let's just pretend I haven't been ignoring this journal for months...
ramblings cut for length...
I just finished reading an article about Boulder in the Sun and it's been making me think a lot about going back. It occurs to me that I could pretty much do everything I've ever wanted there - run a bed&breakfast, make jewelry/crafts/clothing that I could sell at some boutique on Pearl Street, and work summers at the Shakespeare festival. Even tons of places to exhibit if I ever got full-on artistic.
My initial reaction is that I wouldn't have a clue in hell how to go about actually doing that and making it work, but the more I ponder it, I dunno. I mean if I saved up some money and then went out for CSF again, they would provide three months of income and housing while I look for something for the rest of the year, and the last half would just be nights working wardrobe anyway, so there'd be lots of time to look and start working elsewhere too. I even remember finding this great little costume store that would be an awesome place to work for something temporary and retail-ish, and for that matter there are all sorts shops and places that would be pretty nice if anyone was hiring.
I know it maybe seems like a crazy idea and I would probably be too chicken to try to do something about it for real, but then again it might be worth it. It's so gorgeous out there with the Flatirons and everything, and I think I could really go for the snowy winters and beautiful nearly humidity-free summers. I can deal with health nuts and hippies for the art- and nature-lovin' mindset and general open-mindedness.
Of course, I also want to move to London, but thus far ideas on that vague notion are less forthcoming. I think I must find feasible ideas, like finding some job and apartment around here, too boring. Or wild ones are easier to make excuses for not following through on.
I don't know if I am more terrified of the unknown and actually trying to do something on my own, or the likelihood of living with my parents here in Columbubble for the foreseeable future. The former tends to cause the escapist lethargy and propensity for doing nothing that lead to the latter. But *damn* I need to get out of here. Too bad I just tend remark on that to myself and go hide in my room. Oof.
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In other news, I am working on two scarves at the moment, both in normal-type yarn [i.e. not fuzzy omg!]. The first one is a zigzag cable pattern, which is cool but requires a bit of attention. I had good intentions of knitting one zig-zag a day, but then I decided to knit a Harry Potter scarf that wouldn't hurt my brain so much.
I thought I'd do either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, since Gryffindor and Slytherin are just too mainstream (and I didn't really feel like making a burgundy or green scarf). I was leaning toward Hufflepuff since the zizgzag scarf is already blue and Ravenclaw also apparently requires deciding the issue of whether the stripes ought be copper or silver, according to the book or the movie. But then I ended up going with Ravenclaw because yellow is such and iffy color to wear, and I don't really like the black with it, and I found this blue and grey yarn I really liked. And while usually in any book vs. movie debate I would side with the book no question, in this case, I figure the scarves are entirely movie-canon anyhow and I'll just do what I like and give it the grey stripes.
Oh, and by the way, I'm talking about the PoA/GoF versions of the scarves. There are some pics of them all here, and a close-up of Cho wearing hers here.
[Aside: In browsing all the GoF pics there on mugglenet, I'd really like to ask the costume designer (1) Why is Albus wearing grey all the time? and (2) Are any of the Weasleys ever not wearing something knitted?]
Anyhow, I have come to the conclusion that I really need to learn to knit faster. I didn't have any delusions of finishing my scarf by Thursday or anything, but at the rate I'm going so far it's not even going to be done for the OotP movie.
Also, speaking of geeky knitting, I've made two Firefly Jayne!hats, one of which I sold to Abby. If anyone else would like to purchase their own custom-made cunning hat, let me know. I rock the Jayne!hat (-:]|D*
I just finished reading an article about Boulder in the Sun and it's been making me think a lot about going back. It occurs to me that I could pretty much do everything I've ever wanted there - run a bed&breakfast, make jewelry/crafts/clothing that I could sell at some boutique on Pearl Street, and work summers at the Shakespeare festival. Even tons of places to exhibit if I ever got full-on artistic.
My initial reaction is that I wouldn't have a clue in hell how to go about actually doing that and making it work, but the more I ponder it, I dunno. I mean if I saved up some money and then went out for CSF again, they would provide three months of income and housing while I look for something for the rest of the year, and the last half would just be nights working wardrobe anyway, so there'd be lots of time to look and start working elsewhere too. I even remember finding this great little costume store that would be an awesome place to work for something temporary and retail-ish, and for that matter there are all sorts shops and places that would be pretty nice if anyone was hiring.
I know it maybe seems like a crazy idea and I would probably be too chicken to try to do something about it for real, but then again it might be worth it. It's so gorgeous out there with the Flatirons and everything, and I think I could really go for the snowy winters and beautiful nearly humidity-free summers. I can deal with health nuts and hippies for the art- and nature-lovin' mindset and general open-mindedness.
Of course, I also want to move to London, but thus far ideas on that vague notion are less forthcoming. I think I must find feasible ideas, like finding some job and apartment around here, too boring. Or wild ones are easier to make excuses for not following through on.
I don't know if I am more terrified of the unknown and actually trying to do something on my own, or the likelihood of living with my parents here in Columbubble for the foreseeable future. The former tends to cause the escapist lethargy and propensity for doing nothing that lead to the latter. But *damn* I need to get out of here. Too bad I just tend remark on that to myself and go hide in my room. Oof.
***
In other news, I am working on two scarves at the moment, both in normal-type yarn [i.e. not fuzzy omg!]. The first one is a zigzag cable pattern, which is cool but requires a bit of attention. I had good intentions of knitting one zig-zag a day, but then I decided to knit a Harry Potter scarf that wouldn't hurt my brain so much.
I thought I'd do either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, since Gryffindor and Slytherin are just too mainstream (and I didn't really feel like making a burgundy or green scarf). I was leaning toward Hufflepuff since the zizgzag scarf is already blue and Ravenclaw also apparently requires deciding the issue of whether the stripes ought be copper or silver, according to the book or the movie. But then I ended up going with Ravenclaw because yellow is such and iffy color to wear, and I don't really like the black with it, and I found this blue and grey yarn I really liked. And while usually in any book vs. movie debate I would side with the book no question, in this case, I figure the scarves are entirely movie-canon anyhow and I'll just do what I like and give it the grey stripes.
Oh, and by the way, I'm talking about the PoA/GoF versions of the scarves. There are some pics of them all here, and a close-up of Cho wearing hers here.
[Aside: In browsing all the GoF pics there on mugglenet, I'd really like to ask the costume designer (1) Why is Albus wearing grey all the time? and (2) Are any of the Weasleys ever not wearing something knitted?]
Anyhow, I have come to the conclusion that I really need to learn to knit faster. I didn't have any delusions of finishing my scarf by Thursday or anything, but at the rate I'm going so far it's not even going to be done for the OotP movie.
Also, speaking of geeky knitting, I've made two Firefly Jayne!hats, one of which I sold to Abby. If anyone else would like to purchase their own custom-made cunning hat, let me know. I rock the Jayne!hat (-:]|D*