Fears

My two biggest fears right now:

snakes and Organized Crime groups.

I've been thinking about this for a long time

This won't be an update post, more like an informative and an idea post.

I've always thought that the grading system in schools can be really unfair. Recently an assignment was given in Applied Creative thinking and I remembered an idea of mine.

I think Robots should replace teachers. Yeah, it is crazy and spacey but I think it's cool. If robots were teachers everything would be fair. All the robots would be programmed the same. This way we could do away with standardized tests. I'm even thinking that administration should be robots too. That way everyone starts on the same playing field. I think if people were left on the way side (didn't graduate) they would go to a vocational school and be laborers. Maybe the curriculum could be more like the way the da Vinci was taught. Science, Math, Art and English (language). I've just had such a hit and miss with teachers (mainly in highschool). Some teachers at Lakeland loved what they were doing, others had NO idea what they were teaching.
Anyway, tell me your thoughts.

EEK! 4/8/2009

Hey! It has been a REALLY long time since I've blogged! YIKeees!

I'll just do a quick recap I've what I've been up to lately....

Let's see, I'm in all new classes. I've talked about Intro to Metals and Jewelry and Speech. I have not talked about Applied Creative thinking.

AH! gosh, my teacher is awful. Think about someone who is vague, and doesn't give much instructions. Times that by 1239820938 and you have my teacher. Now I understand she doesn't want to give us a lot of instructions because she wants us to think outside of the box. Although, she gives so few instructions students (including me) are scratching their heads and looking around the room to see if anyone understands what she means. She is really lazy too. To sign in for attendance, she has a sign up sheet that is up on her desk. BTW, she is also in the room AND can see if you come in. Anyway everyday, I always forget to sign in and i have to get up and sign my name. She prob doesn't even know my name. Yeah.... she definitely doesn't know my name. Another examples of why she is weird in my book. She said our first project will be done in photoshop. A student raises their hand and says, " i don't know how to use photoshop." (Me either) Other students agree with that student. "Well, my suggestion to you is find someone or look online," says my applied creative thinking teacher.

Speech! Today was SUCH a good day in speech! I "nailed" my personal narrative speech. It was awesome! I got some laughs, and the worst critique I got was 'I didn't move around a lot.' The person who said that looked like the energize rabbit, and he was asked to stop talking because he went over time. To put that simply, I'm not taking what he said to heart.

Intro to Metals...
Haven't made anything jaw dropping yet. Give me some time for that....

Well upcoming events....
Tomorrow I'll be going to the Simon Doonan lecture (I'm SOOOOO excited for it). He is on VH1 for shows like 'I love the 90s, 80s', and gossip stuff. It's going to be so great. IMMEDIATELY after the lecture I'll be on my way home for Easter weekend.

Some things that have already happened.....
So, I don't know if all the readers of this blog know about my living situation (for next year) at college. Well, I got booted out of the house I was going to share with my current roommates and a friend. BUT my 3rd roommate (not Laura) and the friend decided they didn't want to live with us next year. Because.... it would "save the friendship." Uh... yeah sure.... So that meant random roommate for next year. I was totally cool with it until my phone rang last Monday (March 30) and it was a person from my English class that lives in Tampa (i followed her in my own car home to Florida for Spring Break) and she asked about my living situation next year. I said I didn't have one. She asked if i wanted to room with her. I said sure (nothing to lose)! So i'll be rooming with her next year.

Ha, next topic. Not too proud of this one.... Well I've been trying to branch out of my new group (roommates and the people I have been friends with this entire time) and we were all like, we want to do something fun. We were throwing ideas out, some ridiculous, crazy, lame. Then someone says "someone in my class has mentioned an abandoned Meat Packing house that was burned down. It's supposed to be haunted!" Everyone was like "that sounds cool." I of course didn't have anything else to do, and went along. I figured we wouldn't find it, or we would chicken out. So there wasn't a specific address for it, we were driving around and didn't find it. Drove around some more and didn't find it. (BTW, we drove 50 minutes to the next town to get to this place). Of course, as we're leaving... this scary building pops out of nowhere. Of course I think 'oh damnnnn!' Wr get out of the car, this dog is barking like crazy. I was thinking 'ahh, i want to get out of here, I want to leave, I want to leave. They start walking around back. I stay by the car. Dog is still barking. They all come back to get me. So I go (reluctantly). It's a 5 story building they go inside (I wait outside in the back) and up some flights. They said they saw graffiti, a creepy lawn chair, dripping (it rained REALLY hard that day and the day before). Anyway, they said it was creepy. I looked it up the building a couple of days ago. That was scarier than waiting out back. Here are some facts and comments...
Location Description copied off the website:

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Off of Packing house road an abandoned meat packing plant exists. Shadows can be seen trying to escape the building but will go no farther than the entrance ways. On a full moon, a gunshot can be heard and the screams of burning victims accompany it. Every other night look at the 2nd window from the right on the 3rd story to see a woman with a look of terror on her face. On the backside of the building there are extreme temperature drops.

