Pretty good weekend I must admit.
But then again after the last couple, things could only go up.

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For Today: December 27, 2007
You're moving into an introspective phase right now, which is going to help you focus more on what you need to do in the next couple of weeks. The next few days should be all about keeping things quiet and spending your free time homebound rather than out on the town. If a friend has their heart set on a crazy night out, find out if they're willing to have a quiet night in. They might be up for it, and the two of you can take things to a more significant level.

Yay for introspection. Because to me this equates with creativity!
Yay for spending quiet nights at home.

I want to stay home on NYE so bad but am afraid I'm going to let my brother strong arm me into going to some party where i don't know anyone or worse, driving around looking for parties where i don't know anyone. And be around annoying drunks - who knew drunk people could be so annoying when you're not one of them?!

I may just have to stand my ground on this one.
and not feel like a big old loser if i want to spend the night in my house.
it's stressing me out and it shouldn't.

oh my
one of those mornings i just couldn't tear myself out of bed.
eric even had to whip my face with his penis and i still wouldn't stir.
it was kinda warm.
except when it went into my eye.

damn, one more day until saturday.
and sweet sweet sleep and no fucking work.
oh my god do i hate this job.

why am i so exhausted?
d'oh!

went to the Hawks game with my brother last night.
I must say it was pretty fun!
He has season's tickets and they are quite good.

i love that i woke up late, didn't even look at my hair, left the house in less than 5 minutes of getting up, got to work, finally looked at my hair and it looks fine.

love it.

what i don't love?
i haven't scrapbooked in almost 2 weeks.
i am in such a dry rut i want to cry.
i am so frustrated.
all i can do is go into my studio look at the mess and walk out.
the more i try to clean and organize the worse it gets.
way worse. what's up with that?
i'm such a lost cause when it comes to cleanliness.
i am such a slob.
always have been, probably always will.
i get that from my mom. :(
at least they have money to pay for a weekly maid service.
i do not.

Today is a gorgeous fall day.
I felt a little guilty saying out loud to Eric earlier that even though we are in such a severe drought and should be praying for rain, today's weather is absolutely PERFECT - not a cloud in the blue sky and low 70s.
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weekend is almost over (again).
as i was just helping eric send out a couple of resumes i got really bitter that i had to go to work tommorrow and he didn't. i had to get up and walk away cause i was so upset. wtf?

spent most of the weekend obsessing over scrapbooking.
did another kick ass layout last night about the Muse show in Boston and will photograph it tomorrow since it's raining and it needs to be done in natural light because there is so much glitter on it that reflects the flashbulb.

i also started a Daily Card blog where it's just a post a day of the card for that day.
that way i don't need to bore further any of my LJ friends.
But, if anyone cares the url is http://groovcards.blogspot.com/

friday night went to Star Bar with eric and my brother to see a friends of my brothers band. it was so loud and smoky i think it truly is an end of an era for me. i have almost no interest in ever again going to see a casual bar show unless it's a band i want to see. Oh, and perhaps this bitterness was because i didn't/couldn't drink either.

saturday dan and i skipped eric's gig and went to the High Musuem of Art. It was stimulating and interesting. My brother is so so so knowledgable about art it's mind blowing to me. He really should do something with that knowledge but he did work in galleries when he lived in NYC 10 years ago and he knows the culture isn't for him. But still i was a little jealous of all the knowledge he possesses about the most trivial things. And that he has favorite artists.

But the comtemporary art is what i really enjoyed and made me realize how much i have found my new style of scrapbooking. As my brother says, i have a boner just thinking about it.

last night i made that kickass muse page.

today we went to borders and i looked through different books about collage that my brother recommended. I wanted to buy one about the history (who knew Picasso was credited with being the first collage artist? i didn't....) but it was $40 and i feared i would do with it with every other book i buy - thumb through it today then put it on the shelf to collect dust for the rest of my life. So, i didn't buy it, but perhaps i will someday. Instead I got a magazine i have been eyeing for a month called 'Arful Blogging" about artists and their blogs and how they use them etc. That I will read from cover to cover :)

we also stopped at the art store out there because i needed more Diamond Glaze. I can't believe i already finished the first bottle! Anyway I discovered they not only have art classes there, but in October will be having a 2 day Collage workshop!! I am soooooo all about it!!

