I guess it's about time to update on my life since summer ended.
My class schedule is a little awkward. I have 2 classes that are once a week, 2 classes that are twice a week, and i'm auditing one class. Now, one of my once a week classes is a performance art lab. I'm most excited about this class. It's a compilation of 5 workshops and we're required to take 3 of the workshops. We can take more for extra credit. But here's why that might be stupid for someone with a full schedule like me. Basically, each workshop is a week long, some longer than others, some shorter. Each workshop is differenet, theater, acting for the camera, site specific dance, poetry, and solo performance. Ater the week of workshops is over, there's a performance. So you're basically at school for a week from 5-10 workshopping and getting ready for a performance. I'm doing the poetry, dance, and theater... I really want to do acting for the camera (being into movies and all, I thought it'd be pretty appropriate) and there may be a chance that i'll be doing it.
So that's that.
I'm going to be working 20 hours a week. Crazy? I know. So 5 classes, 20 hours, and 3 or 4 performances? SWEET JESUS! who gave me permission to make my own schedule?
The upside to all of this is that i'm gonna be in tip top shape by the end of the year. Or rather, school year. I've moved a few blocks away from school now and so i'm riding my bike every day. It might get hard when i'm staying at school till 10pm or so. But I am definitely having fun with it. My quads hurt so bad. I can't wait till the temperature goes down too. Riding in the heat is ridiculously draining. I mean, the amount that I sweat everyday could probably hydrate the saltan sea back to it's original water level. Seeing as it's on it's way to complete evaporation soon, I bet if I bottled my sweat I could help with some kind ecological miracle. Like... the migrating of birds or well... the creation of new salt loving bacteria.
I don't know where im going with that.
Anywho, my roomies are awesome, we have fun. I'm going to buy the rest of my furniture this weekend and i'm stoked about it. I haven't fully unpacked yet. I have a few boxes in the garage still. I still have yet to name my bike. It's read and soon to be pimped out with grocery baskets. I was thinking of meryl or julliette. Or maybe something french? Like Vianne? I don't know. I figure I should name it after someone i'm into. At the moment i'm loving Meryl Streep and Juliette Binoche. And Chocolat! I would name it Johnny Depp but I think it would be inappropriate to be riding a male bicycle. Don't you think? "I'm gonna go ride johnny!" ... yeah, definitely no bueno.
Anyways, more later I guess. I had fun writing this blog. =)
8.20.2008
8.19.2008
Update on Vacay
Only 3 more days of vacation left. I'm bummed but I'm sotked that I get to go to sedona tomorrow. My mom and I got a free jeep tour. Sweet ain't it? Anything free is just divine. I haven't been online because during one of the thunderstorms, lightning hit something and I don't get internet. Funny how that happened. School starts in less than a week.
Yesterday we went to the petrified forest and met an aussie and a new zealander from London who were on a road trip on Route 66 together. They were so nice. Got their contact info so when I do go to either London, Australia, or New Zealand, i'll have place to stay or even just people to show me around. I also got a vocab lesson. Looks like Brisbane is is pronounces bris-ban like.. bun in the oven.. bris-bun. Yeah. They say they'll tease me if I say brisbane... like your so vain...bain... yeah. Or I could just call it brissy... like... "where abouts in brissy are you from?" haha... I think i'll be teased anyways. Trying to be Australian. Hah.
My mom said that she meets people like Tamara and Nicollette and she thinks she raised me in some kind of bubble. But I think that there are so many other people who have grown up in much more of a bubble than I have. I am not a bubble person. Hence the many road trips.
Anywho... i'm off. Mom needs some of this computer action. More pictures and videos to come later when I get internet.
Yesterday we went to the petrified forest and met an aussie and a new zealander from London who were on a road trip on Route 66 together. They were so nice. Got their contact info so when I do go to either London, Australia, or New Zealand, i'll have place to stay or even just people to show me around. I also got a vocab lesson. Looks like Brisbane is is pronounces bris-ban like.. bun in the oven.. bris-bun. Yeah. They say they'll tease me if I say brisbane... like your so vain...bain... yeah. Or I could just call it brissy... like... "where abouts in brissy are you from?" haha... I think i'll be teased anyways. Trying to be Australian. Hah.
My mom said that she meets people like Tamara and Nicollette and she thinks she raised me in some kind of bubble. But I think that there are so many other people who have grown up in much more of a bubble than I have. I am not a bubble person. Hence the many road trips.
Anywho... i'm off. Mom needs some of this computer action. More pictures and videos to come later when I get internet.
