im finding myself extremely unmotivated today. today i was off work...i went and took care of my ID so now thats official, i ordered business cards, did some yoga, but other than that ive done nothing. and now im distracting myself even more by writing this blog. i know that i need to be designing or reading and doing research..or even just sewing..but i just cant conjure up the inspiration to do so.
sigh.
i have so many things in my head i just wish i had the energy to get them on paper or make them. I NEED MONEY!! I WANT TO BUY FABRIC!! geez...i think thats what is so discouraging. i can design but i cant make anything cause i dont have the money for supplies. this month has been so hard for money...i can hardly wait for it to pass.
im going to go and try to teach myself illustrator. hopefully i dont throw my computer.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
feb.24.09
Today was slow and so were the past couple days..Ive been sick with some sort of allergy/cold combination and feel like ive just been floating around in the clouds.
Last week i spent the majority of a day with a couple coworkers at the infamous Coyote Ugly. One of the girls that works behind the bar at Tonic just got a job there and we came to visit her to congratulate. Let me just tell you that place is quite the piece of work. The entire place is made of PLYWOOD. I mean everything. The bar, tables, booths, even the thing ( thats normally ceramic) that sits on top of the toilet tank was plywood. There was duct tape wrapped around the drafts. The place is high class, full of hot chicks and has probably the cheapest beers in the city. The bartender grabbed my PBR out of a big blue igloo ice chest sitting on the floor, and i felt at home. Needless to say I will inevitably be back to support my friend while she dances on the bar and feeds me "pussy juice." ( its a shot!) This place is my new guilty pleasure.
I spent most of the weekend with my friend Angie, which I stupidly didnt document. Im going to have to get used to getting into the habit of that....it was fun..we stayed out way too late for her birthday, and I had to work a double at Tonic the next day which was a nightmare. Not only cause it was slow ( I had three tables all morning and didnt even have to stay for my night shift!) , but because I was overwhelmingly tired and sneezy. Tomorrow Im off and will probably do a LOT of nothing. Hopefully thats all I need to get better. Ill practice making origami owls.
Today I was at Love Brigade. Quite a slow day, but I feel like Im helping out a little still. I just hope that with one day a week I can still be fulfilled as well, and continue learning. That is SO incredibly important to me, if not, I need to move on.
Heres my to do list, well the most important things:
-get my New York ID. To make it official.
-research certification courses.
-visit with an academic adviser at FIT.
THEN:
-visit the whitney and the guggenheim. yeah, i havent done that yet.
Johnny the Love Brigade dog. Hes curled up in front of the heater wearing his "I ate your homework" teeshirt.
A view of the office and Alyssa (my boss) with her electronic body part :o)
Angie and Caitlin bein creepers in one of the prettiest bars Ive ever seen. The place was full with this gorgeous polished cherry wood, and gold wallpaper. The bartenders looked like greasers. mmm.
I live in these.
OH! im in the f/w 09 LB collection! wowzers.
Last week i spent the majority of a day with a couple coworkers at the infamous Coyote Ugly. One of the girls that works behind the bar at Tonic just got a job there and we came to visit her to congratulate. Let me just tell you that place is quite the piece of work. The entire place is made of PLYWOOD. I mean everything. The bar, tables, booths, even the thing ( thats normally ceramic) that sits on top of the toilet tank was plywood. There was duct tape wrapped around the drafts. The place is high class, full of hot chicks and has probably the cheapest beers in the city. The bartender grabbed my PBR out of a big blue igloo ice chest sitting on the floor, and i felt at home. Needless to say I will inevitably be back to support my friend while she dances on the bar and feeds me "pussy juice." ( its a shot!) This place is my new guilty pleasure.
I spent most of the weekend with my friend Angie, which I stupidly didnt document. Im going to have to get used to getting into the habit of that....it was fun..we stayed out way too late for her birthday, and I had to work a double at Tonic the next day which was a nightmare. Not only cause it was slow ( I had three tables all morning and didnt even have to stay for my night shift!) , but because I was overwhelmingly tired and sneezy. Tomorrow Im off and will probably do a LOT of nothing. Hopefully thats all I need to get better. Ill practice making origami owls.
Today I was at Love Brigade. Quite a slow day, but I feel like Im helping out a little still. I just hope that with one day a week I can still be fulfilled as well, and continue learning. That is SO incredibly important to me, if not, I need to move on.
Heres my to do list, well the most important things:
-get my New York ID. To make it official.
-research certification courses.
-visit with an academic adviser at FIT.
THEN:
-visit the whitney and the guggenheim. yeah, i havent done that yet.
Johnny the Love Brigade dog. Hes curled up in front of the heater wearing his "I ate your homework" teeshirt.
A view of the office and Alyssa (my boss) with her electronic body part :o)
Angie and Caitlin bein creepers in one of the prettiest bars Ive ever seen. The place was full with this gorgeous polished cherry wood, and gold wallpaper. The bartenders looked like greasers. mmm.
I live in these.
OH! im in the f/w 09 LB collection! wowzers.
Friday, February 20, 2009
hello.
i decided just yesterday that i should be documenting this transition in my life. not just for myself, but for everyone that ive left behind..my friends and my family. im more alone than i ever have been before, living halfway across the nation from everyone i know. but i am more than ever wanting to share the things that i am experiencing. i want people to know why ive made the decisions i have made, and i want to show everyone why i love and why i loathe this new city i live in. i need to document the process of searching for myself, the endless pursuit of my career, and the idiosyncrasies of living in NYC. I think in doing so, i might eventually realize how far ive actually come. this will help me know more of WHO i am and WHERE i am. i need to be more aware.
last February, a year ago tomorrow, i was moving in with jonathan in stillwater. i had about 2 grand saved for my move and transition to this city. when i moved there, it took me 5 months to save 900 dollars. i was working almost full time, but the economics in that city were shit. that place showed me how hard you have to work for one tiny step forward. it proved to me that i KNOW what i want...and im going to get it. i accomplished my goal, and now im here, in NYC, just like i wanted so badly.
now the next step. i applied for FIT and was accepted, but decided shortly after that i can do it on my own without another degree. those are just words anyways, right? i can teach myself. what really proves to people here is real life experience, not words on paper. so im gritting my teeth and taking it one step at a time. ive completed an internship and learned so much about the industry i want to be in. and now i think im REALLY ready to start this process. i just need investors..hahha. any takers?
this is where all the birds in williamsburg live.
some shots of the WTC.
last February, a year ago tomorrow, i was moving in with jonathan in stillwater. i had about 2 grand saved for my move and transition to this city. when i moved there, it took me 5 months to save 900 dollars. i was working almost full time, but the economics in that city were shit. that place showed me how hard you have to work for one tiny step forward. it proved to me that i KNOW what i want...and im going to get it. i accomplished my goal, and now im here, in NYC, just like i wanted so badly.
now the next step. i applied for FIT and was accepted, but decided shortly after that i can do it on my own without another degree. those are just words anyways, right? i can teach myself. what really proves to people here is real life experience, not words on paper. so im gritting my teeth and taking it one step at a time. ive completed an internship and learned so much about the industry i want to be in. and now i think im REALLY ready to start this process. i just need investors..hahha. any takers?
this is my start.
i walk past this at least 3 times a week. its an ever changing sculpture but i never seem to catch the artist at work. the gorilla is eating a compact disc.
i walk past this at least 3 times a week. its an ever changing sculpture but i never seem to catch the artist at work. the gorilla is eating a compact disc.
this is where all the birds in williamsburg live.
some shots of the WTC.
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