I ambushed the library today. Looked up all kinds of things, filled up a tote bag and an armful of books. Sat down for a few hours there and read a couple of them. Still left with the tote bag full ( Read more... )

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i feel like the fish at the end of finding nemo who have just executed their master plan of escaping the fishing tank by jumping out the window. they succeed in reaching the ocean only to realize they're stuck in the bags.

now what?

i'm a big fan of the weather right now in Austin. yes, it still has a peak hot time during the day, but the evenings are pleasant. what makes it more pleasant is the fact that i have an actual backyard with a deck to sit at and enjoy it. i hung up a strand of those old fashioned christmas lights with the big bulbs, which lights up the area pretty ( Read more... )

so I've been pondering my sleeping habits. specifically why I have a preference to one side of the bed vs. the other. Is it proximity to the door? Or some navigational direction I prefer facing? Or a complete made up preference from some kind of 'feeling ( Read more... )

the time has come ( Read more... )

so here I am at my place of work, behind the counter, keeping to myself. waiting for a customer to finish filling out their form. listening to two of my coworkers debate the validity of wrestlers and their legacies. the legacies of the wrestlers, not the coworkers.just another day at kinkos. working at kinkos in the summer is a real fight with ( Read more... )

said restaurant is going to pay me $250 a pop for a series of paintings of mariachis with dog heads on them. (although i might change it to roosters or bull heads maybe) how sweet is that? plus i'm free to come up with any other vintagey-mexican themes with a twist to them on my own for additional series ( Read more... )

now's the first time i've felt like i'm at a transition in my life. i understand i probably should have started feeling that back in may when i graduated, but i was still busy with my internship and work that i didn't notice so much. plus it just sort of coincided with summer vacation, so it just felt like my past three summers, working full time ( Read more... )

one--one of my biggest pet peeves at kinkos is when someone shipping a FedEx package questions a rate or time I've given them. it's not the questioning that bothers me, but when they say 'hey, I ship FedEx all the time ( Read more... )