Here I Go!

I've done it! I've joined a gym- I am so excited to dig out my leg warmers and sweatband. No I didn't join an 80's theme gym- but when I think of me exercizing I automatically go into 80's montage-mode... There I am on the tread mill... there I am in a yoga class... there I am spinning... then I break into dance with my welding machine and a whole chorus of dancers are synchronized to cheer me on... and then at the end of this 45 second scene I am victorius and my personal trainer gives my a high five. Did I mention I have never joined a gym before? This my not be an accurate assesment of what will really happen.

Resolutions

Tis the seasons for resolutions. Of course I have a list of things I would like to commit to for making my body and environment a healthier whole. I know I will not stick to them all, but here's to trying.
1rst- Floss. I hate flossing, but I have flossed every tooth everyday so far this year. A big improvement. My enthusiasm will probibly wane, but I want to keep it up as long as possible. (it is cheaper then a root canal, and dental insurance)
2nd- Dishes. I hate doing the dishes. This displeasure results in a sink of dishes that sit and become more displeasurable until critical mass ie. eating cereal out of measuring cups. Now I am trying to wash dishes as I use them. I am also trying to figure out the most water efficient system but have not landed on anything conclusively.
3rd- Be more socially out going. I am not a hermit by any means, but more often then not I sit at home on my computer and end up spending way to much time taking crap quizs and playing on-line games. So I intend to make new friends and get out of the house more.
There are other resolutions like losing weight, exercising more, eating healthier... blah blah blah. These are things I remind myself/beat up myself about everyday. They are not new this year, they are tired old dogs that I kick every once in a while. For now these three things will make me very happy to maintain!

I'm Sorry... How Much did you Say that Was?

My cost of living has grown considerably with the coming of 2008. With loans coming due and the addition of car insurance my bank account has tumbleweeds blowing through it. Thank the Plastic Gods for credit cards. Without this glorious option of over-spending my means I don't know how I would have made it through the holidays!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT- My boyfriend and I are engaged! WHOOT! The price tags of weddings as they are, we're looking into cost saving options.... Do you think a BYOB wedding would be tacky?.....hmmmm

On Crafting

I have the apartment to myself this week. My boyfriend is away on business so the livingroom has become craft central. Fabric and papers everywhere! It's beautiful! It's not that my boyfriend doesn't approve of my crafting, it's just I am feeling more liberal about the territory I'm staking.
I have been a crafts person since I can remember. As kids my sisters and I were given paints, fabric, wood scraps, anything you could imagine to create anything we could imagine. My mother can't sit for longer hen 5 minutes without knitting, crotcheting, or quilting something. Her first love is painting she is an artist to her core, and also a teacher of arts. I remember when I was little washing and carting wool for her to spin and weave on the big loom that stood in her bedroom.
This week I am trying to finish a quilt block I have been working on forever! I've taken out everystitch about 3 times! Hopefully I will fininsh in the next 2 days. Tomorrow I am buying a new sewing machine!!!!!
The pic posted is the last quilt block finished, my version of Paul Klee's 'Face'. The current project is 'Madame X' by Sargent.

I'm in Love...

...with the new TV show on ABC "Pushing Daisies"! I am so excited for every episode. It is very well written, it has an incredible cast, and it is beautifully shot and designed.
I don't have a television, but these days if you have a computer with fast enough internet you can watch almost anything. I got rid of my TV about two years ago. That sounds like I had more will-power then I actually had, I really should say my TV died. I was watching an old movie when there was a loud POP, the images on the screen became a tiny bright dot, and smoke wisped out of the speakers. I figured it was a good thing, I was about to start my second year of grad school and thought it would be better not to have the distractions. (That and I was broke and a new TV was out of the budget.)
Then ABC did something brillant and started airing their shows on their website! Then the other networks followed suit! I was hooked, and watched every episode that came on!
Now that I am a seasoned internet show watcher, I am trying not to watch the crappy shows just because they are available. There are enough good ones to keep up with that I don't need to watch "Caveman". (Who thought that would be a good TV idea?) I am disapointed that "Grey's Anatomy" took a turn down the shit-sandwich highway. Everyone slept with everyone too much and now they've run out of things to say.
...but "Pushing Daisies" is fantastic.

To Be, or What To Be?

Hello blog land,
I have entered the real world. After 20 plus odd years in the comfortable realm of academia, I have graduated with an MFA. I have had deep discussions, delved into the theoretical, and dabbled with the practical. Now I must strike out in my own, be the fresh faced artist destined for a life of creative success.



It's now been 5 months. No work. No imcome. No one knocking down my door. No one really needing that fresh face. Hmmmm. Perhaps I should have been a plumber.