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July 24, 2008

New Bike!

I bought a new (old) bike! Huzzah. Now I am truly a Portlander. Tomorrow: my first ride to work.

Oh sexy bike. Green, yes. Comfy seat, yes. Comfy handlebars, yes. Gears and handle-brakes, yes. Kickstand, yes. Low center frame, yes. Fenders, yes. "Strap shit on" spot, yes. Um...bell, yes.

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July 20, 2008

The People We Love

The People I love cause me to feel:

Angry
Restless
Jealous
Creative
Useful
Alone
Boring
Energetic
Bored
Different
Slow
Shallow
Valued
Unique
Embarrassed
Talented
Stuck

Also: Lately I have gotten little glimpses of what I think my future could look like. And with a few little tweaks and changes I think, this could be it, I might be excited about this. And then I see something else really exciting and amazing and new and different that reminds me that that there are a thousand ways to have a future. And that maybe what I was picturing isn't really ideal after all.

With all my self-destruction and second-guessing I'm bound to get nowhere at all.

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July 18, 2008

"The People We Love" project

I finished this piece about Molly today. Links to more images and detail below (posts on the Nesbit blog).

See planning and first stages here. See the rest of the final product images here.

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July 17, 2008

Bespectacled

I'm reading through the Harry Potter series again.

...I know.

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July 08, 2008

Check check and check

On a day to day basis, there are little things that need to be done, should be done, and things you just really want to do. I'm not really much of a list-maker; I have always been a mental-list keeper. This, of course, makes it hard to let go of the stress of a "to-do." At least by writing down your projects you can let the paper worry about each un-checked box.

I realize just how much keeping the list mentally affects me. When I first realized as a child that I preferred to keep mental lists, my lists usually consisted of:

• Pack a lunch
• Return book to the library
• Ride the bus home today

And so it was no big deal not to write it down. Now my list consists of more important, timely and long-term projects. I'm feeling a lot better these days because in the last week I have completed four of these looming tasks that tend to cause a sort of constant unrest and worry. List of completed tasks:

• Find passport (this one was freaking me out just a little, seeing as how I had no idea where it was since the time I moved to Portland)
• Register car in Oregon*
• Organize shload of crap in storage downstairs (lead to the finding of the passport)
• Conquer fear of the file-box (sparked by both the finding of the passport and by the amount of paperwork-to-be-filed pulled out of the shloads downstairs)

Here are the most prominent things that are still weighing on my mind:

• Take car to the shop* (*this and the registration are more costly endeavors, which is why they got put off. At least I knew how much the registration would cost. This, my squealing car, I don't even want to know...)
• Pay second installment for Elly's painting

I don't think this has made me any more likely to start making lists. The sooner I make a list, the sooner I have proof of my unproductivity. Nonetheless, I do feel better for having accomplished something that lightens my mental burden.

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