these texts are an archive of my life in the San Francisco Bay Area from march 2007 - march 2015. it stands as a record of close to a decade of my life, charting the struggles i faced as an artist, daughter, and lover. messy and chaotic at times, eloquent and poetic at others, these texts are an index i am proud of. it was here in this electric box that i learned how to be honest about my experiences and the person i needed to become. it was here that i first learned the truism that words make the world and how to trust such a beautiful, rife, hard fact.

thank you for meeting me here in such tall grass.


my artist website is here.

Sep 3, 2009

happy birthday to me!

yep. 29. oh my! i'm just going to start telling people i'm 30. or at least 30ish. i can probably get away with that for the next 3 years or so. ha!

tonight, the show opens and my art-school homies will be in attendance. i'm so excited! especially to see them. i think the i-hate-my-birthday cycle might finally be broken this year, thank goodness. come one, come all!

and after that, i'm taking a little spur-of-the-moment mini-vacation so i'll be away from the computer for a couple days but that might just be the best part about it. the internet is so stealthy and i lose a bit more time than i'd like to every day to it. technology is wonderful... too wonderful to say NO to sometimes and i'm anxious to get back to just scribbling in my notebook, writing some real letters, and not scrambling to check my email every other minute.

my grandma called and sang happy birthday to me in her soft, southern belle lilt which was extra cute and brought tears to my eyes. the day's off to a great start.

3 comments:

Heather Jerdee said...

Have a wonderful wonderful birthday , have a fabulous time at the opening and I hope your time away from the internets is renewing. The internet is great in soo many ways but dang I hear you sometimes a break is needed.
Yay celebrate today girl!!!!

Hannah Stephenson said...

Well, a very happy birthday to you!

I hope you have an amazing year, full of opportunities and adventures and creativity!

angela simione said...

thank you both so much!

there was chanpagne and friends and footie pajamas and a new dress, new red shoes, new paint, new books! yay! i am feeling renewed, for sure, and checking my email less and less. ha!