We all seem to have let this site fall by the wayside over the past couple years. A pitty, we used to have a nice little miniature community within the larger dA community. I never was one to get fully involved in sites like this, guess that's just a little too social for my tastes. I do like occasionally posting something that I created though, and getting feedback on it. Most of my comments came from close personal friends, but none-the-less, it's putting yourself out there for something. And that's not an easy thing for me to do. Ask anyone who's watched me sing.

I've got a couple things I've been working on. A scarf for grace with a nice tapestry design on it, a blanket for a good friend of mine who's been there for me above and beyond since I moved out here. And I need to post my first tapestry creation. I took a picture of it to post, but then my camera corrupted and I had to have K'Hill fix it for me. Hasn't really been my semester with electronic things. On top of that, I've got mountains of photography that I need to put up. Some of which I'm actually quite proud of. Some of which is mediocre, but tells a story that I want to put out there. I hope to start writing again at some point. Who knows when or if I actually will.

As for my life, I'm back at school. The yellow-haired boy and I are "official" now, whatever that means. I still like him, as long as I don't spend too much time with him. Not to say I don't like being around him, just that I can't spend every waking moment with him, otherwise he makes me want to bludgeon him with something. Probably not the best set-up for a successful relationship, but that's life, right? Sometimes things don't work out in fairytales. I'm teaching a lot, which is fun, but stressful. I'm still not very good at this whole coming up with lesson plans thing. Slowly but surely though, it's getting better. I started playing guitar. I love it. It frusterates me that I suck right now, but I've been steadily improving. Hopefully one day I won't.

I'm not even really sure why I wrote this journal. I suppose I just figured it had been long enough since the last one. Anyway, I should go. Wednesdays are busy days for me, and I'm going to be late for class if I don't get changed.

Namaste

I think I must be the only person in the world that dreads days off. I just... have nothing to do. Maybe it's because I have no life. That's probably a large part of it. But when I have nothing to do, I also become really really lazy. Like, I could spend this time uploading more pictures (though you all just got four more, I don't know if you're really going to be excited about another influx of India) but I'm far too lazy for that. I'll probably end up crocheting some more. I'm hoping that my current project will be done by the end of the summer. I think it's going to turn out pretty cool, I'm trying a new technique called Tapestry Crochet, so we'll see how that goes.

Hopefully Caitlin will be home soon, then we can make an adventure down to the farmers market and the thrift store. I bought a book at the craft store yesterday that was on sale about modifying T-shirts to make them extra spiffy. We'll see how that goes.

Oh, I also started teaching on Sunday, since the quarter has FINALLY started. Yay! I love it, big surprise there. I've got some challenging riders that are going to really keep me on my toes this summer, but I'm really excited about it!

I've also started working as part-time barn staff on weekends, so I'll be getting a pay check this Friday! HURRAY! Hopefully that will help assuage at least SOME of my money woes. Definitly going to have to look for a job in LBG next fall though, which is too bad. Of course, with a lighter course load, I'm not sure what I would do if I didn't have a job. I suppose I could find a life... nah, that'd be silly.

So I've been going a little yarn-crazy lately. I don't know, I'm starting to get back into my obsessive crocheting mode. I've got all sorts of new techniques and designs I want to try. My newest obsession is Tapestry Crochet, which you can learn more about at [link] . The stuff that you can make with this technique is just stunning. Of course, being the ambitious person that I am, I'm not planning a nice simple round piece for my first attempt with one of the already established motifs, but making my own pattern and doing a flat piece, which means I'm going to have to learn to use my left hand. Oh well, develops brain cells, right?

Anyway, I've got a long list of projects in mind that I want to get working on over the next few months. Some that I need to finish before the end of the summer, others before December, and still others before May. That's right, graduation gifts. As much as I don't want to think about it, I do want to make sure that I get a chance to leave the people who mean something to me with something meaningful. Did that make sense? I've got most everyone figured out... though some people are still escaping my imagination. I've got a while to figure it out.

The internship is going well, in case anyone's interested in that. I'm quickly finding out the danger of working for free... and desperately trying to come up with a plan to make more money. At the moment all I've come up with is mucking stalls at 5am, but we'll see if I can think of something better.

I'll figure something out. I always do.

Namaarie

Yeah, that's right, I finally got off my lazy butt and I'm starting to put up some more of my India pictures. The only disadvantage to having a really easy finals schedule, I have nothing to do this week. So, my DA account is finally going to get some much needed attention. Enjoy!

So, I don't drink anything containing caffiene on a regular basis anymore. I pretty much only drink water. So, when I drink a cup of chair to help me stay up and finish papers and stuff, I get kind of stuck on wired for a long time. The good news? I got two out of three finals finished tonight. The bad news? It's 1:15 and I'm still like O.O
So. that's a slight problem. I can at least start on the next final I suppose. And if I can't get tired, I'll just grab one of my uber-boring text books and go out and read in the suite lounge. Can't in my room. The light's off. Because my roommate, being the sensible human being that she is, is sound asleep. Hope my typing isn't keeping her up.

oh, and the mood icon has nothing to do with eye candy. I just liked the bugging out eyes.