aweful falafel.
so.
i think i am actually going to do a real update.
sorry if you get upset because i have said more on livejournal than i have said to you in person.
i haven't been much of a verbal communicater lately.
right now i am working a job in jacksonville, florida. i am working for my uncle's real-estate appraisal company. i do basically nothing, and get paid pretty well for it. i am hoping to quit in a couple weeks. it has been good for saving up money, but not for much else, like, enjoying life to the fullest. ha.
next month i will be starting massage school, also here in jacksonville, florida. i am pretty stoked on that. should last about 6 months. maybe shorter if i cram extra hours in each week. by the way, no, i don't need your back to practice on, not yours or the backs of the two million other people who have asked me. not to say i won't give you a good massage one day for free or cheap, but come on folks.
i am looking desperately for a place to live. i have been too long without a room of my own. i am staying between my parent's house and justin's mom's house, depending on whether i am crashing at the beach or in town. my mom is a stress case with me living there, since in order to sell the house apparently it has to look like no one is living there, and i like to live in places that i live in, if you know what i mean. so that really isn't working out too well. the mature relationship that my mother and i developed after the first time i moved out of the house is basically digressing, and the old i-am-your-mother-do-it-because-i-say-so attitude is gradually reintroducing itself into our lives. ick.
the plan has been to move in with justin and brett, find a nice cheap house in the beaches area, have our band equiptment set up so that we can play and write music all the time, have enough space for my art shit to be set up as well so i don't have to set it up and take it down every time i feel inspired, with a nice little backyard and a white picket fence! needless to say, our search has been extremily fruitless. either the house is way out of our range, or way too small, or too far from anywhere i could find work, or rented out already even though the sign is still in the yard.
on top of all this, finding a lease that runs less than a year, preferrably 6 months, is another whole challenge, because as nice as it is to be home and see my friends here and all of that, chances are pretty damn high that once i get out of school i will be ready to pick up and get going. this town just doesn't do it for me for very long at a time.
by the way, i am starting a band called "aweful falafel", so don't even think about taking that name.
i have been getting sick a lot lately. sick and tired. i am tired of being sick. and tired. i don't really know what the deal is with that. i guess i haven't been sleeping much. there is sort of a pattern in my life which is: drama and good ideas never arise until right when i know i should be falling asleep, and i tend to those dramatic issues or inspirations. then by the time i actually do fall asleep, i am waking up a few hours later having to be at work or wherever else, and then i figure i will just take a nap later, but when later comes i don't want to take a nap because i might miss something, and then the pattern continues on until i have lost so much precious sleep that i am a walking zombie who doesn't want to hang out or do anything fun becuase i don't have the energy for it. ahh!! so that probably isn't too good on the immune system. plus i have been drinking a little bit more than i used to, being legal and all, which also isn't an immune booster, and then there's the stress, and the lack of water i drink, and all those factors that are the cause of every person's every problem. my mom keeps blaming my almost-veganism. eat more eggs, she says. and fish, for god's sake. and i say, no, sorry. that's not it. and if that really is the problem, i guess i will just have to keep getting sick. ha. ha. what a martyr. or moron. but i would like to think martyr. i don't mind suffering a little if the cause is just.
i got to see kim while she was in town. but not much. too bad really, because i really like kim. a lot of times when i see people i haven't seen in awhile, i am really quiet and akward, and i can't think of anything to say in response to the things they say, and i am sure in those situations people often think things like "so, why was i worried about reviving my relationship with this katie girl?". but i hope people don't think that. because really, i love you, friends. don't hate me for being shy. water is my element. water freezes up sometimes, and it takes awhile to melt. see?
justin is in austin, texas for christmas, visiting his brother and his brother's wife. they are cool. and i hear austin is cool too. i would really like to visit there. and to visit them. i would like justin to be with me on christmas. so i am a little sad, i admit. i almost bought plane ticket yesterday, but i don't really have the money to do that, not if i want a new surfboard. and, i do want a new surfboard.
if anyone on here doesn't know that i've been playing music, by the way, you should check it out.
you can listen to a few songs on my myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/katiegracemusic
i also post my shows on myspace, so hit it up periodically! or you can visit kevin taylor's website (who was kind enough to record me), and click "celebs" and there i am, katie helow...
http://www.celibatecelebrity.com
there are 6 or 7 songs on there i think.
anyway, i have a show tomorrow night, at uncommon grounds, at 9 o clock. i will be making cds all night so that i have some to sell tomorrow! so please be there. the address and all that is, again, on myspace.
thank you if you made it this far through my ramblings.
