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| The Purging has began. I want to keep this account to leave my comments on friends' blogs on Xanga, but since I no longer use this for my own blog entries, I need to delete my blog-ness from this location. So thus, here I am at endless task to delete manually one by one the entries since November 2004, since I"m technologically challenged and have no idea how to restart this thing to zero. Wish me good luck.
Meanwhile, just because I'm slowly disappearing from Xanga does not mean you can't read my mindless ramblings in blog form. You can go to my http://www.dabetswe.com/blog for the regular feedings.
And of course, keep going to http://www.thewrit.org for my regular postings of my writings on there. If you haven't already done so before, get on your feet right now and do it!!
And yes, I said I will write for the Nineteenth Street blog but I've been too busy to do so but I will try my best. Honest. I don't even blog on my own blog that much lately. Work is killing me lately and I've started househunting.
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| Should I? Should I go to NYC again to watch my favorite artist perform at Rockwood Music Hall at East Village on February 2nd at 10pm?? It's in the middle of the week. I'll have to take days off. But yet, I miss watching him again. I have saved up money in my savings account (every 2 weeks, it deducts 25 bucks from my checking to transfer into my savings....so slowly it's been saving to the point where I can buy another air ticket again). I know I'm broke and I need to pay off my credit card debts. But I think I can pay it all off in 5 months time (yes debt free totally!!). You know, I have been doing so consistently, paying off large chunks but it's just this stupid car repair thing increased the debt. Of course, I've other debts to pay too but once this is out of the way, I can take care of the other stuff more easily. Credit cards have such high interests. I hate acquiring needless finance charges.
Yesterday, at work, I printed out this job ad for a therapist at another Asian community mental health agency. It's full time. I thought to myself, maybe I should start applying for a better paid job, look around, just in case I don't get that instructor position. But then, before I left work, I joined my coworkers at the community room, they were singing karaoke with the youth, and there was food. And there was this tug on the corner of my heart. I love these guys here at work. How can I leave them??? One of my coworkers just left for a better job a couple of days ago. How can I do the same thing again to them in a couple of months? I don't know.....
My Big Boss, the Executive Director, was discussing with us, the case managers, about creating (or actually more like bringing back) the arts program into the center. This agency is growing. It has so much potential. And I feel like I can grow with them. And the art program sounds so exciting. And the fact that we are a small grassroot agency means I get a chance to be involved with new programs like that. I've always wanted that part of being in an agency where I get more control over what I contribute and how it impacts directly to the services. I think it's just money and the licensing hours needed are such big issues for me too. But I really like how the management really values a lot the direct services staff's contribution. It's not just talk, like the other agencies I've worked for. All those stupid meetings and nothing comes out. They actually put it into action. Maybe it's easier because we are so small. It's like a family here. I've always thought of it this way. You've got to be here to understand what it's like. (Sigh!) Why can't they have more money?
I don't know about my soapmaking business...who knows what the regulations are about making soap and selling them. But I shall try. And my writing business ain't going far either. Not that I write to get money. Ooooh nooo. In fact, I rather not. My work is priceless because it's from my heart and it's an art ( yea, cheeesy..these days I'm getting real cheesy). Or perhaps, I'm just a true artist. I'm not much of an entreprenuer. My bf is...maybe he can give me some advice. Where is he??? I miss him. Oh well, only a few more days and he'll be back. I think I'll call him tonight...it is New Year's, after all.
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| I took a day off to rest but I had to run errands---my orthodontist appointment early in the morning, trying to get the CD changer fixed into my car again (and that took a whole day--vendors are such bothers) and writing my article. I did finally get started on my article but it's only halfway done. Meanwhile, I'm debating if I should go to a friend's birthday party bar-hopping in the city tonight. I do have a bad neck, although it's improving today.
By the way, I published and released my first ever poetry book (except for the private collections of self-published poetry chapbooks--which I can either sell them for a buck or two at local alternative stores such as tattoo parlors/Record stores/thrift stores etc, or give them away to friends. Those are easy to photocopy, staple and send out. Tell me, friends, if you want one). The book was published through LuLu.com, and online independent bookpublishing service. I love their services but seems like they are little known by the world. In any case, I have to do some marketing on my own and I don't know how. I'm a rather modest person. I think I'm a good poet, but on a professional level, I still feel like such a rookie as a poet. Anyway, the book is called "Affinity of Our Chemistry". It's bascially 2 and a quarter years worth of poetry I wrote about my current boyfriend, and yes, it's dedicated to him. Though he doesn't know it yet. You can check out my storefront at LuLu's. Some of the poems might not seem very romantic or even sound like love poems, but they are all influenced and inspired by my bf and our relationship. I don't think I've ever written this many poems in such a timespan. He does inspire me a lot. Yea, yea...cheeeeesy.
Back to the writing board for me then.
Addendum: By the way, I'm done with my review article. Man, I'm getting better and better at this! Didn't take me that long this time! I started from a blank page this morning and with all the disruptions throughout the day, I still manage to finish it at 8pm tonight. Wow!! Of course, I did a little prep work a few days before but really....I amaze myself. Pain in the neck still there though. Hmm...anyway, back to reading about soap making for me then. It's rather interesting hobby and craft. One day, I'll start on it.
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| Can anyone please tell me the remedy for a stiff neck, PLEASE!! It's killing me! | | |
| I've got stiff neck (must have slept in wrong position) when I got up this morning. Tried to continue clearing out my storage boxes. Amazing how many books I've got!! Anyway, I finally got around to starting on my article but it's taking me a while. I just hope I can pull another miracle and get it done by due date again (which is tomorrow).
Geesh....I'm such a procrastinator but then, my parents were in town, so I guess that was a good reason why I didn't have time. Hmmm I'm so lazy these days.
Ok...back to work for me.
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