i'm so excited about my classes.
today i had asian art history, and the teacher is awesome.
i also had photo I, and i am so excited about it. the teacher is absolutely amazing, the other students are pretty cool, and i can't wait to dive right into shooting and developing. i'm so glad it's my only studio class right now, because it's very time and ( Read more... )

my carpy's in town!!
XDDD

only one and a half days of band camp left. whew ( Read more... )

less than 48 hours and i'll be back in my beloved city.
i really love kalamazoo. it has a cozy feel to it. and i like when it rains.

got an email from my photo I teacher the other day; he wants us to have a 100-200$$ camera, film, and some unknown textbook with us on the first day of class.
i was a little upset, because even to order a camera or ( Read more... )

so i haven't really made anything worthwhile this summer. i've done a few little pieces in my sketchbook, but i need portfolio material ( Read more... )

went to see the simpsons movie tonight. for someone who's never watched the simpsons before, i have to say it was pretty funny.
"spiderpig, spiderpig...."
and we saw hairspray the night before that. i was reminded that as much as i try to, i really dislike musicals. but it was worth it to see john travolta crossdressing in a fatsuit.

i'm so sick of ( Read more... )

it needs to be august 27th right. now.
but i haven't started packing at all. gods, i have so much shit to go through.
why do i even have this much shit in the first place?

anyway, i don't even know for sure if band camp starts the 27th. that would've been the same day we started last year. i don't know if i need a new under-uniform shirt or windpants ( Read more... )

oh what a day.
we listened to brand new the whole way.
and took a bazillion pictures. they're on facebook.

we pretty much stopped at every tourist trap we came across on us-23.
when we got back, we slept on the beach for a while. i'm exhausted.

i'm feeling artsy again. it's pretty exciting.

reading: harry potter and the deathly hallows · j.k. rowling

i want to take markers to the walls
run circles around the house
blow bubbles in the front yard
read my book all day
draw something on a shower curtain
carve something into a candle
be a chef for an afternoon
swim every evening
summon up all of my best memories
write a short story
take a whole bunch of polaroid pictures
walk until i can't anymore
run away and ( Read more... )

if you haven't seen the transformers movie yet
go.
gogogogogogogogogogogogogo.
now.
and bring a change of pants.
it's that amazing, i promise.
my friends are some of the geekiest people i know, which is why i love them.

after we watched transformers tonight, nikki and i drove to the beach, sat on a bench on the dock to watch the thunderstorm roll in. we ( Read more... )