Elation!

I just found out that two of my photographs have been shortlisted to appear in a publication (possibly online only) of a travel guide - schmap.com! (They do over 200 cities worldwide – maps, descriptions, pics, etc.) I just happened to check this yahoo account that I opened to do this 23 Things project through work, and saw the emails. There is no money, but it’s nice to have the recognition of “Hey, you don’t totally suck”. The best part is I didn’t really have to do anything. I just put the pics up on Flickr, and they found me. So I checked my Flickr account and there was another message from someone wanting to add another one of my pics to a group of Art Nouveau works. Sweet! I am in a very good mood now.

Other happenings in my life right now:

The Importance of Being Earnest
This is pretty much taking up my life right now, as most plays usually do. I am playing Lady Bracknell, but because I am splitting the part, the number of performances I’m doing is right now unknown. At the very least I’ll be in 6 runs of the show. I LOVE this show. Oscar Wilde, you are one witty dead man. If you haven’t ever seen the play before, come see this one – or rent the movie (Rupert Everett is fabulous in it!) – but preferably come see me. The cost is $11 and opening weekend is Apr 24th, 8pm Fri and Sat, 2pm Sun.

My new(ish) job
I love my job now. I mean, I liked working at the library, but it was wearing thin on my nerves, and I counted down the minutes before I could leave. Now, I could stay forever – though I sometimes run out of things to do – then I’m ready to go. By the way – my new job is Children’s Program Specialist. I’m starting a teen program after school, and I’ll be doing a lot of the programs I did last summer, like the “Budding Artists” program that was basically and hour-long craft time. I get to be CREATIVE! It’s such a bizarre thing; I almost don’t know what to do with myself.

Personal Life
My personal life is still flat-lining, but that’s ok. I am way too independent and busy (and picky, snobby, demanding, etc.) Every once in awhile a little voice creeps up and says “Yeah, but wouldn’t it be fun to date someone?”, but it hasn’t bothered me too much yet.

Travel
My sister and I have been lamenting about how much we want to go to London. My heart breaks at the thought of it. We’ve been toying with the idea again of trading one of my grandma’s timeshares for a week there, but I don’t know how Kellie would save up the money for food or shopping, much less a plane ticket, so the likelihood of this trip taking place may still be just a dream.