currently listening to: "strangers in the night" - cake
california is a big state. too big. it's the third largest, and that already says a lot. it only really hits me when i'm flying because i am given visual proof of the distance between us, and all the hundreds of miles of land and ocean between here and there.
it's a bizarre feeling to have been in two different cities in the same day, especially if these cities are a good 500+ miles apart. it's a feeling that i don't think i'll ever get quite used to. for the majority of monday i was in san diego, and by night i was back home sleeping in my own bed. tuesday i was at work, and by wednesday i was sitting in a classroom listening to lengthy, wordy lectures about the history of letter forms, defining images and their relations as objects to type, and digital versus analog objects. i spent a good six hours of the day sitting in classrooms with a giant, invisible question mark floating over my head. all that i got out of it is that i need 9 sketches by monday. all i can say about that is that this is really, really whack.
today i attended two classes, and successfully managed to embarass myself in both classes. i don't know how i do it. someone should award me the title of, "most-likely-to-embarass-herself." as much as i enjoy public speaking, i am really quite terrible with words, jokes, and full sentence structures. i swing and wave my arms and hands around as if this would be a good idea to make new friends. this is actually a good idea if i wanted to scare everyone off including my professors. but whatever! i have lots of friends. in fact, i have so many friends that when cindy i go bowling together, we somehow manage to find ourselves bowling with coupons that say, "one free game! good for you and 10 friends." this is true popularity.
i miss being a lazy bum. i'd be pretty damn successful if this were a career. my major would be lazy-bum-ology, the study of being a lazy bum. i haven't had enough time to sit and stare off into space. i miss my summer vacation. i miss waking up and laying in bed for an extra hour thinking about the things i could do for the day. being so busy is making me sad and really tired.
but there are some things to look forward to. the air is changing, the days are getting cooler, and my favorite television shows are coming back with new episodes again (grey's anatomy, man!). this can only mean one thing: autumn is near. it's the prettiest time of the year with fallen leaves in shades of deep burgundies, browns, olives, and burnt oranges. i love autumn and its beautiful color palette.
in other not-so-pleasing news, my powerbook's battery is in danger of spontaneously combusting. apple says they will provide powerbook users with a new battery. thanks, mofos.
you know, i never like anything i write but it'd be a shame to waste 6 paragraphs like this. i think i'm more decent at taking pictures than writing entries.
