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Courtney

You have to work hard for your rainbows...

About Me

I am a Costume Designer. There I said it. I have decided to go back to school and get my Masters of Fine Arts. I work retail to pay my bills and costume shows in my off time. Kind of like a modern day superhero...

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My Interests

Costume Design, Art, Music, Theatre, Popular Culture, Strong Females Who Make a Name For Themselves, Books, Crafty Things, Electronic Gadgets, Horticulture, Food, Organization (IE: The Container Store or IKEA), Office Supplies, Art Supplies, Smart Asses and Informational Gurus.
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Music:



Movies:

Amelie, Marie Antoinette, Frida, Girl Fight, Superstar, Moulin Rouge, About a Boy, Big Fish, Never Been Kissed, Zoolander, Its All Gone Pete Tong, Hable con Ella, Nacho Libre, Gattaca, Children of Men, SuperSize Me, The Corporation, An Inconvenient Truth, Dancer in the Dark, Stranger Than Fiction, Volver, Gandhi

Television:

Project Runway,Workout, Behind the Actor's Studio, The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Ugly Betty, Lost, Heroes.

Books:

Emma,The Nanny Diaries,The Artist's Way How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist: Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul, The Da Vinci Code, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Namesake, Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Polysyllabic Spree, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying...oh and yes...any Harry Potter books. (Yes, I like them.)

Heroes:

EDITH HEAD, J.K. ROWLING, FRIDA KAHLO, GEORGIA O'KEEFE, U2, Bjork

My Blog

Workin’ on rainbows...

So, I've fallen on my face a few times this past week.  No, I haven't fallen in the literal sense, but if I were to be walking the sidewalk of life, I would definitely have a few bruises, a blood...
Posted by Courtney on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:10:00 PST

Whats going on.

So lately I have noticed everyone's horoscopes have been right on about the people I know. Seems like I'm not any different....scary huh?   Libra September 22 - October 22The transformation...
Posted by Courtney on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:27:00 PST

Changes...

Well for the past two weeks I have been extremely tired.  Once "Sleepy" opens tomorrow, that will be one less thing on my plate and I will finally get to see how the whole work/school thing works...
Posted by Courtney on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:13:00 PST

Check out this video: Kate Nash - Foundations

So this is when I hate living in the U.S.When I find a singer or a band I like that is across the pond and they won't release any cd's here till next year???? Boo.Check out this video: Kate Nash - Fo...
Posted by Courtney on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:24:00 PST

The Lives of Others...

So I do have another "Wikipedia" journal, but this time well worth it. "The Lives of Others" is one of the best movies I have seen all year.  Just finished it and it has given me renewed hope tha...
Posted by Courtney on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:35:00 PST

Summary...

I think this was the most difficult week I've ever had starting any school that I have attended.  I kid you not, I probably cried like 5 or 6 times wondering, "what the hell did I get myself into...
Posted by Courtney on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:07:00 PST

1st day of Grad School...

Yesterday was my first day at school.  What a day...and I only had once class. It looks like I will finally in my 29 years of living, be relying on public transportation aka BART to be getting me...
Posted by Courtney on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:57:00 PST

1st day of school...

Ok, so I start school today as a graduate student...dun, dun, dun.  I will be driving over to the lovely San Francisco State University campus today for my first class which just so happens to be...
Posted by Courtney on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:33:00 PST

Work can teach me what???

It seems that I always get my epiphanies either in the shower or somehow on Sunday mornings.  Hmm.  I wonder why that is?  In that case, Sunday mornings are starting to be my favorite t...
Posted by Courtney on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:30:00 PST

My week off...

So let's see.  My supposed week off has barely been a week off.  I was only suppose to go to a work meeting for one day this week.  I ended up having TWO MORE impromptu meetings this we...
Posted by Courtney on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:18:00 PST