Unicorn on the Cob.

i made this for myself, but it got wet! oy vey!

This guy resides in my bathroom.

no clue where this came from, but it reminds me of Greg Barnes. i feel like this could be adapted for an easy halloween costume, but i might come off as a -FREAK-a-LEAK- can't have that.

Got this magnificent creature for my birthday. such a great present.

I used to have this t-shirt and i loved it SO much. I'm wearing it in my driver's license picture, but you would never know because the picture is definitely cut off about the corn cob.. but still, it makes me feel like the shirt lives on.

you must admit these look fun.

Uni's are just undoubtedly one of my favorite things. Maybe someday i'll get over it.. maybe not.

redo

Well, lately I've been feeling a little blah. A lot of things in my life are becoming more monotonous than usual and it's beginning to get to me. BUT, hopefully, many many things are about to change and my life will once again be a dynamic, colorful, somewhat interesting place to be. I will hopefully be getting a fabulous new job, and making fabulous new friends, and doing fabulous new things. that's all want. (new) things to do, with (decent) people, at (different) places... that would be quite nice. Until then, i will be staying at the beach for 3 days, hanging with some pups, and pressing the RESET button. go to bed early, get up with the sun, go for long walks on the beach, think, and maybe do some crocheting or drawing.
On that note, i'll post a few pictures from my art journal. There aren't too many exciting ones at the moment, but maybe after this week, i will be rejuvenated and reinspired to make something pretty. 

new new new, and different. and better. that's all.

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• today i'm feeling shitty
• tired. bored. sore. slightly nauseous. slightly lonely. but i certainly wouldn't want to see anyone
• i wanted to try some "bold" chex mix, but it is disgusting. whatever "bold" seasoning they use smells even more strongly than it tastes. and now i feel sick
• drank too much wine with mama last night, talked forever about god knows what. 
• just one of those days

i wish i had some yarn, i think i'd like to be crocheting right now.

shucky darns, what a doozie of a dizzie

2 hours of sleep + 3 cups of coffee + monsoon raining = me getting rear ended by an old feller leaving target. shoooooooooot.

not saying this man wasn't intelligent by any means, but i'd like to examine a few of the idiosyncrasies of this man. first off, when i pulled into the bank parking lot to assess the situation, i pulled into a parking spot... he pulled a giant u-turn and parked horizontally across 3 parking spots with his front bumper about 3 or 4 feet from my passenger door. what's that about, sir?

anyhow, we get out of the cars, i run around to my bumper, no new damage. dude comes over and i say i'm sorry and explain that there was a van making a u-turn and he had the green light so i slowed down to let him go and he comes out with "well you hit your breaks".... well no shit- you failed to do the same, mister. hazaa. didnt say that, just repeated my explanation of why it wasn't unreasonable for me to start moving and then slowly stop when i wasn't even out in the road yet. whatever. he looks at his car, there is a little blue smudge from my bumper and a small scrape of paint missing (i'm not sorry by the way) and he says that it looks fine but he needs to pop the hood. -- alright. go ahead. he explains to me that this small bump in the road could have possibly jarred his camry's delicated infrastructure, possibly ruptured a gasket or sent a belt flying. --right. so he says oh, i think i saw you in target! were you shopping at target too?! i said yep, that was me at target, but we both were coming out of the target parking lot so i suppose it is reasonable that we were both in target and leaving target at roughly the same time. genius genius genius. so basically, he got my number in case his car blew up from rear ending me. that's fine, he told me 99% chance he won't be calling me, duh. but come on, totally his fault in every concievable way. just added to my incredibly overstimulated day of reversing bank fraud, shaking uncontrollably, adrenaline shock mind and body caffeine explosion.

but his remarks were quite humorous and at least he provided me with a sweet memory so i can look back and giggle at the situation instead of looking back with murderous bloody venom in my heart. so... YAY! not the mention the fact that this could have been a catastrophic event leading a 5 car pile up or injuries or death or not being able to take my car to nashville, and luckily it was a minor interaction, unnecessary and dumb yes, but minor. so thanks allen, thanks for the laugh. and thanks for your number, maybe i'll drunk text you sometime ;)

in other news, i have the most beautiful kitten in the world cuddled up in my bed right now. always at the most inopportune times like now when i would love so much to move everything she is laying on and make my bed for nap time, but no, precious princess clementine is far too perfect for such an abrupt disturbance at this time.