love.
i think i am actually going to do a real update.
sorry if you get upset because i have said more on livejournal than i have said to you in person.
i haven't been much of a verbal communicater lately.
right now i am working a job in jacksonville, florida. i am working for my uncle's real-estate appraisal company. i do basically nothing, and get paid pretty well for it. i am hoping to quit in a couple weeks. it has been good for saving up money, but not for much else, like, enjoying life to the fullest. ha.
next month i will be starting massage school, also here in jacksonville, florida. i am pretty stoked on that. should last about 6 months. maybe shorter if i cram extra hours in each week. by the way, no, i don't need your back to practice on, not yours or the backs of the two million other people who have asked me. not to say i won't give you a good massage one day for free or cheap, but come on folks.
i am looking desperately for a place to live. i have been too long without a room of my own. i am staying between my parent's house and justin's mom's house, depending on whether i am crashing at the beach or in town. my mom is a stress case with me living there, since in order to sell the house apparently it has to look like no one is living there, and i like to live in places that i live in, if you know what i mean. so that really isn't working out too well. the mature relationship that my mother and i developed after the first time i moved out of the house is basically digressing, and the old i-am-your-mother-do-it-because-i-say-so attitude is gradually reintroducing itself into our lives. ick.
the plan has been to move in with justin and brett, find a nice cheap house in the beaches area, have our band equiptment set up so that we can play and write music all the time, have enough space for my art shit to be set up as well so i don't have to set it up and take it down every time i feel inspired, with a nice little backyard and a white picket fence! needless to say, our search has been extremily fruitless. either the house is way out of our range, or way too small, or too far from anywhere i could find work, or rented out already even though the sign is still in the yard.
on top of all this, finding a lease that runs less than a year, preferrably 6 months, is another whole challenge, because as nice as it is to be home and see my friends here and all of that, chances are pretty damn high that once i get out of school i will be ready to pick up and get going. this town just doesn't do it for me for very long at a time.
by the way, i am starting a band called "aweful falafel", so don't even think about taking that name.
i have been getting sick a lot lately. sick and tired. i am tired of being sick. and tired. i don't really know what the deal is with that. i guess i haven't been sleeping much. there is sort of a pattern in my life which is: drama and good ideas never arise until right when i know i should be falling asleep, and i tend to those dramatic issues or inspirations. then by the time i actually do fall asleep, i am waking up a few hours later having to be at work or wherever else, and then i figure i will just take a nap later, but when later comes i don't want to take a nap because i might miss something, and then the pattern continues on until i have lost so much precious sleep that i am a walking zombie who doesn't want to hang out or do anything fun becuase i don't have the energy for it. ahh!! so that probably isn't too good on the immune system. plus i have been drinking a little bit more than i used to, being legal and all, which also isn't an immune booster, and then there's the stress, and the lack of water i drink, and all those factors that are the cause of every person's every problem. my mom keeps blaming my almost-veganism. eat more eggs, she says. and fish, for god's sake. and i say, no, sorry. that's not it. and if that really is the problem, i guess i will just have to keep getting sick. ha. ha. what a martyr. or moron. but i would like to think martyr. i don't mind suffering a little if the cause is just.
i got to see kim while she was in town. but not much. too bad really, because i really like kim. a lot of times when i see people i haven't seen in awhile, i am really quiet and akward, and i can't think of anything to say in response to the things they say, and i am sure in those situations people often think things like "so, why was i worried about reviving my relationship with this katie girl?". but i hope people don't think that. because really, i love you, friends. don't hate me for being shy. water is my element. water freezes up sometimes, and it takes awhile to melt. see?
justin is in austin, texas for christmas, visiting his brother and his brother's wife. they are cool. and i hear austin is cool too. i would really like to visit there. and to visit them. i would like justin to be with me on christmas. so i am a little sad, i admit. i almost bought plane ticket yesterday, but i don't really have the money to do that, not if i want a new surfboard. and, i do want a new surfboard.
if anyone on here doesn't know that i've been playing music, by the way, you should check it out.
you can listen to a few songs on my myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/katiegracemusic
i also post my shows on myspace, so hit it up periodically! or you can visit kevin taylor's website (who was kind enough to record me), and click "celebs" and there i am, katie helow...
http://www.celibatecelebrity.com
there are 6 or 7 songs on there i think.
anyway, i have a show tomorrow night, at uncommon grounds, at 9 o clock. i will be making cds all night so that i have some to sell tomorrow! so please be there. the address and all that is, again, on myspace.
thank you if you made it this far through my ramblings.
love.