On Being in Limbo and Waiting

My work week is over. I think I did pretty well, but really I have NO IDEA if I'm going to get the job. NO IDEA AT ALL. And that sucks.

I should know by Friday. I did, however, leave everyone I worked with a thank you note for them to find on Monday. I bet my competitors didn't do anything like that. Anyway, for luck I am going with Peter Harold Quist and Daniel Damocles Wall to the sacred home of the Goonies tomorrow. I hope to be touched by greatness while I am there.

Love and Kisses

On Stuff and a Thousand Pages

The pishwari nan was a no-go. The bastards decided to be closed. It was poop-e but we went on many adventures after that despite being starving. We discovered this place that is 2 big warehouse buildings filled with random stuff. Do you need a desk? how 'bout a dentist's chair? Maybe you've been looking for display case like they have in jewelery stores? Or maybe it was 300 plastic hampers-the super cheap kind that you can only find in Chinese markets. Well, its all here at a place called City Salvage. And for fair prices-if you need any of that stuff. After we poked through 8 floors of STUFF! we decided to eat at a little place by our house called the Thai Spoon. As a graphic designer, I have to say it: their menu didn't at all fit the rest of the place. Just the design, not the dishes. That said, IT WAS INCREDIBLE! I ordered Tom Kha soup. Lemongrass, coconut milk, mushrooms, chicken. I was in food heaven for only $4!

As for the things I have to tell, I have forgotten already, save these couple of things:

1. I interviewed for a job a while back (almost 3 weeks ago). Out of 100 applicants, 10 got chosen for interviews and then 3 were asked to come work for a week each. Paid at $20/hr. That's $800 for one weeks work!! I am one of the three and I got first dibs on when to go, so I asked for the second or third week. I figured that way they could work out all the kinks with the first people and by the time I come along they will know all that they need to tell me right away, thereby making me more efficient. So, my week starts Monday. I have been studying up on my Quark. I bought a 1000 page book (that probably could be edited to 600) and have been ever so slowly workimng through it. I have hardly taken a break except for the last 2 days cause I got a little sick. So, if I get the job, which I am really, really, really hoping I do, I will get a nice benefits package (which hopefully includes Maternity leave) and $25/hr. Y'all, I have never made that kinda money and I am kinda flippin' out about it. My baby will quit his crappy job and paint or do what ever creative pursuit he wishes and life will be good. Okay, life already is good. Damn good I have to say. So, that is what i have been doing everyday over here. Preparing for my week.

2. You have to check out what Daniel has been doing. I think it's gorgeous!


3. I am sure there is more to tell, but I can't think of it now. We are having a bbq this weekend in honor of Pete who won't be here till the Wednesday after that. We are inviting our neighbors downstairs who seem like cool cats. Ringo has a million new pin feathers that are making him snappy, but not screamy, and still sweet. We just have to be a little careful touching him.

Okay, so I have so much to tell you all, but Daniel is hungry and we are going on a bike ride downtown to eat some of the most delicious food ever. Two words: Pishwari nan. If you come here we will eat it. (hint hint). Okay, but here is someother stuff of note. I have had a few requests for socks. The socks I had posted were all the designs I had done for my client up till then. There are more, and many have been cut out from the finals. Here is a page with links to all the socks that are going to be made. There are a couple exceptions in ladies socks: only of W6 and W7 will be made, probably W7. And W8-14 are all variations on one sock and I think she is going to pick one of the higher numbers. But to all those who wonder about it, yes the ninja sock is going to be made, and I myself will be sporting the carrot. They will take probably a couple of months to get here, but if you want one let me know. I don't know yet how much they are, but they are reasonably priced.

parent list of socks

Also, check out these bracelets my mom has been making. They are $10 each. She has like, 100 of them.

Set 1
Set 2

bye for now.

On Airports and Magazines

Perhaps you have the experience I do, and then again, perhaps not, in which case I’d say you are more fortunate than me. Let me explain: I love grocery stores. Millions of choices, exotic things to try, clean, bright, colorful, yup, I love ‘em! I shop like a child in a candy store even if I am only getting toothpaste. As a side- you know it’s somewhat similar to what I feel about airports and train stations: here are hundreds of people off doing extraordinary things. Sure you have the business guy who flies every other day, but most of the people at the airport are totally out of their normal routine and off having grand adventures, off to exciting places, to do exciting things, with exciting people -probably for the first time in their lives and maybe the only times (I love airports more than I love grocery stores). Okay back to grocery stores. As I near the completion of my grocery shopping trip I get a mix of a slight case of a sensory overload high and a sudden fear that I am going to miss something marvelous. As I am slowly corralled into the checkout aisle my eyes dart all over stopping for only a second on any given thing there and then…. then it happens: I hit the magazines and the world comes to a grinding halt: “Jennifer’s revenge-she’s smiling again”, “Marry Me! [Some guy] begs Oprah”, “10 DELICIOUS cakes under 200 calories”, “Unlock the secrets of the stars”, “Gweneth’s New Fashion Rules”, “[kid’s name] says, “I love you, Brad””, “Best Picnic Gear”, “101 Uses for Olive Oil”, “Paris hits negative five pounds!”, “Summer vacation for Brad and Angelina”, “Flatter Abs” “More Sex”, “Secrets Revealed”, I am swimming in a crystal clear, slick-coated, full color sea of 7 inch tall superstars and really good food photography! There is no grocery store, Daniel is not standing next to me, doesn’t even exist really, no one exists except me and the superstars and the food and all the knowledge that I NEED and apparently missed. But then, I did skip a lot of school.

Anyway, here is the koi fish I embroidered for my dad. Its eyes are crooked (you know, water bends light and all-I figured it would be an advantage) and its not done yet anyway. (But they eyes are staying crooked).

What the heck has everyone been doing? Its quiet as a mouse.

On Crewel Fish 

On Tesselation and Stitchery

Have you ever seen my paper collection? Its a large shallow box filled with old cards, stickers, random flyers and bits of wrapping paper, not to mention a ton of other types of..well, paper. Why does she have such a strange collection? You might well ask. You see, I love patterns. Daimonds, backgrounds, fluer-de-lis, mod squares, its a tesselation jamboree! I even did a project once where I did modern takes on some ancient patterns from around the world. And then....

Carly showed me how to embroider. Below is my first, very small piece. Carly, I love you thank you!

On Ameobas: my first embroidery design