Tranquil Tuesday

I miss blogging. I'm not digging Facebook too much. I can gaze at my navel much more easily here.

I just pecked out a new resume for myself: it's a creative "What Color Is Your Parachute" kind of resume, as opposed to a traditionally formatted resume. The reason I'm experimenting with this is because I HATE my traditional resume. I hate some of the jobs on it and it exposes how my career trajectory is all over the friggin' place, with seemingly little rhyme or reason.

Plus, there's no room to brag about my glamorous life as an Opera Super (Extra) on the traditional one, and no glitter. My life is SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING than the crappy traditional one. (at least to MOI).

I just have a feeling that there is more $$$Abundance$$$ awaiting me if I focus on my creative accomplishments, however fleeting or half-realized thus far.

Maybe that's naive. I don't know. It just feels like I have no choice, like I'm at a dead-end otherwise.

oh, P.S.: loving my new sched. without the painting class that didn't work out. Now: to paint on my own!!!!!!

Change Is Good

I got this book out of the library last week and I've been meditating each morning on these cool modern mandalas that are in it. I'm finding it easier to focus on something visual than what I've done before, which is staring at a candle or at nothing in particular, or eyes closed. I was riding the bus home after work last night and it was chaotic and crowded as usual (is all the drama REALLY necessary, people?!?), but I was able to summon up that morning's mandala and I felt some serenity!

I'm also on a MAJOR de-cluttering/cleaning kick in my apartment right now. My clutter is *contained* somewhat, but it still feels oppressive to me. If I were to post a pic or two, you might be shocked. It's artsy clutter, but it's clutter all the same. I think that this is a problem that many other Americans are dealing with in our consumer/disposable economy. Hence, all the books and Oprah shows about it.

Fun with Solarization

Abundance rules my life: I was given a new hand-me-down computer and fancy-schmancy flat-screen moniter from my pal C.W. last week and it is set up on a computer desk I got from another pal eons ago. It almost makes me want to blog regularly again...

My Retail 'Ho job continues to dominate my life, and my off hours continue to be filled unproductively with Re:Ality TV. Painting is on the back-burner until class starts up again in August, and opera supering is off the radar completely due to my work schedule, booohooo.

Hope you all are well!!!!!! luv, Grove/Alb.

We interrupt this NYC/ Queens/ L.I. Tour...

to bring you some late-breaking news. I just got hired as a P.T. Retail Sales 'Ho, I mean, Associate, at Macy*s, Union Square. I'll be working in the Men's Furnishings department, which means dress shirts, ties, cufflinks and the like.

I am getting ready to provide, as they said during the interview process, OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE. I am getting ready to be super-perky!

OY OY OY!!!!

I am excited but anxious. I haven't slaved for a regular paycheck in many years, but I definitely need the money. Canvases and paints are not cheap, not to mention San Francisco rent.

They put me in that department because a) I got myself all gussied up for the interview and b) because they thought I could bring an artist's eye to helping customers match shirts and ties.