I'm growing a spare tire. goddammit.

I miss having a kitty.

And yet I sit here trying to figure how I can do it even better.

I got a call back for a second interview!!!

Element skateboards have good sweepstakes. I always enter them. I don't win them. But I try. This time it was to go to south africa and give shoes to kids. so i entered for that one too.

today was my union interview. I think I interviewed well and was true to myself. I can't explain it. I feel good about all of my answers. I might not get in but i can't imagine having done it better.

they took me into a room where I was immediately confronted with a room of 14 guys with notepads. no sitting down. just a room of dudes. all eyes on me. ready set go. I really like panel interviews. it really appeals to my way of multitasking.

I got alot of fantastic questions though, like-
how do you feel about manual labor?
did you play sports in high school?
how do you feel about working in a male dominated work place?

and some fun questions like
are you afraid of heights? (no) how do you know?
(i wanted to just say "because i'm just not" because i'm just not. but. i gave them a bunch of examples as to how i'm not. even if some of them were hokey--I had no real job experience with heights)
how'd you get into welding?
what are you familiar with?
Why us?

something that appeared to impress them was the fact that i didn't find them through ads but that i sought them out. maybe further proof of interest. something I really seemed to need to give them in spades. it wasn't that they didn't necessarily think i was strong enough, but i really needed to slam my interest on the table.

I was really over dressed for the interview. everyone showed up in jeans and t-shirts but i think i looked okay anyway. i think it made me look genuine about the whole thing.

I think i recognized a board member from work........hopefully i'm just being paranoid. if not. whatever, i'm not worried about it.

That was fun.

It's not like me to pimp a web comic,
but I'm really enjoying this-
http://www.zudacomics.com/bayou

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=27282&z=3

Thanks darquin 

I keep going back and forth between thinking how cold it is and how I want to try and go in the ocean.

ok,
not gonna lie,
i want this.
http://store.cottonfactory.com/cf-751.html

Ever since I was a little kid, I have really liked nudibranchs.
They are intensely patterned and colored sea slugs, and they also happen to be really fucking pretty.

here are some now!

( slugs! )

go get some!

I can show up in your stories, comics, books, songs and once and while your fucking epics.

But god fucking forbid you make conversation with the real thing

Stop sucking and start offering to buy me a coffee you assholes.

the tiny text says "have fun"

If you'll be at waterfire tonight (the last full of the season) make your way over to the stairs at the water basin.  My friend'll be vending my jewelry along with her stuff.

Examples of my (but not all that will be there) stuff- http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6089213

Examples Violet's stuff-http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5383385

I will not be there unfortunately because I'll be waitressing at the cuban revolution tonight.