Eaton Viking Superb

a few months ago i bought an old electric typewriter called the Eaton Viking Superb. i love typewriters and it was this beautiful green and gold colour. it was $5 and i assumed that it didn't work because there was an "as is" sticker on it. i also figured that the tape in it had dried out and i wouldn't be able to replace it.

anyways... my dad brought it back to haliburton when i was cleaning out my studio so i had forgot about it momentarily. but this weekend when i was home we pulled it out and dad stuck a piece of paper in it. to my surprise and delight (i mean actually jumping up and down) it works!!! AND it works in both red and black ink. on top of that it actually seems to have a whole role of ink tape left to feed through! i love the sound it makes while you are typing and the 'ding' when it gets to the end of the page. it is all just so lovely.

i am obviously very excited about this and so i have decided that i am going to type letters to anyone who leaves me their address below. if you don't feel comfortable leaving your address then you can e-mail it to me at wave_2_me@hotmail.com. i can't guarantee that you will receive it right away, but i will definitely send one to you!

making up ones mind and such...

hmmm... so this might sound silly since I was so dead set on living near the ocean last month, but I am human... and we tend to change our minds regularly. Therefore... I have decided that I am going to put off Victoria for a while. Me and my stubbornness were not really listening to ANYONE (including the little voice inside my head) when they told me I might be making the wrong choice. But, I have come to see things a little more clearly this past week and it will definitely be to my own benefit if I stay closer to home this year. Victoria will still be there when I am ready.

So now I am looking for a job. Hopefully something in or related to the arts. It would be wonderful to find something in a gallery but I am not really getting my hopes up. I have been looking pretty much everywhere - Ottawa, Toronto and area, Kitchener, Barrie, etc. - I won't be picky about the place if I can find a good job. I have also been looking at calls for submissions. I think this year will be a good year to focus on making art and trying to get it "out there" as they say. Plus I have been collecting so much over the past 4 years that I need to do something with it!

I am slowly getting excited about the idea of staying here. It just feels right.