FIVE (more) BAD THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK -
1. i had a major email faux pas. you know when you are writing an email to your best friend at about 12.30 am, and you need to send them someone’s email, so to find that email you write it in the cc box, so that it pops up, and you can copy and paste it into the email? and then you continue to write that email, write some not very nice things about that same person in the cc box (after all, this is a private-best-friend-type-email, not a public forum), and then proceed to send it, without deleting the email from the cc box? yeah, well that. so bad. so so so bad.
2. ari started to drop the “f” word. completely in context too. he just has to sense a little bit of tension going on and then out it pops with a big smile on his face. it is so very hilarious/shocking/disturbing coming from a 2 year olds mouth. and in an effort not to encourge it we have to run into another room so we can explode in a fit of laughter. but it definitely eases any tension on the spot.
3. i have been looking at kittens on the internet. now that tyke is getting close to being 7 and ari is also pretty sorted and entering the hyper-cute-toddler-stage (swearing aside), thoughts of a third child start to creep into my head. we have already decided no more for many reasons, and in reality i am absolutely positively fine with this decision. but then occasionally i do suffer from daughter envy (not that i would change my boys for the world)… and off it goes again. so i start looking for kittens on the trading post instead. girl ones. and it does tend diminish any third child thoughts i have straight away.
4. no internet. i know i already complained about this, but just thought i would re-inforced how bad it really was. did i mention we also ran out of toner, and needed to print lots of invoices. i know its not really so bad, but combined with no internet it really did makes us feel like the most dysfunctional amateur studio in the world.
5. our webstore still isn’t up. thats all i am saying about that for now. otherwise i might cry virtual cyber tears. and you dont want to see that.
FIVE (really) GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST WEEK (or two) -
1. support scent launch. i have been donating my services and working with clemenger on their charity project for the guide dogs association. they have teamed up with kit to create “support scent” – a perfume you can buy for $5, with the idea being that if you buy a wristband or ribbon or usual charity support wear then a blind person cant see your support. however, if you wear perfume they can smell it. its pretty genius. i designed the flower logo and packaging and helped with other bits too. more details here, and you can you can become a facebook friend via website too.
2. built by wendy spring collection. it looks so nice. we made these prints for it
3. i brought some nice beads. i am currently a little bead-obsessed, and was pretty excited to find these gems. wooden beads from savers ($6 and strung on shoelace – love it), blue lapis geometric beads from etsy
4. i met isobel knowles. we have had a few emails back of forth over the years, but this time i actually got to meet her in person. she is lovely and self-assured and talented and also currently has an animation installation “you were in my dream” (with van sowerwine) on at experimenta utopia nova until the march 14. it looks amazing. i cant wait to go - apparently has been a huge success so if you are thinking of going weekdays are best.
5. the beatbox is going to golden plains. and i am going too! well for saturday night anyway. am wondering how i will cope with this being my first over-night festival experience (at the ripe old age of 37). leah is quite an experienced festival-over-nighter and surely is well sick of me asking her stupid questions like “what should i wear?”, “do i need to bring shampoo?” “if i accidentally take drugs and get lost can you hold my hand?”.
although i am working in the beatbox (international food court – come and say hi!!), am still hoping to catch a bit of dinosaur jr so i can re-live my high-school days. might even top the nostalgia off by smoking some cigarettes (not drawing back of course) and wearing black tee-bars. cant wait.
