AddictedtoText

Shelley — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:09:45 +0000

Life has been weird lately. I’m still taking photos, most days. It seems like I’m never doing anything when my alarm goes off so I don’t take a photo because it’s always me in bed messing around on the computer. So when I finally get to updating it you’ll know why there are missing photos.

So many changes happening. Friends are moving away, getting married and having babies. Part of me feels like I’ve done nothing this summer and another part of me feels like I’m always doing something, but not like before. I rarely go out because I don’t have the money so I don’t feel social but I am being social… It’s odd.

I’m taking a class on Tuesday mornings and I’ve started having lunch on those days with a friend. We go to the grocery store and grab food and eat it at her workplace. We get in exercise, a healthy lunch and friend time. It’s really nice.

I’ve made friends with a group of Vegans lately and it’s been really nice, they don’t treat me like i’m the devil for being an omnivore and I can go to a potluck and eat everything, and enjoy it!! It’s the strangest feeling but in a good way. It still hasn’t dawned on me that I don’t have to ask what’s in it. It’s funny to me that I know that i’ll like 90% of all vegan potluck dishes where at a non vegan potluck i’d like about 10%… I’m not going vegan anytime soon though. I’ve said I will when I hit menopause though, with the heart disease history in the family doing all I can to prevent a heart attack will be good, and a vegan diet and exercise will help a LOT, that and once a woman hits menopause her chances of heart disease go from not very likely to as likely or worse than that of a mans. The estrogen protects us, so when it goes away BAM.

My tuesday lunch date is gluten intolerant so it’s fun finding things gluten free to eat. It’s not as hard as i thought. It’s eird how much gluten is in things. Same with Soy and Canola. You can really tell what our society is based on, where the government subsidies are. I wonder what would happen if they were scaled back or eradicated from big business and only found in small local places. I want to let myself start to envision those kinds of things. Let my mind wander and explore the crazy ideas i’ve got and one day turn them into that book i keep talking about, or the movie or just a discussion.

Oh My

Shelley — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:33:10 +0000

I’ve been spending a lot of time with my cousin, well on Skype, it’s pretty cool.
It’s nice being close to someone on my fathers side. It’s nice to be so close to anyone actually. It’s kind of funny though. I never thought my best friend would be my 13 year old cousin.
I don’t know if I could have gotten through the death thing if it wasn’t for him. He had already left for Vegas with his mom but i got to see him for 20 min in the airport. I’ll talk more about the trip at another time though. It was odd…
But this was about my cousin and how much I love him and how lucky I am to have someone in my life that I connect with, especially with such an age difference and a distance. The digital age has helped me be close to my family and for that I am ever grateful.

I love you forever and ever and ever.

Shelley — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:27 +0000

So a few of you might already know but my grandmother died last saturday and I’m flying to Albuquerque to be with my family and help them with all the craziness. I hate asking for money but at the current time I have little or nothing to spend. Donations are awesome and I can pay back if you need me to. It might be a bit since I’m not working and have a VERY limited Unemployment benefit situation, but I will do everything in my power to pay you back, even if it’s in beer or picking up dog poop (that’s the most disgusting thing I can think of).

Even if you can only donate a dollar or just send good thoughts (or prayers whatever you believe) everything is helpful.

I think it lets you specify if it’s a donation or a loan when you check out, if not you can email me and let me know.

Thank you again.

<3 Shelley

I’m going to try and chronicle my trip here,I’ve told a few people about the drama going on and they say it’s good enough for a book. I think it’s all crazy and scary but It’s worth a shot right?

I’ll still be taking my usual photos and hopefully i’ll be able to use my plane time to get up to date with the blog as well. (I just need to figure an offline way to use WordPress…)

You TUBE

Shelley — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:49:25 +0000

I’m in a video! On YouTube! That I didn’t make!

I’m in the first minute or so, and I mention… this blog! haha. I should do an actual video like this. I’m not that shy, I’m not usually the person “running” from the camera, I was just in a weird mood that day. It was filmed on May 5th, 2010.

Awesome

Shelley — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:46:11 +0000

Problem almost solved!

Shelley — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:32:40 +0000

just purchased one of these
this will help with the biggest issue i’ve had with posting the photos, getting them off the camera since I lost my cord…
Yay. best $2.30 I’ve ever spent.

Lazy or not?

Shelley — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:43:32 +0000

So I haven’t updated in a while, I haven’t abandoned the project, I’m dutifully taking photos everyday, as boring and predictable they are beginning to be, my social life has tapered off a bit.

So in the time since we last talked, my unemployment was cut more than 50%, I turned 35 and got pretty depressed in general.

I’m doing better now but it’s hard to live with a budget of no spending money period. It’s taken a bit to adjust to and i’m doing better than I ever thought!

I’ve been meeting with a career counselor and took some tests last friday to see where my skills are and what will cross reference with what I want to do and what my value set looks like. I’m really excited to see what the computer pops out for me! I took it 10 years ago and it said I should be a Lawyer or a Hospital Administrator… Interesting to say the least, and well, I’m neither of those things.

I went to a show! I saw The xx it was beautiful, the music was good, the lighting was FANTASTIC. Next up is OK Go which I’m so amazingly excited about. They are playing the Hawthorne Theater which isn’t the best for seeing much of anything, but it’s small and the idea of being in such a small place with such an amazing band thrills me. Not sure how they will do it but I’ll be at the front watching to see how it’s done!

I’ve been watching a lot of movies and far to much TV on Hulu. I’ve gotten attached to shows I never heard of and realized I had seen almost half the episodes of My So Called Life which really was a shock.

I’ll do another update with my new Hulu findings even if it runs me the risk of loosing any credibility I’ve earned anywhere. (It’s not ‘Legend of the Seeker’ I promise)

Pop goes the Culture

Shelley — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:46:53 +0000

I never do this but it’s such a good video!

Noticing some Tarintino love in these videos…

3/10/10

Shelley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:37:44 +0000

March 10, 2010
Portland, OR
New vinyl pretties for the macbook thanks to Byrdie Graphics
(I love this angle, my legs look so much longer than they really are!)

3/9/10

Shelley — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:16:36 +0000

March 9, 2010
Portland, OR
Sister is in town, she went to bed early so I’m blogging and watching Mad Men