far all I have to show for it are a few mis-shapen tiles! I have been allowed on the mystical wheel but all I succeeded in making was a huge mess (of me, the clay and the floor). It is a laugh though!
I took pottery in High School and loved using the wheel.
I have to tell you that even though these things aren't working out as you'd hoped, I think it's cool that you are trying them.
ha ha ha ha ha!!!! *clutches my chest in pain* HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
Gawd this brings back SUCH memories of my 6th grade pottery kook teacher!!
I think we've learned two lesson here. The lesson being that Hollywood lies to us and Art people are NUTS.
Great post!
My husband wants to take salsa lessons. Perhaps I should have him read your post first...
No WHEEL?!! You were robbed, babe! You were robbed! I'd have demanded my money back...or better yet, gathered up my fellow classmates and started some sort of revolt.
...uhm...yeah, I probably would have done the same as you. Save that, right before making my exit, I would have run up to said wheel and put one of my amateur fingerprints smack dab in the center of it ;p
Gee I'm jealous!! I want to do some sexy pottery class.
The lack of the wheel definitely cuts down on the whole Ghost-like eroticism of pottery! You both are nothing if not adventurous with your date nights!
Why not try an organized "Ghost Walk". They have them all over the place. Plus, it's Halloween! BTW, love your blog.
dear. does it have to be an educational date night? I say pick up your cameras... take a photo class together.
no naked shots at home... :shifty:
thumb pots can be very useful you can put lots of um very small things in them
when i was a kid i had a potters wheel alibi a battery operated one it was a disaster and a half - clay whizzed accross the room as my mother shrieked it got put at the back of the cupboard after that
Love the new look!!
I'd like to let you know that I am thoroughly enjoying your date posts and I hope to incorporate them into date nights of my own! Keep on trooping and keep sharing!
Sometimes a shared disaster can be as bonding as a shared good time. And it sounds like your clay interpreter built a bond between you that is strong and enduring. Maybe not positive as far as Sherri was concerned, but.
Ok, that's pottery off the list for me. Thank you for making the sacrifice.
Something tells me Miss 'Clay-interpretor' (Good God!) has been spending too much time in a non-ventilated area with the glazes.
How come you didnt get to keep those plates?
I took pottery in college. Yes, for credit. For a couple years. I had to take a whole semester long class of the handbuilding stuff before I was allowed to use the wheel! and then luckily, a friend in art school (majoring in ceramics/pottery) taught me how to use it. Or I might still be pounding away on my clay egg. (which looked more like a giant Hershey Kiss, to be honest)
I took pottery as part of an elective for my art education class. I too know your pain... it feels like it takes years to create anything that wouldn't be an ashtray, and the bad thing is ashtrays are SO pass-ey now. Did you guys at least get a few laughs in? A bunch of us snuck onto the wheels when the teacher wasn't watching, it really does take some practice to get that speed demon figured out. But at least I have a lot of ashtrays and crappy pots for many gifts to come! haha
Maybe if pottery also included twirling and showing off the panties, it'd be more exciting.
I took a pottery class in high school once. The first day sounded exactly what you just wrote. Needless to say I dropped the class.
How about woodworking or auto repair. Tools baby, tools!
TG
Sherri seems to have made a smockery out of your date night...
I will most definitely be heeding your warning about the complete lack of romance in pottery classes. At least in the naked gun movies they had fun doing it. Boo pottery.
That sucks 
Lemme know where this place is so I can stay away!!
I love your wishful thinking, though!
Love the new outfit! You and Jason should find other things to play with on date night.
LOL, I've taught pottery and I've taken pottery classes. And yes, it does require patience and, no, handbuilding skills are not necessarily a prerequisite for throwing on the wheel. But trust me, it takes some practice to get clay centered on the wheel. The first time my husband came upon me while I was still learning, my whole ball of clay slid off the wheel and flung itself with gusto towards my beloved. Unfortunately it only landed at his feet....oh well, better aim next time, I thought. See what you did? Brought back memories.
The best date I ever went on involved coffee at a diner and then sitting outside the diner in my car all night talking until the sun rose. I ended up marrying the guy! (But not that night of course.)
can you believe to this day i have never seen ghost?
i'm loving your date nights, even if you're not so sure about them.
The movie ghost has been completely ruined for me, because when I was in high school I let a friend pluck my eyebrows while watching it.
Basically, she scarred me. Like tore out chunks of my flesh instead of just hairs. So now, 10 years later, I have sad little brows that refuse to grow in. Granted, I had man eyebrows before, but the movie Ghost will always remind me of searing pain, twitches, and near blindness.
Ghost was ruined for me cos I watched it with my parents when I was about 14. Talk about cringeworthy. I havent had the heart to watch it since.
You inspire me to try and start a date night with my SO.
my next question after "the wheel" would have been "when do we get our money back"?
I'll give you $10 for your plate
If you REALLY want to keep your panties to yourself, might I suggest keeping them in your coat pocket?
I love these posts, makes me realize that sitting in and watching NCIS can be just as exciting.
Good thing she's not a flight instructor!
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