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THERE IS NOTHING I HATE MORE THAN GRADED SKETCHBOOKS. I truly hate them. I don't really use sketchbooks. I kinda just slap assignments together and build upon them as I go. Planning and spending time plotting things out just doesn't work with me. It is kinda like how I am with studying as well. If I spend too much time on a project/test beforehand, I screw everything up [royally so]. If I spend hardly any time planning things out I do an ace job.

I'm terrible, but whatever. It works for me.

That being said, I have about 50 required pages due TOMORROW. Between last night and today I churned out all 50 pages. I don't know how I gathered up the attention span to accomplish this feat.

I'm hurting. :(

003

What an awesome turn of events! My one teacher moved final crits to next week and pretty much nixed next week's full class in favor of just ENDING it. I am SO OKAY WITH THAT. Give me my vacation early. Sure, I have a couple less days to do any make-up work, but whatever. Nothing I can't manage. I just can't stand walking into that damn classroom one more time. And yay! I get 2 wall panels for crit this year instead of just one.

I am so excited about my studio lighting class next semester with Kimberly Witham.

I am not so excited about Art History. I DO NOT WANT TO LOOK AT THE VENUS OF WILLENDORF'S EXTREME CAMEL TOE AGAIN. I DROPPED THIS CLASS YEARS AGO I DON'T WANT TO RETAKE IT GAAAAAAAH.

At least I was wise and opted for the 1.5 hour art history course 2x a week instead of 4 hours straight of slideshow hell once a week. I think that was my mistake the first time around. 4 hours of statues isn't good for anyone's sanity.

ALSO: WINTER BREAK MEANS THAT IT IS TIME FOR ME TO BREAK OUT THE NEWEST ADDITION TO MY CAMERA-FAMILY.

It has colorsplash flash so be warned, friends. I will blind you with a multitude of colors instead of just LIGHT. I'm really excited to start playing around with medium format film. I should also start working on my own darkroom. I could do a not-so-hostile takeover of the wholly unused downstairs bathroom and convert it to my own little photo-developing haven.