This April is going down as "pretty darn bad," as in "April is the cruellest month" bad. I try not to adhere to any strict feelings about my months, and I don't know if it has a direct correlation to being the very same month I was born, but April is, historically, a month of shake-ups for both myself and the world. In my world, we have had an insane budget cut (ALL of the arts budget), so I have spent the better part of the last two weeks gathering data and making "talking" points to restore the budget. I've also been suffering from major neurotic episodes, rethinking my entire life, an inability to sleep through the night, and a ravenous urge to shop and over-haul my apartment. In fact, just last night, I had to purchase a bottle of wine as a sleep aid. This all started with the French Film Festival (which coincidentally started on April 1), so I'm not sure whether to blame the French or the month of April.
In the world, April is also historically "bad." See, taxes, Columbine shootings, Oklahoma City Bombing, etc. It has gotten to the point that every April I kind of hold my breath and wait for something "bad" to happen. Usually, I am not disappointed.
All of this "stress" and internal earthquake of emotions has caused me to do out of the ordinary things such as: running, poring over Myers-Briggs assesments and reframing posters. In my new found need to organize the organizable portions of my life, I even bought an ironing board. I have refused to purchase an ironing board in the past, I don't know why, and now I have purchased one. I'm not sure what that says about my future (or my past for that matter), but I am battening down the hatches people.
Being a Taurus, I do not like change. Though I do not often subscribe to astrological stuff, I did read my horoscope for this month (www.astrologyzone.com) and it is uncanny in its prediction. If you are a fellow Taurus (and I know some of you are) watch out because this month is not pretty. But, it is some sort of eclipse that will not happen again for 10 years or something--thank the lord. And, supposedly, the change is going to be for the better. Did I mention that I hate change? And I certainly do not like MAJOR upheaval. However, here I sit. Something good better be on TV tonight. I hope that May is easy breezy, because I cannot handle this stress, yo.
On a brighter note, the shoes at Target this spring are fantastic. I love you Isaac Mizrahi. Sometimes, I think he created his line of clothes at Target just for me!
I want my gossip! - 2005-08-17
Goodbye, BGT! - 2005-08-08
hell hath no fury like a awriting workshop - 2005-08-01
My Love Don't Cost a Thing - 2005-07-14
Kiss My Grits! - 2005-07-06
