well. it’s been over a year now. i thought i was ready to get back to work. i guess i still am, but the reality of it is sinking in. i think i’m having knee jerk memories of my last job… which really took a lot of enthusiasm out of me. i will not settle for that kind of treatment or role again. i’m set to start work with a firm next Wednesday. i feel pretty good about it and am excited to see how far they will let me go. they claim to encourage initiative. ya ya.
i want to design a new website. i didn’t bother with what it looked like when i started cause i didn’t have time or care enough to start messing with it. i just wanted to write in it. now i think i can develop the look. i’ll have to see how much that will cost me.
what else, hm… i went to crafty bastards in DC last weekend and was kind of disappointed. just overwhelmed with all the (overpriced) screen print tee shirts . okay and all, but nothing extraordinary. the only displays that stood out for me were the barbie accessories, candy thief neck ties, and the felt deer head trophies (whose site is abominable and i won’t post). the bob ross prints made me smile (of course!) and the cigar box guitars were nice to see. it was creepy how much press the event was getting. “creepy” because my attention was drawn to the huge crowd of photographers and video cameras perched on top of nearby buildings. good for the crafters, but i prefer a more intimate setting. then there was the dood with the mega phone taking advantage of a crowd to make noises at. i left pretty quickly after that. i’m sad that my favorite member of the animal kingdom, the octopus, has been declared “the new owl.” NO! its MINE.
in the mean time, been pen sketching, reading, and LEED certifying an office project. meeting friends for lunch. waiting anxiously for someone to come home. ends up i don’t manage my time very well without some structure. SUCH a sad realization. maybe if i were trying to do something besides land a job.
