“But”, out of every word in the English language, is my least favorite. Nothing good comes from the word “but.” “Your husband’s heart condition is improving, but…” “You’re a great person and all, but…” “You’re doing really well in shading, but…”

Mid-term critiques where this week, and I thought I was doing pretty well Nothing like a good critique to ( Read more... )

I saw that painted on the side of a building on the train ride home yesterday. I chuckled. If you know why, <3's to you ( Read more... )

Can you dig my return to the great northern mitten? I'm excited to go home, as I actually have plans this weekend! *legasp* A social life for moi? Inconsiveable. Anyway, I said I'd repost this and then never did, so... here it is ( Read more... )

So we just finished a project in Fundimentals class about the basic principles of design. With that out of the way, but in keeping with our "basics of design" motif, Bobby-Joe (our teacher, isn't that the best name ever?) wants us to go around Chicago sketching architechtural elements and morphing them all into one absteract piece. Ugh. So we got ( Read more... )

"When you're not in love, when you don't have love, everybody you know falls in love. I've come up with the perfect annalogy, when you don't have love it's like there's a party going on and everyone was invited... except for you. And you just happen to be walking past that house, in the rain ( Read more... )

Today is my last day in my house, I'm moving into my dorm in Chicago tomorrow. I couldn't sleep last night, not because I was going to miss my family or even my room really. Nope. Shoko-sensei, my Japanese teacher. <3 God I miss Tuesday Japanese class ( Read more... )

I hate Florida. I don't think I'd hate it as much if it would just admit it's in the Deep South, is part of the Deep South and should stop pretending to be California. No one's buying it. Just because you have a lot of Mexicans doesn't make you any less of a hick ( Read more... )

And all I got was a sunburn. >Seriously, what a colossal waste of time. It wasn't a party/barbeque which would have been fun. Oh no. It was a bus tour of a city I've toured at least five times. The first time it's nice, a second time it starts to lose it's charm, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to see everything *again* (thank you girl scouts ( Read more... )

So I saw that new Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and was surprised that it was actually pretty good. As far as a sequel goes it was impressive, other than the ending of course. They cut off the movie so you have to see to see the third movie to know how things wrap up. Other than the obvious ploy to get more money, it was a good movie.

I ( Read more... )

I've returned from Chicago with good news. I got accepted at the American Academy of Art. ^^

It's a great school, small and right off the Magnificent Mile with dorms within walking distance. Some uber famous people have graduated there. The people who designed the Coppertone girl, the Partridge Family logo, even the Coca-Cola Santa Clause graduated ( Read more... )