I've been trying to keep myself sane & occupied during my very long stretch of unemployment. Most people would welcome the opportunity but at this point, I never want to go this long without work again. I never want to file unemployment again. When it was a month here or a couple weeks there it was fine, but this long makes you feel like a bum. I'd certainly welcome any high paying full time fun job or lottery winnings but instead I return to the old summer job in a couple weeks. Every time I come back I feel like maybe I've let myself down again. Oh there goes another year where you haven't figured out how to get a more awesome job. So I push myself a little bit to enjoy the time off while I can.
I went to MOCA with my friend Gigi a few weeks ago. We got some walking in & even bothered to take the Metro by her house. I am really interested in art, but wow - even I gave her looks of, are they serious?, when we saw things like a bloody Santa surrounded by fake Christmas trees or a jersey hanging on the wall. We did get to at least see a Warhol, so maybe it evens itself out.
Gigi also hosted our LOST finale viewing party. I could go on & on about that. I really loved that show & I loved how mysterious & weird it was, but to end the show like they did - I feel like they really dropped the ball. I find it hard to believe that they had been working towards that for the last few years. I could care less that at some point in the future they all meet each other again in the afterlife. So What. I'd rather have some of the islands mysteries explained in a fast paced, edge of your seat finale. We could watch Kate & Sawyer & company fly off into the distance. We can even wonder how it is Jack crawled out of that well, alive. I could live w/ Hurley & Ben forever walking around the island. As long as it ended there and some stuff got explained beforehand. Why bother building & building up this show w/ mysteries & then say, eh fuck it, let's take the easy way out & send them to all their respective "heavens". Ugh... Anyway, I made a cake.
I've been trying to be good & do things like read more (I joined a book club) and actually continue to learn the guitar. I'm definitely the kind of person that needs lessons, not as much to learn but to really get someone to push me to practice. It's the practicing that I find sooo difficult. My friend Chris has been good enough to help me out & I'm hoping that I'll push myself to practice more knowing that he'll be asking if I did. I also decided to buy a Diana camera, you know those Lomography throw back toy cameras. I really really want a Digital SLR so I'm not sure why spending a bunch of money on a toy film camera is so appealing. I've been putting it off for months & finally bought a kit that comes w/ all sorts of lenses & toys. So I'll be making the effort to do more photo projects in the future. My friend Harmony is a photographer & I made her this photo collage for her birthday a few weeks ago. She thought the zebra was dead & had a dream about it. Oops. I should have noted that the zebra was rolling around in the dirt having himself a good time. The lady bug pictures were taken with a film camera, the others digital.
My friend Heather has been staying with me while she's looking for a new apartment. It's kind of like a never ending sleepover. We certainly have been watching our fair share of Netflix movies. And it keeps me more motivated to keep the house clean & do projects like stain the baseboard by the backdoor b/c it looked disgusting & now doesn't. Yay for being a little motivated. Now if I could only reorganize that closet to my liking...
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