Today is my mother's birthday. Tomorrow I travel out to visit. I phoned her earlier to sing birthday songs. Part of our conversation sounded like this: 'Have you started your job yet?' 'No... but someone offered me a venue to host a spoken word night on Sundays.' 'Are they going to pay you for that?' ... and then we both literally broke into fits of laughter. BWAHAHAHAA!! So speaking of the night that I'm devising... IT'S REALLY EXCITING! Early...
I have been so off my face with jobs and books and running and ranting I didn't even notice my 300th post straight come and go! Usually I make note when I flip a hundred... like here and here ... It is unbelievable to me that I am literally writing you all from New York City, considering that when I started FollowMeToNYC I was sitting at a wooden table in Australia sobbing over my laptop saying, 'This is bullshit. I have to get back to New York,...
Namaste my beloved cult clan First: I was published this week in the extremely dope lit mag Short, Fast, and Deadly. I learned about SFD after reading a piece by Senior Editor Joseph A.W. Quintela that was published with another one of my favorites, Bananafish Magazine;">While you are clicking around gobbling word goodies, do make sure to catch up on the writing of Bananafish Editor Daniel McDermott as well. Feel free to run off for coffee...
I woke up this morning, fired up the notebook, and literally repeated 'job job job job job...' Shortly after, I put on a very pretty dress and hit the streets with fabulous family member Chris whose couch is serving as the coziest nest during my transition into NEW YORK CITY!! We rocked up at a joint that had an ad on craigslist for walk-in applicants interested in waiting tables at a bakery-ish coffee-like place. So less than 24 hours after...
The best part about the last 289 posts I've smacked out is our surfacing soul tribe... Readers, Writers, Cult advocates, Zombies, various Artists, and international Pretties continuously come forward to say, 'Why hello Gretchen Cello... let's paint the world beautiful together...' Fellow Artist Ricardo Perez and I have been sharing creations for quite some time and recently spoke on the telephone for the first time - a conversation that...