Friday night Fiction

I had the day off today. I spent my morning running, in a geriatric yoga class (literally, I was the only one under 60, I felt supple), getting my eyebrows waxed and finishing treatment plans and evaluation studies. I called my mom this afternoon to invite her for lunch, but she was in Florida. I had no idea. I suppose that means I'm an adult, my parents don't tell me when they leave the state for vacation. Life surprises me.
A good friend of my mine came over this afternoon and we went out for sushi and a movie with Jered. We went and saw Prime. It was okay, a little less funny than I had expected, and a lot more dramatic than I had hoped. I was thinking it would be more of a comedy, but it ended up being more of a dramedy. I really don't like Uma Thurman. I don't know why, I can't put my finger on it, but she just leaves me feeling empty, like after I eat a rice cake. Empty, wanting something more, but not quite sure what.
Quite a bit of sex in the movie though, if that's your kind of thing.

I downloaded a smattering of new songs this afternoon. I stumbled upon this band called Kings of Convenience that I am really liking. Got a little Death Cab for Cutie, some German music (2raumwohnung, check them out on iTunes, very cool band), it was a very chill day.

I feel like writing, but I don't know what. I am not in the mood to knit. My mind is all over the place, and I need a different sort of creative outlet. I'm not the journaling/diary type, which is a smidge ironic... Any ideas?

Knitting pictures...tomorrow maybe?

The Itch

I think that school and work and just the hum-drumness of it all has given me an itch. I want to get out of my surroundings and go somewhere new. Learn something new that isn't related to counseling or school or health education or knitting. I just want to experience something novel. I'd love to learn to ski or snowboard. Heck, I'd even like to get out and go pick apples at an orchard. Anything, I need a change of scenery.
The end of the semester is coming and with that comes a pretty extensive amount of work. I need to finish three major projects while continuing to go to class, work, see families...it seems like the list of things to get done never ends. So I've been thinking that maybe this is my way of wanting to escape from it all? Going someplace new just feels like it would be the perfect solution. My brain feels like it is getting screen burn in. I've been doing the same things, have had the same stress, day after day after day. We have a big screen tv at home and the people who gave it to us watched a lot of CNN. We can tell because the CNN logo is permanently burned into the screen. If my life were a tv screen, I'm curious what this burn-in would look like. Maybe a big purple inkblot with zzzz's coming out of it. Hmmm. That was abstract.