Fortunes rise

Today I came to work a bit tired after my two fun filled days off. It's hard to go to bed early after nights. There was already a sick call on "the board" for tonight. Guess who is working a double. It will be tough near the end but the good news is I am the packager again so I can come in a bit later tomorrow. That is going to help to make this do-able. Lets face it I want to pay for my lovely new art as quickly as possible as she is already tempting me with more! She has one that she did after a photo assignment watching a female bull fighter. It is very cool. Damn you, Carly!

We went to lunch after I picked out my pieces of art yesterday. While we were waiting for our food we were talking about selling, framing and enlargements of photographs. I'm very excited to start this adventure. I still have more questions but got started by using the site Carly suggested and getting some of the recent pictures enlarged. They should arrive Saturday or Monday. I will have a better idea what kind of frames to use after I see them. She also has photography she does as a biz too.


When we got to her house we changed the frame of the "Appliance Apocalypse" from silver to copper. I am really done with silver and stainless anywhere but the kitchen. Long ago in another lifetime I had a collection of unique copper pieces. Most of them were vintage. Decorative bowls, platters, assorted cups and boxes. They were left behind. I am slowly replacing the old collection with lovely new-to-me pieces.

This is an e-mail I got from a CSz Farm Team member. If you want to support the Arts this is another way.
Hello Friends,

This is a SPECIAL show because it is the 2008 FunRaiser!! It’s going to be Tournament style; which means that each team will totally change players at half time, so you’ll see much Farm Team talent! It’s like seeing 2 shows in 1! Really! That’s a whole lot of funny for just $5!!!

This SPECIAL Comedy Sportz Farm Team show, is this Sunday, October 19th, 7pm.

As always, I would love to share this fun evening with you (& yours!) and to have your support and laughs there!
Please bring your significant other, husband/wife, children, & friends!! The more the merry, truly!
Reminder, the show is family friendly!

SO, please come if you’d like, bring friends, join my husband, come for part, stay for all!


Thanks in advance!
See you Sunday!?!? PLEASE COME!!!!!!

Warmly,
Karin


DETAILS:
Below are the show details and directions.
Web address: http://www.portlandcomedy.com/shows/farmteam.html
Phone # (503) 236-8888.

Please remember to save your fortunes from fortune cookies for Carly. She has an art project in mind. Support the Arts.

I'm loving it!

I'm so glad I picked up the needles again! No, not drug use but addictive like crack. Knitting is so satisfying to me. I work with my hands which is calming as well as stimulating and (hopefully) make something cool! It opens up my brain which is cool for improv.

I am doing some felting projects right now that are so fast, fun and (mostly) easy. The different novelty yarns and the mystery of the finished product after the felting process keeps me hooked. I just speed along wanting to see the finished item. Also since they are mostly done on circular needles there is less sewing. I don't sew per say so that has kept three or four projects done on straight needles from being completed. Working on that too. :)

The felting process is knitting on big needles with double yarn and after all the finishing sewing throw it in hot water and shrink the hell out of it! So you knit a purse the size of a tote bag that is very airy and after felting you have average size purse that looks like cloth not knitted. If I could post pictures I would for those stuck on the need for visual aids. (I actually need them too)

I belong to one knitting group called Queer Knitting that meets once a month. Great gals with lots of knowledge. That just wasn't enough fix for me so I started one with my CSz homies. I call it The Creative Persons Project. It is open to any portable hobby. We meet at Mable's Cafe and Knittery Mondays. It was really exciting to post on the forum and get positive response. We have three knitters, three beaders and two possible Christmas card addressers. I suggested for those who didn't have a portable hobby but wanted to hang with us do your Christmas cards!

I gotta go felt my latest project. If ANYONE wants to help a technologically challenged gal learn to post pictures on this blog I will bombard you with images of all sorts. (not just knitting) Enjoy the simple pleasures.

Thanks for the complements

It was nice to hear the quirky redhead is amusing to read. Two different people told me they enjoy reading my blog and what I have to say. For that I thank you. I'm not posting as much lately and I shall explain now.

