angelchildr

Hello Friends!

Okay, I haven't done this in the past, because sometimes I feel weird about it, but needs must. So.

I know I've mentioned in the past that I have an Etsy shop!

Here it is:
Angel Rae Arts

I had to let it lapse a bit last year during school, but I finally have it up and running again. And there are LOTS of things in it right now! What sorts of things, you may ask?

Magnets! They are adorable!
Original Prints! They are pretty snazzy!

And that's just at the moment. I'm also going to be adding cards in the near future. For those of you that received a holiday card, I'm thinking of things like that. I also have two more prints that will go up in the next day or two (they're bird related), but they'll be a little more expensive, so I figured I'd post this now.

Now, I know everyone is strapped for cash, but even if you'd pick up a magnet or two, I'd love you to death. And to show you how much I love all of you (and because it's my birthday month!) I've generated a coupon code for this month for FREE SHIPPING! Are you ready for the code? Here it is:

MARCH2011

Just enter that when you're checking out, and you'll get FREE SHIPPING! I'd love it if you could let your friends know too, if you feel comfortable with that. If not, NO PROBLEM! I'm just trying to get my business going a little more here, and I'm starting with my friends. :-)

THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU ALL!

p.s. If you are interested in a magnet or a print, but of something that isn't in the shop - a specific animal or color, for example - LET ME KNOW! I am more than willing to do custom orders for you. *grins*

p.p.s. If you're on Etsy too, let me know and we can add each other to our circles! Yay for networking. :-D

Alas, the time comes in every person's life when they need to do something not necessarily wanted, but needed. And that is a friendslist cut.

As those people that have been on my friends list know, I haven't posted in a great long while, and reading of the friendslist only happens on a relatively infrequent basis. And so I'm going to attempt a cut to get possibly try to have the opportunity to at least not lose giant pages worth of entries. Though posting/commenting is still going to be sketchy because I'm honestly on the internet a fraction of the time I used to be. And I'm finally admitting that I don't see it changing soon.

Probably going to do a similar cut on other social networking sites as well, so if you're dropped here, you may be elsewhere too.

That being said, I'm going to try to keep it to people I haven't seen post recently, comms that I don't really read much anymore, and the like.

*facepalm* Alright, Fates. I get the point. You don't want me to change my hair. I get it. Fiiiiine.

The story:

A few weeks ago, I went with Jessi and Faye when they got their hair cut to check out the place to see if I wanted to go. As I am broke and it's awfully expensive there, I decided to *probably* not go there. And then I got a parking ticket there, so... the Fates were pretty clear on that place.

But then! My mom was driving through town up by them, and saw one of the salons with a board outside advertising 50% off with a new stylist. Awesome deal, so I called and booked an appointment for next Wednesday (the 19th). I just got a call from them that the stylist isn't there any more (that was quick!), and that they had someone new starting that would also have the 50% off deal, but not until after August 24th. School starts the 24th.

SO! I guess I won't be getting my hair done any time soon. :-\ Sigh. Oh well.

Our power went out at appx 6:40 this morning. Roommate said she heard a pop right before everything died, which means a transformer blew (and I don't mean some weird sort of Optimus Prime fanfic, either).

And those things don't just fix themselves.

Tried to sleep a little more, but that's just not happening in this weather with no fan. Ugh. So I got up, got ready for work, grabbed my tiny computer, and am now out having breakfast and stealing (not really because it's free) WiFi. Breakfast and WiFi is not a bad way to start the day, but waking up an hour and a half before you usually do is not fun. X-[

Will probably head into work early and just hope that the transformer is fixed by the time that I get home...

Today I am wearing a black (just past) knee-length skirt, a red short-sleeved top, and my sandals. Which are sort of platformy and light tan. I have a couple necklaces-as-bracelets on, and my hair back in a braid. I feel that I look fairly decent. Score one for wearing skirts. :-D

Well, even though it was ungodly hot this weekend, I actually did things! Crazy, I know!

Saturday included switching rooms. We just renewed our lease, so this way each of us ends up getting a year in the big room. Things went pretty smoothly, though because (as mentioned before) the air conditioning doesn't reach back to the bedrooms, it was a sweaty, sweaty event. Ew. Many breaks to cool down in the living room. I still have things to do, like finding places for things, and hanging stuff on the walls, and doing laundry, and sorting through my giant pile of clothes to just get rid of the stuff that I haven't worn since we moved in. Some things like that make sense to save (like dresses), but there's plenty of things that I should just suck it up and give them away (or throw them away if it's things like old undies and socks). If I can do that by next Wednesday, I can take it up to my parents' and have them toss it in with their next batch of stuff for Purple Heart.

