i think my perception of the real world might have been a little off-base... i had no idea everything cost so much money. and did you know you have to pay back student loans?! what's that all about? if i had the money, i wouldn't have taken out the damn thing in the first place!
similarly, i've come to realize that this "summer" hasn't been a summer at all: i'm just unemployed. so, since all this stuff i need costs money or whatever, i've been trying to find a job. my search has been geared mostly towards new orleans. Sauce is down there, and i figured it would be easier to find one job than it would be to find two new jobs somewhere else. and with all the luck i've had thus far, finding two jobs would be just short of impossible.
but it's all good. i'll find something. or to put it another way, some business down in new yorleans city is gonna look back on the day they hired me as the beginning of an incredible chapter in their existence. i can't wait to find out who they are.
i feel like my future landlord will have that very same feeling, as soon as i find an apartment i can afford in a neighborhood where i won't get murdered. once again my ignorance of the real world has reared its ugly head. i suppose watching more HGTV with Sauce would have shown me how people try to peddle tiny basement apartments for $1100 a month plus utilities, but i just can't watch that channel, guys. i just can't.
you should see some of these ads for rentals. "small basement crawl space for rent. $1200 plus utilities. great neighborhood. very few stabbings. even less kidnappings. acceptable murder rate." living down there is gonna be wild. good thing i'm not ever scared.
speaking of dwellings, on my way down to the crescent city, i stopped by my house to grab a few things and play with the dogs for a while. and i remembered that we had to take the treehouse down not too long ago. the tree limb it was perched on was starting to give way under its weight. i hadn't seen it since the tree was cut down, and it was kind of sad, seeing the great He-Man Woman-Haters tree fortress reduced to a lowly shed. because that treehouse was awesome. it had a batpole, a rope ladder, a zip cord, a trap door... WE HAD IT ALL!
it's another reminder that i need to preserve the majesty of childhood through my work. so i took a few photos of the remains with my phone using the hipstamatic app. i also got started sketching for new treehouse prints. stay tuned!
Touching man. I definitely teared up. And you could definitely stay in my mansion for free.
ReplyDeletehey Ross. I talked to your mom last week about your endeavors and am interested in getting you to do something for me. I saw your work in the hallway at the clinic and was completely impressed with your prints. wow. i would be honored to have your art in my home (and possibly my parents and inlaws homes as well) being an art major myself i know good work when i see it!!! great job and lets talk prices soon...
ReplyDeletemy email is melanieraymcknight@hotmail.com
When you arrive, Louisiana Art Works has studio space, including a print studio, available for artists. The print studio is open to the public and I believe there's a monthly fee of around $10 to use the space during designated hours...if you become a resident artist, or just a squatter, over there, you can use the space whenever. Fees vary based on what's available and what you can afford - most of the squatters get in for free for a couple of months, and some of the more established artist pay a monthly rental fee, it varies but worth a look. It's right around the corner from my office on Lee Circle, corner of Howard and Carondelet I believe...
ReplyDeleteCue quarter-life crisis...
ReplyDeletei know dude...
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