I have gotten back into a hobby I really enjoy and am pretty good at. Knitting is a great creative outlet that produces cool and useful items but it gets one out of there head. Great tool for an improviser! I hear more what goes on on stage and retain it. Not because I'm not watching (cause I can knit without looking) but because it opens the brain. It's hard to explain but it is working for me. (what do you think Bron?) No matter, I'm enjoying and that makes everyone happy. I wish I could safely knit on road trips. If I'm driving I cant really. ;)

I have made some friends on the national CSz forums. We play on the forums but also IM, text and chat on the phone. It has been great getting to know them. The forum is a awesome tool in this too. We can post pictures and write details of ourselves and lives. I look forward to meeting people that see and accept me for the quirky gal I am. I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Not to ignore my Portland peeps. I have neglected you all a bit in recent months - sorry. I have made the effort to make workshops, sign up for shows and work the door (in Portland) on the weekends. I'm glad you all welcomed me back with open arms and hearts. I'm glad you still love me.

Enough of the lovefest for now. I gotta shower and gather my knitting. I have Queer knitting group this evening. I hope to start putting an old project together and learn how to knit beads into my current felting project. I want to get it done and felted. It's sooo easy and fun!

Smile and relax. The holidays should be about personal beliefs and the love for the people in your world. Keep it simple and happy!

Bron

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Glad I went and other catch up stuff

Boy have I gotten around the last bit of time! I will give you a smattering but really got things to do!

I took the James Bailey workshop Saturday. I wish I could have taken them all! He is a great teacher and a super nice guy. I jumped right in and soon you couldn't shut me up. I really got a lot from his class and hope to take more in the future.

The CSz show was a lot of fun. The folks that had taken the workshop put it into play. We even played Beastie Rap using the tips taught right before the show. It went well and made it even more fun.

The mechanic is awesome. (thanks Deeg) He has figured out the electrical bugaboos that have annoyed me from the beginning. He is taking care of my list and confirming things I was worried about. He still has the car as we speak. I hope he is done in time for me to go to workshop!

I signed up for the show Saturday but haven't seen lines yet. I do know I'm playing the Halloween show (Sunday) in Portland. (doors open at 6:30 show at 7) It should be a blast.

Off to prepare for another whirlwind day. Hope things slow down a bit so I can enjoy things, people and fall.

Oh, Thursday night at Roscoes in S.E. it's the last night of the Comedy contest. Adam Higgins is in the top 5 with a chance to win! It starts around 9pm so come out and support a fellow CSzer. No cover and reasonable prices. See ya!

Soccer

Nick's game this morning was at a field near a creek. The field was blanketed in fog. It was so cool to sit and watch the game in the fog. It made my heart squeeze with the need to go to San Francisco. To be near the ocean and hear the fog horns! I love to walk or drive through Golden gate park. Sigh.

The only downer at the game was (and is) the soccer moms. They seem to be a breed of their own. They seemed especially grating to me today.

I arrived on time for Nick to warm up. (1/2 hour before game time) I was suited up in my winter woollies, picked my spot a bit from the crowd so I could watch in peace. By game time a group had sprawled my way incorporating me. I was happily enjoying the fog and writing this post on a pad while watching the game. It was getting harder to block out the annoying voice in a pretentious conversation. The woman with the annoying voice chose to stand behind me and yell at the boys playing. It bothered me but I tried to let it go. The kicker was when I unexpectedly looked up from my writing and this woman was standing right behind me reading what I was writing. She was embarrassed and moved away. I quietly put my few things in my bag and moved my chair 10 feet away. You would have thought I'd called her a bad name and slapped her face. For the rest of the game they talked about me in a stage whisper. They couldn't figure out who I was. I was dressed simply (unlike the woman in a 3/4 length fur coat) and had a simple fold up chair to sit in. My crime for this rude treatment? Being quiet and moving my chair to save my sanity.

If I'm treated like this at an early morning soccer game how do they treat people in their community? What role model is this for their children? I cant believe the treatment of a stranger.

I try to treat people with respect and not judge them especially from first meeting them. I know that it's not always possible but I don't do something to make any person uncomfortable.

Enjoy the day and if you are in the neighborhood come see the CSz show tonight.

