this is the song that will not end

it's more like.... "this is the ring i cannot lose"

so remember a few weeks back when i lost my ring? well, weeks past and the other day i found it chilling out on the counter. which was totally weird because i hardly ever use that spot and i have no recollection of doing anything that would have caused a ring to fly off my finger right there. well, regardless, i got it back. and happily kept track of it for a week. until last night when i had to do laundry because of the bug guys. somehow in putting things in the dryer, i lost it AGAIN! i have no idea how this happens. i searched through everything and was pretty bummed because i'm sick of losing it. but this time i had hopes that it would turn up again. and it did! so apparently the moral of this story is eat foods that make my fingers really large so it never falls off again :)



i'm currently obsessed with this song. i just love the way that it all comes together. it's even cooler to be singing it in a room full of friends :) tonight my small group got together with another one and had worship night which was pretty nice because it's week 8 and who couldn't use a couple hours to just relax and not worry about anything! definitely thankful for that. i'm not even a bit worried about the 4 page paper that i have due tomorrow night because everything always comes together.

i guess as frustrating as this quarter-- i mean past two quarters have been, it's grounded me some. taught me stuff about what to do when shenanigans happen. plus i just have really, super great friends.

my internet has been so bad lately that i'm thinking about calling them and just turning it off. get ahead start on the retreat that i'm looking forward to at the end of may -- which i will not be bringing a computer to. aside from blogging, nothing really requires the internet anyway. we'll see.

anyway, i should probably really start my paper now because as much as i'd like to just keep looking up new songs and lyrics, i might regret that decisions tomorrow morning when i have to wake up super early.

I really just don't know

So really, I have no idea what I want to do.

I get that question on tours all the time and I always just tell people that I have two more years to figure it out. I DON'T KNOW!

This uncertainty has created much havoc when it comes to picking a minor.

I started off a long time ago thinking about going into art therapy. But that requires grad school and it's not a very big field. So psychology as a minor would have made sense. Yes?

Then I thought maybe I wanted to work in a field that incorporated graphic design and social work. Weird combination? Maybe. But there are jobs out there that use both skills. So psychology could have worked for that too.

Then I took typography and I immediately went into thinking that I wanted to work in a hardcore graphic design studio. You know, the typical kind with clients, projects, critiques.. the whole shebang. Advertising and Public Relations would have been good for that.

Maybe blogging? Probably couldn't make a career with that unless I woke up in the middle of the night and had some miracle happen that turned me into a great writer. Perhaps a journalism minor would aid that direction?

This is making me feel even more uncertain typing all of this out!

I decided after taking a journalism class that is not the direction for me. It messes with my writing style (not that I really have one, but that sounds like a good excuse doesn't it?).

I decided after a public relations class that is not the direction for me. It's too news oriented and again the writing style is not fantastic. Too many rules and commas to remember. Plus, coming up with a goal and a purpose for everything? Yeah, totally not necessary.

Then I found a class called diversity in the city... which is basically like sociology about urban environments and what not. Intriguing because of an internship I found working in an urban environment using graphic design and helping with poverty issues. Plus the refugee family. So, I signed up for a sociology class.

We'll see how this goes.

I think it helps that I was looking at designs today and it just made me in the mood to go out and design something. So, good news I'm in the right major.

Now I just need a direction.

Oh goodness, finding a job is going to be quite the task.

oh, housing.

"IMPORTANT HOUSING NOTICE: ELECTRICAL SHUTDOWN

This shutdown will affect Greek Housing at Charters Way, Riverknoll and University Commons. As a precaution, please be sure to unplug any sensitive electronic equipment prior to this time and until after power has been restored. We are providing advance notice to all residents so that proper arrangements can be made if necessary.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter, and apologize for any convenience this may cause."

oh goodness.

"apologize for any convenience" bad typo on their part, unless for some strange reason they thought this event was going to further help my life?

well, we already don't have internet and my lamp died about three months ago so I guess I don't really need electricity anyway.

let's see.. what else can housing do? i'm impressed by the wide range of adventures they have provided me with so far.

bed bugs bite part 400

http://schedule.csh.rit.edu/?s=MqTYltV

Tentative schedule for next fall. Tentative because I'm not entirely sure I can get into calligraphy but the rest are pretty set.

