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for some reason i can't keep my room clean for more than 38 hours or something like that. it's rather obnoxious. i own way too many things. i rearranged, though, and now my bed is right next to the windows, and i love that. it's like i'm always sitting in sunlight. and i put my giant wicker screen at the foot of the bed, so it makes this little enclosed space when i'm on my bed, and that's really nice too. i want to get some gauzy fabric and hang it from the ceiling above my bed, so then it will be even more like a nice soft enclosed space. but i really should clean it, and the only real reason i'm writing this entry right now is to stall. i'm so good at stalling. i have a million things i need to accomplish but it seems like i never get any of them done. granted, it's hard to really do anything when i'm sick. i have an obnoxious head cold and it just wears me out, and i get exhausted after every tiny movement. it's frustrating, especially since the weather's been so nice here lately. warm, well, warm for chicago at least, and so much sun. anyway i'll probably clean after i finish this entry. then maybe sometime i'll take pictures of my room so you guys can see. i really really love it --with the exception of not having bookshelves or a dresser of some sort, which i really need --it's really great to finally feel comfortable somewhere i live.
anyway, so a lot of things have been happening. brian moved in, somewhat --he'll be going back to barrington for work, but he'll be here with me most of the time, and that is amazing and i am so excited to go to sleep next to him and wake up next to him too. i did a photoshoot with a local (and pretty well-established) photographer named saverio truglia. he even took a picture of andrew bird for rolling stone! i modeled for him, with giant albino snakes! it was an amazing and incredible experience. i got to meet lovely people and lovely snakes. it made the idea of the photography industry less terrifying. you can see one of the pictures at his website here, with one of the smaller snakes --the other was like, 12 feet long and nearly 80 pounds! it was so fun though and i was not afraid. the snakes were super nice. i think the picture turned out really great! also, a lady from a canadian graphic design company contacted me and asked if i would like to work with a clothing store called aritzia. they're based out of vancouver, but they have locations all over the place --even one in chicago. basically what the store does is support up and coming artists by using their artwork on their bags, gift boxes, gift cards, website, and in store, and well, they want to work with me! of course i said yes and everything's pretty much in order for that now. so, six of my pictures are going to be in aritzia stores and on their bags and stuff and everything! and not to mention, they're paying me $1,000 per image. so... super fucking stoked. that money is going to change my life, i have never ever had that much money in my life ever, and i will have earned it all myself and ahh wow i don't know. i can't believe this is happening. i've been trying to keep quiet about it because i'm afraid of jinxing it, but i just can't keep quiet anymore, so i hope nothing horrible happens and they don't back out at the last second. they already sent me the contract, so i guess i just have to sign it and.. yeah! ohmygosh, i'm so excited, ohmygosh.
(actually, this is a picture of my bedroom anyway.)
in other news, i had an internet-impersonator. some girl on deviantart was uploading my pictures from flickr and claiming them as hers. and the scary part is that she was pretending to be me! like, saying her name was cari ann and she lived in chicago and stuff like that. obviously i called her out on it, but it was so weird. it was sortof funny and sortof.. really weird. haha. i don't know what to think about the whole matter. i think she reads my livejournal, too, because she had copied some of my entries and posted them on deviantart. i don't know, it makes me feel like an internet celebrity and i don't think that's a good thing.
oh, also, a graphic designer made a book of my pictures for her final project in school! she basically made a new edition of lolita by vladimir nabokov with my pictures. it's basically the coolest thing i have ever seen. you can see some of it on her flickr page --the first 13 images are of the book. there's a whole lot more pages and maybe someday i will take pictures of them.
okay well enough stalling, i should go be productive i suppose.
anyway, so a lot of things have been happening. brian moved in, somewhat --he'll be going back to barrington for work, but he'll be here with me most of the time, and that is amazing and i am so excited to go to sleep next to him and wake up next to him too. i did a photoshoot with a local (and pretty well-established) photographer named saverio truglia. he even took a picture of andrew bird for rolling stone! i modeled for him, with giant albino snakes! it was an amazing and incredible experience. i got to meet lovely people and lovely snakes. it made the idea of the photography industry less terrifying. you can see one of the pictures at his website here, with one of the smaller snakes --the other was like, 12 feet long and nearly 80 pounds! it was so fun though and i was not afraid. the snakes were super nice. i think the picture turned out really great! also, a lady from a canadian graphic design company contacted me and asked if i would like to work with a clothing store called aritzia. they're based out of vancouver, but they have locations all over the place --even one in chicago. basically what the store does is support up and coming artists by using their artwork on their bags, gift boxes, gift cards, website, and in store, and well, they want to work with me! of course i said yes and everything's pretty much in order for that now. so, six of my pictures are going to be in aritzia stores and on their bags and stuff and everything! and not to mention, they're paying me $1,000 per image. so... super fucking stoked. that money is going to change my life, i have never ever had that much money in my life ever, and i will have earned it all myself and ahh wow i don't know. i can't believe this is happening. i've been trying to keep quiet about it because i'm afraid of jinxing it, but i just can't keep quiet anymore, so i hope nothing horrible happens and they don't back out at the last second. they already sent me the contract, so i guess i just have to sign it and.. yeah! ohmygosh, i'm so excited, ohmygosh.
(actually, this is a picture of my bedroom anyway.)
in other news, i had an internet-impersonator. some girl on deviantart was uploading my pictures from flickr and claiming them as hers. and the scary part is that she was pretending to be me! like, saying her name was cari ann and she lived in chicago and stuff like that. obviously i called her out on it, but it was so weird. it was sortof funny and sortof.. really weird. haha. i don't know what to think about the whole matter. i think she reads my livejournal, too, because she had copied some of my entries and posted them on deviantart. i don't know, it makes me feel like an internet celebrity and i don't think that's a good thing.
oh, also, a graphic designer made a book of my pictures for her final project in school! she basically made a new edition of lolita by vladimir nabokov with my pictures. it's basically the coolest thing i have ever seen. you can see some of it on her flickr page --the first 13 images are of the book. there's a whole lot more pages and maybe someday i will take pictures of them.
okay well enough stalling, i should go be productive i suppose.