darn. it. ALL.

greetings, fine friends.

well, no thanks to Lindsay and our workday cyber-meanderings, i think we're both completely consumed with thoughts and sexual urges toward paper, ink, and most addictingly seductive, LETTERPRESS. i think we went the furthest we've ever gone today when L. found Briar Press, an online letterpress community complete with "Classifieds" section. dear Lord.

note also:
i love letterpress
the preppy wedding
gorgeous free fonts, courtesy of the preppy wedding blog
linda & harriet

this is turning into a problem. i say that like it hasn't been a problem previously. i'm very much in denial right now.







in other news, i saw over the rhine this weekend and it once again changed my life, this time in a different way, because i was sitting there with someone i care about in a way that's different from how i've ever cared about anyone. big deal, right? yeah. big deal.

life is quiet, with a busy undertone. i think it feels quiet because everything i'm doing right now, i've been doing for months. dating Boy Wonder, doing my thing at church, working, paying bills . . . it's a busy life, but it's a normal, routine life. no drama or catastrophes at the moment. and as lovely as that is, it feels abnormal. i know there's something twisted about that.

ever since i graduated, i've had transitional, sometimes amazing, sometimes unpleasant eras of life going on: starting full-time work, moving home, getting involved in the church, getting involved with a boy, paying off school loans, moving out, loving my roommate, losing my roommate while she was still theoretically my roommate, paying major(ly necessary) car repairs, losing my former (theoretical) roommate as a friend without really knowing why, thus moving out early, thus moving home again, finding another apartment (not an easy task as a single woman, since living on one's own is so expensive), moving out again, getting settled, disentangling completely from former roommate/friend situation, making new connections, learning the hard things about being on my own...completely on my own, no safety net but my meager savings which at one time were not so meager . . .

so you can see why my current circumstances seem so quiet, almost boring. no out-of-control manipulative relationships. no moving (at least for the next 5 months). no $500/month loan payment. these are all good things. but i think i was so accustomed to the stressful, high-intensity lifestyle i was living, which let's face it, started freshman year of college, that "normal" life seems almost wrong in its glorious normality.

i shall re-train myself.

cultivating healthy relationships with others who care about themselves in a healthy way is the best way to make sure they care about you in a healthy way, too.

i want to make sure i remember that i said that just now. for a long time. excuse me while i go tie a piece of grosgrain, lightly sparkled, bold, precious hot pink ribbon around my soul.