it’s me, velvet

i have often felt a burning restlessness. a savage beast that cannot be quelled animates itself inside me from time to time.

a person, a drug, a thing — none of these soothe it for any length of time. i always end up right back where i started – dying for an escape.

i am trying to find my fire — setting myself ablaze in the process. like a phoenix.

writing, er, blogging, has helped me find my fire. and keep it. so much elucidation and clarity is gained when i put my thoughts on the screen to you.

and its icing on the cake when you comment. you all inspire me. each and every one of you. with your posts … and your comments … you inspire.

there are many facets to velvet, the blogger. if you think you are surprised sometimes, well, frankly, i gotta tell ya … so am i! and that, my dear friends, is no small feat.

so many thanx to wch, who really opened my eyes to the many riches of the blogosphere.

more about velvet …

8 jobs velvet has had:

1. short order cook
2. cashier at a fast food joint
3. key cutter and engraver
4. research assistant
5. speech writer and “spin doctor” for a local politician
6. executive assistant
7. nurses’ aide
8. nurse

8 places velvet has lived:

1. in a rooming house with a schizophrenic neighbour that steals mail
2. in a house with 2 boys, 1 man, and 5 afghan hounds
3. by myself in a three bedroom apartment
4. in a three bedroom townhouse with 5 other girls
5. 10 minutes’ walk from the pacific ocean
6. in a city that has had the dubious distinction of being ‘murder capital of canada’
7. in a not-so-winterized cabin on the western shore of a prairie lake in the middle-of-f*cking-nowhere
8. in a basement apartment

8 things velvet likes:

1. sunshine
2. flowers
3. red
4. books
5. blogging
6. freshly fallen snow
7. chocolate
8. certain herbs (like, you know, chives ;D)

8 things velvet dislikes:

1. green beans
2. cyclists that burn stop signs and red lights
3. stupidity/ineptness
4. greed
5. the smell of shit (anybody’s)
6. watching a person struggle for breath
7. pretense
8. self-righteousness