I feel very screwed this week...
-2D project: all 45 tracings(8x8in) drawn and inked due tomorrow at 9am (I am currently at 35 with only 5 inked)
-drawing: fully composed, fully developed drawing, with color highly recommended, of something incorporating a tulip due Thursday at 9am (I have not started.)
-Issues in Art Making: Read chapter 4 by Friday (because there is a quis on it!)
-3D: find an object and spray paint it white for Thursday. (I had the object, but it's not gonna work, and I have no way of getting spray paint for Thursday) Also, get 3 images as posibilities for next assignment.
-English: Find topic and start research on it.
-Art History: nothing...yet. Paper coming soon.
-Thursday: 1:00pm-1:30pm Red Caps Interview!
I'm not really sure where sleeping and eating works in though, or breathing.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Happy Be-lated Valentine's Day!
To give you all a run down on what's been going since my last entry, I had an awesome Valentine's Day! I got back from the studio around 4:45 or so and CJ was already there. He was hanging out with Chelsea in her room so it was all cool. I took my shower of course cuz after paper mache-ing for about two and a half hours I felt pretty scrubby. So then I went and gave him his gift, which was a very sorry excuse for a Valentine gift but it was the best I could do. I got him a heart-shaped box of the ceramic kind that said "HUG ME" on it, and I put those chocolate Rollos in it. I had to wrap it in tissues with tape cuz being on campus with no means of getting off it meant I didn't have any real wrapping paper. :( But I did take the time to draw little red hearts on the tissue with a marker and make it look cute and Valentine-ish.
So I gave him that and he gave me a piece of paper with a message on it. It turned out to be the start of a very clever scavenger hunt. One clue would lead me to the next or tell me which of our friends to call for the next clue. Just the fact that he got outside involvement from friends was really cool. One clue even led to my suitemate Chelsea, who I had to hug in order to get a clue from her. For some clues I had to go on facebook, and some clues I had to really stop and think about cuz they were tricky with clever wording. In the end, I had to check CJ's Xanga (online journal) to find which date was a special day for us and repeat what happened as the last step. :)
So that was a lot of fun!
Then we went to dinner at the commons where they had awesome food that the rarely have! CJ was very excited about that because they had a lot of his favorite food like shrimp and good salad and stuff. He's was so cute! ^_^
After dinner, we headed to his dorm so he could give me an actual gift, even though I would've been perfectly happy had the scavenger hunt been the only thing he did. He gave me a white carnation (Yes, with a stem and everything!) and a can of those hazlenut-chocolate-cookie-stick things that look rolled up. Those things are soooooooo good! He had to go to class right after that so I went back to my room to work on stuff. But he had asked me online later if I would be in my room after midnight so he could give me a hug good night when he was done with Hawkapella. I said I probably would be. (I was somewhat suspicious of the question on specific timing, thinking maybe he had something else up his sleeve, but I pretended not to notice.)
Later that night, Chelsea, Craig and I went to prayer meeting in F-comp, or the basement of Craig's place. That was at 10:00. We finished up around 11:30 and Craig was like "Yea, we gotta be back in the room soon" (meaning our dorm). But then he was like "Nevermind we have time"
Chelsea and I looked at each other and started laughing. Craig obviously knew something we didn't. So that further added to my suspicions about CJ. And I had a feeling of what was gonna happen, but I didn't want to spoil the suprise for myself so I didn't push it.
So we got back to C-Comp. I went to my room to do some stuff, then played guitar some. It was getting to be about 1am so I was getting pretty tired and I had a 9:00 class in the morning. Finally, as I was playing guitar in my chair, there was a knock on the door. Chelsea answered it. I saw CJ first, then following him was Hawkapella! They were all like "Where's Alyssa" and such.
So they had me sit in the common room on a stool ( and there were a lot of other people there too, like our suitemates and their friends). They got together in their Hawkapella wayand sang the song "Til There Was You" to me, with Evan doing the verses. I must've had the biggest smile on my face cuz I was so happy! And just when I thought my night coughtn't get any better, CJ stepped forward and sang the last verse! I think I almost cried! He made me feel so special that day that I didn't even want to go to sleep! I gave him a great big hug after they were done and thanked them all for singing to me.
Then CJ came back a bit later cuz I was still up and we hung out for a bit. Then he tucked me in (not really "tucked me in") to bed and kissed my hand and I went to sleep. Awe... It was a wonderful sleep, too, filled with happiness...
