school days

adding the school of art institute of chicago to my grad school list, even though bard college is where i really really want to go. saic has some graduate programs based in contemporary art, however i had to read through them a couple times, because they all sounded exactly alike, but with different names.

this whole process reminds me of when i was a junior in high school preparing for the college application process. even though i really wanted to go to washu, mizzou was THE only place i applied to..and i applied early too. i hear all the time that it's not a good idea to only apply to one school, but when i get an idea in my head you can't tell me nothing! i knew i was going to mizzou, there was no question in my mind...thank goodness they let me in, because i had NO back ups.


...i have a really really bad habit of pulling my hair out when it gets to be longer than an inch..i know i shouldn't but for some reason i can't help it.

spring is here!

well at least it was all week....friday it was 63 degrees out!! since it was so nice, i met up with my chiildhood friend acacia and baby jarrell on the quad for a picnic and catch up session..

he's such a happy baby, he kept laughing

and kicking his feet...so cute

then i woke up on saturday to this:

snowy and mushy and gross outside...in the middle of march!!! i could understand it if this has been happening all month, but it hasn't...boo you missouri.

at least i had an interesting night..went to international night saturday night (international night is when some of the international clubs and organizations on campus put on a show celebrating their cultures with song and dance...it's pretty awesome) anyways, i met angelica and jane there, but i got there before they did so i was sitting by myself when this guy from a couple of my classes came in and sat next to me. well everyone flipped their shit because of it. then after the show he invited me to a party, but i ended up not going, because of the weather. well this did not sit well with everyone..they thought i had missed out on some huge opportunity...it was interesting. i would've been more open to going if the weather wasn't so crappy..idk i wasn't thinking too deep into the situation, because he didn't ask for my phone # or anything. but if he ever comes out directly and asks me to hang out i'd be up for it...he's pretty cute and i like talking to him..

this whole situation is new to me, because this is as far as i've gotten with a white guy..i wish i could say whether or not this guy is my type, but he's my first white guy interest i'm into you are you into me kind of thing. i mean i've been attracted to white guys before but none of them has ever showed ANY kind of interest back..until now. so we'll see where this goes if it goes anywhere.

but anyways back to friday, here's what my attempt at the bohemian look (or something along those lines) in honor of the weather:

feather tank: nordstroms

leggings: target

sweater: urban outfitters

ballet shoes: gordmans?

my "ballet" flats..they've been through

so much with me

and of course a picture of my hair, because

i'm vain like that sometimes

currently trying to get out of bed and go study, but my warm comfy bed, the weather outside and real housewives of new jersey on tv are keeping me from being a good student....but what else is new?

plans for the future take #973

so i have officially decided that next fall (if i get accepted) i will be attending bard college as a master's student (candidate? idk what they're called) in the 2 year curatorial studies graduate program.

i have FINALLY decided what i want to do. praying that i don't change my mind.

i honestly don't think i will...it's exactly EXACTLY spot on with my career choice.

i'm excited..as much as i've bitched about grad school i realized it's the art history aspect that i'm not really feeling. but this program at bard is based on curatorial studies within contemporary art:

"The graduate program at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College provides practical training and experience in a museum setting and an intensive course of study in the history of the contemporary visual arts, the institutions and practices of exhibition making, and the theory and criticism of the visual arts in the modern period. The program is broadly interdisciplinary.

Its faculty includes curators and other museum professionals, scholars in the humanities and social sciences, artists, and critics.

The curriculum is specifically designed to deepen students understanding of the intellectual and practical tasks of curating exhibitions of contemporary art, particularly in the complex social and cultural situations of present-day urban arts institutions, and to help students improve their interpretive and critical writing.

