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Here are what I have so far from my digital photography class (click on the thumbnails for full image):

First assignment was called "Design" where we took 4 basic design elements to work with:

Perspective

Framing

Image

Spot/Line

Second assignment was called "Emulation" where we had to emulate one of a series of photographers discussed in class. I chose Izimu Kaoru.

Nap Time

Bath Time

Tea Time

Dinner Time

Third assignment "Truth/Lie", which I took personally: take a picture of a truth about you, and a picture of a lie about you (what you call yourself which is true, and what others call you which isn't true). The point is to make the audience question which is which- mine was one of the most difficult to decipher during critique :)

Teenage Runaway

Little Girl

Next is "Landscape", no big mystery there.

Rochester

Over the Subway

Fields of Green

The latest is "Still Life", one of my least favourite subjects, but I had a lot of fun with it, and was highly inspired by one of the artists discussed in class (Joel Peter-Witkin) as well as Dia de los Muertos.

Spring

One in the Hand

Dia de los Muertos

Skulls 1

Skulls 2

That's all for now. Hopefully I'll be able to update them every week.

Also, I am looking for people to help me with my final project for photography. I'm hoping to shoot mostly during spring break (April 16th through April 24th) and on most Tuesday afternoons from now til the near-end of the semester. I need models who are okay with posing outside (it may be cold, but you might not be dressed like it's cold), touch each other (like holding hands, or nearly kissing or something- not much) and get really dirty (like, grime and fake blood). I'm hoping for a post-apocalyptic love story- maybe with zombies (I can only hope so much). I'll need ten photographs.
Any takers?

I might be the new Art Director for Cabbages and Kings literary magazine :D
I passed by their office yesterday and got called in by a couple people I had just recently met (one through Tony- my writing teacher, and another through my former comic book class). So I went in. I forgot that I said I'd probably pop into the meeting after I got out of my piano class (meeting is at 12, I get out at 12:30), but didn't get the chance. So there I was, in an awkward position of 'small-talk' zone, and I was handed the meeting notes and didn't get the chance to read through past the first line, which read "still need art director, someone who knows InDesign." I shouted, perhaps a little too gleefully, that I know InDesign, I love InDesign, and I have a degree in graphic design :D
They weren't sure if I was just saying that or not, but were totally pleased when I convinced them, and eagerly showed me the outline of the magazine, which I'll be laying out for print!
I'm totally excited that I'll finally get some use out of my degree, even if I won't be paid for it.

Have I professed total love for my Tuesday/Thursday professors yet? Because they are awesome, I must say. They are my muses, and offer me total balance. One (music teacher) is perfectly straight-laced, level-headed and proper in every manner. The other (writing teacher, of course) is a TOTAL FUCKING MADMAN (for instance, the other day, he compared- in detail- how a good paragraph is like a good blowjob). I have a journal for each of them. My music teacher is kindly (but possibly unwillingly) being my mentor through my mid-life crisis, and he's suggested I make a list of a hundred career paths I would be interested in pursuing. This is what one journal is for- the list and some commentary/insight. And of course, I need a writing journal for my Horror Writing class, so I'm using the shit out of that journal. I write in it all the time now. Both of them. I write so much more than I ever used to.
After some of my voice classes this semester, I spend time with the doctor (no, not THE doctor- I'm pretty sure I'd not be blogging if it were THE doctor) for help with this killer aria (Handel's Messiah) that I'm just not grasping. And before writing class, I go to Java's Cafe (at school) to meet up with Tony (my writing teacher) and some other students. It's basically his office hour, and it rules. He reviews my writing, and talks to us about technique, his day, our day, movies, music... whatever. And he swears up a storm.

Conversely, I'd like to ask a question to all my comic book fans:
Wouldn't be awesome if you could take a college course dedicated to reading graphic novels and comic books? Then discuss them during class? Yeah? Well, that's not what this class is about. That's what this class was SUPPOSED to be about. But what it really is, is an hour-long fanboy fit by the professor, who periodically points out some really obvious or mundane things. I'm not encouraged to ask questions, make comments, or really even given the chance to say anything relevant. It's so depressing that I've actually skipped more classes than I'm even allowed to miss. And he scolds me that I should be in class so as not to miss the discussion (and I say in my mind, DISCUSSION? What discussion? You mean all this pandering to the other fanboys in class? Please!). I really wanted to drop the class. Might do it, but I'd feel like a horrid failure... but I might end up doing it anyway. I'll still be full-time if I do... plus I won't have to get up at 7am (which will be especially nice for Boyfriend as he works til 2am).

