fifth business

Today has been a damn fine day. I got a call from the Dept Head of “Master of Design” at NSCAD and he feels that I do not need to take an undergrad to apply to the program, only that I need to take an upgrade year. So instead of spending the next 4 years in school, plus my masters year, I can skip ahead go for one year of upgrades and then go strait into a Masters course. Which would be EPIC. no no no it would be E.P.I.C.

Then I heard back from someone looking for freelance work in Nova Scotia. So I am in communication with him to do several piece works over the next few months. Hopefully it goes somewhere, as this would be looking up for me.

As well in January I will be advertising on The Coast website, for moonGarm designs. So I have until then to get my shit into gear and get my website up to snuff.

Although I am still applying like a madman out here for jobs, I am hoping that I can move back to NS, take my upgrade, get my Masters and be done with all this.

Today is going to be one of those days. I have 2 meetings with newspapers, I have to reorganize the supply room, and I have to finish up 2 programs. Yippe Yai Kaiya. Oi.

However I did find out there will be a new newspaper launched in Halifax soon and I am trying to get my grubby hands on a position. Hope Hope Hope

Snow in Ottawa is not unlike rain in Halifax. You get every kinid with in a ten minute span.
While walking to work today I experianced - Hail, Sleet, Flurries, Flakes, and what appeared to be snowblindness.

On Monday a friend of mine from back home was in a very (very very very very) bad car accident. She was hit by a drunk driver head on. The driverside took the majority of the impact, but so did the left side of her body. She is apparently fairly busted up, coherant, memory intact, aware of whats going on around her, and there is no internal bleeding. She is one of the strongest most unique people I know, and in times like these I fail to understand why ‘fate’ would have it that a drunk driver would be on the road at that exact moment to collide with her car. This woman couldnt get stronger, she is already what other women would strive to be. Maggie, I know you will be fine. But parts of me wish you to be better than just fine. So fight, beat it down. I know you can overcome this.

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The Wine Auction last night was. Interesting one might say. I helped a total of 3 people. THREEm, count em, 123. Every paddle number I came across had wine lots missing from it. I was many different levels of livid. I hate looking like a fool. I also hate helping disorganized functions. But anyways it more or less went off without a hitch. As well that morning we got the extention for concert hall. SO all in all pretty damngood.

this is my new favourite youtube video

Yesterday was an up and down day. The night before had been very stress full and I only slept for 5 hrs max (instead of my ussual 8-9). I then woke up and had a “double espresso caramel latte with soymilk togo”… Im such a frouf. And I spent most of the day in a daze not really sure what the hell was going. The only positive thing about being that way is that I work strait through and get a lot done, but the numb feeling was painful.

Today I had to help set up with a Wine Auction, cause thats exactly what I need to be surrounded by. One woman almost dropped over 5000$ worth of wine on the floor. After that I wasnt much use to them because the idea almost made me sick to my stomach, and I was naseaus the rest of the time.

Upside is I found a REALLY good place to buy clothes. There was a “Nearly New” store in the church that is hosting the event. I almost had leather pants, but they were half a size too small. Then I almost had a leather skirt, but it was too long. I will be going back though. They had some nice stuff, I wonder what churchies would do with tight leather pants though.

Ive never been mor eunsure in my life, and its the only thing that is making me sure. Make sense? no? tough shit.

Oi. What a day. I really wish I had slept in.

I spent a better part of the day trying to manage ads. I had to book ads, and see if I had the specs, then I had to design them. And ofcourse nothing is ever good enough. No one gives me any direction on these things, and then when I dont read their minds and they dont like it they get all persnippity at me. As much as I love doing Graphic Design, I am begining to think it may not be for me in the long run. I think I am ment to be more of a work horse, but I digress. So there was much photo editing and at about 3:30 my design brain shut down, or died I havent bothered to figure out which.

On the walk home I a) got lost and ended up at a yoga studio when I wanted to be at the Y b) finally got to the Y and had the rep talk to me like I was slow. I was looking to apply for a memebership to use their gym cause im getting all soft, and they have a subsidized rate for people on EI. But he kept pointing to things and talking really slow and looking at me as though I was supposed to give him a physical signal as well as a verbal signal to show that I understood everything. I almost wanted to punch him. Im employed, Im just broke ass poor. There is a difference between that and being slow in the brain. Although somedays I wish I were slow atleast then people would leave me the frig alone.

My coworker just locked herself out of the work building and now I get to go save the day - Hurrah! *sigh* . Oh now I dont thank goodness. God love her but Ive had enough work for one day.

Tomorrow I have to go sign my contract for the internship extension. And make 3 ads, and make 50+ booklets with a printer that wont staple, and make fliers out the wazoo, oh and pay my rent and drop off that application to the Y. *head Splodey*

I cannot wait for this week to be over. Fuck I cant wait for this year to be over.