So, things have been kinda tense lately. Mostly with regard to situations domestic, but hopefully that will get better, although I have been saying that for two and a half years, so who knows. But, yeah, tense. Like, gin-and-tonic around lunchtime kind of tense. Like the kind of tense where you find yourself quietly weeping in the kitchen and telling yourself that it’s because the book that you’re reading is just so moving, but knowing that it’s a lie because the book that you’re reading happens to be the current issue of Vanity Fair (which is actually a very good issue, in that over the top, slightly hypocritical way that only the Vanity Fair “Green” Issue, printed on 100% very shiny paper, can be, but, really, nothing to cry over).
So I think it’s time for a list of things that make me not-so-tense (ie: happy):
1. The Girls Rock documentary is really amazing. And I emailed the directors. And they emailed me back. Which is pretty much really cool.
2. Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles. I am moving to Los Angeles in a few months (actually, that does make me kind of tense, especially the applying for my visa part, but my impending proximity to palm trees, ocean, and really amazing musicological research makes up for it).
3. I am actually popular all of a sudden, and have four (four!) different social engagements to choose from for Friday night (and from them, I have chosen Rocky Horror. Clearly, I must go with the one that will allow me to wear a corset).
4. I just watched the episode of Lois and Clark in Season two where they finally go out on a date and they kiss and it’s really exciting and then that stupid Mason chick who wanted to go out with Clark dies in a big ol’ explosion. Kaboom!
5. Oh, right. I’m done my undergrad. Funny.
6. I am knitting a Princess Leia wig.
7. Tomorrow night there will be a giggly sleepover with Leith, where topics of conversation will likely include: pirates, cheese, the Big S, timpanists, and those times when we went to see Star Wars in our pyjamas. And we will probably eat something that is bad for us, like maybe popcorn with cream cheese on it (surprisingly delicious).
Oh, also, I am going to have a yard sale sometime soonish, and it will be the best yard sale ever, because I have lots of really fantastic crap that I need to get rid of because it can’t all come to California. And if you’re my friend I will probably give you my stuff for free. Watch this space for further updates.
If it makes you feel any better, the design industry actually has a pretty big green movement (bolstered mostly by green/guilty feeling clientèle) which has resulted in several lines of really high quality paper that is still more environmentally friendly than normal paper.
So, for all we know, Vanity Fair’s green issue may in fact have been just so.
We need to hang out soon. I’m going into withdrawal.