Monday, December 31, 2007

To make an end is to make a beginning.

this is it...this is the end 2007 has been a good year...

pre p.s. my truck is fine! :D a sparkplug exploded or something...anyhoo..it's fixed, it's not dead! YAY!

*whips out journal*

haha...really it has been SUCH a good year for me...

i concur...after having read over my journal...which is from last march until almost now...

holy crap...

i am SO not the girl i used to be...

and i'm ok with it

in fact i love who i am, who i've become...

i did a lot of growing up over the summer...and in the months following...

over and over and over again I have seen God's provision in my life, which has been very encouraging...

i think i've talked about this before...i don't consider myself a "religous" person...i don't care much for church
and that whole conservative christian thing...

but i do believe in God, and i think that really all we're supposed to do is love people like God loves people, which is partly what i was refering to in my last post...

this summer i discovered a greater capacity to express that love for people...i was able to just be. to be who i am, to be caring, to just...love on people, honestly and simply...

i miss that...i don't get that sort of opportunity much at home...

i've met so many people that i adore now...some more than others :P

i've had so many fabulous experiences...

so many firsts...

a year ago i would never have dreamed of being where i am today, of being WHO i am today...

if there is anything i regret from this past year, it is that i was not able to stay longer in mackinac...

but really...

i regret nothing

i am thankful for every last experience i've had, every person that i've met, everything i've done

it has been a beautiful year...and i expect that 2008 will be twenty times what 2007 was...

there is still much thought and reflection on my part...

i think i am often too much of dreamer...which is really what my last post was about more than anything else...

just a girl and her dreams...

i know that God has got wonderful things in store for me, i know that he will provide for me as he always has...

i love that everytime i feel alone, or i miss someone...they show up shortly after...

just the other day i was thinking about how i'd like to see nate again soon...then i saw him and he noticed me...like actual for real noticed me...

then i saw trace, whom i had also wanted to see...and he noticed me too. :)

i wanted to talk to Brent...and he called me at work...

God does a good job of letting me know that i am loved...

I can not even begin to express how thankful i am for everything that i have, and everything that i am, and everyone i adore...

i am truly blessed...

Though the year has ended...A New and Bright one is beginning

and i can't wait to see what's in store... :)

p.s. my news years resolution; make every day count
Sunday, December 30, 2007

when your lonely heart has learned it's lesson

thanks trace...

it was nice to feel skin again

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there is so much to think about, my heart is striking out on it's own again

there's really nothing i can do except follow it...but God only knows where that will take me

it hurts sometimes

my heart does

i do have a great capacity to love people, i really do...but as i get older and live and experience...

loving people is painful sometimes... a lot of the times... but how can i not?

i know i wrote recently, frustrated about having someone...

but i'm too afraid to pursue the someones that i care for...

i'm not really sure why... i don't want to ruin what we have ...

but what if we had a chance? what if we worked out?

and what if we didn't? would we still be friends? i think so...i hope so....

i don't know...

if only i wasn't so afraid to go after what i want...maybe, i would have it?

i just...

...i don't even know where to start, or where to end...or even where a middle is....

the thing is...my heart can see it working out...and it loves it...despite the outcome being different from my "plans"

who am i to make plans anyways?

i mean...to an extent what i do is my choice

but i think to continually ignore you're hearts leading...is destructive to your heart and your being...

there's a lot to think about right now...

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i will write more tomorrow...the 'offical' reflection of this past year...

p.s. my truck may be dying...should know more in a few days
p.p.s. a kid threw up on my ride at work today...gross...but i didn't have to clean it up....thank goodness...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

CHRISTMAS ^.^

today was christmas

it was WONDERFUL

the highlight of my christmas is always the Butterhorns that we have for breakfast...which I had intended to photograph all their yummy goodness...but they disappeared before i remembered...