A good weekend was had in Marta's World

I cant tell you that anything incredible happened this weekend but I enjoyed it just the same. It rained and got chilly. (happy guys?) There was beautiful sun breaks that I loved too. Fall is my favorite season hands down. I will get to that post soon.

Okay, Friday night sucked only because my first period since my surgery started. I spent most of the day trying to decide if I was going to throw up or not. Not a norm for me. To add to my frustration the DVD player in the living room is temperamental. One of the roommates owns the DVD player that is hooked to the TV also owned by same. My DVD player wont work with my older TV that I'm using in my room while I live here. The DVD player will play most movies but sometime during the movie it decides its done. That day I was denied starting Underworld unless I wanted to see it sans sound but conveniently with sub titles. (what the f#*k ?) On Bad Boys II it went about 3/4 of the way through but then - done. It wont do scene selections at all. By 7:50 I just gave in and went to my room to lay in bed with my heating pad and some movies borrowed from the other roommate. I didn't finish the first movie only because I chose not to! I went to sleep.

Saturday didn't start until 10:30. I felt sooo much better I got going. I was packing my CSz uni for two shows in Eugene and getting ready to drive the hundred odd miles. I wont bore you with the mundane details of this. I will say I enjoyed driving in the stormy weather. It was cool how it changed so much as I went along.

As for the two shows I was in I think they were good. People had positive energy they brought into the show. They weren't the best shows this group or myself have done but it was good to see the up moods and performances. I think we as a group need to find a trust as a team and we will really rock. I mean that in a positive way.

I drove home midafternoon on Sunday getting back in time to catch the end of the first of two pro-am shows at CSz. Namely Sundays are the farm team shows in Portland. The two shows were 100 % benefiting "cure for cancer" No, it wasn't for Marta but not a bad idea. I was peeved that though I didn't have breast cancer I am a survivor and should have been in the shows. I usually end up in any shows I sign up for so I wasn't sure why Herb denied me these. Actually it wasn't Herbs fault.

Let me go back a couple weeks to sign up for those shows. When I first got the e-mail I had the boys with me and was in the midst of moving.( not building up for a big excuse here just setting up the facts.) I hastily read the e-mail on "my turn" and told Herb I wasn't available that weekend. I thought it was the weekend of Unforgiven (WWE match in Portland). After the boys left I went back to my g-mail and re read all. That's when I realized my mistake and e-mailed Herb again saying "change that no to a yes". I confused him as I do most men. He got lost in Marta's World so he didn't get I did want to be in said shows. So the long of a short story is I wasn't in the shows because I said I wasn't available. It wasn't anything personal or showing me I don't hang around in Portland enough. *Sigh* :) I feel better now.

After the shows all who wanted went out to the closest Mc Minns with a parking lot on 23rd and Thurman. We (CSz) usually go to that one most weekends.There was a big group of 20 ahead of us that had ordered food so the wait was long. I got to talk to people I haven't seen most of the summer. I miss hanging with my Portland peeps! Even though I lived a block from the arena I have been in Eugene more. It's tough since both have workshops on Wednesday nights. I want to do both more.

a few shout outs then I'm done.
-Betse, I hope you had a great birthday. You were cute during 185! Love ya doll!

-Karen, I miss you Sucky sister! heyyyyyyyyyy! Thanks for your words of encouragement and concern. We should carpool to workshops and Eugene? Huh? Come on!

-John M, yes we DO need to get Deep Dish together again and FAH ing soon! Thank you for the kind words about my writing. You are a great writer so I will take the compliment! I'm glad to hear you are going to start doing the drive too! Drag Karen along and hitch with Deeg and me.

-to all that read this I want to hear from you. Answer the question of a couple posts back and feel free to comment anytime.

Kisses to all that read about Marta's World. I write this for me and say whatever needs to be said for my piece of mind. I'm glad if you enjoy it our feel lucky in your own life after reading about mine. Just remember this, I'm still standing and smiling. I like being me and will take the good with the bad.

What up Today?

I'm in a holding pattern today. I'm waiting until tonight to pick up Nick from soccer practice. I get him until Friday afternoon since he doesn't have school.