Comments by other users:
The packinghouse is great for a scare but may have real danger around every corner. It has long been held by law enforcement that this house is a haven for homeless people and squatters (Drug addicts, Junkies). If one were to attempt a visit the sounds you hear may be coming from living breathing people who will either hide or may attempt out of desperation to rob, rape, or kill you. So please do be careful.
another comment
dont know if its haunted or not but it is in a bad neighborhood so be careful

YEAH... so it was very unsettling reading that. I was just glad everybody got out ok and had their fix (no pun intended). It would have been the best place for a homeless person that day, raining all day. Absoultely perfect! Yikes, but still... don't mention this to my mom.

The best thing that happened this last weekend was..... KATHRYN coming to visit! It was SO great. Kathryn, and her whole family came to visit me in Savannah! We had some wonderful dinners together, and saw some museums and went on tours I had never been on.

Eek, this is a very long post.

Annie

New Layout

Hey!

I just wanted to acknowledge that I do have a new layout. I just wanted to change things up a bit, since I'm starting a whole new quarter. Which is going quite nicely so far. I have already had my 8 a.m. speech class. The teacher is really funny and nice. I think Monday will be my favorite day. Although, I haven't had jewelry class yet (5 P.M.!!!) Just waiting for that.................

Tell me what you think of the new layout, color schemes and such.

Michael's Bird-day, Pingy Tourney, End of school!

I know, it has been a very long time since I updated. I have been VERY busy these last couple of weeks because of final projects and studying. Wow, it is 10:45 p.m., but it feels much later. OK, let me start from the beginning.....

Finals week
-Monday-
Presented my last 3D project, and I aced that thing. 98 baby, best grade I ever got in there. Yet again, I will put up pictures (i PROMise)

Then I had Art history, guh still hate that class and teacher. We studied.... Italian Gothic that day. Amongst other art history bleedy bleedy boop that I will forget by Survey II.

Tuesday -
Color theory, we were let go early

Wednesday - finally end of 3D and Art History, in which there were a final test in each

Thursday -
Last day in color theory, presented my crayon jewelry. I killed (everybody loved it) as Michael would say. Packed for home. Watched the very end of Mulan and all of the movie Enchanted.

Friday

went to bed at 3 a.m. to wake up at 6 a.m. to drive home.

Gah, the drive home was nice (good tunes, got to be alone, pondered things) but it was very long.
I set off at 7 and got home at 12:30.
I slept the day away till 5 to get an invitation to the Ping Pong Tournament in which I was in the bracket! I saw Julie for the first time in months! Well, more like 2 months, still it was a long time. Kyle won- no surprise there, although Alex and Jonathan put up a good fight. I went home at 1:30ish. I was SO tired. I had some good and much needed A.K.A time though.

Saturday-
Michael Scott's birthday celebrated one day earlier than usual because Julie left the next day :(
It was nice, but it was missing something. Probably the girl who was Stanely... jk.
After that I went out to eat at Outback with my Grandparents because it was my Grandfather's bday.
After that I skyped with grace. It was nice. She is coming home in a couple of weeks (April 1st)

Sunday-
I got some new shoes, and then I had dinner at Kathryn's house with Kacks & Garc.
I also miraculously improved on my ping pong skills.

On Monday I went to school to deliver Chick-fila. I was REALLY glad to see everyone.

Tuesday-Friday-
At the beach with my mom and grandfather. I had long walks on the beach with my mom. It was just so relaxing, and great. Had great food (compliments to my Grandfather and his amazing cooking), and became very informed on Global and National news (compliments to my Grandfather again for always having Fox News channel on).

Friday night-
I went out to eat with Alex and Kathryn and we ate at Spice then we played pingy

Saturday-
Traditional Bfast with the bots w/ pingy later
At noon I was picked up and on the road to Savannah.