I got up at quarter past seven...am..and headed downstairs...

everyone had gathered in the family room, 'cept my dad whom we have to drag out of bed...haha...

anyhoo, we all opened presents...the highlights of my morning

was another amazingly soft blanket ^_^ you can NEVER have too many of those!

but...by far the best present that i got...

was a VIOLIN!

O_O

^_^

eeheehee...

i'm so excited...


so excited...

i ADORE violins...i'm excited to practice and get better...and...hee..*sigh*...

it was probably one of the best presents EVER...and i do mean EVER...

This year is almost over...just about exactly a week left...i can't believe it...it seems like i was just celebrating 2007 yesterday...

anyhoo...more reflections on all of that later. I'm off for the night!
Monday, December 24, 2007

Christmas Break! :D

ok..so...tuesday morning i took my last exam, passed it :D and was done at like...10am...

now what?

well..me and jordan went to BK for breakfast...that was a roaring good time! I really wish we would have had a video camera recording that little trip...it was SO Funny!...and frightening at times...o_o...jordan was driving.....she thought she'd try and race past a guy up westnedge hill to get around him...but she was in the turn lane..and well...we didn't make it... o_o...i covered my eyes...haha...
so..we finally make it to BK...and they have these AMAZING little bitsize hashbrown things...O_O SO GOOD!...i'd never had them before...and i also got some french toast sticks...and hot chocolate...
now...i don't usually like BK...but their breakfast...kicks butt...

then..i really don't remember what i did...i may have gone to wal-mart at somepoint...yes...later that night...i went to wal-mart and the library...

oh! and i watched Anna & The King...it's really good! i ADORE that story...it's not quite the same as the King and I...and bit more dramatic and intense...but still very good!!!

and then! ha...i got my camera out...

now...i was gonna just upload all of these...but for whatever reason the blogger uploader HATES my computer....and never loads them...SO...i used Picasa instead :D



Three Days Of Nothing


i did finally finish all those freaking ruffles on my dress!!! only because my grandmother was over the week before and she helped me hem all of them...which is really what was holding me back... o_o
so...about 9 yards worth of fabric was turned into all of those freaking ruffles...i may have to re-do one of them..it wasn't quite long enough so it's not very ruffly....

and now, it's christmas eve! and I'm making the dinner tonight!!!! O_O
it's gonna be good though...different,

we're having my pork chops, rice and cuban-style black beans...and broccolli...
traditionally we have a 'cuban' dinner on christmas eve...then..an.."american?' dinner on christmas day...

and usually my mom makes Cuban Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes and Cooked Carrots....eck...i'm not a fan of the side dishes...and the pot roast is really good some years, and just ok others...so we're trying something new this year :D

we have also finally figured out how to make our gingerbread cookies light and fluffy like the ones you get in Colonial Williamsburg....

but i think by far my favorite part of christmas is ButterHorns... oh man....we have them for breakfast every christmas morning...and that's the only time of year that we have them...they are to DIE FOR! seriously....i look forward to butterhorns every year...they are SO good...amazing..

and then...this year i was playing around with a sugar cookie recipe and managed to imitate that butterhorn taste but in a cookie...those are REALLY good...but they're all gone now :(

my grandparents are here, and my sister and her husband and my nephew are coming in a little bit and we'll do christmas with them, and then dinner...i think we're watching "It's A Wonderful Life" tonight...then to sleep and then...Christmas morning!!!!! O_O i can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND! to top it all off, there is SNOW! YAY! i LOVE SNOW! haha i prayed for snow :D and God gave me some yesterday...i just hope it lasts through tomorrow...

last year was a rather green christmas...which is kind of depressing...

anyhoo...i'm off, one more present to wrap...dinner to cook and family to hang with :)
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

in the wee hours of the morning

so as i sit here drinking hawaiian punch from a mason jar....i've come to several realizations...

the first being...i blog a LOT...but it's ok...i'm cool with it....i enjoy looking back on them....

usually laughing at them...

