Been a week since my last post.
Seems I've slowed down my activity here considerably, huh?
Guess I just haven't had much to say.
Got some fresh ink this past weekend, planning for my next big piece too, but don't know when it'll come about. Will depend entirely on my finances.
Heart imagery has been coming up a lot in my life lately. I'm hoping that's a sign of something good to come.
A bunch of shows this month that I'm really looking forward to- Off!, Henry Rollins, Otep, Amanda Palmer, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult in early october. Also this week seeing another late night showing of Zombies vs Strippers (not to be confused with Zombie Strippers) seeing as I won the big raffle at the last showing and got myself a photoshoot with some professional photogs and MUAs and such (also happening this month), I should show my support and check out the flick again, see if I can't get some folks to come with me this time. And I'm thinking I might finally get to see my first live Roller Derby bout this weekend. I've been a fan of the sport for some time, but never have gotten to make a live event, I think it's time to fix that.
School continues to happen, I'm not excelling the way I was before, but I'm far from failing. More just dropping from an A student at the top of my class to a mid-range B student, which given my complete unfamiliarity with the subjects at hand, is understandable, and all things considered, I've been doing far better than I have any right to be, so it's all groovy.
I'm into my 3rd week of a vegetarian diet. It's a one month challenge I made for myself to see how I'd do with a meatless diet, I suppose by some standards I'm cheating as I still eat eggs and cheese, but I try to at least be choosey in where I get those items. After the month is over I'll probably go back to being an omnivore, but a far more selective one if nothing else, and I'll know I do have the willpower to cut it out of my diet, and the knowledge to maintain my nutrition without it.
I've been missing home and friends and family a lot this past month. In the past anytime I've been gone, it's been for military deployments, and there's so much going on it's easy to stay distracted, plus there's always a 2 week break where you get to go home, and usually enough money has been saved up that it's easy living for that 2 weeks. As I've still had living expenses, as well as the money I spend just to enjoy life (tattoos, concerts, etc) and school has no real breaks (though I do have every weekend off) it's been 9 months since I've been home. People I know have actually gotten pregnant and had kids since the day I left.
It bums me out a bit to know how much I'm missing out on in certain people's lives.
But I can't say I'm not enjoying my life here either.
School ends in april. I'm over half way done with my school program. 7 months to go. I don't know where I'm going to end up when I graduate. Here still, back home, somewhere else completely... I have no idea.
All I know is I've got time.
I guess that sums up most everything. *shrug*
Seems I've slowed down my activity here considerably, huh?
Guess I just haven't had much to say.
Got some fresh ink this past weekend, planning for my next big piece too, but don't know when it'll come about. Will depend entirely on my finances.
Heart imagery has been coming up a lot in my life lately. I'm hoping that's a sign of something good to come.
A bunch of shows this month that I'm really looking forward to- Off!, Henry Rollins, Otep, Amanda Palmer, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult in early october. Also this week seeing another late night showing of Zombies vs Strippers (not to be confused with Zombie Strippers) seeing as I won the big raffle at the last showing and got myself a photoshoot with some professional photogs and MUAs and such (also happening this month), I should show my support and check out the flick again, see if I can't get some folks to come with me this time. And I'm thinking I might finally get to see my first live Roller Derby bout this weekend. I've been a fan of the sport for some time, but never have gotten to make a live event, I think it's time to fix that.
School continues to happen, I'm not excelling the way I was before, but I'm far from failing. More just dropping from an A student at the top of my class to a mid-range B student, which given my complete unfamiliarity with the subjects at hand, is understandable, and all things considered, I've been doing far better than I have any right to be, so it's all groovy.
I'm into my 3rd week of a vegetarian diet. It's a one month challenge I made for myself to see how I'd do with a meatless diet, I suppose by some standards I'm cheating as I still eat eggs and cheese, but I try to at least be choosey in where I get those items. After the month is over I'll probably go back to being an omnivore, but a far more selective one if nothing else, and I'll know I do have the willpower to cut it out of my diet, and the knowledge to maintain my nutrition without it.
I've been missing home and friends and family a lot this past month. In the past anytime I've been gone, it's been for military deployments, and there's so much going on it's easy to stay distracted, plus there's always a 2 week break where you get to go home, and usually enough money has been saved up that it's easy living for that 2 weeks. As I've still had living expenses, as well as the money I spend just to enjoy life (tattoos, concerts, etc) and school has no real breaks (though I do have every weekend off) it's been 9 months since I've been home. People I know have actually gotten pregnant and had kids since the day I left.
It bums me out a bit to know how much I'm missing out on in certain people's lives.
But I can't say I'm not enjoying my life here either.
School ends in april. I'm over half way done with my school program. 7 months to go. I don't know where I'm going to end up when I graduate. Here still, back home, somewhere else completely... I have no idea.
All I know is I've got time.
I guess that sums up most everything. *shrug*