I am going here today! I can't wait! I am feeling very deserving, too. Ahhh.

It is now my turn to experience the pleasures of home.

I just made myself a smoothie, in my $3 garage sale find blender. It is delicious, and it is a wonderful thing to enjoy a smoothie made by me in my very own kitchen.

The white plates I got are a fresh start to my new space.

And, I began my investment in textiles through 2 fun cushions.

(Sources: garage sales, Ikea).

xoxoxox
Avi

So now I'm getting headhunted! All I needed was a job.

First, though, I have to show some major results for our client. That is v impt to me! If you know me, just email me since I have no idea who is reading this anymore. Then we'll talk and I'll tell you all about everything.

Hey world,

So in case you don't know, I got a job in advertising! So far I love it.

Today, I saw some amazing creative print work. I will not bore everyone with the details here but the quality of what our teams produce is really incredible and I feel skilled in evaluating it. I work with great, smart and fun people with interesting personalities and great color sense (outfits!) and in some cases, major shoe/bag fetishes, which may not be the best influence on me...

Highlights of the week included a team lunch (we always eat at Kokkari...mmmmm!!), a rooftop party with a diverse ad/media/recruiting crowd (media people are often quite interesting, outgoing, eccentric people), getting my hands into some real projects, finally speaking with the client directly, and a touching gesture from a colleague. I have an amazing boss. I have rarely seen someone so capable up close. I want to be like her and I have a feeling I will be. I go to 3-6 meetings a day. I work with lots of different people in the agency. I work for a very large agency with extensive resources and developed processes. I am still looking for housing and once that is settled I will have everything I need.

I'm so excited to be a part of Liza and Jesse's wedding next weekend! Here are some words from them to their guests regarding the reception:

"Wear absolutely anything. You can wear a humble cotton diaper like Ghandi or a $20,000 kimono that takes three hours to put on. Uncle John Hall may show up dressed as the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland; you can wear jeans, a tuxedo, jazzy-looking party clothes, whatever you want."

(I'll be wearing my "bridesmaid dress", chosen by me, in orange flowing silk to represent the element of fire.)

I'm excited!!

I am no longer grumbling the name of the woman who totaled my 1990 Accord. Because I now have this. It's smaller than it looks in the pictures, great for parking, somewhat inconspicuous yet upon closer inspection, STYLIN'. And now I am in the shiny black car club.









It even smells good. The thing was garaged its whole life, the paint is in great shape, the car was practically rebuilt this afternoon at the mechanic's and overall I'll have put $3K into it. Just a little more than I received for my salvaged Honda, and it has a renewed engine, rear axle, ball joint, transmission lines in n out, locks all fixed up! It's hot to trot!

You can call me a yuppie, but I argue that no yuppie would drive anything made in 1987 with 235K miles on it.

I got wheels!!!!!!

“At that moment a voice came over me and said, ‘Look up, get up, and don’t ever give up. You tell everyone or anyone that has ever doubted, thought they did not measure up or wanted to quit, you tell them to look up, get up and don’t ever give up.’” -- Michael Irvin

World, I'm doing great. I am shopping for a new used car, I'm interviewing, I'm happy. That is how I am.

So, I'm still reflecting on what it all means, I mean, my car was smashed. Why? I swear to the good lord above (who i don't really think is above) that this is totally insane. My life is insane! It's SO ridiculous! Is this normal? What is normal? There is no normal. Yet life has never ever been so interesting and rich and wonderful, having zero routine, having no rut to get into, having to constantly adapt to changing circumstances. It's wonderful and scary and depressing and exhilerating and I laugh all the time. I am so free, and once I do get that job and land in that cubicle and get some new car payments I will truly miss this time of having, holding onto, nothing.