I also got my BIG check from Financial Aid... that means a couple new outfits, an ipod touch, and a new GOOD camera! Plus passports and TCAF!! Oh, and rent ;)

In other news, I saw Alice in Wonderland. It wasn't in 3D, much to Boyfriend's dismay, but we'll see it in 3D tomorrow. I loved it, but it was too quick. SPOILER ALERTS!! (but nothing big) Hearing my beloved Crispin Glover in a British accent was amusing. Seemed he really struggled with it, as he slipped once in a while. His scenes were too quick- especially the part where he pinned Alice to the wall and professed that he liked her. And the scene where he meets Alice (as Um) was different than originally planned, but still my favourite scene.
I made a skirt just for the evening, with a very Burton-esque pattern. It didn't turn out the way I'd planned (almost no flair) and I didn't have the chance to hem it up. I'll work on it this week... maybe try something new.

Also, I got Windows 7. And said goodbye to Firefox and now embrace Google Chrome. That's all.

See you, Space Cowboy.

Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Venture Bros season 3

It didn't go as planned, but I did it.

As planned:
Go to Physics class Wednesday to see what my homework score was, thus determining if I would come in Friday for the test or drop the class.

Twist:
Was so stressed out about Physics (and Creative Writing*), that I made myself sick and didn't make it into school at all.

So, with much thought and surfing around Rate My Professor (which I should have looked through BEFORE signing up for classes), I decided to just go ahead and drop the class. So I went online to do just that, when I saw that the lecture and the lab are conjoined courses, so if I drop the lecture, I'd have to drop the lab, too.

Now, my lab prof is awesome. And my friend Alex had him for lecture last semester and loved him. But he's only teaching the *HONORS* non-major lecture this semester, so I needed special permission to get into his class (why I signed up for the other one). I thought of asking him about it, but then the hassle of going through the switch, along with getting all the right papers signed for everything... I am stressed enough right now.

So I decided:
Go to this week's lab. It's electrodes. It should at least be fun. And if all goes well, just do the work and switch lectures (it would have been more convenient, too, as I have SO MUCH going on MWF and almost nothing TR. His lecture would fit right after French, creating a nice balance between my days).

Well, electrodes wasn't fun at all. And it was so confusing. I think everyone in my group had maybe taken physics in high school (I was never able to do so, and wasn't even interested in science back then). And they're all in the Honors lecture. Clearly, they have some advantage, because they were rattling off explanations all over the place, and I was completely lost. This is pretty much how I felt for the previous set of labs.

Depressed about my bad Physics experience to begin with, today's lab almost made me want to run out of the room in tears. But I stuck it out til the end of the day and said my final farewell to Tristan (the only one in my group that I really got along with).

So I dropped both. I felt really frustrated about it all for a little while after Charles got me from school. He took me out to the Pita Pit for a delicious pita, and I still ranted about it all the way home. By the time we got home, I had exhausted myself into a 3 hour nap and woke up refreshed. I put on Emilie Autumn's Laced / Unlaced album (I'm listening to Laced- her classical music collection), and I feel so relaxed right now.

But seriously? I have been so stressed. People who see me every day know I have a mostly clear complexion (yet few people know how much I really cherish that). And all this week, I have gotten SO MANY PIMPLES :( It is a rare occurrence that I get stressed when I don't know what to do about a situation. They started clearing when decisions were made, though.

I guess if I want to study physics, I will just read on my own time. At least that way, I can choose what bits I want to learn. If I can pry that book

pax_athena gave me away from Charles (he thanks you for that book so much), I will start with that :)

* because the teacher is a micro-managing bitch who teaches like you're in Kindergarten- plus I had misplaced the 4 plays I was to read and review, and didn't have them done.

Current Mood: relaxed
Current Music: La Folia (Corelli) - by Emilie Autumn

Today, during Physics class, soon after I got my first homework assignment back (with a big fat F on it), I contemplated dropping the course.

I don't think it would be too difficult for me under conventional circumstance (like a general Physics course, and not one for non-majors), but we are rushing through things as if we are cramming for a final exam or something. I also don't think it would be too difficult for me if my prof was actually a freaking Physicist! Of any kind! But he is like one of those substitute teachers from high school who knows enough to teach the class, but not enough to actually KNOW the class.

