well it seems that my blogging has become more like a Fibonacci arch than any sort of timeline….

but hey, I am still alive, still kickin’ it and still taking photos, so I can’t complain otherwise! you can (still) find me at http://www.studiosoleil.com

Has it really been 2 years since I’ve updated??? wow..where does time go?! and boy doesn’t xanga look different!

I guess I’ve been pretty darn busy in the last 2 years…a lot of huge changes.

so let’s see…in a nutshell, I’ve started my life anew.  I got a divorce, I moved back to the USA. I’ve moved houses 3 times since I’ve been here. I got remarried in July, gained 4 lovely step-children (all girls, and 2 of them being twins!!) We have opened a computer repair business and we’ve been doing very well. Made it through our first year of business and that on it’s own is an accomplishment in my books!  Otherwise, Cera is attending an early college program here and should have an associates degree by the time she graduates high school..she is in her second year now and is enjoying it quite a lot. She is considering getting her degree in polymer science, which would be pretty darn good!

sadly, I’ve had very little time to do artwork and such, but being busy isn’t all bad! life is good and I can’t complain…no things aren’t perfect, they never are, but I am here…my family is well and i find comfort and solace in those small moments each day that make me smile. what more can one ask for??? besides perhaps, a vacation!

be well my xanga friends! and if you want to keep in touch, find me on facebook, vcrimson@hotmail.com

Wow! Here it is my 7 year Xangaversary!!!! insane…..it seems only yesterday that the beloved bianca was urging me to join her here in xangaville..and now it’s been 7 years and countless blogs later and i’m still here! this is the only blog i’ve ever managed to maintain on a (very semi) regular basis!! others have come and gone, but xanga is here to last…

©Tracy Adams 2008

gosh..i don’t know where time goes…..was it really march the last time i posted??!!  it only seems that it’s been weeks….i always have the best intentions in blogging, but procrastination obviously gets the best of me…..”yes, i really must update my blog….but i’ll do it after lunch…” lunch becomes tomorrow, tomorrow becomes next week, and then all of a sudden it’s been 5 months!

I wish i had 5 months worth of updates to give you, but mostly i’ve been reading my textbooks and doing coursework….but i guess that in this time i’ve decided to stick with the social sciences as i do quite enjoy them, even if i don’t like writing all the essays…so instead of going into teaching, i’m going to do a psychology degree….and then when i’m finished, I’m going to combine it with my art studies and perhaps do a masters degree in art therapy…long term planning here…..i always seem to be doing long term planning…i wonder if it’s not just another way of procrastinating….and probably when the time gets nearer, i will have new ideas and new goals, and so i will change directions again find some new thing….the funny thing is that when i first started university clear back in 1989, i started out doing a psychology degree….but then i was impatient and didn’t really want to spend 10 more years in school……but how long have i been in higher education now?? off and on for 18 years near enough…had i just stuck with psychology in the first place, i’d be working as one by now…but i suppose i wouldn’t have all my life experiences and i wouldn’t have studied art in the first place, so i’d probably be doing some other branch of psych in the first place..

i haven’t even had time to do artwork lately…..which is ok i suppose, since i’ve not been feeling very artistic…but i suppose that’s probably to do with the fact that i don’t have time…so it’s neither here nor there…but i’m nearly done with this course…2 more months, 2 more essays…and then i’ve got some free time to wind down before i start my next set of courses…

I have, however, bought myself a new 100mm f2.8 macro lens, and i am in love with it!  now i just need a holiday so that i can go out and use it! (i always seem to need a holiday!)
anyways, i’ve opened a flickr account a while back and so if you want to see some of my new photos, you can do so by clicking on the photo below. 

after not having any sun for about 6 months now, it’s nice to finally see some, and 2 days in a row at that….now if only we could get it to coincide with a weekend.
i am in desperate need to go somewhere…anywhere…spring always makes me want to travel…but alas, school and money keep me home…..nevermind…perhaps i can at least take a day trip or two soon! I’ve decided that i can’t let school take up all of my time, so i’m doing my best to do all my reading/writing during the week so that i can least find a little time on the weekend to be creative. 
and here’s a piece that i did this weekend:

omg…i was watching the news last night and saw the most horrendous
footage i have ever seen….the japanese slaughtering over 17,000 taiji
dolphins a year for human and dog consumption…they round up all these
dolphins in huge nets and then pull them out of the water and slit
their throats, or spear them to death……i don’t think i’ve ever seen anything so horrific
in my life…..

what the hell do they need to eat dolphins
for??? and why do they need to use dolphin meat in dog food????
apparantly they do this every year……do a search in google and you
can see all about it….then…after they kill the dolphins, they pump
all that blood back into the sea!
there is a petition that you can sign here
although i don’t think online petitions actually do much good…it’s
still worth signing….and i would send letters of complaint to your
nearest japanese embassy!

here is some more information about the dolphin slaughtering

it’s been a long time since i’ve seen a news clip that actually made me cry. i’m just sickened

i don’t know why i make such a chore of updating my blog. i avoid it like it’s work or something…
but now the holidays are over and i’m back to work, so now is as good a time as any. 
I’ve had so little time for art lately. I’ve had so little time for anything really. time just keeps whizzing past me and i don’t know where it’s gone and my feet can’t seem to reach the brake pedals.
I’m starting back to school this year. I’m going to do a degree at the open university which lets you study mostly from home, which is good because i certainly don’t have time to go to a traditional university.  My goal is to become a teacher over here in england. but first i have to figure out how the hell they teach math over here. it’s certainly not the way that i learned it! i don’t think that teachers really get the freedom that they used to, i think that they pretty much have to teach what they’re told…..which is probably why education isn’t as good as it used to be…i suppose i’ll learn all that eventually, but first i have to get a UK degree, and then i can apply to a teacher training qualification course.
i’m antsy, and i need change…..i hate the fact that it’s going to take so long, i’m not used to thinking in the long term, i’ll always been more of a “live in the here and now” person…but i guess that only works for so long…now i’ve actually got to plan something out and work towards it…i’m sure that i can, it will just be a long slow process.

ah well, there you have it! and update from me
I hope you all have had a brilliant start to the new year and that it just gets better from here on out!