So that was my Valentine's Day! *sigh...* I like CJ...
So I gave him that and he gave me a piece of paper with a message on it. It turned out to be the start of a very clever scavenger hunt. One clue would lead me to the next or tell me which of our friends to call for the next clue. Just the fact that he got outside involvement from friends was really cool. One clue even led to my suitemate Chelsea, who I had to hug in order to get a clue from her. For some clues I had to go on facebook, and some clues I had to really stop and think about cuz they were tricky with clever wording. In the end, I had to check CJ's Xanga (online journal) to find which date was a special day for us and repeat what happened as the last step. :)
So that was a lot of fun!
Then we went to dinner at the commons where they had awesome food that the rarely have! CJ was very excited about that because they had a lot of his favorite food like shrimp and good salad and stuff. He's was so cute! ^_^
After dinner, we headed to his dorm so he could give me an actual gift, even though I would've been perfectly happy had the scavenger hunt been the only thing he did. He gave me a white carnation (Yes, with a stem and everything!) and a can of those hazlenut-chocolate-cookie-stick things that look rolled up. Those things are soooooooo good! He had to go to class right after that so I went back to my room to work on stuff. But he had asked me online later if I would be in my room after midnight so he could give me a hug good night when he was done with Hawkapella. I said I probably would be. (I was somewhat suspicious of the question on specific timing, thinking maybe he had something else up his sleeve, but I pretended not to notice.)
Later that night, Chelsea, Craig and I went to prayer meeting in F-comp, or the basement of Craig's place. That was at 10:00. We finished up around 11:30 and Craig was like "Yea, we gotta be back in the room soon" (meaning our dorm). But then he was like "Nevermind we have time"
Chelsea and I looked at each other and started laughing. Craig obviously knew something we didn't. So that further added to my suspicions about CJ. And I had a feeling of what was gonna happen, but I didn't want to spoil the suprise for myself so I didn't push it.
So we got back to C-Comp. I went to my room to do some stuff, then played guitar some. It was getting to be about 1am so I was getting pretty tired and I had a 9:00 class in the morning. Finally, as I was playing guitar in my chair, there was a knock on the door. Chelsea answered it. I saw CJ first, then following him was Hawkapella! They were all like "Where's Alyssa" and such.
So they had me sit in the common room on a stool ( and there were a lot of other people there too, like our suitemates and their friends). They got together in their Hawkapella wayand sang the song "Til There Was You" to me, with Evan doing the verses. I must've had the biggest smile on my face cuz I was so happy! And just when I thought my night coughtn't get any better, CJ stepped forward and sang the last verse! I think I almost cried! He made me feel so special that day that I didn't even want to go to sleep! I gave him a great big hug after they were done and thanked them all for singing to me.
Then CJ came back a bit later cuz I was still up and we hung out for a bit. Then he tucked me in (not really "tucked me in") to bed and kissed my hand and I went to sleep. Awe... It was a wonderful sleep, too, filled with happiness...
So that was my Valentine's Day! *sigh...* I like CJ...
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Lyme Disease
My cousin just called me with some bad/good news. She just found out she has Lyme Disease. For me I am saddened by this, but she is actually relieved by it. I'll explain.
She's been running her whole life and is in college now on an athletic, as well academic, scholarship. She is a very driven person, running every day of the week, and still getting her work done. She's basically obsessed with running. So for time now she had been running really poorly, and was lagging at practice and not making her times at all! She was so upset about it because she couldn't figure out what was wrong. When I talked to her over the winter break, she was still in the waiting process for blood work and tests. I remember her telling me that she hoped it was Lyme because it would explain what was wrong with her running. All I could think was "I hope you don't have it! You're family and I couldn't imagine you with a disease. I never would want that for you!" How could someone hope for a disease? But I understood where she was coming from. If she didn't have something, she would just keep stressing about her running.
So now that she found the cause of her problem, she feels a lot better. She's taking it all very well for someone who just found out she had a disease.
In other news...
Cj and I are doing very well. At Bible Study lately, we've been doing the worship songs together on guitar. Fun! And I get to learn new songs that way!
