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I basically JUST got done finishing my art history 2 exam... lets just say I'm glad there will be four other exams to help it all balance out. I do incredibly well in my intro to visual arts class infact I tutor someone in that class... alot of the same material overlaps... and so I thought I'd do well... yeah...no. There is always next time. I studied before the exam and ralized I had not really retained much... I had intended on studying last night annnd well I didn't. I'm glad I didn't because I wasn't remembering anythign and it is more important that I worked on my other school work. last night I went to the burger king/gas station with Scott. Scott and I were buddies before he left for the mission and now we're still friends. It was great to just sit and talked about what ever with him and not worry about the people around me. Although the topics are typically the same it was still nice. We ended up staying for 4-ish hours. My roommates are pretty great! We had FHE this past Monday and did little skit things which was a little silly and embarassing, but I got over it. I am actually a FHE "mother" (group leader) but if you don't know I am more on the quiet side. I really don't like competeing to be heard over a group of mostly loud extra-veerts. I wish I could upload pictures but I can't find the file. You can always check the facebook... but really if we're not facebook friends then why aren't we? If the answer is you don't have a facebook well then you should just get one. My life is updated more often on there. facebook doesn't include all the stuff I type in with the pics, well, that is if you read it.
Umm... other than art history 2 my classes are going pretty well. I recently dropped my architecture class. I just don't need it for my major. After taking this class I know I couldn't be an architect, and I am tired of people trying to pedal it on me just because I can do it. If I'm going to force myself into 4+ years of school I'm going to need to really like or love what I'm doing.

I haven't been able to take an art class since high school and I am being left behind in the dust. I drew some stuff in my sketch book.

Kid with a boom box. Reminds me of someone I know. ^

I'm not sure where this was going and some orange blead through from another piece.^

in my intro to vis arts class they were talking about looking into and better undertanding art from your culture... which I don't fully understand... here's a cool tiger things that in seen often in Mexican folk art.^

I know the legs are short and other stuff.. but I don't know how ot improve and I don't like having to erase^

I hate this one... i like the spray can part.^

My grad plan

My old lady laptop has had problems lately... so Freckles in my main laptop right now.
It is another one of those non-stop snow days. It is cold out side but I get to see really pretty snow flakes gather on my coat and slowly melt away as I cut through campus buildings to get around.


I'm in an architecture class... even though I have recently decided the architecture program isn't worth a degree in architecture.... I find myself not dropping it.

My professor recently gave us the assignment to look through our catalog year and plan out our graduation plans.

I've learned that above all I mostly enjoy my art history classes (I have yet to take any type of drawing or painting class). Through my own experiences in helping people out in my classes I've realized that I shouldn't ignore wanting to have a degree in art education. Yeah... I'll make no money and the kids could be punks... but you never know. I find great joy in helpings others to learn.

I went to my administrator who sent me up stairs and then into a whole different building. After changing my major around twice and switching my generals to foundation courses ... I am now pursuing a degree in Art Education. It is a composite degree so I don't have to worry about a minor. I am currently taking 17.5 credits and it is not killing me so as I made my grad plan I kept in mind a 14-18 credit limit in mind. My track for school is winter/spring. I go to school from January til July. Then I have that next half of the year to earn money and have fun. I'll be taking classes up until Winter 2013 and completing my student teaching in spring of 2013 annnnd I'll probably throw in another religion credit so I can have financial aid, if I need it then.

It is kind of frustrating because many people my age only have about a year left, and I had always imagined I'd have more school behind me by now...and also that I'd be preparing to send in my mission papers. With all my set backs and not really wanting to be in school ...I am behind. I guess plans are there to be broken and reworked.

I don't know how successful I'll be at teaching art.
Art is something I've come to love and enjoy. I feel like you can learn anything from looking at art: a piece of a biography, our history, the emotions of others, how out of the box some people are, color schemes, religion, false interpretations of doctrine ( moses with horns), you can understand an artist's work ethic by what they do to their piece and their mastery of the medium, you can learn an artists point of view on a certain time or place or situation, it can take you to places you could never think up yourself, an art piece can strike an empathetic view in hardship..and it goes my list goes on.
An image is more memorable to me than a bunch of words. An image makes me wonder and gives me the initiative to figure out how, why, and when. I hope that I will be able to bring the joy of art to others through completing my degree and teaching others.

So ... here's to making plans and hoping I'll be able to complete school around 2013!

Rexburg.

I'm back in Rexburg.
I've been accepted and I've recently made the discovery that I'm totally going to do art education. It's something I've tried to avoid doing... I let discouragment get the besat of me...but after having experiences that lead me to believe I'd be a good art teacher...well I'm going to go for it. I love helping others learn.

I've been meeting lots of people, my roommates are great, and I have been realllllly busy with my 17.5 credit load. I also have two callings in my ward they are awesome and I'm thrilled to serve.



Glad to know I'm getting closer to an education.

That is all.