Off to finish the sunday errands before the weekend is truly over.

last night my brother and i had, as my husband puts it, a date night.

he took me to my first hawks basketball game.
my brother has seasons tickets and usually i think of some excuse not to go but i realized yesterday there is no excuse not to try something at least once.
besides what else was i going to do - oh ya, what i always do on saturday nights - sit on the couch eating popcorn flipping channels.

it was quite a spectacle.
mostly entertaining, a little bit boring.

then we went and had martini's at pretty much my favorite bar here so far.
then we went back to his place and played Guitar Hero.

It was a lovely evening.

Earlier in the day we took advantage of the AMAZING weather and went for a walk in Sweetwater Creek Park. And saw no snakes this time which was an absolute bonus!!

Today Eric is building me a craft area in our extra bedroom and i must say the geek in me is extremely, extremely excited!

this is somewhat muse related (isn't everything though?)....

i was playing Guitar Hero 2 with my brother last night and we finished a level and got to the encore (which was Freebird) and the graphics on the game reminded me SO MUCH of what Muse should do...

Up to the encore you're on a stage at Stonehenge, when you start the encore a giant flying saucer flies toward the stage over the crowd, shoots a laser at the stage which makes it lite up (kinda like those stacks Muse have been using already) and then the stage disappears and you're in the middle of Stonehenge!
Since there's no stage the UFO lights up the area as you play "I'm as free as a bird now ..."
And then when you're done with the song you get sucked up inside the UFO!

IT'S AWESOME!!
And very very Matt Bellamy.
I wonder if he should play the game?
I wish they had Knights of Cydonia on the game.
That would kick so much ass!

it's 72 degrees and i don't know what to do with myself.
i took Herschel on a long walk and it was disconcerting seeing everyone's xmas trees and decorations with the sun shining and me in shorts and a t-shirt.

i wish i enjoyed doing stuff outside more.
like yardwork.
i hate it with a passion.
i was outside reading for awhile but got bored of that.
it's too bright out to bring my computer outside.

so, i just came in and joined Netflix and quickly put 30 DVDs on the list :)

last night was laidback and lovely.
i went over to my brothers house and we first lit his menorah (first night of hannukah y'all)
then we played Guitar Hero til we couldn't move our fingers anymore
then we re-watched 30 Rock (possibly my new favorite show)
then around 11:30 we went out for pizza and beer.
mmmmmmm.

today started out total crap -
i woke up at 7am unable to breathe through my nose and hacking up a lung.
nothing pisses me off than waking up before 9am on a weekend!
so i whined and moaned and acted like a baby until about 1pm.
then my bro called and invited me to a petting farm/zoo place outside of atlanta with him and his gal.
i reluctantly said yes but knew i had to get out of the house to feel better.
the weather was perfect today!
so we went and it was FUN AS HELL!
The place rescues and rehabilitates wild animals.
Most are in cages, like mountain lions, coyotes, black bears, bison and foxes, but many are out just roaming around and are incredibly friendly. Especailly the deer!
I love deer - but coming from wisconsin, one of those "live for deer-hunting" states I've never seen one up close (that's still alive that is) so I was tickled PINK to be able to pet and feed and hug them!


Even the squirrels were very friendly (that's my bro):


oh and here's some fucked up donkey we cuoldnt stop laughing at:


It was fun, but I'm still sick and just want to get under my covers and go to sleep.

jetted to atlanta tihs weekend for my brothers birthday party.
i made the reservation right after i got back from NYC so I still had travel glow on.
it's really exhausting flying somewhere for 24 hours.
especailly if you're going to be partying.
i feel like shit but i guess it was worth it.

work sucked today.
i know it sucks more if you go to work expecting it to suck, but i can't help it.
my boss told me that i was too crabby and should go home.
i told him to fuck off.
i really wanted to tell him that if he went home everytime he was crabby he'd never be there.
at this point i'm almost daring him to fire me.
there were no ads in the paper this weekend for potential jobs.
i hate the cold call resume, but i guess it's that time again.

yawn.