yeah, december

2011 has gone by really quickly. Tuesday will mark a year in Texas ... and a year of crazy changes. A job, a new car, back to working on my emotional/mental health, more paintings ... Some say laughter is the best medicine, but I think they really mean Texas.

I'm starting to embrace my position as a marketing specialist. I figure that if I'm going to work and they're going to pay me, I might as well be effective. Little did I realize that picking up a book on marketing, along with the magazine, Entrepreneur, would have me completely captivated and (dare I say) somewhat excited about the opportunity to design an entire marketing strategy from the ground up. It's a blank slate and I have the creative freedom to, kind of, do whatever I want. Pretty spiffy.

On the creative note, I am donating one of my paintings to the Memorial High School Orchestra for their silent auction fundraiser. This is new territory for me. I have never sold a painting, and the only people who "own" any of my current pieces are Aziz and myself. This is an interesting and unique opportunity. I'm donating Jimi Hendrix.

While I post the majority of work on my deviantArt account, I figure that I might want to have a more ... "professional" site representing my work. I don't know how people would feel about going to MurderofMyMind.deviantart.com ... even if they are song lyrics. I'm still working on setting it up, but this is the temporary slightly more professional site/ portfolio: TheNour.blogspot.com.