I've spent about the last 2 hours on a forum in DeviantArt...a "help with life" forum...

it's fascinating....truly...the things people post on there...

some of them are just so sincerely heartbreaking

i seem to thrive off of just...loving people...(not in a weird romantic way...)

but like a friend...i'm certain that everyone needs a real friend...

and i'm not saying that i can be that to everyone...cause i certainly can't...

but to the people that i care about, or come across...there is a certain compassion and empathy that i just can't ever shake...

it was interesting, that as i'm browsing about this forum, offering honest support where i can...

thompson IMed me...there's something up with cindy, i'm not exactly sure what...i haven't spoken to her since before i left for mackinac...and I don't usually give her a second thought...but i've realized that my loyalty runs much deeper than my pride...

despite myself i can never deny old friends....well...friendship...even when i say i want nothing to do with them, if they need me i can't help but be there for them...it would be to go against my nature to ignore them...

i'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing....

just been doing a lot of thinking these days...probably too much...

also in the forums i ran across a girl who's about my age...the title to her post was..."always a friend, never the girlfriend." we are so in the same boat....no one ever asks us out, she's never been kissed...(i hadn't until just this summer) , no one "Notices" us....really...

i would love to just be noticed...which...i mean...i sort of have, but not really...not anything that counts...not by anyone that would actually go somewhere with it....ergh...i am just so tired of waiting...it's always..."Oh the right person will come when the time is right"

fuck that...i'm sick of waiting...

i hate it that it seems like everyone around me 'has someone'

i hate that i go out with friends or to the mall or just wherever...and see people together...and i wonder..."what's that girl got that i haven't?"....it sucks...

it may seem self-centered...but i think i'm decent looking, i know i've got a wonderful personality, i'm easy to get along with, i've got tons of great talents....what the hell is the problem?

and again...none of that...."mr.right" shit....that just doesn't cut it anymore....there aren't even any "mr.wrongs"

ergh....just....ergh...

waiting SUCKS

SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS

its dumb

i hate it
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

there is just something about...

dancing with someone

it's not really very hard

but dancing is wonderful

there is just something about two people moving about to music

his hand on your waist

your hand on his shoulder

the smell of his cologne

i just love it

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i think though, that it is quite obvious...dancers show up over and over and over again in my artwork...really i could draw dancers all day...and i would be quite content if that was all i ever drew...
Monday, December 17, 2007

one week almost exactly

it's weird....it doesn't really seem like christmas...i'm not sure why...

my family doesn't really make a big deal out of christmas...i mean, we definetly celebrate it...but the days leading up to it...are...well...normal. We don't decorate the house much...

i'm pretty sure that when i move out and do my own christmas thing...the house will be decked out from top to bottom...with greenery and lights and santas and nativitys...and cookies... :D cookies are a must...

anyhoo...

I ordered the Adobe Creative Suite!!! *drool* it should be here in the next week or so, i hope...o_o..........i'll be waiting anxiously until then....just imagine....all the amazing things i can do....o_o....

it's almost 2008....

i don't know what happened to 2007...

it was over so quickly....i'm sure there'll be much more reflection upon that soon....haha before New Years...i hope :/

I finished my last night at Full City tonight!!! THANK GOD IT'S DONE! woo...it's such a relief....to not have to worry about that...or wait on tables...or put up with asshole bosses....woohoo!!!

ok...i'm done....one last final tomorrow morning, then an afternoon running around town with Jordan and we are FREE....well...until Jan 6... but next semester should be fun...and if not fun...at least enlightening...haha...

for real though...i'm done :)
Saturday, December 15, 2007

10 days...or 8 days 3 hours 32min and 25 secongs....

depending on which countdown you go buy....

seriously...there are less than 10 days until christmas! O_O oy....i don't know where fall has gone...

seems like i just got home yesterday....and now...it's christmas...

for serious....

i still need to get something for my nephew...i dunno what to get for a 1.58 year old....he likes things that move...hmmm...
woohoo! i get to go to the Toy Aisle! :D

i baked some yummy cookies yesterday...

