emchy

Jun. 1st, 2006

good mood
even with too much to do i am feeling pretty good
i think it has a lot ot do with good company last night
and new eras starting today
i realized that this is potentially the last month we'll be paying rent in this apt
i know i ALWAYS blather on about moving
but the goal is to move Aug 1
which would mean July is the 30 days notice, last months rent thing
CRAZY
really weird... ok i have to trip on that for a bit
and in other news
tattoooooooo tonight
woot
i am wearng my bad ass tank top today just for inspiration

another realization
i love coffee
i know this is news to no one
but sometimes i get reminded and fall in love all over again

because some folks have asked to see it again (getting it tonight - omigod omigod omigod)

does anyone care?

so the tat is inspired by turn of the century french sailor tattoos as reimagined by Gautier and the art direction in the film City of Lost Children. Using that as a base, we then tried to bring in Pierre et Gilles influences with the flowers, and a Mexican/Kahlo inspired script on the banner. The tat is to invoke a sense of love being a strong and moving force in my life and my committment to honoring that love. The text is in spanish to join my love of mexican art and to hold with the theme of the tat from the film, which was in french. However since I have always had more ties to Mexican art / cutlure and not french, the text is spanish. I also think that lyrically speaking spanish is a more romantic and beautifully spoken language than english, and the word in that language more closely reflected their meaning to me. The birds, while traditional icongraphy of sailor tattoos, also hold influences of bluebirds as well as swallows, and bring a 'bluebird of happiness' element to it. reminding me that love brings joy. so many of my tats are about owning the joyful parts of myself. i so easily turn cynical. this is me reclaiming skin. reclaiming the right to be a dorky romantic. reclaiming the right to childlike wonder, awe, and honesty in my love. so that's the tat story. and knowing it's coming, it just, overwhelming me with exactly that childlike happy happy.

i am a dork
but this little cartoon clip
makes me SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy
and it's the only thing that made me learn my state capitals
(well, and remember them)
http://addictingclips.com/Clip.aspx?key=7A823B99F2D1BEA6

another new era beginning
wow - and this time with some actual support
sometimes it jsut feels like the clouds have parted
here's me keeping my fingers crossed that they stay that way
every thursday - i get some support and something about taking care of my physical self
and every saturday - if i have the discipline - i get some for the emotional parts of emchy
here's to new eras and self care

	five hours old
	closer
	color comes in two weeks

	We got to Oregon - it immediately started raining		the mister is making the ride a good thing
	Walking up in Mt Tabor park with mom, baby and dogs		Its a dog walking party!
	i take pics of myself to prove i am there too		izzy the boxer can drink from the water fountain
	mister and lucky... awwww		the path to discovery
	back home and the dog is EXHAUSTED!