jayne

I get the word of the day emailed to me every day, because I like learning new words. I feel ripped off (even though it’s free) when they send me a word I already know, but otherwise it’s kinda fun cause I’m a dork. I feel bad though cause I never incorporate them into my daily communication. I’m going to start tomorrow. But I have to use the old ones first (although probably incorrectly):

Around the 20th of the month even an iota of stress will set me off. But it’s not even “that” time of the month, which makes me flummoxed. I think it has to do with the thought of being nothing more than an erstaz artist. This is especially common when I’m in the propinquity of other creative people. Sometimes it’s because of apparitions in my atelier. Other times I question the fealty of others or feel guilty for my melfeasance. All this usually leads to introspection and evaluation of my temarious nature. It usually helps to have a potable caffinated beverage at hand. I’m usually pretty good about cloaking myself in an indifferent mein and becoming somnolent. Fortunately I am usually ameliorated by good company or a good rictus, although this sort of a nostrum. But varicolored pens also make me feel better because the make me appreciate being a sentient being, although this is hardly philosophical acumen. Sometimes I’m afraid of being garrulous, and often abscond from social interaction. I suppose this is one of my lineaments, and cause for my woebegone mood.

Well, that was a fun way to not do my Japanese homework. I’m suprised how well going backwards down the emails worked. Aside from “varicolored” they sort of make sense. It’s actually pretty much all true too, although for some reason writing it all out like that made me feel better. I’m tempted to change my tagline to garrulous rappinghood, though it doesn’t have quite the same ring. Hmm.. I want something sweet and tasty

Yay! Internet is back home!

It’s nice to be pleasantly busy

Thursday: Feist instore @ Sonic Boom was pretty cool. She has a cool voice and an awesome guitar that looks way too big on her.

Friday: I rarely write anything about movies, but Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was AWESOME. I was on such a high after seeing it. We were going to see it at the IMAX but it sold out so we ended up just going to the Metro. But yeah, it was SO COOL. The visuals were amazingly fanciful (as I’d expect from Tim Burton), The Oompa Loompa songs were great, and it was just really well done. I liked it so much I’d be willing to go see it in theatres again (like at the IMAX this time) and I’m definately getting it on dvd when it comes out, which is saying a lot considering how few movies I actually own. (Other movies on my I Want List: Big Fish, and Eternal Sunshine. I also really wish I could find my copy of Frida)

Saturday: Portland! Beck and Le Tigre were both really great. The dude before it was pretty interesting too. Just one dude with a kilt, two keyboards, drum pads on his chest, and a drum kit shoes. It was like being back in the early 80’s. I didn’t really know what to expect from Le Tigre cause I haven’t listened to them much, but it turned out to be really really cool and had me dancing around. And Beck, well, he was just as awesome as I thought he’d be. It was cool knowing just about all the songs he played, and when he played a bit of a Flaming Lips son on his acoustic, and used a table setting for percussion, and well, everything was cool. I got really excited when they pulled out a banjo.

Today: Summer is waking up next to good company and falling asleep in the grass.

So yeah, the past few days have been pretty unproductive but pretty sweet. It’s nice to have someone to go on all these summer adventures with. It’s also nice to be able to spend and extended period of time with someone and not have them drive me crazy. Well, I guess I get a little crazy, but it’s a good crazy.

I have 2 illustration projects lined up too. One for Seattle Weekly, and the other for some grad student doing a kids book. I’m a little worried about the kids book thing cause I’ve had some issues with kids-book-related illustrating in the past. I guess one of the things is the fact that doing a whole book takes a lot of time and people that are writing them seem to want all this stuff done for free. I mean, I don’t really care about how much I’d get for it cause I like having things to do and draw, but I dunno… I guess my past two experiences have made me a little more cautious. It’ll be nice to have new things to put in the portfolio though, which really needs to be updated. okay, I’m suppose to be working on Japanese hw.. I guess I’ll get back to it.