i tweaked a recipe and now have a super delicious suger-rum cookie recipe...pretty sure it'd be better with real rum...haha

also managed to nearly duplicate the Williamsburg Gingerbread cookies...those are TASTY... :D

getting ready to send out DVDS from the summer...i gotta make the covers on monday, and i'll hopefully mail them monday as well....i'm afraid the Post Office will be crazy...o_o...i'm a little bit scared to go...haha...but i only have one package to send and the rest are envelopes...

as soon as i get my eligibility cleared, i'm getting the Adobe Creative Suite for....$230....it's a $1200 program :D i love being a student....

had my first 'offical' day at work today...the Air Zoo...it was great...pushed buttons...all day...or read...that was great too...

got my first paycheck from them too....i definetly got at least twice as much for working just a little over a day, than i got my first two weeks at Full City...

My grandparents were over the last few days, and my grandma helped me hem up all the ruffles on my skirt...so they're all cut and hemmed and i've got...i think 5 rows on now!!! YAY! that's really what was holding me up....that whole hemming thing....sucks....way sucks...but not anymore ^_^
so yeah...i'm pretty excited...it's not going to be the best dress ever, there's lots of little learning mistakes, but i do think it'll turn out ok and the colors will look fabulous on me :D

oy...only two days left of school...then my first semester of college is OVER! O_O exciting...

i think that's really all for now... :-/
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

there will probably be more of these....

Your Birth Month is April

You are trustworthy and highly ethical in all facets of life.
Helpful and steady, you are able to solve any problem.

Your soul reflects: Bliss, playfulness, and curiosity

Your gemstone: Diamond

Your flower: Sweet Pea

Your colors: Yellow and red


You've Got a Bit of a Crush

Maybe your guy friend is a crush of convenience - easy enough to happen
Did you just break up with someone? Or are you more lonely than usual?
If no to both, then this small crush could be the real deal.
Find out if he feels the same - because he just might!


You Have Many Alpha Tendencies

You're not a total alpha female, but you certainly know how to - and like to - get your way.
You're forceful without being intimidating. You're confident without being vain. A perfect mix.


You're Confident...Sometimes

You can seem confident when the occasion calls for it
But inside you may be experiencing a bit of self doubt
A little more inner confidence could take you far...
And convince others that you're as confident as you try to seem


You Belong in 1950

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!


(i'm pretty sure i acutally should have been alive another 30-100 years earlier... :-/ )

You Are Great With Money

You know the value of a dollar - and you save and spend wisely.
By living below your means, you've set yourself up for a rich future.
And while it may hurt to sacrifice now, you'll probably have plenty of money later on.
You're on your way to riches - just keep it up.


ok...last one i promise.. :D

You Are 30% Scary

You scare men off ocassionaly, but only very weak men.
You're a normal woman. You're not perfect, but you're pretty darn close.


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ok...so seriously...what's the deal...where are all the good guys? the cool ones? the ones who aren't obnoxious, or weird, or creepy, or smelly...or...well the list goes on...

*sigh*...one of these days...

just...one of these days....

i know he's out there

it's that whole intuition thing again....

which has been serving me very well :P

i know where it comes from, and i am totally blessed to have it ^_^

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i have come to the realization today too, that i am also very blessed to have the security of knowing that no matter what happens God is going to take care of me. He's shown that to me over and over and over again, especially in the last year...he knows what he's doing, and i will go wherever he wants me to go, and he'll take care of me...always. i'm so glad that i can say that in honest confidence....

