Mellowbeing

Meet Chuck the Snowman!

Made this on 2/27.. these last few posts aren’t chronologically accurate.

In Queens, NYC.

East Village, NYC.

And yet, by the middle of the day, it was quite sunny and not windy. Ah, what a day in this city..

A few months ago, I decided to test Urban Dictionary and see if I could get “mellowbeing” added as a word to their database. The approval process takes longer than a couple of days so it sort of dropped from my immediate attention span. While doing a Google search today, I found out that the entry had been added! Talk about a double whammy on one day :)

mellowbeing on Urban Dictionary.

P.S. Hope all you New Yorkers out there are staying dry this weekend. It’s a bit misty out there.

While I’m on a “techy” roll, let me take a few moments to recap what I did the evening of June 7th.
I went to work in the daytime. Left work early with coworkers to go on our very first drunken get together and had free pizza with every drink we bought. But that was an even luckier night – there was a spokesperson from a liquor company present so if we drank something with top-shelf liquor, it was free. So free pizza & alcohol. (You have to see Crocodile Lounge) What could be better?

Showing up to a Google Event half tipsy, that’s what. That night, I was meeting Jessica to see Vint Cerf, “the father of the Internet”, speak at Google’s headquarters downtown (if you consider 15th street & 9th ave. downtown Manhattan”. Apparently Google doesn’t really allow people to talk about the actual events and content of the talk if it’s not an official Google announcement. Welp. All I’ll say is that there was some good empanadas, refreshing water, talk about geeks in a van driving around California, Mars and penguins. That’s right. Penguins.If you’re in the NYC area, I’d recommend going to one of their events. It’s a nice way to spend a low-key evening. Check out their site for future events.

I’ve decided to take a week off from work because I honestly just needed a break. I haven’t taken a real vacation in quite a while. Weekend day trips (which turn out to be 8 hour rides to Atlantic City..) are awesome for the soul but sometimes, you just need a longer relaxation break.

In order to celebrate this week of bumming around, I have put up a Sale on my Etsy shop, have promised myself to update this blog once a day as well as work on my website (mellowbeing.com) in addition to actually finishing “work” work as well as schoolwork. I promise it won’t be an unproductive week. I’m also looking forward to the Museum Mile Festival this Tuesday (tomorrow)! 3 hours of free access to any museum along the 23 car-free blocks 5th Avenue between 82nd & 105th.
So I know the real reason you’re reading this blog. To see the finished pirate wristwarmer! (yes, singular.. just started working on the 2nd one last night..) It’s made of black and white 100% cotton yarns with my own pattern (who doesn’t love drawing on graph paper with a pencil and eraser in hand?). Voila!
And last but not least, a good friend of mine found this awesome illustration of me on Deviant Art. I should find out the artist’s name and give the person the proper credit. (Update, pacman23’s link Thanks, Will.) If you’ve ever wondered what I’d look like on a day when I feel sporty, this is pretty much it (according to my friend, it is uncanny how similar this girl is to me, including the uberly long “trademark” legs):