(For those not in-the-know, Purple Heart is like Goodwill, but they benefit Veterans of the Purple Heart. It's where my family gives their things to be donated. We are, surprisingly, sort of a big military family. Only a few of the cousins in this generation have served/are serving military time, but definitely more in generations past. I've told you about the governmental/military spies in my family, right? :-D)

Anyhoo. Sunday, we decided to be geeks, and went to Wizard World! Which is a fairly large comic convention just a little bit out of the city. We had (again, despite the heat) quite a good time! Bethy did a write-up of it, but I know her entry is locked, so here's my version!

( Wizard World! )

And that's pretty much it! Today it's back to work, and hoping that I don't have to pack any more this week for our art department move. We'll see how that goes. They're (finally!) supposed to move things on Friday(/Saturday or Monday?). They can't wait too much longer! Classes start the 24th, and they need to UNpack in the new space. :-D

Okay. Time to do some work now. What's everyone else up to lately?

Why I hate summer:




and for my metric friends out there...

And morning rolls around again. As it tends to do. And I am tired. So tired. Forgot to take an allergy pill before I left the house this morning, which will make today a lovely fest of sneezing and itching and blowing my nose.

The Art Department move continues to be messed up. Now, I guess, they're moving stuff on the 14th (because the new space isn't ready yet), and trying to do it all in one day. Which won't happen. So they're going to have to go into two days and possibly that'll be on the weekend (which means the movers will charge overtime), and then there's UNpacking to be done, and I'm trying to cling to the thought of my 3 vacation days, but I'm so concerned that I'll get pulled into staying to help.

Yesterday a couple of us (just 2) did a little more "packing". I use the quote marks because in this particular studio, "packing" ends up mostly as us cleaning stuff. Yesterday two of us cleaned off approximately a dozen clay throwing wheels. It took us about 2 and a half hours. Let me tell you that clay? Doesn't come off of stuff easily. And the wheels were heavy and low to the ground, so it entailed crouching and bending and kneeling on a cement floor and in general getting dirty and sweaty and gross and tired and a little sore.

I wore a dress today so that no one can make me do anything like that. :-D

(Also because I wanted to wear a dress and need to do laundry. *laughs*)

I have a canker sore too. Lovely. I'm so surprised, since I really only get them as a manifestation of stress. Me? Stressed? :-D Nahhhh.

Finally made my stirfry last night from all the veggies I got from the farmers' market. It was good. I guess. I wasn't as excited about it as I wanted to be. I think part of it may have been that I was so worn out and tired after work and cooking that I just wasn't into the thought of eating. And vegetables take a lot of chewing, which was just (sadly) pretty exhausting. There's a whole bunch of it left though, so I'll probably give it another go tonight. Hopefully with more satisfied results on my part. We'll see how things go.

Things to do today after work (optimistic version):

-Laundry
-Eating (either stirfry or figuring out something else)
-Dishes
-Cleaning up my room a bit?
-Who knows. :-D

Dearest kittens,

Have I ever mentioned that I love typing things up in Notepad? Well, I do. It's lovely. Just a simple text program - nothing fancy. No formatting or anything distracting. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Word, and all the things I know how to make it do. But some days, you just want to type something up so you can cut and paste somewhere else, and Notepad is grand for that.

My secret love affair with Notepad. :-D!

So, I'm having a "need to buy stuff" phase recently. So many things I want/need to buy! A new bag, a new phone, new storage for art supplies, new art supplies!, new ink, new hair... The list goes on and on. I even want to go clothes shopping, which doesn't happen often at all, let me tell you. Alas, I don't have the funds right now to do much of that. Sadness. But I'm having serious new-phone jealousy right now. The roommate just got a new phone yesterday, and it's so shiny and key-boardy and feature-y. *grabby hands* Not to mention that my phone is from the STONE AGES. :-D And while it's lasted me well, it's getting to be long past the time that I got a new one. One that isn't pay as you go. Because there's stuff that you can't sign up for if you don't have an actual carrier... like the emergency text notifications from school.

My only problem is: The phone plan. I don't call people all that much! The people I call? Are mainly my parents. And I tend to email them more often than call. When I call, it's usually that I'm having some sort of mental freak out. :-D Or that I have extra special good news. I know, I know, two extremes! I'm not really a phone person though, so I don't even need the least amount of minutes that places offer per month. But I do want texting. Which is extra... and I'm not sure I can afford another $60+ bill per month. WOE AND ALAS!

Anyhoo, moving on to less-stressful things... Um...

