Movin' on up (or maybe just over three or four blocks).
WHEW.
Stuff is happening, friends.
(I could have been blogging all about it when said stuff was happening, but then that would have been super easy and practical and that's, like, so the opposite of my style)
So first:
On Wednesday I said a fond farewell to the apartment I've lived in and lovingly called The Penthouse for the past year and a half.
You can follow me on Instagram if you want. You don't have to. But you can. If you want to. I was so, so lucky to land there when I did...it was the biggest blessing after a huge heartbreak, and it was the source of so much goddamn inspiration that I'm still working on how to hatch all the plans and ideas and dreams that were created there. You know those horror stories about houses that ruin the lives of all the people who live there? This place is the opposite - there's something about it that makes it a launching pad and a creative catalyst. And that's not changing - my girl Meg and her husband, Erik, who took over half of the space last November and turned it into their photography studio (Emenee Studios), are taking over my half of the lease and making the apartment their full-time residence. I'm so, so excited to see what it looks like once they get all settled in and unpacked!
My new, current dwelling is at my friend Jen's house, a few blocks up my old place. It's a lateral move, but an effective one - instead of staying locked into my Penthouse lease until November 2015, I'm now in a month-to-month sitch so I'm free to fly away when/if I want to. I've been staying there since Wednesday night, and tomorrow is my official moving day - I'll post photos of the new space (my bedroom has a SKYLIGHT) once I get all settled in.
While I hate packing/moving (it's so freaking stressful in ways that it just should not be), I love the fresh new beginning that the actual move creates. This particular move feels a bit odd, since it's really just a holding pattern until I figure out where I'm going next (back to Minneapolis for a bit? San Diego forever? TBD), but I'm psyched to spend some time with my pal Jen before we both embark on new adventures (she's also planning on leaving the Northwoods for city life in the near future) and craft/create/finalize new plans and dreams in a dreamy new space...like UNDER MY NEW FREAKING SKYLIGHT.
Did I mention that my new bedroom has a skylight? IT HAS A SKYLIGHT, EVERYBODY. IN MY BEDROOM. INSIDE MY BEDROOM, YOU WILL FIND A SKYLIGHT, RIGHT OVER MY BED IN THE BEDROOM THAT HAS A SKYLIGHT.
And yes, I will be posting photos of the skylight.
The other new thing happening is that this little corner of the internet is also going to be changing/moving/growing. In September, An Amber-Colored Life will turn ten (TEN!). Nothing is set in stone yet (there are actually a billion things that I've been/will be working on this summer that I can't wait to tell you about but can't/won't until they're set in stone), but I've got a couple of things I'm working to both grow and change this silly internet home that has been my pride and joy for the past decade. The first phase of the plan is to start transitioning the personal blog musings (a.k.a., the ridiculous clap-trap about boys and movies and other shiz) to my Amber-Colored Life Tumblr space. Blogspot has been good to me in the past ten years and I'm still a huge fan of how easy/intuitive the publishing platform is, but I feel like it's time for a change. I don't exactly know yet what that change will look like come September, but much like my actual living space move, this is an easy lateral move that will get the blog ready for its next big adventure. Since I know that change is hard for some of you guys (Kevin), you can start following me there now so you're on the up and up when the final/complete changeover takes place. Instead of posting here and then reposting to there like I've done in the past, from here on out I'll be doing the opposite - you still won't miss anything here (promise! At least until September...), but if you want to get my ultra-important and complex thoughts on why putting KCCO in your Tinder profile automatically disqualifies you in the minds of so many smart girls the minute that it's posted, then you're gonna wanna bookmark (do we still do that? Bookmark stuff?) that space and check it first.
Get it? Check it if you wanna check it, but even if you forget it, you won't wreck it.
#raps
#rapsuperstar
#rapping
#Ididathingthatwasarap
#didyouseethatrapupthereIdidthatrap
Stuff is happening, friends.
(I could have been blogging all about it when said stuff was happening, but then that would have been super easy and practical and that's, like, so the opposite of my style)
So first:
On Wednesday I said a fond farewell to the apartment I've lived in and lovingly called The Penthouse for the past year and a half.
You can follow me on Instagram if you want. You don't have to. But you can. If you want to. I was so, so lucky to land there when I did...it was the biggest blessing after a huge heartbreak, and it was the source of so much goddamn inspiration that I'm still working on how to hatch all the plans and ideas and dreams that were created there. You know those horror stories about houses that ruin the lives of all the people who live there? This place is the opposite - there's something about it that makes it a launching pad and a creative catalyst. And that's not changing - my girl Meg and her husband, Erik, who took over half of the space last November and turned it into their photography studio (Emenee Studios), are taking over my half of the lease and making the apartment their full-time residence. I'm so, so excited to see what it looks like once they get all settled in and unpacked!My new, current dwelling is at my friend Jen's house, a few blocks up my old place. It's a lateral move, but an effective one - instead of staying locked into my Penthouse lease until November 2015, I'm now in a month-to-month sitch so I'm free to fly away when/if I want to. I've been staying there since Wednesday night, and tomorrow is my official moving day - I'll post photos of the new space (my bedroom has a SKYLIGHT) once I get all settled in.
While I hate packing/moving (it's so freaking stressful in ways that it just should not be), I love the fresh new beginning that the actual move creates. This particular move feels a bit odd, since it's really just a holding pattern until I figure out where I'm going next (back to Minneapolis for a bit? San Diego forever? TBD), but I'm psyched to spend some time with my pal Jen before we both embark on new adventures (she's also planning on leaving the Northwoods for city life in the near future) and craft/create/finalize new plans and dreams in a dreamy new space...like UNDER MY NEW FREAKING SKYLIGHT.
Did I mention that my new bedroom has a skylight? IT HAS A SKYLIGHT, EVERYBODY. IN MY BEDROOM. INSIDE MY BEDROOM, YOU WILL FIND A SKYLIGHT, RIGHT OVER MY BED IN THE BEDROOM THAT HAS A SKYLIGHT.
And yes, I will be posting photos of the skylight.
The other new thing happening is that this little corner of the internet is also going to be changing/moving/growing. In September, An Amber-Colored Life will turn ten (TEN!). Nothing is set in stone yet (there are actually a billion things that I've been/will be working on this summer that I can't wait to tell you about but can't/won't until they're set in stone), but I've got a couple of things I'm working to both grow and change this silly internet home that has been my pride and joy for the past decade. The first phase of the plan is to start transitioning the personal blog musings (a.k.a., the ridiculous clap-trap about boys and movies and other shiz) to my Amber-Colored Life Tumblr space. Blogspot has been good to me in the past ten years and I'm still a huge fan of how easy/intuitive the publishing platform is, but I feel like it's time for a change. I don't exactly know yet what that change will look like come September, but much like my actual living space move, this is an easy lateral move that will get the blog ready for its next big adventure. Since I know that change is hard for some of you guys (Kevin), you can start following me there now so you're on the up and up when the final/complete changeover takes place. Instead of posting here and then reposting to there like I've done in the past, from here on out I'll be doing the opposite - you still won't miss anything here (promise! At least until September...), but if you want to get my ultra-important and complex thoughts on why putting KCCO in your Tinder profile automatically disqualifies you in the minds of so many smart girls the minute that it's posted, then you're gonna wanna bookmark (do we still do that? Bookmark stuff?) that space and check it first.
Get it? Check it if you wanna check it, but even if you forget it, you won't wreck it.
#raps
#rapsuperstar
#rapping
#Ididathingthatwasarap
#didyouseethatrapupthereIdidthatrap
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