When There's Nothing Left To Burn...

I have deleted my Facebook account.

Yep, I've finally done it. I've been wanting to rid myself of that social burden for the longest time and it seems I've finally worked up the guts to do so. As a result, I've found myself getting online and wondering, "What did I get online for?" Or, just not getting online at all because other than my e-mail - I'v

e got nothing to check up on. No more worrying about the possiblity of parents/relatives finding drunk pictures or questioning my somewhat questionable statuses. No more fac

ebook stalkers.

No more... digital social interaction. I may be forced to co

ntact people over the phone, or face-to-face from now on. Gasp! This may improve my social skills.

Mostly, I find myself with loads of free time. I'm definitely enjoying it. I'll finally have more time for important things like projects and studying. The only bad thing about it, I've been able to get a lot of jobs (modeling, promotion, and art-related) via

Facebook. If things start dying out, I may just bring it

back.... But it'll be smaller. I'll just use it for the essential networking that it's meant for.

As for projects, here's what I've got in the works:

• Valentine's Day cards : probably not gonna happen, I'm one of those jaded Valentine-Haters. But perhaps I'll come up with something.
• Concert Flyers: Portugal. The Man poster! They're playing at The Gargoyle in STL on Feb. 27th and I've got the pleasure of making the flyer. It'll be done soon.
• Hats : I'm taking a hatmaking/millinery class this semester. My first hat is a small black-silk tophat, the kind that's part pinup, part cocktail punk.
• March Weekend Tour: I'll be touring Michigan with a friend's band, SideLined, from southern IL the second weekend in March. I may be making up a flyer for that, too.

Pictures will ensue.

xo

p.s. Here's a sample of some things I've already done. I'm taking a conceptual drawing class and one of our ongoing projects involves small Moleskine journals that we're trading back and forth with a Non-Fiction Writing class. We illustrate in response to a prompt or what they have written.

First page prompt: "... once an action is recounted ... the voice loses its origin, the author enters his own death, writing begins." - Roland Barthes

Illustrations:

Untitled (Enter)

cut paper, tissue paper, glitter

Enter Ghost

pencil, ink, stamped letters, glitter