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Thursday, July 05, 2007

leaves... JUST GIVE ME THE F%$#ING LEAVES!!!

tea leaves, that is... I'm at Argo Tea, and possibly over-caffienated. it's getting a little late. It's a little crazy in the land of ganz right now. SO... Let's go down the list:

a) new grey as sun website - www.greyassun.com

this is a cool site, for once I'm actually proud of it. I can't wait to share my new sound with you guys - I'm back to familiar ground, so it should be easy.

b) portfolio website - (in the works, but) design.greyassun.com/port-site1.html

this is just a shell - I'm working on sizing the content, scrolling, etc.

however, this is a nice shell. I'm hoping to get a new picture in there - one that doesn't look so - non-energetic. Then I'll fill it with content, and life will be good.

c) school - I OFFICIALLY graduate on wednesday of next week. My last class of my BFA is complete (for those in the dark, I had finished the graphic design BFA program, but was short 1 credit hour - so I had to take a summer class).

In this class, i've actually learned quite a bit, and it's been nice getting back to my art studies instead of non-stop graphic design. (the class is Art Since 1945, btw).

Since all the celebration stuff was done 2 months ago, I'm a little more relieved than excited, but it will be exciting to finally have that chapter closed for good.

d) job - i'm not going to jynx anything - but i'm looking and have prospects.

e) home - they actually sold the condo that I'm living in, so i'm out as of August 1. I'm currently looking for a place, or for roommates, or for rooms - who knows?!? What sucks is that Aug. 1 is not a normal move day - all the students take everything up quickly. September is when everything is available right now.

when I looked last month, everyone said they were waiting to see what their availability was, or that the places had already been filled. Now, all of them are gone. WHERE DID THEY GO?!?! was with window only open for like 10minutes?

What the hell!?

Today i had a minor freak out about the whole thing, but i'm actually excited to move. I HATE HATE HATE moving, but the opportunity to purge and get some new scenery... it's just awesome.

There's a couple prospects here as well. We shall see...

f) car - i'm 90% there. Probably once I move, i'll just get rid of it. The thought of not having a car in Chicago is a little scary to me, but I think it's just a safety net - like, i rely on it solely by knowing it's there if i need it. I don't feel confined. Even though I've only put 7,000 miles on it since late 2004. I'm sure I'll adjust.

and I'm sure my paid off bills, and $700/mo savings would more than make up for the cost to rent a car if i need to get out.

g) work - it actually got a little busy at work - i was just as shocked as you!

h) lovelife - non-existent. I haven't really been making myself available. And that's okay. I can deal with that.

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So now I sit at Argo Tea - their AC is FREEZING - always is, which is why i bring a jacket in the middle of summer. I'm pondering my future in this city... I'll be in a new place without my car around new people with a new job and in a different part of town and single. A clean slate would be SO great right now, but even I know that's just not that easy.

my overall feeling is of optimism. I'm sure i'll freak out and think everyone is against me and whatnot. But that's just me being dramatic.

i guess I'm gonna log outta this thing - I came here to work, but there's not enough time, and i'm TOTALLY freezing in here (why did i wear my gym clothes here? ugh...)

You now have the update. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave comments - it gives me something to look at during the day, hehe.

xoxo

posted by grey as mike @ 9:27 PM

1 Comments:

At July 07, 2007 6:57 PM, Anonymous said…

Great news & really love the new look of your website. Now I'll REALLY be happy for you when you finally get the hell out of IBM! Fingers crossed for you, baby.

Juls