So I'm back at school now, and it feels good. I wanted to come back a day early to just unwind and get back into the groove. Plus it feels really good to go to bed and not worry about ANY kind of homework I have. It's great.

I'll be coming home in a few weeks because Grace is coming home. I'll keep you posted.

Annie

Places I want to go

So nothing new is happening right now. Finals are coming up and classes are coming to an end (thank God). I can not express how happy I am about this quarter being over! Anyway, I wanted this post to be a collection of places I want to go to. In no particular order, here we go............


Swiss Alps skiing; I've never been skiing (hopefully that will change in a week or two)
Mecca; kinda risky right now, but I know about the history because of Art History. That would be a neat religion to look in to.
Rio De Janeiro, Christ the Redeemer statue; the lush green foliage of the hills next to the statue make it worth it.
Taj Mahal; another kind of dangerous place, but look at the detail!
Royal Pavillion in Brighton; neat indian/ russian minaret spin in England. It just looks so pretty there
Portofino, Italy; anywhere on the Italian coast for that matter, and the island of Capri
Versailles; a big dream is to go here.
Hapsburg Palace; I had the picture on here, but it disappeared; Grace got to see it, Brahms played for the court their. One of my favorite people Marie Antoinette lived here as a child.


*Share a place you would like to visit*

Update Feb 25

Hello!

I know it's been a long time since I've blogged "officially" and given you guys a good update on everything. I always tend to apologize for me not blogging, but I guess that will just make every post I write that much better.

So midterms are over. I was not happy with any of my grades. I don't really want to talk about that though. I just need to find motivation to study and work harder, AND use my time wisely. I've realized I need to separate work from home (my dorm here), and be cut throat (to myself) and get busy (with school work).

So i think I remember being excited about signing up for classes, and I was SO excited about taking that computer class. WELL... I didn't get in the class that I wanted. Ha, there weren't any spots AT ALL for me. BUT... I did get the very sought after "Applied Creative Thinking" class. Lucky me! I honestly, have NO IDEA what the class will teach me. I'm thinking it's gonna be easy, and I'm looking forward to a much slower paced quarter. ALTHOUGH, i will have my intro to jewelry class. I know FO Sho that will kick my butt, but (ha butt but) this will be the test to see if this is what I want to do. My internship over Xmas break was also a chance to test the waters. And currently I'm feeling good about the jewelry thing. As for my other class, I'll be taking Speech and Public Speaking. I got an easy teacher, the only prob is that it's at 8 a.m., but I've done it before, and it hasn't screwed me up too much. I only had one accident and I have payed dearly for it (just like Creed using the woman's bathroom for #2).

So my week was SO fucked up (sorry for the language). My grades suck. I was going through social stuff here at school (it's all settled for those who know about it). It was just awful. But there was a light that shined last night. I was in color theory, talking to some people. (I hate that class btw.) Making friends. It was good. Although I was SUPER scared of my final project that I had to present at the end of class. We had to write an artist statement and talk about what we were going to do. I was just scared. Cause my class can be very judgmental. Anyway my idea was a necklace much like the right picture. All rockcut with lots of negative space in a prong set. Although, the catch is that I'm using crayons. ANYWAY, my class loved it and said it was cool and innovative. Which made me very happy. My color scheme is using warms and cools. Kind of like the middle and left picture. I have to make the project complex, therefore I might make a series of different colors and designs. But I'm not sure how long this will all take. Wish my luck on that.

Oh, well I had a good time in Lakeland. Grassroots was good. My fake chicken (chick-UN) was super good. I really liked the spring rolls we had first, and that sauce.. Mmmmzzz.

Gah.. i dont know what else to say. BUT, I would like more comments on the comment box. AND i still need a names for my mini xmas trees. They have been slowly but surely growing. I need to get a recent pic of them (they are like my twin children or something). So just write your feelings. Alright that should be enough for now.

Annie

Funny/ Scary Story

So today after breakfast I was walking to the mailbox in my dorm. The mailbox is in an outside hallway, therefore it is open to the "wild.*" As I was about to walk into the alcove which houses the mailbox I noticed a little pigeon walking on the ground. I thought 'eww, pigeons...hmm.. should I back off? Should I go on my merry way and drop off Lorel's letter? But before I could even think, the bird flew up in the air past the mailbox and headed my way. I dropped to the ground as fast as I could. There isn't anything scarier to me than pigeons! Well maybe a few things... the mob, being forgotten on trips (Home Alone style), snakes. Anyway, today will go down in infamy as the day I ALMOST got attacked by a pigeon.


