the s word

I came across a picture that perfectly sums up how I'm feeling right now, which doesn't happy very often.

I'm over the s word. I don't think it's pretty. I hate being stuck in my house. I don't like seeing a negative sign in front of a single digit number on the thermometer. I don't enjoy shoveling it. I really really don't like trying to drive anywhere. Not because I don't know how to drive in it, because I do. Driving in it is actually the only thing I like about winter. It's all the other assholes who don't know how to drive that really irritate me.
But I realize that despite the negative temps, I need to let go of my negative feelings. So i'm just going to pretend I live here and hope that some day this dream comes true.

Ah, Bali. I've been obsessed with Bali since reading Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love. amazing book. So this picture is now the wallpaper on my netbook and my droid. I may be surrounded by snow but my mind is on a sunny beach in Indonesia.

what I know for sure

As I sit at my kitchen table eating an apple reading O magazine I'm inspired by the past page every month. Every day is a learning experience, some more so than others. Here's some highlights of things I've learned and what I now know. for sure.

-15 degrees is freaking cold and utterly indescribable unless tetth chatters can be translated into words.
Love is deeper than snow.
When you have no other choice, you can dig down deep and summon courage from a place that you probably never even knew existed.
Furniture is really not necessary if you have books and a blanket.
Stuff doesn't cure lonliness - only emptiness. and emptiness usually isn't the issue.
Sticks and stones may break bones, but words can pierce through your heart and drain every last drop of confidence you possess - even if that wasn't the intention.
Unwillingness to forgive is like the first gunshot in a war.
Life is made up of little battles... choose them wisely.
Confusion can be mistaken for fear.
A smile makes it hurt less.
Sometimes shaking is involuntary.
Friends are like a great bra - they support you and hold you up!
Listening is better than giving advice.
Herbs need big windowsills.
Submitting your artwork for a show is absolutely a huge step and makes me incredibly nervous that people are going to be judging me on photos of what I paint.

Mr. Big tribute

Thank you Mr. Big for this amazing song that I spent hours of my childhood singing into a hair brush at the top of my lungs. I have waited on many lines of greens and blues... just to be the next to be with you.

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Peter and Kerry

I can't quite describe what it is about this song but it's almost as if the notes float right straight to my heart.

Love birds

Slowly but surely I am making progress on this one!

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this is fact not fiction

Another new year.
 New year, new goals right?
and goals are more likely to be achieved if they are clear and precise. So here we go....
My Goals for 2011

Keep up with training for the 1/2 marathon
Complete the OKC Memorial Half Marathon
Be the best freshman in college I can be
Find a part time job even slightly pertaining to my degree
read at least 1 book a month
Do at least 1 thing to promote my paintings each week
schedule painting time at least every other day
drink less coffee and more water
write weekly
carry my sketchbook with me at all times

Ingredients for a simply successful year? I think so. Superb.
Damn the man, Save the Empire.

Now off to do couch to 5k in freezing cold weather.

Well said Audrey

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