I am in my new space at the studio. The room is stacked with stuff left over from the LT TV set we had a couple weeks ago. I had to climb through it all to get to the desk. It’s lunchtime and I wanted a change of scenery.

Maybe I’m in my “office,” but that sounds way too stiff. I can’t call this “the studio” b/c that’s next door. I could go back to the “Matt Cave”. That’s what I named my basement room in high school. Or maybe something trendy, like “the DotComDen”. Uh huh, yeah.

Speaking of “uh huh, yeah.” I am quoting PDiddy back when he was Puff Daddy. In the song, “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems” with Biggy Smalls, he always nodded, “uh huh yeah.” I said that a month ago to a group of 350 teens, and none of ‘em seemed to know what I was talking about. That song was only five years ago.

Last night we had a healing Mass for the Church. The parish had been praying for healing all week, and this Mass finished off the week. Every Mass at St. Timothy is good. I don’t care who you are, or what you don’t believe–a Mass at St. Timothy will bother you out of what you presume Mass to be. I am so blessed to be a parishioner there.

After Mass I talked to Michelle for a few minutes. She has such a genuine spirit. Not many people know who they are, so how can they share that with others? But Michelle is so present to you and to herself. I don’t know her too well, so it was nice to get to know her better.

Brandon told me they’d be moving the Life Teen coffee cart over into a nook outside of the church. It’s a cozy corner with a bubbling fountain and cafe tables. They’ll be extending the wall up and putting a roof over it all. That’s good b/c that corner is so cute and no one goes in there. At first I thought he needed help redesigning their sign, but now it looks like we can build out own little coffee house. I’ve been eyeing the coffee cups and have been sketching their redesign. I never thought I’d get to be a part of redoing the whole coffee cart.

I went over to Kevin and Stephanie’s house last night after Mass. Their house is so artsy…wood carvings, mosaics, and paintings. Stephanie is quite talented. Her high school drawings were beyond that of most college art students. She’s third or fourth year in college, and continues to do good work. She has an internship with a hipster magazine on my street, doing a lot of the stuff I do: graphics and webby work. It’ll be fun to learn from each other.

Wow…I’ve already gotten so much done in my unofficial first day in the DotComDen. The small stained glass windows spill so much light into the room. When I get back from Hiawassee, it’ll be fun to move on in.

Oh yeah…I get my three Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe paintings back from the frame shop today. Woo hoo!