i do believe if there was an award for being late to everything, i would win it. perhaps being the last to make my first post will earn me a certificate. i wall of awards to be embarrassed about. regardless, here we are again, three years since first laying eyes on the uarts world. many many beautiful things have changed, changed here at school and changed within my little body and mind. the summer was a roller coaster of incredible fun and intense boredom and sincere sadness. as well as lots of sunshine and boat rides. the magic of summer boredom is it makes you long for classes again. i’ve moved to a new place this year. a big old house on pine street. i live in these concrete walls with four other wonderful girls. i really am excited to be living with other people this year. last year i was solo in a studio apartment, and although privacy was a welcome change from the dorms the year previous, i learned that i am a creature that longs for a home. and i believe a home cant be a home without someone to come home to, to spend time with, or even just to co-exist with. so i got lucky and found this beautiful house to live in with four fantastic girls, who will most likely be in pictures in this blog soon. on that note, i’m having some glitches with posting. every year that ive posted the system of actually publishing and uploading images, etc has improved and gotten more convenient and logical each year. unfortunately, that means i have to sortof, re-learn what to do and how to post every time. right now i believe i am publishing with the old version. so, there wont be pictures in this one until i figure out the kinks and start writing these posts the proper way with the new system. in the meantime, id like to apologize for taking so long to write. it has been a very interest first two weeks of school, to say the least. classes are incredible. i am so fortunate to have such great professors so far. i am a film major, and this year my core classes are getting much more in depth and much more serious and focused and MUUCH faster paced. its a bit intimidating, but its also really stimulating. the assignments are excellent and a really refreshing push from last year. the skies have been blue and i’ve already had huge personal learning experiences outside of classes. these have been emotionally exhausting. but its exciting that i have friends in the house that i can go share things with and cry about things to and get hugs from. i love learning. even through sadness. even through troubles with parents, testing friendships to breaking points, lies, adventures, misery and happiness.learning is the lifeblood of it all <3
i cant believe May is one day away. I have finals for the next two weeks, as do we all. I’ve got 18 credits worth of tests and critiques to take and its gooonnnaaa be crazy. I’m moving into my new house on the 16th though and I couldnt be more excited. pleaaseee let me get through successfully!
day after earth day, uarts group Remedy held a little shin-dig to encourage and educate people about recycling- i brought my own coffee mug to use instead of wasting plastic cups and brought a couple old bottles to recycle and in return i got a re-useable big plastic blue water bottle with a nozzle top! so pumped! also, there was a clothing swap so i brought some of the shirts i dont wear anymore to it and got to pick new-old shirts from the collection! im wearing one right now, its very soft old beaten up cotton but its got great buttons and embroidery. i feel like a summery hippy and thats exactly how i want to feel. its so warm and bright outside i really dont like being indoors right now, but girls gotta eat before class right! plus this is a good chance to write this lil journal so, it works out. also! on the track of free stuff today- Remedy was giving out little potted seeds of tomatoes and peppers and peas and basil and flowers, etc, and i took four. two are flowers, one is a tomato and one is a pepper plant, but i dont remember which is which… and im kindof happy about that because now i have more motivation to help them grow and keep them alive so i can see what each grows up to be. plant love <3 i spent some time lounging with friends on the steps of hamilton before class, and as we were about to go to class, a crazy double decker bus drove by, and the rooftop rows of seats were filled with yelling 76′ers fans and the random 76′ers mascot and they were bombarding broad street with free tee-shirts. so now i have a giant red 76ers shirt to sleep in. and THEN right after them was a much more subtle vehicle, a white van to be precise, with the door open and there were guys in there throwing around philly Flyers merchandise, so i grabbed a drink-coozie off the sidewalk. such a great day for free stuff!i’m gonna go wander before class starts.peace and loveand recycle!!!
to anybody who really follows this! it has been way too long since a post. but honestly, its actually better that i havent written because my posts would have been very pessimistic. you see, i went through a really lousy span of time where nothing made sense, as most do, and couldnt shake it. i practically hid in my apartment and felt like i was sinking. i didnt find solace in creating work, felt inadequate in my classes, and felt very much alone. it was a rough time, but with help from a councillor, a few close friends here, making some decisions about next year, and getting a MUCH NEEDED visit from some friends at home, life is good again. it feels amazing to remember how to be happy and truly smile at a sunny day. the weather is shifting here and everything is bright and warm, the trees are all blooming and the rain is replaced with showers of flower petals. classes are winding down and although finals are hectic, they dont feel overbearing the way the beginning of the semester did. i can finally breathe. we learned how to do poloroid lifts and transfers today. i highly recommend taking Surface Altered Photography. its a fantastic class. plus the teacher keeps threatening to retire… then again shes been threatening to retire for years now. regardless, take the class. its stuff you wont learn anywhere else.
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