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It’s the end of the year and time for the usual update. I ended up finishing this past semester a few weeks ago. It went pretty well. Much better than last. I had Life Drawing II with Tim, Color Issues with Rose, Etching with Rob, and both Intro to Film and Diversity in the US with Gordon. I originally had a Acrylic Painting Workshop and Developmental Psychology but dropped it after one class. Class with Tim was awesome. It forced me to think and going in each day, each class was actually work. To draw and think about what you are doing. It was new and different and the class helped me immensely. Color Issues was just ok. I couldn’t help but dislike it. Rose is a good person, nice and supportive about the student’s ideas but the assignments were kind of just ok. I think the main problem was that I know what I want to do and this class wasn’t it. There is not much I can learn from paintings done by a freshman or early sophomore and it’s hard to think that without sounding condescending but I don’t know, not much inspiration from that class. Etching was a whole new world and pretty enjoyable. It was my first printmaking class and everything was new to me. It was nice having Rob as a teacher, mostly to talk about films with because he really has seen a lot of movies that I have and it’s fun and interesting to converse with him. I made a few decent prints and will be taking another printmaking class next semester. The liberal arts were good. I originally had Developmental Psychology but dropped it to dodge a class that was completely taught word by word from a textbook. I had a feeling after one class that that was the way the course would be and by talking with a few other students who stuck with it, I guess I was right. As a result, I switched into Diversity in the US. It was my first time having Gordon Arnold and it was a good class. Occasionally, it got somewhat boring because Gordon can talk for hours on end. And for a 2 hour and 40 minute class, that’s a lot of talking. He did it often but I feel like his excessive talking was actually relevant to the course. It brought up some subjects and ideas that I didn’t consider until I took this course. I also had Intro to Film with him too. This was a class I was really looking forward to during the summer, and each week until the next class. It was a great class and taught me a lot about film, mostly early cinema. Some of the movies I had already seen but it was good to revisit them again. Solid class. I had my final evaluations and they went pretty well. Much better than last semester. This break will be very productive, enabling me to get a lot of shit done. A lot. Next semester should be good and I’m looking forward too it. I have 2 drawing classes, one printmaking, 1 one credit printmaking class, and 2 liberal arts that are requirements for my BFA. Also I will mostly likely be co-curating a show that will be at The Bear Gallery, maybe in March if everything goes as planned. The rest of school should be a very productive time.
Usually I post about the holidays here, judging by my past end of the year updates. Halloween was spent at home, passing out candy, and watching old VHS tapes of Halloween shows Jim and I watched when we were kids. It was fun revisiting them. Thanksgiving, I did nothing. Just ate leftovers. Not much there. And Christmas was different this year, kind of. Christmas Eve was spent at Nana's again, and Christmas morning at Dad’s as usual. We’ve had Christmas at Doreen's for the past 2 years, but this year we had it at Dennis’ house. It was strange/sad without Doreen. No one really mentioned it much but I’m sure a lot of people were thinking about it. All in all, it was a pretty good Christmas. It will be weird once I’m 21 and getting all of the gifts I do. I obviously like it, but I do feel guilty so I don’t know. Spoiled maybe.
This update has been mediocre. I’m not sure if I like doing them really anymore. I just feel like I have too because I have the past couple of years. But whatever.
Mostly this is a end of the year update and it’s weird that 2007 will be no more. I don’t like thinking about time very much anymore. The thought of it is kind of depressing. To be a little more optimistic, a rarity for me, I can look onto the good things that will happen next year in 2008. This year has been a year. I also feel nostalgic for certain parts. I think I’ll always do that, about anything. I can’t say it was a horrible year. It was better than 2006, I’m pretty sure. But who knows what the next year will be like. Again. So long 2007. Hello 2008.
Usually I post about the holidays here, judging by my past end of the year updates. Halloween was spent at home, passing out candy, and watching old VHS tapes of Halloween shows Jim and I watched when we were kids. It was fun revisiting them. Thanksgiving, I did nothing. Just ate leftovers. Not much there. And Christmas was different this year, kind of. Christmas Eve was spent at Nana's again, and Christmas morning at Dad’s as usual. We’ve had Christmas at Doreen's for the past 2 years, but this year we had it at Dennis’ house. It was strange/sad without Doreen. No one really mentioned it much but I’m sure a lot of people were thinking about it. All in all, it was a pretty good Christmas. It will be weird once I’m 21 and getting all of the gifts I do. I obviously like it, but I do feel guilty so I don’t know. Spoiled maybe.
This update has been mediocre. I’m not sure if I like doing them really anymore. I just feel like I have too because I have the past couple of years. But whatever.
Mostly this is a end of the year update and it’s weird that 2007 will be no more. I don’t like thinking about time very much anymore. The thought of it is kind of depressing. To be a little more optimistic, a rarity for me, I can look onto the good things that will happen next year in 2008. This year has been a year. I also feel nostalgic for certain parts. I think I’ll always do that, about anything. I can’t say it was a horrible year. It was better than 2006, I’m pretty sure. But who knows what the next year will be like. Again. So long 2007. Hello 2008.