2003-04-01 - 10:32 pm
I came home this afternoon, popped two Pamprin and fell asleep with the heating pad for about four hours. I shouldn't have allowed myself to nap that long but I guess with the lack of sleep I got last night and the influence of the caffeine-free medication, I couldn't avoid being knocked out.
The entire day was spent in discussion. My drawing class was about six hours of indepth critiques, heart-opening confessions, and intense debate. Towards the end I was really ready to go home.
Though, some good things did come out of today. Everyone really loved the minature self portraits I did for this week's assignment. I had two other works up as well, drawings of a sewing machine and a typewriter. For some reason my teacher was inclined to ask the class which drawing really embodied me and before I knew it everyone was looking at me and commenting on my clothes. It was a little embarrassing but great to know that my wardrobe still speaks for me. Apparently I wreak of the Fibre Department and that makes me feel really good.
There's only two weeks of class left and I still have some work to do. The Foundation Show is this Friday night and they've already started to put the works up in the main mall and along the fifth floor. I have a work that's going up although it's pretty damn cheesy. It's still exciting to have work in a show nevertheless.
(If you're in the Calgary area and aren't doing anything on Friday, it starts at 7:30pm at ACAD. There will be free food and entertainment. Admission is free and it'll be a great way to spend a Friday evening. Plus, you'd be supporting the school by being there and that's really important)
I'm really going to miss being out of school. I've become so attached to everything about ACAD: the people, the classes, the atmosphere. Although I'm sure the summer will go by really quickly, I wish I could start my second year now. I really feel like myself when I'm at school, like I'm not hiding or faking anything. There's a freedom I feel there that I haven't felt since I was in high school. I think I'm the type of person that thrives on being in social situations and just being around people. Maybe it's a need to look at people or the need to be looked at, I'm not sure. It's going to suck to be out of school this summer and be so, well, lonely again.
Anyway. Mom gets home in two weeks and Amanda arrives not that long after. I'm excited - terribly excited. If I could possibly ask for anything else it would be to have Bekah and Meghan here too, then I would be set. I'm realizing how much I need to have girlfriends around me right now and I'm so thankful that one of them is visiting me.
But yea. Enough talk. I'm getting a little dizzy and nauseous from the lasagne I just ate and the medication I just took. Time to get back to bed.
