Wednesday, January 11, 2012

High Resolution Resolutions

Where did the year go, as they say.

It went to San Francisco and stayed, that's where.

Congratulations to me! I made it back here, found 2-3 years of job security, and found some footing again.

But that's old news. Almost ten months old, in fact. Woo hoo! My name is Justina ("Hi, Justina") and I've been New York-free for ten months.

A few people have been asking what happened to my drawerings. The bigger answer is that I haven't posted any since I've been in San Francisco. But I've been drawing, so never fear.

Maybe fear a little. I've been drawing less consistently. I just haven't quite found the same community of dabbling arteests I had back east.

That is the only thing you'll ever hear me say was better back east.

The smaller answer (to what happened to my drawerings - remember the question?) is that it might be another few weeks or so before I post the backlog. Someone broke into our apartment in December and took my camera and laptop, the two things I used to post drawerings. I have a hard drive backup, but it only captured up to last July. The drawerings I've done since then need to be re-photographed for uploading to this blog.

Now is where you ask why I don't use a scanner.

Lessons learned from being robbed: Back up computer more than every six months. Also don't forget to close the window when you live on the first floor. We're about 10 feet off the ground, but thieving people climb things.

Every year I make very wholesome, very abstract New Years resolutions. Every year they're about the same. Stuff like finding contentment, honoring intuition, and seeking out people who are happy with themselves and share a loving, generous energy with the world around them. Blah blah blah. Seemingly simple, yet elusive.

Except for last year, when one of my resolutions was to blow that shite-hole town and make my way back here.

Hooray! Determination won the day in 2011.

And now, a few drawerings brought to you by last June 14.