Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
blah
this is a sad and confusing time within my family. not my immediate family, thank goodness.. but it is sad to think there's a giant rift going on in your family and you are helpless to change things.
in other news, my mom is going on a cruise at the end of aug. with some of her girlfriends. i'm going to use that time to re-train my dad so that he's more appreciative of my mom. haha.
so much to do before i move to dallas (for the summer). and a little hesitant..since the person i'm staying with is one of the parties involved in this tiff (luckily, not with me hopefully). still planning on moving to austin in january/feb. i am starting to worry i won't have a job in sept. because the budget is tight and we just added a new band member. if not, how will i be able to ask for a raise or save up for a place? i'm really trying hard to move towards financial independence and that's kinda impossible without a job. people say it'll be easier once i move to austin to find jobs but how would i move to austin without money to pay rent? i wouldn't be able to do that on my own. i've been out of school for almost a month and both my parents have asked about grad school..ahh. all these uncertainties are leading to even more uncertainties and i can't plan anything when i don't know anything..
i would have had a ton of jobs to pick from if i had moved to boston or nyc..but i took a chance for austin and the people that i worked with for the past two years, hoping that all my work would have turned into something but it has backfired so far.
ulcer.
in other news, my mom is going on a cruise at the end of aug. with some of her girlfriends. i'm going to use that time to re-train my dad so that he's more appreciative of my mom. haha.
so much to do before i move to dallas (for the summer). and a little hesitant..since the person i'm staying with is one of the parties involved in this tiff (luckily, not with me hopefully). still planning on moving to austin in january/feb. i am starting to worry i won't have a job in sept. because the budget is tight and we just added a new band member. if not, how will i be able to ask for a raise or save up for a place? i'm really trying hard to move towards financial independence and that's kinda impossible without a job. people say it'll be easier once i move to austin to find jobs but how would i move to austin without money to pay rent? i wouldn't be able to do that on my own. i've been out of school for almost a month and both my parents have asked about grad school..ahh. all these uncertainties are leading to even more uncertainties and i can't plan anything when i don't know anything..
i would have had a ton of jobs to pick from if i had moved to boston or nyc..but i took a chance for austin and the people that i worked with for the past two years, hoping that all my work would have turned into something but it has backfired so far.
ulcer.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
summer reading list
chronicles of narnia (books 1-7!!) (just finished 1 today)
gonna try to get my hands on the rest of the vonnegut collection..there's about 4 i haven't read yet
Danny, the Champion of the World- Roald Dahl
umm there's more but that's all i checked out at the library so far..I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy (author of No Country for Old Men)..I definitely need to see the movie when it comes out this fall..I bought the book two years ago for tour and NEVER read it..didn't have time apparently and when I started it, it took me 2 days to finish..it took me one to finish 'The Magician's Nephew' from the Chronicles of Narnia. I used to be such as avid reader..I'd go through 3 books a week or it would take like 2-4 weeks if it was a classic like Dostoevsky. I've read soo many classics. I read them all before I got to 8th grade, scary enough and if there were some things I didn't understand I'd read analysis online..you know..cheat..except I wasn't cheating since i wasn't for a class. I went to Barnes & Noble and they have a classics section and I couldn't pick any out because I read all of them, there are a few I'd love to re-read since I've graduated college now and would probably understand it better, but more in the mood to read Chronicles of Narnia haha. I haven't read allll the classics in the world, duh. There are some that I started but never finished like Siddartha, mainly because it bored me to sleep but I bet if I reread it now, it would mean so much more..
the end of my rant..I'll update my book list, promise.
gonna try to get my hands on the rest of the vonnegut collection..there's about 4 i haven't read yet
Danny, the Champion of the World- Roald Dahl
umm there's more but that's all i checked out at the library so far..I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy (author of No Country for Old Men)..I definitely need to see the movie when it comes out this fall..I bought the book two years ago for tour and NEVER read it..didn't have time apparently and when I started it, it took me 2 days to finish..it took me one to finish 'The Magician's Nephew' from the Chronicles of Narnia. I used to be such as avid reader..I'd go through 3 books a week or it would take like 2-4 weeks if it was a classic like Dostoevsky. I've read soo many classics. I read them all before I got to 8th grade, scary enough and if there were some things I didn't understand I'd read analysis online..you know..cheat..except I wasn't cheating since i wasn't for a class. I went to Barnes & Noble and they have a classics section and I couldn't pick any out because I read all of them, there are a few I'd love to re-read since I've graduated college now and would probably understand it better, but more in the mood to read Chronicles of Narnia haha. I haven't read allll the classics in the world, duh. There are some that I started but never finished like Siddartha, mainly because it bored me to sleep but I bet if I reread it now, it would mean so much more..
