One

For the past year, I have always had at least one unread email in my inbox. The same message and attachment. Haunting me like yesterday's jam. I left it unread so I would remember to post it. One. Year. Today is the day I finally post the story of they ikea loft bed project.

When I moved to Los Angeles, I bought a loft bed on craigslist. I put it together (with the help of my family) in the small shared room. Luckily my new roommate wasn't there because the bed was too high, the ceiling too low, and the walls too close together to fit my new loft bed and my roomates loft bed in the same room. So the next day I bought a new, smaller, normal bed and took apart the loft bed.

For a year the loft bed remained in pieces in a corner of the room, while I tried to sell it on craigslist. I then got a new roommate. Lo and behold! She didn't have a bed! Well, good thing I had TWO. So with the help of a friend I chopped the legs down from the loft. Now I could fit on top, and there was room under for the other bed. Bunk bed magic!

So that is the story. It has taken me a year to finally write this down and post this image. Here it is. The one.

POWER TOOLS! Yay!

Sadly, there is no way a year of waiting could make this picture cooler or more interesting. But at least I can have a clean inbox.

I tell ya what...

So I have this...thing...that I do every day. Not quite a compulsion, but it might be getting there. Every day I check the blog Hyperbole and a Half, you know, just to see if it has been updated (almost never. Break my heart, why dontcha), and then I check a few design job boards.

Here's the problem. I have a job. In fact, I have two and they both pay well and I really like them. Oh and he job boards themselves are for international/highly experienced designers. If I was checking them out to see what skills I will need when I graduate, or to learn about te job market, that would be one thing. However, I looks at the jobs and think "ohh! London! I want to go to there." or " hmm, Memphis. I like bluegrass today. Maybe I'll move there." and then the real trouble starts. I start looking at housing in different cities and try to see how much it would cost to move. which would be a very bad idea.

I just got out of think I really might move. I had looked at design programs all over the US and England. I had tried to figure out if I could afford to move. But the truth is, I am stuck here in LA with my awesome jobs, and beautiful weather, cool roomates, and good program. And a travel bug that won't let me BE!

I was never a patient person. Having to wait is just about killing me. But I tell you what, as soon as I graduate I am applying to every ridiculous job I can. I just might get to live abroad after all.

Time to see if hyperbole and a half has added a new story...........curse you!

#36 Be a Vegitarian for a Month

This ended up being a little bigger than planned. For the whole event check out this: http://theveganexperiment2011.blogspot.com/