I’m feeling a little sparkly today, which is the perfect time to start a blog.
Things I’ve noticed today:
- It’s difficult to scrub out one’s bellybutton with a natural loofah
- I can’t do anything with my hair without looking like the lesbian mother of an honor roll student
- Clothes are way more fun when you take them from friends (I’ll return your scarf, Sarah, once I’ve squeezed all the fun from it.)
- All of my artwork is outdated and I need to make more of it pronto.
- I am my mother, minus a pot of coffee.
- Along with popcorn and chest hair, my buttcrack is one of my all time favorite things (see blog header)
I’ve been painstakingly looking for some way that I can ramble for hours without structure or a caring ear. I’m a senior at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. I’ve studied art for the past four years, added a costume design and construction emphasis within the past three, and honed in on make-up and wigs most recently. I’m still struggling to do my base requirements of Economics and Literature analysis, which honestly I couldn’t give a shit any less than I do. I’m at a sort of emotional impasse which is bothersome considering how distinctly unfashionable I find ennui to be in all it’s forms.
I could spend (and have spent) all day doing the following things:
- Styling hair (and wigs if there are no willing heads about). Pincurls, fingerwaves, wetsets, heatsets, updos, downdos, period styles and contemporary. I love working through the problem solving aspects of hairstyling while sculpting with my hands. It’s very soothing and rewarding to me
- Watching Internet Television. I don’t have cable. Or even local channels. But get me started on a youtube marathon of America’s Next Top Model, and I won’t move for at least 7 hours.
- Photoshopping. What I make isn’t hip. It isn’t pretty. But when I can create a world for myself in which I kill T-rexes with common kitchen tools, I feel liberated.
- Watching Regular Television. I’m a little ashamed of myself, but I can watch tv all day without getting sick of it. Having a television on soothes me and keeps me company. I can work on projects, ventilate a wig, or do absolutely nothing. I love television, I love commercials, I love edited for tv movies. It’s probably a good thing I don’t have cable.
- Eating. It’s almost a hobby. I can’t stop myself sometimes.
- Playing with Dogs. My ideal job would be as a “pet companion.” I bet I could do that for a living if I moved out to L.A. I used to train dogs. I like how they think.
- Ideal Combination: Spending all day watching television with my best friend Sarah while I do her hair and makeup, play with her cats, and eat. Don’t worry, I also loaded the dishwasher and read a book for a while.
I’m constantly trying to be better. Maybe I need more meds.
