so i got a job for a while. at lake compounce doing face painting and airbrush tattoos and henna tattoos. its a pretty nice job and they treat me well. i wont be in town for too long though, i am spending most of the summer out west with gabe. i will be there until august when i will be briefly back in CT for a little bit after road tripping ( Read more... )

i am heading home to connecticut, probably tomorrow. i have some more packing cleaning etc to do before then. i want to go tomorrow so i can make the 9 hour jump really fast, in just one big day. i dont want to stop really because i feel like i lose my momentum, plus i feel like it might be nice to be home for mothers day ( Read more... )

i am heading out to washington state today for my spring break and i am nervous. about the plane flight and the layovers, about the west coast, i dont know really. but i am. i will be there for a week, including my birthday. by the way, happy 21st in advance katie and molly, my twins a day early! we are all turning that landmark age this year ( Read more... )

so not only has it been the mildest winter ever (last weekend i was walking down to the river in a t-shirt very comfortably) but then when it actually gets cold winter gets the lamest snow. when all new england got snow that say, lasted on the ground for more than five minutes, richmond got snow for like an hour when i was in class and the ground ( Read more... )

TO DO LIST (so i dont forget AND dont have to keep remembering):

-finish big project for show tomorrow (prime, paint, foam, flowers)
-make cupcakes for show opening(buy cream cheese for frosting making)
-revise artist statement to hang up then too
-study for test tomorrow
-finish essay for tomorrow
-read "epilogue" and rest of "tuesdays with ( Read more... )

this is my special 3-bean chili recipe that i made up myself and really really enjoy. I am writing it down here for the first time so i can take it home to my family in an easy way this thanksgiving. my brother bitched about dining hall food, so i figure i maybe will send him home with some of this. if you use the recipe, let me know ( Read more... )

i am restless today, having sat around. angry and frustrated and lonely, honestly. i'd been doing well with doing more art and less TV. the only TV i had watched all week was the project runway season finale. and then today i ruined it and watched jeopardy and old project runway reruns and what not to wear. i just shouldnt watch any at all, ( Read more... )

i am not really all with it today. sleeping until 10 will do that to you, i think. this past week was incredibly busy, with big projects due and three tests and absolutely no time for me to sit down and respond to people's emails and such. now my whole friday is open for me to do whatever and i am a little overwhelmed. i think today is a read ( Read more... )

so here is what i have been up to! i am very proud..
( look what i did in lithography )

i am getting a cold; my throat is sore and phlegm-y and it effects my entire head. i think it's because of the changing weather here. suddenly its gotten colder, and wet for days on end. not rainy necessarily, just threatening rain always, sputtering sometimes, wet. for the past week or so i have been completely overwhelmed with classes. i do ( Read more... )