..defying gravity...

The past few days have been extremely interesting as I have finished attending to the production design for the Metrobank Art Awards and the Tabanao-Gonzales wedding. The dresses we're well received and I think I have additional clients due to the good review of the entourage garments plus I've got new friends (Ate Tinnie and Miss May). Pictures of the wedding are available, just click HERE. It seems that great artistic achievements demand less sleep on the part of the artist, I think to myself. But I am very much thankful that those two events are off my list now, and that I'm on my way to birthing the costumes for Don_Q for the PETA critique night which will happen on the 25th kaya medjo tense ako until I've delivered the last piece of costume for this play. And I must admit that I'm not extremely happy about the fact that my name wasn't included on the poster, but I'm not really extremely bothered either. I just think to myself that it isn't my name on the poster that'll define my work but the magic that I weave on stage when the play begins. My work as a costume designer will be very important as I will birth their avatars, their cyber looks.

No use in crying over the absence of my name on a poster, I guess.

Work aside, I must say that the past few days have been happy for me as Arvin and I have been mending the remains of the confusion that settled in during my Vigan trip. With the toxicity in the work area remaining extremely high, I am thankful that He is with me, though still not literally. I still wish that Laoag was 2 jeeps or a train ride away, and not 12 hours of bus ride. And yes, I am really looking forward to going there when Don_Q wraps up. Everyone's saying that this might just be the person that was worth the wait. I am reminded by a text sent by a good friend.

"Someday, someone will come into your life and make you realize why it never really worked out with anybody else..."

I suddenly smile at the thought and think to myself that Arvin might just be that person. I'm crossing my fingers and clicking my heels thrice just for luck. My past relationships have taught me that slow and sure is the way to go, that is why I am trying my best not to be an impulse freak but rather a mature gay citizen and be responisible when it comes to loving. I wouldn't want to be hurt again just because I was rash or impatient. Somehow, him being in a far away place and me with multiple jobs is form of test. A test of patience and ingenuity. I must admit that having a long distance relationship isn't the easiest thing in the world, nor is having multiple and overlapping projects that require utmost focus and effort.

Amidst the emotions and stress that comes with building a career and graduating from college, I find that I can say proudly that I have an interesting life.

Salamat po, God...