^ shopping
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
earn your respect.
Monday, April 27, 2009
virus
What a cool connection to make to other people--through a computer virus.
I found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Nj4u9UhFw
"this is cool i actually don't mind that it popped up on my pc "
ahahaha.
Friday, April 17, 2009
summer 2009
I know, I know...these classes are probably going to be super boring. These are all required GE's (I made sure that these articulated with SJSU GE requirements). Might as well get rid of three categories of GE's in one summer, no? I wanted to take Intermed/Advanced badminton at Mission College... but there's no way I'm going to spend an hour on public transit just for badmin class -_- And then I tried to compromise by sticking in Track and Field at SJCC, but that doesn't fit into my schedule (and who wants to run around the track in the blazing summer heat???). So... my summer schedule. I'm going to try to tack on a summer job too, but I have high doubts about that.
Thanh will probably go to Mission College for the summer... but of course there will be plenty of time to meet up at Quickly and have a date! Oh, and maybe throw in some fun activities!
1. Finish up summer classes.
2. Go cherry picking! yay!
3. Bike across Golden Gate Bridge
4. Go to the beach of course! And play some beach volleyball. funfun
5. I was thinking about hiking up Mission Peak. Or something. sounds like fun?
I'll think about more later.
Today I went to Michael's since I had to buy some modeling clay for my project (our clay wouldn't have worked, diane). I was admiring the brushes when I turned around and saw a huge ArtBin. I opened it up and OMG!!!! LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was $28 bucks or something, which in my opinion was a bit pricey for an art toolbox kit thing. But I had a 40% off coupon...
^FOREHEAD GALORE! and no bangs, per your "request" :P
^ Broken fence. beyond is the neighbor's orange tree.
Badminton frosh/soph tourny tomorrow at indy!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
art major?
Try memorizing the names, artists, locations, dates, mediums, historical background, and contents for the various paintings/sculptures/buildings depicted on these notecards. That's not to mention the 3-hour long lectures, one 5-minute break each lecture (I once got reprimanded for accidentally coming back to the lecture hall after 7 minutes, instead of 5...but hey, I was getting some iced tea, man!), and frantic, frantic, frantic note-taking for the entire time. Like, non-stop scribbling.
Okay, I just went and counted all the images. There are 90 in all.
Oh before I get any pity... I checked my e-mail tonight and discovered a beautiful little wrapped present waiting for me.
OMG, I seriously thought he was going to reschedule the exam. I seriously did. I was all O____O OMG THE HEAVENS HAVE ANSWERED MY PRAYERS, and I opened up the e-mail. (At that precise moment, the computer and internat lagged, so I waited five minutes for the e-mail to open up.)
Oh well... better than nothing. lol. I guess he realized how incredibly tough the test was going to be, so he shortened it. Now we are down to 47 images. Thank goodness. (If those images are too small, sorry.)
Anyway, I digress.
We art students do get minimal amounts of homework. This homework would actually fall into the category of projects...but these assignments take a lot of energy, effort, and thinking. Which brings me to #3.
#3. Yes, we do study.
Studying isn't all memorizing vocabulary terms and molecular structures and formulas. Studying is also defined as "to think out, to investigate deeply and in detail." (Okay, something like that, but I can't really be bothered to scroll up and check.) For example, in Color Theory we learned about Itten's 7 Color Contrasts. To see the concept behind how colors contrast, we really have to understand the logic behind them, i.e.: saturated colors pull their parent hue from a color that's been juxtaposed with them, warm and cool, afterimages, the eye's natural tendency to see complementary colors, etc. I find this stuff incredibly fascinating. In class, we have to make/paint compositions that show we understand the material. It's not just like, "OKAY, this blue looks different from this yellow, I'll paint a funky-colored flower!" We have to know how they'll offset each other to really emit a vibrant, luminous effect. We have to think carefully about the composition and make sure that craftsmanship is perfect to keep the illusion working.
I think someone else could have explained that better, but oh well. Just an example.
#2. Yes, we can BS the assignments, but it won't look good.
It is painfully obvious who spent a few hours/one night on the project, versus someone else who spent the entire week perfecting it. That's really all there is to it.
Anyway, I wrote the above for a few reasons.
1. It is so freaking annoying to have someone tell you that you don't have to do anything because you have an easy major. Um, I think I (not anyone else) know the amount of work that's given to me. If I want a perfect project, I will spend days/weeks on it, if necessary. If I want a shabby piece that looks like it was done by a kindergartener wielding a box of dry Dollar Tree crayons, I will whip through the project in an hour and call it a day.
2. I had just read the e-mail about the art history midterm being shorter and I decided to take a long break... lol.
3. Hmm. I had another reason in my mind, but I completely forgot it now.
On to happier things!
^ my five beloved $3.00 bottles of Cool Citrus Basil. GOD!! Love. Thank you ThannieX1000000000 for telling me about the B&BW sale, otherwise I would not have these bottles to cherish. And Diane, I'm so glad I decided not to listen to you when you said two bottles were enough :P
^ this is why I always have bangs. I just look weird without them.
Back to some happier studying!