9.23.04-- Back to life, Back to Reality...

Well, it's about 8am here in LA and I can't believe I lived and worked in Illinois for 10 straight days and lived to tell about it! And I only pronounced it "Illinoyse" twice in public. I think actually, three times.

It was a milestone visit for me as an artist. I don't ever think I have left home for so long. It was kind of a stressful trip. I lost a lot of hair. And now my skin has totally broken out. Last night I passed out asleep after coming home from work. Charles called while I was asleep and I was so groggy that I told him I was in Chicago. I insisted that I was in Chicago even though he was like, "What? I thought you came back already." I even peed in my own bathroom while on the phone with him and insisted that I was calling him from Chicago. I was pretty embarassed when I looked around and was like, "Oh wait, I'm not in Chicago."

For all the students that I met at UI Urbana Champaign, I miss you so much and here is the album from my visit there!

So... I have to go to work now, I am going to try to update this site with a more updated log with pictures of my exploits there in the next few days. Coming back to work yesterday after 10 days of being a star artist was so hard. It was like putting a really messy puzzle together. God, there's so much work to do at the office, it kills me. Quite literally. I spent a good two hours deleting spam for cheap Xanax.

Also, it's time for me to start collecting money for my AIDS Lifecycle ride in June 2005. I figured since I am trying to start raising money early, I might as well go for the gold and try to raise a cool $5000. It would be great, because it all goes to help people living with HIV/AIDS. I know I set a crazy ass goal, but I'm stubborn/ visionary like that and I figure if I can have over 500 friendsters, I can raise that kind of money. So won't you throw a dime or two in my direction? I promise to scream the name of everyone who can give a little something something to me as I ride along the CA Coast! Here is the link to my AIDS Lifecycle donation page!

My film, "Beat the Bus" is screening in LA's Chinatown on Friday, the information on that below!

REBEL REBEL ON SCREEN
FRIDAY, 24 September : party 7 PM : screening 8 PM
New China Town Barber Shop, 930 North Hill Street, L.A. Chinatown
http://www.vconline.org/screenings/monthly.html

See you later! Enjoy the pic below from the Chicago Institute of Art!

Love,

Kristina