What else... oh, last night some of us watched The Iron Giant. Awesome movie! Very cute and I love how dynamic the character designs are! The animation is incredible and just...ah! the whole movie is so well done, and the story line, too. Humorous, emotional, and overall a great entertaining movie! Highly recommended if you haven't seen it, and even if you have, go see it again!
Well, I've got quite a bite of work ahead of me but... That's not really new. So I hope you have a great day!
Peace and Love!
She's been running her whole life and is in college now on an athletic, as well academic, scholarship. She is a very driven person, running every day of the week, and still getting her work done. She's basically obsessed with running. So for time now she had been running really poorly, and was lagging at practice and not making her times at all! She was so upset about it because she couldn't figure out what was wrong. When I talked to her over the winter break, she was still in the waiting process for blood work and tests. I remember her telling me that she hoped it was Lyme because it would explain what was wrong with her running. All I could think was "I hope you don't have it! You're family and I couldn't imagine you with a disease. I never would want that for you!" How could someone hope for a disease? But I understood where she was coming from. If she didn't have something, she would just keep stressing about her running.
So now that she found the cause of her problem, she feels a lot better. She's taking it all very well for someone who just found out she had a disease.
In other news...
Cj and I are doing very well. At Bible Study lately, we've been doing the worship songs together on guitar. Fun! And I get to learn new songs that way!
What else... oh, last night some of us watched The Iron Giant. Awesome movie! Very cute and I love how dynamic the character designs are! The animation is incredible and just...ah! the whole movie is so well done, and the story line, too. Humorous, emotional, and overall a great entertaining movie! Highly recommended if you haven't seen it, and even if you have, go see it again!
Well, I've got quite a bite of work ahead of me but... That's not really new. So I hope you have a great day!
Peace and Love!
Friday, February 03, 2006
A Capella Concert
I went to an a capella concert tonight. It was on campus at 10:00 for only a dollar. It was so awesome! I got to see some people I know perform (one person in particular ^_^). Plus, my dad happened to be in the Hartford/West Hartford area and came with me to see it. I don't see or talk to my family that much with work and activities and all. So it was nice to spend some time with my Daddy! And a lot of my friends were at the show so he got to meet them. He also got to meet my CJ. After the totally amazing, I asked what my dad what he thought of him. The answer was something along the lines of... "I can tell he's a nice guy" or "a good kid" or something... so that meant he liked him, even though it was a very brief introduction.
So tomorrow I might go to see The End of the Spear with some friends from bible study. That should be good fun! ...especially if we get transportation! Then comes the stressfulness of the weekend for which I have a LOT to do. First, I have to get at least three plates (as in "templates" I suppose) done for 2D, in which I have a simplified outlined of an image and have to glue strange or interesting materials to it in a specific way. There wil be six total, but I need three done for Monday. Also for Monday, I must have some stories read for English. I think there might even be some questions to do, but I'm not sure. And I also have to find still life objects for a drawing assignment in tuesday's class. And of course there is church on Sunday. There will be other little things I have to do also, but for now I have to work on my Issues homework and finish up my application for Red Caps.
Peace and love kids!
So tomorrow I might go to see The End of the Spear with some friends from bible study. That should be good fun! ...especially if we get transportation! Then comes the stressfulness of the weekend for which I have a LOT to do. First, I have to get at least three plates (as in "templates" I suppose) done for 2D, in which I have a simplified outlined of an image and have to glue strange or interesting materials to it in a specific way. There wil be six total, but I need three done for Monday. Also for Monday, I must have some stories read for English. I think there might even be some questions to do, but I'm not sure. And I also have to find still life objects for a drawing assignment in tuesday's class. And of course there is church on Sunday. There will be other little things I have to do also, but for now I have to work on my Issues homework and finish up my application for Red Caps.
Peace and love kids!
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Little Blessings Bring Awesome Days
Wow! I had such an amazing day! I have to tell it from the beginning all the way to the end because it is just so unbelievable how awesome God is! He does so many great things in our lives that we praise Him for, but so often we do not recognize all the small blessings He sends. Today, my Lord and Friend must've wanted me to have the best day possible, and He succeeded in giving me one.
It started in this morning, after a nice breakfast with my spiritual sister, Chelsea, and a much pre-meditated bowl of Rice Crispies. We sat with my friend, Jamie, who is one of my many wonderful classmates. She and I headed to class as Chels parted for hers. My drawing assignment had been a 15x22 inch graphite "painting," which was a new concept for most of us to understand because... How do you paint with a pencil? So after having looked up the suggested artists some days before, I saw that our teacher was looking for as realistic as possible. This is very intimidating because he is a well-developed atist and has had great success in his career. Aslo, I had heard many stories from other students about what a hard teache he is. If that is true, I am both scared and excited.