8.14.2008
Sipping on some wine, Writing this blog
We underestimated the trip to our destination. We underestimated by about 4 hours. It took us 12 hours on the road. We got lost twice. And we hit rain and thunderstorms.
We stopped in Prescott, Sedona, and Flagstaff. All those places are fantastic. If you haven't been, then you should go. At the moment, we're spending our weeks worth of vacation in Pinetop, AZ. Feels a lot like hume. We're in the mountains 7000 ft high and listening to far off thunder knowing it's coming our way. We're taking a trip to Albuquerque probably on saturday abd we also want to see the petrified forest. Funny isn't that? Petrified forest. reminds me of Harry Potter. Maybe the forest looked into a mirror or a camera and saw the snake... i'm weird, i know.
The music that soundtrack'ed yesterday made me cry. We were climbing the hill to Jerome on the way to Sedona and there were trees and just these scenic views everywhere. The colors were changing and we were riding on this winding road. I put in Damien Rice and listened to Cannonball and I started to tear.
"Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball"
And it got me thinking about the irony of life. There are people, places, and things that teach the opposite of what they are. It takes a road trip to realize how much of a bubble i've been living in. Damien rice is so right. So So Right.
But anyways, I'm in love with his O album right now. Amazing.
Till next time. =)
8.13.2008
8.05.2008
8.04.2008
sometimes you just have to complain
I am so thankful for our new house. I love my new room and I'm still getting used to the house being my "home" and I'm still getting used to have 3 girls as roommates, but I think it'll just come in time.
BUT LET ME JUST SAY.... that this has been an insane move. My brain is exploding just htinking about the madness.
1.) The move in date was pushed back... back... back.....ba...ck. It just kept going and going and going. So I finally moved in saturday. But because the painters were still painting, I had to move in saturday night. We had all day but it has to be night time. And we couldn't touch the doors or anything white.
2.) The electricity was still being figured out. So on saturday we were moving in the dark. My mom was there all day friday and saturday. And she had expected to only stay for a little while saturday and that was it.
3.) My bed was put back together wrong so my uncle had to come back and fix it for me. IN THE DARK.
4.) The bathtubs were still drying because they were completely repainted and re-whatever it is they had to do. So I finally got to take a shower last night and when I went to go turn the water on, the whole faucet fell off. So I had to wait another 2 hours to get that fixed. But what's another 2 hours when you been sitting in the same sweat for 2 days.
5.) Our fridge stopped cooling last night. Weird? I know. So the 3 of us pushed the fridge into the middle of the kitchen where the plug works and that's where it's going to stay... for now. So we can't unpack any of the kitchen stuff because we have no room to unpack it in.
I think that's about it for my complaining. I'm not really bitter about the situation. I love the place. It's awesome. I'm just really really really tired and cranky and I just want to be able to enjoy the space I have. this whole experience of having 3 roommates is totally new to me. I'm just gonna have to get used to it. I'm sort of getting a double whamy. New place, new roomies. But it's nice that they understand that.
Hopefully they like me and we will have a great time!
-Me.
BUT LET ME JUST SAY.... that this has been an insane move. My brain is exploding just htinking about the madness.
1.) The move in date was pushed back... back... back.....ba...ck. It just kept going and going and going. So I finally moved in saturday. But because the painters were still painting, I had to move in saturday night. We had all day but it has to be night time. And we couldn't touch the doors or anything white.
2.) The electricity was still being figured out. So on saturday we were moving in the dark. My mom was there all day friday and saturday. And she had expected to only stay for a little while saturday and that was it.
3.) My bed was put back together wrong so my uncle had to come back and fix it for me. IN THE DARK.
4.) The bathtubs were still drying because they were completely repainted and re-whatever it is they had to do. So I finally got to take a shower last night and when I went to go turn the water on, the whole faucet fell off. So I had to wait another 2 hours to get that fixed. But what's another 2 hours when you been sitting in the same sweat for 2 days.
5.) Our fridge stopped cooling last night. Weird? I know. So the 3 of us pushed the fridge into the middle of the kitchen where the plug works and that's where it's going to stay... for now. So we can't unpack any of the kitchen stuff because we have no room to unpack it in.
I think that's about it for my complaining. I'm not really bitter about the situation. I love the place. It's awesome. I'm just really really really tired and cranky and I just want to be able to enjoy the space I have. this whole experience of having 3 roommates is totally new to me. I'm just gonna have to get used to it. I'm sort of getting a double whamy. New place, new roomies. But it's nice that they understand that.
Hopefully they like me and we will have a great time!
-Me.
