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Wednesday night Scott and I went to the Mission Inn to see the lights, a yearly tradition. This year was different though, Scott took me on a carriage ride, something we've wanted to do every year, this year he made good on his promise. It was so much fun! After the carriage ride, we walked around downtown, took pictures, and sat in the Taft chair (another yearly tradition.) I also found my subject for the next Anthem art show, keeping in mind the theme: the Human Struggle. (Just kidding!)
Around the Mission Inn there's a lot of creepy elves, and we found one that was holding a baby doll in a plastic zippered bag. It was a little disturbing. Poor baby.
On a lighter note, I visited Scott yesterday after work. I noticed two pretty blue bags from Robbins Brothers next to his dresser. :] I think I proposal could be coming up, who knows...
I got a wonderful phone call today from my new boss at David's Bridal! She offered me a position as the lead non-bridal consultant. This is AWESOME! I start on Monday. I'm so excited!
Today I had to go get tires for my car. I felt very adult. Every time one of our cars needs a new tire, I'm the one that has to go to Goodyear and take car of it, even though once I get there I have to call my dad and double check what he wants done. He always gets mad at me when I'm at Goodyear and call him to ask what to do with the car. So for once, I made the decision on my own. Instead of just fixing/changing the two tires, I got new ones for all four. Of course, I'm feeling great because I made the decision and bartered my way into a lower price per tire ($130 vs. $95), so I go to Starbucks for a delicious passion tea lemonade while I waited for my car. I return and the service rep. comes out to tell me that my car also needs rear shocks and brakes. I know how to change brakes, so with Scott's or my dad's help, that could easily be done, but I know nothing about shocks. I don't even know what they do. For all I know, they could be useless like your appendix. So I call my dad and ask, but not without telling him that I put 4 new tires on. He got mad, but oh well, it was my choice, and I was paying for half of it, even though my parents were going to pay for it. Dad said to go ahead and the the shocks and brakes, but not without sounding angry. When it was all done, my total services came out much higher than we originally intended on paying, but it was okay because my car really needed it, especially with our little road trip coming up this weekend.
School's almost over, I just have my art history final tomorrow, and a math final Wednesday. This semester's been pretty easy and really fun! I feel like I'm really going somewhere, really making progress toward a goal. It'll be nice to have a little break from school while I go through training at my new job too. Plus in between finals and new job training I'm going to Las Vegas with my parents and Scott to celebrate my parents' wedding anniversary. We're all going to see the Cirque Du Soleil show, "Love", and I can hardly wait! Scott and I are also going to the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum at the Venetian and the Bellagio Fine Arts Gallery which is running an Ansel Adams exhibition. What better way to humble yourself after participating in an art show than to go see a master's works?
I have a friend named Gabe, who I think is a very insightful man and a great thinker of sorts. He posted a blog recently and I loved what he had to say and just wanted to "spread the love," I suppose. I'll just cut and paste my favorite parts.
"When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed." Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.
"I'd like to add that V's statement not only applies to writers and men, but to all artists from both genders. If you have that itch to make something out of the thin air that is in your head, you are responsible for acting on scratching that itch. If you don't act on a creative impulse you are not only dishonoring yourself, but all the beauty that has been sculpted, painted, and written around you which you see on a daily basis.
Go make something!"
It's so true, I just have one but to add. I really do feel that if you don't act on your creative impulses, you're insulting the beauty of the world that inspires you, and also insult the Lord from which your creativity stems. I don't know where it says it, but I'm sure somewhere God tells us to use our talents or we should have them taken away. I'm so disgusted when I see super talented people squander that talent. I'm nowhere near what I'd consider "super talented," but I don't want to ever become one of those people.
So once again...go make something!
I had an interview at David's Bridal today. I had to interview with two managers, both of which really liked me, so it went really well. Let's hope I get a phone call within the next few days saying I got the job.
Wednesday night Scott and I went to the Mission Inn to see the lights, a yearly tradition. This year was different though, Scott took me on a carriage ride, something we've wanted to do every year, this year he made good on his promise. It was so much fun! After the carriage ride, we walked around downtown, took pictures, and sat in the Taft chair (another yearly tradition.) I also found my subject for the next Anthem art show, keeping in mind the theme: the Human Struggle. (Just kidding!) 