The assignment called for at least 10 hours of work, but I put in well over the required amount of time, getting almost only 2 hours of sleep one night. So today was the critique, and I had no idea what to expect. To my suprise, he let each of us talk about our own piece a little bit, telling what lead us to do it what we did in our pieces. It was interesting to hear that, as a class, we were striving to get out of our normal way of doing things and try to change our approaches for the growth from last semester. Jeramiah(teacher) thought that was a good thing, too. But he also informed us of what we were all doing wrong. Ever one of us (with one exception) had played it safe with empty backgrounds of solid color, black or whit or gray. He mentioned something along the lines of it being fear that kept us from stepping out of our comfort zones, where we play it safe with what we know will work, and not challenging ourselves in that sense.
I had been hoping for individual critique, but this was a good start, and I it was a way for Jeramiah to break some of the ice with us. Overall, very inspiring feeling I got from that class.
After that I got my paintings back from Harriet, my 2D teacher from last semester. Then I went back to my dorm fo a bit to drop my stuff off. After that I went to Issues in Art Making where we watched a wonderful video/documentary of different contemporary artists and got some different perspectives and views from them. Their attitudes were reasurring and motivating. So that was a great class! Then I ran to konover (on-campus supermarket) to get flour, then back to the dorm to get my tool box, then to 3D class! Quite in a rush that time, and I did it all within 20 minutes! Woot!
In 3D I was going over my sketches for the upcoming piece, considering materials to use, and what approach I would take, as well as what my intention for the piece would be. I changed my original thought and developed it a bit further, getting some different feed back from my teacher who doesn't really teach (I had her first semester, too... so i kind of know what to expect from her). I don't think she really understood what I was aiming for, but her input was appreciated. I am actually looking forward to this project, too!
My friend Jamie and I decided to go to get some things in the middle of class. I had forgotten newspaper and she needed flour, so we asked our teacher if we could go. She said it was fine. As we were walking, I saw CJ which made me really excited. I gave him a hug and introduced him to Jamie. Then she and I went to my dorm first for stuff + chocolate (Yes, chocolate has its own category!). Then we went to her dorm, then Konover. We must've been gone for a lot longer than expected because the teacher kept staring at us as we worked and class was half over. I stayed for and extra half hour or so to make up for lost time.
After that, I decided to go back to my dorm the way to go past CJ's building just on the off change that he'd be there for me to visit. I called him up and he was there! Yay! So I met up with him. Then we went to dinner with Chelsea, Craig, Jamie, and Jamie's suitemate, Megan. Not our usual group but it was fun. Then I went to the library to enlarge my image for 2D. Jamie was there to help me figure it out. Praise! I hope God blesses her for being so cool! So then I went to Konover for the 3rd time at 8pm for info on being a Red Cap. We played one of those icebreaking name games so that was fun. On my way out I realized that I had forgotten to bring a bag for collecting pinecones which are for my 2D project tomorrow (or today rather). But God was good to me and let me find the ziplock in my jacket pocket that I had left from a different day. Praise again!
Okay, so I got back to the room and was planning to take a shower and go to bed early... But once again, God clued me in on His plan. I just happened to check my email. Craig had sent a last minute reminderfor a prayer meeting in F-Comp. I read it 15 minutes before the time to be there! Quite close! So I gathered up my layers to prep for the cold. Heading out I realized I forgot my gloves and thought "oh well. it's not far. i'll go without them." I put my hands in my pockets for warmth, and wouldn't ya know it! I found my gloves! I had forgotten that I put them there! Woo Hoo! Sing praaaaaaaaaaise!
In Conclusion, Bible study was awesome! And My day was even better! I love God! What a great friend to have blessed me with so many wonderful people and little things! Actually, I thought about how God has worked through me to bless others for Him. And it's just little things, but they all count! Anyway... Sleep is good so I'll rant more later on this experience!
Peace and Love in Him!
