Busy week this time, I should have taken time to update more regularly. First off on 7/17/10 I dipped my toe into the world of Facebook to complete #928 "Make a Facebook page". I would link to my page except that after five days I couldn't take it any more and I deleted the darn thing. With so many social media networking sites out there, I don't know how you can have time to DO anything worth updating over if you keep them current. Then beyond your own updates, you have to wade through everyone elses' updates, some of which are worth the time to read and others are beyond the "I don't care" threshold. Why do I need to know EVERY single person everyone on my friend lists friends?? And heaven forbid TWO of them friend the same person, then I get an update that sounds like peer pressure "Suzie AND Johnny just friended Becky!" What is wrong with you, get on the ball and friend her too!!
Don't get me wrong, I had friends on there. I started out with my sister who quickly sent me link invites to friend my cousin and uncle and four family friends I haven't seen in awhile (although two of them just live 6 miles from my house). I also ended up with a handful of old school mates friended, a few I knew well and a couple not so well. It was kind of nice chatting with them to catch up, but the problem with friends like that is that after 15+ years, you aren't the same people you were in high school, and after finding out what you have been doing since then, there isn't really a lot you have in common any more. It's kind of a let down most of the time.
Then I found Frontierville. I think one of my old school mates was playing it and I kept seeing his updates and decided to see what it was. That was a mistake. I love farming games, and I love games where you need to clear out space, and that game was addictive! You need neighbors (Facebook friends who neighbor you in the game) and I just couldn't round up enough in the friend list I had so I started trolling the "add me" forums looking for random strangers looking for a neighbor hook-up. My "friend" list grew and grew, which meant more random updates and more peer pressure because the Frontierville add me's usually added the same people making Facebook inform me more and more how everyone I knew was friends with Sally and I should get with it. Not to mention the amount of time it devoured from my day, checking my crops, harvesting, watering, replanting, clearing my land, feeding my animals, running to all my neighbors' farms to take care of stuff there too, and gifting everyone, and then still dealing with all the Facebook notices on top of that too.
Finally I had enough of the insanity. I'm too compulsive to give up Frontierville, so I just gave up the whole lot. No more updates, no more postings of all sorts of random crap I'm supposed to "like", no more anything. I'm suffering some withdrawal from the game but otherwise, I'm happy with my life again. Still, I tried, so I'm crossing this crane off as done!
On a more positive note I bit the bullet and on 7/19/10 I altered a book! I have to say the first mark is the hardest to make, but after you break that sacred seal, it's actually a very enjoyable hobby. I just happened to have accidentally purchased two copies of the same book, Janet Evanovich's Lean Mean Thirteen so I decided to use it. I'm using the technique called "Altered book poetry" which is where you select words or phrases on the page that say what you want to express and then you gesso out the rest of the words on the page and paint or draw or whatever over that, leaving the original words you selected as a poem. It's a loose abstract poem, but fun to do nonetheless.
So far I have completed one page, and I've gessoed out five other pages that are waiting for the final paint treatment. I have to say that I really like how the pages feel after you gesso them, almost like canvas. I can't wait until the whole book is finished, it will be so neat!! You can see a picture of my first page here on my art blog, and that is the beginning of crane #945 "Make an Altered Book"
So two more down, and although one turned out to be a failure, that's okay, it was a great experience nonetheless. And that is what this project is all about, experiencing and accomplishing things I never thought I would take the time or have the courage to complete.
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