as always, the sunny weather is inspiring me and making spirits bright. and i’m out of work again (this time by choice), leaving me to happily pinwheel through summer like a gypsy poet. things i have been up to lately:

- cutting up / sewing old shirts and clothes into new, wonderful things. also ravaging the local thrift stores for fascinating tidbits. recent scores: fleetwood mac’s “rumors” on vinyl, a badass camo print vest, and a very helpful book called “party like a rockstar: even when you’re poor as dirt”

- assembling my own darkroom, starting with a bunch of equipment i found at the thrift shop for cheapcheapcheap. i just need to buy some developer and i’ll be all set to make my own prints! how i’ve missed you, chemical fingers and red bulbs

- making yummy chocolate covered strawberries, avocado salads, quesadillas. i’m all about the low-effort, high-reward snacking

- packing; i’m moving half of my stuff to my mum’s new house in nanaimo and half of it to wherever i’ll be living this fall (vancouver most likely)

- driving lessons. GETTIN ER DONE

- reading, mostly about rock stars in the 60’s (keith richard’s autobiography & pamela de barres’ juicy “i’m with the band: tales of a groupie”, which actually intersect at certain places concerning certain people -cough- she slept with mick jagger -cough-). also tried reading “anastasia”, which was recommended to me by a very groovy older couple who used to frequent the video store i worked at, but i had to put it down after a couple of chapters because i actually found it appallingly sexist and narrow-minded. buried within the flowery hippie-dippie language were some rather concrete bottom lines, such as that sex is only to be between a man and woman, and only for the purpose of conceiving a child. and don’t even get me started on how manic pixie dream girl the character of anastasia is.

- watching parks and recreation, my new favourite show (leslie knope reminds me oh so much of my mother, in a hilarious way)

- chillaxin in the sun with me fabulous mates

so that’s my may in a nutshell. looking forward to a june full of more of the same; plus more art, adventure, friends, camping, mind expansion, spliffs, soul music, all-nighters, and who knows, maybe some wonderous, yummy new people in my life (yes please)