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Good god, I really haven't posted in here for four months, have I? And not meaningfully or lengthily since... what, April?
... Er. Hello. I'm back. Sort of. I feel very out-of-touch with livejournal now, but apparently my little brother has been updating his journal, and since I follow him sheepishly in everything I thought maybe I should too. Also Danielle has started a blog called Green Collar Blues (no, it doesn't show up on the google search engine yet, so don't bother trying) about all the peculiar people she runs into while doing energy-efficient home improvements. This means that she has finally become sympathetic to my desire to spend hours and hours a day doing nothing productive whatsoever on the internet, because she's doing the same thing (although now I guess doodling MSPaint stick figures of herself weatherstripping doors counts as productive). So she happily ignores me and I am finally allowed to, oh, read a book or something instead of paying attention to her! Hooray! (I mean, not that I don't like it when she demands five hours of my undivided attention, because it means she likes me, but it's rough on my limited attention span. And one does occasionally just need to blow two hours playing Scrabble on facebook with random internet strangers, right? ... Incidentally, if anyone here wants to play Scrabble on facebook, I am always up for playing with people I actually know, so please look me up.)
God, I ramble.
ANYWAY.
A few major and minor things in my world right now:
- Life is pretty good.
- Except for depression/anxiety/ADD? which are still somewhat significant problems, although I am working on them.
- I'm still making cakes for a living, which is fun and I'm getting better and better at it.
- Danielle and I are still together, amazingly, despite having moved into the same room and weathered a few pretty significant fights (and had lots and lots of really good times too, obviously). We celebrated our 1 year (holy shit) anniversary about six weeks ago, making this what I'd call my first RealAdultRelationship™. Weird, how it can sneak up on you like that.
- My brother lives here now, and works as a barista at my café. I think I actually mentioned that before? Oh well. It's fantastic having him here, I love it. The responsible older sister part of me thinks I should hassle him about going back to school, and the adoring older sister just wants him to stick around here. An absolutely wonderful guy named Joe has also moved in. I think I mentioned that too.
- Blues dance has become a huge part of my life. I'm now on the organizing committee of Collectively Blue, I've started DJing for dances, which is challenging and exciting, I'll be writing copy for the upcoming CB website rennovation, I recently organized a caravan to Madison, WI for a workshop.... and, most nerve-wrackingly, I will be entering my first competition in December in Washington DC. Squeak.
- I've managed to make a six-months-and-going-strong success of my supper club idea. The most recent one was this past Tuesday, and despite somewhat smaller attendance (only 16, as opposed to the usual 20) it received the most overwhelmingly positive member reviews so far. Will post about that soon, with pictures and menus.
- Two exes of mine are now married. This is both awesome (particularly in the case where I got to go to the wedding and make cupcakes for it) and terrifying (makes me feel like I am somehow behind schedule in the business of growing up, as I can't see myself being mature/settled enough to get married for another 6-10 years or so -- although maybe by then it will finally be legal for me to do so, hey).
- I've been really missing singing and theater. (Yes yes, what else is new.) I participated in a recital of Mac graduates back in July, which was fun and made me briefly really excited about starting lessons again (until the glow wore off and I got all down on myself again and decided I suck and should just quit daydreaming that I can sing, so I ended up not calling The Mannion like I've been saying I would for over a year now, ugh). I've been auditioning for theater things as opportunities arise, and have gotten lots of callbacks and encouragement but no actual roles yet. Just this morning, though, I got an email from a director saying that a friend of his (whose play I auditioned for a couple of months ago) had 'highly recommended' me as an casting possibility for his production of The Seagull, and inviting me to audition. Which is pretty awesome. And several operetta audition opportunities have recently popped up as well, which will be good motivation to start practicing again and getting some confidence back.
- As of today, I have a new phone! (And a new phone number, so if you want that, please send me an email or pm.) This one has unlimited texting, so I anticipate becoming a chronic texter. And hopefully by extension a somewhat better communicator/friend/girlfriend/coworker/etc. At least in a 300-character-or-less sort of a way.
And now I should get off my butt and start working on my Halloween costume for the multiple parties coming up this weekend. I was originally going to go either as the Absinthe Fairy (complete with mail-ordered bottle of absinthe which I would give sips of to people whose costumes I especially liked) or as Dorian Gray (Victorian menswear with a grossly defaced portrait of myself in a frame hanging around my neck). But both of those seemed like an awful lot of work, and I've been procrastinating. So I shelved those ideas, and reluctantly let Danielle talk me into being Harry Potter to her Golden Snitch. I was against the idea on principle (the principle being that it sounded grossly and offensively cutesy-coupley). But then I realized that it would be less work, more recognizable, and nice and warm when we're all out bar-hopping. And what better time to be disgusting and couple-y than when you're young and attractive and can get away with it? Finally, if anyone makes smartass remarks or starts cooing obnoxiously, I can always beat them to death with my Firebolt!
