Scooter Love

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to update you on something that seems to occupying my time lately. I think it's safe to say that it's started to become a obsessed with it. To think that it all started with a thought.

It all seemed to happen so fast, but I got myself a scooter! I have now joined the two cycle club and I am absolutely thrilled. 

My life has seemed to have changed in such a a short amount of time. With Eugene's new job, it seems that everything has changed drastically for us; this is for both the good and the bad. One of the bad things that I've had to get used to is being at home most of the week. As I work weekends, and Eugene works on the weekdays, I've been stranded at home left to fend for myself. Where I've grown more accustomed to it, I still feel like there are days where I really can't take it and I feel like I'm balancing my schedule around others. I also don't like the idea of inconveniencing my friends and parents for rides when I go into work on emergency runs or on weekdays. These are the downfalls of having one car.

The scooter idea came up because I wanted something that could just get me around. Where I would love to use public transportation, the nearest bus stop to me is a good 20 minute hike from my house. Yes, I did say hike because I live in the hills that's not too far from the city, yet not as forgiving for those that travel by foot. I decided that after tax season that I would start saving for a scooter so that I could gain my mobility around the late Fall of this year I made a forgiving budget and was planning to get all of my training for the license and riding equipment before then.

This never stopped me from the google searching and researching all the things about scooters, how to and where to buy. It was all of this that led me down the Craigslist rabbit hole until I found her.

This cute 2001 Kymco Super Fever was a fixer upper, but was under a weeks worth of income for me. Me and my father went to check it out and it was love at first sight for me. It just seemed like a great starter moped for me, and the idea of building and repairing one rather than having a new one I would send to a mechanic really started to warm on  me.

I named her Lucky because we signed the contract on St. Patrick's Day. She was brought home the following Monday. I've started the journey of stripping her and doing my own paint job on the bike. (I will have separate blog posts on that journey) I get a great feeling that I've also freed up a great hobby for me that has gotten the family involved in some shape or form. Another great feeling is that I know once a week I have a fun activity that brings my Father and I some quality time together.

I'm so glad that I can finally share this news with you! I also look forward to documenting my journey in restoring Lucky and getting her to working health.

This has got to be one of the coolest Anniversary gifts I've gotten yet < 3

Cheers!

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Thirteen Special (and not so) Things About Me!

Design Board 2012 for Website Ideas

Hi everyone,

I've seen these on a few blogs and I thought that it would be fun to throw out a few random things about myself. You never know what you'll find and the strange little things that you might have in common. Here's 13 things for the year of 2013.

1. I'm addicted to modern art: I wasn't always. It didn't start until my second year into my first major of Art History in college before I switched it to Graphic Design.  My first exhibit was Andy Warhol in MOCA where I got to learn about the man behind the art and the life they led. Keeping this in mind I was pulled more and more into understanding the modern artist and they had walked the streets that I had.  Now as a Graphic Designer AIPOD get tickled pink when I see modern art. I feel like I'm sharing in a community that I'm now apart of.

2. I collect British things: For those of you that have been keeping up with my blog, I'm sure that you've notice that I have a fascination with the UK. After I had completed my first anthology of British Literature I was in love with British culture. I still am today. I started my collection with Union Jack flags and my collection has moved on to imported teas and books. I still would love it if I could get a PG Tips plushie monkey as well as a mug... A little dream in my wish list!

3. My favorite color is charcoal grey... But maroon is running up...: with the attire I wear people often assume that my favorite color must be neons of rainbows. Surprise! I am absolutely in love with the color charcoal grey because it goes with everything. It's a chameleon of a color so it sways with any mood I please. Maroon is coming in close to second because of my Scion and the color of my cabinets. I think that maroon celebrates how sexy a woman is from red wine to maroon deep lipstick...

4. Roots irk me...: There! I said it! Being that hair is one of my choice of fashion statement it drives me nuts when I see monster roots on anyone. I have been known to walk out of stores and public places if someone has roots that I must look at the most of the time that I'm there. Nothing past 2 inches of growth, Please!

