Today was a day of clarity. All hail clarity. I ditched work because I wasn't feeling quite right. I highly recommend that YOU do the same when everything is f*cked up and off. All it takes is one whole day all to yourself and things will seem just a little brighter. It was EXACTLY what I needed! Tomorrow I should be a tolerable person again at work, which I'm sure everyone will sing mad praises about. Whoever said that people should be strong and not affected by some serious shit and drama going down in their lives (or more to the point, have it within a block radius day after day) is either psycho or dead. I am human, I have emotions (sometimes wish I could be a robot like Tim, *beep beep*), and huge apologies to D if he thinks it's off. No harm done. No ill feelings. Lessons learned and all that. Just time to move on.
That's all. I'm done and over with that whole chapter. Please don't ask.
So, moving on... I'm rockin' the house right now listening to some seriously gorgeous music by Madonna. Don't be haters. Ray of Light will NEVER get old! It has been on my playlist since 1998. Anyone who can manage to pull off a 6 year stint on my playlist deserves some serious props. YOU GO GIRL! For the record, American Life and Remixed & Revisited are *way* too underappreciated. In my humble opinion, I think they're brilliant. That's the way it is kids - Madonna is the bomb diggity. Deal with it.
I'm off to do a bit of sketching now. Giving my instructor the benefit of the doubt here and playing by his rules. I mean let's face it, he is a *very talented man who's been around the industry block. However, (good god people I'm a Libra! how could there NOT be a 'however'?) I'm having some issues with his methods. Sketching. Yay. Go sketching. He's requiring several sketches for this next project though (will post it when I'm through for anyone who's interested) and I'm having some issues with that. The project is a blues music CD. We have to create a poster, a flyer, and a CD case for a blues music CD. I have these perfectly formulated plans in my head and don't quite get the whole "you have to sketch them first" thing. It's the degree to which I love these ideas and can't wait to work on them that causes me the issues. For a project in which I were picking at ideas, in which I found holes and opportunities abounding, sketching would be the bomb. Not this one. I know *exactly* what I want to do. Hmmmmm... (don't you love it when I think out loud?) I will try his method. He may have a point - and if he does I will promptly be back to append this post.
(And upon re-reading this last paragraph I will give a cookie to anyone who actually made it through the entire thing and/or understood it). I'm rambling. Yes.
Procrastination - OFF. It's time to sketch a purple man with a saxaphone and yellow notes coming out of his nose.
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Amen Sister! I'm all about taking those days for clarity! Good for you, and good for anyone else who can understand and relate.
Another note: sketching for a graphic art project is like making a brainstorming page and an outline for some stupid, not-that-big-of-freaking-deal college paper. Worse than that is making a final draft of that outline. Can we all say "WASTE OF TIME?" Good!
Now with that said, I'm going to have to say "It's okay, honey. Bless your little heart" for those who really DO need to do those preparatory things like sketches, brainstorming pages, and outlines. We aren't all blessed with the *Gift*.