take the rope.

well- its official. louisville has done me good, so far at least.

moved in to new house: check.  repaired car that was targeted by awful teen driver en route to louisville from lexington: check.  found out i need to get my wisdom teeth taken out: check. landed job(s) plural: check. what is left to conquer in this "possibility city" i say?  well, for starters, get these treacherous teeth removed.  then, possibly adopt a pet of some sort.  honestly, i feel like there is so much room for opportunity that i don't know where to start.  the only problem with opportunity, for me at least, has been finding the time to seize it!  how is is possible that i became busier during my unemployment than i was with a full time job? believe me, it's possible.  but i am not complaining! one thing i can say is that God always provides.  it is only because of Him that i have always managed to get by and be sustained.  i don't know why i even worry sometimes because He never fails to prove His providence when i am most in need of it.  

in other news, i recently posted an Ok Go video that fit well with my situation at the time. ironically, i saw them live (and for free!) this week and felt the need to post another fitting (ok completely unrelated) song of theirs.  although their music is quite good, i think that these guys' real genius is revealed in their simple, yet remarkable music videos.  if you ever have the time, check out some of their other videos, you won't be disappointed!

below is "end love" by Ok Go, which really has little relevance to anything going on in my life, but if i stretched really far i could say that the lines

"it's time to decide.
'cause no one's gonna save you if you don't swim for the boat.
no one's gonna save you if you won't take the rope.
no one's gonna find you when you're hiding in the dark. no one's gonna find you."

are somewhat related because i am indeed "swimming for the the boat"...of opportunity. and "taking the rope"...of adventure...?  i know, i'm just digging a hole of lameness, but nonetheless,  i am taking initiative to make things happen, so we'll see where i end up!

listen, it's just a cool video, ok? i mean, i have to have some gimmick to keep the readers coming back.

home sweet home.

its official. i have been saying it for years now, but i have finally decided to take the leap and move back to my beloved hometown of louisville.  do i have a place to live? yes. do i have a job? no. and this is the somewhat unnerving part. in case you live under a rock and haven't heard, the job market is not the best right now, and to make matters worse, i am in the art "industry" if it can be referred to in such a way.  but this is the reality i have always been mentally prepared for when i chose art as a career. anyways, job concerns aside, i am very excited to be moving back to one of the greatest cities i know (and i have been to a lot of great cities!).  i know i am a bit bias, but louisville truly has so much to offer, not to mention an amazing art community that i cannot wait to get involved in! this break will also give me a chance to really build up a photography business and see where that can go. take a look for yourself at the beginnings of a hopefully thriving business and i will keep you update on how things go!

Crooked Tree Photography

also, i love this promo video for louisville!

carless.

what an enlightening situation i find myself in- i am such an american. a recent car accident (not my fault) has left me carless, stranded, and a bit wiser in the ridiculous ways of the good ol' u-s-of-a. not only did i get jipped by the insurance companies, but i have realized just how reliant i am on a personal mode of transportation. as i revert back to my middle school days of bumming rides and desperately seeking someone to take me to and from work, i can't help but wonder why our country has not caught on to the revolutionary idea of quality and convenient public transportation. what a concept! {new york, california and d.c. are irrelevant in the following rant} i have already exhausted the rental car business and my bank account simultaneously, so the next logical option would be...what? yeah, mine was begging coworkers to go out of their way in the mornings and evenings to transport my helpless rear-end. the lextran (lexington bus system) did not even enter into my mind as an option. perhaps i am an elitist snob, but i will accept that insult any day if it means i do not have to resort to making the trek in the snow to the nearest bus stop, then calculating the stops/travel time required to get to my destination and paying for it on top of that. wow, i realize how bad that just sounded, but i already said it once- i am an american, therefore i am ridiculous. anyways, as day 3 of begging and day 1 of car shopping comes to a close, i am reminded that there is not much i can do to change this situation so i just need to make the most of it- and in the words of OK GO, "get over it."

Ok Go- Get over it video

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