one week!

the countdown to 21 begins in...15 minutes?

then i will only have one week before i'm seriously legal.

turning 21 is exciting but it also just reminds me that i'm supposed to be an adult now.

i don't want to be an adult. i don't want to face reality and leave my wonderful world of dreams.

reality is usually disappointing. why can't i just create my own?

top ten...

most played songs on my ipod. ever.

10. sticky honey, juliette and the licks
9. the plot, white rabbits
8. son of sam, elliott smith
7. color bars, elliott smith
6. gold lion, yeah yeah yeahs
5. no surprises, radiohead
4. thirteen, elliott smith
3. evil, interpol
2. playground love, air

i thought the pick for number one was the best because it really surprised me...

1. sex and candy, marcy playground

happenings

today, lauren and i went to wilmington.

it was cold. and windy. i had left my real coat in my car...in raleigh. we wrapped up in a blanket and enjoyed the sights, sounds, and smells.

then we went downtown and ate dinner and wandered through a really cute store. it gave me some ideas for my next art to wear garment.

i need to start thinking about things like hair, makeup, and music for the show.

oh and also.

i never fail to make an ass of myself.

yeeeeeaaah...

today it became very apparent to me that i have no future as an accountant.

perhaps choosing to not study/sleep the night before my accounting exam wasn't the best idea.

i'm surprisingly not that concerned that i bombed.

oh wellllll...

i'm glad i won't grow up to be a cpa. t and i were discussing yesterday how being a designer is the best job. as she so eloquently stated, "we get to design owl pot holders!"

better than balancing t-accounts any day.

a letter to a rabbit

dear gandalf,

i have really enjoyed your company so far this weekend. you are cute and i like watching you scamper about the living room. however. it is 1:40am and i am tired. i want to go to bed but you are still wide awake running back and forth across the carpet. please go back in your cage. i'm too tired to chase after you so do me a favor; hop back into your cage and nestle into your little box. okay?

THANKS!
katlyn

p.s. thank you for not pooping on our floor.

!!!!!!!!!

after all the bullshit, nonsense, back and forth, ups and downs...I, Katlyn Griffin, have officially been accepted as a designer for art to wear.

jurying was stressful simply because i know nothing about make up or how to do hair. (the girly gene didn't pass to me.) but with jensen's make up expertise and eileen telling me to calm down i managed. the past two weeks of constant work and no sleep came down to, literally, three minutes in the jury room.

but. now i am VICTORIOUS!

last minute fixes
photo courtesy of lauren boynton (ANOTHER WINNER AT LIFE aka atw designer)

things are going

this week.

i tell you what, this week has been a fucking roller coaster. not just for myself but for other people i know too. is it something in the air i wonder? or the changing month? or that we're now in the year of the ox?

all i know is that i've been way down and way up this week. currently things are looking up and i couldn't be more grateful.

i'd like to focus on the good things.

dj training has been really fun so far. i got to talk on the radio quite a bit this weekend, which is really weird for me to think about. i'm excited to get started on my own.

art to wear is an option once again. i can hear it now...
"DEAR LORD CAN'T SHE MAKE UP HER MIND!?"
well. no. i'm really just playing it by ear right now. if i get everything done for jury, awesome. if not, oh well not a big deal.

i just need to survive this week.