What price will you pay for play?

I made these digital art pieces way back when I was taking Digital Media classes at Cabrillo College. I used to love to play around on photoshop and illustrator, but that was back when I had way more time than money. Now that I am a busyness professional (yes, I get paid to be busy) I barely have time to play around at all anymore. I thought that having a real job that paid all the bills and then some would make me happy, but I find myself looking back on those poor days of studentdom and missing all the free time I had. Which is better, having no time and extra money, or extra time and no money?

How valuable is your time while on your short vacation to this lifetime?

What price will you pay for play?

Posted for the DP Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art

Money

The money wasn’t great, but wait a second. Money, the thought of it at least, was a damned good thing. No longer would there be subsidies and charity from government bureaucracies and fed up family members. He was earning money instead of spending it and that felt good somehow. It was money he wouldn’t see for weeks, and quite possibly would never really see at all considering how quickly it would slip through his fingers to cover the various costs of staying alive. But it still felt good, unexplainably good. Even though the money wasn’t great, but wait a second…

Without money (by Toban B.)

When I Grow Up

When I was younger I used to think that I could be anything I wanted when I grew up. When did this idea of endless possibility become some silly childhood fantasy?

Here’s my list of things I’ve at one time or another wanted to be when I grow up.

• Comic Book Artist
• Dinosaur Expert*
• Stephen King
• Professional Baseball Player
• Circus Clown*
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Fireman
• Hobo
• Herpetologist*
• Matt Groening*
• Zookeeper
• Graphic Designer*
• Photo Journalist
• Mountain Climber
• Bank Robber*
• Entomologist
• Radio Announcer*
• Screenwriter
• Marine Biologist
• Professional Skateboarder*
• Cowboy*
• Fabulously Wealthy
• Stunt Man*
• Retired
• John Carter of Mars*
• Organic Farmer
• Microbiologist
• Landscape Architect*

Hopefully it’s never too late to grow up and become anything you want.

( * indicates things I have actually been and/or pretended to be)

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Mommy works at Home Depot and sells snow shovels during blizzards.

What were you thinking?