Weighing options

[averygoodun42]

So... I don't think I'll be able to make it to Azcatraz. It's just too expensive and frivolous when money is needed elswhere more. However, I am still considering going out to San Fran for a week around that time (we should have miles enough to get me out there). One of the inducements to going is that my brother and his family live out there, you know. And, if I went for a few days (however long J and his wife honestly think they can stand me being their guest), I would still be able to make it into town to see ya'll for at least one night, maybe more.

Which would be very cool.

It would also be very cool to get away by myself. I haven't traveled alone for... six years? Something like that. The year we moved here, I went to my parents' for my birthday rather than spend it alone (I refused to go to Baton Rouge in June just to be with Geoff, who was working almost non-stop anyway). I think that was the last trip I took without either Geoff or Babe by my side.

And I would love to see Northern California.

And I desperately need a break/vacation/respite.

...

But...

*sigh*

Damn, I hate being effectively poor.


Onto other things.

I have decided that I need to stop being a lazy sod and, at the very least, update my other deviant page (the one without the Harry Potter stuff) with all my stuff, and enable prints. I know that my original work is, erm, pricey, but almost all of my images are good enough for prints which are very reasonably priced at deviant. Although I have no idea what the quality is like.

Granted, that assumes that people will be interested. Not that I'll lose anything either way.


I've also decided I need to start looking into other media, specifically textiles. I had a dream the other night that featured plans for a painting, or possibly a set of paintings, made on a base of dark blue felt. It was almost quiltish in design, but it definitely had a painterly aspect to it.

I need to find a new medium to work in, that's a reality. I've always loved fabrics... always. You should see my remnant stash. It's rather embarrassing considering I don't sew.

So, next time we have a little extra cash, I will buy a few yards of felt (no, not up to making it myself yet, though I'm sure I will eventually do so) and start working. Maybe by this time next year I'll have a big enough body of work to take around town to display.


And that's about it. Babe finally woke up cheerful today, so I think he's well on the mend. I'm pretty much off the pain pills, though my sinuses, throat and neck are still rather unpleasant, so I may be on the way to being on the mend. And Geoff has a sore throat and stiff neck. Damn. He almost always gets way sicker than I do when he gets sick, though hopefully he has been taking it easy enough that he'll get off lightly. This is a real bear of a bug, though. I just hope he can wait to be sick until I'm well enough to take care of him.

Comments

[junewilliams7.livejournal.com]

I'm not planning on attending official Askatraz events -- just hanging around with folks and staying at a nearby hotel (TBD). you could have your family drop you off in the area each day so you can meet up with folks, let your brother and SIL have some time without you. can you afford just airfare and a few meals?

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

You're going to be there, too? Daaaamn. Okay. I'll definitely try to make it there.

I think it would be a bit of an imposition for them to drive me downtown every day, but they might not mind dropping me off at the local train station. ;-)

[junewilliams7.livejournal.com]

yes, train station! where do they live?

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

In the San Mateo area. There's a direct line in, although it's probably a bit of a hike from their place. *shrug* That's what buses and walking shoes are for, though, eh?

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

I really, really hope you CAN make it to SF at least.

And good luck with the DeviantArt prints. Do you have an ETSY shop?

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

I really hope I can, too. I'd love to meet up with all of you.

Um, ETSY? (I think that's a no. ;-)

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

Isn't that the name of that online art shop thingy?

[benevolntgoddes.livejournal.com]

noooooo come!