I am sitting in my underwear blogging because it's the only way I will get through it. I know, too much information. I tried going to a cafe a couple of hours ago. It's so hot out that the air conditioning systems here are just not good enough to cool some of these places down. Anyway, I ended up doing a bit of work and then I had to go. Go where? To the heat of my apartment. I think I'm receiving payback for five years of living in the most temperate apartment at Oakwood Place, my old haunt. My neighbors, especially upstairs, suffered through many summers of this. I was lucky. Now I know what they went through. It's going to be in the triple digits all this week. What's a girl to do other than avoid home and when home hang in panties and bra? Being that I own a LAP-top, I have been sort of avoiding the whole computer thing, hence the lack of blog updates. Computer electricity just makes it hotter in here.
I'm not complaining. Seriously.
For someone new in town, I've been crazy busy the past week. I had a friend visiting from out of town who I was out with nearly every night. By day, I have been film intern/location scout. No joke. I have been location scouting for a week now and I'm loving it. It's a great way to meet people, see some interesting places and most of all, get to know the city again. I may be working for no money but what I lack in cash I am getting in hands on experience. Not to mention, I'm working with a really cool group of people. Location scouting just might be added to my list of job possibilities for the future. I kind of dig it. We are almost done with this stage and then I will be moving onto other things, most likely PA type work. Actually, I have no idea. They will have me fill in where they need me. I'm thankful for this tossing around as I am probably getting to do a lot of things I wouldn't necessarily get to do on a larger film. The process is so interesting to watch. Perhaps when it is not so hot and I am not so brain dead, I will share my thoughts with you on it.
I have dinner plans again tonight. I thought I should say no for affordability reasons, but than I thought better of it and said yes. I am feeling like maybe it's better to say yes to things right now especially when they involve seeing new places and meeting new people. Network, network, network.... besides, as I rambled before, it's too hot inside.
The other day, someone asked me what I was trying to accomplish with my blog. As with life, I sometimes have a hard time answering such direct questions about things I'm doing. Of course, when someone asks me a direct question like this and I realize that I can't answer it directly, I start obsessing. What am I doing? Why am I doing this? Is it a waste of time? Is it interesting if you don't know me? Does it make you want to go somewhere or do something maybe you wouldn't have tried otherwise? I think that last question is indicative of what I'd like you to get out of it. I wonder, is there a flow between posts? It seems so to me but then I am living it or melting in it.... depending on the temperature.
Tomorrow's high is forecast at 102 with 44 percent humidity. I've decided to finally check into the whole school thing on the hottest day this week. Maybe the counselors office will have the good kind of air conditioning. The kind where you welcome the heat when you walk outside because the room you were in has frozen your toes? Speaking of toes, I need a pedicure very badly. I currently have half painted and chipped, pink toenails. Being that it is flip flop weather, pretty toes are sort of a necessity. I worry that the polish will melt as I try to put it on and end up clumping and becoming a disaster and not only will my nails be painted but my toes and my fingers and anything within three inches of my feet. Why wasn't I given this girl gene? The one that helps a girl do things like dye hair and paint nails perfectly? Well, at least, if things do go wrong in the attempt to beautify myself I can blame it on the heat. Even weather.com has an "extreme heat warning" on their site for Portland. Hows that for great planning? I moved here in one hot damn summer so that by the time fall comes I might actually welcome it.
As they say in high school yearbooks, "stay cool."
Thank you for reading ~ Renee
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