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I want more days like today!

Today was awesome! besides the work bit, that was just plain hot and boring (by hot, I mean being in a warehouse with no circulating air hot, not hot in a sexual way...)

I've been making it a point to bike to work as often as I can, both to save gas and burn some extra calories. It feels so very nice. Haven't noticed a change yet but perhaps it will kick in.

When I got home today, I discovered I had some mail, my favorite kind of mail in fact...money from the government! I got my renter's rebate back! god that felt good, especially after how I was feeling last night...That is going to put a nice dent in my credit cards! And then I get paid on wednesday! with any luck I can convince my dad to contribute tomorrow as well...what a profitable week I'm having!

After dinner, Deb and I started working on the quilt room, going through the closet of fabric to figure out what needed to be kept and what could be tossed. I'm proud of her...lol, she gave up a lot of fabric. Sometime this week she and I are going to start listing things on etsy so that should help some money come in. Every hour of chores I do, I am slowly chipping away at my debt to Debbie, it feels so good to be repaying her for all the helps she's given me over the years. Although truthfully no amount of chores I do could really add up to what she's done, but I can show her appreciation at least. I'll just have to make sure I amount to something so she knows her investment in me was well done.

At some point tonight my mother and I had a heart to heart. Well, sort of, as much as she can have one of those. I got a lot off my chest and whether it will mean anything to her in the future, I doubt, but for some reason I never stop trying... I just want a mother that cares, and that shows it. I want to see her be proud of me and not think I was a mistake, that she should have gone to be a nun or should have had a son. I'm proud of who I am, I want her to see that of all the mistakes she's made in her life, I am not one of them.

While I'm still conscious tonight I'm going to try and set up an excel spreadsheet for the etsy thing. My experience at the Pawn shop doing the ebay crap will come in handy I guess! I never actually thought that would happen...

I feel really good about today, really really good.

Genesis

I'm quite excited for the middle of the week since VNV Nation is coming to Station 4 in St Paul. I've seen them once before when they came two years ago to Ground Zero. That was a beautiful show and I can't wait to see how they outdo themselves this time around. Although I'm a little nervous about the venue because when I saw Combichrist at Station 4 in February, the sound cut out not once, not twice...but three times. Now granted, Combi and VNV have a very different kind of sound, the former being much louder and aggressive than the later...but still. Not cool. But no matter what, the show is bound to be good because Ayria is opening for them and she's got spunk!

This past Friday was an epic adventure into the realm of rock climbing for me. Bryce, Ian, Katie and I went to Vertical Endeavors in St Paul and climbed for a couple of hours. After about three climbs my arms gave up the whole working thing and I was forced to sit and watch for a bit. but I had a blast. My knees on the other hand continue to be angry at me...stupid knees...I'll just force them into submission with climbing every week...that's bound to be a good idea...right? ha...probably not but we'll give it a try anyway. I think Fridays are going to be our double date rock climbing adventures. should be excellent especially since Fridays are "Ladies Night" so I get in for half off...woot!

I've been suffering a terribly sore throat from some kind of allergy that picked up about two weeks ago. Not sure what it is but it sucks. My aunt suggested I run out and pick up a NetiPot from Walgreens. Imagine sticking a mini-watering can or tea pot in your nose with a mild saline solution and washing your sinuses out, in one nostril and out the other...it's awesome...*cough* but hey, if it works...why not. Debbie swears by it and she's been using it since last December.

Hmmm, the imitation Benadryl is starting to kick in...I can't wait to actually get some sleep tonight! and to top it off I'm drinking some "SleepyTime" tea...oooo life is good...

I should really fold my clothes and do some kind of art post card for Bryce yet tonight...totally shouldn't have taken that imitation Benadryl as early as I did...too much yet to dzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........

Reset

The big move is officially this Saturday. Bryce and I have a storage place set up for Saturday and we're enlisting the help of friends and family to help us tackle all that stuff. Then lots of cleaning to prepare for our final walk through on Sunday. I still have mixed feelings about having to leave this place. But overall I'm really optimistic about the chance to regain some financial footing.

