it's still snowing.
And I'm stuck in the house, as predicted. We've already gotten at least a foot and a half of snow, though the drifts are much higher AND it's just piled up on top of the snow from the blizzard last week. Can I move to Florida? Or... I don't know, Arizona?
So I haven't been doing very much productive with my break so far (of course, I shouldn't need to -- isn't that the point of a break?). Though it does leave me a bit bored. I've gone out shopping with my mom a couple of times, once before Christmas since my parents hadn't figured out anything to get me (I got a couple of absolutely beautiful new velvet skirts and a velvet jacket that really just are additions to my "artist clothes"), and then once on Wednesday because they were having a big sale at Bath and Body Works, and I've lately become enamored with wonderful lotions. I now own a lotion that smells like chocolate and one that smells like pecan pie. There's nothing like trying to boost energy/mood through yummy sents. I also used these mall trips as costume design research -- you know, what are people actually wearing now?
Also, met up with one of my friends from home that I've been friends with ever since sixth grade... she's a year older than I am, and a senior at Duke. We keep in sporadic touch, but always try to see each other over breaks. I'm glad that I actually have one Colorado friend that I'm still close to, because I've drifted away from most of the rest. So apparently she's going into the Peace Corps next year in South Asia, which was a bit of a shock to me -- there is no way I have friends who are old enough to be doing things like this. There's no way I'm almost old enough to be doing things like this.
I've also been fiddling with various craft projects, particularly this one latch hook rug kit that I got about... four years (?) ago and only got about an eighth done of. Now I'm a little over halfway done with the rug, trying to get it finished before I go back to school. However, I still have, by a rough estimate, approximately 4500 little pieces of yarn that I still need to hook in. I think I'll get it done if I don't get bored to death with it first. I realize that there are about a billion craft projects/craft supplies/fabric scraps/skeins of yarn/scrapbooking things/stickers/colored pencils/cross stitch threads/etc. hidden around my room. I don't know what this says about what I ought to be doing. Except that I've always loved tactile things... and maybe I ought to take advantage of that, instead of just making things that exist on a computer screen. Lots of "what should I do with my life" thoughts going on here.
I've also been trying to read, though I haven't read anything amazing yet. One "what should you do with your life" book, on loan from my mom, which was actually pretty helpful, especially in its view that kids right out of college should just take some jobs to get experience working, without the pressure to go straight into ONE JOB that they'll do for the rest of their lives. Also read The Nanny Diaries which was quite scathing toward the NYC elite... If I ever have kids (when I have kids) I am definitely staying with them as much as I can.
But yes. Trying not to be bored. Trying to find things to do so as not to be bored. Such goes life. I'll be glad when I'm back for interterm and have some more people to come up with things to do. As well as rehearsals/research/Gilmore Girls marathons/etc.
Still need to come up with some New Year's resolutions...
So I haven't been doing very much productive with my break so far (of course, I shouldn't need to -- isn't that the point of a break?). Though it does leave me a bit bored. I've gone out shopping with my mom a couple of times, once before Christmas since my parents hadn't figured out anything to get me (I got a couple of absolutely beautiful new velvet skirts and a velvet jacket that really just are additions to my "artist clothes"), and then once on Wednesday because they were having a big sale at Bath and Body Works, and I've lately become enamored with wonderful lotions. I now own a lotion that smells like chocolate and one that smells like pecan pie. There's nothing like trying to boost energy/mood through yummy sents. I also used these mall trips as costume design research -- you know, what are people actually wearing now?
Also, met up with one of my friends from home that I've been friends with ever since sixth grade... she's a year older than I am, and a senior at Duke. We keep in sporadic touch, but always try to see each other over breaks. I'm glad that I actually have one Colorado friend that I'm still close to, because I've drifted away from most of the rest. So apparently she's going into the Peace Corps next year in South Asia, which was a bit of a shock to me -- there is no way I have friends who are old enough to be doing things like this. There's no way I'm almost old enough to be doing things like this.
I've also been fiddling with various craft projects, particularly this one latch hook rug kit that I got about... four years (?) ago and only got about an eighth done of. Now I'm a little over halfway done with the rug, trying to get it finished before I go back to school. However, I still have, by a rough estimate, approximately 4500 little pieces of yarn that I still need to hook in. I think I'll get it done if I don't get bored to death with it first. I realize that there are about a billion craft projects/craft supplies/fabric scraps/skeins of yarn/scrapbooking things/stickers/colored pencils/cross stitch threads/etc. hidden around my room. I don't know what this says about what I ought to be doing. Except that I've always loved tactile things... and maybe I ought to take advantage of that, instead of just making things that exist on a computer screen. Lots of "what should I do with my life" thoughts going on here.
I've also been trying to read, though I haven't read anything amazing yet. One "what should you do with your life" book, on loan from my mom, which was actually pretty helpful, especially in its view that kids right out of college should just take some jobs to get experience working, without the pressure to go straight into ONE JOB that they'll do for the rest of their lives. Also read The Nanny Diaries which was quite scathing toward the NYC elite... If I ever have kids (when I have kids) I am definitely staying with them as much as I can.
But yes. Trying not to be bored. Trying to find things to do so as not to be bored. Such goes life. I'll be glad when I'm back for interterm and have some more people to come up with things to do. As well as rehearsals/research/Gilmore Girls marathons/etc.
Still need to come up with some New Year's resolutions...