summertime recap
well, unlike my usual recaps i write from my parents house, i'm actually in my apartment in amherst. ignoring a completely beautiful day.
i find it hard now, because of living in town, to go outside and enjoy the "outdoors". there's no place private, except for a small patch of grass and trees (which could not be considered a park) where i usually go read, and i've ended up somewhat lazy finding it easier to just stay inside with the windows all the way open and enjoying some peace and quiet time on the couch. talk about getting washed up.
i miss living in pelham, out in the woods, and feeling like we were all living in a summer cottage/treehouse. i miss having a stream right across the street, and hiking trails right behind our house. i miss the feeling of being able to do whatever you want without feeling like someone is watching you.
right now i live in a one-bedroom apartment above a professional building with my girlfriend. we live right in the center of town and have the convenience of being able to walk anywhere we need. it has taken all summer, since we started living here together, for me to get used to this type of lifestyle. and i'm almost at the point of being adjusted to it, but will be moving to a new place in northampton on september first- where i will need to readjust my lifestyle once again. our apartment right now is only a sublet.
things i've been doing this summer are:
-digital photography: http://www.flickr.com/deadbirdroad
-handmade canvas bags i'm trying to sell: corduroyhat.etsy.com
-weekend trips to cool places
-went to an "internship" one day as a PA on a childrens' movie set for a movie called "bubble trubble" (whack)
-started an internship at the video center on umass campus
-made digital collages (which is a completely new and different medium of art for me)
-constant stress trying to find an apartment for myself and (now) three others. i'd like to thank umass amherst for consolidating their housing services and therefore making all off-campus housing (it's just called renting now for me, graduate) difficult to come across and highly competitive.
-mondays off with kristen, and frequent beach trips. kristen is amazing.
-worked at a screenprinting shop all summer, and printed "boston" shirts for the shops' biggest customer who sells at faniel hall. picture seeing the word "BOSTON" in various fonts/designs and in mass quantities, and picture printing them one shirt at a time. shit SUCKS.
-offered (as of yesterday) a new job in northampton at an alternative school, teaching middle school students. and yeah, definitely taking it.
-rode my bike to work pretty much every day. it feels so good.
-recent record purchases: the zombies- odessey & oracle, steppenwolf - the second, jefferson airplane - surrealistic pillow, amon duul ii - tanz der leminge, rolling stones - aftermath.
-i have my first photography gig this coming saturday. i'll be taking pictures for one of my sisters' friends wedding. i'm pretty nervous to say the least.
- made a dumbass list, including bullets, on livejournal.
all in all, i've had a really uptight, but productive summer. i also have the travel bug, severely.
so now, i'm graduated from college with a fucking art degree, and hopes of doing something creative with it. i don't want to become a washed up art major, and am trying not to let others (in similar predicaments who have since let themselves become lazy artists who rarely make any work) get me down and feel hopeless. it seems as though too many people let this happen.
right now i'm eating pasta with zucchini from my parent's garden in a light vodka cream sauce. it's cold from the fridge and i can barely taste the sauce anymore as it has sat overnight. but it's still good. and i'm drinking a pbr pint from a can. cheap beer has grown on me big time, and i don't get too excited from fancy beers anymore like i used to- which is probably a good thing considering my low budget.
i'm most likely going to be late for work. i need to leave in about three minutes, but just can't seem to give a shit. it's going to be a perfect day for riding my bike though.
i find it hard now, because of living in town, to go outside and enjoy the "outdoors". there's no place private, except for a small patch of grass and trees (which could not be considered a park) where i usually go read, and i've ended up somewhat lazy finding it easier to just stay inside with the windows all the way open and enjoying some peace and quiet time on the couch. talk about getting washed up.
i miss living in pelham, out in the woods, and feeling like we were all living in a summer cottage/treehouse. i miss having a stream right across the street, and hiking trails right behind our house. i miss the feeling of being able to do whatever you want without feeling like someone is watching you.
right now i live in a one-bedroom apartment above a professional building with my girlfriend. we live right in the center of town and have the convenience of being able to walk anywhere we need. it has taken all summer, since we started living here together, for me to get used to this type of lifestyle. and i'm almost at the point of being adjusted to it, but will be moving to a new place in northampton on september first- where i will need to readjust my lifestyle once again. our apartment right now is only a sublet.
things i've been doing this summer are:
-digital photography: http://www.flickr.com/deadbirdroad
-handmade canvas bags i'm trying to sell: corduroyhat.etsy.com
-weekend trips to cool places
-went to an "internship" one day as a PA on a childrens' movie set for a movie called "bubble trubble" (whack)
-started an internship at the video center on umass campus
-made digital collages (which is a completely new and different medium of art for me)
-constant stress trying to find an apartment for myself and (now) three others. i'd like to thank umass amherst for consolidating their housing services and therefore making all off-campus housing (it's just called renting now for me, graduate) difficult to come across and highly competitive.
-mondays off with kristen, and frequent beach trips. kristen is amazing.
-worked at a screenprinting shop all summer, and printed "boston" shirts for the shops' biggest customer who sells at faniel hall. picture seeing the word "BOSTON" in various fonts/designs and in mass quantities, and picture printing them one shirt at a time. shit SUCKS.
-offered (as of yesterday) a new job in northampton at an alternative school, teaching middle school students. and yeah, definitely taking it.
-rode my bike to work pretty much every day. it feels so good.
-recent record purchases: the zombies- odessey & oracle, steppenwolf - the second, jefferson airplane - surrealistic pillow, amon duul ii - tanz der leminge, rolling stones - aftermath.
-i have my first photography gig this coming saturday. i'll be taking pictures for one of my sisters' friends wedding. i'm pretty nervous to say the least.
- made a dumbass list, including bullets, on livejournal.
all in all, i've had a really uptight, but productive summer. i also have the travel bug, severely.
so now, i'm graduated from college with a fucking art degree, and hopes of doing something creative with it. i don't want to become a washed up art major, and am trying not to let others (in similar predicaments who have since let themselves become lazy artists who rarely make any work) get me down and feel hopeless. it seems as though too many people let this happen.
right now i'm eating pasta with zucchini from my parent's garden in a light vodka cream sauce. it's cold from the fridge and i can barely taste the sauce anymore as it has sat overnight. but it's still good. and i'm drinking a pbr pint from a can. cheap beer has grown on me big time, and i don't get too excited from fancy beers anymore like i used to- which is probably a good thing considering my low budget.
i'm most likely going to be late for work. i need to leave in about three minutes, but just can't seem to give a shit. it's going to be a perfect day for riding my bike though.