So the punk accountant is now officially th Punkschoolteacher....

I got my teacher's license! I'm now a high school English teacher!

To add to "teh awesomness" I got into a wonderful grad school, with a scholarship. Now it is "Major Life Decision Time" which means a lot of soul searching and logistical gymnastics for me....

In news of the awesome (over the busy past 10 weeks):

I survived paper writing for class. I ended up getting an A.

My punk rock can can troupe is taking off. So far we have two gigs, both in May, with the possibility of performing at a hge sci-fi/fantasy convention (of all things!) later this year.

I finally sucked it up. I'm applying to Lesley University this summer. I'm going back to school part time ( eventually transitioning o full-time next spring)to be a teacher---either a Reading Specialist (for the moderately to severely disabled) or English 8-12. My interview is on Monday and I have all my transcripts and reccomendations lined up.

My friends and I got together last week to take some sassy pin-up girl pictures, courtesy of Miss Kristin O. She and I have also fiddled about with the idea of working together to create a calendar od modern pinup girls. Not Suicide Girls-style, but more reminicient of retro cheesecake shots and focused more on capturing the women ( who we envision all to be young artists) in their workshop/studio environments. I 'll try to post my pictures once they are ready. My favorite shot is of me in full can can regalia sitting on a toilet (seat closed obviously) in my friend Renee's kitschy bathroom reading an ancient Mojo magazine with Sid Vicious on the cover.I feel it pretty much sums my attitude up nicely.

in concert news:I am seeing Mick Jones, formerly of the Clash, with his new outfit, Carbon Silicon, at a sold out show at TT the Bears on Saturday! On April 16, I am going to see Girl in a Coma, a new band discovered by Joan Jett. They are a three piece female punk band from Texas.

I am waitressing again at Club ART. W00t for tips! The show is called "Elections and Erections," a one man show ( done mostly in drag)by a South African performer, Peter Dirk-Uys, which touches on the serious issues of apartheid and AIDS using very smart satire. This doesn't diminsh the importance of the subjects, but conveys their importance without coming off as overly pedantic or preachy.

In body news, I lost as ass-load (literally) of weight. I can fit into a size 2 skirt and 4/6 jeans! Mystifying for moi, who never seemed to be able to reach below a curvy size 10. I don't put too much stock in impossible body images, as you know, but I just feel healthier at this weight than I did before. Plus i attained my fittness goals by making smart decisions in my life: exercising every day and sticking to a mostly vegetarian diet ( I occasionally will have white meat at this point)

Even better, my muscles are looking pretty awesome and my core strength has improved leaps and bounds. I feel very healthy. I am proud of myself for conquering my addiction to sugar and junk food.

I am going to Paris, Provence, and Brittany in @ 7 weeks. Frenchy has even consented to catch a can-can show with me at the Moulin Rouge itself, because he knows it is important pour moi.

Tax season didn't totally cripple me. Not great, but I am getting a whopping $8 back from the government.

I was offered a job doing makeup for a children's production of CATS ( starring 75 children under age 11). I graciously declined.

I wrote a righteously indignant letter to the Weekly Dig defending burlesque dancers after a nasty letter appeared the previous week deriding burlesquers as illegitimate artists because they take off articles of clothing . It should appeared last week and I got a lot of positive feedback from it from my sassy office ladies.

I've become addicted to "watch instantly" tv shows on Netflix. I watched all of 'Dexter' (amazing!) and am currently addicted to "The L Word," where I am on season 3. It's so ridiculously dramatic--I love it! Plus the last few episodes have featured Alan Cumming (yum) as a guest star which makes it even better.

Speaking of addiction: MAC eyeshadows. Need I say more?

Much love to ya'll in LJ land.

~M

To those interested...(since H-vrd grades just came out)

My grad school average (for all the classes I've taken thus far) is 4.0. :)

So it was okay that I had a blueberry coconut cocktail to celebrate, right?

On Wednesday I am going to my first

honest-to-goodness-grownup-cosmopolitan-art-opening-with-society-photographers-(possibly)

W00t!

It seems everyone is getting married lately...

Now I can honestly give two figs about this, but it feels like there is an exclusive club that I am rather exempt from and makes me feel weird.

Jerms' brother got engaged and tonight we are going to their engagement dinner which will be filled with awkwardness because his family will up their pressure to see him settle down even more.

As previously stated I don't really mind who is settled and who is not, but I don't like the embarrassing questions and proddings of relatives.

Sometimes parts of me really wants to get married and sometimes I think that I would be pretty happy just on my own with only myself to answer to.

Sometimes my possibilities seem pretty infinite and sometimes I feel hopelessly unaccomplished and small. Perhaps I am both.

And that is your cryptic LJ post for the day, see you in the funny papers!

I saw 'Juno' tonight at the Somerville Theatre. I loved the second half, but the first half was nearly unbearable to sit through:it's profusion of faux-witty, very self-conscious dialogue came off as a brutal amalgamation of a poseur hipster in a creative writing class, Dawson's Creek, and Napoleon Dynamite. I still think it was worth the cheap admission, but I just did not have the palate for it at first. I have to say Jennifer Garner and Jason Batemen were uniformly excellent and Ellen Page (as the title character), once she was given something more to do by the script than just rattle off sarcastic one-liners, also did an amazing job of breaking your heart in a staunchly un-maudlin fashion.

My bullet points 2008:

1) To start selling my clothes and artwork in some form. I promise myself I will get this done my the end of January 2008. I have been talking about it for almost three years.

2)To submit my art and writing to BUST and Venus magazines and hopefully get published.

3)To get my can can troupe off the ground and perform at least once somewhere during 2008.

4)To create a better photographic portfolio of hair and makeup design that I have done. I hope to employ some of my talented photographer friends (Ali, Justin, KO) in this pursuit.

5) To read at least two good books each month outside of school

6) To own less clothing/material objects and resist impulse buying.

7) To create one drawing once a week

8) To work at least three hours in my craft room each week

9) To go to church at least twice a month

10) To be in touch with older relatives more

11) To be less angry with myself and less bitter

12) To return to Europe

13) To concentrate on one or two main goals instead of trying to do tens of things at once

14) To see some awesome concerts

15) To make more amazing friends

1.What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?

a. Left a job, began grad school, became a SCUL pilot,went candlepin bowling, moved in with a significant other, took a plane by myself, taught a seminar, lost 10 pounds, jogged despite my asthma, cut my hair ( this should count since last time I cut it was almost 20 years ago in 2nd grade), played slot machines,learned French, played bike polo, rode a wooden roller coaster at Coney Island, got flashed by a comedian on-stage, climbed a mountain, had my fashion design shown in an actual runway show in front of over 1,000 people, got attacked by a burlesque zombie in front of a crowd of cheering horror movie fans, performed a striptease (about Jesus) in a church basement in front of strangers,took exotic dancing lessons with lady wrestlers.

( I am still in the running to be America's Next Top Model... )

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