Hello friends,
Today I realized that I start off all of my blog post with the word SO. If you look at a lot of my posts you will realize that too. I am not sure how I feel about this word "so" anymore. I can just not use that word and begin writing what I want to write about. Or I can use other words in its place like Well, therefore, however.
Sew lately I have started to sew lots of things out of t-shirts. I made a hat, a letter J shaped pillow, a skirt and I am going to start working on something to make for my mom. I have also been developing ideas for multiple zines. I am going to make a personal zine with all of my previous blog post's from my travels through Mexico and Guatemala. If you don't know what a zine is I will inform you.
A zine is a self published and distributed magazine that are usually informative, filled with artwork, and pretty crafty. There are all genres of zines that talk about personal issues, personal stories, travel, sexuality, political issues, arts and media, music and bands, and so on. They are a great way to get what you want to say out on some paper and distribute them to your friends and other folks.
I am trying to mentally prepare myself for the move to providence and hope I don't get depressed not being in Boston anymore. I really need this change in my life and I am hoping to build some emotional and personal bridges from boston to providence and start connecting with folks all over the world.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
New turns around this winding road.
Hello all.
So in the summer I was working with the Boston Cyclist Union as a mechanic at various farmers markets. Every Thursday I would go to farmers markets spread out through out Boston and give free bike tuneups. I was also working with Boston Bikes and teaching youth cycling classes to different schools and youth programs. The BCU mechanic job ended in September since the farmers markets ended. I recently just finished my last class with Boston Bikes as a youth cycling instructor since it is too cold to ride bikes outside.
In between all of this, I picked up the accordion and learned how to play it. I have been playing about everyday so far. I have started to transpose all of my songs I have written on guitar onto the accordion. I am getting used to it and enjoy the sounds I can produce out of it. I have also been playing with a band when I first started playing accordion. The band is called Foxglove Forager. You can listen to the music at
http://www.myspace.com/foxgloveforager
In the last week of October I drove down to Atlanta, GA. I helped my former housemate Malika move there. I helped pack up all of her stuff in a rental truck and we drove down together. After I got to ATL, I took a bus to Troy, Alabama where I met my Father for the first time ever. It was an exciting time and I got to explore the south. I only stayed with him for a day and a half and then went back to Atlanta for a couple of days and stayed with my old friend Mel.
I have decided to move out of Boston and move to Providence, Rhode Island. I will be moving out of the fantastic cooperative house I have been living in the past year and 4 months. I will be working with a bike collective called Recycle a Bike. I will help coordinate and teach youth programs as well as bicycle education to adults. I am pretty excited about it.
I have also started to form an idea to make a self published zine called Bike Love: Stories behind the saddle. It will be a compilation of passionate bicycle stories as well as comics and other art. If anyone has any ideas for stories they would like to submit then they can contact me.
Well I am off to play more accordion, Be safe everyone!
So in the summer I was working with the Boston Cyclist Union as a mechanic at various farmers markets. Every Thursday I would go to farmers markets spread out through out Boston and give free bike tuneups. I was also working with Boston Bikes and teaching youth cycling classes to different schools and youth programs. The BCU mechanic job ended in September since the farmers markets ended. I recently just finished my last class with Boston Bikes as a youth cycling instructor since it is too cold to ride bikes outside.
In between all of this, I picked up the accordion and learned how to play it. I have been playing about everyday so far. I have started to transpose all of my songs I have written on guitar onto the accordion. I am getting used to it and enjoy the sounds I can produce out of it. I have also been playing with a band when I first started playing accordion. The band is called Foxglove Forager. You can listen to the music at
http://www.myspace.com/foxgloveforager
In the last week of October I drove down to Atlanta, GA. I helped my former housemate Malika move there. I helped pack up all of her stuff in a rental truck and we drove down together. After I got to ATL, I took a bus to Troy, Alabama where I met my Father for the first time ever. It was an exciting time and I got to explore the south. I only stayed with him for a day and a half and then went back to Atlanta for a couple of days and stayed with my old friend Mel.
I have decided to move out of Boston and move to Providence, Rhode Island. I will be moving out of the fantastic cooperative house I have been living in the past year and 4 months. I will be working with a bike collective called Recycle a Bike. I will help coordinate and teach youth programs as well as bicycle education to adults. I am pretty excited about it.
I have also started to form an idea to make a self published zine called Bike Love: Stories behind the saddle. It will be a compilation of passionate bicycle stories as well as comics and other art. If anyone has any ideas for stories they would like to submit then they can contact me.
Well I am off to play more accordion, Be safe everyone!
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