End of an Era

Well that's it. I'm done living in a dorm; in fact, I'm done with school. I finished my last exam a few weeks ago and I've been slowly moving to a basement suite in a totally different area of town. It's a weird crossroads I'm at right now. I'm just waiting for graduation and asking myself what I want to do with the rest of my life.

First off, thank you everybody for baring with me for the past few months. I haven't been posting anything at all recently. It's a shame because it was my last few months in this blog's namesake, but I just didn't have the time. I honestly didn't even finish all of my papers this past term. I ended up not handing them in. Some stuff happened in my professional life that just completely threw me through a loop. So anybody who's still around out there a huge thank you!

I'm sitting in my new apartment right now applying for jobs and asking myself what I want to do with the rest of my life. Do I want to take a job that promises some financial security, but guarantees that it will be at least two years before I can ever do what I love? I will no longer be able to work in theatre if this job works out. Is that what I want? This terrifies me. Theatre is what I love. Theatre is what drives me in life and makes me want to wake up in the morning. Can I live without that? I honestly don't think I can. So now the question is, how do I make both work? Of course, it's not even guaranteed that I have this job so we'll see how it all goes.

Another question I have is do I continue this blog? My posts have been incredibly sporadic and I'm no longer in university. Is this something I want to continue doing? If you dear readers are around, I would love some feedback. Let me know if you think it's worth continuing this writing thing.

I suppose that's it for now. This won't be my last post, we'll just see what's coming down the line.

Chris Brown at the Grammys

I was watching The Grammys tonight and was absolutely horrified when I saw that Chris Brown was performing. I remember three years ago and the backlash against not the man who hit his girlfriend, but against Rihanna. It was horrifying then and I find it just as horrifying now that he's making some sort of "come back." This Hello Giggles post that I've linked to below perfectly expresses what I would like to say.

I’m Not Okay with Chris Brown Performing at the Grammys and I’m Not Sure Why You Are

Vintage Photographs

This post has been a long time coming. I've had these photos sitting on my computer for weeks now, but haven't had the time or energy to do anything with them. But they're here now so let's go.

These are some fabulous old photographs I found when cleaning house a few weeks ago. I find them haunting, but at the same time they can bring a smile to my face. It's a mixture of nostalgia and laughter? Does that make any sense at all? Anyways, to sum up I think they're great.

I think what attracts me to these pictures is that they're more than that. They're memories. They may not be my memories, but that makes them no less important. They're from another time and another place and they mean more than what's on that piece of paper. They're a beautiful way to honour the past in a sense. Beyond that, they represent the happiest times in somebody's life. The bad times are never captured on film. The box chock full of pictures to me is a happy life, one where even the little things bring some joy.

It's so easy to romanticize the past and when you get caught under a pile of these old photos, you'll see why. And isn't that paper fantastic? It's from the box they were stored in. I've never seen anything like it before!

Music and Mood

Okay, here's the deal. I've been in a pretty relentless bad mood for the past few weeks. Combine a new semester with family stress and a dash of the ol' job search for luck and you get me, unwilling to leave my nice, warm, cozy bed. I may be a little pathetic and I'm okay with that. 

So for the past few days I've been watching Netflix pretty relentlessly. Turns out constant tv watching does so little to help with the whole mood thing. On top of that, work is not getting done which just adds to the stress. It's a relentless cycle. I decided today to make a change. I stepped away from Netflix.
(was I the only one to hear the trumpeting in the background just then?)

Instead of watching tv under the covers I decided to listen to some music as I started to clean up my room. Music is such a mood booster. For me, it gets my imagination going, it gets me thinking again after I've totally shut it down. The mood buster for the day? The Pixies.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I am a roommate's dream. Who doesn't love a little alternative rock on a Wednesday afternoon?

On the whole music front, Springsteen is releasing a new album soon! March 6 to be exact. That really has nothing to do with the rest of this post, but come on! How can you beat that news? Oh, what's that? That's right you can't! That video up there? That's the new song.

I actually have stuff to share with all of you. Pictures of pictures and patterns and paper. I am loving the Ps. I'll  be back later this week with some fantastic old-timey photos, but until then...

My Week

I'm back in the full swing of this point everybody and it's not too bad yet. But it is eating up a good chunk of my time. I wish I had interesting adventures to tell you about or amazing design feats accomplished. Sadly my week has been fairly monotonous. The most colourful part of it has been the highlighters I'm using to take notes with. Even my post-its have been relegated to the back of the drawer for now. This post was supposed to go up midweek, but at some point during my sleep deprived nights I misplaced the cord that attaches my camera to my computer. So here it is now. My week in pictures everybody, hold onto your hats!

First up, the notes, the agenda. It's so exciting you can hardly breathe! Right! ...Right? Notice the poor quality lighting, perfect for eyestrain.

But by midweek things were looking up! The mail arrived. Two packages filled with free books! Yes, this was definitely the highlight of my week.

I started putting things up on my wall. No frames, a few show posters, but it's a start. There's still a lot of blank space so at this point I'm hoping to just sort of fill it up collage style with colour. Maybe some more show posters, maybe some prints and coloured fabric. Whatever I can find. 

So that's my week pretty much summed up. Hopefully I'll have more to share next week. Have a wonderful weekend everybody.