lately

these are the things that have happened:

I'm moving in with Uncle. 18 little dogs to take care of every day--sweet lil 7 pounds of Pomeranian fluff. So, living is taken care of through August. Which is the 3 months I decided to give Hawai'i to see if I can make it here.

I have a prospective job with a sustainability nonprofit. I can make it into whatever I want, it seems. They're looking for me to be a consultant in 3 months. If I can get grants and build it up, I should be able to make this into a full time job, doing what I love. Fingers crossed, everyone!!

Thursday, a week from today, I move out of the house. Bittersweet, for sure. But I trust that things work out (which is, sometimes, a delicate place to live.) and it seems that things are working out.

Praise abounds. Even if I don't end up where I envision.

meet with uncle again tomorrow, see the house. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

ladies and gentlemen

we have a winner. Well, at least, we have one heck of a good guy. Great date. I'm a fan. :)

The poetry for tonight.

Grace Cavalieri

WHY THEY STAYED TOGETHER

Take Snow In My Arms
--H.D.

First there was the
Powdered sugar
Covering all thoughts
Like a winter storm in the ghetto,

Then--the weight of the trees
Around the house,
Roots entangling
Growing through the chairs,
Wood conspiring to connect
To keep them there,

Finally it was the crooked
Hands that matched just right
The loose door knob and twisted key
Inside the burnished lock within the frame,

At last, it was their sleep intertwined
As if were planned that way
As if it had somewhere to go.

catching up

i have a few choices of places to live:
1) with uncle, where I take care of his dogs (he breeds Pomeranians) for about 2 hrs/day to cover rent.
2) in a 3-bdrm house with current roomie and crazy talented poet woman.
3) in this studio that I LOVE, but it's a little expensive. But nice.
4) in a 2-bdrm with a girl I don't know.

Dunno. Pluses and minuses to each of them.

I have one job that's probably in the bag, part-time working with a sustainability organization. And I've found a few promising positions that I just need to hear back from.

I have a pseudo-date tomorrow with a sweet, sweet, handsome man. Will see how that goes.

My room is embarrassingly messy.

I have not been the most social person lately.

BUT I did have a superfantastic weekend--painted/read in the park, sunset at the beach, day at the beach playing Kubb (ridiculous amounts of fun), had great BBQ where I got to dress like a gypsy, good friend's b-day party, really great concert... actually, had a lot of things go on this weekend. Yay!

What should I wear to the pseudo date???

oh my gosh i need a job. I just made a mangatar of myself, and I TOTALLY made myself a professional. Instead of something awesome like an elf. I'm even wearing a jacket and glasses.

Please, someone, hire me! I want to work!!!