... So. There's my post. Hello again, livejournal!
... Er. Hello. I'm back. Sort of. I feel very out-of-touch with livejournal now, but apparently my little brother has been updating his journal, and since I follow him sheepishly in everything I thought maybe I should too. Also Danielle has started a blog called Green Collar Blues (no, it doesn't show up on the google search engine yet, so don't bother trying) about all the peculiar people she runs into while doing energy-efficient home improvements. This means that she has finally become sympathetic to my desire to spend hours and hours a day doing nothing productive whatsoever on the internet, because she's doing the same thing (although now I guess doodling MSPaint stick figures of herself weatherstripping doors counts as productive). So she happily ignores me and I am finally allowed to, oh, read a book or something instead of paying attention to her! Hooray! (I mean, not that I don't like it when she demands five hours of my undivided attention, because it means she likes me, but it's rough on my limited attention span. And one does occasionally just need to blow two hours playing Scrabble on facebook with random internet strangers, right? ... Incidentally, if anyone here wants to play Scrabble on facebook, I am always up for playing with people I actually know, so please look me up.)
God, I ramble.
ANYWAY.
A few major and minor things in my world right now:
- Life is pretty good.
- Except for depression/anxiety/ADD? which are still somewhat significant problems, although I am working on them.
- I'm still making cakes for a living, which is fun and I'm getting better and better at it.
- Danielle and I are still together, amazingly, despite having moved into the same room and weathered a few pretty significant fights (and had lots and lots of really good times too, obviously). We celebrated our 1 year (holy shit) anniversary about six weeks ago, making this what I'd call my first RealAdultRelationship™. Weird, how it can sneak up on you like that.
- My brother lives here now, and works as a barista at my café. I think I actually mentioned that before? Oh well. It's fantastic having him here, I love it. The responsible older sister part of me thinks I should hassle him about going back to school, and the adoring older sister just wants him to stick around here. An absolutely wonderful guy named Joe has also moved in. I think I mentioned that too.
- Blues dance has become a huge part of my life. I'm now on the organizing committee of Collectively Blue, I've started DJing for dances, which is challenging and exciting, I'll be writing copy for the upcoming CB website rennovation, I recently organized a caravan to Madison, WI for a workshop.... and, most nerve-wrackingly, I will be entering my first competition in December in Washington DC. Squeak.
- I've managed to make a six-months-and-going-strong success of my supper club idea. The most recent one was this past Tuesday, and despite somewhat smaller attendance (only 16, as opposed to the usual 20) it received the most overwhelmingly positive member reviews so far. Will post about that soon, with pictures and menus.
- Two exes of mine are now married. This is both awesome (particularly in the case where I got to go to the wedding and make cupcakes for it) and terrifying (makes me feel like I am somehow behind schedule in the business of growing up, as I can't see myself being mature/settled enough to get married for another 6-10 years or so -- although maybe by then it will finally be legal for me to do so, hey).
- I've been really missing singing and theater. (Yes yes, what else is new.) I participated in a recital of Mac graduates back in July, which was fun and made me briefly really excited about starting lessons again (until the glow wore off and I got all down on myself again and decided I suck and should just quit daydreaming that I can sing, so I ended up not calling The Mannion like I've been saying I would for over a year now, ugh). I've been auditioning for theater things as opportunities arise, and have gotten lots of callbacks and encouragement but no actual roles yet. Just this morning, though, I got an email from a director saying that a friend of his (whose play I auditioned for a couple of months ago) had 'highly recommended' me as an casting possibility for his production of The Seagull, and inviting me to audition. Which is pretty awesome. And several operetta audition opportunities have recently popped up as well, which will be good motivation to start practicing again and getting some confidence back.
- As of today, I have a new phone! (And a new phone number, so if you want that, please send me an email or pm.) This one has unlimited texting, so I anticipate becoming a chronic texter. And hopefully by extension a somewhat better communicator/friend/girlfriend/coworker/etc. At least in a 300-character-or-less sort of a way.
And now I should get off my butt and start working on my Halloween costume for the multiple parties coming up this weekend. I was originally going to go either as the Absinthe Fairy (complete with mail-ordered bottle of absinthe which I would give sips of to people whose costumes I especially liked) or as Dorian Gray (Victorian menswear with a grossly defaced portrait of myself in a frame hanging around my neck). But both of those seemed like an awful lot of work, and I've been procrastinating. So I shelved those ideas, and reluctantly let Danielle talk me into being Harry Potter to her Golden Snitch. I was against the idea on principle (the principle being that it sounded grossly and offensively cutesy-coupley). But then I realized that it would be less work, more recognizable, and nice and warm when we're all out bar-hopping. And what better time to be disgusting and couple-y than when you're young and attractive and can get away with it? Finally, if anyone makes smartass remarks or starts cooing obnoxiously, I can always beat them to death with my Firebolt!
... So. There's my post. Hello again, livejournal!