Bunny Love

The first few days of uni have been good! The first day was pretty much orientation for both the university in general and then the program I'm in. Oh and I also got about $3,000 worth of art supplies and a brand spanking new Nikon D3000 SLR camera, with two lenses. It was like freaking Christmas! The paints, pens, papers we got were so awesome. I know that this is all paid for by my tuition, but still it's fun to get stuff. I also got a good desk. We all had to draw out of a hat for assigned seating and the desk I initial got was crap (right in the middle of the room). I overheard one of the guys say how he didn't like his since it was in the back corner so I asked if he wanted to switch and he did! I'm so happy because I'm right beside a window I can open/close whenever I want. That was the biggest thing I was worried about when I thought about it. Kinda silly I know, but still I want to be comfortable. I am in the back corner near the sink, but still surrounded by people. The guy who faces in front of me (two desks face each other) is the clone of Andy (Gabriel Tigerman) from Supernatural. I shit you not, I had to do a double take when I first saw him, it was so freaky. There's also a guy from just north of London in my class and fuck I am in trouble. Any accent from the UK does me in no matter what. What's worse is that he has long dark curly hair and wears jeans and flip flops. KILL ME NOW.

Part of the course requirement is a communications course, so we had that yesterday morning. We went over the syllabus for the year and looking at it as a whole it made me freak out a bit, but luckily the longest paper I have to write will only be 750 words. Then I had illustration and then today was art history which I enjoyed a lot more than I thought. The teacher I have is awesome and a really nice guy. It's a very condensed art history so we've just skipped everything until the Renaissance. We have to replicate a Renaissance painting, which I started today. We don't have to do the whole thing, just need to do a small section of it and then use the techniques that the painters back then used. I picked 'Spring' by Botticelli (if anyone knows that painting you know how detailed it is).

So far I've met all but 2 of my teachers. Everyone seems really nice and I actually had one last summer so I already know him well and know what he's like, so it's kind of a relief. There's also 4 others in my class from the class I took last summer, so I at least knew some people going in. It's kind of a relief that I wasn't going in blind. There's 30 of us in total and I've already gotten to know some of the others a bit. There's a couple of girls who are totally into X-Men, Marvel in general, Doctor Who, Iron Man, Walking Dead and more, so I am with my people. XD

I started decorating my desk area today since I’ll be sitting in the same spot until May. I think fate put me there for the sole reason to have an awesome excuse to put up Fassbender!Magneto (I would have done it anyway, ngl). The words ‘sweet metal’ were already written on the pillar there by a previous student, so I thought I’d make the best of it. I also had to put some inspirational ‘quotes’ up as well. AND OF COURSE I TOOK PICTURES BECAUSE I AM CRAZY AWESOME.



Next to be put up: Iron Man (RDJ like a boss), Sherlock Holmes (again RDJ like a boss), Doctor Who and maybe some Sailor Moon.

I think I'll be okay, although I am feeling that things will get more intense. Already I have three projects assigned (but thankfully they're not due for weeks, so I have time) and one illustration assignment due next week.

Tomorrow I have to go and buy a bunch of stuff including a new cell phone. I haven't had a cell phone in almost 2 years and haven't had too many occasions where I would really benefit from one, but these past few days I've been wishing I had a phone at least 3-4 times a day. I'm just going with a pay as you go plan since I can't afford contract/expensive plans. I'm also buying a net book because it will save me a shit load of time and be so helpful. There's 30 of us and only 7 computers in the classroom, so we're all fighting over one or another and pressed for time. Some have been bringing their laptops in, but the one I have is over 18 inches wide and just so heavy and takes up space. A net book would work wonderfully on my desk and I can do all my research from there and just type up all my communication assignments right in class rather than writing them out by and and then typing them up to submit to the teacher online.

One of the best parts of my day was seeing gremmie_goo get attacked by pigeons. I guess when they're in a park aid they don't like to be waved at.

We also went to Wal*Mart and then after we had a nice workout at the gym. Thank you, Goo! I had a nice time.

After she dropped me off I was going to make dinner, but when I lay down on the couch I kinda fell asleep until 10. :P I guess I was more tired than I thought. The past few days have been busy.

Last night at work a friend of my co-workers came in to visit with her daughter. They were all sort of chatting away and they were talking about this book called The Secret, the friend of my co-worker had just bought the book and talking how it's been on Oprah ect. Anyway, I said to the lady that my mum has asked for this as a birthday present (her birthday is on March 9th). I continued cleaning and the woman and her daughter sat down to have their lattes and chat, we talked for a bit and I just said that I wanted to do something nice for my mum for her birthday, but probably won't have much money to do so, still I can try (and when I said it at the time I never intended what happened next). When the lady and her daughter were set to leave she comes up to the bar and hands me the book. She said that she wanted my mum to have it and to have an awesome birthday. I stood there like a moron and just stared at this lady whom I'd never met before in my life and her giving me a $30 book for my mum's birthday. When I told her I couldn't accept it she said she wouldn't have it. It took all my willpower not to cry in front of her and the other customers (well, really customer). I told my co-worker that when she saw her next to please tell her again how touched I was.

Sometimes people can just totally blind side you with a kind act. You never know what may happen.

My art course is going well, so far I'm working on an eccentric portrait. I really like doing these things because I can basically do whatever the hell I want. I'm doing some sort of wood nymph, faery, goddess person. Haven't quite decided who she is exactly. Anyway, I'm having fun painting all the leaves and stuff in her hair.

I've seen a few people remark on how Lost just isn't that great any more and I kinda agree. Goo and I were discussing this earlier, and I'm getting annoyed with it and I'm sad that it's losing what it had. I think that they've just introduced too many new characters and then killed them and then introduced more new characters. I feel as if they're at a stand still and we're not really getting any answers or learning more about the main characters that we were originally introduced too. How come Locke can walk now? How did he get in the wheelchair in the first place? What about Hurley and him being in the mental institution and then Libby being in there as well? I dunno, maybe we'll get all the answers, but I don't feel the same way about the show like I used too. I hope it picks up again. :)

Meanwhile I think Supernatural has ate my brain. I haven't felt this way about a show or fandom for a while and I'm glad I have something else to obsess over. ^_^ I love meeting new people in fandom. I've met some really sweet people over the past year from the NCIS fandom and some really sweet people from the SPN fandom as well. And of course I still am buds with a lot of the LOTR and Orlando peeps from the past few years. Fandom is love. <3333

A lot of you have probably seen this and it's being linked around like there's no tomorrow, but how true is this? I read it yesterday and felt the need to link it (again).

What Fandom Is.

Speaking of Fandom, I would just love to have this. Too bad the auction doesn't last until I get paid or can save up for it. Ah well. maybe I'll make my own?

See? This fandom has held my bank account hostage. :D Just like all the others.

I'm thinking of designing a new spring layout for my LJ. It's such a nice day out and while I love my Dark Angel layout I think I need something spring like.