Big move!
Ok the biggest news of all has happened in this past week. As of yesterday, I officially live in Jacksonville beach! I'm 2 minutes from the ocean, and my job at the school is in walking distance. I have a nice little two bedroom apartment all to myself with the second room being turned into a studio/library (I have a fuck-ton of books). There is only one quirk. Since most of my furniture was left to me by grand parents from both sides of my family, my place looks like a grandma lives there. Lots of weird antique and baroque lamps and flower print patterns that are decades out of style (and not in the retro way). Lots of lacy things like doilies and shit as well. The lamps are absolutely hideous (in an awesome way) srsly. I'll have some pictures soon when I am all unpacked and the place is degrandmafied.
It is on a northern exposure making it ideal for art purposes as the sun will be constant and even all day long. I have the biggest window in my living room going from shin to ceiling and it is on the third floor. It has a fitness center and pool as well as constant community activities. As I walked up the stairs the neighbors were sitting on the stoop smoking incredible amounts of pot. I don't smoke myself but the smell is pleasant to me for some reason. Also, there is an old Ukrainian woman living below me who "doesn't have any English" There were two kids in the park arguing over who gets to inhale a helium balloon. I don't live in an apartment. I live in a parody of an apartment. I've set the place up for maximum gaming potential and will be starting regular game sessions. Pie will be a fixture at these games. D&D and Pie. PIE!
I am also getting a puppy soon. It will be tiny and fierce and will have a beard and mustache. probably a small terrier.
On another note, I began my first oil painting three weeks ago. I haven't quite gotten the hang of it but I am working on mine along with the students. I'm trying to show them that I'm trying to grow and do things outside of my comfort zone as well. Hopefully the lessons will take for them and for me. 2008 was not the best year for me. I have however grown because of my experiences. 2008 set me up to have a blissful 2009. Enough money to live comfortably and save. Enough time to work on the things I want to work on. Enough of both to travel a bit as well. Here is to 2009 and its promise, and to 2008 for its mangled hideous dogged determination to scape through the awful to raise me up.
It is on a northern exposure making it ideal for art purposes as the sun will be constant and even all day long. I have the biggest window in my living room going from shin to ceiling and it is on the third floor. It has a fitness center and pool as well as constant community activities. As I walked up the stairs the neighbors were sitting on the stoop smoking incredible amounts of pot. I don't smoke myself but the smell is pleasant to me for some reason. Also, there is an old Ukrainian woman living below me who "doesn't have any English" There were two kids in the park arguing over who gets to inhale a helium balloon. I don't live in an apartment. I live in a parody of an apartment. I've set the place up for maximum gaming potential and will be starting regular game sessions. Pie will be a fixture at these games. D&D and Pie. PIE!
I am also getting a puppy soon. It will be tiny and fierce and will have a beard and mustache. probably a small terrier.
On another note, I began my first oil painting three weeks ago. I haven't quite gotten the hang of it but I am working on mine along with the students. I'm trying to show them that I'm trying to grow and do things outside of my comfort zone as well. Hopefully the lessons will take for them and for me. 2008 was not the best year for me. I have however grown because of my experiences. 2008 set me up to have a blissful 2009. Enough money to live comfortably and save. Enough time to work on the things I want to work on. Enough of both to travel a bit as well. Here is to 2009 and its promise, and to 2008 for its mangled hideous dogged determination to scape through the awful to raise me up.