Leap! .... and the net will appear.

I used my $25 gift certificate from Funktional's Facebook/Twitter contest today.  Instead of using it on purchasing one of the items that I took a photo of (which is what I'm suppose to do), I spent it on acquiring an Andrea Waines necklace.  Andrea Waines is a Canadian jewellery designer.  I love her work, it's simple but inspiring.  She uses only sterling silver and personally hand stamps each piece with a hammer, one letter at a time.  Okay, how ridiculous is that?  She has my "A" for being amazeballs.  I can't imagine the extent of her effort and patience.  And exceptional hand-eye coordination.  And steady fingers.... I wonder what else she could do with her steady fingers. :P 

If you just mentally sighed and thought to yourself "Oh Cathy..." then you are no less pervy than I am.  (:  ADMIT IT. 

If you can imagine it you can achieve it.  If you can dream it you can become it.

In other news, I started reading The Book of Negroes around 9 this morning and I was aiming to finish by this evening.  But at this point, something just tells me that it's not going happen.  Hrm ... something... like... the fact that I'm on page 132?  ...out of 1162?   Whatever, I get "A" for effort.  Honestly, I don't know why it's taking me so long to plough through this one.  The last 4 books were easy, effortless even.  It's not the writing style because from what I've read so far, the author is an excellent writer!  Maybe it's the content, I can't relate to it.  (Not that I could relate to 50 Shades of f'd up haha).  I still want to finish this book, but not merely because it's on my list of to-reads for the book club but because I feel like I owe it to ... the people... I mean they had to endure so much cruelty and destitution and degradation.  I feel like I should at least be able to commit a few hours and honour their strength by reading about it.  And hopefully be a little more educated and worldly in the end. 

.....sounds like bullshit huh? hahaha WELL IT'S NOT.

I know, I'm weird. 

But that's why you guys keep coming back for more, is it not? (: 

LOVE.

-C