My goal is to have my credit cards paid off, two of them canceled and cut up, leaving one for emergencies with a sizable chunk of money saved up as well. I've been really foolish with money and it has gotten out of hand, I'm ready for change and I'm going to tackle it.

In other news, my internship at Goody Beads wraps up next week. When I asked if they would decide to bring me on as a paid part of the workings upstairs, I was told not likely. I've heard this before and I felt slightly betrayed after all my hard work that went unpaid. Sure, MCAD is happy, having another box checked for my transcript, but where are the ethics and loyalty? Play on my inexperience and naive hopes, fine, but don't expect me to be thrilled to continue doing little illustrations for you here and there when you feel like it...

Ugg, but my frustrations lead me to looking on my schools career services site to discover a posting for Fast Horse Inc. a multi Media Design firm in Minneapolis that has a wonderful personality that resonates with me nicely. They are looking for a Design intern and they will pay $12 for one with hopes of them taking a full time position in the fall...I feel a little foolish to hope I can nab this job...but that doesn't change the fact that I'm hoping all the same.

Here's a little something I've been working on for Goody Beads, I'm quite happy with how she's turning out although it's a little bittersweet since I found out the unhappy news. I don't really want them to have her now...*sigh* oh well...that's life I guess.

Moving time

Well, it's finally come. the time to leave this awesome place we have in Southwest Minneapolis. We've rented this house for about ten months now and I'm really super sad that we have to leave. But alas, the money is just not there. Bryce and I spent most of the day packing up my studio and the basement storage room. clearing that stuff into the garage and whatnot. Loooooots of work! I'm tired! Moved some stuff into my car as well to start moving the stuff I want to live with over the summer over to Debbie's and grandma's.

As much as I'm going to miss living with Bryce and getting to see him every day, I'm really looking forward to living at Grandma's again. I get to see my baby! Midnight Moon (Aka Evil Awful Pussy) is always so mad at me for "abandoning" him. This should make him less sulky. Plus, good ol' home cooking from the grandma? how can you get better than that? Then bantering with debbie on a regular basis...kinda miss that. Then there's being able to bike to work every day, not paying bills, not paying rent, and less to worry about in general. Hopefully the Summer will prove to be a good time to recoup some funds and pick ourselves back up.

I'll admit, I've been slacking off on my art (and just about everything else I've been wanting to use the summer for). but I've been working from 9 to 6 just about every day and by the time I get home I'm just not motivated to do anything...That should change when the move is over...*crosses fingers*

yeah...not a whole lot to say here...

oh! if you're a crafter, you should totally check out the place that I work... www.goodybeads.com They just redid their website and it looks awesome. As part of my internship I've been working on creating illustration content for the site. Particularly in the tutorial section. (note, I did not do the Miss Pearl Illustration, that would be my coworker So's doing. isn't she cute?) but yeah, go check it out! One of these days I get to be a guest blogger, so look for something from Kitty Crystal...I think that's the name I'm going to go with!

Anyway, I think I'm going to make something to eat and finish watching Batman Begins... I'm totally wiped from all that packing!

Cabin Project

Over Memorial Day Weekend, Bryce and I went up to my aunt's cabin to survey it's condition and start cleaning it up. We've made it our summer project to try and get that place into a state of being pleasant to visit and a desirable place to relax for the weekend...we'll see how that goes...since it's quite a piece of work...

We went up friday evening and arrived around 8pm. Bryce immediately got to cutting wood so we would have a fire. We didn't really need the fire for heat since it was a very nice temperature even at night. We needed it more for protection from bugs. The misquitos were vicious and annoying and woke us up at 5:30 in the morning...not pleasant.
We didn't actually stay up there very long, just friday night and then we left around 3pm saturday afternoon. We got plenty of work done though. we were just sick of sleeping on the floor. I have a feeling that we'll just spend one night up there until we can actually feel okay about leaving a mattress there. Anyway, I have lots of before and after pictures for your viewing pleasure. I'll update this blog as we get more work done. good times.























