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[14 Dec 2009|01:51pm] |
hangin' out.
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| Holy Shit! |
[11 Dec 2009|03:49pm] |
I can't even begin to explain how much fun I've been having. I've gone out a couple times this week, even though i normally don't go out. And holy moly! I go out and i'm just SO happy that I know the people I know.
So, last night Bree, Mali, Devin, and my housemate Jonathon all went downtown. We wound up getting free drinks and having a crazy dance party. It was so fun. Afterwards, Devin came over, and we hung out with Jonathon (who i've never gone out with), and stayed up to the wee hours drinking. I am SO lucky that I live with an awesome person.
Devin, Mali, and myself also went downtown and tore up 6th street on Monday.
Going out with Mali and Devin is seriously a trip. I feel like we really got something, the three of us.
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| Austin, TX |
[09 Dec 2009|09:25am] |
I've been in Austin, Texas for 10 months. I'm not sure if I've really written about my love for this city. Everyday I realize how lucky I am to live in a city that I absolutely feel is a great place to live in. Though I miss California SO much with the ocean, big sur, mountains, friends, family, yosemite, etc, I am very glad I don't live there currently.
Texas Texas Texas
It never really sounded appealing, moving to Texas from California. Every person I told I was moving to Texas, they'd have the instant reflux to ask "Why would you move to Texas?" I'd try to justify my move to the Lone Star State by saying, "well, I'm moving to Austin. It's cool there."
"But you're moving to Texas?"
Yes. As much as I knew I would like Austin, trying to explain to people WHY Austin is such a great place to live is difficult. Especially to most Californians, since most Californians believe it is the best place in the world. But the poor economy, the housing costs, the high gas prices, the amount of shitty people, it just wasn't working out for me and California at this point in my life.
Texas on the other hand...
Austin is Texas's state capitol. It's green friendly, it's keeping shit local, and it's totally fucking weird. There's an austin-famous tranny who hangs out downtown with assless chaps. When she gets hurt, it's in the news. The Onion stands are everywhere. The street lights are horizontal, not vertical. The rent is a fair price. The economy isn't so bad. There's a huge lake downtown. There's creeks everywhere. The green belt is beautiful. Also downtown is a BEAUTIFUL springfed pool (not like a pool pool, but a natural bottom, blue swimming hole) with a diving board and lots of trees to lay under. There's a block party every weekend on 6th street, which is bar hopping galore. Most bars are venues, and there's always at least one good band playing a night. The local video store has "free-beer tuesdays" so you can rent a video while drinking a cold one and meet some new people. There's music festivals once a month, about (sxsw, acl, chaos in tejas, etc). Everything is fairly close, there aren't crazy hills, the weather is mild, and it's filled with awesome people. Most people IN Austin don't seem to be from austin. East coast, west coast, north east.... anywhere else. Also, this isn't a family town, where people come to settle down. I barely know anyone who's married/have kids, and they're all in their later 20's and 30s. Age doesn't matter, though it DOES seem like everyone is a little older and educated. The city is artist friendly. I've heard that austin is a great place for an artist to live because the rent is so cheap, that you can actually sell your art work and live off of the money. Good god.
My mind got muddled, and I don't think that anyone really cares about this.
I wish that everyone I knew would live here with me. We could get a big 4 bedroom house for 1100 dollars a month. We could have a vegetable garden and a summer time pool. we can get margaritas and go to the state capital building. blahblahbalh
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| goddamnit |
[03 Dec 2009|09:47pm] |
i ordered contacts... ordered the WRONG prescription. They denied it... BUT they talked to my eye doctor back home, so they gave them the correct prescription! But then! They're still wrong! WTF?!?! it's just a little amount, and I'll still wear them because it's not like I have to read the white board at school or anything crazy. But still! How does that happen??
rant rant rant.
I think I'm officially going to stop hanging out with everyone for a while. I need to figure my shit out and I'm kinda bumming on a lot of stuff. i need to figure out what I want out of everything, and I'm tired of feeling like I'm inviting myself places. Maybe I'll move away sometime.
This whole weaker contact prescription makes my vision kind of weird, but i know it's just because I'm thinking about it a bunch.
I'm still waiting for my camera, glasses, and dresses to get here. Why haven't they come yet?!
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[03 Dec 2009|12:15pm] |
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why do cats from other countries look different?
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| i really felt like spending money this weekend |
[29 Nov 2009|02:50pm] |
I bought:
mini diana. it takes 35mm film.
55.00
steve madden tuxxedo oxfords.
69.00
8.00 prescription glasses and 15 dollar prescription sunglasses. they're probably not going to be awesome... impulse buy.
like 30.00
I also bought 4 boxes of contacts. That'll last me a year +... so i can avoid the eyedoctor as much as possible.
