And I almost thought I would never improve

The very top drawing was one I did at the beginning of the semester... At the time I thought I was never going to be able to get through figure drawing. Even now I wonder how I got through it. And obviously the bottom shows that I improved a lot. At first I was not excited to take the class, but now I'm glad I did.

San Francisco Beach

I turned this photo in for a photography assignment, and I got an A. I took this picture when I was at the beach in San Francisco. In the front of the picture is my friend Jamie. It was really cold and rainy that day, but we had fun collecting sand dollars.

Baby it's Cold Outside

I think I was lucky last semester. It didn't get this cold (10 degrees) until right at the end when I left for Christmas break. Also last year it was sunny almost all the time. This year it has been very cloudy, and it is a lot colder. Maybe I should have applied for the summer/fall track... oh well.

Yeah, for a photo assignment I have to take a self-portrait. It is very frustrating without a digital camera. With a digital camera I would be able to see the photo right away, whereas film I have to take my chances and hope that the photo turns out okay. It was mainly difficult though because I couldn't tell entirely where to stand in front of the camera. But I guess that is what makes this assignment exciting.

Anyways, for my self portrait I wanted to take the photo inside so I wouldn't have to stand out in the cold. But the lighting wasn't very good, so I had to take it outside. I went to the photo lab and got a tripod. I thought the tripod would be similar to the ones my mom has at home, but I was wrong. The one I had was really heavy, and I had to carry it all the way back to my apartment. Plus I had no gloves on, so the metal became extremely cold on my hands.

When I took the photos later I had to stand out in the cold. ugh! The things I do for photography. The sad thing is I use film, so I don't even know if the photos will turn out or not. Thankfully, I've gotten lucky or maybe I just have a better idea of what I'm doing now than before.

Warning: bordem causes laziness and insanity

Yeah so this is probably the most uneventful semester so far since I have been at college. Last year I thought I was bored because I would go to my friends' apartment, and we would just talk. Now, I would take that any day. I usually go over to one of my friend's apartments because they are more exciting.
i guess one of the most exciting things I have done this semester was go on a blind date. we went to the zoo. It was a group thing, so the activity was neither my date's or my idea. It was fun though, but about a month and a half later i saw the guy, my date, again and he forgot who i was. Yeah, That's lame.

let's see, what else have I done... well I can't think of anything now.
Yeah so I don't like being bored. I thought I would end up doing a lot of school work because I am taking figure drawing and photography. But when the work is done I find myself having nothing to do. So i do what my roommates do: sit around and watch movies
Anyway hopefully next semester will be more eventful. I'm planning to take snowboarding again. I almost decided not to, but i figured it would give me something to do and plan every Friday.

BaCk iN scHoOl

I have been in Idaho for a month now starting off my sophomore year. So far it has been good. My new roommates are awesome; we all get along really well. I also enjoy most of my classes so far. I must say that I have had some difficulty in my figure drawing. I think human figures is one of the most difficult things to draw. I'm decent at drawing heads, but when I try to put the rest of the body together... yuck. Oh well I'm really trying, and luckily some of the other students have been helping me. They give me a lot of good advice, and they have helped me improve.
I am also taking photography this semester. In this class I'm learning to take black and white photos with film. Taking the photos is fun, but actually making the film is a bit tedious. We will also be going over some digital photography, which I'm more excited about.
In the future I plan to have a cookie theme for my blog. I plan to change my layout whenever I get a hold of a photoshop and illustrator program. Then I can use my design skills, and maybe my new photography skills, and make a new page. I think that the layout from The cutest blog on the block is great, but I want to be able to make a web page on my own.

Thanks for the cookies

So my dad went to Oklahoma this weekend for a trade show, and when he came home today he brought back Alexis an I-tunes card, and he brought Cole a toy truck. He told me he didn't give me anything. But, he had some chocolate chip cookies, and he told me I could have them. Usually I don't expect my parents to bring me anything home from a trip anyway since I'm basically an adult now.
But, I'm glad my dad gave me the chocolate chip cookies.
I really love cookies, especially chocolate chip. Whenever I have them, it makes my day. I guess cookies are my happy food.
Today, the cookies reminded me of the time my friend's mom made some cookies for a linger longer after church. She told me she mainly made them because of me, since she knew I really wanted some M&M cookies. I was happy that she thought of me, and was kind enough to take the time to make them.
It also reminded me of my roommate . On Sundays she would make her special snicker doodles(shown above). They were the best snicker doodles I have ever had. I would hover around the kitchen a lot waiting for the cookies to be done in the oven, and they always came out perfect. Eating cookies may not seem like a big deal, but my roommates and I enjoyed just hanging out together.
I don't know why, but cookies make me very happy. My dad may not think I thought the cookies were anything special, but they were, so thanks Dad :)