a return from hibernation
well HELLO THERE!
it’s been forever and a day since I’ve written, and with very good reason—I have been doing absolutely NOTHING. I know, completely contrary to my personality, no? I had the longest winter break in the history of mankind and I spent the entirety of it doing nothing but relaxing, hanging out at the house and watching tv, as well as communing with the menagerie of animals that roam through our Natural Bridge abode. so why would I blog about absolutely nothing?
but now I am back in Richmond in my FINAL semester at VCU. Can you believe it’s been FOUR years? I can’t. It’s good to be back… back in my amazing apartment, back on my own, back with no internet. It’s got its ups and downs here, but it’s nice to not sit around all day anymore. I love ALL of my classes and I’m really excited to get going on them. Really, they’re all spectacular.
For instance, I’m taking an Art History class on Cult and Midnight movies. Which means I get to watch Rocky Horror for CREDIT. I’m also taking a studio class called “Taxicab Distance.” The whole premise is that our teacher is based out of Brooklyn, so the entire class will be long distance. Meaning we’ll be using the good ol’ postal system to mail back and forth. Fantastic! Another class I’m really excited about is a class called documentary studies, which will involve an in-depth discussion of culture and community and how we document and observe it. Which means I get to stretch my photography skills again! Huzzah!
and my final class that I’m really excited about is my poetry class. I took the same one with the same professor last year, but this time I’ve turned it into a kind of independent study where I’m focusing on creating one cohesive collection of poems based around some sort of theme. I love my professor and he’s full of great ideas, so I can’t wait to get cracking on that.
and FINALLY unrelated to schoolwork, Anne and I are finally getting underway with our Grant project. When I was at the Habitat store in Lexington last week I stumbled onto the most amazing sale on upholstery fabric in the world, and ended up getting tons of amazing fabric. SO we’re all set to go and are already under way getting locations and dates set up. Should be exciting!!
and of course the biggest news is that on 5 March I’m flying over to England for a two week extravaganza in which I hop around visiting all of my camp friends! I simply CAN’T WAIT! I’ve got a countdown going and everything. Oh boy, I am soooo excited!
So there I am, back in the real world and already full-out running around. That’s how it goes. But just figured I’d check in and prove I’ve not disappeared!
