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I went to the Descanso Gardens yesterday for my water color class.
I saw a dead bird in the water. It was incredibly sad but so beautiful at the same time.
I was having too much fun with the coy fish that I didn’t have much time to paint.
So I have to finish it up.
Images ™ J. Afsoon A.
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Where to begin?
Well I’ve been sleep deprived for over 6 months now. And I can catch 1-2 hours of sleep here and there, if lucky I could get 4. But anyways, the night before my midterm was due, I continued working on the damn project. My nose kept getting worse. Every 2 seconds I had to wipe it so I wouldn’t have snot on my drawing (sorry for the graphic picture). So by the time I finished and looked up at the clock, it was 4:30 A.M. Well, I was rolling along on adrenaline and thought “Hey! Look at me go!”
I got up and went to eat breakfast (oh no, that’s not early for breakfast. I usually eat at 4:00 A.M. b/c that’s the time I get up to exercise). And then I got ready for class.
(Do I look tired?)
When driving to school, it hits me that I’m exhausted. Right smack in the face. And I said “I need caffeine.” Now, you see I haven’t had coffee for about 5 years b/c before that I was really addicted to it, so I quit. I pull over to Starbucks and I get myself a Venti Soy Latte. About 11:00 A.M., I’m still dragging…I go buy another one. 1:00 P.M. comes around and I’m going to knock out and I buy another one. While cutting the foam board for my project, my hand starts shaking. I sit down and I start rocking back and forth like I was autistic. I look at the foam board and I say “Omigod! It looks like a rat nibbled on it” and start having a panic attack.
Got through that like crossing the Atlantic ocean with my hands tied behind my back. Before class even starts, I had even more panic attacks and continue shaking uncontrollably. I go to class and I wait for my professor. She comes in and I tell her I need to talk to her about something. So we go outside and I start BALLING like a baby. I thought I was going to flood the whole school. She calmed me down and told me to take 3 deep breaths (she did it with me. Seriously she’s such a sweetheart!). We start talking about my situation and I start laughing. LAUGHING! Then I cried. It was a roller coaster of emotions. Thank God, she found it funny too.
Ends up my condition was due to not only the caffeine, but the fact that I was sick, I had Mother Nature’s monthly gift, sleep deprived and majorly depressed. So everything was just rushing out of me. She described me as a punch drunk and as though I shot up heroin. Man, it was terrible. She was so understanding. I love that woman. She told me to go freshen up and come back to class when I thought I was ready. When I left, I felt paranoid and very claustrophobic. She let me leave early.
I got home at 5 P.M. and went to bed. I slept from 5:30 P.M. to about 5:30 A.M. and WOW. I never thought I’d live to see the day that I’d sleep that long. It was beautiful.
Here I am today. Semi-normal, but still tired. Did you learn the moral of the story? Because I sure did. 
Did I bore you? I’m sorry.
Anywho…I found this at Starbucks. They’re coffee coated almonds. Mmmm, so good!
And I fell inlove with Vosges Calindia Bar. My cousin’s wife bought it for me in Las Vegas (we there about a month ago) from the Vosges shop (so expensive, but so worth it!). I like how it says it’s vegan on the packaging. The lady working there was vegan also (awesome!).
Speaking of Las Vegas. I went to the Grande Lux Cafe in the Venetian. I got this really good Crispy Sesame Tofu. Try to go there if you’re visiting.
I think that’s enough for today. It felt good to get that out of my system.
Images ™ J. Afsoon A. (except for the creepy dancing milk)
What the hell is this? It’s creeping me out…And so not vegan
