some to be desired...

It’ been some time since I’ve taken the time to write. Depending on the day things feel busy or busier. But in retrospect I am not sure I am all that busy at all.

Anyways, I am a week and half into school and enjoying it. The pace is beginning to pick up which leaves me frightened but still excited. I am learning things and applying them immediately which is great. Most concepts make sense and the more I do the more I want to do. I find myself doing and thinking school stuff at work. I have my note pad at hand to write down any headlines or doodle any ad layouts I conder up while attempting to work. I am excited to go home and work on putting together ad designs. I think I could spend all day doing it for the next 10 years before I got bored. I look forward to sometime having a job within the industry and the excitement and frustration that will come along with the whole process of getting there. All in all, school is good.

The enjoyment of school and what I am learning does make work harder sometimes. My job is easy and I work with great people but I am eager to work in a field I am interested in and to be creating. I love the people I work with, they are by far some of the best people I’ve known in a long time. But mortgage companies leave little to create.


Aside from school I went to see “The Last Kiss” movie by the guy that did “Garden State.” It’s been 2 years since I’ve seen a movie aside from “Taladega Nights: The Balled of Ricky Bobby,” which is the most awesome movie ever created. While watching the movie I came to think it’s been a while since I’ve been motivated or inspired. Within the last two weeks, thanks to school, inspiration and motivation has defiantly started to kick in. But with this comes the realization and acceptance that I am not around things or people that motivate me creatively (aside from TJ, Arthur Russell records, and shopping). Yes, shopping can be motivating. Point being, it’s hard to not create all day, or be around people that understand, relate, and value creative minds. Perhaps they value creativity, but not to the same degree.

I am grateful to school for giving me something enjoyable, something worth learning, and something to look forward to. But in the same moment I am saddened by the fact that at least until my lease is up, I will be in Sacramento and working as a “Loan Partner” in order to make ends meet and stick it out until the opportunity to live and work in a motivating environment arises.


ps. these photos are john washingtons, when ever I get the time I stop by his site to check it out. Such good stuff. Visit his Site

And so it begins…

So much to say and so little time to say it all in. Point being, I started school today. And though I have spent very little time checking up on my classes, by looking at the course outline for the next 15 weeks I am excited about what I am going to learn while at the same time horrified at the work. Ha. I really want to excel in this. I didn’t care about undergrad and I care about this. I want A’s, I want to be the teachers pet, I want honor role or honors or what ever it is, I want it all. And I want to be my best, not the best, MY Best. I know I wont do everything right and I have to admit I am intimidated by the fact that others have undergrad degrees in graphic design and so forth while I studied English. But I will work hard, and do great. I know it and more importantly for once in my educational career I want to.



Moving along from school… I got a DOG! And I love him! Nacho is his name and he is the laziest little dog that likes to snuggle under the covers and most importantly he makes me smile.

With all this said, I need to go back to work.