So yeah, all that stuff in the "Before" Pictures was shoved into either the storage area or the shed in the back. Most of it actually isn't ours so I have to wait and get the go ahead before we can throw it all in the dumpster like I want to...

Lots of work to go but I love it up there so much!

Summer is blowing in

Did we skip spring and just jump right in to summer? Jesus it's at least 90 out! I missed spring almost entirely...Today at work, the power went out because the wind took out a power tower, which in turn took out two poles with it. Excel decided to shut down the entire 1/2 mile radius even though just one building was actually connected to it...*sigh* oh well.

came home, played with the dog outside and got him drenched with the hose. He loved that quite a bit.

Not quite sure what I'm going to do with myself today... I could go outside and read more of Cradle to Cradle but too hot and windy...I could clean...but I'm too hot for that...I should either work on my dress or draw more...not sure. at some point I'm going over to my dad's to check out what he's doing with his new house. that should be exciting.

Oh! I got my grades back from Spring Semester...you ready for this???
Cultural Anthropology: A
Media Analysis: A
Reading for Ideas: A
Experience Frameworks: A-
Visualizing Physics: A-

life is good...

Anyway, time to go do stuff...

Time for a Break?

haha! no...hardly. Summer Vacation means working full time to recover some funds, cleaning the house, getting rid of collected junk, getting ready to move, work on my art more, doing all the things I couldn't do while school was going on, like hang out with lovely people, working out and getting into shape (more on that later) and making dresses!

I'm really excited for this summer. Like the last blog said I have a lot planned for it, plenty to keep me busy and entertained! Just got my hair cut last night and it looks super spiffy. I'd take some pictures and post them but I just went for a run with Buddy so it's not so awesome right now. Quite a bit shorter than I'm used to but I'm glad I took the leap because it's wonderful! I found my favorite hair stylist and she has a new client...hehe woot!

All in all, finals went really well. I can't wait until grades come in because I think they'll be worth celebrating. I'll post them here when I get them.

It's a guard weekend so Bryce is up at Camp Ripley playing army. Good times. That means I get the place to myself and will be getting some work done in my studio. Now that we know we're moving I'm going to be minimizing my stuff and sorting out what I need with me, what I can store and what I'd like to store at Deb's (you know, just in case). I may also start/finish the dress I have cut out and waiting for my attentions...we'll see...

Tonight I'm going to cook up some Tilapia and asparagus, have a glass of wine and perhaps get the ball rolling on something. Not sure yet.

Oh, like I said above, I'm going to be working on losing some weight and getting into shape. I want to lose 15-20 pounds by mid summer. I miss a lot of my old clothes and think it's ridiculous that I can't fit into most of them. I banished the sweatpants that I've been wearing every freaking day and am forcing myself to wear the one pair of jeans that just barely fits me. Those sweatpants let me get away with too much...now I've got to work my bum off...literally. I'm going to be taking up bellydancing again when summer session rolls around, in the mean time I dug out my bellydance DVDs to start conditioning my muscles to work the way their supposed to. Plus I'm trying to go out running every evening when I get home from work. So far so good...well, being Day 1 and all... Also incorporating some bicycle crunches as per Bryce's suggestion. The hard part is going to be the running...I hate running and my knees hate me for trying to run. But I can't keep bending to their will. They'll only get worse if I keep babying them like I have been. I certainly can't do much now...like tonight I just ran/walked Buddy around a couple of blocks and came right back...but it's something, and better than nothing. I just have to keep adding a little bit more to it every time. I think tomorrow I'll go for a bike ride too...depends on the weather.

Speaking of the weather, it smelled like Lilacs and Rain while I was outside...a fragrance company really needs to market that smell because it is amazing!!! Good stuff.

Anyway, I think it's time to make some dinner. Toodles all!

End of Finals (just about)

well kids, I'm just about done with my Junior year here at the MCAD. it's a little surreal thinking that next year I'll be graduating and entering yet another chapter in my life. It feels like it was just yesterday that I graduated High School and started going to Normandale...and here I am at MCAD doing what I always knew I wanted to be doing.

