A “friend of mine” is having work troubles. she thought if she just referred to the contract, things would smooth out. It seemed to have not been received well. She’s had “the supervisor” sicked on her. She’s peeved but maybe it’s for the best. More tomorrow.

Well, I posted some babble about job frustrations but then I thought about Dooce and how she lost her job by posting things about her work. So I decided to keep it as a private post. Let’s just say today was an affirmation that this contract is a little on the irritating side. So when…

A fictional conversation that has nothing to do with real life situations and therefore should not be misconstrewed as referring to any real persons: them: Do X. me: Are you sure? that seems a little weird.them: (vague and confusing answer only partially confirming that you should in fact do what you are confirming they want…

OK, I got through the chapters that needed more figures added to them. The rest of the chapters appear to be an editing breeze. Knock wood. It looks like I will survive the next two weeks after all. The ants seem to be having a marathon around our living room moulding. March march march! Marching…

Thanks for the messages of encouragement. This is probably a selfish thing to say but when people commiserate with you, it really does make you feel better. I know this will pass. I know I shouldn’t get my panties in a twist. I’m trying to stay calm. Just two weeks left and whatever happens with…

This week sort of feels like I’m entering into the last chute for the semester. I have one test on friday, a paper due next monday and then all my finals and one last paper after that. I think once I get past tuesday the 13th, I’ll be able to breath a little. I have…

Yesterday the realities of all the things I have on my plate were just a little too much to handle. I can tell myself that I’m almost done and that everything’s going to be fine but sometimes there’s no convincing me. I have 2 papers, 4 tests and 400+ pages to edit between now and…

I’m sorry this sounds so melodramatic. I’m not doing good right now. I just have to make it to Christmas. Which I am cancelling this year unless it involves nothing but sleep and hot chocolate. I fucked up this week. I keep fucking up and I keep breaking things. I’m like a big, clumsy, anxiety…

This weekend, cure starting tomorrow night, The art students of City College will be hocking their wares at the Fort Mason Center, Building B. Come join the party. There will be lots of affordable art to choose from. Pick up a unique holiday gift for a loved one. Eat snacks. Look at boats. I will…

Today I cleaned all of the nasty places that you never bother to clean. The ones that only get cleaned when you move in or you move out. I’m always moving. Maybe I need to learn how to stay. The ants are some kind of metaphor or test. They are uncovering all the spots in…

Well, ok, today wasn’t 100% bad. I finished these chair pastels in class:

I woke up today feeling crappy, and not wanting to get out of bed. While I was putting on my contacts, I discovered that I had ants crawling all over me. They had invaded the house while we were gone. Tom tried to clean them up but they were back with even more friends by…

We head home today. Yesterday we had a nice day wandering around Princeton. We found the Princeton art museum which had a surprizingly good random smattering of german expresssionism, Rubens and minimalist works by frank stella. Lots of impressionist stuff fro Vuillard, Monet, some Gaunguins and a Van Gogh I’ve never seen before. They had…

skyscarpers and everything. We went to New York yesterday for some art and some pub food. We went to the Moma. I hadn’t been before. It was closed the summer I was in New York so it was great to finally see it. What a huge museum. It was a little overwhelming trying to take…