Seriously... We are a class of at least 30, and I have only heard one, maybe two people, besides myself, who have asked intelligent questions. And the prof always says he doesn't have an answer for us because he doesn't know. He's not a Physicist. And anything he does try to answer is not what I'm looking for (like today, for instance, I asked him about force determining distance, and he went on about the angle determining height O_o).

UGH!!! So, I am not getting what I was hoping to get out of this class, and feel I should drop it. Perhaps I will try again when another prof is teaching it. But right now, it's killing my grade. I guess I will wait til Wednesday to see my second homework grade. If it's bad, I won't stick around for the test on Friday.

I feel really bad, though. Like when I decided to take a break from German class this semester, I feel like I'm letting down Pax for taking a break from Physics, too :( But I don't think it's the course. I think it's the teacher, and I will try again when he is gone.

I am still taking Physics Lab, though. We are starting electrodes on Thursday!

Current Mood: Big. Hard. Now.
Current Music: The Industrial Revolution - by Voltaire

Okay, first week of school was pretty okay. I've definitely bitten off more than I can chew here. At least I have a break with French being my only class on Tuesdays (Thursdays I have French and Physics lab).

( My assessment so far )

Health:
I have been exhausted lately. Why? I don't know, because I sure don't do much except watch tv, surf the internet, draw, write, read, do homework, and, you know, input/output. But I haven't been feeling well for the past couple days. I suffered a hot flash and migraine (my first since I was 9) last night. And the night before, I fainted for no visible reason. I haven't fainted since I was 12. I was so embarrassed, I started crying. On the way down, I injured my left hand, and landed on my dress-form (thankfully, it did not break). Charles says I am tired or stressed. He also wonders if it's my diet. I eat just fine, I think. A meal here and there and veggie and nut snacks between. But I do forget to drink water, and sometimes I forget to eat all day. I don't think that's it, though. I think it's coincidence. I feel okay tonight. Just a slight headache, probably from staring at my screen for too long.

Other:
I got the entire series of Witch Hunter Robin. Almost all of Cowboy Bebop. And almost all of Twin Peaks.

That leaves my updated (and alphabetized) list ( here )

That is all.

I wasn't sure how I was going to like French class, but I really do, so far... but I'm surrounded (physically, as in the people in the surrounding desks, and not everyone) by students who seem to be in the wrong frame of mind for active learning. And most of the black students don't have standard black-american dialect, they are foreign, which is fine, of course, but the one who sits in front of me was too stoned to function. He kept fucking up pronunciation on purpose and wasn't even trying... he could barely keep his head supported (which is probably why he picked a desk against a wall). I think I will switch seats Thursday. Bah.

And so I've always heard that French is The Language of Love, and The Ultimate Romance Language, and I never really thought of it that way, but when my teacher started the class (in French), my heart started to flutter. Mind you, this guy was as sexually appealing as a potato, but I was like... almost blushing at the sound of the language. And I never thought I would be... I was surrounded by it when I was a kid and even used to be somewhat fluent until I started Kindergarten in an all-English class (but in a bi-lingual school, what's up with that?).

Anyway, I was pleased to see that the course outline has a major project that's the same major project as my Japanese class had last semester (and I think has this semester). A film viewing project. Only this will be more in depth than the Japanese one (when we had to watch a Japanese movie and write 50 words we knew and write a short review in English). We will be watching a French movie (I'm going to decide between Vidocq, City of Lost Children, or Delicatessen), then write 100 words we recognize, and write a detailed synopsis IN FRENCH. I kind of can't wait. Actually, I'm going to watch Vidocq tonight while I do laundry :)

That's all I have to report today. I only had the one class. Tomorrow, I have a full day. 4 classes (creative writing, then sci-fi literature- with many many friends!, and a quick lunch break, then physics, then Japanese). More to write tomorrow!

