a crazy couple of weeks.

Why yes school is kicking my trash.
I've been spending a lot of time on campus just trying to get the basics done :/.

Allow me to catch you up on my life.





I have great roomies, no really... I really lucked out with them. They can be really distracting though because they are all so entertaining.
My roomies are: Ashla, Chelsea, Erin, Jessica, And Kimber!!!

So I've been spending more time studying at the Snow building and at the cross roads.



I had some friends over and made pizzas this kid Daniel Peterson let me borrow his glasses... and now I know I need glasses in fact I did get my eyes checked yesterday and yup.... I picked out frames and the lenses for them will be ready towards the begining of next week!



Let's see so my actual only real day of rest is Sunday. Last Sunday I made a fort and it was great. My roomies loved it as well!!!

** Disclaimer ample fun ahead & these frames aren't mine.. thier Daniel's mine are gonna be sweet!!***







Hmm also on Sunday I made desserts for my friends that they all liked them annnd I taught Chelsea Bloomquist and Daniel Peterson to paint ...sorta. It's been fun having people over and having good clean fun, cause that is how I roll.

( ^_^_^_^I made this but uhh ... it isn't wonderful, but I'm planing on working on stuff this weekend! ^^^^)





(^^made this for Daniel Peterson because he loves swing dance so much and it was a good stress reliever to make^^)
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So...I've been trying really hard to NOT write on myself...it is pretty hard. It is different being in an LDS enviorment and having people comment on you not treating your bodice like a temple. Anywhoo, I bought groceries yesterday and drew faces on most of what I bought, good news is I did not write on my self!

The better news is that I have happy food that brings smiles to people's faces.

Hmm what else is there to say?

So I have this class it is called art seminar. You have to take it for four semesters I believe.
I'm on my second semester. There was this guy that came and he talked about how he graduated from here in 2007 and then took his old art teachers job. I don't know if I would want to be in a school I use to go to, school wasn't a pleasant experience. For about 4 to 5-ish years now I've harbored a desire to teach art. It'll be good that I have to take education classes that way I can see myself being cut out for it. I think my determination to do it will help me over come my shortComings. I really enjoy helping others to learn. The art he showed for his high students were not as good as I was in high school.. maybe that sounds like I'm full of myself... but I swear I'm not. It's just nice to have something to compare to because I have yet to take an art class in years and it is nice to find some form of critique. I feel like alot of my past experiences have helped prep me to be a better art teacher... Which came to mind when he said that Heavenly Father already knew he was going to be an art teacher. Am I suppose to be.. well after last night it made me feel like I wanted it more. I was going to ask him a question but the lady in front was taking forever and I had to get some where. Lame saucey.. so ::shrug:: we'll see!
I've learned more recently of the high-horses people ride on.
Yes I get it people think they are the shiz... and maybe they are... possibly not.
I think it is a bit messed up that people invest time in you for a while and then suddenly don't. People pass judement so quickly and some people I've met are amazing! I love that good out weighs the bad :).
And well ya know if there is anything I've learned lately...
ya know uhh.. Don't keep all your eggs in one basket they'll brake (well actually I have raised chicken and thier egg shells are pretty strong unless they're a N00B when it comes to laying but still...)

decide to not allow discouragement and disapointment keep you from the sunlight of truth and cloud your self worth ...
oh and Life most certainly always goes on and if you're doing you're best the new twist to your life is better than ya thought :).
So... yep... I may have missed something but I'll prolly post next week still.

Anticipation of my old lap top charging.

My older lap top's cord had issues time and time again.
The pin that holds the part that holds the end of the cord in is lose once again.

I was doing math at the library and thinking about the gigs upon gigs of music I'd love to switch out onto my Ipod.

This song is one of my favos


Enjoy it, I know I do.

*Just as a side note school is kicking my trash but I've been trying.
*I'm suppose to be teaching a lesson for my missionary prep class.
*I have a blind date tomorrow.
*My friend Nate comes home from his mission in a couple of days...yes...days..not years, or months..or even weeks. It's crazy. The distance did change alot and we don't talk a lot anymore but it'll be nice to have my friend to talk to in person again.
*I've been trying to do swing dancing. I took it thinking that it wouldn't be a big deal annnd that it was a easy choice..and now that I'm not so great I've been going about weekly to get better.
*I am amazed in many ways in my life right now. Faith, the good of people, the fact that my life does go on, the fact that I meet people that amaze me more and more every day.

my room.

It's hard for me to study on an empty stomach and a dirty room.

Here's my half of the room.

I recently did the little clay face, it's suppose to be my roomie it's only the seoncd one I've done but it is decent. I also have recetly for fun did the yellow and blue spray paint thingy and the weird tiger thing... I sort of think it's ugly but then again I still like it.

Now all I need to do is eat and I can get back to studying, mid-terms week is coming up.
Study study study.

a bright light on this busy Monday.

I was online while trying to stay awake in American Foundations.. and while I was on Juxtapoz.com I found David Shrigley. He's witty and really amuzing to me. Despite how crazy today is going to be these made me smile_












Visit his site: http://www.davidshrigley.com/

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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.