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It's hard to realize that your life is not what you want. I think of it as a double-edged sword; on one hand, you have to change the things you dislike. On the other hand, you get to change the things you dislike. You are both charged with responsibility and given opportunity. Motivational speakers encourage the latter viewpoint.
I work hard to improve my life. Not that it's a bad one, by any stretch. But I could be more satisfied, and my social life needs my attention now. For this reason, I've started the New York Social Series; this is my commitment to do something new each weekend. Last weekend, I went to an antique toy fair; I wrote about it in this story, Blizzard Weekend (Part 1).
I met my new friend Margarita today (for the first time) and went to this event (The Tim Burton one):
They had drawings, storyboards from the movie, and puppets. It was very cool. There were drawings that were so dark and gloomy -- blacks and grays, but had a couple of people with some color. It was nice to look at the large scene and find a bit of brighter detail hidden among the gloom. Here's what I mean:
I also loved the family portraits. There was a wall of these portraits; I said I'd love to have one. Margarita said you'd have to have the whole wall. She was right; it would be the COOLEST to have this entire wall in your house; here are the individual paintings:
Man, I LOVE those!!! I like these dark images where the people look almost happy (or at least in possession of the typical neuroses we laugh about on TV). There's this overcast feeling, but by looking at the people, you know that it's not evil, too. Just dark. Here's another drawing with that feeling:
The models were VERY cool . . this was my favorite one:
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