…from HARD CORE STUDYING! WOOOOOO! Yeah, right…

(Actually if you’re looking for a good way to clean your MacBook, take a white staedtler, “Magic Rub”, or any brand vinyl eraser to it, and just rub away. Works really well all over the MacBook, even on the trackpad!)

Here’s a shot of Webb from today. Have you joined any clubs yet?

Today in ceramics we started our first wheel-thrown project. It’s kinda fun, since I’ve never done it before. My piece slid right off after I got it into a very nice cylinder, and I had to re-center it and basically form it all over again. That was kind of a pain, but the wheel is neat because it acts like a vertical lathe like you would use for wood carving. Gets pretty messy and slimy though, luckily this cat is an APRONCAT! Hah, inside joke there.

Here’s a small rant that most of you will disagree with:

I hate when class gets let out early! Arrrrg! Especially when it’s a studio class and you end up with two hours to burn. I popped into my digital art class at 11, and we were let out by 11:30! My next class isn’t even until 3pm! And even then I’m out at 4:15, and the National Art Educators Association meeting isn’t until 7:30! Maybe I’ll head to the Pottery Art Studio store on Kellam and buy some glazes and some less-rough clay…

I could pay for my parking pass, but my tags are expired and I plan to replace them, so I don’t want to have to go back to the parking office to change what my license plates are. Besides, the ladies that work in that office are, sorry, totally anal cranky whiny bitches. Now, some of you may call this a “pot and kettle” situation, but honestly…every single time I’ve gone into that office, I’ve come out pissed. It’s like Wal-Mart; you go in, knowing what you need, estimate about how long it will take to walk to that section, get it, and pay for it, but you end up wasting much longer than you anticipated and come out all frazzled because everyone in there treats you like dirt, from the kid ramming a cart into your knee to the cashier who’s too busy on her cellphone to ring up your bananas.</endrant>

(To all of my former English teachers, I’m very sorry for that run-on sentence.)

Well I feel stuffed for not bringing my DS today, so I guess I’m going to go find something to occupy my time. I also hear Ishibashi-sensei in her office and I should scram before she finds me and talks to me without my Japanese brain loaded. If you see me wandering around, feel free to point me in the direction of something cool.

Cheers,
Jini

(That is… my preview!)

ARTH360: I’ve had Professor Whelan before for ARTH212. I know she grades hard on her papers, but her exams are relevant and she gives adequate review and heads-up info on them. I’m in this class with Macomber-san, and we accidentally went to the wrong room on the first day (whoops lol). It should be interesting, with lots of field trips and extra-curricular activities planned. I’m a bit upset that the second half of our schedule is off by a day or three…

JAPN395: Ishibashi-sensei is using us as guinea pigs! There’s only 9 people in this class, and the bookstore hasn’t gotten in a single textbook for it yet. Cripes, I know Japanese books are hard to order sometimes, but sheeez…get them in already! Looks like the trip to Japan is on for next May, too! YEEESSSS!

HIST338: This is my first time in Jin-sensei’s class. Jeni from work is in it, and so is Ashley and Victoria (?) from my last few Japanese classes! We have a whole row of Japanese goodness. Should make group projects easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.

ARTS263: After a change in professors, I have Anna Freeman for ceramics. She’s really nice and organized, and gave us a great tour of the back half of the Arts Studio Building. Rick Nickel has a lot of cool stuff in his private room in the middle there! I’m kinda excited to go buy clay things tomorrow…and blow stuff up in that giant ass gas kiln YEAH! (kidding KIDDING!…….maybe)

ARTS279: LOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOL At least I explained to Ms Bousquet what I’d gone through prior to ODU, and the problems that arise from transfering from a private school, and she agreed to let me bring in a portfolio and let me work on scholarship and portfolio projects. Cool lady! I like her already. Just gotta make sure I get my ass in there to sit at a G5, not one of those crummy G4 plastic towers…muahaha…Maybe I’ll take that solo desk to set up my 3 portable HDDs and my tablet on. I’m kind of a space hog…

ESSE506: Dr. Baker is really knowledgable, and I feel like I’m in a psychology class. It’s pretty great…except for the fact we have one of the smallest classrooms in BAL (with seating for 20) and there were 27 of 30 registered that showed up to class…some people were on the floor or in borrowed chairs…Sigh. Textbook was expensive, but really good and thorough. I love the multi-color handouts!

Overall…parking will suck. Dried out clay hands will suck. Hauling a bunch of hard drives and a tablet around for 9 hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays will CERTAINLY suck (I have shoulder and neck problems). Other than all of that, the semester should go pretty smoothly, and I expect some solid A’s and B’s out of it. Oh, and some awkwardly shaped coffee cups and ashtrays. But I’ll just call them “indie” and throw them up on Etsy. Cheers.