The walls at MCAD are loaded with the Senior Projects, it's really exciting to see all the work and their business cards. It all looks and feel so professional and high quality. Thrilling and frightening that I'll be scrambling next year just like they were. I'm not quite sure what Senior year is like for BS kids but it will be no joke for sure.

I'm starting to ponder what I want to do over the summer. I certainly don't want to slack off and think that it's a break or anything. Summer is just like any time of the year really, just more sun, warmer temps and no homework. I still have a job to work, an internship to complete as well as an externship to set up. I talked to one of my instructors today about jumping on a project that he's organizing for USBank that sounds super super exciting. It's totally volunteer based and no internship credit can be given so that kinda sucks...but it's a low time commitment portfolio and networking potential that sounds like a ton of fun! There's also working on my website that I completed last semester for Portfolio.net that I never purchased the url or server space...that's at least $100 I don't have at the moment... I almost want to totally revamp it because I don't think it portrays enough of my current work and ability. so I get to review coding again and I think that's pretty exciting! Ideally I'll pick up the drawing a day thing again because I totally lost track of that...

I have some projects for other people to do as well. Including the tattoo for Logan that I said I'd design over thanksgiving break, and the Cat illustration for debbie's quilt that I also promised would be done months ago... This summer is going to be loaded with work...loaded!

But the good news is that classes are just about done. I'm finishing my Visualizing Physics class that was fun except for the group project which turned out to be a nightmare... (but it's done! book is bounded and we're turning it in today!) I just have two classes next week, one that I can't even go to because I've been called into court as a witness from a Loss Prevention case over a year ago...fun times...luckily my teacher is letting me come in on sunday to take it early. The other is tuesday morning. I'm not terribly worried about either of the tests...I'm actually quite confident that this semester went even better than last...which is awesome!

oh and there's also Bellydancing which I'll be picking up again over the summer. I seriously need to start working out more or just being more active and eating healthy in general. I need to undo what college has done to me!!! I miss my old clothes...

*shrugs* other than that...I don't know what else to say. just putting a lot out there...I know there's more going on in my head but it kinda scares me to think about everything I want to get done and the idea of not being able to is sad...lots of craziness coming up!

oh and one more thing! Alice in Wonderland: Mad Hatter Tea Party is still happening! just not last week...obviously...go finals! sometime mid or late summer it shall be glorious and fun! I'll keep this updated with how that's going once I can start it again...whee!

an interesting find

So it's finals time...yaaaaaay...

*sigh*

I obviously am simply trying to distract myself from the many tasks at hand by blogging at the moment, but I wanted to share a new site that I've come across that I think deserves more attention...

http://watchingamerica.com/News/

Basically it's a website that translates and provides news to Americans (in English), about the U.S. written by and for other countries (typically in other languages). I think their approach is important and provides a viewpoint that's all too often overlooked by mainstream media. As Americans I think it's easy for us to live happily in our little bubble, and all too easy to forget about the world around us and what they think of what we're doing. But just browsing through this site was terribly interesting and fun.

Go look at it and ponder the change of viewpoint and how it makes you feel...kinda fun.

Okay really...back to work...I promise...

random design

while avoiding homework I played with illustrator to try and teach myself little things again. this is what I came up with, based somewhat on a thing I sketched (and posted in the previous entry). just some funness...back to work...*sleep*

New Images!

Okay Kiddies, in absolutely no special order at all, (in fact, I couldn't tell you what's what based on the crazy coding I see on my blogging thing now...) there are images here from Dr. Sketchy's, Alice in Wonderland (those sketches are now totally worthless by the way, since alice will now be a punk snowboarder and the Cat will be played by a star and the caterpillar will be played by a molecule... sad day, but in reality it makes more sense with the whole String theory ness... oh well), some random note things and some sketches from the Suicide Girls book we bought recently. I haven't been lazy, I 'm just terrible at updating this thing! sorry!