PUSHING DAISIES amateur REVIEW TIME: watched every episode of the series in two days, and i seriously can't wait to watch every single episode a second time. i enjoyed every single aspect of the show, the characters, the actors, the plot, the fairytale brought to life, the PIES, the colors, the clothes, the narrator, (Jim Dale, narrator of harry potter audiobooks -i knew i knew his voice!). just seriously every detail made me so happy. and just so sad that the show was being filmed during the writer's strike the first season (resulting in a measly 9 episode first season) followed by abc unexpectedly canceling the show midway through the seconds season (resulting in a 13 episode season with a million unresolved plotlines) so very unfortunate, but still absolutely fabulous and amazing. i don't typically get excited or animated over tv or movies, but this genuinely inspired me and made me want to share it with the world. first read about the show on sometimes sweet and had added to a list of shows i wanted to eventually watch. i had absolutely no idea what the show was about or why watching it made her want to eat pie, but i was interested and found the opportunity to dive in whilst i was sick last week. just amazing. just love it. that's it. watch it. love it. live it. relive it. etc.


blah blah blah thank you very much. bam.

so good

I can't believe I've never watched Pushing Daisies until now! I love love love this show so much! i just want to live in this show and bake pies.

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21!

my birthday was so so special. so many amazing people came to see me and spend time with me. i really just wanted to cry, everyone was so very nice and showered me with gifts and affection, i really just want to cry thinking about it. felt so loved and happy, and still do. so big thank you to the universe for giving me the most lovely and wonderful birthday of my life so far <3. the next night i went to chilis and got a delicious el nino margarita and then went downtown with hector, michele, matt, and matts mama and tim. and it was a very happy time, not that i've never been to the tavern, but its much less stressful with a legit ID. and then dinner with drinks sunday night, tried a new cocktail, and then yesterday went to the liq to buy the ingredients for it and made some cocktails for myself. and tonight i am having a cocktail party with joshy. he is letting me play bartender and cocktail waitress  to fill the void in my life that joblessness has left me with. i think if i am careful with my money, i can go another six months without really NEEDING a job, but ive been thinking more and more that it might be nice to get back in the workforce. mainly just to meet new friends, i've lost touch with most of my friends from my old job..

anyways, i still have the flip cup table so i feel like we should do it again.

i love everyone.

Almost Birthday Time

so strange my birthday is in 9 days. 21 is one of those things that i always assumed would never actually get here. but its coming and coming fast and i am getting super excited for my party! we are going to have tons of homemad pizzas customized for your enjoyment like these:

 

and most likely we will make cupcakes of some sort and there will be music and a fire and all of my favorite people. and i'm planning on being a fantastic hostess so i will be trying to keep my blood alcohol level as low as possible. and MS MCGHEE is coming, so i of course don't want to embarrass myself in front of the best person in the world. i still can't believe she has agreed to attend, i feel like i booked the spice girls for my 2nd grade birthday party or something... meaning that it will be the party of the year of course. so excited to have all of my friends in one place and get to enjoy them all loving me. and having something to look forward to is nice. and is also making me get lots of things accomplished that i have been putting off for years, like painting my bedroom and bathroom, which so desperately need sprucing. must get back to packing up all my stuff so i can paint tomorrow :)

new stuff.

these are some of my newest paintings: i made this particular one for josh's housewarming gift. his favorite color is red, and i used my new paint markers to make all of the bold lines. SO much easier than trying to get straight lines with a brush. and i had a 40% off hobby lobby coupon so they were only $2 each. paint pens: god's gift to the universe. i love them so dearly.

this is one from a set of painting i did with tons of different little sayings, this one says "unicorn on the cob" because as we know.. i love unicorns. basically. but these are always fun and somewhat mindless coloring book style, which is nice. low key projects every now and then are enjoyable.

