Wel, I survived my first semester of grad school. I'm enjoying it so far, even with teaching the undergrads beginning lab. It's a bit more involved than my undergrad was - not only do they have to learning basic sewing, we teach them mask making, dyeing and fundamentals of drawing costume plates. I feel my abilities as a designer and technologist ( Read more... )

For all those who love dogs as much as I do, my dearest breed are the bull terriers - misunderstood and abused by those who refuse to see the reality about pit bulls, this video shows the truth about this wonderful and loveable dog. I love my pit bulls.

Forgot to add this...here's a pic of the dress I made for graduation. James matches me pretty well, neh? ;)

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I can't believe I didn't post at all this spring - guess I was busier than I thought. :\ Updates...my costume design for The Birthday Party was a success and it won two awards: Honorable Mention at Region IV KCACTF (Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival) and 2nd place for The Arts at the USF Undergraduate Research Symposium ( Read more... )

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So, I'm horrible at updating this semester. :\ I'm going to the NY U/RTA in Jan - yay for grad school stuff. I'm excited. :) And the following weekend, I'm going to see Dir en Grey, talk about fun. And just in time for my show to go up,lol. This semester has about 3 weeks left before finals - scary!! I'm working on designs for Twelfth Night and on ( Read more... )

Okay, been ages since I updated, so here's a quick run-down...school's going well, not sure I'm ready for my midterm on Tues, but hey, if I study well I'll be fine. My Threepenny Opera designs turned out pretty well and I didn't bomb presentation, yay! Work is busy as ever...gonna end it there. James and I are doing well - he really is a wonderful ( Read more... )

Haven't updated in ages (been very busy), but before any updates, I need to let y'all know that my normal e-mail is down...someone hacked into it and changed my password. :( So, I'm semi-email-less, and eh, definitely leave a msg here if ya need to reach me, I'll try to check it when I can. This really bites...

I'm going to Orlando for two days!! Yay - vacation!! James and are I gonna hit up Disney Quest, Pleasure Island, the works, lol. I'm so excited!! I haven't taken a real vacation (ie more than a day trip) since 2003 - I'm definitely over-due. XD I'm going to try and be good and take lots of pics, but me being me, I'll probably forget. ;) In other ( Read more... )

So, it looks like the physical therapy is working - my legs definitely seem to be getting stronger and the kneecap isn't moving a much as it used to. And I'm getting an added bonus - I've lost about 3-4 pounds! This is getting me back into the "I will work out more" kick again, which is great. I'm exhausted, but I feel better and it's relaxing me a ( Read more... )