100.00
in green.
plus a couple more...
like 140.00
400.00!! Did I really just do that?!?!?!??!!?!
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| family problems |
[25 Nov 2009|06:09pm] |
I don't think I'm getting along with my family very well! Annie said that Mom and Dad are going to visit Nashville in the spring. WTF?!?! I've lived in Austin longer than Annie has lived in Nashville, and they haven't visited me! (I've been here since Feb 09, and Annie JUST moved to Nashville in October 09) LAME. And NONE of my three sisters are planning on being at home during Christmas, they're going to be at their in-laws in northern California. WTF?!?!?!?
Oh well. I guess this is when I grow up.
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| need new glasses |
[23 Nov 2009|03:04pm] |
I need new glasses! I've ordered from glassescrafter.com before, and they came and they work... but, of course, they're cheap and they're totally breaking. I like my glasses that i have now though! Its time to move on though!
i like these because they look like my current glasses.
these could be fun
or in red
too nerdy?
it's hard to buy glasses online without trying them on! i don't want to deal with eye exams and shit though.
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| can't! |
[22 Nov 2009|03:20pm] |
I can't stop listening to this song:
it's kind of annoying at first, but it has really caught on.
i wish i had a suntan. and a pizza and a bottle of wine....
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| What a week!! |
[21 Nov 2009|08:47am] |
This week has been strange. Very mellow, but unusual.
Last time Dayn left for tour I was a mess. I'd think about how he'd be gone for so long, and I'd get a feeling in my stomach and I'd have to hold back tears! I knew he'd come back, and he'd text me everyday and we'd stay in contact, but I felt so lonely without him! When he told me he was going on the european tour, I realized things. I even suggested that he didn't come back to Austin, and just hang out in Austin for the few weeks in between his flights. He didn't do that.
When he was back, things were odd. I knew he was leaving a few weeks later, and I didn't want to set myself to be hurt again. So I didn't, and we'd argue all the time and it wasn't that great. Arguments and yelling and blahblahblah. not very exciting. So, I don't really know what the deal is with us. But anyway!
This past week has been really fun and I feel really good about everything. I'm excited for new days and new things to do. Different weather. Waking up with frost on my car. Warm days, cool nights. New people. New things! Everything seems "new" and it isn't even a new year yet! It's weird. I guess I am recently 24 and I feel really comfortable with change. For the first time in a long time! I'm sure this feeling will change sometime, probably soon... but right now I'm pumped!
I got a new computer! I am so excited about it. I get to start a new music library and I can organize my photos differently and everything!
I'm really excited to download music again and listen to it. I haven't been too "active" in searching out new music in the last year or so. So now it's time!
Plans: New paintings. New music. New beers. New activities. New people.
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| A couple things |
[20 Nov 2009|07:37am] |
I miss this.
and I miss my red hair. Tis the season.
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| photo |
[16 Nov 2009|03:34pm] |
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| cheated |
[13 Nov 2009|09:47pm] |
i'm being cheated quite a bit on my rent! i don't know if i should be pissed off at the situation. it's not like i'm busting my butt to make rent or anything. I agreed to pay the amount I'm currently paying, so why am I kind of pissed now? Should I say anything? I know I won't be able to find much cheaper rent, unless I find people to move into a new place... but that requires a deposit, a lease, and all that not-fun stuff.
what do you think?
numbers: i pay 400.00 a month for my own large room. I think everyone else is paying 250 a month (even Chase who is in the master bedroom with attatched bathroom). One might be paying even less than that, but he's only here 2 times a month, so who cares?
What do you think?
more numbers: I make 10.50 an hour. I work about 33 hours a week. I make about 1200.00 a month.
gah! I need opinions!
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| Yay |
[13 Nov 2009|05:26pm] |
I ordered the Macbook today. I am very excited to get a compact, little computer. I mean, i love my first generation Powermac G5, but it's from 2003 and very old now. I'm sad to think that I might not ever use it again?!?! I hope that's not the case though. I'm excited!!
With that said, Sharylon gave me the check for 835.00 for the painting i did for her and Randy! I am so lucky to have crossed paths with this wealthy family!
Also! I bought the PERFECT dresser off of craigslist. 5 drawers, off white, old, and 50 bucks! This is the first piece of furniture that I own that I can't carry in my car! I'm not sure how i feel about that. I liked the mobility of everything before. Oh well! Now I'm a bit more grounded, I guess!
I guess that's all? I'm boring! I like my boring life though. I need to think of an idea for a painting. an actual idea! And i'm always looking for penpals to send thoughts and doodles to.
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| What should I do?! |
[05 Nov 2009|04:26pm] |
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Should I get a new camera first? Or a macbook first? AAAAH?!?!
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