Trachtenburgs On Ice! If I was in NYC I would *totally* go see this. I saw them play at Cafe du Nord a couple months back – On Ice has got to be such a kick!!
Also – check out Yahoo’s Dream Maps to take a birdseye view at what the costs are to fly into various cities around your dream destination! (proceed with caution those who have the travel bug!)
I just realized… I have only left my house ONCE in 3 days.
and yes, it’s 2:17pm and I’m still in my pajamas.
Not only that, but I’m making myself a PB&J for lunch.
yay! I just had such a nice talk with my Mom. I love Moms. xoxox
I also had a wonderful talk with my brother, Max, this morning, too – FINALLY! I could kick myself a million times for not calling him to spend Thanksgiving with me at the Orphan dinner. (he lives in Santa Cruz) In fact, I’ve probably already taken care of about 2,300 of those kicks I’ve felt so damn guilty about it. Anyway, I’m getting over it cuz he said he wanted to relax and lay low anyway – and that’s just what he did – so it’s probably for the best (although I know it was *just* his kind of party – kick, kick, kick.) There. Make that 2,303 down, and only 997,697 to go.
Life is so wild how friends come and go into your life… especially in a city. I have some very dear friends in my life – but sometimes they just all feel so far away. A couple of them *are* because they live in other cities far away, but some that actually live here can feel so distant too. They’re either married with kids now and living such a different lifestyle – or they’re just mixing in different circles than I am. It’s just kind of made me sad lately. I definitely love meeting new people, but I also feel like I am very loyal to my friendships. I hold most every one of them in very high regard and try to do as much as I can to nurture them. It’s not very often that I want to throw a friend away or not see them anymore. It makes me sad to think others might be more comfortable with this idea… I guess it just makes me realize maybe they don’t want to be friends with me as much as I thought they did. :(
Actually, that’s getting a little too victim about it all. People are busy – including myself… so in the end it’s just where everything lands… and hopefully we’ll get to spend happy wonderful time together again. (I’m overflowing with love, come take a spoonful!!)
Overall though, I just don’t like friends going in & out of my life as much as they have in the last 8 years here. Actually – I suppose the last 10 years due to all my moving, relationships, etc. Damn that show Friends for making me dream of a solid 10 close friends around me at all times!! But, that’s why family is just so fantastic. They’re friends for life.
So today is Tuesday and I’m excited because:
Ok so I meant to post lastnight that my Rainy Day Blues™ totally lifted by the end of the day. I had worked really hard on some projects all weekend and by Sunday night I was feeling great about it, spoke to them and they loved it too – and really was psyched to have gotten so much accomplished. (pats self on the back)
I even did aaaaaall my dishes!! Truly an impressive pile – all sparkly clean, now! wahoo!
I made myself an amazingly yummy little dinner (officially the last good thing to eat in my house & now I must go make my ritual 10:30pm shopping trip tonite :), and got some more work done for 2 other clients – wahoo! Let’s hear it for some serious productivity. I think I deserve a whole nuther punkin pie for my efforts!! I still have whip cream for it!!
I went & worked out this morning, which felt great. My hack is subsiding I think – and I should be all good by tomorrow. Tomorrow night I go see Stephen Malkmus play – wahoo! These thoughts still apply, except now I’ve listened to Pavement quite a bit and really like it, too!
Ok – so jus’ lettin ya all know my rainy day blues perked up & by the end of the night I was feeling great. It’s gonna be a good week!
p.s. and the rain coming down even looks so pretty to me right now. I opened my window to look out & watch it. However it made me see that my chairs & table out on the deck are very sad and probably getting moldy – I should do something about those. Anyway – turn on the heat, make some tea & enjoy the rain!! (wow, somebody perked up huh? :p)
So – this morning while I was lying in bed… I started thinking, “Hey! I have a vacation coming up!” But shortly afterwards, it dawned on me that this VK isn’t really my idea of a pleasurable escape from my life. Instead, I’m going to be stuck in my hometown of Steamboat the whole time. Which, as nice as it is to see my family and all, to me being in my hometown is a very stuck feeling.
I hate feeling stuck and feeling like things are slow moving… hence why I live in the city!! I like options and I like having things moving around me… and choosing to be slow here feels comfy and by choice… not like there, where it just feels like nothing is going anywhere.
Now, I know some of you are saying, “Oh sure, poor you, you have to spend winter break in a beautiful resort town and not Small Town, Ohio!”
I know… I should feel lucky in that regard. I mean, really when it comes down to it – it probably won’t be that bad. I’ll hang out w/ old friends and get to spend time with my family and meet their new little dog. And go snowboarding (if it’s not too deathly cold)… and we can go sledding, and drink hot chocolate and soak in the hot tub.
Oh but how I wouldn’t give *anything* to be on a sandy warm beach instead!!! All I have to look forward to is 25+ feet of snow, ice, bundling up with 10 layers of clothing and feeling my nose hairs freeze breathing in the 5 degree weather!! What’s worse is that every winter I go there, my skin gets horribly dry and I feel itchy and uncomfortable in my clothes. hmph.
Plus, I’m going to miss my friends here :( and my kitty… and twistedly enough, my work and my computer :) I don’t want to be stuck somewhere not able to do anything for *my life*. I don’t have enough time for it as it is let alone being away from it for several days!!
Yes, I’m exposing what a total control freak I am :) And this is where I slowly start slipping out of reality and start dreaming of a delicious tropical vacation on a far away island…. where I’ll be in my bikini all day, getting massaged with oil, sipping on yummy drinks, tanning and swimming in the hot sun with the perfect breeze…..
I’ve hit a wall. I want to hole up in my little house for days and not let anyone in. This is my red flag for “willo needs some me time“. Which, being the social butterfly I am, will only last for a couple days and I’ll eventually be craving human interaction again… but right now I just want to selfishly get my life back in order.
