today

facts of life:
-if honey vanilla chamomile tea were a man, i would marry him this afternoon.
-i like sleep better than hard work and stress.
-i forgot how great this album is.
-i feel like i'll always be catching up.

so nice, but so stressful

so, i'm volunteering at the sundance film fest this week. and i gotta say, it has its perks. down vest, timberland gloves, nalgene water bottle, new friends and tons of great flicks to see. today i watched both screenings i was there for. the first one was nice. low budget, but great. i sat in the theater with friend evan. it was a nice surprise. the second one was actually really good. but i just watched it from the projection room.

so the stress is this: i love being at sundance. its a great atmosphere. but it is SO stressful to try to get all my homework, work and studio time in when i'm volunteering this many hours. how do people do it? anyway. 6 page paper here i come.

worth it

just saw a grown man walk into and promptly out of the women's bathroom. waking up early to get to work at 8 so i can be gone all day teaching and get back and have to study more? worth it.

positivity

i have goals - for the year, but mostly for the semester:

-make new friends because my best of best friends lives eternally far away

-make real artwork

-get all homework, applications and busywork done when it needs to be

i have mondays and fridays off. therefore i should be getting dumb things like laundry and groceries done on those days. also,they don't take very long, so i should be able to accomplish other things. like going into the studio to work on glazing and firing and all that jazz. i still feel pretty hopeful for the semester. other than the fact that i would really love to love someone and the opportunity has not yet presented itself. that is all.

happenings

i had to look up adventure in the thesaurus because i feel like 3 out of 5 posts are titled as such. but some of you may have noticed on fb that i applied to a study abroad program. we're going to this place...

thats the london skyline. yep. and maybe we'll visit this place too for a week.

that would be France. and then this place too.

shyeah. thats scotland. this would be fall 2011. i knew this was going to be a great year.

its been a while

so, the new semester has begun. here's the line-up:

human development (req for art ed)

marriage prep

studio 480

teachings of joseph smith

art major lecture series

special problems (aka-set goals with von and make them happen)

i only go to school 3 days a week. it. is. great.

work however has gotten into all my days. so whatever.

i feel really great about the new year, about becoming a true adult, hitting 23, and about the semester. my optimism should stick around, i think.

happy new year to you all.