Day 4 of 2011

Ah, the school year has begun again... sigh. I am in the middle of my second year of grad school. I am 30 days away from being officially half way through my grad school ventures and that is pretty darn exciting. I am already learning loads in my 2 days of school this quarter. Monday I did a sewing sampler. We make all the incoming freshman do them, so I figured I should probably do one if I am to teach these kids. Tuesday, today (I keep thinking it is Wednesday), I had a film and design class. It was very interesting to hear 12 first year film students pitch their ideas on different interpretations of either the Tempest, Pygmalion, or Cinderella. To aid my cause of learning all 12 of my classmates names, when they pitched their ideas I drew little caricatures of them. It was fun. This quarter I am a first hand, which is someone who aides a draper in a costume shop (I usually cut fabric for costumes, sew/build items that the draper has draped and patterned). Today my first job as a first hand was to make a pant sloper (a base for a pant pattern). I have done one before but nothing like the one I am currently working on. It is kind of like an insane connect the dots... but you have to find and create the dots first. I like it.

Whilst in my film and design class this morning I was able to doodle/draw for fun (fulfilling a little bit of my resolution). You know, the ever-classic doodle all over your notes trick. I already have stated I caricatured the people I hadn't previously met, but I also did a little stick figure for the heading of my notes.

I used to draw little stick figure versions of myself a lot in undergrad (which was then usually followed by one of my friends killing my little stick figure... we called these gruesome interludes sketch-offs. The last stick figure standing won). So I suppose you could say this is a version of me. And no one killed me.

On Monday I bought a how-to-learn-French curriculum and perused the introduction. Mike and I talked a bit about how we wanted to go about learning the language... but nothing solid quite yet. Baby steps I suppose. But hey, there is a how-to book and CDs in my house. That is something.

I am signing up for a ballet class on Monday nights I think. It is through the school's recreation center. My friend Kim is taking it and I thought it might be good to do. I thought it could be a part of my yoga-twice-a-week resolution. It is a form of stretching... and maybe it will provide me with a touch more grace.

I think Mike and I will have a date night Friday. It is good to have that as a beacon in the blur of the school week. I like that boy and it is good to see him from time to time.

Fun fact: Leonard Nimoy will be attending Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA.
One of my close friends has talked a small group of us to attending this uh-mazing nerd fest this fall. I was perusing the line up of famous people that will be in attendance and became quite giddy when I fell upon Leonard's name. He is lovely and I really want to give this hero of mine a kiss on the cheek. haha. Needless to say, I am purchasing my ticket for this convention ASAP.

Well my kind readers, I am off to bed. I have class at the crack of mid-morning, so I must get my sleep. :)  Have a lovely Wednesday!