I think that’s a little hard to read. Sorry for the blurriness. I was trying to hurry because students kept passing in front of me.
“Seas of bright juice suffuse heaven.”
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So I’ve been promising my friends that I would post the art I’ve been making in my art classes. Here they finally are!
They don’t include the couple that were on display in the open house a couple of weeks ago. Those are still at school…I’ll take pictures of them later. And here are a couple of paintings from the very beginning of this quarter:
I’ll post more of those when the quarter is over as well. 
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Wow, I finished my final paper for English. 5 pages about E. E. Cummings, with research! I hate writing. LOL! But it’s done! And I don’t think it’s half bad! But then I never do. And other people read it and say, “this makes no sense!” Well I don’t care. I’m finished. Hahaha! Now I get to concentrate mostly on art and astronomy for the last few weeks of the quarter. :3
Friday I went to an art advisor and officially declared myself as an art major. I was going to go for interdisciplinary visual arts, but have decided that I should just go for the painting and drawing major. It’s more competitive, but I’m worth it, aren’t I? I love the idea of painting. I love color. I still have no clue what job I want, though. Haha! D:
When I left the art building I felt positively jaunty. An art student! It might be a few weeks before I’m officially admitted to the school of art, which means that in Spring quarter I might not be able to take any more art classes (because all of the rest of them can only be taken by official art majors), and I have two more required classes to take anyway. One more art history class, the modern art one, which is only offered spring quarter, so I might as well get it over with. And one more science, so one more astronomy class, here I come!! Haaaaa. 
The other class I’m thinking about taking is Comparative History of Ideas…specifically, a class on religion and existentialism. Totally fascinating, isn’t it? The quarter is going to suck though because I will probably be writing lots of papers. I am so SICK of writing papers. Bleh! But after spring quarter, I can take NOTHING but art classes if I want! All of my other requirements are OUT of the way! WOOHOO! 
Tonight Dan and I are going to see a movie by the guy that wrote my favorite play, “The Pillowman.” And we’re having dinner at Quinn, which is a really yummy place. Neither of us showered today; we’ve both been working at our computers. After Dan’s done in the bathroom it’s my turn.
Oh my god, I’m hyper. I’ve been doing too much homework lately. 
Time to shower!
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So we got a new couch last month! It’s microfiber, which means it doesn’t stain easily, and it’s SOOOO soft. We love it!
The couch stands alone.
Dan and the couch.
*fidget*fidget*
Not long after we had Paula and Grant over for a Saturday full of Mah Jong and good wine and beer. Here is the aftermath in our kitchen:
Believe me…a good time was had by all.
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OMG I’m so freaking tired. It’s only a little after ten. I’m going to go to bed soon.
I’m reading Clan of the Cave Bear again. It’s still very good, but the inaccurate science is annoying me. LOL Cro-magnon men and Neanderthals living at the same time? ROFL. And plus the fact that it’s pretty much doubtful that people that lived that long ago worshipped the earth or nature or anything like that. I don’t think God was a concept yet. But the book was written a long time ago. And it is just a novel.
Tonight Dan and I were going to go see The Diving Bell and the Butterfly but we’re both just too tired. I’m going to crash right after I finish this. : )
Did research for English class today and worked on my Gould hall drawing. The art is coming along nicely. The English is coming along…haltingly and somewhat retardedly. LOL Hopefully I’ll get it worked out soon. :/ I just can’t settle on a subject, let alone work out a decent thesis. Decent thesis. Heh. That should be the name of an art-rock band. Decent Thesis.
Good night!
P.S. Spring is coming!
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Happy Valentine’s Day! 
Otherwise, today is a typical Thursday…it seems that Monday-Wednesday are really super busy and then by Thursday I am mentally dead. LOL I’m pretty much responding to everything today with a mental “whuh?”
I have the car this afternoon because Dan took the bus to work so that he could come home early so we can go out to dinner. We’re eating at Zoe’s. Neither of us has been there, but it’s supposed to be really good. : ) This afternoon I am going to run and get pink hair dye. How awesome would it be to have pink hair on V-Day? I’m also going to run to an art store and get some paper because we’re supposed to have special paper for our next assignment, which will be a charcoal value rendering of the inside of Gould Hall, which is a more modern style than Suzzallo Library.
I need/want to start that tomorrow so I’m not totally behind and stressed out like I was for the Suzzallo staircase (which I still haven’t finished).
Then I’m going to take a long bath and shave my legs. Haha! I don’t shave them in the winter until Valentine’s, so it’s going to be an undertaking. But I’m really looking forward to that bath. Ahhh time to relax.
Tomorrow, chiropractor, laundry, hopefully starting my art project!
I also have a short presentation on women poets, an annotated bibliography, and a five-to-seven-page final paper due within a week of each other at the end of the month.
I really hate writing. I like my thoughts the way they are…pre-organization. XD Eh, but I guess I really should force myself to learn to organize them. It’s good to at least have the ability, I guess. It just feels so counter-Meia. It makes me feel like what I’ve written is not really me, it’s someone else; it feels foreign and I usually dislike it.
