And then I don't know what happened. It has been like a week since I sat down and worked on this. I really do think it is my grandfather. He sucks all the quality out of me and leaves me with nothing to write about. Argh. Working with him makes me so tired I can't do anything else when I get home.
I have big news though! Other than having all creativity and energy sucked out by my grandfather, I have had a really productive past week.
I:
1) got to see my aunt who came to visit all the way from Austin. It was a surprise and we had a lot of fun and I got to show her a lot of my artwork that she hadn't seen.
2) played dress up with my friend Chekeitha and then, after like two hours of trying on clothes, we decided to go out that night to the club because this place called 2009 was free all night for ladies. I have to say that for a spur of the moment thing, we had a lot more fun than we thought we were going to have.
3) got to see a dance battle!! I kid you not. While Chekeitha and I were out at the club these guys came down on the mostly empty dance floor at 2:30 in the morning and had a dance off that lasted like 20 minutes.
4) watched Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the first time. It suddenly sparked my desire to read again. I demanded that my mother bring me books from the library (where she works, I'm not just making crazy demands for things that I can go get myself.)
5) got to hang out with a friend that I haven't seen in a while and it was her birthday so she invited me out and I got to meet all her cool friends. They invited me to Spaghetti Sunday and then to float the river with them next week. I really want to go but I really don't like camping (read: I hate camping with a passion). But you know what I don't really mind at all? Sleeping in a car. I'm totally cool with that. So if I do go on this trip with them, then I'm going to have to insist that I get a trunk space or a back seat to sleep on instead of a crummy old tent on the ground with bugs and dirt where something is always wet even though it hasn't rained in forever. I hate camping.
6) was forced to reorganize my artwork out in the garage into the closet out there. It was really hot and not everything fit but I really like how it turned out and I hope that all my frames and foam board will stay accessible (that was a big problem lately). I also reorganized my closet and it looks really nice. I'm sort of excited about that too. I like it when things are organized.
Oh yeah, and 7) I GOT A JOB! (contingent on a background check that I'm sure to pass) I know! I'm really excited about it. My friend told her manager about me when she heard that they were looking for a store artist over at the Central Market in Plano. I applied and was called in for two interviews. I got even more excited about it when I talked to the GM for an hour and he really tried to explain the creative vision that he wanted and why he thought it would be a good idea to hire another store artist. I'm gonna be store artist #2. It's only part time but that's a step in the right direction!
Woohoo! So I did get something done while I was away and not posting on this blog that no one reads.
On the creative side of things, I did some character outlining the other night and did some doodles like I always do. Not much else. I haven't even touched those watercolors I was working on so hard the past month. I am actually going to finish this blog though and try and write something. I need to get my butt in gear and get some more of that done!
Argh.
KB
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