I’m really getting so annoyed with the way my websites have been looking. I want to take some time (hopefully before the New Year) to get them together. I want to put up some new layouts and maybe even purge some entries. I feel like there’s really no joy left in blogging. I guess because everyone is into micro-blogging with Twitter and Facebook. I guess I’m left out because I don’t use either of the services. I just feel like I’m in such a different place. Sometimes I feel as if I’m an alien and I’m just visiting here. Of course I don’t believe in aliens, so that just means I’m completely out of place. Who knows!
Besides that, I’m going to be working on my art site a little too. I’ve been posting things on my art site for a while now, but I want to do a new layout and separate the portfolio from the blog. I think that would be a good idea. I wish I could promote my art site more without social networks and stuff. I’m really not into that, but it seems as if that’s where everyone else is at right now. Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. Blah.
A picture of a painting I'm working on. Image from my Tumblr (12/16)
I appreciate the guest post, Vito Rivers
I love sitting at home on Saturday’s and watching direct tv and it’s partly because my brother plays for the Chicago Bears. I’ve always been really into sports and I was actually really good at football when we were younger but Brad’s always been better and he’s all about his procareer. Of course the whole family is really supportive so we like to sit on the phone with each other and watch all of the games he gets to play in. I know he’s living the dream and though it was my dream too, at one point, I’m really happy for him that things are working out like he wanted them to. There’s something to be said for getting to do what you want to do with your life and Brad’s a great example of that. He worked hard and walked on at Northwestern and look at him now, on one of the most respected football teams there’s ever been. I’m really proud of him and all of his accomplishments!
I don’t believe in past lives, but if there was such a thing, I’m sure I had to be a guy in a past life. I just had to. I’m a real girly-girl in all ways that matter, but when it comes to sitting and the way I dress, I definitely have tomboy tendencies. I have to be mindful when I’m sitting in front of people when I have a dress on because for some reason I always sit like a boy. I have that honestly though because my mom sits like a linebacker too. Haha.
And when it comes to clothing, I would rather wear sweats and sneakers than dresses and heels. I would probably even take one of those welding jackets over a fur coat. I just like to keep things simple. I don’t like excess. I’m sure you don’t hear too many women say that!
Sometimes I feel as if New Jersey is slowly killing me. Maybe it’s not the whole state, but it’s definitely the city I live in. There’s so much noise and pollution to deal with every day. Some days you can smell fumes and chemicals for hours on end. It’s really bad. I know I’m not the most environmentally conscious person in the world, but I do try to respect nature and my surroundings. Some people around here have no respect for nature or their neighbors. They don’t realize that these things will come back to us later.
I definitely think people take clean (sometimes!) air and water for granted. Lately they’ve been sending out notices telling people in my city not to drink the water at certain times or to boil it first. That’s horrible. And there are a lot of people who believe certain diseases can be prevented or caused by environment. I remember my aunt having really bad asthma and breathing problems until she moved out of this city. That’s what I need to do!!
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