5. I'm a over achiever in a lazy persons body.: I spent plenty of time in my office and I have made it a point to build my library with a comfy love seat and now a reading chair. It's so easy to slip away in there and lose track of time with a good pot of tea. I often find it difficult to pry away from it to do whatever next big project that's in front of me. Then I find myself cramming. Not a great look on me, but a common one.

6. I'm in love with my car.: Oh yes, my little Maroon Scion XB has been a light in my life. I get sensitive when other people drive my car poorly.  Nothing puts me in a good mood right away than boosting high my fancy stereo in my car and going for a cruise. That car is a testimony that anything is possible if you work for it. Pantomime (the name of my car) found me when I needed him. I think my favorite accessory in my car is a ribbon tied to the front mirror with the quote "It's kind of fun doing the impossible"-Walt Disney. I can't step out out of that car without feeling like a Badass Rockstar Goddess!

7. I'm a Grammar Hippie: Never heard of one? I made it up. Before you get your panties in a twist I don't think that grammar is unimportant. Infact, if you're really good at grammar I absolutely commend you! But for the rest of us, it's not a forte that I try to learn everyday. I believe that rules are made to be broken, and this goes for language. Take it from Shakespeare; we wouldn't have the word 'Alligator' otherwise. Poets and Lyricist push this everyday understanding the rules of language, and most Novelist I've met are terrible with grammar.

8. I'm bad at ending conversations: What can I say? I love conversations. Nothing gives me a greater pleasure than long topics and understanding what makes a person unique from their interests and opinions. Don't make me call it an end though, I always find it hard to let people go because I'm an asker. 

9. I'm a crazy good cook: Yes. I wear this badge loud and proud! I'm a self taught cook that loved the discovery of cusine through many broken sauces, flattened souffles, and listening. As a division of Cordon Bleu is a city away from me I've had a handful of friends of mine have me help them 'study' as they passed as Master Chefs from this magical place, in turn learning myself. I wish I could cook more, but most of my pots and cookware were damaged in the move to the house I'm currently living in. One thing I miss the most is my beautiful bunt pan so I can make my Hawaiian Pound Cake and Pretty Sponge Cakes for Tea...
 

10. I get a high in the middle of reading a good book.: But seriously, what book lover doesn't? Books shape my life, get me to think, and help me see a world that is bigger than my own. If you're a serious dreamer, then reading is on your list of things to do! I just finished the Goddess Guide and I was able to travel and aspire to new sights, see a vintage fashion auction, and chill momentarily with Miss Piggy... Ah... Which leads me to a dream of mine...
 

11. I dream of travel.: Ever since I had my magical two weeks in Rosarito, Mexico, I've had the hunger to go out there and experience new cultures. I long for the Literary and Theatre heritage of London, the rampant Graphic Design of Barcelona, and the hidden secrets of Ancient Venice to name a few. Lately I've been curious about Timbuktu with the deterioration of ancient cilivlization artifacts and the understanding that is a once great world waiting to be discovered and share they're knowledge.
  

12. I code like a boss!: Most Graphic Designers I know are scared to bits of coding. There's this stigma that you'll become some techie jerk that cares nothing about numbers rather than design. To my surprise when I tapped into Dreamweaver and mild CSS coding I fell in love with it! It made me feel more mobile as a Designer. I hope this year to get really good at Actionscripting and crazy good with my CSS. Most of my paid freelance work is designing websites, and nothing makes me happier knowing that I can take a companies dreams to the limit. I'm the bridge between their visions and the world. 
 

13. I want to be a legacy of stories.: From Illustrating, Playwright, and Novel writing; I want to tell stories and capture the imagination of the world. I want to be like Howard Pyle and never stop discovering. This would be the wish for what my life to be. I have a talent and I want to give it to a broken world that needs to dream and aspire. Whatever I find myself doing in the future, I hope that this will be one thing that stands true.
 

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