I uploaded and labeled most of my pictures from the trip to Europe. My sister may be sending me some of her files, but as of right now, this is what I’ve got. Peruse at your leisure–it’s probably really dry.
Some of you did want me to sit with you and go over them. Maybe I will invite myself to Kelli’s house, and Zack will let me use the projector and I can bore everyone. But at least we can all drink while I do it.
(By the way, I used folionow.com to create my website.)
David, Zack, and I spent the morning at a fancy car show plugging folionow.
I went into the main showroom with a handfull of business cards because we were planning on leaving and I wanted to make sure to hand them out to the photographers.
And then I locked eyes with HIM.
You know…Fabio.
And he smiled back at me. We were only two feet away from each other.
Of course, I quickly ran back to where David and Zack were packing.
“Fabio’s here. As in ‘Fabio’ Fabio.”
They didn’t believe me. They said it was a race car driver that lived in Scottsdale that looks like Fabio. I protested. I knew I saw him. They went into the main showroom, came back, and told me that he wasn’t Fabio.
David called over the media director to prove me wrong because of my insistence.
“What’s the name of the race car driver in there who looks like Fabio?”
“That is Fabio. He owns the gray Porcshe next to the yellow one. He’s one of our best customers.”
Don’t tell me I don’t know Fabio when I see him.
If you aren’t registered to vote, I would encourage you to do so. I just changed my party affiliation today. Here is the link to register in Arizona.
A couple months ago, we were downtown at FirstFriday. A group was gathering signatures to get the Green Party access to the 2008 ballot. I looked at their literature and realized that I valued many of the same issues that the Green Party does. I am not on board with everything, but I see eye to eye with issues like the death penalty, the environment, non-violence, and national health insurance. Here is a link to the differences between the Green Party, the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party.
Please don’t think that your vote doesn’t matter–it really does. Your party affiliation matters too. If you believe that their is a better alternative to this reality, please take the time to be ready for the next election because there are people out there ready to make a difference.
My friend Daryl Mallett is auctioning himself on ebay.
Zach was game enough to post his reading level, so I finally succumbed to the temptation. I would’ve guessed my blog was at a sixth grade level, and I was about right. In some states, I do believe that sixth grade falls into the middle school category. Meh, guess I should start to think about my vocabulary.
**By the way, I believe there is some sort of sketchy code they ask you to post on your blog. I copied it, then looked through it to be safe. I didn’t include the code that mentioned loans in it.
The weekend after I returned from my trip, David and I went to the Saguaro Lake Ranch.
I’ve been a bit reclusive since I returned from my trip. I saw so much art my brain got full…I am still uploading and resizing pictures…soon I will post them on a website.
The plane ride home felt too long. I got airsick, then my lymph nodes swelled up. I spent the last week recovering from both jet lag and some sort of ailment. Blech.
Anyway, I have done a lot of thinking lately. I am going to leave my job soon. I am going to focus on making art. My biggest revalation in Europe was that I am never going to be good at art if I don’t start truly making it. These past few years have been a desert in which I have been very parched. I am sad to leave my job because I really do love it, but it is not what I am meant to do with my life therefore I must leave it.
I am afraid of the expectations I will face. The questions…the pressure. At the same time I am excited and feel hope for the first time in a very long time. David has been most supportive, and I am grateful for that. I feel as though we have been through a lot of challenges lately, but I am more confident in our marriage that ever. I do appreciate our differences, and I am grateful that the opportunity is still there to grow. We certainly don’t have everything figured out, but I suppose that is part of the road we travel together.
We are finding remnants of the old carpet…and it must’ve been shagadelic.
Last month David and I were able to spend several different days with our friend Ryan. He lives in Venezuela most of the time, but he came back to Arizona for a couple weeks. Ryan is a lot of fun to hang out with especially because we get to talk about revolutionary living. Before he left, he bought seed packets to plant in the community in which he lives.