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my friend Jordan and I have been house-hunting a bit, looking for a place to rent...

not really sure what's going to happen with all that...i'll know soon whether or not i'm gonna move out...

there's still a lot to think about and a lot to look into...and there's the whole matter of roomates and whatnot... :-/

anyhoo, i'm sure i'll be writing again soon...
Sunday, December 9, 2007

i concur

this weekend came and went all to quickly

i don't recall when it was that i wrote...thursday?

yes, we'll go with that...

friday morning i did my final presentation...the "Hugs" which i've been meaning to post in some fashion...
it went well, one kid said he wished the service actually exsisted, a fine compliment :)

then i went to orientation for the Air Zoo...that place really be a much better job for me

friday night...my old boss didn't think i'd show up to work at Full City....ha...i did...but i only made about $20...lame...

saturday morning i got up and headed to the Air Zoo, was there by 9am...trained all day...

it's really very simple and i had the hang of all the rides after like...the first time i did it...heh...

again...it's a very simple job...pretty much just push buttons and make sure nobody dies...but it'll be worthwhile. i hope. in any case it'll do to last me until spring.

gah...that's all i think about...Mackinac Island...things i'll do differently next year...things i'd like to do again...there is so much, i should really start writing it all down...

Nog Fest was...interesting. ...well, let me explain...

got there a lil after 8pm...exhausted...but there nonetheless...
i was pretty happy that i knew a good chunk of the people there...i hadn't realized how many of trace's friends i had met.

but then...there are just some people that should not be allowed to drink...seriously...

one guy...who nobody really knew...was probably one of the most obnoxious drunks i've ever met...and i don't usually mind drunks... :-/ but this guy....ergh...just...annoying...then he left :D

i did drink a little bit...had a glass of nog and kahlua...but it really didn't do anything...like...at all...it was a little dissapointing...haha...well...i take that back...i think it made me sleepier... :p i still don't know what a larger volume of alchol does to me...not really sure when i want to find out either...definetly with exeperienced people that i trust... though i'm not in any particular rush...i rather like having my wits about me :)

after all the..'extra' people left... (i.e. people i didn't really know, and didn't particularly care for) i had a lot more fun. we danced a bit....that was lots of fun...made me a little bit sad...reminded me of dancing at the Grand Hotel...(what did i say...ALWAYS thinking about the island!) but it was fun :D hmm...i don't really remember what all else happened...

we pulled out the couches and bunked down for the night...4 out of 5 times he picks me over her...don't really think it means much...not anymore...but it was something i had noticed at first...

there is just something so wonderful about waking up and cuddling with someone, before the day starts, before you have to worry about anything...you can just...be.

i wish i could have stayed longer...

but at this point my job gets priority...

i wish i could have been in two places at once...but i think he's doing ok...for now...i'll catch up with him later this week...and i think the cookies helped :) cookies always help :D

when i talked to Brent the other day, we talked a bit about attachment...to people and to places and how that can often make things harder...it is so true...so true...i fell in love with a place and a lifestyle and a few wonderful people this summer, and i would give the world to have it again...truly...i would give anything to be back there...i don't see myself returning for years on end, but i'd like to have a good run...get it out of my system...or fall in love with another place and lifestyle...

kalamazoo does not hold much of a future for me...and i'm ok with that...i'm not really sure what i want to do once i finish school...i'm not really sure where i want to go...not even sure that i care where i go, so long as it's not here...a part of me wishes i'd be involved with someone so i could just go wherever they are...but that also seems like a bit of a copout...

i've thought about going to a city...chicago or new york...but i'm not sure if i'm cut out for city life...especially new york...guess i won't know until i try...

i've recently become very interested in the history of things...and in old things...maybe i'll go somewhere with that...

i don't know if i'm actually cut out for graphic design... i mean... i can do it and all, but i don't know that i'm really any good... i wish i could find someone who would honestly critique my work, all aspects of it...

hmm...i've probably written enough for tonight...and i should probably go to sleep...i'm very tired...if i don't stop i shall have written an entire novel by the time i finish...haha...

anyways...what did i say? a wonderful wonderful week...i do treasure these moments through all the boredom in the weeks that follow these few special ones...

yeah...bedtime..i'm getting dramatic... :P
Thursday, December 6, 2007

seriously...

this week=amazing

holy crap

i heard from Brent today!!! that was really exciting! we talked for almost 2 hours O_O but it was SO good to talk to him again, i really miss talking to him, it's always fantastic conversations, he has very wonderful insights :)

i'm basically finished with my Hugs project and will do the final presentation tomorrow, then all i'll have to do is turn in the print version on monday :D

i found this WONDERFUL bookstore today! floor to ceiling shelves crammed with all sorts of books. there's also TONS of old books! reasonably priced too :)
i got two books from the 1880s, one is "The American Housewife Cook Book" it's awesome, and i also got "Home and Health and Home Economics" what better way to learn about housewives of that time then to read the books they did?

