Things have been going pretty good lately. Last month I sold more art than any other month before and this month seems to be following suit. I've gotten lots of new fans from Tumblr, Instagram, and DeviantART recently and am so happy to see my art getting more exposure. Speaking of exposure, I also recently got scouted by a show director at the Monarch Gallery and got asked to join RAW Artists. The director saw my embroideries on Etsy and now I have my first show post graduation this March! I'm so so excited! I have to sell 20 tickets to friends/well-wishers but then I get to show my work at the gallery for free, they'll put my profile on their website (and my interview), I get to keep 100% of the profits I bring in AND I get to show my work at several other RAW events around the country if I want to. Pretty sweet deal! I'm so jazzed about this show that I already bought the perfect dress for it (a velvet green dress from Forever21). I don't know how much space I'm going to be allowed but I want to have at least 10 hoops as well as some felt brooches and prints of my animal illustrations. I might even do a raffle for a free hoop!
Some more exciting news is that I managed to score front row tickets to see my favorite comedian, Aziz Ansari, next month! He posted on Facebook that he was doing a show in Phoenix in January and that if you wanted to be notified for pre-sale tickets to sign up for his text alerts. Naturally, I signed up because I've been waiting forever to see him live again (I first saw him in Central Park in 2006) and on Monday around 11pm I got the text. I only have a flip phone though so I wasn't able to click on the link to buy the tickets so I texted my friend Rosalynn to see if she could buy us our tickets. Luckily, she was still awake and I about lost my mind when she told us we got in the front row! I've never been in the front row for ANYTHING so I'm beyond thrilled for this show! He might even talk to us since he usually talks to people in the front row! :D
Another bit of good news is that my older brother (the bane of my existence) finally got a real grown-up job and is MOVING OUT! Christmas has come early for the Doom family this year! For anyone who knows me irl, you can understand what a huge relief this is. I couldn't have asked the gods for a better gift this year. Peace and lovely lovely quiet. I'm hoping to land myself a real grown-up job in the not too distant future as well but I'm not in a huge hurry. Living with my family allows me to concentrate on my art and building my business as well as giving me the opportunity to save money for travelling. There are some downsides of course to living at home but it's only temporary and soon enough I'll be working 40 hours a week and making house payments along with all the other smallfolk out there. Being a grown up isn't as great as I thought it was going to be. Let that be a lesson to all you kiddos out there, enjoy being a kid AS LONG AS YOU CAN! Or if you absolutely have to grow up, don't let anyone tell you you're not allowed to enjoy the things you did as a kid. I'm going to play video games and watch cartoons for as long as I live. FTW!
Alright, my lovelies, thank you for reading! And I hope y'all are enjoying this holiday season!
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