okay, i know i've tried this before. i know i said i was going to keep a weekly blog while at cmc and never made it past my first real entry...
...but, i really want to be better about keeping in touch and i feel like trying to keep a blog is a step in the right direction. maybe next i'll start learning how to use a phone.
what is new? well, my summer has been boring yet eventful in a weird way. i know i also owe a lot of you stories from cmc / what the hell i have been doing with my life the past five months. i have so much to say, but in the words of my buddy sufjan, "i could tell you, but the telling gets old." my stories are better told in person anyways.
so, i'll stick with more current happenings. 1) mr. daniel scarberry went with me to a samantha crain show on friday 2) siggy went out for coffee with me on saturday. today, hot metal had church outside again and then stuffed my tummy full of falafels. it was a good weekend.
i've been working away at graphic design stuff and am trying to do some independent study this summer since i do not have enough room in my schedule to pick up a second major. i have just begun to put together a website / online portfolio [http://web.mac.com/elizaanne]. it is far from being finished, but i will let you all know when it is up and running. i will also be contacting a lot of you to make sure it is okay if i use pictures i have taken of you / design work i have done for you, haha.
i've also been researching grad schools. i am debating whether to apply to get my mfa in creative writing. on the one hand, i would probably never use it since i do not plan to teach or make it as a professional writer. on the other hand, there are schools that automatically offer full scholarships / assistantships / grants to students plus a stipend... that is, if you are accepted into the program. so, in some ways, i feel like there is no real reason for me to try to go (i am not even an english major). still, part of me feels like it would be an amazing opportunity and i may as well just give it a shot. we'll see...
i started playing piano, which is cool. i am mostly concentrating on chords, scales, and theories, because i am more concerned about increasing my understanding of music than the piano itself. i also have taken a liking to my family's old dulcimer. i guess i have a special place in my heart for bizarre instruments.
speaking of which, i am buying a mandolin this week. i am pretty darn stoked. my friend jeremy is basically a musical genius (i am trying to convince him to go to cmc next year before he graduates!) is going to come with me to check out the neck and bridge and make sure i am not getting ripped off.
as many of you know, i have been working as an administrative assistant at a security company. it is pretty sweet and good experience, but it has been slowly consuming my life. i work about 45 hours per week, so that leaves me almost no time to work on graphic design stuff, grad school stuff, band booking, or any of my other little side projects i have up my sleeve.
so, i made the decision to leave my job for a part-time one this summer. luckily, i've been working my butt off at my job (or in tom / warren terms, "made myself indispensable"). when i told my boss i wanted to quit, she really didn't want me to lose me. so, she offered to let me design my own schedule and said i could come in whenever i wanted, whatever it took to keep me there. i now work daytime tues-thurs... it is a beautiful thing.
i am in the midst of plotting a road trip to nashville. let me know if you want to meet up!
