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I just want to go back to bed.

Sitting perfectly still in a chair for an hour and a half yesterday has left all the major muscles in my back, legs, and arms sore, weak, and tired. At one point during the second half hour of the sitting (that's what we art models* call it; a "sitting") I actually felt sweat trickle down my side. It was very unexpected, and I almost checked to make sure it wasn't a bug, but figured the ladies sitting there would have said "Excuse me, there's a spider crawling down your side and it's messing up my picture. Could you brush it off please?"

So that's left me a bit tired and out of it this morning, but I'm awake and ready to face the day. I still have some Arabic homework that needs to get done, and then I get to do my usual transcription work; make the big bucks. Class today should be fun; it's getting more enjoyable now that I go to class prepared every day, having my homework done and the knowledge fresh in my mind. That's much better than the way I was doing it, where I wasn't doing the homework and so I had no idea what the teacher was saying when he was asking me questions involving the new vocabulary.

I still tend to stutter over my responses, but at least I'm able to understand what he's saying now so I don't answer "My wife is fine" when he asks about my dog, Monster.

After class, more work followed by an Arabic review hour with some higher-level students. Finally at the end of the day I'll be able to relax. While I'm relaxing around 7pm, my wife has to go to a meeting for her graduate-level course, and who knows how long that's going to last.

Busy and lonely day.

What are you up to?

*Heh. "we art models." You folks know the only reason I'm doing this is so that I can say "I'm a model," right? The money's okay, but I make more doing my other job, and it's not like I WANT people staring at my naked body. I just like being able to answer the question "what do you do" with something that makes people do a double-take. :)

Date: 2009-03-26 02:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mobobocita.livejournal.com
I'm trying to brace for the next month of travel and bowling tournaments. I placed 30th out of 300 in City and this weekend is State and I'm feeling huge pressure. The poor girl WON City and everyone has spent a month telling her that she's expected to WIN State. Yeah, NO PRESSURE.

But we are still having fun with it.....And I've managed to figure out the incredibly hard one board landing, skate the gutter all the way down to 2' from the pocket, MASSIVE HOOK shot. Sadly, it's the only shot hitting much for me but it looks impressive as hell when it does the hook! :)

Date: 2009-03-26 02:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jfargo.livejournal.com
Better to be pressured that you're expected to win than to have everyone say that you're going to lose, right? ;)

I'm glad you're still having fun with it. It sounds really exciting!

Date: 2009-03-26 02:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mobobocita.livejournal.com
I suppose.

I have gotten much better and this game should go based off of my 12/1 league average of 98 and I've bowled 130-150 pretty consistantly, so I might stand a chance of doing well.

All of our tournaments are at lanes we've never bowled before though and that can make a HUGE difference.

It is kind of exciting. We get to travel too, that's fun!

Date: 2009-03-26 05:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brightflashes.livejournal.com
I had a dream about you last night. You were standing at the door of my house and I asked you what you needed (you looked like your icon which was very strange in the dream because it was so out of place) and you said you had a delivery for me and you put a package of a bunch of old-school board games (Monopoly, parcheesie, checkers, chess, etc) on my floor and told me to have a nice day. I tipped you $10.00 for your services. : P

Date: 2009-03-26 05:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jfargo.livejournal.com
Had it been one night before that I would say you had a psychic episode because Tuesday night was the night we went with the local MeetUp group to play board games. :)

I looked like a happy little zombie? Weird.

Date: 2009-03-27 04:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] msanborn.livejournal.com
so if I get naked in front of peoples does that make me a model too? *grin*

Date: 2009-03-27 03:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] msanborn.livejournal.com
oh sure, laugh at the thought of me being nekkid... *tease

Date: 2009-03-27 04:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jfargo.livejournal.com
You know, right after I wrote that I thought "That could be taken wrong." I'm glad you're just teasing and not serious, because I'd hope you know I'm not like that. :)

And if people draw you while you're naked, you're a model. Or just being stalked.

Date: 2009-03-27 08:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] msanborn.livejournal.com
what about if they take pictures... with both hands on the camera even!

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