Well, I have food now! Lots of food ^__^ I just got back from spring break yesterday, and my first day of school went pretty damn smooth.
Funny thought: the invisible non-room mate Jaclyn got here around 7 or 8 yesterday with her mom and some chick friend, I guess, and she left after about 5 or 10 minutes. She basically just dumped her crap in her room and looked over the comcast bill that we got BEFORE break that she didn't notice (it's in her name). She didn't come back until A QUARTER AFTER TWO IN THE MORNING. Way to go, invisible non-roomie. Whenever she busts in on normal days, she pretty much pays no attention to anyone who might happen to be out in the living room. What's sad is, if there's a friend with her, her friends are nicer than she is. They talk to us, say "hi" and sometimes ask about the art decorating the walls. People we either don't or barely know: 1, person who has supposedly lived with us for 6 months: 0.
Is it me, or is something SERIOUSLY wrong with that?
Oh yeah, and two months ago I started timing how long Jaclyn's in the apartment. Longest record: 1 hour, 10 minutes. Shortest record: 27 seconds. Granted, I seem to have missed most of March. I've got times logged for the 1st and the 4th, and the rest seem to be missing. I must have either been busy or just not vigilant. The gist of it is, Jaclyn is a shitty room mate and makes a habit out of staying out all the time, only coming back if she needs something from her room, or for food. Which she then takes with her. She doesn't even cook here unless it's popcorn or a frozen dinner.
I KNOW something is seriously wrong with that. Big time. Oh yeah, and she only ever comes back to sleep at about 2 AM.
Sorry, but complaining/ranting about Jaclyn, the amazing invisible roomie-who's-not makes me feel better in general. And I just couldn't think of anything better to talk about XD
You know how in my last post I said I decided to double major? You know how in that intro up there it says I'm indecisive? Yeah. Well. I'm not going to double major anymore. I'm just going to switch to digital illustration with a minor in 3D animation. For real this time. I think. I'm pretty sure. I think. No... Yes. For certain. Almost.
Anyway, I can't believe I'm in my second semester already! This is really weird to think about, so I usually don't. Is it me, or does life REALLY fly by? Oh, well. What's important is that I like more of my teachers this time around. I wasn't a big fan of my art history professor, so I registered for a different class (college is awesome that way). My new professor is really interesting. It might also be that it's no long 8:30 in the morning, but she really does keep my attention better. She speaks with enthusiasm and genuine interest. And the material isn't really that dry anymore. Prehistory up through the Renaissance pretty much sucks (except for the Greco-Roman stuff). We're almost to IMPRESSIONISM. I'm so excited =D
So, I have this really cool teacher for two of my classes: design drawing II and imaging for digital media. He's Chinese, and he shares stories about his homeland all the time while we work! It's so cool! He moves really fast, and I get nagged at a lot to work faster (because I'm really slow at stuff), but I know that his fast pace is actually a blessing in disguise. The ability to work quickly is a valuable asset in the working world, so I don't mind being pushed like that. I kind of appreciate it. Also, he says I'm really good! =D Last class, we learned foreshortening and had to draw a bone (a real, physical bone... at least they were clean). We had to add shading and could add color if we wanted (I opted out of color, I knew I'd ruin it), and he said mine was really good! He used it as an example for the class after mine XD (he had another DDII class).
Long story short, I'm every bit a small town girl here in the city by myself. I need to buy groceries tomorrow or I won't get the chance again until Friday, and I personally don't want to live off of rice for four days. What's holding me back is the fact that I'm nervous about it because I have to take the bus and it's cold and it snowed all night last night and I have to carry everything (the bus stop is several blocks away).
Too bad I like being weak. Very, very weak. Because I LOVE sleep. I just DON'T GET TO.
As of last week, I decided to double major. How fun, you say sarcastically. Why, yes, I respond, because my two chosen majors have little in common and it will likely take me more than four years to accomplish them. I enrolled as a Digital Media major in the 3D Animation focus. I decided I also wanted digital illustration. So now, I'm a Digital Media major in both the 3D Animation and Digital Illustration focuses. It's going to be rough, but since they're both within the Digital Media department, I can get help with meeting requirements from the head of the department.
