I am not a project-oriented person. I would like to be, but when I try it usually goes awry due to my lack of focus. For instance: the half-skirt I started sewing last summer; the piano books that are collecting dust; and the watercolor paints that I bought with Christmas money...well, I HAVE used them. Maybe, since I'm not project-driven by nature, it's unrealistic to imagine that I could do all these things on top of school. Some people are projecty, and I can't force myself to fit that.
So, this is something that I struggle with, but enough for confession. It's SUMMER now, and the task at hand is to start work on my senior thesis (weird, right? I should still be a freshman writing an obscure blog about my little experiences during college. Oh wait). So I thought, while I'm reading all kinds of fun stuff by Dostoevsky and Camus, I should balance that out with some of the things I have to put on hold while in school. And, I'll work on investing in those things, on actually valuing the time necessary to do them well. Optimism, they cried, Optimism!
This morning, with the sun streaming into my east-facing windows, my first project is to make-over a dress which needs a little help. Then I remember The Cake Topper. I have a dear friend getting married on Saturday, and she asked if I would construct a cake topper for her topsy-turvey cake using peacock feathers. Hurrah! An Alice-in-Wonderland-esque cake with peacock feathers! I'm thrilled, because Alice and peacocks (and cake) are some of my beloved things, but I must say I panicked a little this morning. A cake topper...should it be flat, or stick up a little...ack, everyone's going to see it...I haven't even met this cake yet...egad, am I really going to be haunted by a cake topper? Google!
Where would this world go, if it wasn't for Google? I've been browsing through fun websites looking for inspiration, and I've found some, along with little amusements that set me at ease. There are all kinds of bride&groom figurines, among them penguins, sock monkeys, and my personal favorite, bride and groom moose. That's right, moose. If people are allowed to make moose cake toppers, I'm sure I'll be fine.
Yours: senior, aspiring cake-decorator (and a lot of other things), etc.
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