and so, there is a community garden next door and dolores park a couple of blocks away and a three month commitment involved…all things i think i can handle right now! keys are picked up tomorrow and moving commences (with the help of my loving, able-bodied roommate Steve) and hopefully Chelsey and i will be able to cram all of our stuff into one room!

in the meantime, i will be packing. which i’m not doing right now because i’m merely writing about packing…but i will pack! after a cup of coffee. and lunch. THEN packing. yeah…

stay still…or you will be put into a box.

so here is the part where i stay in san francisco, despite a very reasonable and amazing plan to return to austin. here’s the part where i feel that i will regret leaving this city just as i really feel that i am getting to know it. without the 2 hour commute to a shitty job and a boyfriend that occupies at least a minimal amount of my time. here is the part where i scare the shit out of myself because i quit my job a month ago and don’t, yet, have another one!

but here is also the part where i really do try as hard as i can, with all of the creative energy in my body, and all of the ambitious determination i can muster, to find my way here in san francisco. i will push until i run out of money or energy. (and then i will push a little more). and then we will see what happens.

now is not the time to stay still. now is the time to climb to the top of the tower.

-Jim Rohn

so now i just have to figure out if it has been seen through…

it has been a busy few months—i made a trip to austin, heidi came to visit, blake and i celebrated our one year anniversary, and renee is on her way here in a couple of weeks! this weekend (monday and tuesday for me, anyhow) has been pretty nice–got to catch up on scanning some polaroids and posting some pictures. here are some of the best from the last little while:

i need to

stay still…take a moment between adventures!

so, i’m up in the loftic (loft+attic) and it is pretty awesome. it has very, very bright natural light from the front window and two skylights. i’ve woken up at 7am each morning from the morning light–especially because my bed is facing the window (awesome!)–but have managed to go right back to sleep, so far! the ceilings are quite low, but it is manageable. i only bump my head a couple of times a day. we’re working on the downstairs now, too, trying to get it all organized, clean and decorated. i’m always finding new home projects! maybe someday it will be on my own house!

for now, i am very happy here, with a full kitchen, awesome roomies (lucia and nino) and a gorgeous loftic. complete with a non-collapsing closet!

here are some pictures!

stay still…live in the same place for more than 6 months!

the weather was gorgeous, and although it wasn’t what i would call “warm” i scooped up lucia and bobby and we went to the beach! jackson (kinda) played in the water, and ran freely on the beach for a while, and we hiked to the top of the cliff and sat in the gorgeousness for a while. it was good!

here are all of the pictures!

stay still…you can smell the ocean.

in no particular order.

this is the gorgeous ceiling at the Great American Music Hall. i want this to be my ceiling…

the letters in front of the doors at The Greens Hotel in Sacramento

a very cool looking bowling alley in sacramento.

this gorgeous…plot, i guess…in historic sacramento on what used to be the street level, but now is below. all that remains in this spot are the columns and the staircase.

a post-it stuck to the side of a building on the street susannah and i were walking down. i took a polaroid of it, and then put the post-it on the back of the polaroid. it says “i love you.”

ice cream on a sunny day.

me on not a sunny day.

the letter that mom wrote me that got soaking wet in the mailbox and i couldn’t read at all…

bobby at el rio, underneath a ginormous, colorful lady. i love that she is petting his head.

stay still…they’re all out of order.

so, here it is! the first show that i will have any work up in…and it is a polaroid show, to boot! how appropriate… once i finish the series, i’ll be sure to put the photos up here, as well as some shots from the opening! it’s on march 20th, so while some of you people will be at sxsw rocking your faces off, at least i won’t be sitting at home wishing i was there.

yay for the awesome show flyer!

i am one of three jessicas–it is a jessicatastic show!

stay still…or you’ll be named jessica, too.

happy birthday, again, dad! (i win so much this year jordan!)  i miss you guys very much, but am glad i get to talk to you so often. now i just need to up my minutes on my phone bill…

i can’t wait until i get access to all of the wedding pictures–there are so many that i want to have! but, alas, i don’t keep that many printed photos around. all of mine are virtual. digital, if you will!

anyway, here are a few keepers from the pics that me and my friends took over the wedding! can’t wait to have the professional ones…

there’s more to come…not enough time in the day for all of the pictures

stay still…i love you.

so, i’m up late. i am off tomorrow (today, i suppose) and tuesday and have my first apartment therapy blog post! it is scheduled to go up at 12:15 pacific coast time, as are the rest of my posts! so, monday thru friday, at 12:15 you can read a snippet of design junk from my brain and my online design voyages! (www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf)

it has been pretty fun having “assignments” and work that isn’t related to my day job. i really have to get some new magazine subscriptions, though. i can’t believe Domino is gone—that really sucks. although i am glad i didn’t renew my subscription two months ago when they sent me a notice…that would have been pretty frustrating! (what if they were one renewal away from being able to stay afloat…shit.)

ok. i just realized how tired i am. it’s 2:18am. i am an idiot for still being awake.

stay still…stop tossing and turning and sleep already!