Liberation.
I am currently covered in white house paint. Gotta make this post fast so I can get it all scrubbed off before work. Pictures later.
Dad finally got me to overcome my shyness and visit the EcoStation where I want to work. They were very kind, and gave me a tour. They're going to have a lot of neat things there. Frilled lizards, iguanas, boas, pythons, crocodilians, birds, lots of tropical fish, a serval, and perhaps a bobcat, to name a few.
I mentioned the art thing. Yes, the man remembered me. "I saw your paintings online. You like painting animals, I noticed. You did the cuttlefish, right?" Yes, yes I did. Professor Brown, I'm baking you a cake, you lovely lady.
I needed to make a bid to paint a mural, and there are a few already taken. One artist is coming tomorrow, and they hadn't gotten the wall primed yet. "Do you mind painting the wall? I know it's not very artistic." Yes, YES! ANYTHING!
An hour later, he comes to check on me. He's impressed with how fast I work. Other people stop by, too. The manager brings me a fan. Two and a half hours later, I have to leave to get scrubbed up. I apologize for not finishing the last coat of paint (it needed several). He turns to the manager, "She's volunteering her time and she's apologizing!" She laughs.
We talked for a little bit. He can't hire me right away, but the art section might be able to. He can introduce me to the person in charge of hiring. Do I want to do it now? Covered in paint? I joke that it's not a great first impression. He tells me that volunteering my time out of the blue to paint a wall is a GREAT first impression. He really seems to want to get me hired somewhere into the system.
I'm stopping by with my portfolios tomorrow. Oh God.
Dad finally got me to overcome my shyness and visit the EcoStation where I want to work. They were very kind, and gave me a tour. They're going to have a lot of neat things there. Frilled lizards, iguanas, boas, pythons, crocodilians, birds, lots of tropical fish, a serval, and perhaps a bobcat, to name a few.
I mentioned the art thing. Yes, the man remembered me. "I saw your paintings online. You like painting animals, I noticed. You did the cuttlefish, right?" Yes, yes I did. Professor Brown, I'm baking you a cake, you lovely lady.
I needed to make a bid to paint a mural, and there are a few already taken. One artist is coming tomorrow, and they hadn't gotten the wall primed yet. "Do you mind painting the wall? I know it's not very artistic." Yes, YES! ANYTHING!
An hour later, he comes to check on me. He's impressed with how fast I work. Other people stop by, too. The manager brings me a fan. Two and a half hours later, I have to leave to get scrubbed up. I apologize for not finishing the last coat of paint (it needed several). He turns to the manager, "She's volunteering her time and she's apologizing!" She laughs.
We talked for a little bit. He can't hire me right away, but the art section might be able to. He can introduce me to the person in charge of hiring. Do I want to do it now? Covered in paint? I joke that it's not a great first impression. He tells me that volunteering my time out of the blue to paint a wall is a GREAT first impression. He really seems to want to get me hired somewhere into the system.
I'm stopping by with my portfolios tomorrow. Oh God.