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Sucky Suck19:18 Mar 28 2010
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Moving really really sucks ass. Heading over to the new place to paint, the walls are all white, I don't do white its cold and stark. I like color, it makes a huge difference in your surroundings in how you feel. But its a pain in the ass.
13:06 Mar 25 2010
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When I think of New York I think of the phrase "a nice place to visit but...". What kind of person lives in the big apple? With a population of 19,541,453 and persons per square mile over 450? Thats daunting. Especially when you live in a city of 30,000 and persons per square mile are just 15, like me.
I would love to visit N.Y so that I could tour the art galleries, Museums and take in a few Broadway plays. But beyond that I think it would be a huge sensory overload. I would think you would have to have a pretty tough shell or/and the ability to let things roll off your shoulders.
What skills would you need just to get a decent job when a zillion people are competing for the same one you are? Where crime is an every "second" occurrence? A city that has no sky? Ok, there is Central Park but how safe is it really? Fast paced, fast talkers. I wouldn't want to live in a city that had bars on the windows whether it was a shop or home. No yards and no parking. UGGGH. I just can't imagine.
I'm sure there are positives, I just don't know them. And when I bitch about not having enough places to go to here I think about the beautiful country around me, the river a few blocks from my house, lakes and forests a half hour away. The peacefulness, fresh air, little to no crime, my garden and just being able to say that you know everyone within 10 blocks of you.
Dreams Gone By..21:56 Mar 23 2010
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For a good portion of my misspent youth I dreamed of becoming a career artist. In college I majored in Art History and Business and one of my first jobs was working for a well known and noted artist in the Northwest by the name of Ralph Crawford. I modeled for him, did paper sculpting( a process where we made our own paper and used molds), and worked with bronze and pewter.
I come from a family of artists. My aunt owns an art gallery in Missouri and has talent of her own. Then there was my mother. She was amazingly talented. When she was a budding teenager she had painted a beautiful mural of two dancers on her bedroom wall, when I saw the pictures I was astounded at her skill. She could work with just about any kind of medium, from charcoal, watercolors or oil. Her portraits were my favorite. I had several that she had painted of me when I was little but sadly I had lost them in a flood in 1990.
Well, my dream never came to fruition. I was too insecure and didn't possess the caliber of work my mother had. I have always been afraid of failure and unfortunately it has kept me from experiencing so much in my life. But there is always that little voice in the back of my head that says yeah, disappointment!
The book I am currently reading has brought it all to the forefront of my mind. The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova. You may best recognize her as the author of the vampire novel, The Historian.
*sighs*.
How satisfying it would be...... 19:05 Mar 22 2010
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You know, most of the time I get along just fine with my ex-husband and thats the way it should be for our son Justins sakes. But, and you knew this was coming, but there are days when I would like nothing better than to go into the kitchen, take out a nice long, sharp shiny knife and stab him repeatedly in the chest with it. Hmmmm, think thats too harsh? Nahhhh.... :D
Grrrrrrrrrr18:22 Mar 21 2010
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Don't you just love it when you write a really long journal entry, hit post and then get kicked off the net....? Ehhhhh fuck it.
Sick01:26 Mar 20 2010
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Child/Toddler Beauty Pageants. Am I the only one that thinks there is something very wrong about these? I was watching the Tyra show today and this was the topic. I can't believe the things the parents put these children through! It makes me so angry! The make-up, body slimmers, false lashes, spray tans, fake teeth inserts, and the clothes! OMG. Its so obvious that its the parents desire and not the childs. Leave the kids alone...let them be kids for heavens sakes.
22:37 Mar 18 2010
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Wondering if its going to be a huge mistake moving into one of the houses my ex and the new Mrs. Brown own. I will be paying almost $200 a month more and then wsg but its in a nice neighborhood, new carpeting and a new lawn was put in. I love to garden and landscape so thats a big plus for me. Its smaller than the place I live in now but I really don't need the room anymore with almost all the kids grown up and on their own, all but one. I feel like I've been a parent forever and I guess I have been, for almost 28 years now and still 8 more till my youngest is out (hopefully) lol.
Still, I hate being under their thumb. I have a bad feeling about this...
01:28 Mar 10 2010
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My son and I went and saw Alice In Wonderland this last Sunday in 3D. It was great but I did expect maybe a bit more wackyness if you know what I mean. Still a good movie to see in 3D. I liked The Hatters eyes in Alice, appropriately mad :D My favorite Tim Burton movie is still The Nightmare Before Christmas, the music is outstanding and it represented a new style to animation when it came out.
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COMMENTS
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VanDick
21:12 Mar 28 2010
Good luck with the moving!
atyourwindow
03:58 Mar 29 2010
agreed , moving is all fun and games untill you have to pack , move and then unpack all your stuff .
PrettyWhenICry
07:03 Mar 29 2010
But have fun painting!! I love painting!