Working on something.

Thoughts:

It’s not about looks or money. It’s not about talent. It’s not even totally about personality or even sense of humour. It’s about a sense of comfort.

Is there really such thing as the right person at the wrong time? If it’s the wrong time wouldn’t that mean that it isn’t the right person?

Take risks in order to find out what you are really made of. If you don’t take risks you’ll never be the best person you can be.

Forget about yesterday, ignore tomorrow, right now is the only place you are and can be.

Into the cold.

It was a tights, jeans, boots and wooly socks day. I’m still getting used to the boots. I never know how to wear them cause I look like I have clown feet. I feel awkward and weird.

I went to Trader Joes stampede for some more food items and I wanted to go to an herb shop in East Village to I can make my own tea at home, or at least see if I can. It’s just too windy and cold for long strolls so I’ll save it for another day.

I was in Barnes and Noble the other day and a girl stopped me while I was browsing. She said she was a student at Bumble and Bumble and was doing short hair cuts this week for free. I, being taken back by being singled out, said sure and confirmed it for tomorrow. Now, I’m TRYING to grow my hair, and I keep cutting it. I have a mullet now that I keep in a mini pony tail. I really don’t want to go because I don’t want to cut it all off! But I said yes. So, maybe I can talk her into not doing much. Argh I just can’t leave my hair alone. I want long hair! What should I do?

I’ll be back in Toronto for a few days starting Thursday. My birthday is on Sunday. I’m thinking I’m not going to do anything for it. It’s kinda disheartening planning my own birthday so I’ll just enjoy it for myself. Maybe I’ll spend it with my niece.
APP seems less likely this year for me. That week are my finals of my degree and I can’t screw with that. I’m taking more academics again this year. I’m sad I’m going to miss out.

Year End Review 2009.

Ok, so I had an entire entry posted about 2009. It had questions and I had answers. It was informative and eventful. Well, it looks like I deleted half of it before posting and had no draft sent.

Ten years ago I was 16 and I spent New Years with my then boyfriend, Ed (or Stacy as I think he goes by now) and we rang in the new year on the highest point in Toronto watching the fireworks downtown and had no worries of the Y2K bug.

So, here is a recap: I had a good birthday and turned 26, I went to a lot of shows (in several different States and cities), I went to Toronto a lot, I was busy with school and I hope 2010 will be much better and I can be more positive with my future.

Happy New Year.

Is a more expensive education mean a better education?

I’m beginning to question my art history grades.

As most people know, even if you didn’t go to university or college, when you write a paper you need to cite until your fingers fall off and footnote it until you cants footnotes no mores. I assumed it was plain knowledge because if you don’t do it you can/most likely WILL fail OR you will be accused of plagiarism and can even be kicked out of the school. So basically, you write papers with the hovering fear of getting in a lot of trouble AND getting a failing grade.

So, I received a 95% on my paper. Which is amazing, in my mind at least. I wrote papers in Toronto and received 79% or so on them, which in their slightly different grading paper is also REALLY good. Anyway, yesterday I was seeing students getting grades of 80% without even making ONE citation or footnote, let alone a bibliography. If I handed in a paper like that at U of T I would be shot and thrown in the street and these kids are getting 80s? So now I sit here with this paper of 95% wondering if it is even worth that much knowing I worked my ass off to get it done while these kids did hardly any work and handed in papers which didn’t even meet the minimum requirement of words and NO citations.

Does that make sense?

I want to know I’m paying a ridiculous amount of money for a better education than U of T and that my stress is really worth these “good grades”. Perhaps I should have bought a few cars instead.

If any of my peers read this and you were one of them, I congratulate you on your grade… however I just cannot help but question mine and its quality.

Temporary art blog ftw.

I dabble in a few things. Very few. Lately, I’ve been learning how to print/make prints/plates/monoprints, etc…