Tuesday, November 18
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Getting reasonable sleep.
Not having a ton on my plate today, other than the usual "wash this, put away that, feed those".
I spoke with friend D, who was a bit under the weather when we saw her on Sunday, but today she sounded AWFUL. Poor thing.
We chatted for a while, I was mostly concerned that I forgot to bring an item to donate to the craft center sale this weekend, but she said not to sweat it.
I don't feel like making another special trip into town to donate a piece of pottery, when I also know our craft center isn't short of money these days thanks to the huge number of new potters, so I'm going to just bow out this year. I've donated every other year.
I also have only finished three things so far this year, because of how restricted my studio time is at the moment. I can't get anything DONE in two or three hours.
I did manage to give everyone some time in their larger pastures before I went to see River, and to take a big sled of pony poop over to the compost pile.
River was good enough when we began, but there was someone in the distance firing off what sounded like fireworks, or shooting. River gets VERY WORRIED when he hears either one of those things, even if it's far enough away that it just sounds like a few "pops".
So most of my session with him was about reassurance and getting his attention, so that felt a bit like a wasted session.
I did speak with R about the person we met via the soap shop in Edmonton, and the possibility that he might be contacting her about taking lessons....I was fairly honest with her about my take on him being kind of....out there? and left it there. I'm fairly sure she's too busy to take anyone on, and in my personal feeling, this person had way to many issues and a penchant for "shock value" to be a good fit, but who knows.
I know that people who like to cover themselves in tattoos, wear big ear plugs, and say shocking things even in the spirit of jest might not be bad people, but they really are projecting an energy that doesn't fit into the mainstream world. I understand that it comes from a need to push most people away from them, to weed out anyone who can't see past it, but the reality is that most people can't accept that aesthetic.
I wonder if he can control what he says, and how he might be around the pretty sheltered and gentle folk at the barn.
It's one thing to have a personality of your own, but I wonder about people who are sort of preemptively removing themselves from a lot of opportunities.
Yes, he's going to very much belong to a certain scene, but not much else.
My Sweetie joined me at the barn too, which is nice.
We went home, I decided to put a blanket on Wonder because the snow was melting on her back, and we went inside.
We ate, and watched the last two episodes of "Good Omens". The whole second series, though visually wonderful, and sort of charming enough, lacked the bite and zest of the first series.
Getting reasonable sleep.
Not having a ton on my plate today, other than the usual "wash this, put away that, feed those".
I spoke with friend D, who was a bit under the weather when we saw her on Sunday, but today she sounded AWFUL. Poor thing.
We chatted for a while, I was mostly concerned that I forgot to bring an item to donate to the craft center sale this weekend, but she said not to sweat it.
I don't feel like making another special trip into town to donate a piece of pottery, when I also know our craft center isn't short of money these days thanks to the huge number of new potters, so I'm going to just bow out this year. I've donated every other year.
I also have only finished three things so far this year, because of how restricted my studio time is at the moment. I can't get anything DONE in two or three hours.
I did manage to give everyone some time in their larger pastures before I went to see River, and to take a big sled of pony poop over to the compost pile.
River was good enough when we began, but there was someone in the distance firing off what sounded like fireworks, or shooting. River gets VERY WORRIED when he hears either one of those things, even if it's far enough away that it just sounds like a few "pops".
So most of my session with him was about reassurance and getting his attention, so that felt a bit like a wasted session.
I did speak with R about the person we met via the soap shop in Edmonton, and the possibility that he might be contacting her about taking lessons....I was fairly honest with her about my take on him being kind of....out there? and left it there. I'm fairly sure she's too busy to take anyone on, and in my personal feeling, this person had way to many issues and a penchant for "shock value" to be a good fit, but who knows.
I know that people who like to cover themselves in tattoos, wear big ear plugs, and say shocking things even in the spirit of jest might not be bad people, but they really are projecting an energy that doesn't fit into the mainstream world. I understand that it comes from a need to push most people away from them, to weed out anyone who can't see past it, but the reality is that most people can't accept that aesthetic.
I wonder if he can control what he says, and how he might be around the pretty sheltered and gentle folk at the barn.
It's one thing to have a personality of your own, but I wonder about people who are sort of preemptively removing themselves from a lot of opportunities.
Yes, he's going to very much belong to a certain scene, but not much else.
My Sweetie joined me at the barn too, which is nice.
We went home, I decided to put a blanket on Wonder because the snow was melting on her back, and we went inside.
We ate, and watched the last two episodes of "Good Omens". The whole second series, though visually wonderful, and sort of charming enough, lacked the bite and zest of the first series.
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