started the new job today & went great! if youre wondering why i have a random picture of a man in spandex, well, im here to tell this ex-american gladiator started orientation with me today. yep, im working side by side with the 1982-1991 american gladiator "Blade." After following his dreams to american gladiator, a canceled spike tv wrestling show, and then to puerto rico professional wrestling, he decided to get his masters degree and move close to his daughter in phoenix.

well. actually, i have no idea/remembrance of this man whatsoever, but maybe you do. i hope you do, because i am willing to sell you an autographed picture of him.

and speaking of shoutouts, i totally dont know why i didnt post the link to the artists at first fridays, thank you monica for reminding me!

www.flickr.com/howyousay

I went into a pretty popular vintage/thrift/exchange clothing store and they had some pretty expensive art hanging up and this guys as well, so who knows he's doing great so far!

the first friday of every month phoenix gathers any and every crazy art person down town.

maybe im a weirdo, creepster, crazy, dull, but 2 1/2 hours of watching paint dry was more entertaining than anything i can think of.

so last month when i was here, this guy saw me take a picture, ran up to me, and gave me a drawing of this little guy. I posted the little guy as my facebook profile pic & its also now the picture on my debit card, which i love. so i came back to see him.

i had the perfect bad timing when i saw him again this time.

After asking how much he was selling this piece he said $10, i said ok, do you have change for a 20? -no. I went to search for anyone that could break a twenty which is not as easy as it seems. i finally got it, came back and bought it from him. When I got back though, he said he had to turn down 4 different people while he was writing his contact info on the back of it. He said, "I knew you gotta have this painting so i turned them down yo." so I was totally grateful to him & told him I really appreciated it. He told me sure, and to check out his website & then the weirdest thing, he held out his fist, to which i stood and stared at. yep. just long enough to become awkward before i really realized, "yep, he really wants me to bump his fist"

i love you elliott smith

first song i ever heard of his in 2003 when he died.


worth watching even if just for the last shot.
the best.




toilet seat recordings. doesnt get any better.

Today marks the 1 month mark since I've been here in Phoenix. 4 long weeks full of the above... Turns out the job I originally thought would be available was given to the boss' wife, which turned out to be fantastic.

it just took a lot of patience and rejection before realizing that it was, truly, fantastic. There was also alot of Phoenix discovering in between that time.

i hate birds. so much.

Last week I came in contact with a great company, talked with them, called them the next day which set up a series of THREE different interviews, waited through the weekend and then today, got the great phone call offering me a position. .. !!!! ... !

I'm really, really excited. Im going to be an "Assistant Director of Admissions" for the Art Institute and two other colleges; helping students register and helping prospective students, which in turn will let me receive tuition 100% free. needless to say, i am very happy with the decision to move. and I am very happy my brother has been patient with me and my desires to watch/record what not to wear, tabathas salon takeover, keeping up with the kardashians, etc. etc. But I will say that in the first 2 weeks here, I watched more football in that time than i ever have in my LIFE.

"Oh, get a job? Just get a job? Why don't I strap on my job helmet, and squeeze down into a job cannon and fire off into job land, where jobs grow on jobbies!"

-Charlie Kelly

I always imagine myself writing these really elequent, beautiful, meaningful blog posts. i really havent gotten to that place yet. some day. So big news.. im movin myself to the sunny great state of phoenix arizona, where i actually hear that it really is always sunny in phoenix. i cant wait to get out of the bitter, freezing, cold, down to the marrow in your bones idaho chill. im staying on my brothers couch for a little while until i can find a place. Technically he doesnt have a couch as of the moment in his new house, so hopefully we can scrounge one up, preferably non-scroungy.