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At the end of spring semester, Leslie had to create a website for one of her graphics classes, so she borrowed the ideas from Dischord and Shutter and set one up on her plaza account. As a part of her website, she included a “meet the bloggers” section where she had written mini-biographies (along with photos) for me, Rob and herself. I found this biopic amusing, and figured I’d record it here as well:
Sarah lives in Gainesville, Florida, where she studies English at the University of Florida. She prefers her pictures black and white, and her men over-educated. Also, the windswept hair.
on Wednesday evening after dancing at the Atlantic on Twist and Shout night Rob and I walked past Flaco’s and I noticed that my favorite painting in the “Elbow Room” is gone-”Pez fuero de agua” no longer hangs on the wall for my general amusement. sad day. i wonder where it is now.
there’s more in my brain now, but nothing that would sound eloquent or well put together… looking forward to the week to come, but aprehensive about the future beyond that.
wanting my brother to visit me here in gainesville, loving walking down to Mary’s cottage and popping in on her and Jane making bread, ecstatic about the concert on the 19th, enjoying breezy summer evenings downtown, uncertain of where to find work, concerned for friends, wanting to write more, ever increasingly aware of the frailty and brevity of life…
I hate them. summer thunderstorms and flooding and Florida ecosystems do not suit me… they do, however, work wonders for the mosquito population.
not to mention that leslie and I have discovered a colony of ants residing in our shower. I’ve caught a few straglers venturing outside the comforts of our bathroom and making themselves comfortable on the walls near my bunkbed. now I am paranoid; already troubled sleep becomes even more distraught.
I need an exterminator!
as I sit in bed, I am typing this out on my tiny iPod touch keyboard- so you will have to forgive any horrendous misspellings.
all week rob and I have been working on stuff for Dischord and Shutter. we have booked a musicians’ showcase with Berto at the Exchange, and it promises to me a wonderful event! (bookmark it: Friday, June 19th at nine!!!) every band or musician we were hoping to get play is on board, and not only that but we will be working with an amazing crew called Society Promotions who do a lot of similiar stuff as far as promoting local creatives. I cannot wait for the event! tomorrow we are doing more work on updating the website, I am recording our next podcast (now officially iTunes searchable!), and then we will be at twist and shout night at the Atlantic!
aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!
can life get any better?!?!?
well…a wealthy benefactor who wants to donate millions to our cause would be a nice bonus, but right now I’ll just settle for it to be the 19th! 
it’s 11pm on a monday night. but it’s summer, so time is not a hinderence to me. (though i do have work in the morning, and i’ve not been on the best sleep schedule.)
i am wearning my favorite yellow dress. it was actually my sister Leah’s, but i swapped her a blouse of mine for the dress–convinced i got the better end of the deal.
as i sit on my sofa, i [in typical, ridiculous outofthinair-introspective style] have surmized that this dress reminds me of summer. summer is warm, breezy evenings spent with whispered conversations and rauchous laughter–sweat gently beading at the brows and lips upturned in smile.
it’s a rather stupid, mushy, cliche sentiment, but it’s summer–so i have all the time in the world to come up with outlandish semi-[philosophical] theories and statements.
speaking of theories…
Last Tuesday (the day after I had written about needing a “project” for the summer) I met with my old professor Carl Miller to discuss my paper.
When I got off at work that afternoon, I had a two hour break before I was supposed to meet him, so I texted Rob and ended up meeting up with him and Ben on campus. Ben made note that the Barcelona v. Manchester Unitd game was about to take place, so we planned to go watch it at Mother’s Pub.
[Side note: I love watching soccer. Probably because Hannah played for so many years-I really got into watching it. So much so that my other siblings were almost embarrased by me. It's a shame that soccer is not as big of a sport here as it is overseas (I prefer it to football-hands down). Wish I could watch it more, and if I kept abreast of sports news, I would probably actually remember when the games were.]
Noting that I would have to leave the game at halftime for my meeting, I decided to e-mail Carl and suggested he join the three of us for the game. He did. Awesome. Carl got to Mother’s mid-way through the first half, and visited with us. During halftime he went over my final paper and gave me feedback on my writing.
I was happy to be able to discuss my paper with him, because I really enjoyed writing it and found the subject of religion and postmodernism fascinating. After we discussed my paper Carl presented me with this offer: He’d like for me to work on extending the paper with him for publication. With some editing, and expansion (to 20 pages or so) we’ll seek publication. He said my paper raised a lot of interesting questions. Since he’s busy the first half of this summer, he suggested I do some more research and gather more scholarly resources to back up my work-he’ll do the same. Then, early July we’ll meet and work on the actual paper. I am soooo excited! To actually be able to work on publishing someting (especially when I LOVE the topic) has been my dream! I set the goal of having something published within a year of my college graduation–looks like that might actually happen!
So, I can cross off the need for a summer project.
Another project will be continuing the music and arts review website Rob and I started called Dischord and Shutter. We’ve been trying to pick up momentum and things are coming together quite nicely. I recently interviewed Ricky Kendall from Paxico via Mexcio (love them!) and have been talking with the band about collaborating further with them-I’ve also talked with Society Promotions (local Gainesville non-profit) and Berto Evans about the Exchange Art Gallery co-sponsoring a local musicians’ showcase. I’ve really been enjoying networking [Delane always said I was good at networking...] and meeting new people. With any luck this will really take off.
Summer so far has been slow in coming, but it’s not disappointed yet!
I am reading Kerouac and find I’m drawn to the romanticism of good friends, adventure, and no responsibility… (His writing flirts dangerously with me…)
yellow dresses and dreams and kerouac and no responsibilty and friend-filled adventures are all good, but i hope that somehow my existence evokes change. perhaps i should ask myself what purpose my experiences are serving…or if they’re self-serving…?
I tell myself that I live for something greater than just the day-to-day. I need to remind myself that life is more than just a yellow dress.
