Thursday, September 29, 2005
Pumpkin Heads and Snorkle Fish
Miscellaneous thoughts on a - very - rainy Thursday Vancouver morning.
In my bedroom, a radio alarm clock wakes us up. It is set to the classical channel so that we aren't blasted awake by Metallica or 50 Cent or, God Forbid, Pink Floyd at 7 in the morning. This morning something different happened. We woke up to the news and the first thing the newscaster said was that much of Quebec is without energy this a.m. due to high winds and bad weather. Coolest thing about that (not that that is in any way 'cool' *ahem*) is that the dream I was having right before the radio went off was about me and a bunch of people in Dawson City, I think, in a total panic as a tornado or hurricane(?) was about to hit us. I never have weather dreams. Due to that I am feeling all magical today.
Blessings to Quebec. I remember when Toronto lost power for that entire night. That night is one of my favorite memories of Toronto! The whole community came outside and there we were wandering around and socializing in the pitch black, save for a couple candles people had lit on their front porches. A few battery powered radios played the news, but for the most part Toronto was qqquuuuuiiiieeettttt. And dark. And more alive than ever. With HUMANS. Hmmmmmm, good times.
Oh, and I got a job. Strange that I didn't sorta put that first in my list of ramblings, but I guess I didn't really know for sure that I was going to be offered it until the phone rang a couple of seconds ago. It is a very cool job, too, assisting the top Loft Agents in the Vancouver Real Estate market. They are both young and hip and successful and I think the job will very much be a make-it-up-as-I-go-along kind of thing. I also know that If I enjoy it and them and stay, when I become licensed I could be connected into a very good thing. So I start Monday. Not sure they are going to ultimately be able to afford me...but I am going to try and just concentrate on the fact that I have a job. I will let you know what happens.
I wish I could just design full time. I wish I had all my boyfriend's skills and could just stay at home and create websites and print materials and ... get paid really well to be creative. It feels unfair and frustrating that, to have that dream, I have to wait years while I learn about 17 different softwares. Then again, I like the thought of going to school to learn...if not the thought of going back into student loan debt. The world of RE sorta excites me, but sorta exhausts me. Design....well...could it be the new dream that I am supposed to be chasing?
Kisses to y'all. Oh, and go answer my Konkin Question. Happiness is...
this morning it is knowing I don't have to job hunt and can snuggle up with a movie while the rain falls.
In my bedroom, a radio alarm clock wakes us up. It is set to the classical channel so that we aren't blasted awake by Metallica or 50 Cent or, God Forbid, Pink Floyd at 7 in the morning. This morning something different happened. We woke up to the news and the first thing the newscaster said was that much of Quebec is without energy this a.m. due to high winds and bad weather. Coolest thing about that (not that that is in any way 'cool' *ahem*) is that the dream I was having right before the radio went off was about me and a bunch of people in Dawson City, I think, in a total panic as a tornado or hurricane(?) was about to hit us. I never have weather dreams. Due to that I am feeling all magical today.
Blessings to Quebec. I remember when Toronto lost power for that entire night. That night is one of my favorite memories of Toronto! The whole community came outside and there we were wandering around and socializing in the pitch black, save for a couple candles people had lit on their front porches. A few battery powered radios played the news, but for the most part Toronto was qqquuuuuiiiieeettttt. And dark. And more alive than ever. With HUMANS. Hmmmmmm, good times.
Oh, and I got a job. Strange that I didn't sorta put that first in my list of ramblings, but I guess I didn't really know for sure that I was going to be offered it until the phone rang a couple of seconds ago. It is a very cool job, too, assisting the top Loft Agents in the Vancouver Real Estate market. They are both young and hip and successful and I think the job will very much be a make-it-up-as-I-go-along kind of thing. I also know that If I enjoy it and them and stay, when I become licensed I could be connected into a very good thing. So I start Monday. Not sure they are going to ultimately be able to afford me...but I am going to try and just concentrate on the fact that I have a job. I will let you know what happens.
I wish I could just design full time. I wish I had all my boyfriend's skills and could just stay at home and create websites and print materials and ... get paid really well to be creative. It feels unfair and frustrating that, to have that dream, I have to wait years while I learn about 17 different softwares. Then again, I like the thought of going to school to learn...if not the thought of going back into student loan debt. The world of RE sorta excites me, but sorta exhausts me. Design....well...could it be the new dream that I am supposed to be chasing?
Kisses to y'all. Oh, and go answer my Konkin Question. Happiness is...
this morning it is knowing I don't have to job hunt and can snuggle up with a movie while the rain falls.
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