Home for the Weekend

I went back to LA this past weekend to visit friends and do some shopping (but accidently left my laptop in San Diego, which is why it took me so long to post again) and got some lovely new sweaters and stockings. It was a really nice little vacation and saw friends every night. The only downside was my mom uninviting me to our family vacation, meaning I'll no longer be going to Europe for winter. Needless to say we're not on excellent terms at the moment, and I may just go to New York for a week or so, though i really ought to go back south to visit family.

THANK YOU RHAPSODY IN BOOTS. I LOVE my birthday presents
You're a wonderful, lovely person. The book and CD are incredible, and I enjoyed many a coffee and scone.

I'm painting again and trying to write more. Working on a new piece for my City Series, this time it's the Los angeles skyline.
It's much more realistic looking than my other paintings, but I may collage it a bit.
If anyone has an idea for me to write a story on, let me know!

In further news, I think I want to start acting again, seriously this time.







BOOK UPDATE: (I'm all over the place these days)
My French Life (Archer) --One Chapter in
High Fidelity (Hornby) --One Chapter In
A Certain Smile (Sagan) --Four Chapters in
The Lovesong of Alfred J. Prufrock (Eliot) --finished
Of Human Bondage (Maugham) --about to start, just got my antique edition in the mail.

Clouds and Canvases.

This week has been super lovely and cloudy, my favorite kind of weather.
Been writing a lot, finally, and thinking a lot, but that's not too unusual.
My phone broke Saturday morning (do not text over running sinks.) and I had to pay far too much to get a new one.
Bought some lovely new (and large) canvases and paints and will hopefully start on a new painting some time this week if I have time off work.

Edit:I love when you can tell its fall because you have to wear wool stockings with riding boots just to walk to starbucks. It's suddenly started POURING and it's gorgeous, sitting here sharing a table with a stranger (who kindly offered me a seat after I gave up my table to a big group of women), watching the water cascade off the roof. I have my coffee and a cinnamon bread, and a big big notebook to write lots and lots of stories until the rain lets up a little.

Also, this just gave me some great ideas (thank you Glamour email list!)
http://www.glamour.com/fashion/2010/10/fall-fashion-trends-thatll-make-you-look-10-pounds-thinner?mbid=styletipsnl#slide=1

Hope you're all doing lovely.

Twenty.

My week has been lovely, my roommates threw me a bonfire at the beach last night, and we accidently exploded a can of soda in the fire.
My best friend sent me a kettle (i badly needed a kettle) in the shape of a giraffe.
I made delicious pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

Been working like mad, but this is definitely a great birthday = ]
I don;t feel like I'm twenty.
I'll now adjourn to cupcakes and a face mask in the tub.

Nine days to my birthday

And I don't feel as though I'm old enough to be twenty yet. It's very strange.
I still feel like a teenager.
Still unsure as to what's happening party-wise.

Been working like mad, trying to read and study French a little.
Still loving my roommates.
Tips are awesome.

About to be late for work.
Leave me questions to come home to?






Book update:
still hp7
Cymbaline (shakespeare)
Cal of Cthulu (Lovecraft) --soon to begin