The end is here!

sad day, the end of spring break is already here. it was a lovely week of relaxing and securing an internship, playing and pretending to work. I got some things done so that's a plus. I would say that with the whole internship thing, this break was a huge success! Now it's crunch time...about a month more of school and I'm done until the fall...which will in any likelihood be an externship so still no classes until next spring! I'm almost done! this is crazy!

Bryce and I spent the weekend at his mom's house in Coon Rapids, just relaxing and watching movies. We got to utilize her jacuzzi and then we baked cookies! Overall an excellent way to end my break!

In a little bit Bryce and I are going to go to Spyhouse, but in the mean time I'm going to take some pictures of stuff I've been drawing so you people don't think I'm being lazy or something. how sad. I'll post them shortly...until then...toodles!

Internship, GO!

Good news everyone! I got an internship with Goodybeads.com where I currently work. The job that I've been doing has just been mindless grunt work but I went to them today with a presentation showing what I'm going to school for and what I would like to do for them over the course of two internships and a potential externship. They loved what I showed them and are excited to take me on as an intern but unfortunately they can't pay me for it...*pout* so I'll keep doing what I'm doing to earn some money to live on but plug in some hours doing the real fun stuff of the internship. I'm really excited to start, in fact once I'm done with this entry I'm going to fill out the internship contract and get that all set up and ready to go for tomorrow so they can sign it and I can turn it in on monday so I can start right away! wahhhh! why didn't I think of this sooner??? *sigh* oh well. I've got it now and that's what matters.

that's mostly it for now, time to get to work!

Frustrations

Hello all,

I need to vent and no one is home to listen so the world is the unlucky one. or perhaps my computer is more unlucky to be the one I'm pounding away my frustrations at. *sigh*

So for my Visualizing Physics class our final is to break out into groups of three and chose one of four topics, Quantum Mechanics, Theory of Relativity, Dark Matter and Energy and String Theory. My group went with String Theory, which is awesome. Even better, we decided to make a children's book explaining it! and as if it couldn't get any better it did when we decided to give it an Alice in Wonderland theme...pretty darn awesome up to this point... My first mistake was volunteering to be the project manager... I personally love this job, but not with who I'm working with. Well, there's a ton of other BS that I'm not going to get into because it's just drama and only raises my blood pressure because I let someone get to me...

The issue I'm having today is that no one did what they were supposed to do...well, I did, but partner #1 was supposed to do character sketches for Alice, the Red Queen, the Caterpillar and the White Rabbit while I did sketches of Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter and March Hare. Partner #2 was going to write up the rough draft of the story based on the outline I wrote last week...she didn't even show up to class...so I have nothing to go on for the Illustrations I'm supposed to be starting over break...then to add to that, Partner #1 was going to be the character artist while I did the backgrounds, then today she's like, "I think I'll just do the layouts when the drawings are done"...oh really? huh, thanks for the heads up...Now I get to do both...ack...well, that's fine for the most part anyway since apparently she can't physically draw to begin with...good to know...

This is why I hate group work...no one follows through. We aren't in high school anymore, people should care and grow up and get their stuff done! When do I get to work with people who care about the good of their group and actually want to succeed in the goals? ever? please?

At anyrate... I think I'm going to unwind by drawing a lot of character sketches since as of now we're behind. Later tonight is the Creating Context Bachelor of Science Visualization Gallery Opening shindig that I have work up in. I'm excited. I hope boyfriend get's home in time to go with me...

*dies*

new work!

So for Experience Frameworks we were supposed to "Hack" something and re-purpose it. I dug into some old car cd players I had tucked away from my car and my boyfriend's car. These three items were the result.









The Happy Button is an inside joke between me and Bryce. I constantly draw happy faces on him and poke them, calling them happy buttons to which he smiles wildly and if I poke him enough he tickles me. So now he has a real happy button. It used to be the on/off/volume for my car. the cherry blossom pin was the treble/bass button, also from my car and the necklace pendant was my car's cd laser. I didn't have to do anything to it because it was so pretty to begin with, it was made to be a necklace! Happy day! let me know what you think!

