{"id":19,"date":"2011-08-08T14:39:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.datcha.ca\/la_datcha\/?p=19"},"modified":"2012-04-01T21:00:37","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T01:00:37","slug":"an-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.datcha.ca\/la_datcha\/2011\/08\/08\/an-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"An introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a first post, here is a little bit about me and this blog…<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>\"About<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The “young” years<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Julie. I was born in Montreal (Canada) but I grew up in Abitibi<\/a>, Douala<\/a> (Africa) and the Laurentians<\/a>, just to name a few! As you can guess, my parents liked to travel. It seems that I inherited the gene, at least for a while since I traveled on my own for a year in Australia, followed by a few months in Europe and then went on to explore different places in Quebec. I have now more of less settled down.<\/p>\n

The “not so young” years<\/strong><\/p>\n

My boyfriend and I currently rent a little house in the Eastern Townships<\/a>; our backyard consists of hundreds of acres of wood, and a little frog friendly lake in front of the house. The place is really peaceful and quiet, which is quite a change after so many years in Montreal.<\/p>\n

\"Au<\/a>
\nThe frog friendly<\/em> lake in question<\/span><\/p>\n

This new place was the perfect spot to get back to what I used to do most: drawing and creating objects. I had never completely stopped, but since computers came into my life, creation had switched into a virtual mode.<\/p>\n

As far as I can remember, I have always felt the need to create things. Drawings and objects as a kid and later on photography, modelage, prints, furniture recycling, etc. One of my first memories is making tiny boats out of nut shells.<\/p>\n

Studies and work<\/strong><\/p>\n

I studied Fine Arts in Saint-J\u00e9r\u00f4me and Montreal. My interest for multimedia came later on and I completed a degree in Rouyn-Noranda followed by another one in Montreal. I have worked as an artist\u2019s assistant, as a shop decorator (mostly murals) and as an art project manager. I also had very boring jobs that were fast forgotten. Since 2001, I work as a website designer at Datcha Web<\/a>, my company.<\/p>\n

Other interests<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I\u2019m not sitting in front of the computer or staring at a blank sheet of paper, I like to spend time in the vegetable garden. I love to grow heirloom varieties of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, etc. for their weird shapes, colors and taste. I also read a lot and in an effort not to turn into a potato couch\/computer, I swim, run, bike, snowshoe or cross-country ski. Cooking also consumes a good part of my days, so does eating.<\/p>\n

And in conclusion…<\/strong><\/p>\n

This site will be a journal about my journey back into a not so virtual creation. You will probably find here a little bit of my daily life, the things that inspire me and what comes out of it.<\/p>\n

I appreciate feedback so if you wish to leave comments you can do so in French, English or Spanish (not really fluent in Spanish but it will be good practice!)<\/p>\n

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You can also find me at:
\nwww.datcha.ca\/julie<\/a> (my job as a website designer)
\nwww.flickr.com\/photos\/20983499@N00\/<\/a> (Flickr account)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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