Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Monday, July 7th, 2008
As I sit here watching Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations on t.v. and awaiting my yummy curry chicken to be done, I realized that I should share with everyone this great recipe I discovered because it really is the best that I have eaten thus far. It’d also be a good idea for me to have another copy , in case I ever lost mine. :p
I would advise you to measure out all the ingredients for each step beforehand, instead of doing it on the fly. Just makes things easier and less stressful while cooking. I also divided the ingredient list into different parts to make it easier to see what is needed for each step.
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
I just wanted to write a quick update about the end of my 2nd year in college, woo! Things went by very fast the last few weeks and since I procrastinate so much I was kinda worried a bit that I wouldn’t get everything done that I needed to, but somehow I finished it all. Now I’m just hoping that I did well on all my final exams *crosses fingers*. 
The Sophomore Show evaluations were supposed to be ready at the beginning of last week, but they weren’t so I couldn’t get mine until Friday after I moved out. Moving kind of sucked because I didn’t get a chance to pack or move anything before Friday like I had wanted to since I was busy getting last minute things done for my classes. So, when my parents came to help me move, we had to pack up my whole room in about 3 hours. Looking at all the stuff I had to pack as it now sits in boxes on my floor at home, I really don’t know why I have so much stuff. For example: I can barely shut my closet door now, but yet I never have anything to wear, lol. Some major cleaning/purging is in order I think.
Anyways, the evaluations were pretty good (I “passed” haha) and I basically agree with everything the professors had to say. The major criticisms were that many pieces appeared kind of flat or static despite my ability to render things, I should try to be more expressive/less obvious in my subject matter, and that I need to “push” things further and develop my personal voice more. I’ve known most of the weaknesses they pointed out, which is why I’ve been really frustrated with my work lately. However, for me, it’s been more of just things I’ve felt and have been struggling with rather than coherent thoughts I could write down in a little evaluation, so seeing feedback like that has been helpful. It’s given me some outside points of views about my art rather that just family and friends. I hope that I can take what they’ve said and use it to make some positive changes to my work so that I stop feeling so stuck with my ideas.
The picture I posted above is an update to my last entry where I wrote about winning a prize at a local festival. I guess I won first place for the college student division, so I got a nifty blue ribbon and 75 bucks. 
Until next time,
xoxo
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Not a lot has been going on lately. It’s been soo long since I’ve added anything which really sucks, but I have decided to post a picture I entered for a greeting card scholarship recently. It took me so long trying to get just the right angle and arranging everything in the right place. That picture will also be the first I’ve posted with my new Canon Digital Rebel XT that I got for Christmas. I also got a Canon EF 50mm f1.4 Lens (which I am very greatful to have received), so I have been playing with those and trying to experiment, learn, and get used to using an SLR.
Winter Term is just about at its end. I decided to switch out of the Film Internship after one day because I’m lame. I guess the main reason is because I felt kind of out of place being there and more in the way than helpful to anyone. I was going to try and stay with it, but the next day was the last opportunity to switch to another class. Now I’ve been taking Sociology of Gender Roles. That class has been going pretty well, I think I have a high B so far. I decided that I’m going to be taking the final exam to hopefully raise that to an A (it’s worth a shot lol).
I have a long weekend coming up and then Spring Semester starts Wednesday. I really wish I could somehow fly to Boston tomorrow night to go see The Birthday Massacre concert. That’d be awesome, but obviously not gonna happen.
I’d like to start adding more content to this site, too. Putting things like tutorials and other resources would be cool, I’m just unsure what exactly to add. I did replace the standard smilies for some custom ones (not made by me) which are pretty cute. It would be great if I could make some stickers for the site so we’ll see what the future holds.
Until next time,
xoxo
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