weekly retro: lordy lordy, jenn is forty
this week i turned 40 and i was very excited to hit that milestone so PLEASE spare me the "there's nothing wrong about turning 40" because you're PROJECTING! and onto this beautiful, perfect creature:
last weekend i told andy i was finally going to buy a scanner after researching and thinking about it since july, and he said "don't!" and the next day his very thoughtful gift to me arrived, a printer and scanner.
not only can i scan my art, i can also make high quality prints, stickers, posters, and other stuff that i'm excited to dive into.
it's been awhile since we've seen this much snow, last year we barely got any. i love the cold, but snow here gets really gross because of all the cars and dogs pissing. finding a snowman that hasn't been pissed on is like finding a shooting star.
i only went to the gym once this week, the day before my birthday, although i've been lifting weights sporadically at home. tomorrow it's back to the grind, jenn nation.
the grocery stores around here are starting to add limits. the multiple snow storms forecasted over the last week hadn't helped. it's kind of funny how i've been making and showing egg candles throughout all of this. make no mistake, though, i am pretty scared of bird flu, especially for pumagreg. he's an inside cat, but we still have to be dilligent to keep us and him safe.
the night of my birthday was jerseyscript. we had a good turnout, good food, and i was able to give lisa her butter candles. she got me a couple of lovely birthday gifts - a candy dish and beeswax candles in the shape of little chicken drumsticks.
i had always thought i'd throw a huge rager for my 40th birthday, and i still can - i can do whatever the fuck i want lol - but when the world feels like it's in crisis i have a hard time planning celebrations. it's like how in 2020 i didn't throw a big karaoke party like i always did because i was anxious about some new virus spreading in china. the vibes are not good my friends.
i'm not letting the bad vibes keep me indoors, though. i've been taking long walks around the city after therapy with my friend vijith, who seems to know where every cookie and public restroom in manhattan is - an envious superpower.
i like not having a plan and just walking through doors and looking at things. is that just tiktok but without a screen? am i crazy for being super underwhelmed by our crumbl™ cookie experience?
this week i locked down what a candle and crafts online shop launch would look like. i've been melting, photographing, printing, ordering more things to melt.
i'm excited and hopeful, and if no one buys a single candle then they're all mine hehehe.
someone at jerseyscript said "get used to feeling pain for no reason" in reaction to me saying it was my birthday - again, don't do that! but i'm feeling pretty good. i can do flips and i'm more flexible and strong than i've ever been. my end-of-week hang-upside-down-like-a-bat sessions at aerial yoga do wonders for my body and brain.
one thing i need to work on is getting more, better sleep. pumagreg is such an inspiration when it comes to that.
things i liked this week
- howmanycigarettes.com tracks the number of cigarettes in films. i've never smoked a cigarette in my life as my grandma made me promise to never - and after watching her slow and painful death from emphysema i could never - but i've always been fascinated about its role in art and film, mostly from a conscious yet worried point of view. frustratingly to me, cigarettes are making a comeback in pop music - and i wrote that even before sabrina carpenter lit one up with dolly a couple days ago.
- isopods! i love them every week, but this week i discovered meltknuckles' work on tumblr. their site is super cool and they raise isopods. this kind of art rules. bonus isopods content: isopods eat snowman
- the pricemaster also had a birthday this week - 24 years! whenever i say something cost me 500,000 dollars, i'm referencing them.
xoxo jenn
