heavy with mood

Today’s the first blue day I’ve had in a very long time. It wasn’t even really that blue- I did things that made me happy, but I didn’t eat much and I just took the bus all day and got reacquainted with my iPod, with spurts of activity like tutoring and visiting Julie at Vain.

I had a lot to think about and I have some ideas that I’m figuring out how to pursue. So far, I’ve only figured out that I am going to have to get a LOT of advice and that I need business cards ASAP. So if anyone feels like a) designing them for me, and or b) skipping that and giving me these or these as a very generous gift, I’d be totally in to it.

But the reason I know I’m blue is because I just sang my HEART out along with Fiona Apple’s Tidal album, which is still awesome 14 years after it’s release. The only worthwhile video I could find for my favorite track is the one linked above… it’s some creepy Phantom of the Opera thing, and reminded me that I should probably make an effort to see that version.

My phone is being whack and won’t let me make phone calls, which would usually be fine except I want to talk to LaRocha about how to paint with oil colors before I put the brush to the canvas that Meneely got me, but since I was thwarted (hate that word), I turned to ye ol’ world wide web and discovered this amazingness.

Surprisingly enough (well, actually not that surprising- I LOVE art supplies and have THE most random things), I happened to have a bag of white and silver pipe cleaners, courtesy of Emily’s Halloween costume back in 2009, and so…

I got right to work. I’d post photos except that my phone is not only being whack, it just decided to power down for no real reason, so wait patiently. 

(A major major yawn just took place. Pardon me!)

Upon further reflection, I don’t think I’m blue, I think I’m just tired. There don’t seem to be enough hours in the day to balance event coordination and the 50 emails I get about it a day, the two-hour process that is “the gym”, tutoring, cooking, and reading everything that I want to read. Stacks of books have started to accumulate, and now I’m on another house improvement kick and embarked on a hunt for a fabulous new bookshelf, a desk, and a dining room table. Preferably ones that could use a little work, since I’m all DIY now n’ stuff. 

I’m still gearing up to write about the rest of NYC, but it exhausts me simply to think about it! The short version is that I loved seeing all my friends from Boulder High and I’m so pleased that everyone was able to make it to the same place time and again. I’d also like to apologize to Shane, who didn’t get nearly enough group dynamic background and was tricked into a “mellow” evening at some silly club.