Anxiety

Casteller from Mike Randolph on Vimeo.

A few nights ago I had an anxiety dream. I won't call it a nightmare because it wasn't that scary. Honestly, it wasn't scary at all, it just made me feel nervous and inadequate. I had to find a new job and I was taking a test (aka face-off) to become a hairdresser. Part of the test was for three of us to wash and cut a client's hair in the shortest time. Well, in an hour and a half I had not quite managed to wash my friend Sara's hair while she laid on a couch. Do you know how hard it is to wash someone else's hair while they are laying on a couch?! A couch that you can't get wet. Using a garden hose. A hose that you have to turn on by crawling all the way under the couch. Well, in my dream is was way hard. Obviously it's a good thing we never made it to the hair-cutting part since I think the introduction of scissors might have been a total disater.

What does the human castle video have to do with my dream? Not really anything. But the anxiety I felt watching this reminded me of my dream and I thought it was only fitting that I share both with you.

For your Friday

I could have posted more. I probably will at some point.

Monday pick-me-up

Hello Monday

Sometimes Monday feels much later in the week.  I've been crossing things off my to do list the entire weekend, but somehting always gets added. Luckily we took some much needed time this weekend to visit our wonderful friends and their adorable kids and then stopped by the hospital to visit Jake's grandma (who has a spinal compression fracture from osteoporosis but is in good spirits).

Sometime along the way I found this hilariously over-the-top commercial.  Every time I feel overwhelmed I watch it and laugh and then get back to work.  I think I've watched it 50 times in the last few days!

Extreme Sheep Herding?

I have nothing to say but AWESOME!

Found via Swayspace

Sexy People

Today has been a good day. I'm finally able to get out of bed and most of the shaky achy body feeling has left.  I wasn't expecting this cold to knock me down so completely.  The invitations that I had reprinted actually made it into the hands of the couple who ordered them.  I can't tell you what a relief that is!

One thing that has gotten me through the past few days was stumbling onto the Sexy People blog.  There are some pretty awesome glamour shots on it and some of them are surprisingly recent.

Unhappy Hipsters

 

Unhappy Hipsters: It's lonely in the modern world

I have a mix of vintage and new furniture, of mid-century modern and grad-school-chic.  And while I love the look of rooms with minimal furniture and great design, they tend to not be me.  I just can't see myself living in a space where everything is perfect and there are no piles.  Where are the books, car keys, shoes? So glad someone else has similar feelings. This is not to say that I wouldn't take any one of the houses listed in Unhappy Hipsters, but mine would have some dog-hair tumbleweed and a basket or two of junk mail.

Now that I have a good wireless connection at home I can work in front of the tv, which isn't necessarily a good thing. I get sucked into watching pointless shows like Deal or No Deal and I feel like I'm going to puke the whole time! I always hope that the player "wins" and the suspense kills me. Good thing I usually only see the last 10 minutes. Ok...back to grading!