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Costume Design Class, Spring 2023
When I began my masters program in Theater many years ago, my intended focus was Costume Design and Technology. Upon entering, I immediately found it impossible to fulfill one very important requirement, for when I asked how many hours I would need to spend in the costume shop, I was told: "when you're not in class, you're in the costume shop". I ( Read more... ) -
More catching up
A lot has taken place over the past 11 years. I had the most beautiful dog, Mona, who was like a roommate, sister, mother, daughter and friend all rolled into one. She was rescued from a breeder in Georgia and brought up to New York State by a pet adoption agency called Hubbard's Hounds. I got her on New Year's Day, 2011. She experienced very ( Read more... ) -
Where have I been?
I've been paying off my student loans, that's where. Now the repayment is over & my former brain is gradually resurfacing through the stress fog. I do wonder why the date on this Live Journal entry is written in Russian (?) it says: 14 декабря 2022. I'd love to get back to writing longer form entries. I've quit Twitter because of the stress, ( Read more... ) -
plus or minus?
Now I've gone off bc pills, I have to say that I am a little bit bitchier than I was only a week ago. But that isn't necessarily bad. It feels like I'm ever so slightly drunk. I'm not as hesitant to speak with other people as I was before, and also I will speak my mind. But I will have to navigate this new terrain & reign in my words using ( Read more... ) -
I will now recycle even the tiny bits of plastic
I saw this on a documentary (either NatGeo or PBS) & it's been haunting me. A photographer named Chris Jordan is documenting mass consumerism & its effects on nature. He captured these images on the islands around Midway in the Pacific ( Read more... ) -
COMET
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Comet McNaught is visible in the northern hemisphere, on the horizon. The farther north you are, the better your chances of seeing it.
It's the brightest comet in 30 years!
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