Spring Cleaning!

Okay, I just want to sit here and say how awesome I am. Yesterday and today I have just been a power cleaner. I cleaned and semi-organized my studio, cleaned and re-organized our bedroom, totally cleaned the bathroom and the Kitchen as well as the Living room, I even went so far to do both mine and the boyfriend's laundry! Not to gloat or anything but I am awesome! My feet are killing me but I got a darn good work out from all that work! Now just to keep it that way...I should totally confront the roommate and tell him to respect the cleanness... grrr...

Tonight, boyfriend, Tim and I are going to go to MCAD and enjoy Miyazaki Night with Anime Club. It will be soooo nice to just kick back and relax.

Well, I still have some last minute touches to put on the house before the boys come home. toodle!

Beautiful Short Story

I found this on my friend Sam's blog and thought it was quite awesome. It's a beautiful short story, about ten minutes long. watch it...

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Midterms

It's hard to believe but I'm already half way through the semester. Crazy! I'm almost a senior! Luckily this semester is going remarkably smoothly with no real hick-ups. All I have to do is hunker down and focus for the last stretch. My biggest goals right now are to locate and nail an internship for the summer, apply for and sort out funding for studying in Denmark in the fall and up my project quality for the last half of the semester to make sure all my grades are up where I want them. My grade goal this semester is all A's. I think I can do it.

At any rate, I just finished with my Media Analysis midterm, had my Cultural Anthropology midterm yesterday and my Visualizing Physics midterm last Thursday, that leaves Reading for Ideas midterm tomorrow and Experience Frameworks project Thursday morning. All in all very confident. I can feel myself starting to lose focus of what's important in favor of the fun and the relaxing. I need to jolt myself back into awareness of my priorities.

Bryce will be gone this weekend for Guard so perhaps that will give me some time and space to clean my studio and review what all I need to do without the much to welcomed distraction of the boyfriend. I also need to post some pictures for you of the paintings I'm working on, that's right, now there's two and soon to be three! I just can't seem to finish one before I start the other. Technically I have quite a few more than two going right now...some are just quite a bit older...*sigh*

Anyway, I think I'm done ranting for now. toodles!

Some art for you!

As promised, although a little late I know, I have some pictures for you of some recent art work. The two water colors are from when Boyfriend and I went to the Arboretum about two weeks ago. I'm rather happy with how they turned out!

The painting is still a work in progress but I'm really happy with it so far. It's a painting that's based on a collage I made from magazine clippings. the fire wasn't going to be fire at first since the original picture is of air turbulence, but the fire just kinda happened and I like where it's going... so :P







I also have a ton of pictures of the Orchids that are up at the Arboretum but I don't really have the time to prep the images for the blog...(make them smaller and rename them) so that will have to wait...or just not happen.

Oh and another thing...I started a new blog for something different. My personal fitness. so I don't think it will be an interesting read it will just be a good way to keep track of my progress. Perhaps if I find other people using blogs to keep track of themselves we can cheer each other on or something...*shrug*

okay, no more avoiding homework! back to work!

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Spyhouse Haunt

Bryce and I are currently sitting at the Spyhouse Cafe by MCAD. This place seems to be our favorite new haunt where we get coffee and eclairs and draw or read or whatever floats our boat from 10ish to midnight when they close. I like it here, upbeat music, chill people and fantastic coffee. Life is good and homework is getting done. I'm done with Monday and Tuesday's homework already and mostly done with Wednesday's. I'm rocking it. Plus I started a painting today. The roommate's party inspired it because his friends seemed to like the old paintings I have lying around. So There shall be another painting posted here soon (hopefully).

I read something interesting today for my Media Analysis class. The article talked about how Google and the internet in general is making us "stupid", or at least making us change how we process our information. It also said that the internet is shortening our attention span, making us jump from one thing to another and only reading a few paragraphs if that, before changing topics entirely. I can attest to this for my own habits as well. Now that I think about it, it's a terrible truth about how the internet is affecting people and the neural networks in our brains. Frankly, it makes me want to read more to hopefully fix what's been damaged... The internet is a great thing but I'm seriously wondering about the negatives it's having on social interaction and mental processing.

