Nesting + Resting

Making A House A Home

Photo by Landon Martin on Unsplash

One month ago today, a team of movers rolled up to my old place in Los Angeles and whisked most of my life into a truck bound for my new home in Pasadena. Not far, but just far enough to be both familiar and new.

Since then—aside from a quick hotel stay in Anaheim—I’ve slept here every night. But it hasn’t been all scented candles and cozy evenings.

The past month has been a blur of moving boxes, deep cleans, and those “wait, where did I put that?” scavenger hunts that only moving can inspire.

While the movers got the big stuff handled in a single day, the rest took much longer.

I finally wrapped up my old place on Tuesday, tying up loose ends, getting trashed hauled, and making one too many back-and-forth trips. It’s hard to fully settle into a new chapter when you’re still closing out the last one.

But I don’t have that excuse anymore.

Today, for the first time in over a month, I have nowhere to be, nothing outside of my new place I need to do. Except the usual errands and the occasional doctor visit, my to-do list outside these walls is officially complete. For now anyway.

And as luck (or fate) would have it, today is National Relaxation Day. So I’m going to celebrate it with the enthusiasm of someone ready, willing, and able to finally relax.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood can “don’t do it” all he wants, but Clint Goes to Pasadena plans to finish a montage, take a nap, and unpack a few boxes today.

In fact, from here on out, I’m in full nesting mode—hanging art, figuring out what to keep or let go, and making my new place a home.

I’m also making space for more rest and relaxation. More Netflix, more chill, more walks, and more talks with my dears, nears, and/or queers.

But first…I’m firing up my editing software to finally finish a montage I’ve been (slowly) working on for the past week. Coming later today to Substack and YouTube!

This “Stella” is finally getting his groove back—with a new home, a fresh start, and creative juices flowing again. All worthy of celebrating. In my book anyway.

Thank you for being a (patient) friend!
Clint 🌈✌️

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ON THIS DAY = AUGUST 15

BIRTHDAYS

• 1769 = Napoleon Bonaparte = French general and emperor

• 1771 = Walter Scott = Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet

• 1845 = Walter Crane = English artist and book illustrator

• 1879 = Ethel Barrymore = American actor

• 1880 = Anna Rüling = German journalist and activist 🌈

• 1896 = Paul Outerbridge = American photographer and educator

• 1900 = Jack Tworkov = Polish-American painter and educator

• 1912 = Julia Child = American chef and author

• 1914 = Paul Rand = American graphic designer and art director

• 1922 = Leonard Baskin = American sculptor and illustrator

• 1923 = Rose Marie = American actor and singer

• 1932 = Jim Lange = American game show host and DJ

• 1933 = Bobby Helms = American singer-songwriter

• 1933 = Mike Seeger = American folk musician and folklorist

• 1934 = Bobby Byrd = American singer-songwriter

• 1934 = Darrell K. Sweet = American illustrator

• 1936 = Pat Priest = American actor

• 1950 = Tess Harper = American actor

• 1962 = Tom Colicchio = American chef and author

• 1964 = Melinda Gates = American philanthropist

• 1965 = Rob Thomas = American author, screenwriter, and producer

• 1967 = Peter Hermann = American actor

• 1968 = Debra Messing = American actor

• 1970 = Anthony Anderson = American comedian, actor, and producer

• 1972 = Ben Affleck = American actor and filmmaker

• 1985 = Nipsey Hussle = American rapper

• 1989 = Joe Jonas = American singer-songwriter

• 1990 = Jennifer Lawrence = American actor

EVENTS

• 1824 = The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.

• 1843 = Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

• 1914 = A servant of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, and murders seven people there.

• 1939 = The Wizard of Oz premieres in Los Angeles.

• 1965 = The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.

• 1969 = The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.

• 1979 = Apocalypse Now is released in theaters.

• 1985 = People magazine publishes an “exposé” of Rock Hudson’s homosexuality and AIDS diagnosis.

• 1998 = Apple introduces the iMac computer.

HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES

• National Leathercraft Day

• National Relaxation Day

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PORTRAIT + QUOTES OF THE DAY

PAUL RAND = GRAPHIC DESIGN ICON + ICONOCLAST

“To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to modify, to dignify, to dramatize, to persuade, and perhaps even to amuse. To design is to transform prose into poetry.”
Paul Rand

“I was too practical to want to be a painter.”
Paul Rand