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2009/10/19 16:02 I am about to open my own shop on etsy.com. FINALLY! I have things to sell that (based on the interest displayed around campus) people are interested in buying. I made myself a cowl the other day, with some cheap yarn from the Hobby Lobby and a couple bunny buttons, mixed in with some from my own collection. I've received so many comments about it, and people have actually offered to pay good money for them. So, there's that. I love knitting. It's all I want to spend my time doing these days. I'm rapidly losing interest in classes and real work. I want to write my essay (seriously, the month I have off for essay writing will be the best month of my year! No classes or seminar. Nothing to worry about but writing my 60pg thesis and doing the things I love.
I am weary of living in a dorm, eating terrible cafeteria food and not having enough space for myself. I am brokebrokebroke and after three weeks of nearly non-stop illness I am tired as well. I want my degree. I want to be moving on. I want to sleep. Be a homebody. Watch movies and bake vegan treats and knit and sew and sell my creations and stop worrying about absences from class and a low balance in my bank account.
I've heard the real world isn't much easier than this, but I'm willing to give it a try. I need a space - nothing fancy, I can ix it up myself - and monetary income. I wish I could sell my designs. I wish that were a legitimate choice. I like the things I make, but I recognize they're not novel. Not everyone can be a Yokoo and have it work out for them.
I'll keep trying. Tonight I am skipping seminar because a dear friend wants to take me out for Japanese with her mother. The dinner is free, and I am not one to pass up sushi...ever! I've made peace with having spent too much money over the past week. I've already got orders for cowls (even though my shop's not up yet) and I've applied for a house/pet-sitting job in town. I am crafty, that's obvious. I am crafty and it's going to get me through being poor, being tired and feeling frustrated with everything around me.
This is what I look like today: ready to go out for dinner with my dear Sara.
2009/10/07 20:54 About to go out for some karaoke tonight. Karaoke Keith wants to go for a spin, so I'll be the designated driver (I am too poor to drink) and watch gleefully. Maybe I'll take some photos.
I've been spending a lot of time looking around etsy.com. I think the time has come for me to open a shop there. I need to get a few things in order (fabric, patterns, etc.) but I want to start making my soft-core porn scarves again. They're so lovely and I think they're pretty unique. Mostly, I want good fabric, more buttons, yarn and thread. I want to craft more. I've been so lazy. I wanted to make a big cowl but then realized I misplaced my circular needles. Maybe I'll buy some new bamboo ones.
When I make more things, I'll take pictures and post them. For now, I'm going to sign off with this picture:
2009/09/23 22:42 I was all freaked out because my ears were sore and had what I thought looked like a lip on the back. So I downsized to 1/2" from 5/8" and mourned and waited.
When I woke up the next morning the 1/2" plugs were still really loose. I decided to give my 5/8" DF opalite a try and VOILA! they fit! My ears weren't sore anymore, so I wore the plugs all day and I've remained at 5/8" for over a week now with no pain, no lip and no worries. Very happy.
I recovered from the flu only to find myself at the start of a HELL WEEK. 3 papers, back-homework (from being sick) plus costumes for a production of Aristophanes's The Clouds, which opens Saturday. So basically I've been waking up every day at 6am, staying awake until 1am, drinking several cups of coffee a day (very unnatural for me) and having no time to myself. This afternoon/evening was nice, considering. I spent 7 hours with a sewing machine listening to Tom Waits, Pavement and My Morning Jacket. Eclectic.
When this is over, I'll breathe easy.
Also, I met with my senior essay advisor yesterday. He's also my precept tutor for this fall, because he's doing a precept on my essay book: Sophocles's Antigone. Basically, God said: "Brynn, I want you to have your BA in Liberal Arts." When the week is over, I'll be able to be ridiculously excited about this. Until then, I'm sewing togas.
7/16" DF opalite plugs. Scratched, but still lovely.
2009/09/16 21:06 In addition to feeling like shit and missing multiple classes, my ears blew-out the other day. I don't know what caused it (I've been at 5/8" for over a month now) but they were sore and I noticed a lip on the back of either ear. So I did, begrudgingly, what I had to do. I downsized from 5/8" to 1/2". This means (among other things) that I won't be selling my 1/2" howlite plugs, as I need them to wear again!
My ears are still sore. And they look SOOOO tiny now. 5/8" was such a good size for me. I was planning to stay there for awhile, which is part of what made the decision to downsize a bit easier. Because I'm not pushing myself to be at 1" by graduation, I don't mind as much getting set back. What really upset me was the beautiful new 5/8" opalite plugs I got in the mail the other day, which I now have to wait a couple months before I can wear again. Plus, the stretch from 1/2" to 5/8" was only something I could do because I'd been at 1/2" for over three months. It's going to be hard to skip 9/16" again, and I definitely don't have the money to buy MORE new plugs. Frustrating.
But all that really matters is that my ears feel better. I'll take all the setbacks in the world, so long as my ears stay healthy and will continue to stretch. Those opalite plugs are taunting me a little though...
