I had a dream that I went to some kind of reunion with Frans and I got invited to this secret boys space that I had never been privy to. There were communal smoothie machines and comic books and a playstation with Spyro games and all kinds of painting going on. I couldn't here it but I was sure Sublime was playing in the background. After that I had a dream that I went on an expedition to a strait or canal in south america and on either side their were these beautiful decorative handcarved monoliths that rose up between 30 and 50 feet high in the air. I arrived with my companions via ferry, then on land we climbed these miles of monoliths along the side of the strait jumping from one to the other where they had been erected close enough together, climbing down and back up when they weren't. They were crafted of stone and crystal and hardwoods, painted here and there in bright colors cadmium red, emerald green, and shiny ebony laquer. The tops were always hot and gleaming in the desert sun even when they were only modest sandstone. Sometimes there were ornately carved hand and footholds like serpentine ladders.

I woke with a desire to climb.

I went to see my cousin Lee today to see if they wanted me to babysit his 3 month old, Jordan. It was nice to hang out wth them, but Jordan got upset everytime I held her unless I had a bottle. Ah, babies.

Cute as a button though.

I saw The Blindside tonight. I cried so much, it was a really great movie, I'd definitely watch it many more times and I am definitely not a sports kind of person but it was about family and having a home and having integrity even when other people see it as wrong. It just touched me in a lot of good ways, the only thing that really bothered me is that the actor who played the younger son looked nothing like the real kid they show in the snapshots during the credits. Like they thought the audience wouldn't be able to like him if they depicted him how he really was instead of a tiny snaggledtoothed blonde boy. Anyway I loved it and highly reccommend it.

I kept to my schedule today.
I swept the floors today.
I posted to my journal today.

Things that worked today:

Taking my DB picture first thing.
Showering the night before.
Having a defined time to be somewhere out of the house.
Having to meet with someone.
Waiting to post my DB picture until I had time.

edited to add, it took me and hour and a half to catch up with my f-list.

( A lite recap of the past month )


I found this adorable video on Zakka Life while doing some research on zakka. I kind of want to make my own Zakka blog, about trying the find the simple charming life of many things. I don't trust my mind though, it would just love to simplify my life by making it more complicated.

Let's forget about all the bad and remember all the great things of 2009:

I went to bartending school
Twitter entered my life.
So many great memes!
Nu-Trek.
Mori-girl arose in popularity, allowing me to wallow in pink house love.
Duet Dragshow performance.
I went to Florida.
I didn't get kicked out of school.
Lolita Meetups!
Season 4 of Venture Bros!
Neil and Amanda admitting their deep love and affection for the world to see.
Getting my first lucky pack!
My introduction to the wonder that is Berwyn Cafe.
Eastern Shore Trip with Marilyn, Matt, and Nikki.
Dorchester trip with Dusk!
Hangin' with Casie, Kimmah, and Siobhan.
Vanessa getting a Skype account.
Filament Magazine!
Glee!
SUCCEED BLOG (and to a lesser extent EPIC WIN FTW)
< EPIC went live/online!
Half moon manicures.
Cape May with Kristen.
Cape Henlopen.
Oresteia at D.C. Fringe Fest.
Sunset Wheat, Shiner Bock, Shiner Cheer, Full Moon, etc. beer in general.
Camping at Harper's Ferry.
Seeing Kimmie for the first time in something like 13 years and then seeing her again last week!
DUCKS!
Steven Sadleir and Shaktipat.
Barack Obama entered office.

It's almost over!

T-shirts are finally mailed YAY!

Hey, I'm doing a silkscreen of Dean and Triana's monster baby for my class' exchange edition. I'm going to do a small run of t-shirts for my fellow Venture obsessed family and friends.



The print will be this (sans the upper right mess).

If you want a shirt leave your address (unless I already have it) and the size of t-shirt you want. It'll probably be printed on white Hanes from Walmart or something like that unless anyone else has any other quick and cost effective suggestions.

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So y'all watch Glee, right?



'Cause if you don't you need to.

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but slightly more acceptable.

Is dead of composition. Need recovery time.
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I need to design 4 more prints for my silkscreen class, but illustrator keeps crashing, internet what do I do?

Yesterday I got out of my house.

I made an edition of 10 prints from digital file to 2-color screenprint.
My professor confronted me about missing classes, I had to got compose myself (read: cry) in the bathroom for twenty minutes, but then I picked myself up and I made those prints.
I requested a new mailbox key for the house.

I sewed and watched some Glee.

1 for 4.

Thanks all you guys for your kind words, you really made me feel alot better.

OH THANK GOD!

I have a C in SCI100, I might not have to commit suicide.
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Title:Not Very Batman
Status: Complete
Fandom: The Venture Brothers
Word Count:361
Pairing: Hank Venture/Dermott Fictel
Disclaimer:I claim no ownership of The Venture Brothers.
Rating:G
Author's Note: Two weeks ago I saw Dermott for the first time helping Hank escape to Mexico and I fell in love, and Hank has been getting more and more awesome this season.
( Hank didn't know what to say when Dermott asked if he could kiss Hank )

"The discomfort you are feeling now will be with you for the rest of your life."

I got shut down on Wednesday morning, which feels like forever ago now. My professor said that I hadn't thought through my idea enough for anyone to give me any feedback during the working crit. HALF CREDIT! she righteously said in her cold weathered voice, as she struck the mark on the paper.

I was so upset I could barely speak for the rest of the class.

So I talked to my friend Jessica, and the idea started to crystallize into something real that I could use. Then I went back and looked at the poster exhibit that was supposed to inspire us and it still did nothing for me. I walked back upstairs to class and still in my head was this upset and frustration and I keep thinking in my head "I can't wait till I'm older and I don't have to deal with this."

And then the truth can to me that:

"The discomfort you are feeling now will be with you for the rest of your life."

Then I smiled and I laughed because this pain was unavoidable and always will be.

Today was the day. Today I was going to stop being a chicken.

I waited and I took my time and I said,

"I came in here to do something really embarrassing."

"Not now, not today, I just can't, I'm tired and I've got to set all this up, but I'm sure you get get up the courage again."

Shut down.

And I thought can you just let me ask and get it over with so you can say no. But I said alright, do you need any help.

"Stay and go have fun with the others."

But how could I when it's so near, when you are a temptation just around a corner.

So I went home frustrated, and amazed at how I was handled so perfectly. Wishing I could have just gotten this thing out of me and into the air.

Then I realised that I would give anything to experience this same discomfort everyday for the rest of my life.

It only takes one person.

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