jules

if this doesnt make you smile nothing will

detail of my lastest painting

i never realized how many entries I start with Soooo...I have to stop doing that

sooo

Yesterday (the 15) was valentines day for Mike and I because I had to work on the 14th. Let me just tell you. it started of well, he gave me some very beautiful 18k rings that he made...then we decided to cruise on up to the mall and AC in the Lincoln. After we went to the mall and Borders, we were driving into the Tropicana Parking lot (to go to PF Changs for an early dinner) when the Lincoln broke down. The alternator kicked it,. We had enough power to cruise out of the parking garage (paying four dollars for being there..about 3 minutes) and into a parking lot across the street. there we call AAA. It was about 4:30. They tell us the tow truck will be there at 5:30.
At 6:00 a truck shows up, says he can tow us to his garage, but not 30 miles away to where we live. We say no thanks, they call another guy. By this time my (mom's) cell phone had died so mike had to run into the tropicana to make any phone calls. on a pay phone. This left me alone in AC in a parkinglot. There were actual hoes on the street. Mike fell on his way back to the car and scraped his knee up, but at least he brought us some muffins, because we hadnt eaten anything. By 7:30 I was pissed, I went into the trop to pee nad find more food. Mike said2 hoes tried to pick him up. FINALLY 8:15 the tow truck shows and takes us home. Mikes "basic" membership cost us 3 bucks a mile, you do the math. We could have had a REALLY nice dinner for that price.

so we came home and drank tequilla and ate dominoes (pizza, not the game). man i had no idea what three shot of tequilla would do to me.....

actually turned out to be not so bad of a valentines day, believe it or not.

how i spent the last 5 days...making that sweater

ok i thought of this while in the shower:


You Know You Were a Choir Geek in School When...

1. You know 5 different melodies to the words "Jubilate Deo", and 2 different pronunciations

2. You can tell a piece of music will suck by its cover (those weird green rectangle thingies on the cover)

3. You fear the word "crescendo" (can I possibly sings any louder? I am the only one in this row singing... )

4. You've sung Negro Spirituals and you are a white kid from Jersey

5. Two words make you temble "Riser Coreography"

6. You know choice words in Latin, German, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Italian, and maybe a little Swahili

7. You actually know the words to "Carol of the Bells"

8. You characterize all first sopranos as bitches.

9. You've had a good laugh over how corny the people on the demo tape were (who sings like that!? really?)

last but not least
10. You have a friend who actually got a concussion from a riser accident. Those things are dangerous.

sooo

i had a great day. got my hair done, then started chatting with ms. kat and found out her and steph were hanging out. i went up and met them at Don Pablos and ate some kickass food. then we rented "the exorcism of Emily Rose" which was a great movie. quite scary, yet really interesting. it was so nice to see my girl friends. i missed them a lot.

tuesday I took my first workshop class at the schuykill academy in philly. i was wary at first, but i left the class feeling really inspired, which is a good thing. i should be recieving a new easle lamp in the mail, and thn i am stoked to work on the still life thats in my dining room right now.

things are going pretty well, suprisingly.

i hate being so far frome everyone

i hate missing the parties

i hate missing stupid trips to the dinner where no one has any money and we all share disco fries

i miss my friends
i do have one good friend here, but i miss dining halls where i see everybody, i miss human interaction (with equals, not like at work) i miss having people who care about me.

and it sucks because i didnt realize it when i had it.

isnt that how it always is

so how are things?

things are okay...had a rough month. a friend of mines father died. he was a nice man whom i had gone on a lot of church trips etc with. its very sad. Mike's grandmother broke her arm and was in the hospital; she's not doing well and will probably stay in a nursing home. then not a week later mikes dad was in a motorcyle accident and broke his collar bone. phew. its been one thign after another.

besides all the sad news, i've been having an ok time. painting a lot. doing some fun stuff. i will be seeing aimee mann on thur the 17!!!!!!! this makes me very happy. I'm also going to NYC to visit a grad school. This is a good thing as well.

kinda lonely down here, but it's ok. I am wary about the possibility of going to school in NYC...it is not really my favorite place. I am a country mouse. Maybe it would grow on me.

-
julia

whats going on in my little life:

tuesday mike and i went to see Body Worlds at the Frankilin Institute. It was AMAZING. Everyone should check it out. then we went to south street and walked around. it was lovely.

i dyed my hair blonde. it was an interesting expirement. not enough people have seen it to give opinions but i think its pretty cool. its kinda a funny story...

tommorow i will be up in montclair briefly, then we are skipping over to montague to see aaron and do some camping...yay!

been wokring on a knitted jacket which is almost almost done...knitting the collar now and then i sew the whole thing up....this will be my 1st garmet with sleeves! Yay, milestone.

Looking at schools, trying to schedule a visit with a few. Im seriously considering taking a class in italy this summer, to test the waters and see what i think of the school there. its actually not that exspensive.

uhm...yeah thats about it. can anyone tell me why i am drawn to MTV's making the band 3? I just cant stop watching....


i love elipses...

you know what is a good feeling?
knowing that someone who manipulated and used you is now out of your life.

someone who frequently made me do things that i wasnt comfortable doing in order to advance himself. someone who tried to put words in my mouth that were not my own. someone who was so weak that he couldn't be a man and speak for himself to someone he wanted to like him.

good riddance.

if anyone wonders what is going on with me

i am working like an insane person, sometimes upwards of 15 hours a day. mornings im at the hotel, nights i am a hostess at a restaurant. i am building a studio hopefully soon. we have dialup here so im not on the computer so often.
thats it. woo exciting