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It's a Long Way to Tipperary
The Journey to a BFA
Hello there, this is Katana, your friendly neighborhood eighteen-year-old hyperactive art student who somehow manages to have wit. Questions? Comments? Death threats? Put 'em in the guestbook! But bear in mind -
"It's a plot device. It's very flimsy, so be careful."
Hahaha, yeah that Kat will actually call you if you give her your number.
-Miss Anonymous (and confirmed by many others)
Doodled this in Stats. I'm working on a better version as we speak, but chibis are quick and easy to do.
I like playing the hick. It amuses me greatly.
Walking to Stats class today, I suddenly had a tic in my brain and pulled out my cellphone, flipping through the calendar to check something.
It seems that Kastom and I have been in a relationship for six months now. Huh
It doesn't mean a whole lot to me for the mere fact that I'm not one of those creepy people who go "We've been dating for three months, twelve days, seventeen hours and three minute" because THAT'S creepy as hell. But what's hard is that it feels that the six months is really only equal to maybe two weeks in means of how much we've physically seen each other. It's...hard.
And I don't mean it's hard to, per say, be "faithful", because there are no boys that have interested me. It's hard to be apart and to not see each other whenever we want to, or just to simply hang out on a weekend. I'm not going to have my passport in time for winter break, so there goes any shred of hope for that.
But we knew, going into this, that it was going to be hard. And I've accepted that. In a way, it's been rather beneficial because I don't have to worry about how much time I'm spending with him versus, say, doing my homework or job. I can focus on what is important to me, which is getting my education.
What I love...is having a whole group of people backing us up. It's so funny to know that we're being watched and observed by so many, and that others are rooting for us. I can't believe it.
For almost eighteen years, I was used to unrequited feelings. And then, suddenly, I have requited ones. I still don't understand it, but I'm getting better at overcoming that really simple hurdle: "They like you back."
Okay, time to go to Art.
Which they actually aren't and I get rather frustrated when I go longer than a few days without updating. Boo.
So we're nearing the end of the semester, which means...uh, things. Yeah. I've got two capstone projects to do for my art classes and ideas for both of them, so we're looking to be in the clear. English is a breeze, Music is what it is, and Stats is, well, Stats. Had an exam there on Friday and totally bombed it.
The art building has been busy, which is an experience. Wednesday we had an open house, though we (the peer advisers) were just sheep herders as opposed to tour guides, which was very boring and very frustrating. I'm also tired of feeling stupid about things, which is something I really can't avoid because it's just how it is at this point. Friday was a small orientation for transfer students coming in the spring, and that itself was rather odd. The difference between the open house and orientation is that, with one group, I'm older than the students. In the other, I'm younger, and it just feels strange.
On Wednesday, I got new Piers. New Piers as in new laptop. "BUT KAT WHY DID YOU GET A NEW LAPTOP." Several reasons:
1.) I was on the third power cord within 1.3 years of ownership. And this power cord was about dead.
2.) The keyboard was falling apart. I was missing a Y key and let's just go from there.
3.) Various plastic components had fallen off or were coming undone.
4.) The left-click key on the mouse pad was broken.
5.) The plastic frame around the screen had cracked in two spots. I superglued it to fix it, but really, that's just ridiculous.
I'll be honest, I did abuse old Piers probably way more than what the manufacturer intended. He also had to come to school every other day for about a semester, and I didn't have any real laptop bag/casing. >>;
New Piers rocks my socks off, though I do have to adjust to the keyboard and the mousepad. It'll take me about two weeks.
On the friend front, I've been invited to a Japanese festival that is apparently held somewhere in the area in August by my friend Terumi. We were talking about stuff the other night, and I asked if she had a yukata or not. And she does. And then I asked if I should get one or if I would look really weird. She said it would be fun if I got one, so then I began looking up yukatas online. XD; I'd like a blue one...
Then I shared the reason why I respond to the word cat. And she poked fun at me for having the name "Katana" before it devolved into a war of English versus Japanese pronunciation.
Yesterday my mom and I went out to do some shopping, and I hit up Barnes & Noble because I had a 25% off coupon in my hands. And what did I do with that? Buy another MST3K boxset, of course. Volume 1, since that was all they had that I didn't have.
For the bizarrely curious, this is what eleven boxsets looks like >__>:
Since my Converse are crumbling, we headed over to DSW, which was just overloaded with boots and the colors brown and black. On the way in, my mom goes on about how she's lucked out with her kids so far when it comes to in-laws. Granted, only my oldest brother is married, but she really liked my other brother's girlfriend. Then she goes on about how much she loved Tom and says "I wouldn't mind if you got married while still in college. He could come down and work at Femilab."
Me: "MOOOOOOM. D8"
And that's that. I'm back in my dorm right now, chilling out before Movie Sign. I think I'll order some Chinese food (again) before long...
Quick video post before I had back to the dorms.
Language warning, though there's not a lot.
...THE GIRLS ROOOOOOOOM!
This is actually relevant to what I'm going to talk about. I'm also in English class right now, but it's computer lab, which means we don't do anything. Huzzah!
So anyway, during Youmacon, we learned (from Ryu) that the Hyatt for ACen has a special deal for hotel rooms. I am intrigued by this offer. Despite the room being of the "one king-size bed" variety, it means little to me as sleeping bags are wondrous things.
Two of my friends, Jiaqi and Terumi, already want to come, and we started planning one night when we were bumming around at the Trident. And the more I thought of things and people, the more I realized that the hotel room would have to be girls-only (because shut up).
And then I flashed back to my youth and giggled.
So that's where I stand right now for ACen. Like I said before, when I stayed at the Hyatt for ACen 08, there were about twelve people in the room and we somehow managed to sleep and bathe just fine (don't ask me how, it just happened).
If any of you girls are interested in coming to ACen and are seriously, seriously thinking about coming, then pipe up and say such so that I can start cracking. Rooms sell out really effing fast so I kind of want to be on the ball for this.
And then there's cosplay...
