Sticking to the Point

Monday Mash-up no. 3

Reading :: The Gathering. I am a sucker for any story set in Ireland, even if it's not so great.
 

Listening :: I'm loving this new girl, Kerli.

Speaking of listening, I've got a date tonight with U.U. at the Bowery Ballroom.

Wearing :: A new top from Free People, bought a few months back,

and its been beckoning from my closet ever since. Saturday was Miss A's school fair. Perfect weather to be outside, perfect weather for a cute top.

Looking :: With my recent acquisition of 600 film, I allowed myself to blow through 3 packs, pronto. It's been awhile and I needed to get myself re-acquainted.

Monday Mash up #2 :: the evening edition

My mind is streaming with words. Ideas and thoughts that I think I'd like to share here; that is, until I sit down. Faced with a blank screen, I quickly click away. I search bloglines and flickr, hoping  to find my way to inspire a release. It feels like the floodgates are buckling; the pressure building. On closer examination, a false alarm.

I've been deliciously busy. On a rich, personal quest to connect with my potential, I've been working on mind, body and soul and I'm here to tell you, it's a fucking full-time job. I never knew I could be so high maintenance!

My inclination is to start list-making; my practical solution to most everything.

1. As much as I've cursed Google images for pillaging and pilfering my photos, I have to give thanks. Because of thievery, I sold my first photo today. It will be used as a stock image for a presentation by a major advertising agency in Boston and part of a DVD with distribution of fifty. Thankfully the mister works with photographer reps and we were able ask for a reasonable, market rate.
2. Because I take great strides to avoid my personal world colliding with my internet self, I won't link to the photo. If you want to see it, email me.
   
3. I'm planning to use the money I've earned towards a new lens. While I'd love to have this, I'll certainly be happy and whole with this.
4. I've struggled with calling myself a photographer for awhile; struggled with the idea of selling my photos and if they'd sell.
5. And speaking of calling myself a photographer, once and for all, I'm going to sign up for a proper photography class. Happy Mother's Day to me from M.
6. With my rigorous workout schedule, I've been doing a lot of i-Pod listening and I'm here to tell you,  my play lists are beat. I've uploaded and purchased, but I need more.Please tell me what you listen to when you want your heart to pump.
7. Thanks to Liv and Neen for the Glossimer suggestion, Eclipse is my new, go-to color. Again with the penny-saving,  I want to try this.

It's late and with my girl on Spring break this week, I need all the rest I can get. I agree that is ridiculously dramatic statement, but my spirited child easily wears me down and sleep deprivation heightens the prickles and hackles that rise with each whinge.

With that, I bid you my sweets, buona notte.

Monday mash-up

I thought I'd try something new; a way to catch up on the random. A mash-up for Monday's, because lord knows I love a good mash-up.

• The coffee-tea party on Sunday was a lot of fun. Rachel, Susanna and Bella made it; U.U. and Mo, you were missed! Strawberry cupcakes and fiber bars aka f-bombs; cucumber sandwiches and a  good cream Gorgonzola. We had other delicious nibbles, good conversation on a wide array of topics and an easy, creative spirit that circled us. I felt inspired after they left, I rushed them out the door because I had practice, leaving me  with a desire to get together again. Very soon.

• Roller derby. I'm helping out with H-girl's game on Saturday,  and Sunday, my own league has its season opener.
• Speaking of rollerskating, I figured out the cause of last Fall's sciatic-ass. It's not skating. It's the standing around in skates as opposed to rolling around, that causes the pain. The too-small speed skates that I wore last season, because I thought my cheapo-s weren't good enough, didn't help. 
• Skating has always been a favorite outdoor activity. Growing up, I had roller skates and skated my way up and down the strand, year round. When roller skates were no longer fashionable and blades were the way to roll, I got myself a pair and enjoyed many years of skating the loop in Central Park. Closed to traffic on the weekend and after 10am weekdays, the loop is a little slice of paradise in the most urban of environments. I'd have my music (at the time it was a walkman), and I'd be transported.
• Finally, finally, cleaning up my work space. It's far from perfect but enough already! I'm done with procrastination and the mind-set that it needs to be the 'right' environment. As if I'd even know what the right set-up is, I haven't even worked there yet.

• Working the Artist Way. Doing this for a second time, directly on the heels of the first round, has been so good for me. I still have no definition of myself as an artist, but I'm cool with being unclear and riding the ride until I figure it out.