Vacation! :-D I have currently scheduled a few days off before the school year starts up again! Aug 19-21 (and then the weekend of the 22-23), which gives me 5 days off! Woooo! I was hoping to get it a little earlier in the month, but because the art department is moving and I'm helping with that, my days got pushed back. But I put my foot down and said that I *needed* at least *some* time off, so the 19th-21st it is. And then school starts up again on the 24th. CRAZEE! I plan on mainly just going up to my parents' and hanging out there for a few days. Get some work done on creative stuff while they're at work and just in general relax a little. It's not a lot of time, but it's something. :-)

It's funny that when I mentioned taking a day or two off for a "long weekend", my parents pushed me to try to get even more. Saying that I need a vacation before school starts. And that I deserve it. And other such nonsense. They're parents! They're supposed to be pushing me to work *more*! X-D Well, a few days will have to do. There's just no more time left for a longer break. Plus, the more I work, the more money I make. Which is horribly capitalist of me, but oh well. Bills need paying. *nods*

I have a surprise mostly boss-free zone today at work! Most of the bossly type people are gone, so it's more relaxed than usual. Which is nice. Though it means I slack, and usually when I slack the time goes slower. Siiiiigh. Oh well. Such is life.

Random things that need doing, as a reminder for myself:
-Laundry
-Dishes
-Stirfry for dinner because there's an entire bag of farmer's market veggies in the fridge om nom
-Cleaning of room
-Writing of Sr Sem story
-Writing of other type things :-D
-Drawinz (always)
-Go to bank
-Ugh pick up some tissues from the store! Napkins = OW on my nose

In more random news, my trend of not/barely brushing my hair continues. Yes, I know, that sounds so weird. To be fair, most of the time I'm pulling it up into a bun type thing, so if it's a little messy, that's a good thing! And when it's down - well, it's barely down - but when it is, it's all wavy/curly from the bun. So... messy is also a good thing then. I combed it out this morning after my shower, but I don't always do that either. This is so not info that anyone needs, but oh well. :-D

Just got a craving for Seafood Alfredo. Nnngh om nom. I may have to push the stir fry to later this week... But I don't want the veggies to go icky. UGH, THE DECISIONS!

More art talk! For my Senior Sem, I've had a thought. Well, it's technically for *post* senior sem... I'm going to have all these pieces that go together to form part of this story. But... they may eventually get separated (I'm trying not to think too highly of myself with nothing even done yet, but sometimes people buy art...). My plan is to get scans/pictures put together of the work and make a sort of picture book out of it. Maybe (if I have funds) get it printed up for myself (and anyone else that would want a copy of it).

Okay. Time to get some work done now. I'm planning a sort of sappy picture post later, so stay tuned! :-D

OKAY, kittens. Today you get an art-related ramble about my senior seminar project. :-D Because I was "interviewing" myself about it in my head last night as I was trying to get to sleep. Trying to prepare for when I have to answer questions from the faculty.

( Now, let me know if this doesn't make sense... )

Alright, here's how my day went.

But first...

Picture the people in your life. I'm sure there's quite a few. Some of them may be creative type people! Think about them for a second. Are they arty creative type people? Like, do they like to make stuff? Sweet. I hope everyone knows someone like that. Now think of their house. Or their space. Basically, where ever they hang out and do their work. Have you ever seen it?

Does it horrify you a little bit? X-D

If you know the right types of creative people, they are probably prone to suffering from "Oooh, I might be able to use that for something" Syndrome. It's a rather life-altering syndrome. Here's how it goes:

Creative person is out and about. Somewhere. Perhaps work or school or... anywhere. They see... *something*. It's possible that it is someone's trash. Not gross garbage, just... unwanted. They then utter the following phrase: "Oooh, I might be able to use that for something". They pick up the item, and they take it home/to work/to school. Their collection of stuff continues to grow.

See also: "Pack Rat"

Now. Imagine that you have (at any point in time) around 8 of these types of people working in a department. Imagine that this setup has existed for god-knows how many years, and that as people leave, new people take their places, and *absorb* the former person's stuff as they add their own. Thus increasing the collection. Not only in offices, but in classrooms and storerooms as well.

Are you frightened yet?

Picture now, if you will, that through some miraculous intervention from the money gods, this department has acquired a NEW SPACE. Said space is approximately a mile away. And teleportation has not yet been invented. But that the department now needs to leave their former space for the new one.

With all their stuff.

This is an appropriate moment to go here.

Today, my good friends, I began the task of packing up the Art Department. Along with other people, obviously. It wasn't just me. :-D But... yeah. We threw a LOT of stuff away. (Some of it got "absorbed" into people's personal collections. Mine included.) But there's still so much left!

Another thing is that because this is old stuff, a lot of it is super dusty. At least when we were working in the old gallery storage. And when we moved into the ceramics studio, then everything was covered in old clay, glazes, chemicals, etc. Plus, you're moving around so it's warm and sweaty... I was pretty gross when I got home! :-D

...and we get to do more on Monday! Woo? :-D