second impressions

EDIT

I miss Thannie very, very, very much :(



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I have so many things to blog about; they've all been piling up in my head. I've begun transferring some thoughts to a scrap piece of binder paper floating around in my bag. Maybe I should start carrying around a little notebook or something.

I think creative writing is really inspiring little phrases to pop into my head at random moments. haha. That class has taught me that I've really been overwriting ALL the time. like, in fanfics. I would go into way too much detail, tacking on adverbs/adjectives to every single verb/noun. From Monday's session, I learned that that's tactical writing, like giving a play-by-play of everything. You just wanna make the important bits stand out, not describe the whole thing down to every single grain, "like an instruction manual." I think most beginning writers (myself included) make their writing too flowery, like putting in all these adjectives and big words and tons of metaphors and everything. It just feels too written. I'm glad I'm taking this class. yeah, the class sessions can be boring, but they're very informative and I can correct my writing mistakes now.

3D concepts is fun :D I guess I had a really bad first impression. It's easier to talk to the people in the class now, and the instructor is super nice and friendly. I unexpectedly made friends with someone, which is cool. And today I used the panel saw!!!! It's this big old saw thing that's taller than people. Like this one..

It's scary because it makes such a loud noise! The instructor assured me that it was the safest piece of equipment in the shop, though. Go figure.

I think I blogged before about this really mean student assistant at the woodshop. Anyway, she was there today, watching me and this girl cut a huge piece of wood. She started a conversation with us about the class and everything...turns out she's pretty nice. So much for first impressions.

So i went to Michael's today and got more things...lol. I think I've spent about $250 for my art supplies for Color Theory. Well, luckily I can use these things for future art classes...OH! I bought more fake flowers too! This time for the bathroom. I love fake flowers. I would have bought more, but I can't carry them all because I take the bus. lol. I think next time I'm gonna go back for the cherry blossom stems.

and now for a whole slew of pics

^ San Jose Athletic Club

^ MLK library at night

^ my drawing pads

^ color spectrum hw