Desk inspiration
Life is changing. I haven't updated y'all in a minute and I'm sorry for that, but along with change comes less time (sometimes). Rather than write a lengthy post to get you all back on track, I decided to share some photos (sorry about the shitty quality. If you'd like to see nicer photos featured on this site, please buy me a camera).
I spend many, many hours sitting at my desk in front of my laptop working. Here are the parts of my surroundings that keep me from going downstairs and watching reruns of Iron Chef:
Yes that's me. I was about 3 and my brother was obviously still in that weird looking larva stage. The sticky on my passport says "do it for Tom" because when I'm dead tired and the last thing I want to do is write another article I'm reminded that my friend Tomoyo bought me a ticket to Japan. Date of departure is July 1 of this year, date of return hasn't been decided. All I know is I'm going to need an assload of money, and in order to get that I need to keep writing. No matter what.
This is a book my friend Mai gave me after I decided that I was going to run away to Paris this summer (after my stint in Japan). I haven't read it yet, but it makes a great mousepad. Again, every time I feel like giving in to my bed I just look at the mouse pad and think, what's better: Sleep in California or anything in Paris? Paris usually wins.
A note my ex housemate wrote me after my then kinda sorta boyfriend decided to tell me he'd stuck his dick in a bunch of other girls. She slipped the note under my door while I was in my room hiding from the world, and though I remember not wanting anything to do with life, I also remember this little stick figure drawing of me (with a crown and royal baton, of course) saying" Fuck mean boys!" made me feel ridiculously better. I'm staying with her during my trip to Paris and I can't wait for a rekindling of the dynamic she adds to my life.
When the aforementioned isn't enough to get me back to working, this little note does the trick. Notice how they're all checked off already.