The introduction to the Cook book is incredible:

"God gave food, but man made cooks; and cooked food, the result, is like all attempts at blending the perfect with the imperfect, in the main, a failure. Now and then some inspired being arises capable of demonstrating the wonderful pitch of excellence to which cookery may be carried; but when these creatures instinct with culinary inspiration die, their mantle rarely falls upon worthy shoulders, and darkness settles down again for a season upon the world of pts and pans. Absolute genius in cookery is rare, for genius is a birth-right and cannot be attained by study, however laborious and persevering; but culinary talent is latent in almost every human being, and needs only proper stimulation to arrive at any reasonable development. Yet it is safe to say, that from Greenland's icy pemmican to the under done missionary of the torrid zone, the major portion of the food consumed by mankind is unpalatably and unwholesomely prepared; not intentionally, but simply because people do now know any better. As civilization advances, the need for practical reform in this matter constantly manifest, and spasmodic sporadic attempts are being made throughout Christendom to achieve a better order of things in the department of the kitchen. The primal source of bad cookery lies in the failure to recognize the fact that knowledge of cooking, like all other arts, must be acquired by study-is not, in other words, a natural attribute. "

(now this is the best part)

"For some reason which has yet to be explained, there is popular belief in the absolute potentiality of all women, with or without instruction to cook food in such manner as will render it acceptable to the t aste, and meet for the wholesome subsistence of man. This belief is wholly unfounded. It is true that the average woman does possess the elements essential to culinary excellence-patience, nice sense of taste and smell, and that superior, intuitive judgment which enables her to unravel such mysteries as "seasoning of taste." and "adding enough flour to make a good dough" -but, unless these elements are brought into homogeneous by actual experimentation, they are neither more not less than theoretical nonentities. With the earnestness of purpose and absolute concentration of mind upon her task, the owman who would cook must give herself up to serious study under competent instructors, and it is safe to say, that while by this means, only the exceptional woman will rise to greatness, the average woman will achieve a measure of success which will fit her shine as the care-taker of a household.
But here is another difficulty of procuring that competent instruction which is necessary to quicken the embryonic culinary idea. In comparatively few households, we regret to say, is exemplary cooking to be found, for the kitchens of america are cursed by the pie dish and the frying pan, and their out-put, to an extent which, in the aggregate is horrifying in one or another sort of mucilaginous* or oleaginous* compound provacative of dyspepsia*. So our girls grow up with their latent talent undeveloped; grow up, themselves dyspeptic, to marry dyspeptic husbands, and raise a generation of unfortunate beings with utterly disordered insides."


haha...i love the last description of the majority of food in america...

*mu-ci-lage (noun): A viscous secretion or bodily fluid, an adhesive solution; gum or glue
*o-le-ag-i-nous (adjective) : rich in, covered with, or producing oily; oily or greasy
*dyspepsia: indigestion

love it. love the bit about how woman are expected to know how to cook naturally...i think many people know that this is not the case...just because you're a woman does not mean you know how to cook...or that you cook well...

it is pretty true in my case...i feel i'm a pretty good cook :)

this week only gets better...this weekend should be good too!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

It's that time of year, when the world falls in love

what did i say? was this gonna be a good week or what?

so far...really good.

where to start...i don't recall where i left off...so let's start with yesterday.

classes...haha...i was pretty ridiculous in my morning class...i couldn't focus...and was just...A.D.D....

but i did actually end of getting A LOT done...and i'm really happy with how my project is coming out!

then i went and had coffee with nate...that was very good...the conversation not the coffee...it did end up being a little emotional, but everything is going to work out, and it's all going to be ok. God knows what he's doing...even though we don't.

i am however curious to see how all of these things play out.

there is lots and lots of change going on these days. and i realize that i say that quite a bit around this time of year...but it's always true!