I'll do my best to remember to post some work when I get home, although I'm probably going to turn in a little early-ish tonight since I didn't actually get to sleep until 5:30 this morning because of my lovely roommate and his lovely friends...but that's another story not fit for this blog...All I can say is three more months (perhaps less!) and I won't have to see this kid ever again and I will be so happy when that day comes...

it's been a little bit...

oops. where is my time going? honestly, it doesn't feel like 17 days have gone by since I updated this thing... is it some kind of rule that as you get older your perception of time goes faster? I remember a time when a day felt like a week and I had all the time in the world for whatever I wanted to do. Now I can hardly find the time to get all my "have to"s done let alone any play time. Every couple of days I'm reminded that I graduate in just over a year... and only just now am I starting to realize what I want to do, after all this time in school...Luckily it's still within where my education is going...In fact, this semester is really shaping me and my goals

Through Cultural Anthropology, Experience Frameworks and Reading for Ideas, I'm realizing I want to get into Experience Design of some kind. I'm interested in people's perceptions of events, how people filter information to fit their frame of thinking. I have no idea how to go about getting into this...but I have some leads I think... The good news is that I think this field will become a huge part of how businesses pick themselves back up out of this economic muck. Plus, I have a feeling that if I can get into this field and get good at it, I can convince an employer to send me back to school periodically to update my knowledge and ideas...*crosses fingers* Basically my plan right now is to graduate next spring with a BS from MCAD, find an awesome job in the above explained field and find a way back to MCAD to get a BFA to enhance my craft...Then eventually when MCAD wises up and creates a Masters program for the Libral Arts kids, I'll go back and get that too, for kicks and giggles...and because I can't get out of MCAD, I love it too much.

Hopefully that's a sound plan...and it happens...or I find something that works better... we'll see.

Classes are going well. I still love them all which is impressive for being over a third of the way into the semester...yikes! that's crazy...a third of the way done...where's my time???

I have some art to put up as well as some pictures from the Arboretum when Bryce and I went there on sunday...beautiful Orchids!!! oh my goodness...amazing! I'll try and put them up tonight but right now I have to start watching Existenz for Experience Frameworks paper due thursday...whee! I'll try and make myself update more often..but the good news is that by not spending time here updating, I'm using my time for homework...most likely.

When I am you

okay, new song obsession is Panzer AG. Andy LaPlegua has three bands that he works. the first is Icon of Coil, which is more lyrical, only a little creepy but not very dancy. Then they're is Combichrist which is more angry than creepy, aggresive-tech, more moshy than dancy...and now my new discovery of Panzer AG is the perfect mix of both. Creepy vocals, elegant lyrics, heavy dance beats and overall excellent feelings. Here's a sample, don't bother watching the actual video since it's just a pointless fan thing, just listen to the music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHsCMORlIrQ

it's very good, yes! Look up the other bands if you feel so inclined, I certainly get much enjoyment out of all of them.

School is going well. I'm actually keeping up with all of it so far! yay! by the end of sunday I should have all of the homework done besides the video I have to do which isn't due until thursday, I've already started it so it's not like I'm procrastinating, I just know I'll need more time for it. I'm having trouble sorting out the whole music video thing since I've never done one before but I have a great idea for it! I'm taking the song White Rabbit as sung by Collide and mashing it up with clips from Mirror Mask since Helena's journey into the dream world is very similar to Alice's Adventure in Wonderland.

Okay, Lunch is ready so I'm off to munch and crunch on that! toodles all

Juxtaposed

So we had to do a Juxtaposed image for my Experience Frameworks class...here are some of the pictures I took of mine... I used the first one

Combichrist Pictures!

Pictures from the Combichrist show last night at Station 4! Good stuff, Andy's a creepy guy, but an excellent performer with a lot of energy. Good good times!