oh stumble, you're so good to me.

stumble gave me this lovely lovely quote.

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself."

Abandoned Amusement Parks

Stumble took me to some pictures of abandoned amusement parks and I just think the photos are so interesting/sad/beautiful/eery/wonderful for a fashion shoot. I want someone to take artsy photos of me in amazing clothes on a broken down ferris wheel. is that so wrong?

oh me oh my

Christmas is over and thank goodness. I felt so behind this year.
But I did score a lovely date in portland with mr.heter that includes Wicked the musical. Yes please.

It's been a wintery disaster all over oregon, something we are not used to. Eugene has had it easy compared to salem and portland which are ice cubes. People living in places with real winter weather udoubtedly think we're giant weenies. The difference is that in places where snow is a regular occurance, plowing streets is part of the budget. gravel is put on more than two streets in town. People own chains and know how to drive in the snow. This is not the case in these parts. The city of eugene was basically worthless as far as fixing hazardous road conditions.
Anywhoo, the storms seem to be over and weather permitting, Myself and my ladies will be leaving for Denver on the 2nd. We're going to stay at an adorable pop culture themed Hotel in downtown Denver called the Curtis. This trip is our vacation/christmas present to eachother/do we wanna move here in June? trip. I'm basically missing a weeks worth of work to go, and will of course be dirt poor upon returning but hey, nothing new really.
This tuesday I am going to my first knitting circle. It was only a matter of time really.
I have also started teaching myself how to bead necklaces and other jewelery type things.Harder than you'd think. and more expensive.
I'm also reading the collected works of Jane Austen (although, despite the mammoth size of this book I have misplaced it in my home somewhere) and a biography of Andrew Jackson. Both delightful. I'm so looking forward to all my lovely just for me reading.
Oh, this is a delightful tidbit. My application for my degree was denied. Let me tell you why. Last year I took a History Class which was about europe overall but was supposed to count as the last course for my french minor as long as I did my final project on France. Which, I did. Sooo, the catch is that my advisor has to make the final call, saying that indeed this course counts. Several email exchanges were made where I was paranoid and probably annoying, making sure that this class would count. I was assured by my advisor over and over that there would be no issue. well guess what, ISSUE. whatever he was supposed to do to make my class count, he didn't do it. motherfucker. So now I get to do some hoop jumping. awesome. But for all practical purposes I'm graduated. And I don't plan to do a damn thing. Not a thing. I'm going to try to get another job, which is practically impossible since nobody is hiring. But i'm going to bead, and crochet, and
read, and just generally be an 80 year old woman.

Monday will be the beginning of week ten, and after that finals. My last final is December 11th. and then I'm done. I still owe the school over $700 that I'll have to pay before they give me my degree but for all practical purposes I'm done.
This begs the question- what the hell am I going to do with myself??
I've had quite a bit of downtime the last few days and it gets old pretty fast. Don't get me wrong, I know I'm lucky to have all this free time but TV and internet really only hold my interest for so long. Hopefully I can fill some time with work-either more Marie's or something else. I'm trying to get a job at an event/wedding planner in town. I sent resumes and will be calling them to see if there is anything available. I know it has nothing to do with my degree but I think I could be really good at it so, why not give it a whirl.
Speaking of giving things a whirl, we booked our denver trip yesterday.
I'm going to look into taking some dance classes and jewelery making classes to fill some free time as well. And I'm hoping david can help me learn to use photoshop.

right now I'm applying at barnes and noble and borders. If I get a job there, I'll have discounts on books, and so the free time problem will be completely taken care of

post-halloween, post-flower shop. post-election.

Halloween is over and our party was epically...epic. Our floors are still sticky from jungle juice spills but that's the price we pay. That, and my straightener, my phone, my makeup remover, melissa's makeup, melissa's mousse, melissa's floss, jason's razor, jason's cologne, and jason's hair gel. All stolen from our bathroom. Really really classy. However, our costumes were phenomenal.


The flower shop is over. RIP being miserable. I hated that job. hated my boss. hated never seeing my friends or my boyfriend. hated never having time for anything. Over it.
Thought I could work two jobs and go to school full time but I was wrong. So, I am resigned to being poor until I'm done with school in, that's right, five weeks. We won't talk about that right now.On the bright side, I learned how to arrange flowers and make dried wreaths. And developed a love for these: Pin cushion scabiosa

Barack Obama is the fucking president. Amazing much? I think so. I'm elated. Democratic congress. Democratic President. Hopefully now we can get some shit done. Hopefully I won't be completely screwed when I'm off my parents health insurance. Hopefully I won't be paying back loans for the next twenty five years. hopefully I can get a good job with my expensive degree. hopefully this is as exciting as we all think it is.

In other news the twilight movie comes out in about three weeks. --piddle--

I never do my reading, I go to eighties night instead

I am so epically behind in school. Full time work plus full time school is such a terrible idea. Because limited free time means that decisions must be made. Priorities must be in order. Mine never are. Homework never ever beats a night out with friends. I mean, homework doesn't even beat out drinking chocolate milk in the living room with Melissa.

Homework has also been losing, most recently, to the fine art of constructing ghosts from cheesecloth and a wondrous product called "stiffy"

Halloween is a fantastic holiday. It is centered on playing dress up and eating candy when you are a kid. As you get older it centers on playing dress up and getting drunk. Also, it offers great opportunities for decorating one's home and scaring children. To quote Martha, It's a good thing.

factors like laziness, too much time at work, and my computer being out of commission have kept me from writing.
Back in school, for my last term. Freaking out accordingly.
TFA is no longer happening.
Apparently the GREs have math and science on them, both of which I've been avoiding like the plague since high school. oops my bad.
I bought two pencil skirts, something I've wanted to do for a long time.
Halloween is soon. We're gonna have a party and I'm gonna do it up. Decorating for holidays is one of my favorite things in the whole wide world.
My notebook for school is full of lists of things to get done on my day off. day. one. per week. not counting school. If we're counting school, then I actually don't have days off. but it's fine. I'm fine. Don't worry about it. I'm not worried about it.
This time is my designated homework time. Instead I'm doing this.
I'm making scott a Rufio costume for halloween. it's going to be amazing. I bought clay to make him a bone necklace and i'm going to make him a quiver of arrows as well. I'm tinkerbell.
room mates are delightful. jason dances and sings all over the house.
The fall trees are amazing. My drive to work at marie's is surprisingly pretty,.
I work at the flower shop on the corner and still haven't decided if i like it. I love the flowers, but the job itself is really unstructured and I feel like my boss relies too much on me. i'm the only employee.
having two jobs is at once horrible and wonderful. two jobs allowed me to buy pencil skirts.