1. Have felt very sad lately. Losing friends, gaining friends, but still... losing friends...
2. Struggling in German (not failing, but struggling).
3. Had to sacrifice two classes I wanted for one class (+lab) for next semester.
4. Forfeited Writing From Personal Experience, and German II, so I could fit Physics for Non-Majors (it's stupid that they won't let you take more than 6 classes, I say).
5. My schedule for next semester (pending any changes)

Mondays Wednesdays Fridays:
Creative Writing (10 - 10:50)
Sci-Fi Literature (11 - 11:50)
Physics (1 - 1:50)
Japanese II (2 - 3:20) (Mondays Wednesdays only)

Tuesdays Thursdays:
French (11 - 12:20)
Physics Lab (2 - 3:50) (Thursdays only)

If Japanese is offered at another time (say, earlier or on Tuesdays/Thursdays), I will switch that out. And if I end up flunking (or doing terribly in) Japanese and doing better than I thought I would in German, I will switch those out (and take the 9am German class on MWF)

6. I got new glasses, and contact lenses. And a bento box, and an M Audio Keystation 88es Midi Controller keyboard. It has gloriously dominated my coffee table.

There's just 9 more hours before I find out if school is closed! And I'm still procrastinating. YAY!

Current Music: Milla Jovovich - gentleman who fell

Bad:
Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. He's only 59.
2007... be fucking over already! This is the worst year in history.

Education:
Katakana is extremely difficult for me to learn. I tried the flash cards (link in a previous entry) but was sucking like my second date depends on it and gave up for the day (I was stalling from homework, anyway). It sucks that I can't read katakana because there's so much of it on Myspace Japan. I mean, I am certainly good at guessing my way around, and am learning some new kanji and am recognizing a few kana, but it's a pain.

I ended up with a 40 question test in Anatomy to make up, a 70 question Pharm test that I stayed up all night finishing, and my final for Pharm, a take-home, thankfully, and due Tuesday, is 150 questions. Plus, I need to do 4 majour projects, as they count for 40% of my grade (but I think I mentioned this already).

Movies:
Hellboy II is coming. I suck for not having seen the first movie yet. I need to see it soon.
Stardust is coming to DVD soon. I'm excited. I really loved it, though it was a tad different from the book.
I finally saw Sin City. Charles bought it on a whim from CompUSA and we had it for weeks before finally sitting down to watch it. Charles, naturally, fell asleep near the end. I loved the movie very much.
Somehow, I managed to get Madagascar sent to me from Columbia House, and I don't know why. However, since it was sent to Mr. F Valentine, I feel no guilt in ripping them off by ordering a tonne of other DVDs which I hope will be here soon.

Events:
Today (going on as we speak, actually) is Nicholas Gurewich's book signing for his Dark Horse hardcover collection of PBF comics called The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and other stories.
Tomorrow (Friday) is his publishing party / gallery opening at Boulder Coffee Co on the corner of Alexander and S. Clinton. You'll find me there. I think it starts at 8, but Charles and I will be there earlier for a good place to sit.
Saturday is Brendan's Vertex birthday party where I'll also be.
And if I remember correctly, Cindy and PJ will be at Vertex on the 20th.
Oh yeah, and Christmas, Rhuss's birthday, and New Year's Eve are somewhere in there, too.

Lastly, please notice that I am using my mood icon thingies for the first time in, like, a year.

Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Mysteries of Love, by Julee Cruise

So after my over-a-week off post grampa, I finally made it back to school with three tests to make up, four projects to complete, and between two days and a week to finish it all.

In Pharmacology, I received the final exam, which is a 150-question take home test with 6 dosage questions (math problems to figure out how much medication to administer). Also, I received a test I missed, but asked for via email last week, but never got a reply. I got back all my homeworks, which were mostly As. And I was informed that the projects I neglected to do during the course of the, uh, course, count as 40% of my final grade, so I'll be working on those soon.

I haven't gone to Anatomy yet, but I ran into my teacher today. I also tried and failed to contact her, through her faculty mailbox (I asked Charles to put a note in her mail that asked her to put my missed shit into Charles's mail so he could bring it home to me) but nothing was received. She says there was a test, which sucks, because that's probably one I'm sure to fail. I rarely pay attention in that class, and I missed the whole week of notes anyway.

So as 2am rolls by, I must now ask... are you as bored and tired as I am?

I had a dream last night that, instead of finishing up my last semester here (which starts in the winter), I quit, and went to MCC (the local community college) so I could take German and Japanese. In the dream, I also signed up for creative writing, yoga, and a couple art classes.

Which is funny, because I have been thinking of doing just that. And my question is... should I follow this dream? Or follow it later, after I graduate here?

Also, in the dream, I was attending school with Rupert Grint.