I’m at my parent’s house picking up my random crap ( art supplies, cds, books, etc ) to fill my new apartment with. But also dug through my “trunk-o-memories” to look for ticket stubs cause I wanted to make a concerts page. The Trunk is always kind of fun to go through. It’s like a time capsule. Weird how I managed to fit like 18 years of memories into one trunk, although most of it is from highschool. It’s weird looking at all that stuff in retrospect.

It always made me kinda sad that my girlyfriends didn’t write me notes. Amy was the only one I really ever passed notes too in class. I think every single one of them was about one of our boys. Apparently I only kept one of them, but I guess it was sort of a significant note. Enough that just reading it made me kind of upset again. Not like a lot, but just a quick punch in the chest type thing. Too much drama in highschool. Also letters from Neal that stirred up a whole bunch of different things. It’s weird mixing those letters with my spring break in Maryland. Lots of other stuff in that trunk too.

But anyways, It’s nice to look back at all this crap and be able to see progress and actually be really happy about how much I’ve changed in these past 2 years. The new and improved Jayne is much better than the previous versions. “Fitter, happier, more productive, comfortable…” Also, I think I’m finally getting into Radiohead recently. I’ve been trying to like them for years, cause everyone’s always like yay Radiohead, but I couldn’t do it. I guess it just wasn’t my time yet. Fortunately, I think the time has come.

Yesterday was sort of a weird crash day amid my otherwise happy-fun time. I don’t really know what was up but my anti-social half kind of took over for the day. I think maybe it was just time for my brain to reboot or something.

I spent last night cramming a quarter’s worth of Japanese into my head. Of course there was dinner break where my parent’s friends gave me money and basicly forced me to go out to Todai with them, even though I insisted several times that I should study for my test. I suppose I can’t really complain about being forced to a Japanese buffet for free. I just think it’s weird cause I think my dad is starting to go crazy or something. This is the man who was once like “Wtf, an A-? Why isn’t this an A?” (not in those exact words), and last night he was like “Oh just do well enough to pass, it’s not that important.”

So after my test, which I think went okayish, I decided to treat myself to Indian lunch buffet and Internet at the library. Mmm. So now I’m just sort of using up my free units in here before heading off to work and then studying for the oral… exciting, no?

I really wish I had more time. To make music, to paint, to screenprint, to draw, to write, to run, to just do things for my own amusement. I have ridiculously strong desire to print up t-shirts to sell. It’s something I’ve always sorta wanted to do, but right now the urge is stronger than ever. expect something soon.

using the chai lounge for internet is just making me more addicted to chai. oh well. my laptop is about to die, so this should be a quickie.

The fireworks and stuff on the 4th were really pretty and our picnic was yummy.

I made way too much lasagnia (and can’t spell it), but at least it turned out decent. I wish I knew more people so they could finish my food for me.

We went to Circus Contraption on Friday, which was awesome. I went last year and loved it, and it was even better this year. The music! So good i bought a cd. I mean, the band has a banjo, an acordian, a stand up bass, a clarinet, a trumpet, a tuba, a piano, and a bunch of other stuff. How could I not? The costumes! The lighting! oh the lighting, was so wonderful. I don’t usually pay much attention to lighting but the way these surreal performers were being lit up and the shaddows they cast around them made it all the more awesome. Mmm so good.

Summer is turning out to be pretty damn awesome. (also, a side note to P&R: groove is on.)

So the past few days have been crazy with moving in, doing poorly in japanese*, and having oodles of fun.

The new apartment is SO AWESOME. I still haven’t gotten over the awesomeness of my new room. It’s like perfect and I just love my new home. I have so much space, tons of natural light, and a balcony! I have room to make things! Maybe I’ll finally get around to painting that giant canvas of mine. I feel like we should have a party or something just cause we’d have the room for one. I also love how I’m pretty close to everything.

I also got a banjo! It’s awesome! I really love how it sounds. Now to just learn how to play it. I also think the guy that helped me out at the store might have been hitting on me (especially cause he gave me his number) which is kinda funny cause that like never happens to me. Maybe banjos are a lot sexier than I thought.

