Star Crafty

Meaning, I need cool places to go! I've heard of King Street (doesn't that remind you of that King's Road in London, though?) and the City Market. Which by the way sounds interesting, they rent spaces on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Hmmm...

I've been itching the past few days. Itching for a change of scenery... that may or may not include 100-story tall buildings, trains that travel below our feet, oceans of humans walking along thin sidewalks, and insane cab drivers with no fear of death whatsoever. I honestly, really want to go to NYC. It's a desire I cannot shake off for the life of me, no matter how much I'd like to eventually end up here in SAV. A desire that goes against all conventional thinking and logic.

Arghh,it's all so confusing and overwhelming. Monday afternoon I had to veer my car away from the city and head to Tybee Island to refresh my mind. The air was crisp and the sound of waves humbly reminded me of home and the simplicity of it all. I was feeling so overwhelmed that day all I felt like doing was just cry. And cry just to let out all the preassure lodging in my chest.

Maybe I should take upon this change of scenery. Ugh, so confusing (and expensive).

But.... there is still that nagging feeling that creeps up every now and then in the wee morning shadows as I lay in my bed bed-dreaming about galaxies far away or about avenues graced with gigantic buildings that seem to fall straight from of the sky.

I am talking about New York, of course. Ever since I was 13 I have said I will live in this grandiose city. It's the biggest cliche of all. Let's forget for a moment that I have absolutely no money to relocate anywhere, not even Puerto Rico.

But what the heck would I do in New York?? Logically, you'd say, well, use your photo degree! Be a photo assistant!. That'd be awesome, too. But most of the photographers hire assistants that have some sort of experience, even if it was through an internship, which I never had the luxury of doing. A photo editor? I know next to nothing about photo-editing. I don't even shoot a lot.

Excluding photography, I'm unsure what other industry I could work for.

These are things I can do:

1) I can film edit, create a film budget, know the format of a script, and cando some lighting.
2) I can shoot fashion and product photography
3) I know how to use strobe lighting quite efficiently
4) I know Photoshop editing, for color correction, some editing and skin retouching
5) I can print on black and white fiber based paper, color (on RA4 machine), platinum/palladium printing, inkjet printing
6) I can scan film on Imacon scanner
7) Plenty of knowledge on several cameras, 35mm, medium format, large format and digital
8) i know Illustrator, though not an expert
9) I can do HTML-based web-design. Don't know Flash, though.
10) Have a good eye for well-thought out design
11) I can sew from patterns and from my own patterns
12) Basic jewelry making
13) I can do a bunch of other crafts
14) Have experience with relief printmaking, including letterpress
15) I can organize mad craft fairs, this includes the entire process of creating an image for the event, PR work, recruiting vendors and venues, creating promo material, getting the word out and not killing myself in the process
16) I have insane PATIENCE, I can work under pressure, get the job done whilst never mistreating customers or co-workers (I believe this is very important to mention)
17) I am very friendly, although not overtly outgoing and extrovert. I will always be cheery at my job, respectful and obedient.
18) I am extremely clean. Do not like working in filth.
19) I am quirky and have weird ideas at times (Bob the angry sixtopus, anyone?)
20) Gosh what else...
21) I am a very optimist person, don't like lingering on the negative.
22) I want to have my own business someday, I guess that counts.
23) I can work at insane restaurants.
24) Heck, I can even do some college radio operating!

So there you have it, at the top of my head. Things I'm good at.