It started in this morning, after a nice breakfast with my spiritual sister, Chelsea, and a much pre-meditated bowl of Rice Crispies. We sat with my friend, Jamie, who is one of my many wonderful classmates. She and I headed to class as Chels parted for hers. My drawing assignment had been a 15x22 inch graphite "painting," which was a new concept for most of us to understand because... How do you paint with a pencil? So after having looked up the suggested artists some days before, I saw that our teacher was looking for as realistic as possible. This is very intimidating because he is a well-developed atist and has had great success in his career. Aslo, I had heard many stories from other students about what a hard teache he is. If that is true, I am both scared and excited.
The assignment called for at least 10 hours of work, but I put in well over the required amount of time, getting almost only 2 hours of sleep one night. So today was the critique, and I had no idea what to expect. To my suprise, he let each of us talk about our own piece a little bit, telling what lead us to do it what we did in our pieces. It was interesting to hear that, as a class, we were striving to get out of our normal way of doing things and try to change our approaches for the growth from last semester. Jeramiah(teacher) thought that was a good thing, too. But he also informed us of what we were all doing wrong. Ever one of us (with one exception) had played it safe with empty backgrounds of solid color, black or whit or gray. He mentioned something along the lines of it being fear that kept us from stepping out of our comfort zones, where we play it safe with what we know will work, and not challenging ourselves in that sense.
I had been hoping for individual critique, but this was a good start, and I it was a way for Jeramiah to break some of the ice with us. Overall, very inspiring feeling I got from that class.
After that I got my paintings back from Harriet, my 2D teacher from last semester. Then I went back to my dorm fo a bit to drop my stuff off. After that I went to Issues in Art Making where we watched a wonderful video/documentary of different contemporary artists and got some different perspectives and views from them. Their attitudes were reasurring and motivating. So that was a great class! Then I ran to konover (on-campus supermarket) to get flour, then back to the dorm to get my tool box, then to 3D class! Quite in a rush that time, and I did it all within 20 minutes! Woot!
In 3D I was going over my sketches for the upcoming piece, considering materials to use, and what approach I would take, as well as what my intention for the piece would be. I changed my original thought and developed it a bit further, getting some different feed back from my teacher who doesn't really teach (I had her first semester, too... so i kind of know what to expect from her). I don't think she really understood what I was aiming for, but her input was appreciated. I am actually looking forward to this project, too!
My friend Jamie and I decided to go to get some things in the middle of class. I had forgotten newspaper and she needed flour, so we asked our teacher if we could go. She said it was fine. As we were walking, I saw CJ which made me really excited. I gave him a hug and introduced him to Jamie. Then she and I went to my dorm first for stuff + chocolate (Yes, chocolate has its own category!). Then we went to her dorm, then Konover. We must've been gone for a lot longer than expected because the teacher kept staring at us as we worked and class was half over. I stayed for and extra half hour or so to make up for lost time.
After that, I decided to go back to my dorm the way to go past CJ's building just on the off change that he'd be there for me to visit. I called him up and he was there! Yay! So I met up with him. Then we went to dinner with Chelsea, Craig, Jamie, and Jamie's suitemate, Megan. Not our usual group but it was fun. Then I went to the library to enlarge my image for 2D. Jamie was there to help me figure it out. Praise! I hope God blesses her for being so cool! So then I went to Konover for the 3rd time at 8pm for info on being a Red Cap. We played one of those icebreaking name games so that was fun. On my way out I realized that I had forgotten to bring a bag for collecting pinecones which are for my 2D project tomorrow (or today rather). But God was good to me and let me find the ziplock in my jacket pocket that I had left from a different day. Praise again!
Okay, so I got back to the room and was planning to take a shower and go to bed early... But once again, God clued me in on His plan. I just happened to check my email. Craig had sent a last minute reminderfor a prayer meeting in F-Comp. I read it 15 minutes before the time to be there! Quite close! So I gathered up my layers to prep for the cold. Heading out I realized I forgot my gloves and thought "oh well. it's not far. i'll go without them." I put my hands in my pockets for warmth, and wouldn't ya know it! I found my gloves! I had forgotten that I put them there! Woo Hoo! Sing praaaaaaaaaaise!
In Conclusion, Bible study was awesome! And My day was even better! I love God! What a great friend to have blessed me with so many wonderful people and little things! Actually, I thought about how God has worked through me to bless others for Him. And it's just little things, but they all count! Anyway... Sleep is good so I'll rant more later on this experience!
Peace and Love in Him!
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