Wyld Creativity: A Deliciously Good Day

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

A Deliciously Good Day

Last night was my first Copaxone injection. A nurse came and taught me how to do it and rotate spots every day, she also taught me how to use the auto injector. It was more painful than I expected, not the needle part but the drug itself, it stings as it moves through the body. I started with my arm which is apparently the most sensitive so hopefully tonight it won’t be as painful. I have a bruise on my arm but that’s the only side affect so far. It’s hard to imagine doing this every single day but I can handle it.

I have been feeling better, but still headachy most of the time. Today I spent the majority of my day working on a new recipe for Kyle and I to enjoy for dinner. I started as soon as I woke up which was around 7:30 and didn’t get completely finished until after 2:00. It wasn’t that complicated of a recipe but I just take so long getting things done, I have a habit of re reading the information over and over to make sure I am doing it right. It all turned out awesome though, better than I expected. I want to start looking for a new recipe to try again but I think I will wait for awhile to unwind from today first.

So what I made was Chicken breast stuffed with fresh Asiago cheese, glazed with a butter and sage marinade and wrapped in prosciutto ham …this gets wrapped up underneath a piece of fennel wedge ( the veggie) and you put a piece of red pepper and yellow pepper on both sides, then you wrap it in foil and bake it. I also made batch of parmesan mashed

potatoes to go with it. I just followed the recipe and what they suggested for the sides. It was so yummy, it had really great flavor and the meat was so awesome, after you take it out from the foil you drizzle the veggie juice over the meat and the potatoes for even more flavor. For dessert I made a peach cobbler. The toughest part of this was taking the skin off of the peaches because they weren’t that ripe. It was really good too, I’m not sure if I love the crust but it was pretty good.

In other news a lot is happening on the potential internship “getting an In” with an agency. I have an interview for a 3 month unpaid internship on Thursday which just came together today, I have another one next Wednesday for one with a brand planner which Is also not paid but could be good. I don’t know what kinds of things these internships are about so I have to find out if they will be beneficial and relate to what I want to do long term. If I do get any offers for internships I am going to have to try and wait until the 2nd week in September as I am meeting with someone from Publicis Sep 10 and 2 other agencies have contact me, one said they would be interested in having a meeting, they didn’t say whether it was an internship or not and I am waiting to hear back as to when we can meet together and another says they have a position as an account manager and I need to meet with that person to see what that role is all about and if it involves creative or is more of the business end.

Whatever I do I want to get experience and knowledge that will help me move in the creative/planning direction I want to do long term. If one of these internships is all about that then it would be great to take it but if they are completely unrelated then it’s not in my best interest. All I can do is meet with these people and find out what the roles are all about and take it from there. It’s tricky to navigate because you don’t want to end up with nothing but you don’t want to miss out on a great opportunity either.

Kyle got me this great book called “Pick Me” It’s a book basically written by these creative director genius’s who offer tips to new ad prospects on how to break into the industry. I recognized one of the authors names right away, she is someone who commented on my portfolio early in the spring and gave me some tips, she is one top notch lady, I understand now why my portfolio was not good enough for the likes of her, she is one of the best and if I ever chose to go down the creative director path I will need to devote hours, weeks and months to developing a portfolio that will be good enough to land me a position as an art director or copy writer. Right now I am trying to discover if planning is my creative dream fulfilled or if it’s not what I desire but I won’t be able to tell until I get some experience and continue talking to industry leaders.

And the quest goes on….

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Heidi said...: Heather - that food looks amazing! You go. I'm glad some job opportunities are starting to happen - just hang in there.
Love you
Heidi; August 18, 2010 at 8:52 PM

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The Story of a Prince and a Girl who Dreamed of finding Her Prince.

Once upon a time there was a young woman named Ruby; she lived in a far way kingdom where only the stars in the sky could light the way. The kingdom was tall and made of stone. Inside, it had all of the finest linens and tapestries with winding stair cases, golden mirrors and exotic flowers that stretched the kingdom’s stone walls. The kingdom was surrounded by a large creek bed and had a large wooden draw bridge outside the tall black iron front gates. Beyond the kingdom were many forests, pastures, rivers and hills.

The young woman lived in the kingdom with only her two servants Nigel and Jasmine. They had been with Ruby ever since her mother gave birth to her and have cared for her and loved her since the great royal war that took her family tragically away from her. Years had past since then and Ruby was a young woman now. Since the great royal war she had not seen another person beside her servants. The lands had been deserted as other kingdoms were destroyed and abandoned. No one knew this kingdom existed. It stood in a far off place that only one deserted over grown pathway in the forest would lead to.

Ruby spent her childhood growing up playing with all the animals in the forest, she had names for all of them and would spend her days dancing in the pastures and walking along the creek bed throwing stones into the water. She was content those days as she lived free and enjoyed every tree, every stone, and every pathway near the kingdom. She loved her home but she missed her family and many times she felt alone.

As Ruby grew older she began to stop playing in the pastures and instead she spent her days walking along the creek bed dreaming of finding love and not being alone anymore. Every night outside her balcony she would spend time looking out into the stars and making wishes that one day soon a wonderful man would find the unmarked path in the forest that would lead him to her kingdom.

Nigel and Jasmine were very old now; Ruby took time to care for them and tended to their needs. She would gather food from the garden and make them food to eat and get them blankets to make sure they were comfortable when it was cold. She was not sure how much longer they would live but one thing she knew was how much she admired they’re love for one another and she hold that in her heart for as long as she lived.

It was a warm fall evening; the leaves from the trees were lightly falling as the sun began to set. Ruby was standing on her balcony in her long white silk night gown. As the dark sky began to shine, a light breeze bustled against her gown and her long brown hair blew lightly in the wind. She stood with her hands on the balcony ledge and wished to the stars like she had so many nights before singing” Star light Star bright bring my prince home to me tonight” She stared up into the dark blue sky and began to talk more to the shinning stars.

Just as she was looking up into the sky, talking to the stars a man was following the pathway from the forest that leads to Ruby’s kingdom. He was beginning to approach the edge of the pathway he had began journeying on earlier that day and was about to step on to a beautiful white shiny stoned pebble walk way that would lead up to a draw bridge and to Ruby’s kingdom.

The young man had been travelling for months only eating what he could find along the pathway. Henry was a prince from the golden city of Persia. He was on an expedition when he was captured by rivals and taken to a far away land where he was imprisoned in a place he did not know. Months ago after many nights planning Henry escaped while the guards were sleeping. He thought he would be able to journey home by recognizing land marks but once he had fled the guards he realized that he was further from home then he ever imagined and much to his dismay he did not recognize any of his surroundings. He had been following the sun in hopes of finding his way home. Each day he walked further hoping that one day the pathway would lead him to his family.

Earlier that day Henry had been walking though the forest with large green bushes and fruitful trees around him when he saw a small unmarked pathway that was ragged and old. There were no fruit trees, only old tall trees and an old pebble pathway that seemed run down and abandoned.

He was going to continue to walk on the pathway he had been but something caught his eye as he walked past this abandoned trail. Henry saw a small red ruby attached to a ring lying in between some wet leaves. The sun was shining on it and it glistened and shinned at him. He bent down and lifted the leaves around it away and dusted the ring off and looked at. The ring was prestigious and fit for a princess. He thought about continuing on the main pathway road through the forest but he was drawn down this unmarked pathway. He wondered if this ruby red ring belonged to someone. He put the ring in his pocket and began to walk along the jagged unmarked pathway. He noticed that there were no markings along this pathway so it appeared that no one had walked this pathway for many years.

To Be Continued…

Wyld Creativity

Overcome.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

A Deliciously Good Day

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