.mixed media.

you may have noticed that i've posted some mixed media on the sidebar. mostly just things i am reading, listening to or watching. i'll change it up from time to time and when i do, i'll post about it. just to sort of keep track of the pop culture i am consuming. who knows, maybe someday i'll do some reviews?

so, current book:
"love in the time of cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez . . . an amazing and beautiful and funny and charming adventure of a book.

previous music:
the ting tings ("we started nothing" album to be precise). it's been playing a lot at the cafe lately . . . and thus it has been playing a lot in my head too.

current music:
band of horses (the "cease to begin" album has got me hooked. i come back to it over and over again).

previous film:
coraline. my roommate, miss L, and i rented and watched this last week. i really enjoyed the imagery and the themes between to two different "realities" . . . very cool, but i wont say more because i don't want to spoil it for anyone.

current film:
the notebook. this film was watched out of desperation for a girl's movie night. an excuse to drink good wine and eat brie, really. i'd heard that it was a tear-jerker, i'd read the book and remember being really moved by it . . . but the film? no tears. it started out a bit . . . predictably for me. it ended up getting better as the film went on and the ending was really very sweet, but . . . i didn't cry. a friend of mine told me she cries for days after watching this film. huh. thoughts?

.mash up.

sorry, no post from yesterday. i spent most of the day with the man-friend at the ER. guess he's a bit stressed from all this grad school business. studying for your phd isn't easy . . . glad that he's ok, but chest pains aren't something to trifle with! so, i finished off the long afternoon of waiting with a bottle of oregon firesteed pinot noir and the notebook with miss S. plus yesterday was my monday (i work on weekends, sad i know) so i've been a bit beat from work (the students are back! work was NUTS today!). but no complaints. it's nice to have the work.

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on friday night, i went to the birthday party for miss K that i mentioned (see post about "cupcakes") . . . turns out it was a photo scavenger hunt party that included bagging groceries and pumping gas for strangers. some pretty clever and creative photos were taken and . . . the birthday girl herself got the best birthday present of all!! an engagement ring! so awesome.

when i got home from the party, i checked my email and THERE WAS THE EMAIL THAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!! a invitation to officially join the providence roller derby!!! so stoked. i've been going to league practices and new skills clinics for months. passed the first round of assessments with no serious problems and just had my interview last week. now to keep training and get even more awesomer (it's a word) so i can play in bouts when the season starts! so excited.

now, i need a derby name.
ideas include:
mazzy scar
euphoria steinem
funky cold medina
desolation rose
TSS godsmack
hora babylon
knight 2 dismember
booty calls
ultraviolent crimes


aaahhhh, i need some help here! any good ideas?

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lastly, i've started rearranging my art space. keeping my easel behind a door was NOT encouraging me to paint. and always putting things on my drafting table that needed to be taken downstairs (because it sits right by the stairs) was NOT encouraging me to be creative either. so cleaned out the tiny bedroom/big closet that i was storing my massage table in (i am renting a room to do massage elsewhere) and am converting it into CREATIVE SPACE! so. excited. took some preliminary photos and will post them soon.

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