startingfive (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} startingfive) wrote,@ 2006-03-15 12:47:00 |
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3-2-1...BREAK
Well, simply said, the Winter Quarter is finally over. I've just woken up from my bed only remembering bits and pieces from the night before. NO, I was not frat-tastically drunk, so don't get any ideas. I had instead fallen asleep in an uncomfortable position on the recliner with a pile of garbage that Robert (who is sitting half-naked in front of me eating a bowel of "Go Lean" and who just said "the thing I like about cereal is that's eating and drinking at the same time.") had drunkenly found at DAAP on his way home from whereever he was. So the point is...I got tired and could never get completely asleep -- all I remember is...Amalia telling me to go sleep in my bed to get a better rest, Clay puking in our bathroom, me leaping (somehow) completely over my gigantic bike rack in front of my bed without killing myself.
Hours before I had been sleeping soundly -- a byproduct of being up nearly five days with only roughly 10-15 hours of rest. Needless to say it was Hell Week and it started on the last Friday, so my weekend started off poorly. For my project I was to design a toy squid/monster that rotated its arms and moved its head up and down. Sadly, no matter how hard I tried to get head moving, my mechanics were quite limited by the material that my toy was made out of. Anyways I was satisified at the end, more so that I was done with school and co-op was starting only in a few weeks.
On a sad note, I had to say goodbye to some really great people that I got to know over the past six months in and out of studio. Even though I was disappointed to see Sam Moon, Brian Zivich, Tim Karoleff, Jen Hales, Claire Bottenhorn and Dave Niebert for the last time, I managed to have some fun with them. It's hard to say "I'll see you in 3 years," especially after beginning to know each person pretty well and appreciate them for who they are. It was even more poignant after each saying goodbye for the night that Jen gave me the longest hug. She's such an awesome person -- nice to everyone and too nice to such a bumbling idiot like me. All five of these people I deeply care about and have found myself relying on them constantly working the late nights in studio. It wasn't necessarily packed at the Yellow House but it was a fitting environment to reminisce about the last two quarters and so the more mellow atmosphere was appreciated. On the other hand, who am I to go grade parties? I never really imagined I'd like them, being the shy person that I am. I just use the opportunities at parties to catch up with friends and talk.
I just put on some Louis and Ella and I am instantly cheered up. Thanks you two. Anywho. I have co-op in just a few weeks! Money! Toys! Living out of state!...Buffalo, NY??? Um...err...
It's unfortunate that I probably will be relying on Toronto, a city not a part of my own country, to have the most fun while on co-op, but either way I'm anxious to get going. What will I be doing in the meantime? I plan on going to Columbus to help celebrate Steff's 21st and just today, considered thw possibility of going to NC to visit Amalia. Haven't spoken to her exactly about it, but I'll let you know if it develops into anything serious before we leave. Ah. FREEDOM! Pardon my ADD type rants, but I am so relieved it's over. Gah. I'm done. I wrote too much and this journal has turned sour and gone to ramble mode. Sorry. I'll write and post some more later.
Well, simply said, the Winter Quarter is finally over. I've just woken up from my bed only remembering bits and pieces from the night before. NO, I was not frat-tastically drunk, so don't get any ideas. I had instead fallen asleep in an uncomfortable position on the recliner with a pile of garbage that Robert (who is sitting half-naked in front of me eating a bowel of "Go Lean" and who just said "the thing I like about cereal is that's eating and drinking at the same time.") had drunkenly found at DAAP on his way home from whereever he was. So the point is...I got tired and could never get completely asleep -- all I remember is...Amalia telling me to go sleep in my bed to get a better rest, Clay puking in our bathroom, me leaping (somehow) completely over my gigantic bike rack in front of my bed without killing myself.
Hours before I had been sleeping soundly -- a byproduct of being up nearly five days with only roughly 10-15 hours of rest. Needless to say it was Hell Week and it started on the last Friday, so my weekend started off poorly. For my project I was to design a toy squid/monster that rotated its arms and moved its head up and down. Sadly, no matter how hard I tried to get head moving, my mechanics were quite limited by the material that my toy was made out of. Anyways I was satisified at the end, more so that I was done with school and co-op was starting only in a few weeks.
On a sad note, I had to say goodbye to some really great people that I got to know over the past six months in and out of studio. Even though I was disappointed to see Sam Moon, Brian Zivich, Tim Karoleff, Jen Hales, Claire Bottenhorn and Dave Niebert for the last time, I managed to have some fun with them. It's hard to say "I'll see you in 3 years," especially after beginning to know each person pretty well and appreciate them for who they are. It was even more poignant after each saying goodbye for the night that Jen gave me the longest hug. She's such an awesome person -- nice to everyone and too nice to such a bumbling idiot like me. All five of these people I deeply care about and have found myself relying on them constantly working the late nights in studio. It wasn't necessarily packed at the Yellow House but it was a fitting environment to reminisce about the last two quarters and so the more mellow atmosphere was appreciated. On the other hand, who am I to go grade parties? I never really imagined I'd like them, being the shy person that I am. I just use the opportunities at parties to catch up with friends and talk.
I just put on some Louis and Ella and I am instantly cheered up. Thanks you two. Anywho. I have co-op in just a few weeks! Money! Toys! Living out of state!...Buffalo, NY??? Um...err...
It's unfortunate that I probably will be relying on Toronto, a city not a part of my own country, to have the most fun while on co-op, but either way I'm anxious to get going. What will I be doing in the meantime? I plan on going to Columbus to help celebrate Steff's 21st and just today, considered thw possibility of going to NC to visit Amalia. Haven't spoken to her exactly about it, but I'll let you know if it develops into anything serious before we leave. Ah. FREEDOM! Pardon my ADD type rants, but I am so relieved it's over. Gah. I'm done. I wrote too much and this journal has turned sour and gone to ramble mode. Sorry. I'll write and post some more later.