* Wild could mean Leah the hippy, OR mean scary sub shop ladies (including Shrek).


Just to let people know, I'm coming home this weekend.

ALSO, i need more comments... COMMENTS please!

Feb 9th, 2009

Hello readers of Annie's Memorandum,

I'm sorry I have not written in a long time. I've been busy as everyone knows it was was midterms and they can be a bother.

Anyway, it's been work work work. I had a (sort of) relaxing weekend. Both of my roommates went home so I had the room to myself. I spent practically the whole weekend with my hallmate Jared. We went to Primary to pick up some sculpey for my next project. Oh yes, my current 3D project is a character made from armature wire (kinda like Tim Burton). I'm excited. I'm doing half monkey, half nerd. So the face and hands w/ a tail of a monkey and the rest of the body will wear black glasses with tape and a pocket protector. He'll be decked out. He is gonna be great.

Ahh, today I went to this tea room owned by the school. It was so great inside. It used to be an old Pharmacy. It had all these great built-ins and beautiful stained glass. I sadly didn't have any tea, but I got to admire there collections for sale. I wanted pretty much everything they had, and the food on the menu. Oh, yes, I ate there as well. I had the Frenchmen (a turkey and brie sandwich with a spring salad with ras(p)berry dressing). It was SO good. I can't wait to go back and get some tea.

Speaking of which, I've been using one of my free-stuff-crazy giveaways. The squirtable Splenda sugar. You know, Splenda usually comes in a packet. Well they made a squirtable form. I use it all the time. So instead of saying 2 lumps I say "3 squirts"!

--Letters---
I've been very fortunate to start receiving letters again. It's great. I LOVE when people send me letters, and I love replying! I wonder how celebrities keep on all their fan mail. But I'm sure they don't really write back themselves. They have lackies (sp?) to do it for them.

If you want to listen to some good piano music, you should download Dustin O' Halloran. He is great. It's modern classical stuff. I like it, hopefully you'll like it too?

So kind of embarrassing, Over the break i revisited my past by re-watching some Disney movies. Anyway this ^ song has been stuck in my head. It's just catchy I guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ysRm_C56UM

Anyway, crunch time!

Annie

25 Things

So, I don't really want to get on the bandwagon, BUT I wanted to do a 25 things survey type thing. So here it goes........

1). Whenever people draw me (cartoon style) I really do look like a Grandma.

2). Knitting is super fun as well as other crafts (jewelry making, and sewing).

3). I love getting letters and writing them.

4). Duvets are a smart idea, and I respect that idea.

5). I spend more money on sheets than normal people.

6). I used to not keep a lot of pictures around, but ever since college I like them there. They also convince people that I actually have friends.

7).I like Sudoku and word puzzles- to fit the asian stereotype..... I also like Ninetendo 64

8). 80s Music is really awesome.

9). London is my favorite place

10). Grace (my sister) is my best friend and will be forever (hopefully we won't pull an Angela from the Office)

11). I have my own handwriting style which consists of print and a variation of cursive.

12). Cheese is super good (cheese parties)

13). I think trashy shows are great. They make the time pass and after you watch them you feel better about yourself & your intelligence (Aka NEVER put Cayenne Pepper in your eye)

14). Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies is my favorite book right now.

15). I like to read children's book.

16). I like to collect books

17). I have a mini Christmas tree that I bought from the dollar section at Target. They (two sprouted trees in one pot) haven't been named yet. Therefore, give me some ideas in the comment box.

18). Even though I really didn't like the Harrison artistic part, I really liked the friends that I made.

19). The Office is one of the best shows ever written

20). I'd die without my iPod............ and phone for that matter.

21). I have a very strong urge to be right all the time.

22). I wish I was more motivated

23). Laughing really hard feels so good.

24). When it turns 11:25 am/pm I always say it's my birthday (November (11th month) 25th- my birthday)

25). Ooh, I feel like the last one should have a big impact. I try to exfoliate my hands everyday- ooh that was a very serious topic.

