Hey strangers
It's hard for me to get into the habit of updating this thing. Sometimes I get the urge, but then I'm like "Nah... I'll do this instead." I guess it almost feels like a chore if I'm not in the right mood. Anyway, since it's been a while, here are some updates:
After a lot of emotional/mental/financial struggling I have my own apartment with my 19yr old brother Terrell and our 4yr old brother Darren is living with us.
We make enough to pay our rent, Darren goes to a nice private preschool not even a block from the apartment. The place is nice, it's starting to feel like home. I'm close to my friends now and can hang out regularly. I'm a lot happier. The only headache currently is that I'm still working my job near where I used to live, which is like a 3hour commute on the bus. I know, brutal. It's only temporary until I find a new job out here, which shouldn't (hopefully) be that hard. To be honest I'm going to be sad to leave my job, because I've really bonded with some of the kids there and I'll miss tutoring them. Also there's this really cute Asian chick (not the same one as before) that works there and is really friendly with me that I'd LOVE to get to know, but oh well, there are other girls out there.
Physically I'm doing pretty shitty. I have an ingrown toenail. That's been bothering me for a few weeks. At first I thought I'd just stubbed my toe and it would go away, so I didn't give it much thought, but it kept getting worse and I found out what it was. Haven't really had time to go get some help for it, so I just soak it, clean it, bandage it, loosen my shoe and go about my day. Even if I wanted to go to the doctor I don't have medical coverage. If that wasn't bad enough, just days ago my blepharitis resurfaced. Blepharitis is an iritation of the eyelid. Ever had an eyelash or a piece of dust or rock get stuck under your lid? That's what it feels like, half the day, and it makes you look like you've just been crying. It's fucking annoying. I had it once a couple years ago for a couple miserable weeks. I'm hoping it doesn't last that long this time. I guess I'm going to have to take a day off (I've already taken off like 3 already for other reasons this month) and go apply for medical. My paycheck will suffer, but my health is more important I guess. I can't work properly without my eyes and feet anyway.
What else? In good news, I've been working on the music a lot lately, and getting pretty good responses from people online. http://myspace.com/kissmyaesthetic all the songs are pretty new.
Also in music I'm developing a band with my friend Jorge (guitar) called Gallows vs Guillotine (I know you're jealous of that name).
As soon I can afford to get a new wacom I'm going to start working on some animations. Seriously. So stay tuned for that.
I hope I update this more often. If not, talk to you next time.
-stray
After a lot of emotional/mental/financial struggling I have my own apartment with my 19yr old brother Terrell and our 4yr old brother Darren is living with us.
We make enough to pay our rent, Darren goes to a nice private preschool not even a block from the apartment. The place is nice, it's starting to feel like home. I'm close to my friends now and can hang out regularly. I'm a lot happier. The only headache currently is that I'm still working my job near where I used to live, which is like a 3hour commute on the bus. I know, brutal. It's only temporary until I find a new job out here, which shouldn't (hopefully) be that hard. To be honest I'm going to be sad to leave my job, because I've really bonded with some of the kids there and I'll miss tutoring them. Also there's this really cute Asian chick (not the same one as before) that works there and is really friendly with me that I'd LOVE to get to know, but oh well, there are other girls out there.
Physically I'm doing pretty shitty. I have an ingrown toenail. That's been bothering me for a few weeks. At first I thought I'd just stubbed my toe and it would go away, so I didn't give it much thought, but it kept getting worse and I found out what it was. Haven't really had time to go get some help for it, so I just soak it, clean it, bandage it, loosen my shoe and go about my day. Even if I wanted to go to the doctor I don't have medical coverage. If that wasn't bad enough, just days ago my blepharitis resurfaced. Blepharitis is an iritation of the eyelid. Ever had an eyelash or a piece of dust or rock get stuck under your lid? That's what it feels like, half the day, and it makes you look like you've just been crying. It's fucking annoying. I had it once a couple years ago for a couple miserable weeks. I'm hoping it doesn't last that long this time. I guess I'm going to have to take a day off (I've already taken off like 3 already for other reasons this month) and go apply for medical. My paycheck will suffer, but my health is more important I guess. I can't work properly without my eyes and feet anyway.
What else? In good news, I've been working on the music a lot lately, and getting pretty good responses from people online. http://myspace.com/kissmyaesthetic all the songs are pretty new.
Also in music I'm developing a band with my friend Jorge (guitar) called Gallows vs Guillotine (I know you're jealous of that name).
As soon I can afford to get a new wacom I'm going to start working on some animations. Seriously. So stay tuned for that.
I hope I update this more often. If not, talk to you next time.
-stray