Author: Jess Boctor

Yesterday Sandals church had an event to provide its members with opportunities to get plugged in and step up in their faith.

My role was to be on of the resident artists at the Tom’s Shoes Style Your Soles booth. we sold over 100 pair of shoes. That mean 100 disadvantaged kids get a pair of shoes, and 100 people at Sandals have a pair of one of a kind kicks.

For others perspective on the day, and more information about the event you can check out these links:

Dawn Carters Whrrl Slide Show 

Sandals Church Gateway to Service

Marchen Studios Blog

Continuing the adventure,  

Jessica Boctor

Today took an interesting turn after 3pm today; here are some of the thoughts that are still lingering in my mind.

Rejection answers a lot of questions. Having my entrance into the Fulbright program denied pretty much confirms that I am 1. not as good at procrastinating as I thought 2. meant to stay in Riverside (at least for the time being)

The meeting at work did not go as well as I had hoped. May be an indicator that I went dancing over people’s toes again. Dang.

MS is officially out of money, means I am going to need to be extra creative and diligent in the coming months (franchise taxes don’t care if you make money or not)

Non maintenance friends are the best cure for and afternoon like this one.

Continuing the adventure,  

Jessica Boctor

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walking home in the evening light with a stack of library books tucked under my arm.

Today, I had a few moments of extra time between coming home from work and when PB and I need to be at a friends last supper. So, in a giggdy rush I fled to our libray, which lucky for me is only about 2 blocks away.

I was able to use self control, and I came home with only three books. I think I may try and pull an all nighter on friday night; ooo the possibilities. So here is what I selected:

The Singing by Alison Croggon, it has three elements that I love; a girl heroine, singing, and tolkein-isq mythology. Yay!

If This Is Love, I’ll Take Spaghetti (a collection of nine short stories) by Ellen Conford, I have to admit, the title grabbed me and so home it came.

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly. Again, this has multiple elements of things I love; Girl Heroines, a love of words and a historical setting.

So, I’m signing off now, how could I stay on with treasures like this lying on the bed next to me?

Continuing the Adventure,

Jessica

I’m screwed.

That has always been the joke at least. I have to much artist in me to like everything in straight rows but I have too much of an engineer’s mind set for it to be disorderly.

I joke that I am the child torn between two worlds, like Spock maybe.

Anyways, I had to laugh when I came to visit today and my parents had the most perfect visualization set up in their living room.

Mom on the left with her scattered array of paper arts.

Dad on the right with his neatly laid out electrical engineering tools.

And me, right there in the middle.

Continuing the adventure,  

Jessica Boctor