Two design courses, two art history, one asl concentration class (i'll be done with my concentration after that) and one studio elective.

sounds good, not too hectic because i'm not taking any writing courses. i'd keep working on my minor but all the professors teaching next quarter don't sound particularly good so I figured i'd take other things.

the 20th century art one will hopefully (let's cross our fingers for this one) count for honors credit. since i'm a late entry honors student, i need 12 credits worth of honors type things. so i should prolly get cracking on those.

registration is occurring bright and early at 6 am tomorrow, hopefully the internet holds up for that one. somehow i'm now considered a third year. wonder how that one happened. probably my stupidity of overloading =) whoops.

meeting with some housing/maintenance guy. lets all just pray for a moment that i don't attack anyone with anger. when i wake up to emails that read... "We would like to schedule a time tomorrow that both of you will be available to meet with Greg at your apartment as he checks the monitoring unit for any bed bug activity. You have now completed 2 round of treatments which should be sufficient to resolve the problem. If Greg finds any activity in the unit, we will have to resume treatments beginning on Monday. This is not an optional course of action. However, if he does not find any activity that may indicate that the last 2 bugs found were in fact the last remaining in your apartment. "... i don't really get warm fuzzy feelings.

"this is not an optional course of action" and "should be sufficient to resolve the problem"

oh really now.

sufficient to resolve the problem? so continuing to find live bed bugs on my bed is a resolved problem?! well, please by all means share with me your definition of resolved since we clearly disagree.

"the last 2 bugs found were in fact the last remaining..."

this just makes me want to hit myself and/or others over the head with a metal frying pan.

moving on. i have not one, not two, but three flash projects now to finish within the next 4 weeks (well, two of them are due before the four weeks is up). i also have four papers to finish before next wednesday. don't even ask me how that is possible.

too stinkin' cute

clutter

my planner is exploding

Honestly have not been spending that much time on the computer lately.. and by that I mean I'm technically in a lab a lot but not necessarily doing anything other than flash animation or writing papers.

Between admissions, video filming, time based class, small group, the refugee family, our messed up apartment, and like 400 other things that need attention... I've had no time!

Last Friday I got an email saying that I was accepted to the honors program :) I applied about three weeks ago and then had an interview a week after that.

I'm filming more stuff tonight (in about an hour), then working on homework and laundry all night. Tomorrow morning I'm working the admissions open house all morning until a meeting thing at NTID around 12. Giving a tour at 2 and then I originally had another meeting at 4 but that was cancelled so I'm going to work on my flash project in the lab instead. Saturday morning I'm meeting someone from a club that i'm doing the design for next year and then I have an art history review session followed by more lab time. After that I'm being in a photoshoot for someone who needed a model. More homework after that and then I might (key word) get to possibly hang out? We'll see. Sunday morning is church and then going downtown for the refugee family. Then a volleyball game and homework.

I find it amusing to look at my calendar but it's all stuff I want to be doing (and i signed myself up for) so it's okay. I have about four to-do lists all around various places in case I misplace one.

I really need to find a way to get this flash video uploaded online after I finish -- which will not be for sometime. I also have a press kit to put together for another class but that's not nearly as exciting to look at.

Currently in the middle of looking at some internship type things for the summer, I'm keeping my options open.. so we'll see where that is all going :) April-June is completely booked. I'm trying to keep myself busy all summer because it might be my last flexible one (this is, of course, hoping that someone hires me!)

I cannot believe that next week is week seven. Where in the world is this quarter going??? Apparently I have 3rd year status because I keep overloading on classes and I also have honors status which means I get to sign up for classes super early which is a definite plus.

OH YES... and playoff hockey starts tonight for the caps!!! 7pm puck drop.

detroit part 1

GO TIGERS

headed to Detroit tomorrow morning!! i'm so excited.

lots of pictures to come.

i'll be back on sunday afternoon sometime.

GO TIGERS!

also, if you're free tomorrow night at 5 pm watch RIT play wisconsin on ESPN 2!!!!

rain, worms and good days.

good days are always right around the corner.

despite seeing a rather large disgusting worm on my way to class this morning, my day was great. worked from 9:30-4:30 which gives plenty of talking time with admissions friends :)

after work i went over to the library to meet up with some people from my asl class. we had to watch a 1 hour dvd on asl culture. we ended up hijacking two couches and a dvd player in the library and watching it right there. good plan.

finished up with that and headed over to crossroads to meet up with three other ambassadors to work on blogging things plus one of my friends from asl came so we pretty much all goofed around, took pictures for the blog and chatted. PLUS i bought peanut butter, good news? i thought so.

now time for some homework then sleep! ONE day until detroit. i'm so excited! have i mentioned that enough already?