vlogs: Bring Some Color To Your Life!

Well, it's now 2008 and my rebuilding of life and heart and home are still in the works. Thanks to all of my friends for help in that rebuilding, and in this vlog, you will see Cyprus' Christmas gift to me featured prominently as COLOR!! She gave me all the paint I needed to paint the apartment! It's not done, but the video shows the latest updates. YAY!

I love color, especially in the home, and if I could live inside a cartoon, I would, but until then, I color my world like one.

Oh, and I'm really excited about this year. Along with Bush's finally exiting office (THANK THE LORD ON HIGH! - though i predict he may create an unprecedented extension of office), I also turn 40 years old in 10 days!

Good Lord! FORTY! WOW.

I had sent out a nice invitation to all of my friends and acquaintances for a nice little happy hour for this Saturday, only to find out that my friends had already started planning a surprise birthday party!! I ruined the surprise! In all of my years of birthdays, there has only been one that I didn't plan, myself. I am really surprised (hardy har) that they didn't take that into account!

Well, even though I ruined the surprise, it was still a surprise and I am very excited to turn 40!

Below is an updated video tour of my apartment, which I always nick name "Imagination's Playground," and though it's still bare, it sure is BRIGHT!

Below THAT is a fun little romp through some bonus bunny footage, which includes SLO-MO REPLAYS!!

Enjoy!

vlog: Onwards and Upwards from CocteauBoy on Vimeo.


bonus vlog: Fluffy Bunnies EVERYWHERE! from CocteauBoy on Vimeo.

vlog: HOME AGAIN

So... after dropping everything from my life to pursue Love in The Netherlands, almost dying, recovering, returning to the U.S. and then getting dumped over the internet, I am seeing signs of my footing returning to my life, again. It's going to be a long road of returning to some sense of "home," but I'm on my way.

I spent my first night on my own last night, in my own new bed, with Spyder exploring the apartment restlessly, but regally, throughout the night and checking in on me regularly, poking her nose up against my eye or my own nose to ensure I was okay. I slept okay, but awakened often, of course; it's a new, unfamiliar place.

One of the glorious things about my first night was being able to create my "SLEEP" playlist in iTunes, set it to Random, and let it play all night as a backdrop to my dreams... I love sleeping to music, which I have not been able to do in a long time.

Below is a tour through my new little home... it's gotta a lot of work to be done, and I will slowwwwly fill it with "stuff" and make it all cozy in time... in time.

VLOG: Home Again from CocteauBoy on Vimeo.