The touch...the feel...of Espresso.

I am offically working at this awesome coffee shop. I am totally in love witht this place. Right now I am in love with being on the internet at work and it only being my second day. Woot! (that's for Becki)
A ton of things have been hapening lately, way too much to mention, all I can say for know is that I made a new/old best friend, worked out a ton of crap with said friend, and finally got to sleep after what was the busiest weekend since moving to Milwaukee.
I am feeling really good about a lot of things right now and that is a first for me at this point in my life. I am longer worried about finding a job, getting money, securing connections, meeting new people, volunteering, exploring, or being who I am.

Well, it's emo time.

It has been a long time. I cannot believe that I let this blog slip away so quickly. Wow. I suck a hard one.
So, recently I was on the search for a job. I traveled deep into the heart of Milwaukee and I applied at nearly fifteen places. Resumes and application and smiles; that is what get Nell a job. The last place that I went to was a coffee shop (shoppe). Their name is Espresso Christoph. It is a really great place and even greater since they gave me a job! Yes, I am now offically working as a barista.
On one hand I am super excited about having a job and working at such a nice place, but my other hand wants more money and more work. This being said, I also have made it into the second round of interviewing with a credit union. I would be working as a teller; that is if I get the job. I would, however have to go to Racine for two weeks of training.
The decision is a big one: more hours, more pay or coffee, and a job that I am familiar with. It is not that I do not want to work as a barista, but it is less pay and less hours. This is very difficult. but I did set out to get a job, I just forgot that I would have to mess around with this crap. I do not want to be dishonest or disrespectful and I want to do what is best, but right now I do not know what right is or what right will be years from now.
...and I received notice today from a friend of mine that her boss knows a guy that is leaving the John Micheal Kohler Center of the Arts (where I really want to work!!!) and I am qualified for the position! Super awesome, but it only makes this crazy job crappy crap shoot worse, more frustrating, and more depressing.

Owl

To make up for my lack of attention to this blog. Here is an Owl I made from paper. I made it as a birthday card for my roommate. I had so much fun, I think I am going to try to make as many paper things as I can.

Art thought...

There is a new thought that I have just had the time to explore, or rather synthesize. I think that in Art we, the artists and viewers, are moving into a new season in which we embrace memory and connections. This is something that I have been trying to talk about, but I have been at a lack of words until now, I think. Anther thought, not wholly separate from this is that idea that art is a communicative tool. Although this is not a new thought I think that we are moving into a state where this will be embraced. I think that this needs to be embraced because there is a recent return to explanation. The artist explaining what is in their 'real' minds and not in what they speak. Even better now is that the Art World, as a necessary phenomena, is excepting these ideas and supporting them. We are in a paradigm shift now where the artist will begin to talk to the viewer, the art will become more ecesable, and the artists will not simply create, but 'speak' to the viewer directly. This stems from a renewed sense of identity, which I think has always been there, but has been ignored. This is a slow shift, but a shift none the less. I do not think that it will be long before others notice, if they have not already, and someone will write more conclusively on this topic. (If anyone does wirte on this I want to be the first to name it: Memorium.)

The First of many.

You may have thought, as I have been thinking for the last two days, why did I miss writing my blog. Well, I got no good reason. I simply forgot. This is first and probably not the last time I will forget to post something. I have been doing a lot of work and I will be posting new pictures of my new paper pieces and food I've been making. I hope that will make up for these few day lost.