And at midnight last night Zach and I ran 3.1 miles around the Seattle Center! It was pretty cool. We made it in like 41 minutes ( 4 minutes before they make you move to the Sidewalk of Shame), and I pretty much only walked like for one little itty bit just to try and make my tummy feel better. I think having Chipotle before hand was probably a bad idea. It was kinda weird not having my iPod (cause i always do when i go running), but I had an iZach singing Fox in the Snow, was just as good, if not better. But yeah it was cool when we were done. I felt all acomplished and stuff and not even tired. It’s weird cause i don’t really get out of breath or tired from running any more, but I still can’t figure out how to keep my tummy happy. It’s always either hungry or cramping.

And tonight we’re going to Gasworks for the fireworks and fun! yay!

* I REALLY need to get my shit together for Japanese cause I’m doing pretty bad. It would suck to go through all this to not even have in count for my language requirement cause that was the whole point of taking it. Hopefully I’ll be able to focus better now that I’m finally all moved in and settled and stuff, cause I’m really sucking it up. Not even cause it’s hard, but just cause I’m me and I hate memorizing shit and I would rather be out having fun than learning my vocabulary and stuff. But yeah I guess I should go study now, cause Japanese is the only thing that’s not going awesomely right now (which isn’t actually too bad).

Oh sad! It’s our last night at this apartment. Well, it’s actually more of a Yay! Last night at this apartment! Also last day of crappy Comcast, at least for a while. But yeah, it’s kinda weird. I don’t feel like we’re moving tomorrow. Maybe because I still have to pack up tons of shit and clean and stuff. It’s also a little weird cause I’ll be spending 2 days in apartment limbo (aka peter’s place) where I will probably be sleeping on piles of furniture or something. It’ll be interesting fitting all of our stuff into that little place. But by this weekend, everything will finally be all settled.

I think fate wants me to learn to play the banjo. A few weeks ago I saw a real banjo, I think for the first time. Yesterday Peter & I were talking about our old philosophy prof. who played the banjo, while looking at a catalog of banjos. Then Zach sent me a Bluegrass Tribute to Air (which is really cool). And then I found this site. I think it would be pretty sweet to be able to play the banjo. I would imagine that it’s not much different from playing guitar, but I don’t really know anything about it.

Also, this Ferret calendar I bought from the lost & found for 50 cents is like the best calendar I’ve ever owned, even if I can only use July-December now. Pictures once I get time to flickr. I hope I get my flickr schwagg forwarded to me… I really want to flaunt my flickr pride.

I suppose I’ll save the other rant I was gonna write for another time. Gotta pack (and I suppose learn my Japanese vocab).

I am too busy/lazy/some-other-excuse to draw out a “real” doodle. So instead: me and peter… as flickr dots (me being the pink one).

[ question: why does this doodle show up when I use Safari but not when I use Firefox? ]

We’re not going to have a TV at our new place all summer so I’m not getting cable. But without the cable, the internet would be pricey. I suppose it’s not that bad, like $50ish a month or so, but I’m entertaining the idea of not having internet in my apartment all summer. I know, I’m crazy. What did people do without highspeed internet in their room?? This will be especially hard for me cause I’m so attached to it, but I think it might actually be really good for me. Not that I’m cutting off from it. I plan on mooching free WiFi from either the chai lounge or the espresso roma cafe (or even Starbucks, right across the street from roma’s). Or maybe someone in my apartment will have an open network, in which case I’ll still be online all the time. I dunno, the idea of getting things done is kinda exciting. The only thing I’m kinda worried about is messing up my Audioscrobbler, which is kinda sad. But yeah, No TV or internet…What will I do all summer?

Also: Laser shows are pretty. Late night Belle&Sebastian is nice. Indian lunch buffets are awesome. Farmer’s Market is cool. and Japanese is taking over my brain.