So, 2011 is ending.

If we follow our local Mayans, we could possibly interpret some of the things they've written down as that this is the last full year ever.  Fuckin' awesome.

That's probably a load of crap though, so time to review what's been happening lately. Since...I guess this is just a normal blog now. If you define normal as someone drawing and talking to himself. Which, in blog language, is pretty normal. 


Anywho, new year, comes with new problems. Sort of.

As most know, this blog came from my stay at Southern. Now, I want out. Like, super-badly. I'll take another semester commuting and no more...I think. However, this brings me to finding a new place to go.

UConn is an extremely appealing choice to me, but then something dawned on me after trying to find more information. I'll need a portfolio to transfer from Studio Art at Southern to Communications Design at UConn.
With a portfolio.
By Feburary 1st.

Southern hasn't even put me in an art class yet! Even when I get in, I have a week or two to have that help a portfolio for a major I don't even fully understand.

Now, why would I be in a major I don't fully comprehend? I'll get back to you. Which is also why I'm considering changing my major before I'm in over my head.

Of course, the logical manner is to simply design things beforehand, and pray they like it.
Or, play it safe and change my major. Which is more "avoiding rejection" than "safe".

Either way, it's going to require a lot of thought. Which isn't coming to me.

It's bad.

I think this blog is turning me into a 13 year old girl (or a perfectly respectable blogger), because this is pretty soothing. Also, people like reading me talking to myself. It's also keeping me drawing, even if it's low-quality doodles of myself.

So, major decision crisis, lack of productivity, and lack of caring. I should probably do something about that.

Perhaps a New Years Resolution is in order?
Nah, fuck it. It's not like I keep my own promises.

I'm going to go take a shower. I smell.

The Last Assessment

So....it's over. Forever.
I'd like to thank the academy-
Wait.

Wait, no it's not. Shit.

As the self-assessment is necessary, I guess I must pick apart my college experience so far. What have I learned? Well, truth be told I am not productive, and have taken little to no initiative to be a part of my community. My work process involves procrastinating through the last half of the semester, and this probably affected my grades at the end.

My biggest challenge involves getting up the morning. Not in a depressing sort of manner, but just for the fact that commuting is awful. Some mornings I just don't want to go in. I'd prefer to be waking up, and walking somewhere with much less effort than I put into my current mornings. I get up at 6 to get to reach classes at 8. I'll be doing that all next semester, and that's going to be worse than just a M-W-F schedule. Unfortunately, I can't just sleep in through all my classes, so I just get up. That's how I deal with it.

The one thing I can be proud of this semester is...well, probably this blog. Along with the efforts I've put into my English 112 essays. These are the two moments where I am using all my creative magic powers to do work that I am satisfied with. I have yet to find work that has been at a college-level of effort, but these make me feel like I'm working slightly harder than high school. Though, my grades aren't all straight A's, I'll admit that. This may be due to the fact that I haven't taken this work as seriously as I should have.

Through all of this must come change, yes? Well, probably. I need to make sure I don't go down a slippery slope here. As the next semester starts, I must learn to utilize time management skills that I'm pretty sure I learned once in this class to ensure I get work done on time. I'll also be more excited to do the work, as I have classes I got to sign up for. Except...maybe two English classes isn't a good idea. I'll work it out. Trust me.

What have I learned this semester? Probably information that I'll have to recite one day in some conversation about anthropology. Or remember Algebra all over again. Truth be told, I haven't learned a lot that I'm interested in, but I have re-learned more old information as opposed to learning more than I have previously. Granted, it's my first semester, but a lot of this is forgettable.

I don't know what else to truly say about this first semester of college. I'm keeping the blog after all of this, if that interests you at all. The time I've spent so far has been uneventful, granted, but I've learned a lot outside the classes that taught me a bit about life. It's not about these grades, but more along the content that you choose to produce. This blog is a pretty good example of that. Though I'll admit I am more than likely recycling phrases I've already said to fill out the word count requirements, but that's okay. For me, anyway.

After using a word count tool, I've gotten towards 531 words, so that's starting to sound like it's time for this lovely farewell to come to an end. It's been interesting, writing for particular topics, but now I'll handle this from here. Good luck with the rest of the semester, and if anyone else makes a blog with pictures I will fight them.

THE VIDEO...AGAIN.

REDONE. PARTIALLY. With hopefully more clarification.