Also, I went shopping today and Pocky was on sale! ....I just thought that was important. It's important to me.
My roommate's boyfriend lent me the entire Blue Gender series. I finally got around to watching it over the weekend. Actually, it wasn't so much "getting around to it" as it was "I was bored and didn't want to do anything." Anyway, I wasn't really into it at first. It was one of those "whatever, okay" feelings and I was thinking too much about how he shouldn't be able to run like that immediately after he wakes up from being frozen for 20 or so years thank you very much. I actually liked it a lot, though. I think I only realized how much I liked it once it was over XP I was very happy with the ending. It was happy, but I'm talking more along the lines of it being satisfying. I don't know why, but it feels like I haven't watched any anime or read any manga that had a satisfying ending lately. Granted, I don't really have a lot of spare time to watch or read right now, and when I do get around to spoiling myself, it's usually with some ongoing series, but still. One thing I noticed about it, though, is that the characters all seemed to be thinking along the same two lines: killing the Blue (mutant bug-like enemy creatures) or sex. The whole issue with the Blue is the basis for the story, so it's understandable, but for some reason, sex always seems to pop up somehow. Nothing incredibly graphic, a lot of the time it's the situation they're in and how they're reacting to it (or straight up asking for sex, though not in those words exactly). Now I"m wondering why I'm even bothering to mention it, since it doesn't bother me and I don't really care. It's just an interesting observation, I guess. Whatever.
The point is, Blue Gender is really good. I liked it a lot. It's underrated. Go watch it. Unless you're under 16 or something. Because of the sex, though you don't actually see anything, and the one major scene is focused more on the feelings of love between the two, rather than the physical standpoint. But there is a LOT of skin throughout the series. And violence. And gore. But the violence and the gore is the fun part.... so, yeah.
BLUE GENDER. GO WATCH IT.
On Thursday, I really didn't want to go to my classes. They felt even longer than normal (which is pretty bad, because they're both studio classes, which last 3 hours), but I guess that's what happens when you spend the day in anticipation. In Grand Rapids, there's this thing called the Urban Institute for the Contemporary Arts, and they have this really small theater where they play international and idie films. It's really cool. So anyway, a while back, I saw on their website that they're going to show Sukiyaki Western Django. It's a japanese spaghetti western, but it's filmed in English and Quentin Tarantino makes a cameo. It's a little hard to understand the dialogue, because all the actors (except Tarantino, of course) are Japanese and speaking the English dialogue themselves. Time got away from me until I looked up the movie again and found out that the last showing was Thursday at 7. I'm so glad I caught that on Wednesday or I would have missed it. I went with one of my roommates, it was pretty good. Reminded me a bit of Reservoir dogs in both the amount and color of the blood. There's also some wacky humor, too.
Also that night, there was a massive event scheduled in an attempt to break a world record. It was a shot at the world's largest zombie walk. When I got back from the movie, one of my other roommates and a bunch of her friends were over getting ready. They invited me with them, so I put on some simple makeup around my eye (it was actually just acrylic paint) and went with them. It was awesome. We got there a little late, so we were near the back of the horde. I loved it, there was fake blood smeared on buildings and store windows. Huge puddles of it were dried into the cement. They didn't block off any roads, so the cars had a hard time getting through because we were in the middle of the street. There were photographers everywhere and a couple news crews at Rosa Parks Circle, the epicenter of the takeover. There were some really awesome zombies. There was an Abe Lincoln zombie, and an undead Waldo, he was popular with the photographers, and several people as zombie businessmen. The old record was a little over 1,300. Our OFFICIAL count was over 3,000 zombies, but they didn't get everyone's signature, and some of the signature sheets didn't get turned in. The rough estimate for the ACTUAL turnout was more like 4,000+!!!
My roommate, Kristi got some attention:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-mer/2988876461/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsonlyjustme/2992622382/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/passingobsessions/2987847923/
Kristi's friend Katie. The fake scabs on her neck itched, so when she picked at it, she grossed a couple people out and made a kid cry XD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emjs/2988695306/
Kristi's boyfriend. He was probably done up the best out of our group:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferbruce/2988639854/
