weird weather

today on my drive home from work i saw horizontal lightning and two rainbows. one of them ended somewhere around march air reserve base. so that's where they get all their money....

what we have here is a failure to communicate

i watched cool hand luke for the first time a couple days ago. and i have to say, i really don't know what the big deal is. i can understand why it was a big deal when it was made, but i really don't know why people still make a big deal out of it. granted, paul newman is pretty dreamy. but still.....i'm glad i saw it and now i understand that whole thing about 'nobody can eat fifty eggs'. ewwww.

oxford

i've been home for almost two weeks now, but my two weeks in oxford will stay with me for a very long time. i was blessed to be able to stay at one of the colleges at oxford university and call that beautiful city my home for a brief time. i've been to england several times before, but this was a truly unique experience. now i'm wondering if i would be able to manage a graduate degree from oxford. maybe a degree in soviet history.....oh, i know why not.....stupid money.

strangers

i just finished my first art sale to a stranger. i've sold plenty of my creations, but always to friends and family. i frequently go to familiar houses and see my work, but have never had to deal with it going to a house where i will most likely never see it again. i know my prints will be loved and appreciated, but this is a new and extremely foreign feeling of separation. i'm going to have to get used to it.

farewell to a faithful friend

i have bid adieu to a steadfast and faithful friend. after a series of bizarre health problems, i came to the difficult conclusion that i needed to cut caffiene out of my diet. so two weeks ago i went cold turkey. now i have my cup of tea in the morning (i know, there's still caffiene, but not as much) and that's it. tea is actually turning out to be a much more interesting friend than coffee ever was.

cacti

i admit that i am a bit addicted to collecting cacti and succulents. today was the annual spring plant sale at the huntington library, and it is oh-so-easy to get carried away and spend a ridiculous amount of money on plants. but this year i was good. i only bought seven plants. the grand total of the collection is now 89 different cacti and succulents. when does it stop being a hobby and start being just plain scary?

Moby!

i just got back from the moby show. wow. he has so much energy, and his knowledge of music and creative abilities are incredibly humbling. he's just so cool. i want to give him a big hug and take him home and drink tea and play scrabble with him.

tatoooooo

i went to sid's in santa ana last night and got my third tattoo. it's always such a fight of conflicting emotions. i've been wanting this for two years, and i know i want it, but still the weight of the fact that it is now covering half my back FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE can be a bit frightening. i'll just be glad when its done healing and it doesn't hurt to lean back against things anymore.

portland

i am once again being seduced by the siren-song of the pacific northwest. i didn't get into graduate school and my parents are moving, and i haven't been as content in myself since i lived in portland. i don't know if i can make it work, especially since i'm working on getting rid of credit card debt and it is so hard to make much money up there. i'm extremely tempted, though.

mother's day

the holiday celebrating mothers is coming up, and i'm trying to find the perfect gift that says, 'i love you mom, but it won't keep me from going to san diego to see moby instead of spending the day with you.' maybe tulips....

acceptance

after my recent flurry of rejection, it was nice to get an acceptance letter today. it was only an entry for the juried show at the national orange show in san bernardino, but its still acceptance. who knows, i could possibly even win 400 bucks.

dinner

i went out with the girls tonight and we had a progressive fast-food dinner. drinks at del taco, appetizers at pick up stix, main course at jack in the box, and dessert at cold stone. the best of all worlds. way too many calories, but all kinds of fun.

spring cleaning

my parents and i have spent the last few weekends doing some major spring cleaning. i wish i could say that this is a regular thing and we are just doing what we always do, but the only reason we've gotten serious about it is that they want to put the house on the market. there are things we've been meaning to do for YEARS, but have only gotten around to now because we have to. and people wonder why i'm the world's biggest procrastinator....

GMP

all of yesterday and half of today at work i sat in a training room and learned about things like microbial contamination, consent decrees and FDA regulations, among other things. it was interesting in a 'huh, i wonder if i will ever need this information for any reason other than this job' kind of way. (GMP is FDA jargon - Good Manufacturing Practice)

high five!

high five, everyone! i got my last grad school rejection over the weekend! that makes 4 for 4. my friends are all pretty weirded out that i'm high five-ing them over universal rejection, but if i don't stay upbeat about it, i'm just gonna get all overly depressed and maudlin about it. its not the end of the world, just an elongation of my 5 year plan.