My sleep health: 30% 🆖(apparently this symbol actually stands for “no good”) // Nightmare: One of the worst yet, and they’ve been consistently heavy hitting. Need to narrow down what’s causing them.
I essentially spent the night in the throes of several half-asleep hallucinations. Then I got a call that one of the U-boxes was arriving today at 6:30 AM. It’s 10 AM as of me writing this and I’m exhausted and hoping to fall asleep.
Editor’s note: She fell asleep. Until 3 PM! It was also no good.
The U-box full of all my giant canvases and the tool cart arrived today. The paper I had rolled up was damaged and punctured, sadly, but I packed that box haphazardly and was primarily concerned about the paintings. Everything else was fine!
I made this a whole piece. That receipt is the record of my purchase of the canvases I bought for my original thesis. Below that was the date for my week in the Bolsky. Below that is a pastel painting that seemed to pair nicely with the whole idea. “Bright Ideas”
Entering their building with a purse full of the most cash I’ve ever carried made me feel like a “real” artist. Or perhaps more like a real adult. There was a significant discount for bringing in cash since there wouldn’t be tax so I took the chance. I had never made a purchase like that and I was so excited. They even expedited the order for me despite having a ton of other artists ordering canvases at the same time due to art fairs happening all over. Then the pandemic happened. I was in the studio every night and then everything got cancelled. I had to leave them behind and move everything into my apartment. Now that I have all of those artworks back here in New Jersey I can continue, but this is where it started and despite how heartbroken I felt at the time it’s intriguing to look back upon. It was ambitious to try and complete all of these works within a little over a month but now I have all the time in the world.
And hey, in other news, PS5 reveal and PC Gaming Show! Excited for a lot of stuff in each but a huge surprise was finding out that Persona 4: Golden is on Steam with HD Graphics! About 3 or 4 years ago I started playing P4 during the summer and I thought it was great. I was following a guide at the time but deviated a bit to make the playthrough more akin to my sensibilities. But, it’s been about 3 or 4 years since I booted it up and I can’t remember everything I was juggling. You have to keep track of several threads in the game if you want to complete/fully unlock certain things. I hesitate now but I’ll probably start over. It’s a wonderful game so it’ll be a joy, I’ll probably cry harder now at certain points because life has been harder in some ways. Regardless, it feels like a summery game and it’s one I want to finish.
Stoked for hot dogs and hamburgers today. I asked my dad last night if we could have some soon and he said sure, tomorrow! Ooo! Now it’s really summer. I got my cute little dress and my sandals and man do I wish I could sit outside and eat dinner and sip on a beer. Perhaps I’ll put in a request for some repellant candles (though they don’t seem to work all that well in my experience). Inside is fine too.