alki, i-pod, & sketch pad
Don't worry everyone, I'm still here...
I've been finding myself really busy as of late. I've actually taken on some additional duties at work thanks to a person at the museum finding a better paying and full time job. Add to that creating a workshop for 150 Americorps peeps, advising Proj. FAM, dealing with tired & cranky elem kids on a daily basis and Filipino Night (they might be depending on me too much for this,plus upcoming thangs that I have to deal with like planning a volunteer app. event for the hundreds of volunteers the museum has and TLing the Museum Ambassadors program I usu. get home and decide to chill out in front of my computer and watch anime b/c im so worn out mentally. BUT....
Yesterday, which I had circled to be a really stressful day, was actually the most relaxing day I have had this whole year. when I got up in the morning the sun was shining and I felt really good. I was suppsed to do workshop for 150, and even tho I hadn't given myself a run thru, I was very relaxed. Lunch was chill and some co-workers and I had lunch outside in the sunshine. It was there I decided to go alki after my workshop. Yup, no going back to work b/c I needed time to just sit and do what I wanted. The workshop was good. I was supposed to talk about the Kong Yick buildings, which I did, but I did a whole spiel on American Imperialism and even briefly touched upon the imperialism effect on the Philippines. How did I tie it to the Kong Yick? I think I said "if you came here and were exploited and excluded everywhere you went, wouldn't you want a place where you can feel at home, so that's why these buildings and their cleanup is important." Didn't exactly follow my outline, but I think the audience was feeling what I was saying, and I got positive feedback when I was done. So after that I went home, put on my shorts and headed to alki with my new i-pod mini (an excellent buy on my part) in hand. I found a spot and sat there for 3 hours, just reflecting and sketching in my sketchbook. It felt so good to just sit there, draw, and not feel the stress of all the things that I had to do. It was almost perfect......
it was a good day.........
I've been finding myself really busy as of late. I've actually taken on some additional duties at work thanks to a person at the museum finding a better paying and full time job. Add to that creating a workshop for 150 Americorps peeps, advising Proj. FAM, dealing with tired & cranky elem kids on a daily basis and Filipino Night (they might be depending on me too much for this,plus upcoming thangs that I have to deal with like planning a volunteer app. event for the hundreds of volunteers the museum has and TLing the Museum Ambassadors program I usu. get home and decide to chill out in front of my computer and watch anime b/c im so worn out mentally. BUT....
Yesterday, which I had circled to be a really stressful day, was actually the most relaxing day I have had this whole year. when I got up in the morning the sun was shining and I felt really good. I was suppsed to do workshop for 150, and even tho I hadn't given myself a run thru, I was very relaxed. Lunch was chill and some co-workers and I had lunch outside in the sunshine. It was there I decided to go alki after my workshop. Yup, no going back to work b/c I needed time to just sit and do what I wanted. The workshop was good. I was supposed to talk about the Kong Yick buildings, which I did, but I did a whole spiel on American Imperialism and even briefly touched upon the imperialism effect on the Philippines. How did I tie it to the Kong Yick? I think I said "if you came here and were exploited and excluded everywhere you went, wouldn't you want a place where you can feel at home, so that's why these buildings and their cleanup is important." Didn't exactly follow my outline, but I think the audience was feeling what I was saying, and I got positive feedback when I was done. So after that I went home, put on my shorts and headed to alki with my new i-pod mini (an excellent buy on my part) in hand. I found a spot and sat there for 3 hours, just reflecting and sketching in my sketchbook. It felt so good to just sit there, draw, and not feel the stress of all the things that I had to do. It was almost perfect......
it was a good day.........