I stayed home all day yesterday and lastnight and it was so nice. It hasn’t even had a chance to get really nice in a ‘productive clean my house way’ yet, cuz it just feels so good to be home and actually chill and do nothing for awhile. I worked for most of the day yesterday and then stopped around 8:30 or so, made dinner and tried to catch up on a little TIVO (before it started deleting recorded shows, since I haven’t watched anything in weeks!!). It felt good to just chill and zone out… but it got late before I knew it and I had once again put myself to bed later than I would have liked.
I’m tired of giving people a line about being so busy. I feel like I’ve been bitching and whining about it… which I hate, too. I mean, I definitely have been sooo busy, but as with everything it’s all by choice! I chose to take on these projects… and I choose to still go see 3-4 live shows a week… :) If I was only more of a dork, I’d be so productive! :p
Really being this busy with projects is so fantastic… and I think more than anything it’s just surprised me! How is it possible that every day seems so short and my list is still so long? Let alone all the things I want and need to do for me! I look around and it seems like nobody else has this much to do… Everyone else had a luxurious 4 day weekend this weekend and I just felt like any other day where I have to just hurry up and start working to utilize the hours. So today I woke up thinking, “You know what? I’m tired of being sooo terribly busy and feeling like I can’t catch up! I am starting Project Get Willo’s Life Back in Order™!” This means cleaning my house, kicking this godfersaken cold once and for all by trying to get to bed early, and working as much as possible in between to get all the things done that I have to do.
*sigh* doesn’t that sound familiar? Isn’t that what I’ve been trying to do? That’s what feels so f*g out of control is that I feel like I’ve been trying to do that and it’s not working!!!
So part of my new project is that I will change the way I think of my busy-ness. Instead of bitching and whining, instead I will use the power of positive thinking! (a.k.a. maintain the illusion of control!) I will simply start saying “I am accomplishing everything on time and my life is in perfect order!” and “I have plenty of time!” and “My house is perfectly clean!” and maybe all of it will magically start happening :)
So, first things first… and today, as much as I don’t want to, I’m getting my ass out of the house and going to the gym. I know some of this funk can be lifted just getting my body moving… and as much as I want to justify I don’t have time, I know that going will only make me feel better, which will only make me more productive in my life. Or atleast I hope so, cuz right now I’ve got some serious rainy day blues.
I only have a minute to post – but wanted to report that our Turkey Day Adventure™ went swimmingly. Everyone was so welcoming and we all definitely share the love of having an absolute throw-down good time. Very, very cool. We drank lots-o-wine, had an amazing FEAST and then all cozied up on these kick ass couches and watched Finding Nemo.
Later on Rick’s other friends met up with us there, joined the party for awhile – and we all rallied to go out & hit a few bars (Rick & I were psyched on how empty Sadie’s was… we had full reign over the jukebox!).
All & all just a rockin night – I even got this *amazing* new ring from awesome lady, Darilyn. It’s so rad… it’s a big red stone surrounded in a fat silver setting… and I was coveting it so much, she just gave it to me!! That was probably one of the *best* things about my night. Any of you who know me well know that I’m a total ring-a-holic, so I’m really excited about it :)
Today I worked all day (or as much of the day as I could get myself working anyway) and now I’m about to hop out for some sushi with friends – and then off to the Sondre Lerche show with Rebecca, Jem & Tania. Oh, and Aaron (ex-bamboozled youth/design student) is up here for the weekend from UCLA so he’s joining us, too! yay!
I will still be posting a write up about Les Savy Fav – and photos too! Stay tuned.
update – here’s the photos
p.s. My GCB came out great! However, lesson #2: Don’t add the +1 cans of water to the condensed soup… I did, thinking thats what I needed to do (they don’t tell you on the recipe!) and not realizing until later when it seemed so sloshy that I shouldn’t have. Oops! So I just cooked it a little longer. :) However, between that & then having it stay heated up in the oven for a couple more hours till we all sat down to eat, it seemed a little off… but it was still good!!! :)
I’m listening to some Sondre Lerche, watching my cat freak over his mouse (I give him 3 minutes before it gets lost under the couch again) and trying to get a few little things done before going over to the “Orphan Thanksgiving Dinner” party.
I’m attempting to make a nice Green Bean Casserole for everyone. I personally *love* GBC – and last year attempted to make it & learned the hard way you don’t want the no salt added green beans… you need lots o salt to make this dish good :) We picked up some wine & Rick’s buddy Bruno flew in from Brazil yesterday, so he’s joining us, too. Should be a great time!
Lastnight’s show ROCKED THE F*in HOUSE!!!!!! Les Savy Fav – oh my gawd the lead singer is HILARIOUS!!! I’ll have to tell you all about it… but right now I need to quickly start some laundry, finish up something for a client quick, make a GBC, hop in the shower & then go eat some TURKEY!! :) 2 hours to do all that… think I can do it?
update: here’s photos from the les savy fav show – you probably had to be there to appreciate these. :)
Hope you all are enjoying your Thanksgivings around the world. mmmoooii!!!
Man, those Swedes – they just know how to stand on a stage like rockstars. Their stance, holding the guitars, staring out into the crowd. Not to mention play – they totally rocked!!!
They played practically every song on their newest album, which Rick bought for us about a month or so ago… so it just made the show that much better that we knew every song and then to see them perform em sooo well. They didn’t let me down *one bit*. They are excellent live and really know how to get the crowd goin’. I wasn’t just bobbin my head – I was full force jumpin up & down!! It was awesome. Definitely a show I’d see again in a second!
I’m moving to Sweden now.
p.s. How psyched am I, I have another *KICK ASS* show to go to tonite!? GAWD, life is *good*!!!!!!