As I listen to Harry Potter Bk. 5 on tape and multitask as best I can, I am multitasking in my head, as well. A list, for you (b/c I know you are aching in your joints from the last one):
To do---> -Job searching! I work at a bookstore, part-time. I also intern at an awesome print shop, but it's unpaid. So I need to find some other source of income whether it's another generic mall job or some freelance offers that I'd like to have but don't. ;) -Getting my freelance butt out there! I've always said I was a freelance writer but I have never actually written freelance. I am going to advertise myself out there...craigslist, mountain xpress, digital forums and other writer's forums. -Wallpaper stripping. I have committed to redo my bud's bathroom in exchange for a month's rent. I have taken absolutely bloody forever taking down the wallpaper and still have to paint it. You would not believe how long it takes to take off wallpaper!!! (Yes, this warrants three exclamation points!)
Doing---> -Making lists, of course! Christmas, er, excuse me, I want to start calling it Winter Solstice now...Yes, Winter Solstice lists for others and for myself. Budget lists so I can possibly start saving some real money. Lists so I can see the progress I'm making on my big goal: learning diy things, arts and crafts so I can build up a portfolio and open my own company/store. I'm on my way!
(I vawnt me an Etsy shop!)
Wanting---> -Lots and nothing much at the same time. -To be cozily back in my apt. -To make things in my own kitchen. To be trying recipes and have that space of my own to do so. -Simplicity. -Learning more crafts. -Reading and applying herbal remedies and reflexology techniques. (I've been reading about them lately - I've recently increased my interest in alternative medicines and Eastern philosophies.) -To sift through my belongings and clear out the unnecessary.
I'm so happy to know that I have such great amounts of support right now. From the long emails with lulu, to the sweet messages from a person I've never met, to hanging out at all hours at a time with old friends to receiving a random, heart-felt message from a college acquaintance, I am happily overwhelmed by the support I've been receiving through this new and stressing time.
I've been pretty motivated in my searches of apt. and jobs. I've already looked at one house today and I am supposed to look at another one later today. I've responded to 9 ads so far of people looking for housemates. And I've applied to 8 jobs and counting.
I've also been listening to a lot of M.I.A., Santogold, Micky Green, CSS, Regina Spektor and Feist. This blend is funky, female, and soothing all at once. They are really the only music I can listen to right now without analysing every word and intimately relating it to my situation. This week should be pretty busy. Wednesday, the 20th, is one of my best friend's birthday. She's turning 23. So I'm going with her and our third counterpart to Pigeon Forge tomorrow. We'll be staying there until Tuesday evening/night. I'm also going to Carowinds on Saturday. And really the only reason I'm going is because I was retarded and forgot the tickets the last time I went earlier this summer. And then I might, not sure yet, be going to Sliding Rock on Sunday. I've just heard that my french friends will be coming on Saturday and I'm really sad. I was hoping to see them, but I won't be at home on that day. Hopefully, I might be able to convince them to come on another day, like Wednesday or Sunday (I can go to Sliding Rock on another day).
(The lovely Heather.)
Some other plans of mine that I'm working to: 1. Car! I have to wait until I get a job, but I've been scouring craigslist looking for a good one $5,000 or under. I will have to get a loan to pay for it, but that's just how the dice roll right now. 2. College, v.2! Getting my mind and ideas together so I can apply for my master's in Vermont. I need a lot of help with this because, as usual my ideas are broad and I need to narrow my ideas down. 3. Photography ideas. I want to do Suicide Girls. I've wanted to it for a really long time, but now just might be the time. To do this, I've been planning poses, locations, backgrounds and clothing. I also took some pictures of a friend, not nude or erotic, mind you. But cute "pin-up" pictures and I think they turned out well. This has inspired me. 4. Clothes creations. I've been slowing getting some sewing supplies. Meanwhile, I've been drawing designs, thinking of colors, ways to reconstruct things and be sustainable at the same time. 5. Making delicious creations. I love cooking. I really loved to do it before the Frenchman broke up with me. That love has dwindled a bit since then. This is unfortunate. I am trying to get that fire raging again and those smells wafting throughout my kitchen.
I hope to keep this blog updated more regularly now. I've also been writing on another blog and love doing it. Writing is therapeutic. I'm finding a variety of things are therapeutic. I am so happy when I can find a new form of therapy. I suppose life has its own form of therapy. :) <3
it's been almost a week since my last post. and i feel almost quite ashamed of all the neglect i've bestowed upon this wide electronic cyber world. i really have no clue how many [regular] readers i have in the first place (my estimates come to a minimal amount), but i still feel a little bad for this. i guess i've just been in haze ever since i got back from charlotte on monday. and getting back into the swing things and work has been rather disheartening. my work is fine and all, but sometimes, ugh, argh, ack, i need lots of help when it comes to actually getting stuff done in a somewhat timely manner.i'm working from home right now, but this is only because both of my bosses aren't at work today. one of them is on a trip in oregon for two and a half weeks, while the other one is at his parents house, four hours away, getting more furniture for his own home. but as i write and glance over at my bf sleeping, i know any moment he's going to wake up and complain about why i'm not at work. seriously, this is annoying. it's like he's my employer, which he clearly is not. but i can't be too pre-maturely perturbed right now because he looks so...not annoying when he's asleep. and he woke up at 6:15 this morning with his heart hurting. he's been sleeping on the couch ever since...
as for inspiration and all that other nickety-nackety stuff, i have been reading this blog called the freelancer's fashionblog. it's really fun. and i really enjoy reading blogs by europeans. i don't know what it is exactly, maybe their unique and bold styles, their passionate yet still clueless desires, or their cute little mistakes in english (which usually lead [unintentionally?] to a double meaning and some irony), but they have lured me into their coffee-drinking, hem-sewing, lace-loving ways. another european blog that i pretty much visit on a daily basis is only shallow. she's the first euro-fashion blog that i started reading and i've been a dedicated reader ever since. i discovered her on n.e.e.t and was influenced even more to visit her blog when i read about her in BUST.
(I vawnt me an Etsy shop!)
