Moving...

I'm shifting this blog to tumblr. I've seen some really nice tumblr sites lately. I like their user interface a lot more, and it's very mobile friendly. I found a pretty simple blogger>tumblr importer so have moved everything over. I've only found one glitch in the import, but it's not bothering me enough to fix it. I'll delete my blogger blog soon probably. I'm hoping this will change the way I post things and actually allow me to post more.

Yesterday I was thinking about how cool it would be if the internet disappeared and we were forced to be fully human again. I was probably listening to this song.

But really, I love you internet.

More fun to come. http://heythanksyoutoo.tumblr.com/

Crackling With Static

Light paintings, Brian Hart.

Days Move Faster When Nightlife Is Involved

This is one of the weirdest times in my life. I'm having some really strange dreams. I'm getting older. I feel kind of like this at times--like nothing can harm me. I've got emails to write, paintings to finish, books half finished. Oddly, I'm insanely happy at the same time. Sometimes. Sort of. Just trust me, it's all good.

I really liked this song until after I downloaded I saw that it came from the Twilight soundtrack. I'll throw in the second song to make up for it.

A Period of Silence and Ill Will

BAM! Just like those orange leaves I'm back. After a month+ hiatus here we are. Things are different, things are new. The season is changing. I wait all year for the leaves to change in Portland. We're not quite to the good stuff yet, but I knew it was coming today when I saw these leaves while walking through PSU on my way home from class. 

So yeah, SCHOOL. I've gone back to school to take some classes a few times since graduating college, but this is the first time I really didn't want to leave my job. ...And I haven't fully left it either. It's different. It's not bad, it's not awesome. It's okay though. Week three is over and I think I'm settling in a bit. I know what I need to read and what I don't. I know the teachers' personalities and how they're going to test. I'm comfortable. 

I'm still running. <6 miles right now, never two days in a row. So far no pain with running, but I did have one day that from the minute I woke up to the minute I went to sleep my hip was bugging me more than I thought acceptable. But that was just one day so we're going to just forget about that. I'm trying to fit in two spinning classes a week and three runs. The spinning classes were going well, but then got put on the back burner when school started. Hopefully my schedule will even out a bit and I can start adding them in again. 

In other news... the movie Drive was fantastic. Way better than I expected, but I don't know what I expected, really. I had seen the trailer long before the movie, so didn't remember it at all. I suggest not watching the trailer before seeing it, because I think it kind of ruins it. I can see how some people might not like the movie based on their expectations going in. I really like the loner aesthetic, the sexiness of a movie without any sex in it, and the ending. Oh, the music! I'm not an 80's music fanatic or anything, but the 80's style songs are so good. Here you go... 

When She Was Suddenly Seized, Magically, with the Urge to Paint a Picture of a Cowboy in Sixteen Colors.

It was once around 8:00 at night, and I was overcome with the urge to paint these geometrical color gradients on some canvases I'd made. I needed paint and told my dad and someone he didn't even question this urgent need, and drove me to the art store. 

I get these spontaneous urges to do things. Sometimes they're new ideas, sometimes they're ideas I've had for a while, but that have never been fully imagined in their completed state in my mind--thus never being fulfilled. But when the urge strikes, it's like I instantly know how to do the entire task--start to finish--and exactly what it will look like in the end. 

Such an urge struck today at around 2:30 when Justin called to let me know he was on his way home and would be home around 6:00. "I am going to take out the sliding shower door." I HATE sliding shower doors. They are disgusting and ugly. Well, except for those amazing glass walk-in showers you see in fancy houses that can fit, like, nine people--those are sweet. Anyway, I've hated this thing since we moved into our apartment over two years ago. It was actually way easier to do than I expected. I'd say the hardest thing was that I chose to do it in the peak afternoon hour of 90 degree heat. A trip to the store, a few screws, some prying, lifting, moving, a ton of scrapping and cleaning, a bit of caulking, and just under two hours after the urge struck... I have a new, door-less, curtained shower. Luckily, the tub and tiles were in really good shape underneath, so it looks 12,466,703 times better than it did before. We also have a really small bathroom, so I think it opens it up a bit. 

I was going to write a story to go along with this comic, but I just can't seem to word it right...

Perhaps Too Many Times I Find Myself Looking at The Snapped Spine of a Lemon Wedge at the Bottom of a Glass.

In the process of downloading the new album... anxiously awaiting, revisiting some classics.

Each Time You Read It You Know A Little Less About Me

Yeah Google, I KNOW. I need to listen to more upbeat music. 

And the other song from the trailer... It makes me want to drive through California, down I-5, with the sunroof open.

I got a bow. 

Dear Person,

What's the best way to start a Saturday? With a cheesy croissant that looks like a Dutch clog and is bigger than my hand. 

I dragged Justin to see The Future last night. He said he wanted to go, but he hated the movie. Of course I thought it was the best movie I've seen in a long time. I honestly loved pretty much everything about it. And I cried during all the Paw Paw scenes. BUT I wouldn't recommend it to everyone. I lied when I said I dragged Justin there, I actually suggested I see it by myself because I had a feeling it wouldn't be his cup of tea. I will only recommend certain people see it. The rest of you can continue life as usual. Perhaps you should just take this simple test to see if it's for you. 

My next anxious anticipation is Bellflower. It looks like it's gonna be goooood. The cameras used to shoot the movie were actually handmade just for the film. Neat?! 

OMG

The slideshow on American Apparel's shop page is out of control. That's all I'm gonna say.

A Dinner of Microwaved Fake-Meat Chicken Nuggets

An evening spent listening to music, painting, and baking cookies is an evening well spent.