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So, I listen to TED talks and stand-up and stuff while I work sometimes -- any videos who's content is primarily audio -- and I just ran across Dara O'Briain.
That's it. Get in the fuckin sack!
That's it. Get in the fuckin sack!
December 31st, 2009
Decade: A non-musical review
December 31st, 2009 06:55 pm2000: Broke up with first boyfriend. Diagnosed with depression. Was just that little bit too young to vote against Bush the first time around (not that it would have made a difference in Washington). Got run out of a session in Oly. Year 2000: Not that great, actually!
2001: Totally failed to have a space Odyssey. Graduated from high school, went off to Western, lived with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bluwyngz, started one of those relationships referred to afterward as 'a learning experience.'
2002: Learned from said experience. Lived with Rina and got involved helping the Asia University America program at WWU. Finally had art classes where I did actual art, though they were depressingly un-like Dr. Furneaux's academy*, which was my model for a proper art education.
2003: Lived with Haruka and then Kiyoko. Was employed by AUAP as a peer advisor -- loved parts of it, loathed parts of it, developed stress related medical issues, and realized how very American I can be -- in the non-jumped-up-monster-truck-rifles-and-flags ways. Decided that damn it, I was going to travel to other countries.
2004: Was full. I worked for AUAP for two more months; moved mid-school year to live withribbitkisser, lost my pet, won an art scholarship, and joined the BS of Comics with the mighty fenmere. Then my cousin got married, my great grandfather died, and school ended -- I saw the entire Washington stretch of I5 some 7 times in one month, doing finals late, and getting back home only in time to leave for Europe, where I packed my fiddle around France, the UK, and Ireland for five weeks, started a fling, caught and recovered from a cold, and learned that in England, museums have the only free bathrooms. Returned to start my senior year of school, look for work, and apply to grad schools. Started seriously making comics.
2005: Made comics, then stopped. Never found a 'real' job -- fed myself on busking money and odd freelance stuff. Did not get into grad school; cold-called every designer in the Oly phonebook instead, until I found one willing to interview me. Got that BA after my name, moved back in with my parents, totally broke. Started working at chris barnes design and then at Olympia Art & Frame. Started playing D&D.
2006: Hired by TRL; quit Oly Art and Frame. Still working two jobs, got an appartment in Oly withwestrider; when he moved out got a new room-mate (Jordan). Started the session at O'Blarney's, started playing music with Gerald.
2007: Quit cbd and worked only ONE job for the first time in too long. Ended the long-distance fling. Started biking for FUN again, not just transport, and became better friends wit Brad. Went to Japan, came back, went to Arizona. Met my mom's super-extended family for the first time. Started going out with Erik and deifiedq13_exe.
2008: Met Ursula Le Guin through work; showed her my art. Awesome! Rode a century with Brad. Went to the UK forbluwyngz's and pyoor_excuse's wedding; took a jaunt to France with didotwite while I was in the neighborhood. Was the roommate of notyourroommate. Had the worst work meetings ever.
2009: Was afraid of loosing my job. Lost my dearly loved great grandma. Attended five friends' weddings (played fornoiie and my neighbors, was maid of honor for emony42, ate things at Evan&Masayo's and played with a theramin at q13_exe's). Have dated Erik longer than I've ever been with anyone else. Bought a house and rented rooms to madalchemist and notyourroommate.
Wow. It's not only a rather long time to try to evaluate at once, but it spans huge life-changes -- from being a kid in my folks' house to being employed and owning my own. I'll never be comfortable thinking of years 2000-2005 as discreet years, anyway: it'll always be the school year 00-01, or my senior year of WWU, or what have you. Still, I suppose the fact that it's difficult to conceive of all at once is why there's value in the exercise.
*Read Joan Aiken's BLack Hearts in Battersea.
2001: Totally failed to have a space Odyssey. Graduated from high school, went off to Western, lived with
bluwyngz, started one of those relationships referred to afterward as 'a learning experience.' 2002: Learned from said experience. Lived with Rina and got involved helping the Asia University America program at WWU. Finally had art classes where I did actual art, though they were depressingly un-like Dr. Furneaux's academy*, which was my model for a proper art education.
2003: Lived with Haruka and then Kiyoko. Was employed by AUAP as a peer advisor -- loved parts of it, loathed parts of it, developed stress related medical issues, and realized how very American I can be -- in the non-jumped-up-monster-truck-rifles-and-flags ways. Decided that damn it, I was going to travel to other countries.
2004: Was full. I worked for AUAP for two more months; moved mid-school year to live with
ribbitkisser, lost my pet, won an art scholarship, and joined the BS of Comics with the mighty fenmere. Then my cousin got married, my great grandfather died, and school ended -- I saw the entire Washington stretch of I5 some 7 times in one month, doing finals late, and getting back home only in time to leave for Europe, where I packed my fiddle around France, the UK, and Ireland for five weeks, started a fling, caught and recovered from a cold, and learned that in England, museums have the only free bathrooms. Returned to start my senior year of school, look for work, and apply to grad schools. Started seriously making comics.2005: Made comics, then stopped. Never found a 'real' job -- fed myself on busking money and odd freelance stuff. Did not get into grad school; cold-called every designer in the Oly phonebook instead, until I found one willing to interview me. Got that BA after my name, moved back in with my parents, totally broke. Started working at chris barnes design and then at Olympia Art & Frame. Started playing D&D.
2006: Hired by TRL; quit Oly Art and Frame. Still working two jobs, got an appartment in Oly with
westrider; when he moved out got a new room-mate (Jordan). Started the session at O'Blarney's, started playing music with Gerald. 2007: Quit cbd and worked only ONE job for the first time in too long. Ended the long-distance fling. Started biking for FUN again, not just transport, and became better friends wit Brad. Went to Japan, came back, went to Arizona. Met my mom's super-extended family for the first time. Started going out with Erik and deified
q13_exe. 2008: Met Ursula Le Guin through work; showed her my art. Awesome! Rode a century with Brad. Went to the UK for
bluwyngz's and pyoor_excuse's wedding; took a jaunt to France with didotwite while I was in the neighborhood. Was the roommate of notyourroommate. Had the worst work meetings ever.2009: Was afraid of loosing my job. Lost my dearly loved great grandma. Attended five friends' weddings (played for
noiie and my neighbors, was maid of honor for emony42, ate things at Evan&Masayo's and played with a theramin at q13_exe's). Have dated Erik longer than I've ever been with anyone else. Bought a house and rented rooms to madalchemist and notyourroommate.Wow. It's not only a rather long time to try to evaluate at once, but it spans huge life-changes -- from being a kid in my folks' house to being employed and owning my own. I'll never be comfortable thinking of years 2000-2005 as discreet years, anyway: it'll always be the school year 00-01, or my senior year of WWU, or what have you. Still, I suppose the fact that it's difficult to conceive of all at once is why there's value in the exercise.
*Read Joan Aiken's BLack Hearts in Battersea.