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ok but here's the real exciting news of the day

I got a call from the Air Zoo today....

and i GOT THE JOB! YAY!

i start on friday! :D

put in my two weeks notice at work today. SO excited! SO excited...holy crap..

you have no idea

this i feel is going to be a much better place for me

better hours for next semester, and won't get in the way of nights out and about, or not.

in any case it's gonna be a good experience.

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tomorrow is nate's birthday :)

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i'm going shopping with nicole tomorrow...i think i'll do a bit of shopping on my own too...

i need to get some eggnog and whatnot for saturday

i think i might look for a new shirt too...

need to get my christmas shopping done... ~_~ ugh

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i'm presenting my "Hugs" project in the lab on friday, feeling pretty good about it.

hmm...i think that's really all for now...the rest of the week should be good! :)
Sunday, December 2, 2007

rustling underwear is sexy

true story, in the 1900's a woman wore underwear that "rustled" because it was sexy...

i don't think that's so true anymore....

i have come to the realization however that i really do have a certain affinity for old things

particularly the late 18th, 19th and early 20th century...

i find it incredible the differences between life and living as the years progress.

and truly love the "old-fashioned" style of, just about everything. i realize that as a woman i would be very limited in what i could do. nonetheless there's nothing like a good day of hard work...

i also realize that many of my notions of life "back-in-the-day" is probably rather romantic, but a girl's allowed to dream...

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back to the 21st century;

i feel like this is going to be a good week. tomorrow bodes well, despite all the work i've got to do...

tuesday is already great cause i'm having coffee with nate after class...

wednesday if not sooner will be a big day, when i find out whether or not i got the job at the Air Zoo...and if it's the case that i do, which i REALLY REALLY hope i do, then i can also put in my 2 weeks notice at Full City...that would be so wonderful, though work there has been better. money's not much better, but the work is. i think i've finally gotten onto keiths good side. which is always nice. but still...leaving there would be...wonderful...
the interview for the air zoo went really well. My job would be a ride operator...a costumed ride operator! :D 9-5 job, at least min wage. maybe more. and if it's really slow i can read or listen to my ipod or work on hw...which would be very helpful!!!

thursday...no work, one class...haha nough said.

friday, may or may not work. if i don't work then i'm going to an Art Show at school...to which i submitted a few pieces...

saturday...heh...that will be fun...i'm going to Nog Fest at Fiona's...Trace and all them'll be there. ooo...i've got to make an ornament for Fiona's Tree before then...
i believe me and my family are going to go and get the christmas tree that afternoon...

so yeah...this week is looking good.

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i started putting the ruffles on my Fort Dress....O_O that is going to take FOREVER....and at the end of this week i've got to pack up my sewing stuff until the holidays are over... :(

but i like how it's coming along so far...i'm REALLY excited to wear it!!! i've been pondering a corset too...i don't think i'll make one, but i might buy one...i think they make for better silhouettes...and the dresses fit like their supposed to...

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i've been talking to this guy who's a friend of Fiona and Trace that i met last week. He lives in New York and is a Graphic Designer, pretty interesting guy we have quite a bit in common.

he's a good connection to have :D

i'm getting better at this whole networking thing...slowly...but surely...

oh! p.s. really cool website

www.blurb.com

you can publish your own books...it's really cool!

i'm working on two books...a Mackinac Book...that tells my personal story of the summer, i think a nice memento to have with all the pictures and stories in one place...

and they've got a feature where you can import blogs...such as this one to publish. I've always wanted to have my blogs in a print version, mostly because i tend to blog more than physically journal, but it would be nice to have an actual copy of it, like a diary.

i think that's all for tonight...i will probably update as the week goes on...

hopefully everything goes well!!!!