My raison d'etre

Last night I was reading Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451". I read this book as a teenager and absolutely hated it. Time has passed, my brain has matured and I thought I would give the book another chance. I really enjoyed it this time around.

I also found this quote, which pretty much sums up why I make art, write and the way that I want to live my life.

"Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there. It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime."

-Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

So that's where my time went...

Sometimes I feel like I am a shitty friend. My time is very scattered and I don't see a lot of people. I tend to work evenings and weekends, which is when most people are doing fun things. It's best for me to make plans weeks in advances. Plus when I do have free time and B* has free time, I tend to hang out with him.

I just got a call from Raincoast and I will be going to part-time hours there starting in October. I will start out at 8 hours a week and gradually increase until the holidays.

Now I have the potential of 4 jobs, some casual, some part-time-

1. Chapters
2. Raincoast
3. Ricepaper
4. Secret job that is 100% legal, but not 100% decided yet. I will discuss it when it begins. It's one night a week, and I would do it for free but they want to pay me. It's super exciting.

That's five jobs, if freelancing is included.

I'm taking two classes-
1. Belly dancing
2. A marketing class at Langara, delivered online

I'm volunteering with the Colouring Book, the Film festival and the Writers Festival.

I'm nuts.

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