The Center initiated its graduate program in curatorial studies in the fall of 1994. More than a hundred curators, critics, scholars, artists, and other arts professionals have taught seminars or lectured in practicums and courses since the program began."

i'm keeping my plans quiet for awhile, because bard is located in annandale-on-hudson, ny (i know weird name huh?) anyways i'm keeping the deets to myself since i recently found out that it's about 2 hours from nyc and i don't want people thinking i'm only going b.c ex-lovah is in nyc. this is completely not the case. i really REALLY like the program. idk we'll see..i still have some time to prepare and all the jazz...

excitement!!

idk

that right there drives me crazy.

geez.

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*weirdguffawing/monsternoise*

so ever since ex-lovah and i became friends years back, i've always been kinda freaked out over his perfect timing when it comes to calls/texts..for instance during the summer we got really close we would IM each other everyday. then one day he asked me for my number. the first time he called me, i had just gotten off work, was walking to the car and just so happened to take my phone out of my purse and there's his name on my caller id...it's been like that ever since. so f-ing weird!!

ok so that long ass, pointless story was a setup for what happened earlier today. ex lovah and i don't talk on the phone very much. 90% of our communication is texting/fb/emails. as a result there are times where i forget what his voice sounds like (i know that sounds super weird...even weirder when i write it out) so today i was falling asleep about to nap and that thought crossed my mind. I tried to play back our last phone conversation...no dice.
i'm not sure how long it was until after i fell asleep that i heard my phone ring (mj's pyt..i have to get tired of it lol) i thought i was dreaming at first when i saw it was him. we didn't talk for long, which was fine with me, he just needed me to look up something for him...

i'll admit it was nice hearing his voice...

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cool thing of the week

almost forgot

so cool thing of the week this week

*insert drumroll*

Ricky Gervais and his wonderful brilliant hilarious amazing podcast

this man is a comedic genius! he's the main reason i even attempt to watch the original office series....i just haven't quite gotten used to british humor...or i've gotten too used to our american version. regardless he's so freaking funny and i love love his podcast.

in other news:

trying to avoid talking ex lovah's ear off...i really really want to talk to him. BUT i'm going to be good.

maybe i'll start on my capstone paper..which is what i was supposed to be doing in the first place.

this song makes my heart go pitter patter (actually every song of theirs...their's makes my heart go pitter patter) this is one of my favorites..and it's live?! and acoustic?!! oh ben gibbard..how i loves you..and your adorable wife zooey....but i digress

death by art history

TGIF! lord have mercy. i really can't celebrate too much considering how much shizz i have to do in order to prepare for midterms and all that jazz.

i kinda felt bad today, because i'm in this arts of the rococo class every friday from 2-4pm (i know i know the time is crazy, but i like the professor) and we have readings every week except for the weeks when class is cancelled. for this week we had to read this book:

i tried to read it i really did...ok i didn't try that hard..i started the introduction, but never finished. one thing that annoys me about reading books for school is the length of the introduction in some books....SO many people make their introductions as long as the chapters in their books...WHY?! it's so aggrevating. the introduction should make me WANT to read the rest of the book (besides of course being forced to read it for class) it shouldn't make me want to throw it across the room. but then in class my professor admitted that it was hard to read so i stopped feeling bad. as much as i like him, i'm scared to death of him. he's a really nice guy and an excellent teacher but he really intimidates me for some reason.

anyways, since i'm taking 3 classes with grad students the topic of the work grad students do always comes up. the thought of what grad school entails makes me shudder. especially today in my rococo class, because my professor asked a semi-difficult question about a piece of sculpture we were discussing; and after about 15 seconds of silence, he commented by saying answering these kind of questions are a part of grad school work and research and writing and blah blah. i just stared at him....

via google search: freaking out

i will gladly pass thank you.

antyways, so last night (usually when i say "last night" it really means 2-3-4 in the morning) i was trying to go to sleep and remembered that for some reason i can't be the first person to fall asleep when it's me +1. then i remembered how ex-lovah was always sweet enough to wait until i fell asleep until he went to sleep since i'm weird...i always loved that.

he was a sneaky fella