the end of my rant..I'll update my book list, promise.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
4 year plans change
i don't have new years resolutions..i have 4 years plans. it started when i traveled to the UK by myself when i turned 18..and since then i've kept up a running list of things i want to have accomplished every 4 years.. being a bum has made me think about what i really want to accomplish in the next four to five years. and it came to me..
my family has all owned businesses. my aunts and uncles and mom have all owned restaurants in the past and one of my aunts still does in Belgium. my other aunt randomly decided to open a chocolate store in Vietnam, which has proven to be a really successful venture.
nobody really understood why i wanted to do this music, vagabond kind of thing but when i told them i wanted to open up a coffee shop it all made sense haha. i'm really considering this!! i've thought about it on and off since i was 12 and even have a notebook of it..it started out as a non-profit skate park/rec center for underprivileged kids and now, realistically i want to have a really amazing coffee shop because i love going to really amazing coffee shops.
i want it to have great food and vegan and veggie treats as well as some homemade gelato, ohh and amazing coffee and italian cream soda. i want to sell homemade crafts and foods from local vendors and make it a place where everyone wants to be. my brother's a chef! i'm going to brainstorm a menu with him and my aunts. my cousin is opening up a coffee shop in vietnam so after this last leg of tour, if i can't jump on any other tours i'm going to vietnam to study the trade. haha
don't worry! this isn't something out of the blue and i'm not jumping on this thing tomorrow! i'm giving myself five or six years to save up and then my parents are going to help me take out a loan..i'm going to try to prepare myself and slowly inch towards that goal and planning things out... gotta put my business minor to use!! but, i thought anyone reading this would be interested in knowing, firsthand!
i plan on exploring a LOT of coffee shops on this next tour..if you have any you want to recommend me let me knoow
it is pretty amazing to have a 'plan' after all this. i don't expect to be merching for the rest of my life and i never wanted to work for a label and i felt lost. there are so many wants in my life, i want to accomplish them all before i work another 70hrs a week. i want to do a little bit of everything but i've always wanted this and i'd be really happy to put blood, sweat, and tears into something to call my own. it is a relief to know that i have something to work towards :)
-mai
my family has all owned businesses. my aunts and uncles and mom have all owned restaurants in the past and one of my aunts still does in Belgium. my other aunt randomly decided to open a chocolate store in Vietnam, which has proven to be a really successful venture.
nobody really understood why i wanted to do this music, vagabond kind of thing but when i told them i wanted to open up a coffee shop it all made sense haha. i'm really considering this!! i've thought about it on and off since i was 12 and even have a notebook of it..it started out as a non-profit skate park/rec center for underprivileged kids and now, realistically i want to have a really amazing coffee shop because i love going to really amazing coffee shops.
i want it to have great food and vegan and veggie treats as well as some homemade gelato, ohh and amazing coffee and italian cream soda. i want to sell homemade crafts and foods from local vendors and make it a place where everyone wants to be. my brother's a chef! i'm going to brainstorm a menu with him and my aunts. my cousin is opening up a coffee shop in vietnam so after this last leg of tour, if i can't jump on any other tours i'm going to vietnam to study the trade. haha
don't worry! this isn't something out of the blue and i'm not jumping on this thing tomorrow! i'm giving myself five or six years to save up and then my parents are going to help me take out a loan..i'm going to try to prepare myself and slowly inch towards that goal and planning things out... gotta put my business minor to use!! but, i thought anyone reading this would be interested in knowing, firsthand!
i plan on exploring a LOT of coffee shops on this next tour..if you have any you want to recommend me let me knoow
it is pretty amazing to have a 'plan' after all this. i don't expect to be merching for the rest of my life and i never wanted to work for a label and i felt lost. there are so many wants in my life, i want to accomplish them all before i work another 70hrs a week. i want to do a little bit of everything but i've always wanted this and i'd be really happy to put blood, sweat, and tears into something to call my own. it is a relief to know that i have something to work towards :)
-mai
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