Jan 24, 2009

Ha, let me just make a clarification. The blog title of Jan 12th was written in 2009, not in 2008 like it says. Oops

Well, Hello readers! Today is kind of a gloomy day in Savannah. It's rainy and I'm said because I only had 2 days for a weekend vs. the 3 day weekend. But anyway, I came down to Lakeland for a little break. MLK was a blessing and a curse. We had to make up the school day that was given to us for the holiday- therefore, 2 day weekend. Anyway, I took a break from all my work and went to the Dali museum with Alex and Kathryn. I was so glad I went. I got SO much inspiration for my spaghetti project. SO much.

I had an Art History test yesterday. I think I got either a B or an A. FLVS "APAH" was definetely a good move on my part. I dont even think I have to read the book for my class. The tests are easy. And the teacher goes over all the works we need to know on the handout AND tells the topic for the 50 point long essay.

As for color theory, still haven't made any friends in there. Maybe I just won't. I need to concentrate on that stupid class.

I'm glad that my movie choice was such a hit. I didn't think my movie recomendations would take off. Hopefully you liked the movie!

So I'm kind of a secret fan of Metro Station. I loved that song "Shake It" and now I'm currently listening to Seventeen Forever..... on repeat.

Oh if you like podcasts, you should listen to this really great one. Called How Stuff Works. They have a website with lots of essays and i think a tv show. Also if you like books on tape, iTunes has free audiobook from certain podcasts. I've listened to a couple of books that way.

We (my roommates and friend) looked at a house for next year. I'm not totally sold on the idea of living off campus. But we'll see.

Sorry it's been a long time since my last post.

-Annie

Jan 12, 2008

Wow, I realized I haven't blogged in quite sometime.

As you know school has started. I'm back in Savvy for my second quarter. My schedule is
Monday/Wednesdays
3D design (9-10:30 a.m.)
Survey of Western Art I ( 2-4:30 p.m.)

Tuesday/ Thursdays
Color Theory (5-7:30 p.m.)

3D - probably my favorite class, NO, it is my favorite class. Right now we're making linear structures (made out of spaghetti) that need to hole 25 lbs (or more) for 5 seconds (or more). I'm making a ring box for the base w/ a tower(required to support the weight). A huge diamond ring will be wrapped around the tower. The ring will be in a sort of surreal sense. My teacher wanted me to break out of the mold of something traditional; and so he recommended my ring look as if Salvatore Dali (cough, GARC!) would've made it.

As for Art History we're in the Egyptian chapter. Ehh, I already know the material and luckily for me the class curriculm only goes to right before the Renaissance- which is right about the time in my online art history class that I started slacking. But oh my, I almost fell asleep about 15 times today in class.

Color theory- Gahhh, I hate it. I just absoultely loathe this class, right now we've just been mixing colors and making color wheels and color strips.

Well to recap, my last days at home were alright. The night at Gosh, and bfast at Alex's (with eggs made the right way) made the transition a little bit harder.

I had one bad dat where I missed Grace a lot. My misery was triggered becuase she emailed me a link of a video she made with her Australian friend. Anyway, just listening to her voice reminded me of the good times we had together.

On a more positive note, I'm coming home for a bitty break. I have a four-day weekend-thanks to MLK.

P.S. I'm still knitting, but not as much as I would like to/ or did over the break

Also, I saw (rented) a movie this weekend. It was by the same guy who made Pan's Labrynith. It was super good. Kind of cliche as far as horror goes, but really smart story line.

2009!!!!

Well 2008 was really great! I graduated this year and made the big grand trip off to college. I had a lot of fun this year, if I may follow suit (by robert's blog) I will make a little list of the great things that happened.


Graduated
College
actually making friends in college
having my artwork up on "the wall"
bonding with friends back home, you know who you are
Started knitting- for real this time
Office nights with the club
making my own money
.... yeah that is pretty much all i could come up with.

Ok well anyway, I'm going back to SCAD for quarter 2. I had a nice long much needed break, but I'm ready to be busy again. As Lorel might say "it is bittersweet." I really bonded with the club during the break and I'll be sad about leaving them, but I'm also glad about going back to school.

Well I'll tell you about my New Year's Eve night. It started at about 9 at Kathryn's house. We played many rounds of "Around the World" ping pong style. We then ate a little bit. Played doubles. Watched "the e-lite and the masters" play. The ball dropped, we drank fake champagne. Danced a bit. Ran around the back yard and took pictures. Did a conga line. And ended the night with some rockband. It was a great way to spend the last night of 2008.