 

i won't say this is my masterpiece, but it's pretty close. i finished this is two days and it was sooo much fun. the photo really doesn't do it justice. this was such a fun painting to do and you can't see it, but the yuengling is glossy and there are lots of little details which i really enjoy.

this one was pretty much an accident but i think i ended up liking the final outcome. i had done a ton of smaller paintings with fabric paint and water colors on watercolor paper and i recycled them for this painting. i cut up all the strips for the backgrounds and the shapes for the mountains and flowers. and used the different colored paint markers on the flowers. you should see the ten layers of paint under the strips. this was definitely an evolving piece. so not my favorite, but still fun.

 

and these are my newest earrings! these are some of my favorites that i have made this week. they are very summer. i think they would look nice with a white shirt or dress. and i put them both in my etsy shop yesterday here and here.

other than that, life news.. i have been using a wireless mouse since yesterday and i LOVE it so so much. i have been so sick of my trackpad i didn't even feel like using my laptop. so that is saving me so much. i have definitely missed my mouse. and in other happy news, i got to play balderdash last night, my all-time favorite board game! do you know the definition of a "dungarunga" is... actually i can't remember. i knew it last night. i'm sure it wasn't anything i'm interested in, possibly a short attention span? or a tight pantsuit? who knows.

organizing

This was a small portion of the out of control workspace on my desk
and here are some of the improvements i made:
*Paints all organized in the drawer instead of desktop*

*pens, pencils, and markers organized in a single small container instead of 5 huge bowls full of junk. and i threw out all the oldies*
AND i labeled them. bam.
overall enjoyed all the organizing and i have a lot more workspace. not to mention all the time i will save picking up pens and markers. ((i would quite frequently knock the big cup of marker onto the floor)). and i got on etsy, got a new photo, renewed some old listings, and added a few new ones like THIS! -my first hyperlink. so proud.

all in all, successful day.

I miss stuff!

i miss hector, i miss sonic, i miss friends from finnegans, i miss my nanny, i miss wii bowling, i miss my brother, i miss rollerskating, i miss jordan, i miss barb, i miss chipotle, i miss ms. searcy, i miss ceramics, i miss downtown, i miss halloween, i miss secrets, i miss my cat when she loved me back, i miss scarf weather, i miss getting dressed and leaving the house on a daily basis, i miss making money, i miss planning birthday parties, i miss lots of stuff.

Hector, my former boss and bestymy brother bearjordanmy bitch, clementine

i wish it wasn't so hot outside so i could get inspired to crochet, i got the best how-to book from the library. i can never crochet from a pattern but this book is super simple and has photos so i am going to make a focused effort to learn some new techniques before i have to return it.

spent all night reorganizing my desk and all of my supplies to make everything more accessible and easier to use. i'm planning on spending a lot more time on my etsy shop this month. i've wasted enough money on the site and on all of my supplies and mailers without having any return whatsover. all i would have to do to be successful is invest more time, which i have plenty of. so there is really no excuse, i'm ready to get super productive and make it awesome.

anyhow, i didn't realize it was 3 am. goonight.

Oh wow, this is just like LJ!

I'm taking an "art journaling" class and i thought this would be the perfect "literary journaling" type of thing to go along with it, to cross pollinate if you will. I mostly just want to be blog friends with Barbara, that's why I'm here. I feel out of place blogging, but hopefully as I mature into an adult i can grow more and more narcissistic and indulge myself in the depths of my soul.

After going through a very long, tiring, and absurd FUNK, I have emerged from the muck and am feeling much brighter in every way. The sun, the wind, the amazing amazing trees are all helping and I am embracing some new opportunities. So I feel less like I'm being swallowed into a spiraling pit of stagnant hopelessness and more like I'm actually going to do shit with my life. so: victory is already half mine. oh.. and I'm reading a self-help book and I'm not sorry.. because it's sooo good and I'm going to make sooo much money and be great either again or for the first time. basically.

I'm taking the next semester off from school. I'm going to sell earrings and work as my mom's assistant. That may sound lame, but I have literally never been so relieved/excited. Not that i was working incredibly hard at school or my non-existent job, but I was still handcuffed to st johns river community college and I'm not anymore, so BAM! I am free and I am happy. okay. I have to finish reading all 12395 blog posts of barbaralevia now. thank you and goodnight.