I don't yet know my weekend plans as I'm waiting for lines. I don't have the kids so the possibilities are endless. there are things I should do, things I want to do and then what really happens.

With all the stuff I need to get done in my life it sure involves a lot of waiting. I guess I never really noticed it as much before. I don't think I have less patience. it must be I don't like the interim phase. I want to know where I'm actually going not just trying to head that way.

Don't see this post as negative just pondering. i always say nick doesn't handle change well. I like to think I do. I just don't usually have so much at once. I really haven't had the time to process it all. maybe that's what I'll do while I'm waiting.

Here, do something for me please. Let me know you read this by answering this question. "My favorite thing about fall is... " or a favorite memory. you can use the comments or g-mail me. I'd like to know who reads my blog. (and why?!?) I'm waiting.....

looks good!

I saw the doc today to get results from biopsies and for her to check on her handy work. she said it all looks good. healing nicely and negative on the biopsies!!!!! I gotta tell you I got so scared this morning I threw up. I felt good but as I well know a simple twist of fate....

Thank you Karen and Ken for the non stop laughter last night. Who knew bag balm, farm equipment and a"nail salon" could be so funny. Sorry if it was too much for you Luke but I so needed that! CSz heals.

More later but I gotta pick up the darlings from their different schools! kisses ;)

In case you didn't know

I really like wrestling! From the time I started watching it in February I have really come to appreciate it. I hate to miss even one night! Now that I don't have cable I'm scurrying to find a place to watch it on Monday nights. With Monday night football I will be hard pressed to find a sports bar to tune in WWE RAW for me! Somebody save me!

It started when I began playing CSz in Eugene. Most of the players are WWE fans and they talk about it a lot. I decided to watch it and try to understand what they saw. The first couple of times watching was okay but as I really began to follow the wrestler I was hooked. I had lots of questions and could hardly wait for the next night of WWE.

I've even taken in some of the local talent. I've been to the Milwaulkie Elks Lodge to see PNPW tapings. That was pretty fun. I've also gone to a PNPW taping in Eugene at a high school. I usually see CC Poison, Thunder and the Blanchard Brothers. I think of the Blanchards as the cousins to the Dudley Brothers on RAW. I have yet to make a Portland Wrestling Show though I watch it on 14 when I can.

it all lead up to last night and my first PPV live taping. I was sooo excited from the time Joseph told me about Unforgiven being added at the Rose Garden. He wanted to take Cohen and asked if me and my boys would be interested in going. YES!

I had watched a couple of PPV's up to that point. I enjoyed the drama that would lead to who was in matches but this time was different. this was my PPV and there were people I wanted to see. I got most of the matches I wanted and even the outcomes.

I was at Jenny's Birthday party tonight. Happy birthday again Jenny! I had a lot of fun just hanging and laughing LOTS. I still say we should have gone to Nobby's for 50 cent taco night. It's really good but they watch football not WWE. nite!

Wise "blind line"

This morning as I was waking up I remembered what day it is. I don't want it to be a bigger deal than it is so I was trying to find something in my head to bring it back down. A favorite line I wrote down in my quotes section of my journal came to mind. It was the game of blind line in a Portland Comedy Sportz show. The line was "Big things come in small packages". Now I'm not really sure why that struck me as so funny at the time but it has grown on me since then. It has been used for many comparisons both good and not. I gotta say in this case it's true.

I think the biggest impact has been where my thoughts go momentarily. It is cancer. It doesn't judge you to decide if you deserve it. Then why did I feel I was any less attractive or desired because of it? it made no sense in the time it took to form as a thought! I'm no more or less "anything" because I have cancer. I am Marta.

Things are what you perceive them to be. I wont let any of my current situation hold me back from being the best "Me" I can be. I refuse to be any other way. Right now I'm Still Standing but with a determined stance, my hands on my hips daring you to try to move me.

p.s. the doctor feels confident that she got everything and the new biopsies look clean. I go back in two weeks to get the results and check how I'm healing. Since I'm not changing the name of this blog I'll go back to the usual brain leak tomorrow.