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I’m actually feeling rather icky. It’s Thursday of a long week…career week, with a midterm paper due and a drawing of Suzzallo staircase. I went to one career meeting and there is another this afternoon. I am trying to decide whether or not to go. I really don’t want to go anywhere. On the other hand, it’s valuable information about how to be a working artist, how to prepare a portfolio, and stuff like that. Stuff I really need to know. But I’m mentally and emotionally bleh. I’m just tired. I am home now and the sun is shining through the windows and it’s warm. It’s ice cold outside and windy. Miserable. I would probably find it easier to go if I had a car today. I need to do laundry and homework today, no matter how exhausted I am. Physically…I have been really craving sweets ALL THE TIME. I haven’t exercised this week, though I have been doing a lot of dragging shit around either behind me or on my shoulder or both. I feel like hibernating. In the winter, I am jealous of cats who curl up into a ball in the window. I wish I had a job or something that gave me winters off. Not that I want to work longer the other days of the year, of course. Maybe four day weeks for the rest of the year. I have been mostly focusing on breathing all week. Breathe, breathe, breathe, keep breathing.
There are so many things I need to be taken care of.
On top of all of that, I need to figure out how to work toward a career.
The number one thing to remember is balance. I need to find an equilibrium that feels good, that is manageable, and that brings me peace. Right now I’m doing really well at drinking water, breathing, showers and lotions, and Dan time. I mean, we kind of reserve the weekends for that. But we do cuddle during the week, even when we’re both exhausted and are existing in different worlds.
It’s hard not to feel bad about myself sometimes. That is a hell of a lot to do, and I guess most people don’t work that hard at taking care of themselves. But it should be true that if I take care of myself first, the other parts of life will fall into place a little easier.
Are the career fairs the same every year? Or do the subjects change? Do the career fairs happen once a year or once a quarter? Annual. They’re annual. *reads website* OK, this is good news. There is a Husky Career Network available 24/7 to answer any questions I have at any time. But questions! I don’t have questions. I just have blank spaces and confusion. XD All right…part of the deal is, I don’t know what’s out there. The information I got at the last career session I went to was actually pretty overwhelming. It would take me forever to browse it, and plus, I just won’t have time to browse it for a while…at least until the weekend, possibly not till Spring Break.
I am so scared about starting a career. How soon should I start looking to be an intern? Maybe my junior year? Maybe I should ask Dan this. Maybe I should ask the Husky thingy. Maybe I should go to the thing this afternoon and ask.
All right. I’m going to eat lunch and take some time to chill. I’m getting myself riled up asking myself all of these questions. If I still feel overwhelmed at three, I won’t go. Simple as that. <3
P.S. I just realized something. I’m feeling really anxious that if I miss today’s session, I’ll miss some valuable information that I will never have an opportunity to learn again and that I’ll be forever screwed. But that makes no sense! There is always plenty of available information, and as I get nearer to graduating, there will be LOTS of information available to me. I don’t need to freak out. I need to trust the universe a little. It’s not like being an artist is a secret that the world is trying to keep from me.
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On Tuesdays and Thursdays this quarter I have an hour off between my English and Astronomy classes. I usually go down to the basement in the Denny building and use the computer labs, and chill for a while on Subeta. But Subeta is DOWN! It has been down for a few days actually!
This week is really busy at UW. It’s career week, which means all week long there are tons of random talks and information sessions in all sorts of different areas. There is one today I want to go to called “Career Resources for Art Students” and one Thursday I want to see called “Career Advice for Art Students”. Since I really have no idea what I want to do. Hopefully I’ll get to learn a little bit more about what’s out there.
Plus, in my drawing class, we have to draw a picture of a staircase in the Suzzallo library on 18 x 24 paper using the grid system. As you can see, it’s very intricate:
I’m spending all day at school today. Hopefully I’ll get my drawing of the staircase finished, then I’m going to the session at 4 p.m., then I’m going grocery shopping, then I’m doing homework. The art class is going so fast, it’s hard to do a really good job on anything. I need to practice much more. I finished my mid-term paper on “The Yellow Wallpaper”, but I still have a little bit of editing to do. Next week should be more gentle. *faints* LOL
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Wow. It is the most beautiful movie I have seen in a long time.
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Let’s see how I’m doing on that to-do list I made the other day…
Clean up the house and put everything away
Get my astronomy book
Get a new phone … OK now I just need to get it activated!
Spend my gift certificate
Finish my scarf
Order more artwork for the walls … Now I need to frame it and put it up!
Put away decorations (after the 1st)
Talk to apt. manager about switching storage spaces
Put fans in storage
Redecorate a bit (fabrics and candles)
Write to Mom & Dad ;3
Reply to emails
Dye hair (purple?)
I still have some mail in my inbox I need to respond to. I’m also not going to dye my hair purple. There is all sorts of football going on around here, and I can’t dye my hair purple without people assuming it’s for the team. BLECH!!! I hate football…there is no way in hell I am going to associate myself with it. I’ll wait til I come back from Boise and put some pink over it, so that it will still be dark, but the white streaks will be pink. I miss my pink hair.
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