but I’ll mention a few things:
- I’m so proud to have Jamie as my friend…she’s strong, beautiful, talented, smart, sassy and an all around great friend…today she made me really impressed – just say’n…
- For some reason I feel re-motivated …or something like that
- Tuesday night I was in my new(ish) studio for over four hours. I started out with the intent to work but ended up doing some SERIOUS organizational stuff…IT WAS AWESOME…and I LOVE my new studio. Once I hang my super cool green curtains I’ll try to remember to bring my camera along to snap a photo or two…I don’t think you all could believe how many wonderful art goodies I have…I’m practically jealous of myself!!!
- I’m more scatter brained now than I feel like I’ve ever been while feeling, ultimately, quite happy
- That being said, some people are really driving me nuts…I’m trying to be cool about it, but I’m just gonna fall back on this “getting older” thing – I’m LOOSING MY PATIENCE…by the fist fulls!
- I don’t make art…I’ve hardly made much art in 4 years. This.is.SHIT. This is also about to change.
- My doodles a day got bamboozled. February made me shiver, with ever doodle I didn’t deliver…bad news on the school step, I couldn’t take up my pen…(did you hear it? American Pie? Anybody? No?…ok)
- I don’t love school right now, but it’s mostly because I’m not JUST in school…if I were, I think I’d be high as a kite in love with it…I cannot wait to TEACH in a school…especially at the college level…I’m already designing a film class I’d love to do – film & literature…a review and discussion class between the written and filmed version of the same story. YAY!
- My kitties, Ernie and Ozzie, got hair cuts…both my boys look ADORABLE…Ernie got a little green coat too…he looked like a Scottie with it on…un believably cute…
- In three weeks (including this current week) I have had three vet visits with one more to come next week…first Sasha (who is doing alright despite having a completely ABNORMAL SHAPED HEART, my precious) and Ozzie twice with one more to go…he’s got a wicked eye ulcer that’s healing SLOWLY…now he has a cone on his head poor love. I’ve got to say though, he’s been a snuggle bug to the 20th degree and I’m not complaining…even though I torture him with eye ointment, he still loves me
- Just when I’m thinking I cannot wait to get to California to live again…someone from California starts flirting with me…I smile at the flattery of it all, and then think “I AM NOT SO CRAZY TO EVER GET INTO ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH…and then I watch Pride and Prejudice and remind myself that I am, in fact, just that crazy. *sigh*
- For the first time in a long time I think if I weren’t as busy as I am now, I would like to try dating again…nope, never mind…I’m too busy to even think such ridiculous things…
- I watch P&P like it’s a weekly requirement, and I cry EVERY TIME…especially at the part when Mr Darcy tells Lizzy that he loves her, “most ardently”. That is my second favorite part of the movie…can you guess what my first favorite is?
- Tomorrow I’m knitting/crocheting with Amanda and Bethany on our lunch break…yeah, you can call me a nerd, but I don’t mind, in fact I like it.
- Two days ago a ridiculously gorgeous woman came up to talk with me…she came with me to stand in line for coffee…she handed me a card she had quickly scribbled something down on and passed it to me, winked and said “call me” as she walked away…the whole thing made me blush/smile/laugh all at once…then I read the card. She wrote: “You look fierce and cute, we could use someone like you as bate”…she is part of a roller derby team…she wasn’t asking me out, she was inviting me to try out for the team. HA HA..I was then both a little crushed and flattered…sorry my friend, I had to give up dreams of being a derby girl for a few years while I focus on injury free RUNNING… *sigh* I’m not sure I could do it now anyway – not while I’m in school…plus, I’d need some sweet skates…
- are you still reading this? if you are, leave a comment (it can be anon if you prefer) – I have no idea how many people ACTUALLY read this thing sometimes…it’d be nice to get a little survey…
- yesterday I almost made my hair fro – today I rocked it out big and dark and curly and it was AWESOME…now I’m waiting for the perfect event to REALLY rock it out big and curly WITHOUT HOLDING BACK…I can’t wait. now that I know my hair can do this…oo la la SASSY!!!
- Audrey got a sweet little write up in the New York Times (thanks Hill for the heads up!) today and it TOTALLY made my morning
- Tangerine, my female beta, is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS and everyone near my office LOVES her…I need to get some video of her up on youtube…why? I don’t know, cause I have nothing posted on youtube maybe?
- I need to go to bed…
Anyway…this list could go on for hours…kinda stream of conciousness tonight, sorry folks…I’m just really excited AND nervous about everything going on right now and my mind is just one jumbled mess. I need to start adding photos to this thing…to keep it interesting…I also need to redesign this bitch like my life depends on it because it’s SOOOO BORING! I know what I want it to look like (finally), now I just need to draw some of the elements and do some big mash up in photoshop…ah…you know, in all my “spare time”.
I LOVE YOU ALL…I love my life even though it’s f’ing CRAZY sometimes…I love the derby chick for making me blush…I love Flirty in CA for making me think…I love memories from my past keeping me WISE (some might say jaded …I love my friends for being so totally awesome and I love my cats for being the sweetest fluff balls to ever snuggle me in this world…may god and/or the cosmos protect my little babies (and Jamie’s little fur ball) tonight and always.
KEEP ON KEEPING ON PEOPLE! CHEERS!!!
Promises promise…I knew you’d never keep…
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 10:25 pmOK, that’s a song from WAY back in my day. ANYWAY…I know in recent posts I’ve mentioned my “Doodle a Day” daily creative assignment and that at the end of each week, on Sundays, I would post the weeks worth of doodles.
I haven’t done so yet because I’m still figuring out WordPress and working out the kinks here and there for my sight. Also, I haven’t found the time yet to scan them in properly and prep them for viewing…but once I do that, I promise that I’ll be posting them! PICTURES ARE COMING SOON!
While, it isn’t anything *amazing*, I am very happy with the progress I’ve been making with my doodles a day. I used the word doodle because it was keeping it both light on the expectation realm and also open ended enough that it could be anything. The first one is a water color painting, then there are some marker drawings and cut outs and silly things as well as more serious attempts at sketching. All in all I’d say there is a wide range of material going into this project and THAT is what keeps me excited and energized to keep working on it.
I think at the end of the year, when I bind these puppies up, it’s going to be a really exciting finished piece to have…I’m very much looking forward to continuing to add to it daily and let my mind wander while I work without being too critical or hard on myself (for once).
Anyway, I’ve also lost some blogs that I used to read. By “lost” I mean “they are no longer blogging” and I’m searching for blogs to take their place. If you read my blog and maintain a blog/livejournal or what have you and would like to share, please do so! I LOVE following people that update regularily. That being said, I have to throw a shout out to Haley Nagy at haleynagy.com who has been really diligent about updating her blog daily with wonderful little tid bits on many things creative and exciting in her life. If you, my dear readers, are looking for additional blogs to follow, please visit Haley’s as well as some others I listed in my sidebar as sites for people I know. I feel so lucky to know such wonderful, inspiring and energetic people…it’s fun to see what everyone is up to!
Cheers and more updates to come, so keep checking back!
ALSO- feedback on how my new site is looking to you (and suggestions or ideas for my ever changing site) are welcome, so please do not hesitate to leave a comment with your thoughts!
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