Friday: Got a bunch of pumpkins and invited Kelly and her boyfriend for a little carving party with Charles and I at my house. They left afterwards and then Charles and I began cutting up the remains and putting the pieces in a bowl, while I separated the seeds from the guts.

Saturday: Got the stuff from the fridge/bowl on table and started gathering the ingredients for pumpkin pie! Charles made the crust while I roasted seeds (one batch salted, one unsalted). After finding a suitable supliment for cream (we had some cream, but it expired 4 years ago), we began smooshing up the pumpkin meat, pressed and strained it, and then mixed in the rest of the ingredients. After realizing that it NEEDED to go into the blender to prevent it from looking more and more like VOMIT, we blended and poured and it took twice as long as the cookbook said it would for it to cook. But when it cooled off properly, it turned out amazing!! BETTER THAN STOREBOUGHT OR CANNED!! We've decided that his house needs pie, too, so we're planning to go over there for more baking.

Monday: Went to KMFDM, but got there too late to see Bella Morte :( I did get to see Ross though. We talked for a little between sets and I gave him a skull ring (or a bat ring, I forgot. I was handing them to all my friends). I got to see

keeblerx which was quite pleasant :) I got to see Brian who snagged some stickers that had my name on them (apparently, the shit band that played before KMFDM has this mellow side-band called Fawn).
When Andy saw me, it was like he recognized me from the last show in Ithica, or recognized me as Ross's friend from the last show. He gave me a big hug and smile (with a tongue sticking out at me first) and it was so adorable. Anyway, no meeting KMFDM this year, and no going to Vertex afterward. I was getting tired and had school in the morning.

TODAY I DREW BLOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME from a fake arm with flowing blood through fake veins, in Med Lab class. Mr. Anih says next week we'll be doing it on the real thing. I'm nervous. I really fucked up the first time, but the second time I tried I got it nearly perfectly! And I'll tell ya, tying a toornequit the right way looks way easier than it is.

Tomorrow, I start my internship.

Current Mood: voltaire voltaire voltaire!!!
Current Music: Cannibal Buffet by Voltaire (Ooky Spooky demo)

The most annoying classmate in this three-student advertising class is JoAnne. Why is she annoying? Because it seems she's JUST realized there was a sexual revolution where women are just as good as men. She's that age, you know? Late 40s, early 50s, whatever. But she's still close-minded about things.

Me, namely.

She doesn't seem to have a real problem with me, but anything I am or stand for or like, she's completely retarded about. For instance...

She came across an ad in a Marie Claire magazine that showed a nude girl. Nothing really SEXY about it, but she was naked and she got horribly offended, calling it soft porn. SOFT PORN!! What the hell... does it have to be a painting that's 300 years old to NOT be concidered porn?

And OF COURSE everything in any magazine that's NOT off the happy homes and popular fashion racks is totally OUT THERE! and SCARY. GRUMBLEFUCKGRUMBLE (for lack of a better word)!

Today, we had to pick companies/products to make advertisements for in specific publications. I picked Fredericks of Hollywood, Vince asked what publications, and she said "Playboy, PentHouse... it's just like Victoria's Secret only RAUNCHIER, right?" What an ignorant douche! And then she said she couldn't see ANY KIND OF LINGERE ads in Bitch because feminists are all anti-sexy. I really wanted to beat the crap out of her.

Then she's trying to remember the names of all these "black magazines" and I thought she was talking about goth mags, but she was talking about black people magazines. And that's an idea, but black people read Cosmo, too! And it's not like Fredericks doesn't reach out to black people (not to mention, lady, there're other races out there. Let's not forget about the hot asians). She just doesn't get it.

Okay. Done ranting about her.

In other news, Mum and Nichole will be on a plane to London this afternoon. I have no idea how they're getting to the airport because out of the 3 possible driver options (not to mention mum and nichole), I'm the only one who knows how to get there and back. But I have three classes that all mush into each other on mondays and probably won't make it for them unless I skip my internship class. I don't have an internship yet anyway.

They'll figure it out. With or without my help, I guess.

Oh, and I get mum's car while she's out.

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I'm a robber and a manslaughterer and haven't had any parental guidance.

Scream and Run Away

NEWSFLASH: I Ask Inconvenient Questions In Class!

Something of an update

Français

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Slightly more random than previous episodes...

But why would anyone want a depressed tongue?

What to do, what to do...

Walk of Daily Humdrum

I Hate You So Fucking Much