Notes From Today

This is what I did today:
Wake up and have a lame text message exchange with a guy that lives in his van.
Spend a really long time writing, deleting, re-writing, re-deleting, and obsessing over if I wanted to post something about aforementioned text exchange in one of my online social networking forums. Upon deciding not to, because I didn't want to feed the negativity it was stirring in me, I decided to jot down my thoughts in an email to myself- merely as a therapeutic way to purge- versus posting them for public view.
I then spent a really long time being sucked into surfing the internet, finding things I did not want to find, and consequently obsessing about and writing more about them. This was interspersed by doing a few loads of laundry that managed to come out dirtier than when they went in. And writing about that too.

Anyhow, just for fun, here are some notes which my laptop accrued throughout today:

Why Van Guy is Van Guy
• Reason #103: Under the guise of computer help, "someone" linked a photo from my website to a Justin Timberlake/SnoopDogg youtube video. Uh, thanks Van Guy.
• Reason #104: Response to dismayed text upon discovery: "haha. suck it."
• Reason #105: Dude. You live in a Mini-Van.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pu9EYv1HBc

Diary Notes
1/30/2010
After going on laundry strike for 2+ weeks with a suitcase full of dirty after-vacation clothes, I finally break down and wash what is deemed most important-- sans the one article of clothing that was most important! Is it peculiar that I can name the Galapagos beach, (Bartolome,) much of which seems to have traveled home with me, by means of un-rinsed bikini, and made it's way onto the "clean" clothes I just washed? The reddish sand is particular to said beach where a long photo-shoot, involving myself, my sister, and a native Galapagan tour guide, was executed. That, along with a race along the water and a sneaky excursion along a forgotten trail.

5:32pm
What is the world coming to? This morning there is a picture of my face surreptitiously linked to the ridiculous combination of a popular pop-star/rap-star on youtube. This afternoon I spend an inordinate amount of time being sucked into Google images of pimped out 70's vans. This evening I see my once loser, druggie ex-boyfriend now looking like a god damned movie star, face plastered all over a fricking Jet Blue airlines commercial. WTF????

http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/ultimate-rock-n-roll-on-wheels-the-1970s-van-customization-craze/

Postscript
There is now also a video log of myself reading everything I had to say about above former boyfriend, but that will have to be posted later.

Help Wanted: Provisional Career Shift Whilst Working on Creative Projects and Enduring The Interim of Their Success

Okay, my friends, I am turning to you for some advice. Nothing will be considered too silly, and I am hoping to find something that is not mundane. Currently, I am working on a few different creative projects, but until they come to fruition, the search for a new financial mainstay is on.

Here are some things about me to help you consider my options:

1. I like to be outside. Preferably in the sun. I do not like being cold. I don't mind being barefoot or getting dirty.

2. I like to be around animals. Large, small (but I really like large), feathered, furry, scaled, or finned. Well, finned might be last, only b/c I like to interact with them-- and I don't really see me interacting with sharks or barracudas. But a dolphin or something with flippers would definitely be okay.

3. I like to make stuff. I am good at being a visionary for creative projects. And I am good at physically putting them together-- like the literal hands on part. The whole curriculum planning and esoteric (to me) financial budget kind of stuff can definitely be done, but it is not my forte b/c it's not what I want to exert my energy on. Sewing machine, fabric, paper, found art/scraps & colored pencils are some of my favorite mediums.

4. I also like to and know how to perform. I can probably pull off any style of dance, at least marginally well. I like to wear wigs and false eyelashes. I generally don't like to wear makeup unless I'm onstage.

5. I want to make LOTS of money. Yes, that's right, lots. Some people think that rich people are snotty and lame and money isn't necessary for happiness, etc, etc, etc. That is very noble and that's great for you, if you are that kind of person. Personally, I know myself well enough that I want to enjoy an expensive lifestyle, and to do a lot of the things I want to do (like Lion Taming, Circus School, and traveling around the world- in style) takes money. (THAT said, I currently live in an illegal garage conversion without a closet, heat or kitchen, so we all know I can get by on a marginal income out of necessity.)

Here are a few other things that I want to do and/or hold my interest-- A partial list of favorite inspirational people, places & things:
www.lotusland.org -Lotus land
www.circuscenter.org -San Francisco Circus Center
www.drseussart.com -Dr. Seuss
www.bukowski.net -Bukowski (I used to read as bedtime stories. I know. Don't ask. I like the juxtaposition of his simple and elegant writing with the raunch & crude subject matter.)
www.maryroach.net -Mary Roach
www.jonahlehrer.com -Jonah Lehrer
www.nsi.edu -La Jolla Neuroscience Institue (I want to perform at and know the people who work HERE.)
www.sanctuaries.org -Animal Sanctuaries (for a complete list)
www.justcommunitiescc.org -Just Communities
www.designingasociety.net -Social Justice
www.nacl.org -NACL
www.cirqueberzerk.com -Cirque Berzerk
www.lucentdossier.com -Lucent Dossier (note- I am NOT a "Burner." I don't "party" and don't like to be surrounded by people who do. Any ideas on the likely hood of a successful Straightedge Circus? Geez, I wonder if that's the same kind of thing as Christian Rock?)
www.animalschool.net -Hollywood Animals Lion Taming Program
www.dv8.co.uk -DV8 Physical Theatre (I feel like this alone sums everything up, quite nicely, in a nutshell)

Oh yeah, and apparently another thing I'm good at is having unsolicited married men hit on me. If you have some way of me turning this into a positive thing, in lieu of a skeezy and annoying one, please let me know. Who knows, maybe there's some way to manipulate this alarmingly persistent occurrence into the jackpot of all money makers.

Okay, Thank you. I eagerly await your response.



(Addendum: Oh yeah, I also like to write, edit, and spend a questionably exorbitant amount of time focusing on myself.)

Gracias.